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OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has assigned a Performance Assessment (assessment) of PA-3 (Strong) to Across America Insurance Services, Inc. (AAIS) (Riverside, CA). The outlook assigned to the assessment is stable. The assessment reflects AAIS’ strong underwriting capabilities, strong governance and internal controls, strong financial condition, strong organizational talent and strong depth and breadth of relationships. AAIS is a managing general agent that operates as a unique wholes...

明尼阿波利斯--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(美国商业资讯)-- Portable Lights American Trade Organization（PLATO，美国便携式照明贸易组织）今日宣布，Coast Products已成为首个获准在UL/PLATO认证项目（UL S8001）下提交实验室测试数据以获取产品性能认证的制造商。 这一里程碑标志着便携式照明行业在提升数据准确性、透明度和公信力方面迈出重要一步。根据共同制定的认证项目，Coast的实验室现获授权提供经核验的测试数据，由UL Solutions进行审核认证，以验证产品是否符合ANSI/PLATO FL 1-2019标准。 “这对Coast乃至整个便携式照明行业都是重要成就。”PLATO执行董事Andy Skoogman表示，“此举彰显了Coast对透明度的承诺，也验证了UL/PLATO认证项目的核心宗旨，即建立可信赖的独立产品性能验证体系。” 由PLATO与UL Solutions联合开发的UL S8001认证项目，为制造商提供了标准化的第三方流程，用以证实产品性能声明。 “我们很荣幸成为首个通过UL/PLATO...

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) (“SVC”) today provided an update on its hotel dispositions and recent actions to strengthen its balance sheet. Hotel Sales During the 2025 fourth quarter to date, SVC has closed on the sales of 66 hotels with a total of 8,294 keys for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $534 million. Year to date, SVC has sold 112 hotels with a total of 14,631 keys for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $859 million. SVC remains...

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CoinFlip, una empresa estadounidense líder a a nivel global en plataformas de acceso a monedas digitales, celebró la gran inauguración de su primer Crypto Center en México. Este el primero de su tipo en la Ciudad de México, ofrece un punto de encuentro físico que conecta las billeteras digitales de los clientes con el mundo real. Atendido por especialistas capacitados de CoinFlip, el Crypto Center brinda atención personalizada para que los clientes puedan apre...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Air Lease (NYSE: AL) announced today that its Class A common stockholders have voted to approve the previously announced definitive merger agreement, dated as of September 1, 2025, pursuant to which Air Lease will be acquired by a new holding company named Sumisho Air Lease Corporation DAC, based in Dublin, Ireland, whose shares will be held by Sumitomo Corporation, SMBC Aviation Capital Limited, and investment vehicles affiliated with Apollo managed funds and Broo...

SHALIMAR, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lee's Famous Recipe® Chicken, a name synonymous with delicious, home-style fried chicken for nearly 60 years, enters a new era of growth in Central Indiana as third-generation legacy Jack Omer acquires the New Castle restaurant and signs a development agreement for six new Lee’s locations to open in the greater Indianapolis area over the next five years. Omer is the grandson of Harold Omer, who co-founded Lee’s with his brother-in-law and Jack’s great-uncle, Lee...

FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ERI, the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD, mobility and data destruction/processing provider and largest recycler of electronics, has joined the Global ITAD Alliance (GIA) as a founding member. GIA is a new international trade association established to unify, represent, and advance the rapidly maturing IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) industry. With organizations around the world relying on ITAD providers as the first line of defense in safeguarding...

AUSTIN, Texas & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Balfour Beatty announces the appointment of Justin Maletic as business unit leader for its Central Texas and Arizona buildings operations....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CEE), The New Germany Fund, Inc. (NYSE: GF) and The European Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: EEA) (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) each announced today that its Board of Directors declared the distributions set forth below. Each Fund’s total distributions will be paid in stock except that any stockholder of record as of December 30, 2025, may elect to receive such distribution in cash. Details for each Fund’s 20...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In addition to its regular monthly distribution, DWS Municipal Income Trust announced today a taxable short-term capital gain distribution per common share. The Fund has both common and preferred shares outstanding. In accordance with a position taken by the Internal Revenue Service, the Fund is required to allocate a proportionate share of distributions designated as taxable to both its common and preferred shares. Details are as follows: Declaration – 12/18/2025 Ex-...