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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast’s Xfinity today announced the launch of Xfinity Membership, a new loyalty experience that brings customers’ favorite rewards together with even more benefits, including epic experiences, everyday perks and special discounts. Designed to make the benefits easier to access and more rewarding than ever, Xfinity Membership includes automatic status, at no additional cost and with no enrollment required. Beginning today, all eligible Xfinity customers will auto...

BELLINGHAM, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SPIE, the international society of optics and photonics, announced Coalesenz Inc. as the $10,000 first prize winner of their 16th annual SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West in San Francisco. The winning pitch was for Lucerix CZ, a hand-held coagulation analyzer that returns actionable results in 5 to 10 minutes at the point of care. The SPIE Startup Challenge supports new optics and photonics businesses and potential startups working on novel products, a...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HomeVestors® has announced the winner of The Ugliest House Of The Year® 2025, a Boise makeover completed by Paul and Tanice Myers, a husband-and-wife franchise team committed to transforming both properties and lives. The 19th annual contest from the We Buy Ugly Houses® people had 20 homes from around the country facing off with the most unforgettable transformations of 2025 by the company’s independently owned and operated franchises. When the Myers first encountered t...

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExchangeRight has announced the addition of Mollie Boyce as senior vice president of national accounts, expanding the company’s Distribution team....

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shop-Ware's community giveback program will send one deserving automotive apprentice to VISION Hi-Tech Training & Expo in Kansas City this March....

MANOR, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bojangles, the legendary, Carolina-born chain celebrated for its iconic chicken, biscuits and breakfast, has officially landed in the Austin area. The new restaurant, located at 12432 State School Rd., in Manor, Texas, opened its doors to the public today at 5:00 a.m. To celebrate bringing a taste of Carolina flavor to the Lone Star State, Bojangles kicked off its opening with a special sweepstakes. The first 50 guests who dined in received a $100 Bojangles gift c...

DALLAS & HOUSTON & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Dallas, Houston, and Chicago reimagined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for hope today at Foley & Lardner LLP’s annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competitions. Twenty-five students shared original speeches responding to the question: “As a student of Dr. King’s life, what message of hope do you think he would have for the world today?” Each year, participants deliver passionate three- to five-minute speeches that demo...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National CineMedia (NASDAQ: NCMI) (“NCM”), the largest cinema advertising platform in the US, and the US Representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, today announced the official launch of the 2026 Young Lions competition and its new partnership lineup. The 2026 competition marks the 11th year of NCM’s role as US Representative and the third year since NCM’s launch of the US Lions Community, comprised of 5,000+ past and present Young Lions...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maxim Magazine has announced Kira Haught, a 19-year-old hairstylist from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, as the winner of the 2025 Maxim Cover Girl competition, the largest in the program’s history. In a selection process that drew more than 9 million total votes, Haught was selected as the winner from a record-breaking field of over 47,000 entrants, despite entering with only a handful of senior photos taken by a family friend. “Kira wasn’t chasing an image,” said Karin...

ANKENY, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Casey’s (NASDAQ: CASY) is delivering a new, team-member developed innovation to its guests following its annual Pizza Competition. The Barn Burner Chicken Pizza, crafted and named by Casey’s district manager and Indianapolis-based Terrell Banks, features spicy BBQ chicken for a punch of fiery, sweet and savory flavors, proving again that it’s not crazy, it’s Casey’s. Culinary Icon Meets a Midwest Original Best known for discovering the most delicious foods across...