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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amsterdam & Partners LLP, international counsel to Strong Armenia leader Samvel Karapetyan, today expresses further concern regarding widespread electoral violations and procedural irregularities that materially affected the outcome of Armenia's parliamentary elections. The statement follows formal challenges by all major opposition parties to the election results, and comes amid growing scrutiny of the conduct of the electoral process, including substantiated alleg...

LEVERKUSEN, Germany & ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Judge Henry E. Autrey, a federal district court judge in the Eastern District of Missouri, today issued a ruling remanding the class settlement case, King v Monsanto, back to Missouri State Court. Monsanto released the following statement in response to the Court’s decision. “This decision returns jurisdiction over the class settlement to Missouri Circuit Court where the vast majority of pending claims in the Roundup litigation have been...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UNITE HERE announced today that PENN Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) shareholders approved the advisory proposal to declassify the Company’s Board of Directors at PENN’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 16. This marks the second time a majority of PENN shareholders have backed board declassification, following majority support for a similar proposal presented in 2010. “PENN shareholders have spoken clearly: they want annual elections for all directors,”...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saba Capital Management, L.P. (together with certain of its affiliates, “Saba” or “we”), the largest shareholder of Impax Environmental Markets PLC (IEM:LSE) (“IEM” or the “Company”), today issued the following statement regarding the outcome of the Company’s Requisitioned General Meeting held on 17 June 2026. At the Requisitioned General Meeting, shareholders voted to elect all of Saba’s highly qualified, independent director nominees – Caroline Bault, Steven Grey, Jas...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quartz fabricators warned federal officials today that proposed tariffs and quotas on imported quartz surface products (QSP) would inflict serious harm onto small businesses, American workers, and consumers. During a public hearing before the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and other federal agencies, fabricators argued that the ITC's recommended trade restrictions would raise housing and renovation costs, limit consumer choice, disrupt supply chains,...

COLWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--City of Colwood workers, represented by CUPE 374, and the City of Colwood have reached a tentative agreement. "After a challenging round of negotiations, we’re pleased that mediation was able to help the parties reach a deal that is in line with other settlements in Greater Victoria and also preserves health and wellness supports for workers,” says CUPE 374 President Shireen Clark. “We feel this new agreement strikes a fair balance. It addresses the challenges facing t...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, in a new position statement, the British Columbia and Alberta Infant RSV Protection Advocacy Group convened by the Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC) is calling on both provincial governments to adopt National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) guidelines and implement universal infant RSV immunization programs to protect all infants ahead of the next respiratory virus season. While most provinces and territories across Canada have adopt...

FAIRVIEW, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The legal battle is over. The moral one is just beginning. The Town of Fairview, Texas, population approximately 11,000 and annual budget $13 million, has launched FairviewSpeaks, a community campaign with a simple, moral request: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with $91 billion in operating assets and $231 billion in investments, should voluntarily lower the steeple of its planned Fairview Texas Temple from 120 feet to 100 feet the height Fair...

PONTIAC, Mich. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UWM Holdings Corporation (“UWMC” or the “Company”) (NYSE: UWMC), today responded to the letter from Two Harbors Investment Corp. (“Two Harbors” or “TWO”) (NYSE: TWO) to its stockholders mischaracterizing discussions between UWMC and TWO that have taken place over the last week, following TWO’s decision to adjourn the special meeting to vote on TWO’s proposed merger with CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC ("CrossCountry" or "CCM") for a third time. The TWO Boa...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, as Qatar was welcomed back onto the world stage for its World Cup match against Switzerland, Dr. Nasser Mohamed walked in to face it. He is the first openly gay Qatari to seek asylum after fleeing state persecution, and he returned to stand a few feet from the team of the country he fled. He wore a custom bisht and stood with California State Senator Scott Wiener to make one statement clear. Love is not a crime. Dr. Nas and Senator Wiener issued the follow...