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Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of a five-part slide deck from Business Insider Intelligence. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here.  The pace of change in financial services has never been faster. In only the first quarter of 2019, Apple Card sent a shock wave through the credit card space, FIS’ $35 billion … Read more

NEW YORK, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The report on the global optical chopper systems market provides qualitative and quantitative analysis for the period from 2017 to 2025. Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05874248/?utm_source=PRN The report predicts the global optical chopper systems market to grow with a CAGR of 5% over the forecast period from 2019-2025. … Read more

CLEVELAND, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) (“Sherwin-Williams”) today announced the determination of the pricing for its previously announced cash tender offers (the “Tender Offers”) to purchase up to $500.0 million combined aggregate principal amount (the “Maximum Tender Amount”) of its outstanding 2.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2.750% Notes”) and … Read more

NPM On Monday, GitHub announced it will acquire NPM, a startup that provides JavaScript tools for 12 million developers. Just last year, GitHub announced a competitive product to NPM. NPM had been rocked with turmoil in the past year, as many employees and executives resigned, the leadership team tried to establish a sustainable business model, and … Read more

Associated Press Equity analysts at Jefferies have compiled a list of stocks across sectors they deem attractive during this period of severe market volatility, as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. They included companies that “held up well in the last downturn, businesses that are well differentiated vs. peers and stocks that have both yield and the … Read more

EAGAN, Minn., March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross), the state’s leading health insurer, has announced immediate no-cost coverage updates as part of its ongoing effort to help prevent the spread and impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Blue Cross now covering all costs for office visits associated with medically … Read more

BOSTON, March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Along with the rest of the automotive sector, the medium and heavy-duty truck market is evolving. Governments around the world, recognising the potentially catastrophic repercussions of unfettered climate change and witnessing the detrimental impact on human health from vehicle exhaust pollutant emissions in urban environments, are taking decisive action, … Read more

TORONTO, March 14, 2020 /CNW/ – The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) is working closely with the Ministry of Health and other health care providers to contain the virus, protect patients and protect doctors.  The situation has now evolved to the point where limiting public interactions, more commonly known as social distancing, is necessary.  “Social distancing is … Read more

CHICAGO, March 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — 15 Hightower advisors have been featured on Barron’s 2020 Top Advisor Rankings by State, a list of the top 1,200 wealth advisors in the United States. The advisors who made the list this year are: Wes Clayton, Hightower Twickenham, Alabama (#3) David Bahnsen, The Bahnsen Group, California (#62) David … Read more

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CHICAGO, March 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — At this time of uncertainty and unpredictable demands on health services NCSBN is prepared to assist U.S. nursing regulatory bodies (NRBs) to help verify licenses for nurses who choose to practice across state lines to care for patients in those jurisdictions facing additional workloads associated with COVID-19. NCSBN recognizes how … Read more

Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has led to school closures around the world.  As working parents have to take time off or reduce work to take care of children, global gross domestic product is likely to suffer and could fall as much as 1.5% for full-year 2020, according to a Friday report from Capital Economics.  … Read more