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The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased 0.3 points in January to 73.4, bouncing back slightly after falling last month for the first time since July. Improvements in consumer optimism...

The pet services industry (boarding, daycare, grooming, training) navigated a complex landscape in 2024, marked by shifting consumer behavior, rising operational costs, and a dynamic acquisition market. Despite financial...

Aprio Wealth Management, a subsidiary of Aprio, LLP, the 25th largest business advisory and accounting firm, released its 5th annual Economic Outlook, providing a comprehensive roadmap for investors, executives and...

Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) announced today the launch of three fully transparent active ETFs trading on the NYSE Arca. The launch provides advisors and investors with access to the firm's flagship investment...

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Private sector employment increased by 183,000 jobs in January and annual pay was up 4.7 percent year-over-year, according to the January ADP® National Employment Report™ produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the...

The International Franchise Association (IFA) today released its annual Franchising Economic Outlook showing that franchise growth exceeded projections for 2024, even in the face of ongoing economic uncertainty and policy...

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released its annual expectations for technology and transformation in the global financial services industry in the year ahead in the IBM Institute for Business Value 2025 Outlook for Banking and...

A new report from UCLA Anderson Forecast suggests the two largest wildfires that ravaged L.A. County may have caused total property and capital losses ranging between $95 and $164 billion, with insured losses estimated at...

Seismic shifts in the US policy landscape are prompting corporate philanthropy leaders to make big changes to their companies' philanthropic priorities for the year ahead.

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A new Page Society-Harris Poll reveals a stark deficit in public trust, with only one in four respondents confident that businesses can positively impact society. The study, a collaboration between the Page Society, the...

Flagstar Bank, N.A., (the "Bank") a subsidiary of Flagstar Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FLG) (the "Company") convened a group of influential nonprofit and community group leaders from key sectors-such as affordable housing,...

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing 24,000 board members, has reported that public company director compensation levels continue to grow modestly....

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Today, technology-focused investment bank, Union Square Advisors released its 2025 Outlook Report, "Return to Momentum," which predicts a significant increase in strategic and financing transactions as capital markets...

The second edition of ACCA's annual economic outlook examines the prospects and major risks for the global economy and key countries. The report, 2025 Global Economic Outlook: A highly uncertain world, includes an...

IFCO, a global leader in reusable packaging solutions for fresh food, achieved record environmental savings with customers in 2024, a year marked by targeted expansion and a series of customer-centric packaging...

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UK vehicle production dipped below one million units in 2024, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Factories turned out 779,584 cars and 125,649...

Enverus Intelligence® Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, the most trusted energy-dedicated SaaS company that leverages generative AI across its solutions, is releasing its summary of Q4 and full-year 2024 upstream...

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the November 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. The leading measure of U.S. home prices recorded a 3.8% annual gain in November 2024, a...

FC Mother, a trailblazer in Healing-Sports (H-Sports), has unveiled the World Cup of Healing Rankings 2025, the first-ever evaluation of maternal health among footballing nations. This initiative transforms maternal health...

DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2nd annual global Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards program. The awards program is designed to recognize companies and organizations...

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A new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals how alternative data and artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help businesses quantify the impact of U.S. tariffs at both the company and product levels. The...

BROMONT, QC, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Leading organizations across Quebec and the Northeastern states of the United States have joined forces to address trade challenges and strengthen resilience. Recognizing the...

KuCoin, a global cryptocurrency exchange, has reached settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), marking the start of a new chapter focused on compliance and strengthened global operations under its new CEO, BC...

AVAIO Digital Partners (AVAIO Digital) has signed an agreement with the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Prince Edward County for the purchase of a 280-acre business and industrial site in Prince Edward County,...

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® declined by 5.4 points in January to 104.1 (1985=100). December's reading was revised up by 4.8 points to 109.5 but was still down 3.3 points from the previous month. The...

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While the new-vehicle market finished 2024 on a high note, the pace of new-vehicle sales in January is expected to slow month over month, due in part to harsh winter weather nationwide and normal seasonal patterns....

New York-based real estate developer LeFrak today completed the largest solar panel installation on a high-rise multifamily residential building in New Jersey. The Beach, a 336-unit rental tower in Jersey City's...

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Ace Green Recycling, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable battery recycling technology, and Spiro, Africa's largest electric vehicle (EV) company and recognized leader in sustainable mobility, have signed a...

For the 17th consecutive month, rents declined in December, falling by -1.1% year over year to a median of $1,695, according to the Realtor.com® December Rental Report released today. This is the first time since April...

As Americans grapple with housing affordability challenges, one more housing cost is on the rise, Homeowners Association (HOA) fees. According to a new report from Realtor.com® released today, more homes on the market last...

GOJO, Makers of PURELL™, a leader in hand hygiene and healthy skin, announced today that its climate targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

The Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, has issued a new Solutions Brief, America in Perspective: Policy Priorities for 2025. The report outlines the most pressing...

Taligence, a premier executive search firm specializing in marketing leadership hires, has partnered with Aspen Technology Labs, a global leader in labor market intelligence, to release the 2024 Year-End U.S. Marketing...

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH), today announced that its Board of Supervisors declared a quarterly distribution of $0.325 per Common Unit for the three months ended December 28, 2024. This quarterly...

Yardi® Canada has released its latest multifamily report for Q1 2025, offering insights into the trends that shaped Canada's apartment market during Q4 2024. Drawing on anonymized data from over 492,000 units across...

While the overall economic picture might suggest modest improvement-with median wages up 1.6% in Q4 2024 and 1.3% year-over-year, and a 0.2 percentage point improvement in December's "functional unemployment" rate-a...

The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) today released its January 2025 Financial Resilience Index measuring middle-class households' ability to manage financial challenges and plan for a stable future. The Index...

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the US inched down by 0.1% in December 2024 to 101.6 (2016=100), after an upwardly revised increase of 0.4% in November. The LEI declined by 1.3% over the second half...

Rented single-family homes are the housing market's big standout right now, with costs 20% higher than that of a typical multifamily apartment, according to the latest market report1 from Zillow®. That's the...

e&, a global technology company, has achieved exceptional brand value growth this year and is ranked by Brand Finance as the "World's Fastest Growing Brand" in their Global 500 Brand 2025 report released earlier...

In recent years, Hikvision has explored the evolving trends in the security landscape. As technology has advanced, the focus has broadened from merely securing our world-to making it smarter. AIoT (AI-powered Internet of...

CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883 (HKD Counter) and 80883 (RMB Counter), SSE: 600938) today announces its business strategy and development plan for the year 2025.

LG Energy Solution has ranked 12th on the list of 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World 2025 by Corporate Knights, marking its debut on the prestigious list. The company also secured the top position among its...

Today, David K. Young, President of the Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, released the following statement on the new projections from the Congressional Budget...

Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref.; Representative Director and CEO: Koji Nakamura), which strives for the social implementation and commercialization of distributed ammonia production plants, has...

Facing a highly uncertain year ahead and a new U.S. administration, heightened geopolitical tensions, and various domestic economic and political challenges, the latest ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified...

The REMADE Institute, a 160+ member public-private partnership established in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2025 REMADE? Circular...

SOURCE Deloitte LLP DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Key takeaways While Generative AI (GenAI) technology continues to advance at incredible speed, organizational change has been hard work - with more than two-thirds of respondents reporting that 30% or fewer of their experiments will be fully scaled in the next three to six months.Despite longer tha...

Almost 60% of CEOs around the world expect global economic growth to increase over the next 12 months, according to PwC's 28th Annual Global CEO Survey, launched today during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

With artificial intelligence reshaping every industry and the green transition impacting demand for skills around the world, ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) brings insights around worker sentiment to the World Economic...

According to calculations by Germany Trade & Invest, Germany's international business promotion agency, trade between Germany and the US reached €255 billion in 2024, marking an annual increase of 0.8%. Meanwhile,...

A report from People's Daily: On Jan. 17, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the latter's request.

Noah Holdings Limited's ("Noah" or "the Company") (NYSE: NOAH, HKEX: 6686) newly launched global wealth management platform for global Chinese investors, ARK Wealth Management, held its latest Black and Diamond Client...

From tariffs to tax cuts to deportations, questions have swarmed in about how the new Trump administrations' policies will affect the nation's current economic expansion. According to Beacon Economics' latest...

Startup Nation Central, a nonprofit that promotes the Israeli innovation ecosystem globally, has released its 2024 annual report titled THE POWER OF SCALE: Israeli Tech Global Edge. The report provides an in-depth analysis...

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced Q1 2025 global and regional predictions from the SS&C Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor, a quarterly publication of future mergers and acquisitions...

Small and midsize business (SMB) CEO confidence surged to 100.8 in Q4 2024, a 15.7-point quarter-over-quarter increase and the highest score recorded since Q2 2021, per the latest CEO Confidence Index released by CEO...

The latest Eagle Hill Consulting Employee Retention Index measures a substantial dip of 6.2 points to 98.5 for the fourth quarter of 2024, the first notable decline in 12 months and the largest in two years. While employee...

T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm and leader in retirement, today held its annual U.S. Retirement Market Outlook press briefing, offering research-based insights on major themes expected to shape the...

A sharp deterioration in American upper-income consumers' spending intentions for this month may mark an emerging trend that is an early indicator of broader consumer and economic weakness ahead in 2025, according...

Key takeaways CFO Confidence Score hits highest level in 10 quarters.Seventy-two percent of CFOs believe the North American economy will improve over the next year, with half rating the region's current economy as...

Carson Group sees potential monetary and fiscal policy opportunities that could provide a steady tailwind for markets and the economy in 2025. At the same time, as the company points out in its 2025 Market Outlook, "Animal...

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (IDX: BBRI) is pleased to announce it will distribute Rp135 per share of interim dividends, totaling Rp20.33 trillion. The distribution takes place on Wednesday, January 15, 2025,...

T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ-GS: TROW), a global investment management firm and leader in retirement, announced that, as of the close of 2024, the T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund (Ticker: PRWCX) holds the longest streak...

Single-family home prices increased 5.8 percent from Q4 2023 to Q4 2024, an acceleration from the previous quarter's downwardly revised annual growth rate of 5.4 percent, according to the latest reading of the Fannie...

interos.ai, a global leader in AI-powered Supply Chain Risk Intelligence, has released its inaugural annual Predictions Report for 2025, offering critical insights into emerging trends and challenges that will shape the...

According to a report currently published by«The Icons», YESIANG Enterprise, a Taiwan-based leader in green technological innovation, is making waves on the global stage with its pioneering solutions for the semiconductor...

GEODIS is pleased to announce that the SBTi has approved its near-term science-based emission reduction target.

In its first 2025 investment outlook, the $270 billion* global asset manager American Century Investments focuses on the opportunities and risks that could arise in the new year with a new Congress sworn in Jan. 3 and a...

NOTE: This month's release will incorporate annual revisions of standardization factors to the Employment Trends Index, which bring it up to date with revisions in the source data. These revisions do not change the...

As the new year begins, what will keep the world's executives up at night?

Yiwu, the world's preeminent hub for small commodities, hosts an extensive trading network connecting the globe with 47 industries and 12 million products. As competition in the global trade arena intensifies, relying...

Home sales activity surged across most of the Bright MLS service area in December. While transactions are still low by historic standards, the number of closed sales was much higher than in December 2023. Closed sales also...

A news report from China.org.cn on China's low-altitude economy:

Global healthcare private equity (PE) soared in 2024 to an estimated $115 billion, reaching the second-highest deal value total on record. This surge was propelled by an increase in the number of large deals. In total,...

December 2024 saw a 22.0% growth in homes actively for sale compared with the same time last year, according to the December Monthly Housing Trends Report from Realtor.com®. Miami (45.4%), San Diego (42.4%), and Denver...

After seeing used-vehicle values depreciate more than normal in the first half of the year, the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index (MUVVI) ended 2024 at 204.8, an increase of 0.4% compared to year-earlier levels. While a...

S&P Dow Jones Indices today announced the indicated dividend net changes (increases less decreases) for U.S. domestic common stocks increased $11.7 billion during Q4 2024, compared to the $9.5 billion increase in Q3...

With a bold 25.5% reduction in carbon emissions and a 50% transition to green power, global textile and apparel leader Makalot Industrial Co., Ltd. is setting a new benchmark for sustainable manufacturing as it advances...

Wilmington Trust today released its 2025 Capital Markets Forecast (CMF) – "Investing in a Chutes & Ladders Economy" – which draws parallels between the course of the U.S. economy in 2025 and the classic board game...

Today, Equable Institute released a year-end update to its State of Pensions 2024 report. The analysis finds the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state and local retirement systems are on track to increase from 75.5% in...

Private sector employment increased by 122,000 jobs in December and annual pay was up 4.6 percent year-over-year, according to the December ADP® National Employment Report™ produced by ADP Research in collaboration with...

The 2024 Car Buyer Journey (CBJ) Study by Cox Automotive has unveiled record highs in new-car buyer satisfaction, driven by advancements in digital tools helping seamlessly integrate online and in-dealership activities....

As businesses discover new ways to capitalize on the benefits of AI, a new survey from The Conference Board reveals that HR leaders are not prioritizing the reskilling of workers that will be the most impacted by AI's...

The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 1.9 points in December to 73.1 but remained substantially higher than year-ago levels due in part to ongoing mortgage rate optimism. A plurality...

Buffalo, New York, will be the hottest major housing market in 2025, according to a new analysis by Zillow®, the first time a market has held the title in back-to-back years. Relative affordability and few homes for sale...

Cox Automotive has released an optimistic outlook for the automotive market as 2025 gets underway. The U.S. auto market finished 2024 with momentum, and despite some uncertainties, the current trajectory is positive.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest lodging franchisors, is proud to announce that it has been named one of America's Most Responsible Companies in 2025 by Newsweek and Statista.

Retiree spending powered by U.S. private and public sector defined benefit pensions contributed significantly to the economy in 2022, according to a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS)....

Wipfli, a top 25 advisory and accounting firm, published today the results of two industry surveys from the banking and credit union sectors that provide valuable insights into current market challenges and outline...

A news report from China Daily:
