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KBRA assigns a rating of BBB- to MSC Income Fund, Inc.'s (NYSE: MSIF or “the company”) $150 million, 6.34% senior unsecured notes due 2029. The rating Outlook is Stable. The proceeds will be used for repayment of existing secured indebtedness.

Western Alliance Bank (NYSE: WAL) today announced the launch of its specialized Healthcare commercial banking team, led by industry executive Jennifer Hwang.

Redfin economists estimate annual housing inventory could increase by 6%-12% in markets where home sellers are given the flexibility to test out pricing strategies via ‘Private Exclusive’ and ‘Coming Soon’ listings (i.e., phased marketing) before formally putting their homes on the market. That’s according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by Rocket.

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit celebrates 85 years of smokin’ Legit. Texas. Barbecue. as several communities across the nation are marking a milestone of their own, 10 years of serving their communities championship style barbecue.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith reminds investors of the upcoming May 5, 2026 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the case filed on behalf of investors who purchased Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (“Soleno” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SLNO) common stock between March 26, 2025 and November 4, 2026, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good), the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) and the Mexico National Scale Rating of “aa.MX” (Superior) of Fianzas Avanza S.A de C.V. (Fianzas Avanza) (Mexico City, Mexico). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased Nektar Therapeutics (“Nektar” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NKTR) securities between February 26, 2025 and December 15, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Nektar investors have until May 5, 2026 to file a lead plaintiff motion.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased Trip.com Group Limited (“Trip.com” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: TCOM) securities between April 30, 2024 and January 13, 2026, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Trip.com investors have until May 11, 2026 to file a lead plaintiff motion.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased monday.com Ltd. (“monday.com” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MNDY) common stock between September 17, 2025, to February 6, 2026, inclusive (the “Class Period”). monday.com investors have until May 11, 2026 to file a lead plaintiff motion.

Pivot Bio, one of the world's leading innovative agtech companies, will be taking the stage at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit taking place March 16–18, 2026.

AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa-” (Superior) of Amica Mutual Insurance Company (Amica Mutual) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Amica Property and Casualty Insurance Company (together known as Amica Mutual Group or Amica). At the same time, AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the FSR of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term ICR of “aa-” (Superior) of Amica Life Insurance Company (Amica Life), a wholly owned subsidiary of Amica Mutual. All companies are domiciled in Lincoln, RI.

JSOC IT, the cybersecurity firm known for embedded Forward Deployed Engineering engagements across regulated industries, today announced the launch of AUTOPSY — a new security verification platform that investigates an organization’s security stack via live API integrations before a breach occurs, rather than after one forces the conversation.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith reminds investors of the upcoming May 8, 2026 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the case filed on behalf of investors who purchased Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (“Driven Brands” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: DRVN) common stock between May 9, 2023 and February 24, 2026, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

PeopleGrove, the leading SaaS platform for experiential learning and engagement in higher education, today announced the launch of new features and functionality within its trusted CORE for Education product suite. New capabilities include native field encounter videos, enhanced digital binders, and integrated competency management powered by responsible AI. CORE by PeopleGrove brings video, complex placement management, and competency data in a single, unified system—reducing friction for students, administrators, teachers, and faculty.

Alpha Cognition Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOG), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that it will report its fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results and provide a business update on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. ET, after market close.

Liquid Networx, an expert cybersecurity and managed services provider, announced today that it was named Fortinet’s first Engage Preferred Services Partner (EPSP) Partner of the Year in North America and Unified SASE Partner of the Year for the third year in a row. Liquid is the first partner to be awarded two designations in one year. The Fortinet Partner of the Year Awards recognize dedicated and distinguished partners and distributors around the world. Fortinet’s channel partners play a critical role in helping Fortinet delight customers and secure users, devices, applications, and edges everywhere.

Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of ODDITY Tech Ltd. (NASDAQ: ODD) between February 26, 2025 and February 24, 2026. Oddity describes itself as a “consumer technology company that builds digital-first brands for the beauty and wellness industries in the U.S. and internationally”

Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds investors about a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of Smart Digital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: SDM) between May 5, 2025 and September 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM EST. Smart Digital describes itself as a company that provides digital marketing services.

KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to 23 classes of mortgage pass-through certificates from Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2026-MED1 (SEMT 2026-MED1). SEMT 2026-MED1 represents the first publicly-rated RMBS backed by loans originated pursuant to Physician or Doctor Loan underwriting programs. These loans, which KBRA generally refers to as Medical Professional Mortgages (MPM), typically originated through specialized prime mortgage programs designed for borrowers in the healthcare field whose earnings potential and income stability are high but where personal debt (typically student loan driven) is high and early career earnings and savings/down payment levels are low. SEMT 2026-MED1 is collateralized by a pool of 607 of such loans, aggregating $482.3 million in UPB, which are predominantly seven-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) (96.9% of the pool) with the remaining being fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs). A majority of the loans (95.3%) are designated as QM Safe Harbor (APOR).

Ocient, the AI-driven industry-specific solutions provider, and TekSynap Corporation, a mission-focused federal technology and systems integration company, today announced a strategic partnership to help U.S. government agencies modernize how they ingest, process, and analyze massive volumes of mission data.

A.P. Keaton, a full-service marketing and experiential agency supporting globally recognized spirits portfolios including Campari Group, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Bacardi, and Edrington, is expanding its use of PINATA, the AI-powered operating system for brand execution, to manage and verify retail merchandising programs at national scale.

FIGS, Inc. (NYSE: FIGS), the global leading healthcare apparel brand, announced the introduction of the Healthcare is Human Act, a milestone bipartisan bill sponsored by Representatives Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and Steven Horsford (D-NV). Developed in partnership with FIGS, the Tenney-Horsford legislation provides a federal tax credit of up to $6,000 per year to healthcare professionals serving communities most impacted by shortages — directly addressing low pay as a driver of burnout, turnover, and dangerous understaffing across the healthcare workforce.

KBRA releases research that explores the potential credit implications of the war in Iran, examining both the near-term implications and the potential ramifications of a prolonged conflict. The most immediate risks stem from the disruption to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, alongside broader operational disruption and security risks in the region. Direct exposure across KBRA-rated transactions is limited, although a prolonged conflict could, over time, weaken macroeconomic conditions and pressure credit fundamentals. KBRA will continue to monitor developments and will take a measured and transparent approach as it assesses potential implications for rated issuers and transactions.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith reminds investors of the upcoming May 11, 2026 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the case filed on behalf of investors who purchased Camping World Holdings, Inc. (“Camping World” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CWH) securities between April 29, 2025 and February 24, 2026, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

 

Quirch Foods, LLC, a portfolio company of Palladium Equity Partners, today announced that, as part of the company’s long-term succession plan, Frank Grande will transition from his role as Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2026.

Great Sky is a company pioneering a fundamentally new computing architecture for AI. Today, the company announced the public debut of its technology, fundraising, and several major commercial milestones. Its superconducting optoelectronic technology is backed with a $14 million seed round led by Bison Ventures with participation from notable firms including Matchstick Ventures and Range Ventures, as well as angel investors like Mark Leslie, Adam Pritzker, and Ivan Vendrov. Great Sky has also passed major technical milestones including the tape-out of its chips that deliver orders-of-magnitude improvements in efficiency and performance over today’s silicon.

The Campbell’s Company (NASDAQ:CPB) (Campbell’s) today announced the appointment of Joshua Levine as Chief Investor Relations Officer, effective March 18, 2026. Levine will report to Chief Financial Officer Todd Cunfer.

The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard has filed a sexual assault lawsuit alleging that Sequoia Union High School District and the Academy of Volleyball, Inc., were negligent in their supervision of volleyball coach Thomas Feng. The complaint alleges that this negligence led to the sexual assault of a Woodside High School student, identified as Jane Doe.

AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bb” (Fair) of One Alliance North America Insurance Company (OANAIC) (Forth Worth, TX) (formerly Universal North America Insurance Company). The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings (ratings) is negative.

Add "US" to headline of release dated March 12, 2026: Burckhardt Compression Appoints Alvaro Grande as New Head of Services, US

DuraPlas, a leading provider of innovative plastic solutions, announced today that a federal court ruling preserves its ability to challenge patent claims while safeguarding customer access to PolarPad® products.

Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds investors about a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) securities between June 4, 2024 and November 19, 2025, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). Bath & Body Works is a specialty retailer of home fragrance and body care products.

GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approved age indication of AREXVY (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine, Adjuvanted) to adults aged 18 to 49 years at increased risk for lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV. AREXVY was previously approved in the US for the prevention of RSV-related LRTD in adults aged 60 and older, and adults aged 50–59 at increased risk for LRTD caused by RSV. This vaccine is not for use in pregnant individuals.

Couchdrop, the simple cloud-native platform for sending, receiving, and automating secure file transfers, has announced a strategic partnership with HANDD Business Solutions, a global expert in secure data transfer, automation, and orchestration.

iXCells Biotechnologies USA, Inc. requests that their press release NewsItemId: 20260311932205 issued March 11, 2026 “iXCells Biotechnologies Reaches iPSC Line Delivery Milestone in Collaboration With Global Biotechnology Company” be killed.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Cerebras Systems today announced a collaboration that will, in the coming months, deliver the fastest AI inference solutions available for generative AI applications and LLM workloads. The solution, to be deployed on Amazon Bedrock in AWS data centers, combines AWS Trainium-powered servers, Cerebras CS-3 systems, and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking. Later this year, AWS will also offer leading open-source LLMs and Amazon Nova using Cerebras hardware.

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AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a+” (Excellent) from “aa-” (Superior) of Banner Life Insurance Company (Frederick, MD) and William Penn Life Insurance Company of New York (New York, NY) collectively referred to as Banner Life Group (Banner). The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Picsart, the AI powered creative platform with over 130M+ monthly users, today introduces a new AI Copilot within its Picsart Flow ecosystem. This latest innovation is designed to move creators away from technical "prompt engineering" and back into the role of Creative Director, effectively democratizing high-end digital filmmaking and storytelling.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced new 224G test solutions that expand its 1.6T end-to-end portfolio, addressing the growing R&D validation and manufacturing challenges of next-generation electrical and optical interconnects for AI data centers.

SolComms, an award-winning and high-energy public relations agency for startups and scale-ups across healthcare, consumer, and technology, today unveiled The State of Brand 2026: The Ultimate Guide to Attaining Cultural Relevance and Winning Consumers. The trend report is co-authored by SolComms Chief Executive Officer and founder, Bruno Solari, Vice President of Consumer, Kylee Kaetzel, Allison Ellsworth, Co-Founder of Poppi, and Kim Chappell, Chief Brand Officer at Bobbie.

KBRA releases a recap of its Evolving Data Center Landscape: Insights & Implementation Breakfast, where structured finance and project finance professionals gathered in New York on March 12 to discuss key trends and developments shaping the data center market. The breakfast, hosted by KBRA, brought together industry leaders from across the digital infrastructure ecosystem for a series of panels offering distinct perspectives. The program opened with a discussion from a rating agency viewpoint on this dynamic environment, followed by market commentary from the featured speaker, KBRA’s Chief Strategist Van Hesser, and two panels featuring insights from issuers, operators, and investors active in the space.

ACCESS GPO today announced a preferred, multi-year agreement with Medtronic to support availability of the Affera™ Mapping and Ablation System with Sphere-9™ Catheter in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across the United States. The agreement is designed to help physician-led ASCs gain earlier access to next-generation technology for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in the ASC setting.

Today, Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE: VG) is announcing a final investment decision (FID) and successful closing of an $8.6 billion project financing for the second phase of the company’s third project, Venture Global CP2 LNG (CP2). When combined with the Phase One financing for CP2 announced July 2025, this milestone represents the largest standalone project financing in the U.S. bank market. The transaction garnered enormous interest from the world’s leading banks, resulting in over $19 billion of commitments for Phase Two in addition to the previous $34 billion of commitments for Phase One, and required no outside equity investment.

ZeroPath, the AI-native application security platform that autonomously finds, verifies, and fixes exploitable vulnerabilities, today announced it has been named a Top 10 finalist in the RSAC™ 2026 Innovation Sandbox, the cybersecurity industry’s premier startup competition. The company will present its technology on March 23 at RSA Conference in San Francisco for a chance to be named the Most Innovative Startup of 2026.

On March 6, 2026, Premier Fence (“Premier”), a portfolio company of Harkness Capital Partners (“Harkness”) and a leading provider of fencing, guardrails, and gates and access controls services in New England, acquired SecurityWorks, LLC (“SecurityWorks” or the “Company”). SecurityWorks is a leading perimeter security services provider headquartered in East Bridgewater, MA.

Zion Forever Project is thrilled to announce its inaugural Red Rock Blue Sky Benefit Concert featuring acclaimed country musician and star of Yellowstone and Marshals, Luke Grimes.

The OpenFold Consortium today announced a major OpenFold3 update and the public release of training datasets and full-stack tooling for reproducible biomolecular AI. OpenFold3 is an open-source deep learning system for cofolding that predicts the 3D structures of biomolecular complexes from sequence and molecular inputs, including proteins interacting with small molecules and nucleic acids.

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will present at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference in Washington at 12:55 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 18.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Mereo Insurance Limited (Mereo) (Hamilton, Bermuda). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Copper Property CTL Pass Through Trust (“the Trust”) has filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. As previously announced, the Trust will host a live conference call to discuss its recently filed financial and operating results.

DevvStream Corp. (NASDAQ: DEVS) (“DevvStream” or the “Company”), a leading carbon management and environmental asset development company, today announced a series of strategic transactions that collectively reduce approximately $5.9 million of outstanding debt, materially strengthening the Company’s balance sheet. The transactions include a combination of debt-to-equity conversions and debt repayment from key strategic partners, along with additional $700,000 loan to support ongoing operations.

AshBritt Companies, national leaders in disaster response, emergency management, and logistics projects, announced the promotion of Charles “Dow” Knight to President of AshBritt, Inc. In this role, Knight will steward the debris management and environmental services company, upholding the rigorous standards of excellence that have defined AshBritt for 34 years as the trusted partner for government and private sector clients across the country – while leveraging his expertise to drive expansion into new service verticals that meet the evolving needs of communities in crisis.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced its new leadership team for Reinvention Services, which is led by Manish Sharma, Accenture’s Chief Strategy and Services Officer. These leaders are part of the company’s implementation of a new design for Reinvention Services that will enable Accenture to create more leading solutions faster and embed data and AI more easily into its solutions and delivery. These changes are effective March 31, 2026.

Enterprise Connect, the leading conference for enterprise communications and customer experience, brought together thousands of business leaders, decision-makers and industry titans for its inaugural Las Vegas show at Caesars Forum. Refreshed and modernized in its new location, 160 speakers, more than 90 exhibitors and over 2,700 total registrants helped Enterprise Connect successfully debut its West Coast show, which charts the course for a return to Las Vegas March 23-25, 2027 at the MGM Grand.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of KBFG Insurance (China) Co., Ltd. (KBFG China) (China). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Carvana (NYSE: CVNA), the industry pioneer for buying and selling cars online, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 5 for 1 split of its common stock. The split is designed to ensure that earning and buying whole shares of Carvana stock is within reach for all of its team members.

Sunday Swagger, the performance golf and lifestyle apparel company that never sacrifices comfort for personality, today announced a new collaboration with Pennzoil, a leading motor oil brand, that will feature Team Penske.

Mutinex, the leading agentic marketing effectiveness platform, today announced the appointment of Mike Finnerty as President, United States. Finnerty joins Mutinex from TransUnion, where he played a key leadership role in scaling the company’s measurement and identity capabilities following its acquisition of Neustar. At Mutinex, he will focus on driving growth and ensuring the success of U.S. enterprise customers.

Mitel, a global leader in business communications, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded Mitel CX as a 2025 Enterprise Collaboration Product of the Year Award winner.

Sharpa presents new research demonstrating significant improvements in simulation methods for robot training, in collaboration with NVIDIA.

The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) will review its first quarter 2026 results at 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 16, following the release of results earlier that morning.

bet365, a global leader in online sports betting, today announced the launch of its new North American brand campaign, “Winning is Everything.” The work, created in partnership by bet365’s new U.S. and Canada agency of record, VML, introduces a refreshed creative direction, visual identity and tagline aimed at the passionate and knowledgeable sports and casino fans.

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) has been recognized by Newsweek as one of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2026” for the fourth consecutive year. The annual list highlights U.S. companies that earn top scores in employee surveys evaluating factors such as likelihood to recommend, key drivers of workplace satisfaction–including work-life balance and compensation–and overall employer reputation.

RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share of beneficial interest. The dividend is payable on April 15, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2026.

NYLI CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Term Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: MEGI) today declared three distributions of $0.1250 per common share for the months of March, April, and May 2026. The Fund’s current annualized distribution rate is 9.97% based upon the closing price of $15.05 on March 11, 2026, and 8.93% based upon the Fund’s closing NAV of $16.80 as of the same date.

Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHCI) (“Comstock”, "CHCI", or the "Company"), a leading asset manager, developer, and operator of mixed-use and transit-oriented properties in the Washington, D.C. region, today announced the official launch of its Data Center Platform ("DCP") through its entry into two separate arrangements with strategic partners to pursue the development of large-scale data center campuses across land parcels located in Oklahoma and the Mid-Atlantic region. In both arrangements, the land is either owned or controlled by our strategic partners, with the Company leveraging its decades of experience securing entitlements and executing large-scale real estate and infrastructure developments to benefit each of these unique, value-add opportunities.

Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL) announced today that James (Jamie) Coogan has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 1, 2026. He will report to Tom Gentile, Hexcel Chairman, CEO and President. Coogan succeeds Mike Lenz who has been serving as interim Chief Financial Officer. Lenz will remain for a period of time when Coogan joins the company as a Senior Advisor to assist with the transition.

Remilia Corporation, influential avant-garde net art collective turned culture industry conglomerate, announces its first streetwear capsule, HIKKI PUNKS EXIT SOCIETY. Designed at the company's Seoul studio, the collection explores underground online subculture through a sharply constructed anti-fashion lens.

Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the high-performance cloud storage platform for the AI era, today announced a partnership with StorageReview to make StorageReview’s record-breaking 314 trillion digits of pi available to the pi enthusiasts both serious and casual.

Otter.ai, a leader in AI-powered productivity and conversation intelligence, today announced the appointment of Kenny Scannell as Chief Revenue Officer.

MediaCo Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: MDIA) today announced the appointment of Neida Gotay as Vice President, Integrated Sales.

The Charles Schwab Corporation released its Monthly Activity Report today. Company highlights for the month of February 2026 include:

Kontron America today announced a strategic partnership with SiMa.ai to bring advanced, production-ready edge AI to industrial markets through the new KBox A-151 EAI platform. At the core of this collaboration is a shared vision: transforming powerful AI silicon into deployable, long-life industrial systems. The KBox A-151 EAI is engineered specifically to empower the integrated SiMa.ai MLSoC™ Modalix accelerator, delivering more than 50 TOPS of dedicated AI performance within a fully integrated, industrial-grade edge platform.