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WATSONVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peer reviewed research published in the Journal of Toxicology found that the recommendation in the “Dirty Dozen” list to substitute organic forms of produce for conventional does not result in any decrease in risk for consumers because residues on conventionally grown are so low, if present at all. The research also found that the list authors follow no scientifically established methodology in the development of their list. In fact, the “Dirty Dozen” list...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--We are very concerned about the prospect that recent press reports regarding amendments to rental housing regulations in Ireland would, if implemented, further exacerbate the nation’s current policy-induced housing crisis. Rent control regulations on housing have been a dismal failure for decades globally, and can be observed more recently in Ireland, primarily as they significantly harm those that they are intended and purported to help. If affordable housing is a soc...

DHAKA, Bangladesh--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Awami League has today expressed deep concern over UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s reportedly scheduled meeting this week with Muhammad Yunus, the self-declared Chief Adviser of Bangladesh - warning that any formal meeting lends legitimacy to an unelected and unconstitutional administration. A formal letter from the Awami League’s UK branch has been sent to Downing Street, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the King’s Foundation, and the Commonweal...

FRISCO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), a provider of home care services, today provided an update on recent state legislature budget approvals for in-home care rate increases in the States of Illinois and Texas, and the expected impact on the Company’s operations in these markets. On May 31, 2025, the State of Illinois finalized its fiscal 2026 budget with the inclusion of a 3.9% increase in the base hourly reimbursement rate to $30.80 per hour to sustain a m...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Almonty Industries Inc. (TSX: AII | ASX: AII | OTCQX: ALMTF | Frankfurt: ALI) ("Almonty" or the "Company"), a leading global producer of tungsten concentrate, today announced the receipt of a formal letter [available here] from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. The letter underscores Almonty’s strategic importance to the United States as it seeks to...

WYOMISSING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PENN Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) (“PENN” or the “Company”) today made the following statement in response to the report issued today by Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) related to the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 17, 2025: The ISS report confirms that two director seats are up for election at the 2025 Annual Meeting and that PENN and HG Vora have nominated and are recommending the same two highly-...

ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: UBS (NYSE:UBS) (SWX:UBSN): Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of the SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules UBS supports in principle most of the regulatory proposals the Swiss Federal Council published today.1 However, UBS strongly disagrees with the extreme increase in capital requirements that has been proposed. These changes would result in capital requirements that are neither proportionate nor internationally aligned. The proposals would re...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGAE) (the “Company” or “AGAE”), a global experiential entertainment company, today confirmed receipt of a purported notice from Knighted Pastures, LLC (“Knighted”) of its intent to nominate individuals to stand for election to the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) at AGAE’s combined 2024/2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company issued the following statement: AGAE strongly disagrees...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lithium Royalty Corp. (TSX: LIRC) (“LRC”) is pleased to congratulate Power Metals Corp. (“Power Metals”) on its maiden mineral resource estimate (“MRE”) for the West Joe Dyke within the Case Lake property in Ontario. The MRE establishes the Case Lake property as the fourth major cesium asset in the world, after the Tanco mine in Canada, the Bikita mine in Zimbabwe and the Sinclair mine in Australia. The MRE consists of 13,000 tonnes inferred mineral resource at 2.4% ce...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens for Judicial Fairness today responded to a new Stanford study from renowned professor Joseph Grundfest that shows Delaware’s Chancery Court has become a national outlier in awarding excessive legal fees. The report, which analyzed thousands of cases, found that Delaware hands out attorney fee multipliers at a rate up to 57 times higher than federal courts – with some attorneys being paid as much as $35,000 an hour. The findings were highlighted in The...