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Oracle: One Million Union Craft Hours Building Michigan's Future
REDWOOD SHORES, California, Sept. 29 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release:
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One Million Union Craft Hours Building Michigan's Future
By Josh Pitcock, senior vice president, Oracle--Sep 28, 2026
At The Barn data center in Saline Township, Michigan's union skilled tradespeople recently celebrated one million craft hours building the infrastructure that will support the next generation of AI. The milestone reflects the essential role Michigan workers are playing in building the computing capacity that will advance scientific discovery, ... Show Full Article REDWOOD SHORES, California, Sept. 29 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release: * * * One Million Union Craft Hours Building Michigan's Future By Josh Pitcock, senior vice president, Oracle--Sep 28, 2026 At The Barn data center in Saline Township, Michigan's union skilled tradespeople recently celebrated one million craft hours building the infrastructure that will support the next generation of AI. The milestone reflects the essential role Michigan workers are playing in building the computing capacity that will advance scientific discovery,strengthen businesses and public services, and create new opportunities across the state.
Behind that figure are the electricians, welders, equipment operators, carpenters, ironworkers, plumbers, and other union tradespeople whose skill and care are bringing the campus to life. Their work carries forward Michigan's long tradition of building the industrial and technology infrastructure that keeps Michigan at the forefront of innovation.
The Barn is being built in partnership with Michigan's union trades workforce, whose training, experience, and commitment to safety are essential to delivering a project of this scale. The project's labor agreement brings owners, contractors, and all 14 affiliated trade unions together around shared standards for safety, opportunity, and respect--creating good union jobs and ensuring Michigan workers play a central role in building the next generation of technology infrastructure.
"Being from Michigan, on a job this big, it makes me proud to see what the union workers are capable of accomplishing for our state," said Kathy Short, general laborer foreman on Compute 1 and a member of Local 499. "It feels exciting to be part of the million hours, seeing what we're capable of doing and seeing all the union workers put their skills to work."
Short is one of more than 2,000 skilled tradespeople currently building The Barn. The project will create more than 2,500 union construction jobs during the build phase. When the campus is operational, it will support thousands of project-supported jobs across Washtenaw County.
The work at The Barn is also grounded in a sustained focus on safety. "Successfully accomplishing one million work hours just shows how hard we work every single day and the commitment and effort that we put in toward safety to make sure we can reach a million more," said Cordele Rocks, safety manager with Walbridge Industrial Process.
Beyond the work underway today, The Barn is creating real pathways for people to build careers close to home. As we build and operate The Barn, Oracle is committed to helping expand access to the skills needed for the next generation of technology jobs. Through programs including Oracle Academy and our paid, hands-on Data Center Trainee program--which requires no degree or prior experience--we are helping people prepare for careers in technology.
Building responsibly means being accountable to the community
We know a project of this scale comes with responsibilities. We are committed to meeting them by protecting local natural resources, paying our own way for the energy infrastructure required to serve the campus, and investing in the community where we will operate for decades.
The Barn will use closed-loop, non-evaporative cooling designed to minimize operational water use. More than 75% of the more than 1,000-acre site will remain farmland, wetlands, woodland, and open space. Oracle and our partners will fund the energy infrastructure needed to serve the campus--including a new onsite substation and battery storage--so those costs are not passed on to other DTE customers.
The project will generate billions of dollars in tax revenue over the better part of two decades--averaging more than $150 million annually--to support Washtenaw County, Saline Area Schools, the State School Aid Fund, fire services, roads, and the local library. Saline Township will receive more than 2,000 times the tax revenue it would have received had the property remained farmland. We have also committed $8 million for local fire departments, $4 million for farmland preservation, and $2 million for a township-controlled community investment fund.
Michigan has always built what comes next. The work underway at The Barn reflects that legacy: skilled people building infrastructure that will advance scientific discovery, strengthen businesses and public services, and create new opportunities for Michigan's workforce. Alongside our union, business, and community partners, we are proud to help build the infrastructure that will support America's economic prosperity and global leadership.
Learn more at TheSalineBarn.com.
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Original text here: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/one-million-union-craft-hours-building-michigans-future-2026-09-28/
[Category: BizComputer Technology]
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One Million Union Craft Hours Building Michigan's Future
By Josh Pitcock, senior vice president, Oracle--Sep 28, 2026
At The Barn data center in Saline Township, Michigan's union skilled tradespeople recently celebrated one million craft hours building the infrastructure that will support the next generation of AI. The milestone reflects the essential role Michigan workers are playing in building the computing capacity that will advance scientific discovery, ... Show Full Article REDWOOD SHORES, California, Sept. 29 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release: * * * One Million Union Craft Hours Building Michigan's Future By Josh Pitcock, senior vice president, Oracle--Sep 28, 2026 At The Barn data center in Saline Township, Michigan's union skilled tradespeople recently celebrated one million craft hours building the infrastructure that will support the next generation of AI. The milestone reflects the essential role Michigan workers are playing in building the computing capacity that will advance scientific discovery,strengthen businesses and public services, and create new opportunities across the state.
Behind that figure are the electricians, welders, equipment operators, carpenters, ironworkers, plumbers, and other union tradespeople whose skill and care are bringing the campus to life. Their work carries forward Michigan's long tradition of building the industrial and technology infrastructure that keeps Michigan at the forefront of innovation.
The Barn is being built in partnership with Michigan's union trades workforce, whose training, experience, and commitment to safety are essential to delivering a project of this scale. The project's labor agreement brings owners, contractors, and all 14 affiliated trade unions together around shared standards for safety, opportunity, and respect--creating good union jobs and ensuring Michigan workers play a central role in building the next generation of technology infrastructure.
"Being from Michigan, on a job this big, it makes me proud to see what the union workers are capable of accomplishing for our state," said Kathy Short, general laborer foreman on Compute 1 and a member of Local 499. "It feels exciting to be part of the million hours, seeing what we're capable of doing and seeing all the union workers put their skills to work."
Short is one of more than 2,000 skilled tradespeople currently building The Barn. The project will create more than 2,500 union construction jobs during the build phase. When the campus is operational, it will support thousands of project-supported jobs across Washtenaw County.
The work at The Barn is also grounded in a sustained focus on safety. "Successfully accomplishing one million work hours just shows how hard we work every single day and the commitment and effort that we put in toward safety to make sure we can reach a million more," said Cordele Rocks, safety manager with Walbridge Industrial Process.
Beyond the work underway today, The Barn is creating real pathways for people to build careers close to home. As we build and operate The Barn, Oracle is committed to helping expand access to the skills needed for the next generation of technology jobs. Through programs including Oracle Academy and our paid, hands-on Data Center Trainee program--which requires no degree or prior experience--we are helping people prepare for careers in technology.
Building responsibly means being accountable to the community
We know a project of this scale comes with responsibilities. We are committed to meeting them by protecting local natural resources, paying our own way for the energy infrastructure required to serve the campus, and investing in the community where we will operate for decades.
The Barn will use closed-loop, non-evaporative cooling designed to minimize operational water use. More than 75% of the more than 1,000-acre site will remain farmland, wetlands, woodland, and open space. Oracle and our partners will fund the energy infrastructure needed to serve the campus--including a new onsite substation and battery storage--so those costs are not passed on to other DTE customers.
The project will generate billions of dollars in tax revenue over the better part of two decades--averaging more than $150 million annually--to support Washtenaw County, Saline Area Schools, the State School Aid Fund, fire services, roads, and the local library. Saline Township will receive more than 2,000 times the tax revenue it would have received had the property remained farmland. We have also committed $8 million for local fire departments, $4 million for farmland preservation, and $2 million for a township-controlled community investment fund.
Michigan has always built what comes next. The work underway at The Barn reflects that legacy: skilled people building infrastructure that will advance scientific discovery, strengthen businesses and public services, and create new opportunities for Michigan's workforce. Alongside our union, business, and community partners, we are proud to help build the infrastructure that will support America's economic prosperity and global leadership.
Learn more at TheSalineBarn.com.
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Original text here: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/one-million-union-craft-hours-building-michigans-future-2026-09-28/
[Category: BizComputer Technology]
Memorial Hermann President and CEO, David L. Callender, MD, to Retire at End of 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Memorial Hermann Health System issued the following news release:
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Memorial Hermann President and CEO, David L. Callender, MD, to Retire at End of 2026
HOUSTON (September 28, 2026)
Alec H. King named President and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2027
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Memorial Hermann Health System announced today that President and CEO David L. Callender, MD, will retire at the end of the year following seven years of distinguished leadership and service to Memorial Hermann and the Greater Houston community. Alec H. King, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will ... Show Full Article HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Memorial Hermann Health System issued the following news release: * * * Memorial Hermann President and CEO, David L. Callender, MD, to Retire at End of 2026 HOUSTON (September 28, 2026) Alec H. King named President and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2027 - Memorial Hermann Health System announced today that President and CEO David L. Callender, MD, will retire at the end of the year following seven years of distinguished leadership and service to Memorial Hermann and the Greater Houston community. Alec H. King, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, willsucceed Callender as President and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2027.
Since joining Memorial Hermann in 2019, Callender has led the System through a period of significant change and transformation, advancing a multi-year strategy focused on creating greater value for patients and communities, improving access to care, delivering exceptional patient experiences and cultivating a fulfilling environment for Memorial Hermann's workforce.
Under Dr. Callender's leadership and guided by an ambitious vision to create healthier communities, Memorial Hermann has significantly expanded its ability to improve health by increasing access, growing clinical capacity, improving quality and safety and investing hundreds of millions of dollars in community health and charity care.
"It has been one of the great privileges of my career to serve Memorial Hermann and the Greater Houston community," Callender said. "I am incredibly proud of what our employees and physicians have accomplished for our patients and the communities we serve. Together, they have built a larger, stronger and more capable health System, better positioned than ever to create healthier communities across Greater Houston. I have tremendous confidence in Alec and the Memorial Hermann team as they carry this important work forward."
"Dr. Callender has served as an extraordinary leader and a tireless advocate for the health of our Greater Houston communities," said Greg L. Armstrong, Chair of the Memorial Hermann Health System Board of Directors. "His leadership has helped transform Memorial Hermann, strengthening our workforce, expanding our impact in the community and accelerating the strategic and digital capabilities that will serve Memorial Hermann for many years to come. He has led with an unwavering commitment to our patients, our workforce and our mission. On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Dr. Callender for his service and the strong foundation he has built for Memorial Hermann's next chapter."
Since joining Memorial Hermann in 2020, King has played a central role in the System's strategy, growth and transformation. His current responsibilities span technology and cybersecurity, supply chain, facilities, revenue cycle, investments, payer relations and direct-to-employer programs. He has also deepened key partnerships, advanced innovative care models and maintained the financial stability needed to invest in Memorial Hermann's mission amid a rapidly evolving health care environment.
"Alec brings the vision and leadership to guide Memorial Hermann into the future, along with a critical understanding of today's complex health care environment," Armstrong said. "He has a demonstrated ability to lead across the enterprise and pair strategic vision with disciplined execution, making him exceptionally well prepared to guide Memorial Hermann through its next era of growth."
"It is an extraordinary honor to lead Memorial Hermann, which has been an essential part of Greater Houston for more than 119 years as a health care provider, employer and community partner," said King. "Under Dr. Callender's leadership, we have built tremendous momentum, and I believe our greatest opportunities lie ahead. As health care continues to evolve and Greater Houston grows, our nonprofit mission calls us to take a long-term view of the communities we serve. I look forward to working alongside our employees and physicians to build on our strength, meet Greater Houston's changing needs and improve the health of the people and communities we serve."
The leadership transition is the culmination of a deliberate, multi-year succession planning process focused on developing strong internal leadership talent and preparing Memorial Hermann for its future.
Callender and King will work closely together through the end of the year to ensure a smooth leadership transition and maintain the System's momentum. Callender's last day as President and CEO will be Dec. 31, 2026.
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Original text here: https://memorialhermann.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases
[Category: BizHospital]
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Memorial Hermann President and CEO, David L. Callender, MD, to Retire at End of 2026
HOUSTON (September 28, 2026)
Alec H. King named President and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2027
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Memorial Hermann Health System announced today that President and CEO David L. Callender, MD, will retire at the end of the year following seven years of distinguished leadership and service to Memorial Hermann and the Greater Houston community. Alec H. King, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will ... Show Full Article HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Memorial Hermann Health System issued the following news release: * * * Memorial Hermann President and CEO, David L. Callender, MD, to Retire at End of 2026 HOUSTON (September 28, 2026) Alec H. King named President and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2027 - Memorial Hermann Health System announced today that President and CEO David L. Callender, MD, will retire at the end of the year following seven years of distinguished leadership and service to Memorial Hermann and the Greater Houston community. Alec H. King, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, willsucceed Callender as President and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2027.
Since joining Memorial Hermann in 2019, Callender has led the System through a period of significant change and transformation, advancing a multi-year strategy focused on creating greater value for patients and communities, improving access to care, delivering exceptional patient experiences and cultivating a fulfilling environment for Memorial Hermann's workforce.
Under Dr. Callender's leadership and guided by an ambitious vision to create healthier communities, Memorial Hermann has significantly expanded its ability to improve health by increasing access, growing clinical capacity, improving quality and safety and investing hundreds of millions of dollars in community health and charity care.
"It has been one of the great privileges of my career to serve Memorial Hermann and the Greater Houston community," Callender said. "I am incredibly proud of what our employees and physicians have accomplished for our patients and the communities we serve. Together, they have built a larger, stronger and more capable health System, better positioned than ever to create healthier communities across Greater Houston. I have tremendous confidence in Alec and the Memorial Hermann team as they carry this important work forward."
"Dr. Callender has served as an extraordinary leader and a tireless advocate for the health of our Greater Houston communities," said Greg L. Armstrong, Chair of the Memorial Hermann Health System Board of Directors. "His leadership has helped transform Memorial Hermann, strengthening our workforce, expanding our impact in the community and accelerating the strategic and digital capabilities that will serve Memorial Hermann for many years to come. He has led with an unwavering commitment to our patients, our workforce and our mission. On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Dr. Callender for his service and the strong foundation he has built for Memorial Hermann's next chapter."
Since joining Memorial Hermann in 2020, King has played a central role in the System's strategy, growth and transformation. His current responsibilities span technology and cybersecurity, supply chain, facilities, revenue cycle, investments, payer relations and direct-to-employer programs. He has also deepened key partnerships, advanced innovative care models and maintained the financial stability needed to invest in Memorial Hermann's mission amid a rapidly evolving health care environment.
"Alec brings the vision and leadership to guide Memorial Hermann into the future, along with a critical understanding of today's complex health care environment," Armstrong said. "He has a demonstrated ability to lead across the enterprise and pair strategic vision with disciplined execution, making him exceptionally well prepared to guide Memorial Hermann through its next era of growth."
"It is an extraordinary honor to lead Memorial Hermann, which has been an essential part of Greater Houston for more than 119 years as a health care provider, employer and community partner," said King. "Under Dr. Callender's leadership, we have built tremendous momentum, and I believe our greatest opportunities lie ahead. As health care continues to evolve and Greater Houston grows, our nonprofit mission calls us to take a long-term view of the communities we serve. I look forward to working alongside our employees and physicians to build on our strength, meet Greater Houston's changing needs and improve the health of the people and communities we serve."
The leadership transition is the culmination of a deliberate, multi-year succession planning process focused on developing strong internal leadership talent and preparing Memorial Hermann for its future.
Callender and King will work closely together through the end of the year to ensure a smooth leadership transition and maintain the System's momentum. Callender's last day as President and CEO will be Dec. 31, 2026.
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Original text here: https://memorialhermann.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases
[Category: BizHospital]
Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 32,600-Square-Foot Retail Property in Elgin, Illinois
ENCINO, California, Sept. 29 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release:
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Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 32,600-Square-Foot Retail Property in Elgin, Illinois
ELGIN, Ill., Sept. 28, 2026 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of High Point Plaza, a 32,600-square-foot unanchored retail property in Elgin, Illinois.
"We represented the property's original developer in the disposition and procured a local high-net-worth private ... Show Full Article ENCINO, California, Sept. 29 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 32,600-Square-Foot Retail Property in Elgin, Illinois ELGIN, Ill., Sept. 28, 2026 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of High Point Plaza, a 32,600-square-foot unanchored retail property in Elgin, Illinois. "We represented the property's original developer in the disposition and procured a local high-net-worth privateinvestor as the buyer," said Adrian Mendoza, senior managing director investments. "The transaction closed as an all-cash sale with no purchase-price re-trades, reflecting strong demand for stabilized retail investments."
Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of the Sharko | Weisenbeck | Mendoza Group from Marcus & Millichap's Chicago Oak Brook office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer.
High Point Plaza is situated on 3.88 acres at 1350 E. Chicago St. in Elgin.
Built in 2009, the property is occupied by a mix of retail, service and restaurant tenants, including Subway and State Farm.
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About Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (NYSE: MMI)
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. is a leading brokerage firm specializing in commercial real estate investment sales, financing, research and advisory services with offices throughout the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2025, the company had 1,808 investment sales and financing professionals in over 80 offices who provide investment brokerage and financing services to sellers and buyers of commercial real estate. The company also offers market research, consulting and advisory services to clients. Marcus & Millichap closed 8,818 transactions in 2025, with a sales volume of approximately $50.9 billion. For additional information, please visit www.MarcusMillichap.com.
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Original text here: https://www.marcusmillichap.com/news-events/press/2026/09/09-28-highpointplaza
[Category: BizRealEstate]
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Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 32,600-Square-Foot Retail Property in Elgin, Illinois
ELGIN, Ill., Sept. 28, 2026 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of High Point Plaza, a 32,600-square-foot unanchored retail property in Elgin, Illinois.
"We represented the property's original developer in the disposition and procured a local high-net-worth private ... Show Full Article ENCINO, California, Sept. 29 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 32,600-Square-Foot Retail Property in Elgin, Illinois ELGIN, Ill., Sept. 28, 2026 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of High Point Plaza, a 32,600-square-foot unanchored retail property in Elgin, Illinois. "We represented the property's original developer in the disposition and procured a local high-net-worth privateinvestor as the buyer," said Adrian Mendoza, senior managing director investments. "The transaction closed as an all-cash sale with no purchase-price re-trades, reflecting strong demand for stabilized retail investments."
Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of the Sharko | Weisenbeck | Mendoza Group from Marcus & Millichap's Chicago Oak Brook office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer.
High Point Plaza is situated on 3.88 acres at 1350 E. Chicago St. in Elgin.
Built in 2009, the property is occupied by a mix of retail, service and restaurant tenants, including Subway and State Farm.
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About Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (NYSE: MMI)
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. is a leading brokerage firm specializing in commercial real estate investment sales, financing, research and advisory services with offices throughout the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2025, the company had 1,808 investment sales and financing professionals in over 80 offices who provide investment brokerage and financing services to sellers and buyers of commercial real estate. The company also offers market research, consulting and advisory services to clients. Marcus & Millichap closed 8,818 transactions in 2025, with a sales volume of approximately $50.9 billion. For additional information, please visit www.MarcusMillichap.com.
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Original text here: https://www.marcusmillichap.com/news-events/press/2026/09/09-28-highpointplaza
[Category: BizRealEstate]
Giving Review Issues Commentary: "Trust, Tax Policy, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector" Examines Major Questions Facing Sector
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Giving Review, an independent platform featuring analysis of philanthropy and giving, posted the following commentary by Michael E. Hartmann, senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving at the Capital Research Center:
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"Trust, Tax Policy, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector" examines major questions facing sector
Sep 28, 2026
Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at the state of trust in nonprofits, the bargain underlying tax-exemption, and whether the policies structuring nonprofitdom still make sense.
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The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Giving Review, an independent platform featuring analysis of philanthropy and giving, posted the following commentary by Michael E. Hartmann, senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving at the Capital Research Center: * * * "Trust, Tax Policy, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector" examines major questions facing sector Sep 28, 2026 Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at the state of trust in nonprofits, the bargain underlying tax-exemption, and whether the policies structuring nonprofitdom still make sense. - The Urban-Brookings Tax PolicyCenter's "Trust, Tax Policy, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector," event at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., last week explored some of the many major questions facing the sector about its role, responsibilities, and relationship to government, including in the context of tax policy.
The opening panel featured Greg Berman, author of The Nonprofit Crisis: Leadership Through the Culture Wars and co-editor of Vital City; Scott Hodge of Arnold Ventures and The Exempt Class on Substack; Benjamin Soskis of the Urban Institute's Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and co-editor of HistPhil; and Dean Zerbe, who served for many years as a top Senate Finance Committee staff member and one of the nation's leading experts on law and regulation regarding tax-exemption.
It was moderated by Michael E. Hartmann, co-editor of The Giving Review.
Pressures and politics, sledgehammer and scalpel
Drawing on his experience running the Center for Court Innovation, Berman describes a change beginning roughly a decade ago. Earlier in his career, simply telling people that he worked for a nonprofit produced a favorable reaction. By around 2014 or 2015, people began asking what kind of nonprofit it was and who funded it. The sector's old "halo effect" had begun to diminish, he felt.
Berman sees a parallel development inside nonprofit organizations. He recounts inviting a senior New York Police Department (NYPD) official to speak to his staff after Mayor Bill de Blasio's election. He regarded the event as a success. Some of his younger employees, however, regarded the invitation itself as objectionable and the organization as complicit in NYPD wrongdoing.
Talking with other nonprofit executives convinced him that the problem was broader. Leaders privately complained about pressure from two directions--junior staff making ideological demands and funders doing much the same. They "had this sense of being caught in a kind of pincer movement," he says.
Berman stresses that The Nonprofit Crisis is fundamentally sympathetic to nonprofits. He regards the sector as an American strength. Self-examination, he argues, can help maintain that strength. Some criticisms, moreover, from different places on the ideological spectrum, can have merit.
The current political context, he acknowledges, presents a challenge. Nonprofit leaders tell him that self-criticism is inappropriate while the administration is attacking the sector. He rejects the choice between defending nonprofits externally and reforming them internally. The sector, he says, must "walk and chew gum at the same time." Otherwise, the conditions giving rise to the crisis will continue.
Later in the conversation, after some fellow panelists had floated certain policy reforms, Berman--who also co-authored 2023's Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age--said any reform should be surgical rather than indiscriminate. Listening to some of the offered solutions, says, "my hackles get up" because policymakers risk taking "a sledgehammer when we really should be taking a scalpel."
History, pluralism, and fiscalization
"The idea that politics is now being imposed on a kind of pristine realm of civil society that had always been allowed to run its course is ahistorical," according to Soskis. Early charitable institutions received charters from government to pursue specified public purposes--a bargain in which legal privileges were exchanged for public service. Governments had restrictions on which institutions could be eligible for them.
Over time, incorporation expanded from a granted privilege toward something more like a right. That weakened the original quid pro quo and raises the question of what exactly society receives in exchange for nonprofit privilege?
Soskis offers two answers. First, nonprofits perform useful services government cannot or will not provide. Second, pluralism. Instead of government deciding which organizations deserve existence, society allows thousands of institutions pursuing different visions of the good to flourish, trusting that the resulting pluralism itself serves the public. "By letting a thousand flowers bloom and, you know, 10,000 nonprofits spring up, somehow through the alchemy of pluralism, the public good would be served," he says. "I still find that a very powerful idea."
Asking whether "the nonprofit sector" is trusted risks fiscalizing the issue by invoking tax law and public subsidy. Asking people whether they trust their local school, hospital, or charity may produce a different answer.
Soskis later notes that the phrase "nonprofit industrial complex" originated as a radical or left-wing critique, but has increasingly been adopted by critics on the right. They seem to share a suspicion that some nonprofits have become a closed system whose benefits accrue to the institutions themselves rather than the public. The underlying question of whether nonprofits can convincingly connect their privileges to public benefit, he says, is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.
Commerciality and competition
According to Hodge, "there are too many commercial businesses, large successful commercial businesses, masquerading as nonprofits." The Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)--the federal tax that can apply when a tax-exempt organization earns income from business activity that is not substantially related to its exempt purpose--ultimately failed at meaningfully distinguishing a genuinely charitable group from a commercial enterprise, he says.
He applies that critique to hospitals, universities, college athletics, credit unions, insurance and financial institutions, among others. If an exempt nonprofit raises most of its revenue commercially, competes with taxed businesses, compensates its executives quite handsomely, and behaves operationally like a corporation, what continues to justify different tax treatment?
"It's time to replace UBIT with a new set of rules that taxes all the commercial income of nonprofits," while "protecting their charitable donations," Hodge says. "In a free-enterprise system such as ours, we can no longer have successful tax-exempt businesses competing directly with for-profit, taxpaying businesses."
He is attracted to approaches that use donative support as evidence that the public itself regards an institution as charitable--by design, drawing a narrower boundary around tax-favored nonprofit activity.
Policy engagement and better outcomes, confidence and comfort
From the perspective of congressional tax policymaking, Zerbe offers practical advice: the sector should assume that scrutiny is real and engage with it. Debt and deficit pressures, he notes, make tax-exempts a particular object of policy attention.
He points to earlier episodes in which charitable groups worked with congressional reformers rather than simply opposing them, arguing that this engagement produced better outcomes. "You may not like this person," he says. "You need to move past that and engage and talk to and understand what folks are thinking. There's legitimate concerns that are out there."
Zerbe repeatedly urges nonprofits to develop their own proposals and distinguish defensible organizations from abusive ones. Fiscal sponsorship, government grants, and nonprofit hospitals are among those areas he identifies as vulnerable to scrutiny. Transparency should be considered especially important, he adds. From Congress' standpoint, it created the relevant tax privileges and expects accountability for them.
"The more there's confidence" in the sector on the part of citizens, "the more they feel, 'Hey, I have trust and confidence in the charitable sector. My money is going to good causes, to good help in my community,' that I think does so much to get people feeling comfortable that they can give," he says.
Mechanics of the movement of money
The second panel, moderated by TPC's Joseph Rosenberg of the Urban Institute, moved from broad questions about the nonprofit sector's legitimacy and public trust to the mechanics of how tax policy shapes charitable giving and nonprofit behavior. The Treasury Department's Stephanie Karol shared research showing how much less of major charitable giving comes directly from individuals than is generally thought. Foundations, donor-advised funds (DAFs), corporations, and other intermediaries account for a surprisingly large share.
University of Maryland Ph.D. student Adam Tucker explored the incentives facing wealthy donors--not just how much they give, but when they give, what kinds of assets they give, and whether the money makes its way relatively quickly to an operating charity or sits for a while in a foundation or DAF.
TPC co-director Elena Patel of Brookings focused on nonprofit hospitals and the basic question of what taxpayers are actually getting for the exemption. She asks, "[W]hat does the exemption buy?" And Lowenstein Sandler's Elinor Ramey talked about how policymakers turn to the tax code and the Internal Revenue Service to regulate institutions and deal with social problems that they may not be particularly well-equipped to address.
The event was supported by Arnold Ventures.
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Michael E. Hartmann
The Giving Review co-editor Michael E. Hartmann is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving at the Capital Research Center (CRC) in Washington, D.C.
For almost 20 years, Hartmann served in various roles on the program staff of The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee, including as its director of research. Before joining Bradley, he was director of research at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. He has been a consultant to other foundations and education-reform organizations, as well.
Hartmann is a past visiting fellow of the Philanthropy Roundtable in Washington, D.C., for which he researched and wrote Helping People to Help Themselves: A Guide for Donors. He is co-author of CRC's The Flow of Funding to Conservative and Liberal Political Campaigns, Independent Groups, and Traditional Public Policy Organizations Before and After Citizens United, hailed as "an unprecedented study" by RealClearPolicy.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, Hartmann has published law-review articles on the constitutionality of school vouchers and aspects of welfare reform, as well as on the First Amendment and intellectual-property rights.
He has written for National Affairs, American Affairs, City Journal, Law & Liberty, The American Conservative, The American Mind, National Review Online, RealClearPolitics, RealClearPolicy, RealClearBooks, RealClearReligion, The Washington Examiner, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Daily, and HistPhil.
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Original text here: https://thegivingreview.com/trust-tax-policy-and-the-future-of-the-nonprofit-sector-event-examines-major-questions-facing-sector/
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"Trust, Tax Policy, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector" examines major questions facing sector
Sep 28, 2026
Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at the state of trust in nonprofits, the bargain underlying tax-exemption, and whether the policies structuring nonprofitdom still make sense.
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The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Giving Review, an independent platform featuring analysis of philanthropy and giving, posted the following commentary by Michael E. Hartmann, senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving at the Capital Research Center: * * * "Trust, Tax Policy, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector" examines major questions facing sector Sep 28, 2026 Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at the state of trust in nonprofits, the bargain underlying tax-exemption, and whether the policies structuring nonprofitdom still make sense. - The Urban-Brookings Tax PolicyCenter's "Trust, Tax Policy, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector," event at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., last week explored some of the many major questions facing the sector about its role, responsibilities, and relationship to government, including in the context of tax policy.
The opening panel featured Greg Berman, author of The Nonprofit Crisis: Leadership Through the Culture Wars and co-editor of Vital City; Scott Hodge of Arnold Ventures and The Exempt Class on Substack; Benjamin Soskis of the Urban Institute's Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and co-editor of HistPhil; and Dean Zerbe, who served for many years as a top Senate Finance Committee staff member and one of the nation's leading experts on law and regulation regarding tax-exemption.
It was moderated by Michael E. Hartmann, co-editor of The Giving Review.
Pressures and politics, sledgehammer and scalpel
Drawing on his experience running the Center for Court Innovation, Berman describes a change beginning roughly a decade ago. Earlier in his career, simply telling people that he worked for a nonprofit produced a favorable reaction. By around 2014 or 2015, people began asking what kind of nonprofit it was and who funded it. The sector's old "halo effect" had begun to diminish, he felt.
Berman sees a parallel development inside nonprofit organizations. He recounts inviting a senior New York Police Department (NYPD) official to speak to his staff after Mayor Bill de Blasio's election. He regarded the event as a success. Some of his younger employees, however, regarded the invitation itself as objectionable and the organization as complicit in NYPD wrongdoing.
Talking with other nonprofit executives convinced him that the problem was broader. Leaders privately complained about pressure from two directions--junior staff making ideological demands and funders doing much the same. They "had this sense of being caught in a kind of pincer movement," he says.
Berman stresses that The Nonprofit Crisis is fundamentally sympathetic to nonprofits. He regards the sector as an American strength. Self-examination, he argues, can help maintain that strength. Some criticisms, moreover, from different places on the ideological spectrum, can have merit.
The current political context, he acknowledges, presents a challenge. Nonprofit leaders tell him that self-criticism is inappropriate while the administration is attacking the sector. He rejects the choice between defending nonprofits externally and reforming them internally. The sector, he says, must "walk and chew gum at the same time." Otherwise, the conditions giving rise to the crisis will continue.
Later in the conversation, after some fellow panelists had floated certain policy reforms, Berman--who also co-authored 2023's Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age--said any reform should be surgical rather than indiscriminate. Listening to some of the offered solutions, says, "my hackles get up" because policymakers risk taking "a sledgehammer when we really should be taking a scalpel."
History, pluralism, and fiscalization
"The idea that politics is now being imposed on a kind of pristine realm of civil society that had always been allowed to run its course is ahistorical," according to Soskis. Early charitable institutions received charters from government to pursue specified public purposes--a bargain in which legal privileges were exchanged for public service. Governments had restrictions on which institutions could be eligible for them.
Over time, incorporation expanded from a granted privilege toward something more like a right. That weakened the original quid pro quo and raises the question of what exactly society receives in exchange for nonprofit privilege?
Soskis offers two answers. First, nonprofits perform useful services government cannot or will not provide. Second, pluralism. Instead of government deciding which organizations deserve existence, society allows thousands of institutions pursuing different visions of the good to flourish, trusting that the resulting pluralism itself serves the public. "By letting a thousand flowers bloom and, you know, 10,000 nonprofits spring up, somehow through the alchemy of pluralism, the public good would be served," he says. "I still find that a very powerful idea."
Asking whether "the nonprofit sector" is trusted risks fiscalizing the issue by invoking tax law and public subsidy. Asking people whether they trust their local school, hospital, or charity may produce a different answer.
Soskis later notes that the phrase "nonprofit industrial complex" originated as a radical or left-wing critique, but has increasingly been adopted by critics on the right. They seem to share a suspicion that some nonprofits have become a closed system whose benefits accrue to the institutions themselves rather than the public. The underlying question of whether nonprofits can convincingly connect their privileges to public benefit, he says, is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.
Commerciality and competition
According to Hodge, "there are too many commercial businesses, large successful commercial businesses, masquerading as nonprofits." The Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)--the federal tax that can apply when a tax-exempt organization earns income from business activity that is not substantially related to its exempt purpose--ultimately failed at meaningfully distinguishing a genuinely charitable group from a commercial enterprise, he says.
He applies that critique to hospitals, universities, college athletics, credit unions, insurance and financial institutions, among others. If an exempt nonprofit raises most of its revenue commercially, competes with taxed businesses, compensates its executives quite handsomely, and behaves operationally like a corporation, what continues to justify different tax treatment?
"It's time to replace UBIT with a new set of rules that taxes all the commercial income of nonprofits," while "protecting their charitable donations," Hodge says. "In a free-enterprise system such as ours, we can no longer have successful tax-exempt businesses competing directly with for-profit, taxpaying businesses."
He is attracted to approaches that use donative support as evidence that the public itself regards an institution as charitable--by design, drawing a narrower boundary around tax-favored nonprofit activity.
Policy engagement and better outcomes, confidence and comfort
From the perspective of congressional tax policymaking, Zerbe offers practical advice: the sector should assume that scrutiny is real and engage with it. Debt and deficit pressures, he notes, make tax-exempts a particular object of policy attention.
He points to earlier episodes in which charitable groups worked with congressional reformers rather than simply opposing them, arguing that this engagement produced better outcomes. "You may not like this person," he says. "You need to move past that and engage and talk to and understand what folks are thinking. There's legitimate concerns that are out there."
Zerbe repeatedly urges nonprofits to develop their own proposals and distinguish defensible organizations from abusive ones. Fiscal sponsorship, government grants, and nonprofit hospitals are among those areas he identifies as vulnerable to scrutiny. Transparency should be considered especially important, he adds. From Congress' standpoint, it created the relevant tax privileges and expects accountability for them.
"The more there's confidence" in the sector on the part of citizens, "the more they feel, 'Hey, I have trust and confidence in the charitable sector. My money is going to good causes, to good help in my community,' that I think does so much to get people feeling comfortable that they can give," he says.
Mechanics of the movement of money
The second panel, moderated by TPC's Joseph Rosenberg of the Urban Institute, moved from broad questions about the nonprofit sector's legitimacy and public trust to the mechanics of how tax policy shapes charitable giving and nonprofit behavior. The Treasury Department's Stephanie Karol shared research showing how much less of major charitable giving comes directly from individuals than is generally thought. Foundations, donor-advised funds (DAFs), corporations, and other intermediaries account for a surprisingly large share.
University of Maryland Ph.D. student Adam Tucker explored the incentives facing wealthy donors--not just how much they give, but when they give, what kinds of assets they give, and whether the money makes its way relatively quickly to an operating charity or sits for a while in a foundation or DAF.
TPC co-director Elena Patel of Brookings focused on nonprofit hospitals and the basic question of what taxpayers are actually getting for the exemption. She asks, "[W]hat does the exemption buy?" And Lowenstein Sandler's Elinor Ramey talked about how policymakers turn to the tax code and the Internal Revenue Service to regulate institutions and deal with social problems that they may not be particularly well-equipped to address.
The event was supported by Arnold Ventures.
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Michael E. Hartmann
The Giving Review co-editor Michael E. Hartmann is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving at the Capital Research Center (CRC) in Washington, D.C.
For almost 20 years, Hartmann served in various roles on the program staff of The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee, including as its director of research. Before joining Bradley, he was director of research at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. He has been a consultant to other foundations and education-reform organizations, as well.
Hartmann is a past visiting fellow of the Philanthropy Roundtable in Washington, D.C., for which he researched and wrote Helping People to Help Themselves: A Guide for Donors. He is co-author of CRC's The Flow of Funding to Conservative and Liberal Political Campaigns, Independent Groups, and Traditional Public Policy Organizations Before and After Citizens United, hailed as "an unprecedented study" by RealClearPolicy.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, Hartmann has published law-review articles on the constitutionality of school vouchers and aspects of welfare reform, as well as on the First Amendment and intellectual-property rights.
He has written for National Affairs, American Affairs, City Journal, Law & Liberty, The American Conservative, The American Mind, National Review Online, RealClearPolitics, RealClearPolicy, RealClearBooks, RealClearReligion, The Washington Examiner, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Daily, and HistPhil.
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Original text here: https://thegivingreview.com/trust-tax-policy-and-the-future-of-the-nonprofit-sector-event-examines-major-questions-facing-sector/
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GE Aerospace and Military Aviation Works No. 1 Finalize T700 Localization Agreement
EVENDALE, Ohio, Sept. 29 -- GE Aerospace, a provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft, posted the following news release:
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GE Aerospace and Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) Finalize T700 Localization Agreement
WARSAW, POLAND - September 28, 2026 - GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and the Military Aviation Works No. 1 (Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze NR 1 S.A. or WZL-1) in Deblin today have signed the final agreement to enable Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) support for the T700/CT7 engines in Poland. ... Show Full Article EVENDALE, Ohio, Sept. 29 -- GE Aerospace, a provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft, posted the following news release: * * * GE Aerospace and Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) Finalize T700 Localization Agreement WARSAW, POLAND - September 28, 2026 - GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and the Military Aviation Works No. 1 (Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze NR 1 S.A. or WZL-1) in Deblin today have signed the final agreement to enable Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) support for the T700/CT7 engines in Poland.Under this agreement, WZL-1 will serve as a licensed MRO provider for T700/CT7 engines that power the Polish Armed Forces aircraft fleet, which includes Boeing Apache, Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawks, and Leonardo AW149 and AW101 helicopters. This agreement is part of the localization commitment to support the Apache helicopter order placed by the Polish Ministry of National Defense in 2024.
"WZL-1 has a strong reputation for engine maintenance in Poland, and the agreement that we signed today will ensure the Polish Armed Forces' new fleet of Boeing Apache helicopters along with all the T700- and CT7-powered helicopters in service will be maintained and supported to the high standards that only licensed MRO providers can deliver," said Shawn Warren, Vice President, Defense & Systems, GE Aerospace.
"This agreement represents a significant milestone in the development of Poland's sovereign MRO capabilities for T700 and CT7 engines. The competencies gained through this partnership will enable us to support the long-term readiness of the AH-64E Apache fleet and other critical platforms operated by the Polish Armed Forces. At the same time, it strengthens national security, advances the capabilities of the Polish defence industrial base, and solidifies WZL-1's role as a strategic partner in the support of advanced aviation systems," said Jacek A. Goszczynski, PhD Eng., CEO of Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1).
"We appreciate the American industry's commitment and its partnership-driven approach to developing the capabilities of Poland's defense sector. Working with leading global companies such as GE Aerospace allows Polish Armaments Group's (PGZ) companies to acquire the advanced technologies, knowledge, and expertise needed to service the most sophisticated military equipment. Today we are taking another step in that process. Through this work, we are creating highly skilled jobs, building local engineering capacity, and strengthening regional industrial hubs. Deblin is an excellent example of this. With its expertise in T700/CT7 engines and the AGT1500 project being developed in parallel, WZL-1's Deblin facility is becoming the leading center in this part of Europe for the maintenance of American military propulsion systems. As the Polish Armaments Group, we are a trusted partner to the Polish Armed Forces. Our task is to ensure the highest standard of service for equipment acquired for the Polish military and to keep it mission-ready throughout its entire service life. This latest agreement between WZL-1 and a global partner confirms that we are consistently building the capabilities Poland's military needs," said Adam Leszkiewicz, President of the Management Board of Polish Armaments Group.
The T700/CT7 family of turboshaft and turboprop engines power 15 types of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft with more than 130 customers in more than 50 countries. The T700/CT7 family has surpassed 25,000 engines delivered and more than 130 million total flight hours.
The T700/CT7 engine has a widespread presence throughout Europe and the world. In Europe alone, more than 1,300 T700/CT7 engines have been delivered or are on order for 20 European military and commercial customers, marking the T700/CT7 as the engine of choice for medium-sized helicopter operators and enabling interoperability and collaboration between these customers.
The T700/CT7 design has proven itself in the harshest environments, logging millions of flight hours in hot-harsh combat zones like Iraq and Afghanistan. The engine family also powers a variety of civil aviation and military applications, including transport, utility and attack, medical evacuation, air rescue, firefighting, special operations, and marine patrol.
GE Aerospace's presence in Poland spans over 30 years with more than 2,300 high-skilled employees across five locations. Developing the next-generation aerospace technologies for defense and commercial customers, GE Aerospace is proud to remain Poland's long-term strategic partner.
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About Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1)
Military Aviation Works No. 1 (Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze Nr 1 S.A.) is one of the leading companies within Poland's defence and aerospace industry. As a key member of the Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. - PGZ), WZL-1 operates facilities in Lodz and Deblin. For more than 80 years, the company has specialized in the maintenance, repair, overhaul, modernization, and servicing of aircraft and related systems for the Polish Armed Forces as well as international customers. In recent months, WZL-1 has further strengthened its position in the defence sector through the signing of strategic agreements concerning the MRO of AH-64E Apache helicopters and M1A1/M1A2 Abrams tank engines. In addition, the company is involved in the production of launch canisters for PAC-3 MSE missiles and provides maintenance and support services for Poland's fleet of M-346 Master advanced jet trainers. Additional information is available at wzl1.mil.pl.
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About GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace is a global aerospace propulsion, services, and systems leader with an installed base of approximately 50,000 commercial and 30,000 military aircraft engines. With a global team of approximately 57,000 employees building on more than a century of innovation and learning, GE Aerospace is committed to inventing the future of flight, lifting people up, and bringing them home safely. Learn more about how GE Aerospace and its partners are defining flight for today, tomorrow, and the future at www.geaerospace.com.
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Original text here: https://www.geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/ge-aerospace-and-military-aviation-works-no-1-wzl-1-finalize-t700-localization
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GE Aerospace and Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) Finalize T700 Localization Agreement
WARSAW, POLAND - September 28, 2026 - GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and the Military Aviation Works No. 1 (Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze NR 1 S.A. or WZL-1) in Deblin today have signed the final agreement to enable Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) support for the T700/CT7 engines in Poland. ... Show Full Article EVENDALE, Ohio, Sept. 29 -- GE Aerospace, a provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft, posted the following news release: * * * GE Aerospace and Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) Finalize T700 Localization Agreement WARSAW, POLAND - September 28, 2026 - GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and the Military Aviation Works No. 1 (Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze NR 1 S.A. or WZL-1) in Deblin today have signed the final agreement to enable Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) support for the T700/CT7 engines in Poland.Under this agreement, WZL-1 will serve as a licensed MRO provider for T700/CT7 engines that power the Polish Armed Forces aircraft fleet, which includes Boeing Apache, Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawks, and Leonardo AW149 and AW101 helicopters. This agreement is part of the localization commitment to support the Apache helicopter order placed by the Polish Ministry of National Defense in 2024.
"WZL-1 has a strong reputation for engine maintenance in Poland, and the agreement that we signed today will ensure the Polish Armed Forces' new fleet of Boeing Apache helicopters along with all the T700- and CT7-powered helicopters in service will be maintained and supported to the high standards that only licensed MRO providers can deliver," said Shawn Warren, Vice President, Defense & Systems, GE Aerospace.
"This agreement represents a significant milestone in the development of Poland's sovereign MRO capabilities for T700 and CT7 engines. The competencies gained through this partnership will enable us to support the long-term readiness of the AH-64E Apache fleet and other critical platforms operated by the Polish Armed Forces. At the same time, it strengthens national security, advances the capabilities of the Polish defence industrial base, and solidifies WZL-1's role as a strategic partner in the support of advanced aviation systems," said Jacek A. Goszczynski, PhD Eng., CEO of Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1).
"We appreciate the American industry's commitment and its partnership-driven approach to developing the capabilities of Poland's defense sector. Working with leading global companies such as GE Aerospace allows Polish Armaments Group's (PGZ) companies to acquire the advanced technologies, knowledge, and expertise needed to service the most sophisticated military equipment. Today we are taking another step in that process. Through this work, we are creating highly skilled jobs, building local engineering capacity, and strengthening regional industrial hubs. Deblin is an excellent example of this. With its expertise in T700/CT7 engines and the AGT1500 project being developed in parallel, WZL-1's Deblin facility is becoming the leading center in this part of Europe for the maintenance of American military propulsion systems. As the Polish Armaments Group, we are a trusted partner to the Polish Armed Forces. Our task is to ensure the highest standard of service for equipment acquired for the Polish military and to keep it mission-ready throughout its entire service life. This latest agreement between WZL-1 and a global partner confirms that we are consistently building the capabilities Poland's military needs," said Adam Leszkiewicz, President of the Management Board of Polish Armaments Group.
The T700/CT7 family of turboshaft and turboprop engines power 15 types of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft with more than 130 customers in more than 50 countries. The T700/CT7 family has surpassed 25,000 engines delivered and more than 130 million total flight hours.
The T700/CT7 engine has a widespread presence throughout Europe and the world. In Europe alone, more than 1,300 T700/CT7 engines have been delivered or are on order for 20 European military and commercial customers, marking the T700/CT7 as the engine of choice for medium-sized helicopter operators and enabling interoperability and collaboration between these customers.
The T700/CT7 design has proven itself in the harshest environments, logging millions of flight hours in hot-harsh combat zones like Iraq and Afghanistan. The engine family also powers a variety of civil aviation and military applications, including transport, utility and attack, medical evacuation, air rescue, firefighting, special operations, and marine patrol.
GE Aerospace's presence in Poland spans over 30 years with more than 2,300 high-skilled employees across five locations. Developing the next-generation aerospace technologies for defense and commercial customers, GE Aerospace is proud to remain Poland's long-term strategic partner.
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About Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1)
Military Aviation Works No. 1 (Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze Nr 1 S.A.) is one of the leading companies within Poland's defence and aerospace industry. As a key member of the Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. - PGZ), WZL-1 operates facilities in Lodz and Deblin. For more than 80 years, the company has specialized in the maintenance, repair, overhaul, modernization, and servicing of aircraft and related systems for the Polish Armed Forces as well as international customers. In recent months, WZL-1 has further strengthened its position in the defence sector through the signing of strategic agreements concerning the MRO of AH-64E Apache helicopters and M1A1/M1A2 Abrams tank engines. In addition, the company is involved in the production of launch canisters for PAC-3 MSE missiles and provides maintenance and support services for Poland's fleet of M-346 Master advanced jet trainers. Additional information is available at wzl1.mil.pl.
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About GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace is a global aerospace propulsion, services, and systems leader with an installed base of approximately 50,000 commercial and 30,000 military aircraft engines. With a global team of approximately 57,000 employees building on more than a century of innovation and learning, GE Aerospace is committed to inventing the future of flight, lifting people up, and bringing them home safely. Learn more about how GE Aerospace and its partners are defining flight for today, tomorrow, and the future at www.geaerospace.com.
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Original text here: https://www.geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/ge-aerospace-and-military-aviation-works-no-1-wzl-1-finalize-t700-localization
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Citi Token Services Expands Global Footprint Into Japan and UAE
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 -- Citi, a banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs and wealth management and a personal bank, issued the following news release:
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Citi(R) Token Services Expands Global Footprint into Japan and UAE
Expansion across Japan and UAE, advancing 24/7 multi-currency Liquidity and Payment solutions in seven markets
September 28, 2026
HIGHLIGHTS
* Citi(R) Token Services is expanding into Japan and UAE, extending its global footprint and always on 24/7 capability to support our clients' liquidity, payments and collateral needs
* Clients with accounts in Japan ... Show Full Article NEW YORK, Sept. 29 -- Citi, a banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs and wealth management and a personal bank, issued the following news release: * * * Citi(R) Token Services Expands Global Footprint into Japan and UAE Expansion across Japan and UAE, advancing 24/7 multi-currency Liquidity and Payment solutions in seven markets September 28, 2026 HIGHLIGHTS * Citi(R) Token Services is expanding into Japan and UAE, extending its global footprint and always on 24/7 capability to support our clients' liquidity, payments and collateral needs * Clients with accounts in Japanand UAE will be able to transfer funds to and from their accounts or to accounts of other clients in locations previously enabled for Citi Token Services without constraints of cut off times and holiday calendars
* With the addition of Japan and UAE now live, the Citi Token Services footprint will expand to 7 markets, the United States, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Japan, and UAE
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NEW YORK - Citi today announced the expansion of Citi Token Services into Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), advancing our strategy to build a more connected, always-on financial ecosystem for corporate and financial institutional clients. The expansion is the latest milestone in Citi Services' broader digital assets strategy, which is focused on solving real-world client needs by building bank-grade capabilities that connect traditional financial infrastructure with emerging digital networks.
As global commerce and investment strategies increasingly moves toward a 24/7 real-time environment, Citi continues investing in digital asset solutions designed to reduce fragmentation and enable clients to move liquidity more efficiently across geographies, currencies and networks. Citi Token Services is a core part of this strategy, using tokenized deposits and blockchain technology to enable programmable, near-instantaneous movement of liquidity while leveraging the robust security, resilience and global reach of Citi.
The expansion into Japan and UAE further extends these capabilities across Citi's global network, with Japan supporting USD transactions and UAE supporting both USD and Euro transactions. Citi Token Services continues to process billions of dollars in transactions. Leveraging a private-permissioned blockchain, the solution enables clients to move funds near instantly across Citi's global network, supporting more efficient liquidity and collateral management and cross-border payments. By expanding additional regions and currencies, Citi continues to provide clients with always-on liquidity and payment capabilities that help overcome banking cut-off times and time zone limitations. Citi Token Services is live in the United States, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Japan, and UAE.
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"Expanding Citi Token Services into Japan and the UAE is an important milestone in scaling our network and bringing 24/7 liquidity solutions to more of the markets where our clients operate. These are significant financial centers with substantial cross-border flows and connecting them to Citi Token Services gives clients greater optionality to move and manage liquidity across regions and currencies in real-time."
- Stephen Randall, Global Head of Liquidity Management Services
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Together with Citi's broader investments in 24/7 USD Clearing and connectivity with emerging multi-bank tokenized networks, the expansions advance the ambition of Citi to deliver increasingly interoperable, multi-currency solutions across liquidity management and payments.
As the world's fourth largest economy, and a significant global liquidity center, Japan is a strategically important market for Citi, with substantial cross-border flows driven by multinational corporations and financial institutions.
"The expansion of Citi Token Services into Japan connects clients in the market to Citi's growing 24/7 payments, collateral and liquidity solutions, enabling USD transactions to move in and out of Japan in real time and helping corporate and financial institutional treasurers put capital to work more efficiently," said Kanika Thakur, Head of Services for Japan, Asia North and Australia.
The Middle East is one of the world's fastest growing real-time payments economies, making the UAE a strategic market for the expansion of Citi Token Services. As a major financial hub and gateway for trade and investment across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, UAE supports significant cross-border flows and a growing base of multinational treasury operations.
"Expanding Citi Token Services into the UAE with USD and Euro capabilities enables clients to manage cross-currency liquidity 24/7, which is key to connecting the local ambitions of our corporate and financial institutional clients with their global expansion," said Rizwan Shaikh, Head Services for Middle East & Africa. "This positions Citi to deepen relationships and optimize liquidity in and out of the region."
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About Citi
Citi is a preeminent banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs, a global leader in wealth management and a valued personal bank in its home market of the United States. Citi does business in more than 180 countries and jurisdictions, providing corporations, governments, investors, institutions and individuals with a broad range of financial products and services.
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Original text here: https://www.citigroup.com/global/news/press-release/2026/citi-token-services-expands-global-footprint-japan-united-arab-emirates
[Category: BizFinancial Services]
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Citi(R) Token Services Expands Global Footprint into Japan and UAE
Expansion across Japan and UAE, advancing 24/7 multi-currency Liquidity and Payment solutions in seven markets
September 28, 2026
HIGHLIGHTS
* Citi(R) Token Services is expanding into Japan and UAE, extending its global footprint and always on 24/7 capability to support our clients' liquidity, payments and collateral needs
* Clients with accounts in Japan ... Show Full Article NEW YORK, Sept. 29 -- Citi, a banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs and wealth management and a personal bank, issued the following news release: * * * Citi(R) Token Services Expands Global Footprint into Japan and UAE Expansion across Japan and UAE, advancing 24/7 multi-currency Liquidity and Payment solutions in seven markets September 28, 2026 HIGHLIGHTS * Citi(R) Token Services is expanding into Japan and UAE, extending its global footprint and always on 24/7 capability to support our clients' liquidity, payments and collateral needs * Clients with accounts in Japanand UAE will be able to transfer funds to and from their accounts or to accounts of other clients in locations previously enabled for Citi Token Services without constraints of cut off times and holiday calendars
* With the addition of Japan and UAE now live, the Citi Token Services footprint will expand to 7 markets, the United States, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Japan, and UAE
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NEW YORK - Citi today announced the expansion of Citi Token Services into Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), advancing our strategy to build a more connected, always-on financial ecosystem for corporate and financial institutional clients. The expansion is the latest milestone in Citi Services' broader digital assets strategy, which is focused on solving real-world client needs by building bank-grade capabilities that connect traditional financial infrastructure with emerging digital networks.
As global commerce and investment strategies increasingly moves toward a 24/7 real-time environment, Citi continues investing in digital asset solutions designed to reduce fragmentation and enable clients to move liquidity more efficiently across geographies, currencies and networks. Citi Token Services is a core part of this strategy, using tokenized deposits and blockchain technology to enable programmable, near-instantaneous movement of liquidity while leveraging the robust security, resilience and global reach of Citi.
The expansion into Japan and UAE further extends these capabilities across Citi's global network, with Japan supporting USD transactions and UAE supporting both USD and Euro transactions. Citi Token Services continues to process billions of dollars in transactions. Leveraging a private-permissioned blockchain, the solution enables clients to move funds near instantly across Citi's global network, supporting more efficient liquidity and collateral management and cross-border payments. By expanding additional regions and currencies, Citi continues to provide clients with always-on liquidity and payment capabilities that help overcome banking cut-off times and time zone limitations. Citi Token Services is live in the United States, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Japan, and UAE.
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"Expanding Citi Token Services into Japan and the UAE is an important milestone in scaling our network and bringing 24/7 liquidity solutions to more of the markets where our clients operate. These are significant financial centers with substantial cross-border flows and connecting them to Citi Token Services gives clients greater optionality to move and manage liquidity across regions and currencies in real-time."
- Stephen Randall, Global Head of Liquidity Management Services
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Together with Citi's broader investments in 24/7 USD Clearing and connectivity with emerging multi-bank tokenized networks, the expansions advance the ambition of Citi to deliver increasingly interoperable, multi-currency solutions across liquidity management and payments.
As the world's fourth largest economy, and a significant global liquidity center, Japan is a strategically important market for Citi, with substantial cross-border flows driven by multinational corporations and financial institutions.
"The expansion of Citi Token Services into Japan connects clients in the market to Citi's growing 24/7 payments, collateral and liquidity solutions, enabling USD transactions to move in and out of Japan in real time and helping corporate and financial institutional treasurers put capital to work more efficiently," said Kanika Thakur, Head of Services for Japan, Asia North and Australia.
The Middle East is one of the world's fastest growing real-time payments economies, making the UAE a strategic market for the expansion of Citi Token Services. As a major financial hub and gateway for trade and investment across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, UAE supports significant cross-border flows and a growing base of multinational treasury operations.
"Expanding Citi Token Services into the UAE with USD and Euro capabilities enables clients to manage cross-currency liquidity 24/7, which is key to connecting the local ambitions of our corporate and financial institutional clients with their global expansion," said Rizwan Shaikh, Head Services for Middle East & Africa. "This positions Citi to deepen relationships and optimize liquidity in and out of the region."
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About Citi
Citi is a preeminent banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs, a global leader in wealth management and a valued personal bank in its home market of the United States. Citi does business in more than 180 countries and jurisdictions, providing corporations, governments, investors, institutions and individuals with a broad range of financial products and services.
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Original text here: https://www.citigroup.com/global/news/press-release/2026/citi-token-services-expands-global-footprint-japan-united-arab-emirates
[Category: BizFinancial Services]
Ben's Original and Ben Rice Help Kids Access Up to 500,000 Meals for Kids
MCLEAN, Virginia, Sept. 29 -- Ben's Original, a part of Mars Inc., issued the following news release:
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Ben's Original and Ben Rice Help Kids Access up to 500,000 Meals for Kids
Season-long partnership with No Kid Hungry turns big plays on the field into meaningful impact off it
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CHICAGO, September 28, 2026 -- Ben's Original and All-Star first baseman Ben Rice are marking a major milestone in their season-long partnership: helping kids access up to 500,000 meals/* for kids facing hunger through No Kid Hungry.
The partnership began at the start of the 2026 baseball season with a natural ... Show Full Article MCLEAN, Virginia, Sept. 29 -- Ben's Original, a part of Mars Inc., issued the following news release: * * * Ben's Original and Ben Rice Help Kids Access up to 500,000 Meals for Kids Season-long partnership with No Kid Hungry turns big plays on the field into meaningful impact off it - CHICAGO, September 28, 2026 -- Ben's Original and All-Star first baseman Ben Rice are marking a major milestone in their season-long partnership: helping kids access up to 500,000 meals/* for kids facing hunger through No Kid Hungry. The partnership began at the start of the 2026 baseball season with a naturalconnection between Ben Rice and the Ben's Original brand but quickly grew into something more meaningful. Throughout the season, Ben's Original made donations to No Kid Hungry inspired by Rice's biggest moments on the field, giving fans another reason to celebrate his success while supporting kids and families. What began as a playful cultural connection quickly grew into a season-long platform that brought together baseball, food and purpose, and gave fans even more reason to root for Rice.
"Knowing that what happened on the field could contribute to something much bigger made this season even more meaningful," said professional baseball player, Ben Rice. "I'm incredibly proud that together we've helped kids access up to 500,000 meals, and grateful to everyone who got behind the partnership throughout the season."
FROM A PERFECT MATCH TO MEANINGFUL IMPACT
When Ben's Original and Rice first teamed up in March, the brand kicked off the partnership by making a donation that helped kids access up to 22,000 meals* through No Kid Hungry, a nod to Rice's No. 22 jersey. Additional donations followed throughout the season, inspired by his performance on the field.
"This partnership started with an unexpected connection, but its impact is what has made it meaningful," said Matt Graham, Chief Growth Officer, Mars Food & Nutrition. "Ben brought fans along with us throughout the season, and together we've been able to channel that momentum into helping kids access up to 500,000 meals. That is something we're incredibly proud of."
As Rice's season gained momentum, so did the partnership. Fans embraced the connection, including a GIF of Rice enjoying a bowl of rice that became a popular way to celebrate his biggest moments online, used roughly 10,000 times a day during the season. More importantly, the impact continued to grow, ultimately reaching kids where they need it most.
Building on its longstanding work with No Kid Hungry, Ben's Original continues to champion greater access to tasty, healthy and accessible meals for families and communities. The milestone reinforces the brand's commitment through Making Meals Matter, Mars Food & Nutrition's global initiative dedicated to helping more people enjoy fulfilling and nourishing meals.
The 2026 regular season ends with Ben Rice and Ben's Original putting more meaningful numbers on the scoreboard: helping kids access up to 500,000 meals/*, one unforgettable season, and proof that sometimes a perfect match can become something much bigger.
*/ Meal equivalencies vary. See No Kid Hungry for additional information.
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About Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. Based on combined Mars and Kellanova 2025 net sales, we are a $65bn+ family-owned business with 170,000 Associates, our diverse portfolio of leading pet care products and veterinary services serve pets all around the world and our quality snacking and food products delights millions of people every day. We produce some of the world's best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN(R), PEDIGREE(R), WHISKAS(R), CESAR(R), M&M'S(R), SNICKERS(R), EXTRA(R), Pringles(R), Cheez-It(R) and BEN'S ORIGINAL(TM). Our international networks of pet hospitals, including BANFIELD(TM), BLUEPEARL(TM), VCA(TM) and ANICURA(TM) deliver high quality veterinary care and ANTECH (TM) offers breakthrough capabilities in pet diagnostics.
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Original text here: https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases-statements/bens-original-and-ben-rice-help-kids-access-500000-meals
[Category: BizFood/Beverage]
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Ben's Original and Ben Rice Help Kids Access up to 500,000 Meals for Kids
Season-long partnership with No Kid Hungry turns big plays on the field into meaningful impact off it
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CHICAGO, September 28, 2026 -- Ben's Original and All-Star first baseman Ben Rice are marking a major milestone in their season-long partnership: helping kids access up to 500,000 meals/* for kids facing hunger through No Kid Hungry.
The partnership began at the start of the 2026 baseball season with a natural ... Show Full Article MCLEAN, Virginia, Sept. 29 -- Ben's Original, a part of Mars Inc., issued the following news release: * * * Ben's Original and Ben Rice Help Kids Access up to 500,000 Meals for Kids Season-long partnership with No Kid Hungry turns big plays on the field into meaningful impact off it - CHICAGO, September 28, 2026 -- Ben's Original and All-Star first baseman Ben Rice are marking a major milestone in their season-long partnership: helping kids access up to 500,000 meals/* for kids facing hunger through No Kid Hungry. The partnership began at the start of the 2026 baseball season with a naturalconnection between Ben Rice and the Ben's Original brand but quickly grew into something more meaningful. Throughout the season, Ben's Original made donations to No Kid Hungry inspired by Rice's biggest moments on the field, giving fans another reason to celebrate his success while supporting kids and families. What began as a playful cultural connection quickly grew into a season-long platform that brought together baseball, food and purpose, and gave fans even more reason to root for Rice.
"Knowing that what happened on the field could contribute to something much bigger made this season even more meaningful," said professional baseball player, Ben Rice. "I'm incredibly proud that together we've helped kids access up to 500,000 meals, and grateful to everyone who got behind the partnership throughout the season."
FROM A PERFECT MATCH TO MEANINGFUL IMPACT
When Ben's Original and Rice first teamed up in March, the brand kicked off the partnership by making a donation that helped kids access up to 22,000 meals* through No Kid Hungry, a nod to Rice's No. 22 jersey. Additional donations followed throughout the season, inspired by his performance on the field.
"This partnership started with an unexpected connection, but its impact is what has made it meaningful," said Matt Graham, Chief Growth Officer, Mars Food & Nutrition. "Ben brought fans along with us throughout the season, and together we've been able to channel that momentum into helping kids access up to 500,000 meals. That is something we're incredibly proud of."
As Rice's season gained momentum, so did the partnership. Fans embraced the connection, including a GIF of Rice enjoying a bowl of rice that became a popular way to celebrate his biggest moments online, used roughly 10,000 times a day during the season. More importantly, the impact continued to grow, ultimately reaching kids where they need it most.
Building on its longstanding work with No Kid Hungry, Ben's Original continues to champion greater access to tasty, healthy and accessible meals for families and communities. The milestone reinforces the brand's commitment through Making Meals Matter, Mars Food & Nutrition's global initiative dedicated to helping more people enjoy fulfilling and nourishing meals.
The 2026 regular season ends with Ben Rice and Ben's Original putting more meaningful numbers on the scoreboard: helping kids access up to 500,000 meals/*, one unforgettable season, and proof that sometimes a perfect match can become something much bigger.
*/ Meal equivalencies vary. See No Kid Hungry for additional information.
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About Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. Based on combined Mars and Kellanova 2025 net sales, we are a $65bn+ family-owned business with 170,000 Associates, our diverse portfolio of leading pet care products and veterinary services serve pets all around the world and our quality snacking and food products delights millions of people every day. We produce some of the world's best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN(R), PEDIGREE(R), WHISKAS(R), CESAR(R), M&M'S(R), SNICKERS(R), EXTRA(R), Pringles(R), Cheez-It(R) and BEN'S ORIGINAL(TM). Our international networks of pet hospitals, including BANFIELD(TM), BLUEPEARL(TM), VCA(TM) and ANICURA(TM) deliver high quality veterinary care and ANTECH (TM) offers breakthrough capabilities in pet diagnostics.
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Original text here: https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases-statements/bens-original-and-ben-rice-help-kids-access-500000-meals
[Category: BizFood/Beverage]