BUFFALO, New York, June 22 -- Buffalo State University issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Today's job market is competitive. It's not enough to have a degree; applicants must possess strong communication skills, adaptability, critical thinking skills, and the ability to problem solve. Buffalo State University's Africana studies program equips students with all these essential skills as well as compassion, empathy, and global perspective. Africana studies is the multidisciplina  more

ITHACA, New York, June 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Andrea Ippolito '06 MEng '07, CEO and founder of SimpliFed. SimpliFed has launched and scaled a maternal health operating system, with a core business focused on breastfeeding and baby feeding support. They're also tackling broader maternal health issues. Ippolito graduated from Cornell with bachelor's and master's degrees   more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the Mohawk Valley will receive over $3.4 million from a historic $462 million multistate settlement that she secured from JUUL Labs Inc. (JUUL) for its role in the youth vaping epidemic that led to a dangerous rise in underage e-cigarette use nationwide. New York state will receive a total of $112.7 million through this settleme  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, June 22 -- Binghamton University issued the following news on June 21, 2024: By Chris Kocher In today's rapidly changing business environment, companies must utilize the latest advances in technology to succeed. Keeping up with these developments, though, can be costly. That's where the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR) can lend a hand. Since 1994, New York state has helped fund partnerships at four State University of New York (SUNY) engineering pro  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, June 22 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: By Jennifer Micale You're probably familiar with this story: Once upon a time, people on a faraway island lived beyond their ecological means, cutting down all their trees to build massive stone statues. The population crashed along with the environment, dwindling to a few thousand people by the time Europeans "discovered" Easter Island in 1722. There's just one problem: Recent research shows that there  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, June 22 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news on June 21, 2024: By Jennifer Micale In medieval Europe, villages were bound together by the sound of church bells, which summoned the community for reasons both sacred and secular. Desert communities in northwestern New Mexico may have been similarly organized around sound -- in this case, the blast of a conch-shell trumpet echoing out from the central great house. A recent article in Antiquity explores  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 21 -- BNSF Railway, a freight transportation company, issued the following news release: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC ("BNSF") today announced that it is modifying the consent fee (the "Consent Fee") and extending the expiration time (the "Expiration Time") for its previously announced consent solicitation (the "Consent Solicitation") from holders of record as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 10, 2024 of its 7.25% Debentures due August 1, 2097 (CUSIP No. 12  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- Foote, Cone and Belding issued the following statement on June 21, 2024: * * * We're delighted to share FCB has been named "Regional Network of the Year - North America" at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for the sixth consecutive year. Commenting on the win, Tyler Turnbull, Global CEO of FCB said: "We have always believed in the economic power of creativity and being a company that helps brands deliver exponential growth over time. It takes really great  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- Citi, a banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs and wealth management and a personal bank, issued the following news release statement on June 21, 2024: * * * Citi provided the following statement in response to today's announcement from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation related to its 2023 resolution plan submission: "We are fully committed to addressing the issues identified by our regulat  more

NEW YORK, June 22 (TNSres) -- Columbia University issued the following news: By Eve Glasberg In 2017, Anne Higonnet, Barbara Novak Professor of Art History at Barnard, was checking footnotes for an essay she was writing when she came across a cryptic catalog entry from the Morgan Library & Museum. It indicated that the Morgan owned a complete set of extremely rare and revolutionary fashion plates on the history of costume. "Very specialized scholars were unaware of the location of any complet  more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 -- The New York State Office of General Services issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Commissioner Jeanette Moy today announced that the following businesses were recently certified by the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Division of Service-Disabled Veterans' Business Development. The newly certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOBs) are: * Air Command Solutions, located in Ford Edward, NY, provides drone services. * C  more

NEW YORK, June 22 (TNSres) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: What to say? How to say it? These are questions advocates ponder before conducting a social media campaign. It was also the central focus of a recent qualitative analysis conducted by CUNY SPH faculty, now published in the Journal of Communication in Healthcare. The study examined social media framing by physicians trained in a leadership program  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Julian Dunkerton, CEO and Co-Founder of Superdry plc, in the restructuring of the company, delisting from the London Stock Exchange, and subscription for newly-issued shares taking his shareholding to more than 75% of the company's shares. Superdry plc, founded in 2003, is a British clothing company and owner of the Superdry label. For full details, see here (https://corpor  more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 (TNSres) -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the resumption of the aerial radiological survey of Erie and Niagara counties that was suspended last fall due to weather-related complications. Flights are expected to resume the week of June 24 and anticipated to continue through this summer. This survey is being completed in partn  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: New York has officially put the Equal Rights Amendment back on the ballot this November. MAGA extremist Brandon Williams has repeatedly claimed that abortion rights are a state issue - yet refuses to support the Equal Rights Amendment, which will protect abortion rights in New York. DCCC Spokesperson Ellie Dougherty: "The Equal Rights Amendment will do exactly what Brandon Williams claim  more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: * * * State Comptroller's Report Highlights Population and Business Gains * * * The North Shore, for many the gateway to Staten Island, has led the borough in population growth since 2010, according to a report released today (https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-6-2025.pdf) by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The North Shore is located   more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 -- The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles issued the following news release: The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is again working to prevent underage drinking by checking for fake IDs at concerts this summer throughout New York. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles investigators will be joined by investigators from the State Liquor Authority, State Police, State Park Police, and local law enforcement for the annual Operation Prevent e  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Duane Morris has named partner Ted J. Chiappari chair of the Immigration Division of the firm's Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. Chiappari succeeds partner Lisa Spiegel, who has held the position since 2019. "Our practice group continues on a dynamic growth trajectory, and our immigration team is an increasingly sought-after resource for clients across our platform," sa  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 22 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: A team of Fox Rothschild attorneys led by Miami-based partner Thomas F. Oppenheimer closed a $100 million refinancing of "Crest at Pinecrest," a signature high rise apartment building in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, on behalf of its owner and firm client Alta Developers, LLC with a financial institution. Alta Developers completed the 18-story project located at 9600 South Dixie Highway in  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Seven lawyers from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP were recognized as Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. According to the publication, the lawyers "help companies, their financiers, suppliers and the universe of everyone impacted when companies go bust, need to transition or work through difficulties." The following lawyers were recognized: Hannah Blom-Cooper, a sharehol  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Jena M. Valdetero, co-chair of the U.S. Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was named the "2024 Privacy & Data Protection Lawyer of the Year" by the Delinian Legal Media Group as part of its "Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2024." Greenberg Traurig also received a regional firm award, "Best Law Firm in the North America - US Midwest," based on its ratio of fe  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following news release: Dr. Joxel Garcia has been appointed by Health Commissioner Vasan as the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Program Officer. He will provide leadership to the agency by facilitating collaboration on cross-divisional program initiatives, such as HealthyNYC, overseeing the Divisions of Disease Control, Environmental Health, Family and Child He  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: iHeartMedia recently celebrated new music and artists, including the latest World Premiere debuts, live events and more. iHeartMedia World Premiered new singles from several artists recently, including Jelly Roll's "I Am Not Okay" on June 12 across all iHeartCountry stations. On June 20, Coldplay's "feelslikeimfallinginlove" had a World Premiere across iHeartRadio CHR, ALT and Hot AC stations; Tamela Mann's "Working for Me" h  more

ITHACA, New York, June 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Provost Michael Kotlikoff and the Cornell Board of Trustees have approved promotions and elections to indefinite tenure for ILR faculty members across four academic departments. "These promotions to full professor and appointments to associate professor with tenure are recognitions of the excellence of the faculty members, who are both outstanding scholars and committed teachers. Congratulations to them on their achiev  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, June 22 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: By Ryan Yarosh Binghamton University Distinguished Professor and Nobel Prize Laureate M. Stanley Whittingham has been named a Knight Bachelor "for his services to research in chemistry." The honor entitles him to be known as Sir Stanley, or Sir Stanley Whittingham, and was announced as part of King Charles III's official birthday honours list. In his 30-plus-year career, Whittingham has been a pioneer in the de  more

BUFFALO, New York, June 22 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: Leading researchers from around the world will be at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo from June 27-29 for the 8th biennial meeting of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. UB faculty will join 130 scholars from across the U.S. and the world to showcase their research and accomplishments in an expanding field of int  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 22 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised NexCore, a commercial HVAC service platform backed by Dallas-based private equity firm, Trinity Hunt Partners, in its partnership with Kennedy Mechanical and Ryan Plumbing & Heating in Rochester, New York. The addition of Kennedy and Ryan continues NexCore's expansion in the CHVAC services space, which began with the platform's initial investment in Alliance Group and subse  more

NEW YORK, June 22 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: By Kevin Krajick Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated places-a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui. There, they erected hundreds of "moai," or gigantic stone statues that now famously stand as emblems of a vanished civilization. Eventually, their numbers ballooned  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Lois Agnew Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Lois Agnew to the position of interim vice chancellor and provost. Agnew, who has served as associate provost for academic programs since July 2023, will assume her new responsibilities effective July 1. "Lois is an outstanding scholar, skilled administrator and trusted leader at Syracuse University," says Chancellor Syverud. "In working with Lois  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: Why do we tell stories about heroes? Because every story needs a hero. Co-produced by Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts, Medal of Honor: Stories of Courage is a new podcast from Malcolm Gladwell (out June 26) that tells the extraordinary tales of some of our nation's heroes. Each week, Gladwell will profile one Medal of Honor recipient's life and courageous actions while exploring themes like what it is that makes a hero,  more

NEW YORK, June 22 (TNSres) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on June 21, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, NYC Health + Hospitals, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) today announced Caring Transitions, a new program to serve youth, ages five through 17, in the Bronx and Queens who are seen in a hospital following a suicide attempt or serious suicidal behavior. "With nearly half of teens in New York City reporting depressive sympt  more

NEW YORK, June 22 (TNSres) -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, NYC Health + Hospitals, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) today announced Caring Transitions, a new program to serve youth, ages five through 17, in the Bronx and Queens who are seen in a hospital following a suicide attempt or serious suicidal behavior. "With nearly half of teens in New York City reporting depre  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Morgan Lewis partners Allison Gargano and Ben Stein have been named by The M&A Advisor as Emerging Leaders at its 15th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards. Recipients of the Emerging Leaders Awards are young professionals under the age of 40 who have made groundbreaking contributions in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and restructuring. Allison regularly advises private equity sponsors and t  more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2024M-13) on June 21, 2024, entitled "Ardsley Union Free School District - Financial Management." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether the Ardsley Union Free School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and officials effectively managed fund balance and reserves. * * * Key Findings The Board and District officials did not effectively manage the  more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2024M-35) on June 21, 2024, entitled "Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Educational Services - Capital Assets." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether Greater Southern Tier (GST) Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) officials properly monitored and accounted for capital assets. * * * Key Findings BOCES officials did not properly moni  more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2024M-33) on June 21, 2024, entitled "Half Hollow Hills Central School District - Information Technology Equipment Inventory Records." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether Half Hollow Hills Central School District (District) officials appropriately tracked, inventoried and safeguarded information technology (IT) equipment. * * * Key Findings District off  more

ALBANY, New York, June 22 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2024M-2) on June 21, 2024, entitled "Rye City School District - Payroll." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether Rye City School District (District) officials ensured overtime was properly budgeted, approved, monitored, recorded, and paid. * * * Key Findings Although overtime was properly approved and monitored, District officials did not properly budget,  more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, June 22 -- The New York State Power Authority issued the following news release: The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and LS Power (through an affiliated entity, LS Power Grid New York) have submitted joint proposals to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) in response to its April 4 Public Policy Transmission Need solicitation to deliver offshore wind generation into New York City. The joint proposals, collectively named Five Boro Energy Connect, will inject c  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 22 -- Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications issued the following news: Newhouse School creative advertising students Marlana Bianchi '24 and Molly Egan '25 have won the prestigious Future Lions Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. They earned the high honor this week for their "Break the Sound Barrier" entry that addressed a brief, or assignment, from Spotify that asked how the music-streaming ser  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nixon Peabody LLP is pleased to have represented Solenis, a provider of sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, in the company's acquisition of Lilleborg, which provides cleaning solutions for food and beverage customers. Lilleborg, based in Oslo, Norway, and founded nearly 200 years ago, is a leading company in the Norwegian commercial market and has been a long-term partner with Diversey, a Solen  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Today NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler announced it received the Beacon Award for Excellence, making it the first post-acute care facility in the nation to receive the prestigious nursing award. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recognized the Memory Care units at Coler with a silver-level Beacon Award for their work in long-term care with residents living with dementia a  more

ITHACA, New York, June 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The Cornell-led New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development (NYCST) announced more than $300,000 has been allocated to support six projects through the inaugural round of the consortium's funding program. The projects were selected during NYCST's inaugural Space Innovation Symposium hosted June 14 on campus. NYCST, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Local Defense Commun  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 22 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP, along with pro bono partner The Legal Aid Society, secured a settlement for a pro bono client in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the original complaint filed in 2022, our client, a transgender man, suffered abuse while incarcerated at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility at the hands of staff employed by the New York State Department of Correct  more

NEW YORK, June 22 (TNSres) -- Barnard College issued the following news: On May 29, 2024, Alison Pischedda, assistant professor of biology, published new research in The Journal of Evolutionary Biology, alongside Barnard staff member and alumna Avigayil Lev '22 and several colleagues from Canisius University. The article, "Life history changes associated with over 400 generations of artificial selection on body size in Drosophila," examines the impacts of artificial selection on body size in th  more

NEW YORK, June 22 (TNSres) -- Barnard College issued the following news: On June 10, 2024, Rachel Eisendrath, associate professor of English and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, published a new article in The Yale Review titled "Rembrandt's Reclining Female Nude: What the print reveals about a body at rest (https://yalereview.org/article/eisendrath-rembrandts-reclining-female-nude)." In her essay, Eisendrath thoughtfully analyzes Dutch painter Rembrandt's 1658 etching o  more

ITHACA, New York, June 20 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Risa Mish, professor of practice at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, received the 2024 Earl Hill Jr. Faculty Achievement and Diversity Leadership Award. Established in 2019 by The Consortium, this annual award recognizes outstanding academic and professional leadership on campus and in the community, including a strong commitment to advocating for dive  more

ROCHESTER, New York, June 22 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: It can be gratifying and inspiring when a project's positive impact goes beyond the original scope of the researchers' imagination. This has been the case for scholars in RIT's Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab as the Multispectral Imaging System for Historical Artifacts (MISHA) system extends its footprint to Europe and South America. Led by Professor Juilee Decker, Professor David Messinger, and   more

AKWESASNE, New York, June 22 -- The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news: Trustees for the St. Lawrence River case have released their Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment (RP/EA) (PDF, 71 pages) for implementing three public access projects on tributaries to the St. Lawrence River in upstate New York. The projects will in-part benefit the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe by restoring access to recreational fishing opportunities.  more

ITHACA, New York, June 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The transition to menopause is marked by a progressively higher density of estrogen receptors (ER) on brain cells, a measure that remains elevated in women up to their mid-60s, according to a new brain imaging study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. In addition to revealing new evidence of the brain's response to this major life change, the study pioneers the use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- Scholastic, a children's publishing, education and media company, issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced that it has closed its previously announced definitive agreement to invest in 9 Story Media Group ("9 Story"), a leading independent creator, producer and distributor of premium children's content, after receiving a satisfactory opinion from the Minister  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following statement on June 21, 2024: * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued a statement after the United States Supreme Court announced a decision in United States v. Rahimi, reversing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's decision that a federal law prohibiting persons under a domestic violence restraining order from accessing guns violates the Second Amendment. The case involved Zackey Ra  more

GENESEO, New York, June 21 -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following news: The Princeton Review has named SUNY Geneseo as a Best Value College for 2024. Geneseo is among 209 outstanding institutions chosen for the designation, based on a survey of administrators at 650 institutions. Survey topics covered the schools' academic offerings, cost, financial aid, career services, graduation rates, and student debt. "We highly recommend the schools that made our Best   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 22 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft partner Rob Bilott delivered the keynote address, "Environmental Law, Corporate Accountability, and PFAS Contamination," at the Community-Based Collaborative PFAS Summit held at the Stevens Institute of Technology campus in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 14. More information can be found here. Dubbed by The New York Times Magazine as "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare" in an article published on Jan.  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 22 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft partner Rob Bilott recently received the "Humanitarian Impact Award" from the National PFAS Contamination Coalition during their nationwide PFAS conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received the award in definition of his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS contamination. Dubbed by The New York Times Magazine as "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare" in an article published on Jan. 6,  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 22 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown alongside the New York and London offices of Mayer Brown advised Bunge, a major player in the agribusiness and food industry, on its definitive agreement to sell 50% of Bunge's holding interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia to BP, its joint venture partner, and this transaction is projected to yield net revenues approaching US$800 million. At closing, which is ex  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Teneo, a CEO advisory firm, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Teneo, the global CEO advisory firm, today announced new leadership and a strengthening of its team in Amsterdam. Kees Boef has been appointed CEO of Teneo's business in the Netherlands and member of the European management team, effective September 16, 2024. He will report to Philippe Blanchard, who leads Teneo's Continental Europe operations. Kees joins Teneo from Schiphol Group, the flagshi  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues FRIDAY, JUNE 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT). Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable guests, roundtable discussions with panelists, and its signature "New Rules." The series airs on HBO and is available to stream on M  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Commerzbank, KfW IPEX-Bank and DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank as mandated lead arrangers, and Commerzbank as agent, on the Euros210 million financing of bayernets' Augusta gas transmission pipeline. The project comprises the planned construction and commissioning of the pipeline, which extends 40.5km between the grid nodes Wertingen in the district o  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Energean plc, a FTSE 250 premium-listed energy company, on its strategic divestment of its Egypt, Italy and Croatia exploration and production assets to an entity controlled by Carlyle International Energy Partners (Carlyle) for an enterprise value of up to US$945 million. The sale enables Energean to rationalise its portfolio and focus on its gas-weighted developmen  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Etu Energias, S.A., Angola's largest private energy company, on the acquisition financing of stakes in upstream Angolan assets from the Portuguese multinational energy company Galp. "This transaction represents Etu Energias' entry into the production of oil in ultra deep waters and is a major step in its strategy to build a profitable and diversified portfolio," said  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Erste Group Bank AG, as global coordinator and joint bookrunner, and BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan SE, Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski S.A. and UniCredit Bank GmbH, as joint bookrunners, on the issuance of series 3 Euros500 million 4.500% senior non-preferred notes due 2029 by PKO Bank Polski S.A. The notes issuance was carried out under PKO Bank Polski's Euros4   more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised The KaDeWe Group GmbH, the operator of three German luxury department stores, on its self-administration proceedings, including insolvency and reorganization law, employment and tenancy law, and on the sale of the business operations to Thai Central Group. At the reporting meeting at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Local Court, the voting insolvency creditors of the KaDeWe  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, June 22 -- Winthrop University issued the following news: Callers with Winthrop University's Center for Public Opinion & Policy Research have added another poll to work on besides the Winthrop Poll. Since February, the center has served as a remote call center to help with the New York Times/Siena polls, considered one of the top polls in the country. Travis Brodbeck, associate director of data management of the Siena College Research Institute, said Winthrop starte  more