BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented American Industrial Partners in its definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. and Canadian architectural coatings business of PPG, a global paints, coatings, and specialty materials leader. The announcement was made in an October 17 press release. Financial terms were not disclosed. Consummation of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. American Industrial Partn  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Akamai Technologies, a provider of content delivery network services, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, announced today that APIContext is the latest organization to join the Akamai Qualified Compute Partner Program as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV). APIContext is providing advanced API performance monitoring and compliance testing solutio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Oct. 17, 2024 -- Berkshire Bank is pleased to announce that Cathy Velez, managing director, Retail Banking and Deposit Operations, will also serve as market president for the bank in Connecticut. As the state's market president, Velez will serve as the bank's local leader, coordinating business development activities across its lines of business in Connecticut and leading region-specific activitie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: Barcelona, Spain - October, 17 2024 -- BVNK, the payments infrastructure provider, and Circle, a global financial technology firm, today announced a partnership, aimed at accelerating the utility of USDC for BVNK's global customer base. BVNK will integrate USDC more deeply into its payment offerings, enabling businesses to leverage the speed and stability of USDC for a va  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Professor Nathan Ahlgren's marine microbial ecology research focuses on key producer of earth's oxygen * * * Biology Professor Nathan Ahlgren has won a five-year, $1.56 million National Science Foundation Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) grant to investigate how iron nourishes and shapes the adaptation of Synechococcus, one of the most abundant phytoplankton in the ocean and a key driver to t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Crosspoint Capital Partners in a $20 million Series Seed investment in SynthBee, Inc. The funding was announced on Oct. 16. Crosspoint Capital Partners is a leading investment firm focused on the cybersecurity, privacy and infrastructure software markets. SynthBee is building a safe, scalable and reliable computing intelligence platform to amplify and accelerate human innovation a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced a groundbreaking agreement between MassHealth, the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA), and five statewide utility companies. The partnership will deliver automatic discounts on utility bills for hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents receiving MassHealth, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Transit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: * * * Lawsuit Seeks Court Order to End Nuisance and Require Permit Compliance * * * GRAFTON -- The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit (https://www.mass.gov/doc/feedback-earth-pleadings-package/download) in Suffolk Superior Court against a Grafton company, Feedback Earth, Inc., over claims that it has be  more

WESTFIELD, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration released a report with recommendations today that provide Massachusetts colleges and universities with resources to enhance access into the state's higher education system and provide a high-quality experience to all students regardless of background. These recommendations were crafted with the administration's Advisory Council to Advanc  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: * * * Free access to Wysa Assure available to eligible MassMutual policyowners Company Also Expands Availability of Other Health and Wellness Program Tools and Offerings to Help More Policyowners Better Understand and Protect their Health * * * SPRINGFIELD and BOSTON, Mass. - MassMutual today announced it is the first insurer in the U.S. to offer eligible policy  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * VHB collaborated with VDOT on systemic safety projects in their VHSIP. * * * In recent years, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) shifted its focus for their Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program--prioritizing low-cost, widely deployed systemic safety improvements over la  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * New Haven, West Haven, and Hamden, CT * * * VHB is reimagining public transportation with bus rapid transit (BRT) in the greater New Haven, Connecticut area -- soon to be the state's first on-street BRT system. The new BRT system will introduce major time efficiencies for public tr  more