WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 23, 2025 NAVY PCG-SMX JV, LLC,* Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $532,138,874 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract This contract will provide support services for enterprise-wide applications, server, storage, data protection/recovery, data transport, and data environment engineering, operations, and hosting support services. Re  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 24, 2025 NAVY Black Construction - Tutor Perini JV, Harmon, Guam (N62742-25-D-1327); CDM Constructors Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (N62742-25-D-1328); Conti Federal Services LLC, Orlando, Florida (N62742-25-D-1329); ECC Expeditionary Constructors LLC, Burlingame, California (N62742-25-D-1330); Icon SI (AUST) Pty Ltd., Richmond, Victoria, Australia (N62742-25-D-1331); MVL USA Inc., Lans  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 25 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * Astronomers Find Far-flung "Super Earths" Are Not Farfetched A new study shows that planets bigger than Earth and smaller than Neptune are common outside the Solar System. The same international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has also announced the discovery of a planet about twice the size of Earth orbiting   more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams Appoints Kim L. Yu as Director of Mayor's Office of Contract Services and City Chief Procurement Officer April 24, 2025 Yexenia Markland to Serve as First Deputy Director John K. Katsorhis to Serve as Deputy Chief Procurement Officer NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the appointment of Kim L. Yu as the next director of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS)  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on April 24, 2025, by Samuel Waldon, Acting Director, Division of Enforcement: * * * Statement on Jury's Verdict in Trial of Cutter Financial Group LLC and Jeffrey Cutter Yesterday, after a seven day trial and just over 5 hours of deliberation, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts found investment adviser Jeffrey Cutter and his advisory firm, Cutter Financial Group, LLC,   more