NEW YORK, June 21 -- Blackstone, an investment firm, issued the following news release: * * * Blackstone Completes CDN$7 Billion Equity Investment in Rogers in Partnership with Leading Canadian Institutional Investors NEW YORK - June 20, 2025 - Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has successfully closed its previously announced CDN$7 billion equity investment in Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B; NYSE: RCI). Under the terms of the transaction, funds managed by Blackstone Credit & Insurance   more

ALBANY, New York, June 20 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Announces $1 Million Available for Community Forest Conservation Grants * Grants Contribute to Goal of Conserving 30 Percent of New York State's Lands and Waters by 2030 and Planting 25 Million Trees By 2033 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton today announced $1 million for grants is now available through   more

ITHACA, New York, June 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Faculty-led startup is using AI to reimagine software reliability * Cornell Tech Assistant Professor Raaz Dwivedi has co-founded Traversal, a startup emerging from stealth this week with a mission: to transform how modern software systems detect and resolve outages using artificial intelligence. The company has raised a $48 million seed and Series A round led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, with partici  more

ALBANY, New York, June 21 -- The New York State Department of Labor issued the following news release on June 20, 2025: * * * ICYMI: New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Reardon Reminds New Yorkers that the Fashion Workers Act Takes Effect on June 19 New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon joined stakeholders in highlighting the Fashion Workers Act, a new law that takes effect on June 19. During the Tuesday press conference at the Fashion Institute of Techno  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 20 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Jorge Morales '26 Named a 2025 Beinecke Scholar * Jorge Morales '26, a double major in history and anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs with a minor in English and textual studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the highly competitive Beinecke Scholarship. Morales is one of only 20 students nationwide to receive this prestigious award, which supports exc  more

NEW YORK, June 20 -- Savills Inc., a real estate firm, issued the following news release: * * * LeadsOnline Nearly Doubles Headquarters at Legacy Town Center II The global provider of data, analysis and ballistic tools for law enforcement agencies will remain in place and expand onto a full floor * DALLAS (June 18, 2025) - Savills oversaw the real estate plan for LeadsOnline's Texas-based headquarters. The investigative technology company will remain in its current 14,992-square-foot space   more

NEW YORK, June 20 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams and NYCEM Commissioner Iscol Urge New Yorkers to Plan and Prepare for Extreme Temperatures as Summer Starts * June 20, 2025 City's Heat Emergency Plan and Cooling Centers Will Be Activated on Sunday in Anticipation of Upcoming Heat Wave NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol today marked the first day of summer by reminding Ne  more

NEW YORK, June 20 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams, BRP Companies, and Hudson Companies Break Ground on 420 New Affordable Homes in Melrose, Final Phase of Larger "La Central" Project in The Bronx * June 20, 2025 Phase II of "La Central" Housing Development Will Create Two New Buildings, Hundreds of New Affordable Units Once Complete, Entire La Central Project Expected to Deliver Over 1,000 Affordable Homes, Community Facility Space, and Reta  more

NEW YORK, June 20 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams, Department of City Planning Kick Off Public Engagment on "Manhattan Plan," Ambitious Proposal to Add 100,000 New Homes to Borough Over Next Decade * June 20, 2025 Announced in Mayor Adams' State of the City Address Earlier This Year, Manhattan Plan Will Identify Opportunities to Build New Homes From Inwood to Financial District Adams Administration Will Conduct Extensive Digital and In-Perso  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Morgan Stanley, a multinational financial services corporation, issued the following news release on June 20, 2025: * * * Morgan Stanley Investment Management's 1GT Leads Series E Investment in Insight M New York -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced today that the 1GT climate private equity strategy (1GT) invested $30 million to lead a growth equity funding round in Insight M, a leader in cost-effective methane management solutions for the energy sect  more

ROCHESTER, New York, June 21 -- Roberts Wesleyan College issued the following news: * * * Roberts Wesleyan Nursing Program Presents Groundbreaking Teaching Method in Italy: Global Recognition for Roberts Wesleyan's Dual-Perspective Nursing Education Roberts Wesleyan University's commitment to innovative nursing education recently shone on the international stage as Assistant Professor of Nursing Sharon Kurtz presented at the prestigious International Learning Collaborative (ILC) conference in  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Rockefeller University issued the following news: * * * How an Alzheimer's peptide and a blood protein may combine to drive early disease pathology Scientists have long known that the Alzheimer's brain often features abnormal plaques and tangles, and recent studies have highlighted the role that the brain's vascular system plays in disease progression. But for decades, this knowledge has failed to translate into fully effective treatments. The lack of progress is largely   more

NEW YORK, June 20 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * SINNERS Begins Streaming Exclusively On Max July 4 * Warner Bros. Pictures' SINNERS, the highest-grossing and best-indexing horror film ever released in IMAX, will make its global streaming debut exclusively on Max on FRIDAY, JULY 4. The film will debut on HBO linear on SATURDAY, JULY 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, tw  more

NEW YORK, June 20 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release on June 19, 2025: * * * Skanska completes renovation of the Hospital for Special Surgery Sports Medicine Institute West Side in New York, New York NEW YORK, NY - Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, today announced the completion of the $8M renovation of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Sports Medicine Institute West Side located in New York, New York. "We are pr  more

STONY BROOK, New York, June 21 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Study Suggests an Expanded Role of the Brain's Thalamus Findings published in Neuron reveal that the region shapes cortical dynamics * STONY BROOK, NY, June 20, 2025 - Research that is taking a closer look at activity in the thalamus - a region long considered a relay station for the brain and involved in consciousness and motor activity - reveals the  more

NEW YORK, June 20 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * TNT Sports & DAZN's Coverage of FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Continues with Five Group Stage Matches Over the Next Three Days * TNT Sports' English-language coverage of FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in the United States will continue this weekend with five matches featured over the next three days. Today's coverage will kick off with Chelsea vs. Flamengo at 2 p  more

NEW YORK, June 20 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Verizon announces expiration date results of its private exchange offers for 10 series of notes and expiration of related tender offers * NEW YORK, N.Y. \- Verizon Communications Inc. ("Verizon") (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced the expiration and preliminary expiration date results of its Exchange Offers (as defined below) and the expi  more