NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, June 27 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * 2025 ASEAN IT Spending Growth Slows to 5.9% as AI-Powered IT Expansion Encounters Post-Boom Normalization, IDC Reports SINGAPORE, 26 June 2025 - According to the IDC Worldwide Black Book: Live Edition, IT spending across ASEAN is projected to grow by 5.9% in 2025 -- down from a robust 15.0% in 2024. This deceleration reflects a normaliz  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Athenahealth Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), expressing support for enhancing care coordination and patient outcomes within the health technology ecosystem. The letter outlines critical recommendations aimed at advancing healthcare policy and interoperability. Joe Ganley, vice president of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Athenahealth, stated, "We are a national leader in buildin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Christian Westra, Kate Withers, and Tim Castelli Discuss Private Equity Buyout Holding Periods * Private equity and venture capital buyouts recorded longer holding periods across most industries in June compared with 2020 levels, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence using Preqin Pro data. In a recent article, private equity partners Christian Westra,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Commemorating a Decade of Marriage Equality: Ropes & Gray Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Landmark Decision in Obergefell v. Hodges * Today, Ropes & Gray proudly marks the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which established marriage equality as the law of the land. The Ropes & Gray team was le  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 -- Community Catalyst issued the following statement on June 26, 2025: * * * Community Catalyst Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Allowing States to Exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid Washington, D.C. -- In response to today's Supreme Court ruling allowing states to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding, Community Catalyst issued the following statement: Statement from Mona Shah, Senior Director of Policy and Strategy at Community Catal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 (TNSrep) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release on June 26, 2025: * * * Companies Must Go Beyond AI Adoption to Realize Its Full Potential * New BCG Report Based on Survey Responses from Over 10,600 Workers Across 11 Countries Shows AI Usage Has Gone Mainstream, but Business Value Requires Deep Workflow Redesign * Frontline Workers' Adoption Has Stalled, and Job-Loss Fears Are Rising, Especially in Countri  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Evelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT * Evelyn Wang '00 knows a few things about engineering solutions to hard problems. After all, she invented a way to pull water out of thin air. Now, Wang is applying that problem-solving experience -- and an enduring sense of optimism -- toward the critical issue of climate change, to strengthen the American energy economy and ensure resili  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Face-to-face with Es Devlin * Es Devlin, the winner of the 2025 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, creates settings for people to gather -- whether it's a few people in a room or crowds swelling a massive stadium -- arenas in which to dissolve one's individual sense of self into the greater collective. She herself contains multitudes; equally at home with 17th century metap  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Hamilton Lane: Semi-liquid Carry Structure Now 'In Line' with Industry Standard (Private Equity International) * Hamilton Lane's decision to change the way it charges carried interest on one of its flagship semi-liquid funds was aimed at bringing incentives in line with other such vehicles in the industry, according to the firm's executive co-chair. He said adjusting the c  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, June 27 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release on June 26, 2025: * * * IDC Security Roadshow 2025 in Riyadh Unites Cybersecurity Leaders to Accelerate Vision 2030 Riyadh - Against the backdrop of Saudi Arabia's fast-paced digital transformation, the IDC Security Roadshow 2025 returned to Riyadh this week with resounding success. Hosted on July 23 under the theme "Securing the Future: Artif  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, Attorneys Discuss DOL Withdrawing Biden ESG Rule and Crypto Guidance for ERISA Plans * In a Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance article, attorneys examined the U.S. Department of Labor ending its defense of the Biden-era ESG rule in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of state attorneys general and engaging in n  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Law360, Health Care Attorneys Examine Key Takeaways from Oregon's New Corporate Practice of Medicine Law * In a Law360 article, health care partners Tim McCrystal and Christina Bergeron and health care associates Robin Briendel and Nicole Tetzlaff discussed key takeaways in Oregon's new corporate practice of medicine law that strengthens existing restrictions by limiting  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden Urge Republicans to Halt Health Care Cuts, Spare Small Businesses from Skyrocketing Costs * Lawmakers raise concerns with Republican health care and food security cuts Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 26, 2025) - Small Business Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Finance Committee Ranking Mem  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden Urge Republicans to Halt Health Care Cuts, Spare Small Businesses from Skyrocketing Costs Lawmakers raise concerns with Republican health care and food security cuts * (Washington, June 26) - Small Business Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Democratic Leader Chuck S  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Warren, MA Leaders Sound Alarm on Inhumane Conditions at Burlington ICE Field Office, ICE Attempts to Undermine Transparency * Reports reveal office held people for days with little food and water, cramped cells, lack of access to health care ICE recently changed policy to attempt to block Congressional oversight, prevent Americans' representatives from witnessing ICE's violation  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 27 (TNSjou) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * Generative AI's hidden cultural tendencies New research from MIT Sloan finds that generative AI provides culturally distinct responses to the same prompt in different languages. * CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 26 , 2025 -- If you ask generative AI the same question in different languages, will it give the same answer, or will its responses va  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * New War Room Investigation Reveals Trump Admin Dishonesty About Social Security Call Wait Times * A phone survey by Sen. Warren's office finds Social Security call wait times average 102 minutes--8.5x higher than Social Security Administration's claims; majority of calls never answered by a human War Room publishes new data with findings, sends letter to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * New Warren Report: "Bad Medicine: RFK Jr.'s Dirty Dozen Antivax Attacks" * As key vaccine panel meets, Sen. Warren highlights a dozen actions by RFK Jr. to undermine access to vaccines, endangering millions of Americans "By breaking promises, distorting facts, and pushing out mainstream vaccine experts and disregarding their views while installing anti-vaccination zealots, RFK Jr. has je  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * NEW NOVA SERIES "HUMAN," A BBC STUDIOS SCIENCE UNIT PRODUCTION WITH NOVA AND GBH FOR PBS AND THE BBC, INVESTIGATES THE ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES The five-part series premieres Wednesday, September 17, at 9pm ET/8C on PBS, and will also be available for streaming at pbs.org/nova, NOVA on YouTube, and the PBS App * Boston, MA - June 25, 2025 - The award-winnin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 (TNSrep) -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * New wealth of top 1% surges by over $33.9 trillion since 2015 - enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development 'abysmally off track' ahead of crunch talks * Oxfam condemns "private finance takeover" of development efforts, as over 3.7 billion people remain in poverty ten years after the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed. * New Oxfam analysis unveils "astronomical   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Lawmakers Demand Trump Admin. Exempt Essential Baby Products from Harmful Tariffs * Last Month, After Pressure from Pressley, Treasury and Trump Said Exemption Was "Under Consideration" Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led 25 of her colleagues on a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding an immediate exemption for essential in  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Markey, Cantwell, Colleagues Slam Trump Administration's Efforts to Strip Minority Business Owners from Resources (Washington, June 26) - Small Business Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Democrats on both committees to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Leverages AI-Powered ProVision Platform to Transform Client Service in Asset Management Practice * Ropes & Gray's asset management practice has implemented Intelligent Legal Solutions' (ILS) ProVision platform, an AI-powered solution that is transforming how the firm delivers side letter management services to its fund formation clients. The firm played a key r  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 25-cv-00242; D.N.H. filed June 26, 2025) involving Robynne Alexander: * * * On June 26, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Manchester, New Hampshire resident Robynne Alexander with defrauding investors through real estate investment schemes resulting in investor losses of at least $3 million. According to the SEC's complaint, from 2018 through 2024, Alexander solicited   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey, House Partners Mark National Gun Violence Awareness Month with Slate of Gun Safety Bills to Address Crisis * Watch: Sen. Markey commemorates Gun Violence Awareness Month Washington (June 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Caucus, today announced a package of gun violence prevention bills that would significantly decreas  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Summer 2025 reading from MIT * Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a good book -- and MIT authors have had much to offer in the past year. The following titles represent some of the books published in the past 12 months by MIT faculty and staff. In addition to links for each book from its publisher, the MIT Libraries has compiled a helpful list of the titles held in its coll  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Postpartum Care for New Mothers * WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, and Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02) introduced H.R. 4074, the Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act. This legislation seeks to improve maternal postpartum health by  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Vote Explainer -- H. Res. 537 Impeaching Donald J. Trump * On June 24, Congressman Moulton voted to table the impeachment resolution, along with 128 House Democrats (link is external), because he does not believe this specific military operation constitutes an impeachable offense, which was the sole focus of the resolution. By that standard other presidents could also have been impeached for u  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on CFPB Funding Cut in Republican Budget Bill Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the latest attempt by Donald Trump and Republicans to undermine the Consum  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Markey, MA Leaders Sound Alarm on Inhumane Conditions at Burlington ICE Field Office, ICE Attempts to Undermine Transparency * Reports reveal ICE held people for days with little food and water, cramped cells, lack of access to health care ICE recently changed policy to inhibit Congressional oversight, prevent Americans' representatives from witnessing ICE's violations "We are   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Schumer, Wyden, Whitehouse Demand Explanation from Big Oil Corporations Lobbying for Giveaways at Expense of American Families * Senate Republicans have included a $1 trillion loophole for Big Oil in "big, beautiful bill" that would allow massive corporations to avoid paying federal taxes despite earning billions. "Congress should not raise energy prices for working families to d  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Senators Urge Trump Admin to Protect Workers, Expand Access to Overtime Pay * Biden-era rule would have made 4.3 million more workers eligible for overtime pay "Repealing this rule would be a huge blow to working families across the country and is another way in which Republicans continue to run on working-class values but govern according to billionaires' wishes." Text of Lett  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Decries Supreme Court Decision Allowing States To Strip Medicaid Funding From Planned Parenthood * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's decision upholding South Carolina's ban on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood: "Trump's extremist Supreme Court has inflicted yet another bru  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 (TNSrep) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * Who's Winning the Innovation Race? New 20-Year Analysis Points to What Matters Most * BCG's 19th Annual Innovation Study Shows Innovators Outperform the Broader Market, Especially in Periods of Crisis * Analysis of BCG's Top 50 Most Innovative Companies Over Two Decades Reveals That Chinese Firms Have Gained Prominence While Europe Underperforms * Dig  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, June 27 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Worldwide Server Market Value Will Reach 366 billion in 2025, Representing a 45% Growth Compared to 2024, according to IDC GPU based server continues dominating the market and fueling a growth path * NEEDHAM, Mass., June 26, 2025 - According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, the server mar  more