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Former Humble Games staff form new publisher that will work with their old company

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Two former leaders from video game publisher Humble Games, Alan Patmore and Mark Nash, have launched a new outfit called Good Games Group. And ironically, the first deal this indie publisher has landed is with its team's old parent company…

Roblox Corporation Investors: Company Investigated by the Portnoy Law Firm

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ​The Portnoy Law Firm advises Roblox Corporation ("Roblox" or "the Company") (NYSE: RBLX) investors that the firm has initiated an investigation into possible securities fraud and may file a…

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Why insurance companies and homeowners need better hurricane modeling

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More frequent severe storms mean there are, unfortunately, more opportunities to learn how to better estimate economic damage.

U.S. charges 4 crypto companies, 14 individuals with fraud

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Federal prosecutors in Boston charged the four firms and their leaders and employees in a case that also involved charges of people overseas.

Easy Ways Oil and Gas Companies Can Reduce Pollution

Canada’s oil and gas industry, responsible for the largest chunk of Canada’s polluting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, continues to drive climate change while trying...Read More

Brown University Will Vote on Divesting from Companies Tied to Israel

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The university made a deal with pro-Palestinian students last spring to consider their demands if they ended a protest encampment. But the university board voted against divestment.

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CBS parent company CEO says network leadership made 'mistake' in response to Tony Dokoupil's interview

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The CEO of CBS News' parent company said leadership made a big mistake reprimanding host Tony Dokoupil for his interview of anti-Israel author Ta-Nehisi Coates.

DOJ Revises Its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Policy to Consider How Companies Address Risks Posed by AI

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The Department of Justice's Criminal Division is "using more tools than ever before to identify corporate misconduct and to encourage companies to be good corporate citizens," according to Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy Attorney…

Ratan Tata, ex-chair of one of India’s largest companies, dies aged 86

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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi described Mr Tata as a visionary leader, a compassionate and an extraordinary human being

Google Researchers Win Nobel Prize Amid Company’s Antitrust Battle

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Two of the company’s A.I. researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, just hours after the Justice Department started spelling out plans that could lead to its break up.

Palantir nears $100 billion market cap as one of the largest software companies

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Palantir joined the S&P 500 last month, and its stock ranks third by year-to-date performance among current members.

Humble Games Parent Company Looks For Assistance In Laid-Off Staff’s New Label

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Although Humble Games helped to publish some fantastic games such as TemTem, SIGNALIS, and Mineko's Night Market, July 2024 saw a huge change within the company that caused uproar across social media. It's no surprise that there was uproar…

Recession fears are fading. Now it’s time for America’s companies to back that up

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By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Hopes for avoiding a recession are growing on Wall Street. Now, investors are looking for the coming earnings season to support that optimism. Companies in the S&P 500 reporting third-quarter results…

Woman claims husband jailed for rape is attempting to take control of company

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Husband who was sole director and 80% shareholder in business is looking to install his siblings as directors

EXCLUSIVE: Cannabis Companies Must 'Get More Juice From The Same Squeeze,' Says Cresco Labs CEO As Challenges Persist

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Finding a balance between getting more scale, but still being productive and having high margins in the current landscape in the cannabis industry, is a "daily challenge." That's according to Charlie Bachtell, CEO and co-founder of Cresco…

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Spotify's HR chief says the company won't be following Amazon and others in return-to-office trend

"You can't spend a lot of time hiring grown-ups and then treat them like children," Spotify's HR chief Katarina Berg said in a recent interview.

Health plans at 1 in 5 large companies cover weight-loss drugs for employees

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Only a fifth of large U.S. companies cover pricey GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound in their health insurance plans, a new survey shows.

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Pakistan Cricketing Legend Wasim Akram Features Together With Famous Porn Star Mia Khalifa In Betting Company Advertisement, Picture Goes Viral

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Fans were shocked to see Wasim Akram and Mia Khalifa together in the betting app advertisement and made their picture together viral on social media.

AI Researcher Slams OpenAI, Warns It Will Become the "Most Orwellian Company of All Time"

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Grave New World OpenAI is far from its days of being an altruistic, non-profit company. It is now the face of a booming AI industry and is effectively for-profit in all but name, steaming ahead with little regard for its technology's…

Transom Capital Announces Formation of Artivo Surfaces as Parent Company for Virginia Tile, and Galleher

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Galleher LLC, including its prior acquisition of Trinity Hardwood Flooring in Texas, is the largest floor covering distributor in the western United States and the third largest nationally, with 31 locations across 7 states. Galleher…