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From the first quarter Phoenix Management "Lending Climate in America" Survey, results continue to show a positive outlook on the U.S. economy in both the near and long term. Lenders optimism on the U.S. economy for the near term increased this...

VantageScore Solutions, LLC, developer of the VantageScore® credit scoring model, today released a white paper which found that credit score models can maintain accuracy and predictive power even if certain negative data -- such as tax liens, civil...

World Water Day is a great time to reflect on how fortunate those of us that have clean, safe, drinking water really are. Much of the world is not so lucky so it is critically important that we think about how we care for our precious, water...

GE's startup unit is now bringing solar power to Northeastern businesses including Partners Healthcare, Seabury and Smith & WessonCurrent has also announced solar installation plans at 8 GE locations across the NortheastSolar installations across the...

For previous generations, Spring Break meant a chance for teens to get away from home. Road trips to the beach, rivers or mountains were staples of the Spring Break "experience." So much so that this annual ritual became the topic of countless movies...

eQuest, the world's leading job posting distributor, today announced that its Compliance and Diversity Division has exceeded 1,000 customers. In the seven years since the division was founded, eQuest has rapidly built its customer base, delivering...

LockPath, a leading provider of governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced the company has been included as a sample vendor in Gartner Inc.'s January 17, 2017 IT Market Clock for Procurement and Sourcing Solutions,...

Owners.com, an innovative online brokerage, recently commissioned a survey of more than 1,200 consumers considering a home purchase this year. The theme of this year's spring real estate season? Stress. In fact, according to the study, 72 percent of...

With artificial intelligence applications growing rapidly, "AI First" has become a mantra for enterprises as they begin to ponder strategy, opportunities and the right mix of technologies, according to Lux Research.Aided by a confluence of new...

With spring showers scheduled to arrive early this year, termites could soon be on the move in Terminix's top 15 most-infested cities. These pests are present across the nation, but Terminix revealed that residents of Mobile, Ala. reported the most...

MADD Canada continues to support and promote taxis as a highly valuable option for sober transportation. Our policy on this has not changed. A recent media story included comments from a spokesperson who was speaking from the perspective of a mother...

International nonprofit Last Chance for Animals ("LCA") has released an explosive undercover investigation that exposes the extreme abuse of laboratory animals at one of North America's largest Contract Research Organizations. During a four-month...

Cross-border online retail predicted to grow at twice the rate of domestic e-commerce (CAGR: 25%) until 2020 Retailers can grow 60% faster with a premium service offering DHL Express CEO Ken Allen: "'Going global' and 'going...

An independent global research released today by TÜV SÜD, one of the world's leading providers of safety, quality and sustainability solutions, has found that businesses should leverage on escalating consumer demand and willingness to pay to increase...

The Calgary Airport Authority, which manages and operates YYC Calgary International Airport and Springbank Airport, fully endorses the Interim Order issued today by Transport Canada that puts into place new conditions on the use of recreational...

A report from an affiliation of independent electric grid operators concludes that the future of the North American power grid depends on effectively adding renewables to the grid, the accuracy and availability of data from "behind-the-meter"...

Money360, the leading commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, has doubled its portfolio in record time, having surpassed the $200 million mark this month in closed commercial real estate loans, the company announced today.It took...

CallMiner, the leader in cloud speech and customer engagement analytics solutions, today announced that it has received its SOC 2 Type II Attestation Report, FISMA Compliance Audit, HIPAA Security Rule Compliance, ISO 27001 Compliance, and PCI Report...

Succession Resource Group, Inc. (SRG) published the Three Takeaways from 2016 Financial Services M&A Data infographic and its third annual review of advisor acquisition activity, recapping 2016 data highlights and trends, drawing on more than $46...

Costs for Medicare Supplement insurance showed little or no increase according to the 2017 National Medicare Supplement Price Index."In many places, costs for Medigap protection did not change and that's good news for the 10,000 Americans who turn 65...

A host of diverse factors are converging to shine the spotlight on the food storage category as an important source of sales and profit growth for retailers -- and for supermarkets in particular. Global Market Development Center (GMDC) -- an...

"Oops, did I send you too much money? Sorry about that, why don't you send me back the balance after you cash my cheque?" It sounds perfectly innocent, but the request is a classic sign of the overpayment scam where criminals send fake...

The union representing trades, maintenance and service workers at the University of Guelph last night reached a tentative agreement with the University of Guelph. Negotiators for Local 1334 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE...

The Governments of Canada and Alberta are working to make life better for residents of Lethbridge by investing more than $1.3 million in joint funding to upgrade and repair seniors and affordable housing units. In particular, seniors and...

Investors and investment advisors are invited to listen to an update on Taylor North American Equity Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") by David Taylor of Taylor Asset Management. A link to the update recorded on March 9, 2017 has been posted to the...

With occupancy levels spiking recently to 138 per cent at Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH), the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) today called on the province to open at least 17 fully-funded and permanent beds at the hospital. The beds are...

The Toronto Real Estate Board strongly urges against the imposition of another provincial tax on foreign buyers, which would be in addition to existing provincial taxes on home buyers, including the land transfer tax that they already pay. An...

Fenwick & West today released its Gender Diversity Survey, which provides unique insight into women's participation at the most senior levels of public technology and life sciences companies in the Silicon Valley 150 Index and the large public...

New Frontier Data, the authority in business intelligence for the cannabis industry, have refined our market projections for adult use and medical markets across the country as part of our 2017 report, The Cannabis Industry Annual Report: 2017 Legal...

The economic outlook for Ontario's construction industry is positive and confidence is up across the province, according to findings from the 2017 Construction Confidence Indicator, an annual survey of construction contractors conducted by the...

Is the travel industry in peril? That depends on who you ask and recently, MMGY Global asked some 2,300 American adults what they thought of traveling now that the new administration has taken over affairs in the U.S. and the world stage. The results...

Housing starts are now on pace to hit 204,669 units in Canada, whereas January saw them hitting 200,255 units, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally...

Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. ("GLH" or the "Company") , a leading cannabis oil solutions company built around recognized brands, is pleased to provide an update on business activity in the Oregon market.Sales have picked up so far in the first quarter...

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced that the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) portfolio has generated $1 billion in revenue for HDS. The portfolio is seeing a significant increase in new...

New Frontier Data, the authority in business intelligence for the cannabis industry, has released the Executive Summary of its upcoming annual report, The Cannabis Industry Annual Report: 2017 Legal Marijuana Outlook. In this report, New Frontier...

The Better Business Bureau in partnership with the Competition Bureau and other fraud prevention organizations announced that romantic scams cost Canadians $17 million last year1. Dating apps and websites allow people to connect at any time and in...

Newly released TransUnion data found that as personal loan delinquency rates rise, online fraud, which includes loan stacking, continues to make significant contributions to these increases. Serious delinquency rates (90+ days past due) at the...

A report released today by Juwai.com and Sotheby's International Realty Canada reveals new insight into prospective homebuyers from mainland China, including trends in target pricing, motivation, and levels of interest between conventional and...

Driving is shifting into the next gear as autonomous cars become more prevalent. The B2B market for assistive and autonomous technologies, which includes software, hardware and services sold by suppliers to automakers, promises to be attractive, even...

Qu Biologics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing Site Specific Immunomodulators (SSIs) that aim to "reboot" the body's innate immune system, reports positive genetic analyses of their recently completed Phase 2 clinical studies in Crohn's...

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. ("Applied DNA," "The Company") , a provider of DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technology, product genotyping and product authentication solutions, released results from a recently commissioned...

Only 11 cents of every dollar in new federal government infrastructure spending will be spent on highways, bridges, railways and ports -- projects that can actually help improve Canada's economy, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute, an...

Holtwood Hydroelectric Project statement: "After analyzing the route proposed by Williams, and consulting with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) who identified this route as preferred and subsequently issued a certificate of...

Lung Cancer In America 2017, a newly released national survey by Health Union conducted with more than 800 individuals diagnosed with lung cancer, reveals high levels of stress and anxiety, even among those declared as having no evidence of disease...

Agosto Inc., a cloud services and development company and tier 1 Google Cloud Premier Partner, announced today that the company has grown by over 35% year over year for the last five years. The company attributes its rapid growth in large part to...

Zero-liquid discharge (ZLD), an approach to wastewater treatment that prevents any liquid waste from flowing out of a power plant or factors, will grow at a 12% annual rate into a $2.7 billion market in 2030. The market will be boosted by technology...

Guaranteed Rate, one of the largest independent retail mortgage lenders in the nation, is expanding its office space by 22,000 square feet and will create approximately 280 new positions in Chicago this year for its Liftoff loan origination training...

RNnetwork, one of the largest travel nursing companies in the nation, revealed today the results of a national survey. The survey indicates that nearly half of responding nurses (49.8 percent) are considering leaving the profession. These nurses feel...

On Thursday, Mar. 2, the Fraser Institute will release a new study on infrastructure spending, in light of the federal government's infrastructure plan and the recent Senate finance committee report.Myths of Infrastructure Spending in Canada examines...

The majority of construction deficiencies occur in new condominium developments compared to townhomes and single family homes, according to a new study released today by Community Associations Institute (CAI), the leading authority in community...