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World Bank: Global growth will be slow through 2023

Following a strong rebound in 2021, the global economy is entering a pronounced slowdown amid fresh threats from COVID-19 variants and a rise in inflation, debt, and income inequality that could endanger the recovery in emerging and developing economies, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report.


Kambi 'thrilled' to sign multi-state agreement with Affinity Interactive

The Kambi Group recently signed a multi-state sportsbook agreement with Affinity Interactive.


WEX financial services company names two new executives: 'expanding global footprint'

Financial services company WEX has named Karen Stroup as chief digital officer and Carlos Carriedo as chief operating officer, international, a news release said.


China's economic censorship 'increases financial risk' for American businesses and investors

China's increasing economic data censorship is raising risks for American investors and financial service companies that rely on Chinese economic reports to do business.


Houlihan Lokey 'delighted' to expand oil and gas coverage in Middle East

Los Angeles-based investment bank Houlihan Lokey, Inc., on Jan. 5 announced the expansion of its oil and gas coverage in the Middle East.


Smith 'thrilled to begin this new chapter' as Atlanta-based Crawford's new Canadian president

Crawford & Company, the world's largest independent claims management company, recently announced that Greg Smith has been promoted president of Canadian operations effective Jan. 1, 2022, a news release said.


Samsung Electronics unveils 'truly impressive' new development in enterprise server market

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. recently confirmed the development of PCIe 5.0 SSD for enterprise servers as a result of a collaboration with chipset and server manufacturers.


MyMD, Tan Thanh bring new Covid-19 pill to market

MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently signed a Cooperation and Purchase Agreement with Vietnam-based Tan Thanh Holdings Investment Joint Stock Company to purchase Oravax’s oral COVID-19 vaccine.


Organigram acquires Quebec-based company: 'another important milestone'

Leading cannabis producer Organigram Holdings Inc. has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Laurentian Organic Inc.


'Culture of quality': Hearthside Food Solutions acquires six facilities in US, Canada

Hearthside Food Solutions LLC has acquired the assets of Weston Foods Ambient Division including six North American facilities producing cookies, crackers, wafers and other baked products.


JFrog adds hosting centers in Canada for cloud computing services

JFrog Ltd. has opened new hosting centers in Canada for companies who want to run the company software on AWS and Microsoft Azure, a news release said.


U.S. becomes top exporter of LNG: 'seven-fold increase'

Thanks to strong European demand, the United States has emerged as the world’s leading exporter of liquefied natural gas, worldoil.com recently said.


JetBlue, American Airlines' Northeast Alliance to offer record-setting summer schedule out of New York and Boston

JetBlue and American Airlines recently announced additional flights out of New York and Boston through its Northeast Alliance (NEA).


S&P Global and IHS Markit to 'drive growth' with sale of chemicals, CUSIP business

S&P Global announced Dec. 27, 2021, that it will sell its IHS Markit’s Base Chemicals business to News Corp and its CUSIP Global Services to FactSet Research Systems.


National Bank of Greece takes 'great step forward' with EVO marketing alliance

EVO Payments Inc., is entering into a marketing agreement with the National Bank of Greece.


WEBTOON partners with HYBE to create BTS webcomic, videos

A California based streaming company, WEBTOON, has partnered with entertainment lifestyle platform HYBE to release a set of teaser videos that feature South Korean pop icons BTS.


Blacksky, Geoimage join forces to 'meet increased demand' for intelligence

Blacksky and Geoimage recently announced a partnership for global reseller operations in Australia.


CEO: AppDirect Capital will offer 'hassle-free access to funding'

AppDirect, a subscription service platform company, is embarking on a partnership with CDPQ to start Appdirect Capital.


Covetrus to restructure Europe operations, position company to 'win'

Animal health technology company Covetrus recently announced plans to restructure its organizations in Northern and Central Europe to provide better customer service.