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Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX: SMT | OTCQX: SMTSF | BVL: SMT) (“Sierra” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”), following careful consideration and receipt of the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of its independent directors (the "Special Committee"), and after consultation with its financial and legal advisors, has recommended that Sierra shareholders reject the unsolicited all-cash take-over bid by an affiliate of Alpayana S.A.C. (“Alpayana”), to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares (“Common Shares”) of Sierra for C$0.85 per share (the "Hostile Bid").

Salesforce (NYSECRM), the world’s #1 AI CRM, today announced that SharkNinja, a global product design and technology company, is implementing Agentforce and other Salesforce products, including Commerce Cloud, to drive global growth by scaling its personalized customer service approach with autonomous agents.

Burkhan World Investments (BWI), a trailblazing single-family office known for its impact-driven investment strategies, proudly announces that Blaize (BZAI), a global leader in edge AI computing, successfully went public on January 14th, 2025 on NASDAQ through BurTech Acquisition Corporation, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) owned by BWI with a valuation of $1.2 billion USD. This milestone positions Blaize as a key player in addressing critical national security challenges and marks the first AI IPO of 2025.

Cosmo Tech, a market leader in AI Simulation software for enterprise decision making, today announced the appointment of Andre M. Boisvert as Lead Independent Director to its Board and as a Strategic Advisor. Boisvert is a globally recognized software executive with over 40 years of experience in sales, marketing, and R&D at companies such as IBM, Oracle Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President of WW Marketing, and SAS Institute Inc., where he held the role of President and Chief Operating Officer.

Flywl, the first buyer-centric cloud meta-marketplace, designed to simplify software acquisition for buyers and sellers, announced today that cloud marketplace pioneer Avanish Sahai is joining its Board of Directors. Sahai has been instrumental in building innovative partner ecosystems since the early days of the cloud revolution including at leaders like Salesforce, Google Cloud, and ServiceNow. He joins Flywl to support its mission of accelerating the global cloud marketplace transition from simple listing platforms to procurement force multipliers and sales growth engines.

Stellex Capital Management (“Stellex” or the “Company”), a middle-market private equity firm, is pleased to announce two additional hires to its business development team. Jennifer Colvin will join the team as a Director based in Washington D.C. and Scott Kingsley will join as a Vice President based in Boston, MA. Stellex has built a robust business development effort with existing team members based in the U.S. industrial heartland. Ms. Colvin and Mr. Kingsley will expand the team’s efforts from a sector and geographic coverage perspective.

EFG Companies sees numerous consumer-focused revenue opportunities for retail automotive and powersports dealers, lenders, and agents in 2025. Despite economic challenges including vehicle affordability, inflation, and interest rates, a strong focus on a value-driven, needs-based approach, supported by training and strategic differentiation, will deliver positive returns. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/4aehDVw

Vetted Capital has announced the addition of Brock Weatherup as its newest Partner. VC announced its forthcoming $50M First Close announcement in PitchBook in October.

Today, Land & Buildings Investment Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Land & Buildings” or “L&B”), a significant shareholder of Apartment Investment and Management Co. (NYSEAIV) (“Aimco”, “AIV”, or the “Company”), issued the following statement commending Aimco management and its board of directors (the “Board”) following the announcement of the Brickell Assemblage transaction and the expansion of the Company’s strategic review process. L&B also is calling for a quick resolution to the Company’s strategic review through a sale of the whole company, which L&B believes can unlock an additional 30% upside above the current share price.

NEW YORK, USA - Media OutReach Newswire - 14 January 2025 – The highly anticipated Best Places to Work World Rankings for 2024 have been revealed,...

Etiometry, the leader in clinical decision support software for high-acuity units, celebrates a year of groundbreaking achievements in 2024 and shares its ambitious vision to transform critical care in the year ahead. In 2024, the company achieved significant milestones across scalability, innovation and clinical impact, thereby solidifying its role as an effective tool to drive better patient outcomes and improved economics within the most complex and expensive hospital units.

Verint® (Nasdaq: VRNT), The CX Automation Company™, today announced highlights that will be discussed at today’s Investor Day to be held at 10:30 a.m. ET.

DGeo, the new DG Solutions Division at Labelmaster, today announced the release of Obexion FR, a mobile-ready system for first responders to extinguish and remediate lithium battery fires safely.

Today, 2K teed off the announcement of PGA TOUR® 2K25, the forthcoming entry in the golf simulation franchise from HB Studios, featuring the franchise debut of the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open. Six-time PGA TOUR winner Max Homa makes his series debut, joining 2K sponsored athlete Matt Fitzpatrick, alongside PGA TOUR 2K Executive Director and all-time sports great, Tiger Woods, on the Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition. Woods will also be featured on the Legend Edition. PGA TOUR 2K25 Standard Edition will be available worldwide on Friday, February 28, 2025. Players who pre-order PGA TOUR 2K25 Deluxe Edition and PGA TOUR 2K25 Legend Edition are entitled to up to seven days of Early Access beginning on Friday, February 21, 2025.

Press Ganey, the leading provider of experience measurement, data analytics, and insights for health systems and health plans, today unveiled expanded AI capabilities designed to help healthcare leaders anticipate challenges, take proactive action, and improve safety and experiences for patients and employees.

Ultra Accelerator Link™ Consortium (UALink™) has announced the expansion of its Board of Directors with the election of Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd., Apple Inc., and Synopsys Inc. The new Board members will leverage their industry knowledge to advance development and industry adoption of UALink – a high-speed, scale-up interconnect for next-generation AI cluster performance.

Today, Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), the global financial technology platform that makes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, released the findings of its 2025 Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index Annual Report. Developed in collaboration with leading global economist University of Chicago Professor Ufuk Akcigit and his co-authors, the report reveals how high interest rates were a growth inhibitor for small businesses as US small business employment experienced its largest year-over-year decline in 2024 since 2015, with the leisure and hospitality industries hardest hit.

Empower announced today it is temporarily waiving distribution and mailing fees in an effort to support the financial needs of individuals affected by wildfires in southern California.

William Mills Agency, North America’s largest independent public relations and marketing firm specializing in financial technology, has been selected by CORA Group to represent its portfolio of loyalty companies. CORA Group is a collective organization redefining advancement through the acquisition, strengthening, and growth of over 30 independent software brands worldwide.

Apiture, a leading provider of digital banking solutions, today announced that Sage Capital Bank, an independent community financial institution serving customers in central Texas, has selected the Apiture Digital Banking Platform to power its online and mobile banking.

Hello Heart, the digital leader in preventive heart health, today released the 2025 Heart Health Matters Report, identifying key trends in how benefit decision-makers are thinking about the human and financial impacts of not only heart disease, but other chronic conditions as well.

JustPark, the parking app solution originally from the U.K., has secured its first major U.S. partnership with the University of Hawai’i, a significant step in its journey to become the parking app of choice across North America, following its merger with ParkHub last year.

Vision Group Retail, a leader in AI and computer vision technology, announced today that it acquired Hivery, a leading provider of advanced AI retail assortment simulations for predictive ROI. The deal crowns Vision Group’s comprehensive suite of solutions to address space planning, assortment optimization, and retail execution.

Visa Cash App Racing Bulls (VCARB) and Dynatrace today announced that Dynatrace has become the official Observability and Performance Analytics Technology partner of the VCARB team, starting with the 2025 racing season.

Terviva, Inc., an agricultural innovation company working with farmers to grow and harvest pongamia for food, feed and fuel, today announced a strategic investment from integrated energy company Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd (Idemitsu). Idemitsu, in partnership with Terviva and Stanmore, an Australia-based coal resource company, is beginning a trial plantation of Terviva’s pongamia in Queensland, Australia. This collaboration leverages Terviva’s scalable tree production and Idemitsu’s expertise in fuels to accelerate the global production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) with oil from Terviva's proprietary pongamia technology. Terviva has developed a model that ensures high yields for farmers and a robust end market for the entire pongamia bean, while Idemitsu's industry knowledge streamlines the path to market for the oil as SAF.

Spearmint Energy (“Spearmint” or the “Company”), a next-generation clean energy company bringing reliable, low-cost energy to the power grid through battery energy storage, today announced that Michael Weinstein, ERP, former Head of Investor Relations for solar developer SunPower Corporation, has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations, effective immediately. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for deepening and expanding Spearmint’s relationships with existing and prospective investors and supporting capital raising efforts across the business.

NEW YORK - January 14, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Raadr, Inc., now doing business as Telvantis (OTC PINK: RDAR) ("Telvantis" or the "Company"), today announced significant progress in its transformation into a global telecommunications company. Through the strategic acquisition of Mexedia SpA's U.S. and Ireland operating units and a comprehensive restructuring, Telvantis is positioned to deliver innovative solutions and redefine its role in the telecom industry.

ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, announced today that all launch preparations are complete in advance of its SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 launch featuring the RESILIENCE lunar lander and TENACIOUS micro rover, scheduled to launch on Jan. 15, 2025, at 06:11 UTC.

Adtran today announced the expansion of Alcorn County Electric Power Association’s (ACE Power) fiber subsidiary, ACE Fiber, into New Albany, Mississippi. The new network utilizes Adtran’s comprehensive suite of fiber network technologies, significantly enhancing internet speed, accessibility and reliability for homes and businesses throughout the city. The deployment features Adtran’s FSP 3000 open optical transport solution and real-time fiber assurance from the ALM monitoring platform. Adtran’s multigigabit fiber-to-the-home technology, optimized by Mosaic One SaaS, ensures superior network management, scalability and subscriber experience. The infrastructure will enable essential services such as telehealth and expand opportunities for remote work and learning for New Albany’s residents.

Small business owners are less optimistic than they were a year ago and, as they accept a wider variety of payment methods such as debit and credit cards, digital wallets, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) and even cryptocurrency, many are applying surcharges to customer purchases. According to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Merchant Services Satisfaction Study,℠ released today, 34% of merchants are adding surcharges for customer purchases made using credit cards. Accordingly, satisfaction with the overall cost of payment processing services among small businesses that implement these credit card surcharges is 24 points lower (on a 1,000-point scale) than among those that do not add a credit card surcharge.

Today, Alexi, the leading AI litigation platform, announces its fully private, self-hosted AI solution for large law firms — Alexi Containers. Built to run within a firm’s private cloud ecosystem, Containers ensures unmatched data security, privacy, customization, and scalability while integrating advanced AI technology to streamline the workflows of legal professionals serving clients with complex and intricate legal needs.

Olfactive Biosolutions, the leader in adapting food molecules to treat chronic diseases, was recently granted a third patent for inducing the secretion of GLP-1 and GIP, in U.S. patent US 12,171,727 B1 dated Dec. 24, 2024, Compositions and Methods for Treating Endocrine Diseases and Disorders. The patent specifically relates to oral formulations of natural food molecules for treating diabetes mellitus and obesity by modulating ectopic olfactory, taste and related receptor activity.

Longacre Square Partners, a full-service consultancy that advises clients on corporate relations, crisis management, and contested and special situations, today announced that it has expanded its North American presence through the appointment of Amy Freedman as Partner, Head of Canada. Ms. Freedman, who has served as a member of Longacre’s Advisory Board since 2023, has extensive experience as a C-level executive, public company director, strategic advisor and investment banker. Based in Toronto, Ms. Freedman will focus on advising issuers and investors on the public and private elements of shareholder activism campaigns, corporate governance changes, complex transactions and other material events.

National affordable housing innovator Arrive Home has partnered with FormFree, a leader in financial technology since 2007, to offer lender partners an alternative method to effectively measure a borrower’s credit risk and ability to pay. The partnership will expand homeownership opportunities for borrowers with limited credit history.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSECBRE) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Industrious National Management Company, LLC, a leading provider of flexible workplace solutions. In conjunction with the acquisition, CBRE will create a new business segment called Building Operations & Experience (BOE). This new segment will unify building operations, workplace experience and property management, positioning CBRE to deliver scalable, future-ready solutions for offices, data centers, warehouses and other facilities. The transaction is expected to close later this month.

Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (NYSEDEA) (the “Company” or “Easterly”), a fully integrated real estate investment trust focused primarily on the acquisition, development and management of Class A commercial properties leased to the U.S. Government and its adjacent partners, today announced it has amended its $100 million senior unsecured term loan agreement, executed in 2016 (the “Amended 2016 Term Loan”).

parcelLab, the global provider of post-purchase experience software, today launched the industry’s first ‘PPX Maturity Curve for retailers at NRF 2025” ‘Retail’s Big Show’ Convention in New York.

North Highland, the leading change and transformation consultancy, has acquired Dallas, Texas-based The Bridge, a rapidly growing full-service technology and strategy consultancy.

Frazier Healthcare Partners, a private capital firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce the launch of Frazier Healthcare Structured Solutions, a new investment vertical at the firm focused on providing flexible capital to lower middle market healthcare companies. This initiative is designed to complement the private equity flagship strategy and provide attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors.

BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 14, 2025 / PaxMedica, Inc. (OTC PINK:PXMD), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing treatments for neurological disorders, is pleased to announce it has received a Notification to Grant Patent Right for Chinese Invention Patent Application No: 2020800553323, Compositions and methods for treating cognitive, social, or behavioral disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as those found in individuals impacted by autism.

FISHERS, IN / ACCESSWIRE / January 14, 2025 / American Resources Corporation (NASDAQAREC) ("American Resources" or the "Company"), a leader in the critical mineral supply chain, developing innovative solutions both upstream and downstream of the refining process, today announced that they have been invited to present at the "2025 Mining Conference: Mining & Supplying Critical Minerals & Precious Metals", Presented by Maxim Group LLC, on Thursday, January 16th, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. E.T.

With DoorDash projecting over $10 billion in 2025 revenue, CBD Life Sciences Inc. is set to tap into one of the fastest-growing delivery markets in the country, potentially unlocking a multi-million dollar revenue stream and driving a projected 30-40% increase in annual revenue for CBDL.

Cotiviti, a leader in data-driven healthcare solutions, has launched Engagement Hub to empower health plans to identify care gaps and gain a holistic view of members across quality measures, enabling them to deploy targeted outreach to improve member care and achieve performance benchmarks. This new solution brings together the quality measure logic and reporting of Cotiviti’s Best in KLAS® Quality Intelligence solution with the activation and outreach capabilities of the Eliza® member engagement engine to set the standard for efficiency, ease-of-use, and customer satisfaction.

Engineers are looking at the opportunity for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in product development with cautious optimism as many are still assessing in which areas of their work AI will have the greatest impact. This is according to Avnet’s (Nasdaq: AVT) fourth annual Avnet Insights survey, which has been keeping a pulse on how engineers are responding to the market – and looking ahead – since 2021.

All-State Industries, Inc. (“All-State”), a Des Moines, IA-based portfolio company of Blue Sage Capital (“Blue Sage”), is pleased to announce its acquisition of United Gasket Corp. (“United Gasket”). United Gasket is a leading manufacturer of custom non-metallic components, including adhesive-backed gaskets, felts, and other flexible parts. United Gasket and its subsidiary, Gaskoa, Inc., have a long-tenured history serving a diverse range of industries, including electronics, rail, non-engine auto, HVAC, pumps and lighting.

Polaris Real Estate Partners, a leading real-estate investment company that manages over 4,500 multifamily units spanning Texas and Missouri, today announced that it has dramatically reduced water bills for its residents after partnering with Metron, a global leader in smart metering and water intelligence solutions.

Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ: BRAG, TSX: BRAG) (“Bragg” or the “Company”), a global B2B iGaming content and technology solutions provider, today announces a technology platform and exclusive games development partnership with Caesars Entertainment for the United States and Canada markets.

CIS, the nation’s leading resilient infrastructure builder, has announced the deployment of a second tranche of private financing from its credit facility with the Urban Investment Group (UIG) at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. This funding will further enhance CIS’s capacity to mitigate stormwater runoff across the Greater Milwaukee region through its Community-Based Partnership (CBP) with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) called Fresh Coast Protection Partnership (FCPP). Since the 1990s, MMSD has been implementing green infrastructure strategies to slow or capture water before it reaches discharge points, complementing grey infrastructure by increasing capacity. A variety of programs, partnerships, and policies have established the foundation for MMSD’s 2035 Vision, targeting a storage capacity of 740 million gallons. So far, MMSD has achieved over 100 million gallons, with CIS accounting for over ten percent of that total in the past five years alone.

Ask-AI Technologies, a leading Enterprise AI platform, today announced it is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, making it easier for companies to enable their customer-facing teams with AI assistants, automated workflows, and AI-powered help centers. Leveraging Google Cloud’s robust infrastructure and seamlessly connecting with Google Workspace, Ask-AI empowers teams to deliver faster, more effective customer experiences without increasing headcount.

Nassau, Bahamas--(Newsfile Corp. - January 14, 2025) - MAISON Bahamas, the premier authority in luxury real estate, proudly unveils the...