This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Leading games Quality Assurance specialist Testronic has announced a series of senior leadership appointments across its European Centre of Excellence, further strengthening its operational depth, commercial leadership and long-term growth strategy.   The new hires follow a period of sustained momentum for Testronic, including […]

Business leaders say Oregon has more red tape than other states, leaving firms susceptible to recruitment House Republicans saw the bill before them near the end of the legislative session as yet another regulation that would make manufacturing harder and stifle Oregon’s competitiveness. The measure, which is set to take effect later this month, will […]

The head of the Justice Department’s antitrust unit said Thursday she is leaving the role, effective immediately, at a critical moment for corporate mergers in America. Gail Slater, the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division, wrote on social media site X: “It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role […]

After years of advising fashion and beauty brands on the metaverse and Web3, Cathy Hackl, chief metaverse officer and co-founder of metaverse consultancy Journey, is launching her own luxury label, VerseLuxe. The project is an effort to show the possibilities of Web3 technologies, as the label’s necklaces and bracelets are connected to NFTs via an […]

AMC Networks, the company behind such cable channel brands as AMC, IFC and Sundance TV, as well as such streaming services as AMC+, Acorn TV and horror streamer Shudder, reported a 10 percent drop in fourth-quarter U.S. advertising revenue to $124.8 million on Thursday. U.S. subscription revenue of $314.8 million was up slightly from a year-ago $314 million on higher streaming […]

BritBox President Robert Schildhouse has been promoted to CEO of its rebranded direct to consumer business that includes BritBox North America and BBC Select. Last year, BBC Select, the documentary streaming service from BBC Studios, was brought under Schildhouse’s leadership. This has allowed BBC Studios “to deliver a more focused approach to its streaming operations […]

A recycler of everything from construction and demolition materials to organic and electronic waste will avoid millions of dollars in penalties by improving tracking of its operations and taking efforts to avoid collecting non-recyclable trash via its collection sites.  DTG Enterprises Inc., which operates two recycling sites in the Tri-Cities, recently reached a settlement with the state’s Utilities and Transportation Commission. The commission’s staff claimed in […]

Gov. Tim Walz is acknowledging that small businesses across the Twin Cities metro are facing an economic crisis under Operation Metro Surge. Some business owners believe he and other local leaders are not doing enough to help.  Soleil Ramirez, head chef and owner of the Venezuelan restaurant Crasqui in St. Paul, Minnesota, said that she […]

Julia Buchwald has been named as CEO and president of Buchwald, the bicoastal talent agency her late father Don Buchwald led since its launch in 1977. And longtime agency exec Ryan Martin has been appointed co-president of the privately owned agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles to represent established and emerging talent across the […]

Ken Griffin accused the Trump administration of showing “favoritism” in its dealings with US businesses, saying CEO friends find it “distasteful” and biz leaders don’t want to have to “suck up to one administration after another.” The flamethrowing comments from the GOP donor and billionaire founder of hedge fund Citadel marked his latest sharp criticism […]