The monthly CommBank Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index rose 1.8 per cent in November, driven by consumers bringing forward their holiday shopping to take advantage of heavy discounting during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Spending rose in nine of the…
Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, and Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) announced today that Blackstone-affiliated funds led by Infrastructure, Real Estate and Tactical Opportunities have agreed to establish…
Yesterday, at Consumers International’s Global Congress in Nairobi, held once every four years to bring together consumer advocates and marketplace leaders, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (The Center) and Consumers International announced a new partnership to progress a comprehensive…
Allianz Life study finds large majority of Americans believe working with a financial professional would be beneficial, yet most do not do so. How can financial professionals close the gap? Even as American consumers navigate a new retirement reality characterized by…
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state’s Medicaid agency, has announced its intention to award UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Arizona as one of two organizations to administer its Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS) EPD program for individuals…
Mays Business Schoolopens new window at Texas A&M University and leading health and well-being company Humana Inc.opens new window (NYSE: HUM) have announced the winners of the 2023 Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competitionopens new window, which gives students the opportunity to showcase their analytical…
The Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc.opens new window (NYSE: HUM) for the past 41 years, announced the recipients of its first-ever research grants in service of the Foundation’s health equity strategy. Awards of $250,000 each were presented to the…
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon will notify runners of their selection status for the 2024 race. The excitement from this year’s record-setting event sparked unprecedented interest with more than 120,000 individuals applying for a chance to participate. Those who…
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and Vodafone have announced a new intelligence sharing pilot designed to help protect customers from rising SMS scams. The pilot sees Vodafone and CBA sharing SMS scam-related intelligence in near real-time, allowing the telco to identify and…
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced the final close on $2.6 billion for its latest real estate secondaries fund, Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII L.P., and its related committed program vehicles. Verdun Perry, Global Head of Strategic Partners, said: “We are incredibly grateful…
Rover Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROVR) (“Rover” or the “Company”), the world’s largest online marketplace for pet care announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) in an all-cash…
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter “Ping An”, the “Company” or the “Group”, HKEX: 2318 / 82318; SSE: 601318) announced that it has been rated A in the Morgan Stanley Capital Investment’s (MSCI) latest ESG Ratings, this…
