• Fairchild Equipment consolidates, expands into Cloquet

    Based in Green Bay, the family-owned heavy equipment dealership recently combined its Duluth and Grand Rapids operations into a single location in the formerly vacant Wear-A-Knit building.

  • Global stocks consolidate record highs

    World stocks took a breather on Thursday after a strong few weeks, while the pound lost ground as the Bank of England edged towards rate cuts and a swooning Japanese yen prompted more intervention talk in Tokyo. The pan-European STOXX 600 was consolidating two straight record highs, although London’s FTSE set a new one after […]

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    Fossil Consolidates Global Media With Assembly

    After a global media review spanning more than four months, Fossil Group is consolidating its account with the Stagwell agency Assembly. The brand is winding down its regional relationships with 15 agencies and will now entrust Assembly with its integrated media management and data and measurement duties across all of its paid channels. "This has been a big shift, Fossil svp and chief marketing officer, Lisa Marie Pillette told ADWEEK. "We have 14 owned and licensed brands under our group,...

  • Can Funke Akindele consolidate on her wins tonight?

    All eyes will be on the Eko Convention Centre of Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, tonight as African movie stars and stakeholders throng there to see which movie and actor that will win the trophies as Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards,AMVCAs, holds.However, some nominees are already tipped as potential winners no matter how one wants to look at it. And one of such nominees is star actress Funke Akindele best known as “Jenifa’s Diary” star.

  • New OSS/BSS Platform Consolidates Multiple Systems

    New OSS/BSS Platform Consolidates Multiple Systems Champaign, IL – Communications Data Group (CDG) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of its newly named OSS/BSS platform, Elements, for managing and invoicing subscriber, enterprise, wholesale, and carrier services. The Elements platform unifies all the components that comprise Telecompetitor

  • Illinois quick hits: USPS pauses consolidations; cicadas are here

    USPS pauses consolidations The U.S. Postal Service is pausing the consolidation of mail processing facilities around Illinois until at least next year. Officials previously announced that the Processing and Distribution Centers in Champaign, Peoria and Springfield would be modernized in a cost cutting move. Outgoing mail would be processed in St. Louis and Chicago. Lawmakers and postal workers expressed concerns about delays caused by shipping mail...

  • Overwolf acquires NitroPay: A consolidation in Gaming Ad Tech

    Overwolf this week announced the acquisition of NitroPay, a prominent gaming ad tech company. This move signifies a significant consolidation within the gaming advertising space and has implications for marketers looking to reach this lucrative audience.

  • WSP Global's acquisition hunt far from over after ‘consolidation’ phase: CEO

    MONTREAL — WSP Global expects to continue its acquisition spree after snapping up several more companies in the first part of the year. Since mid-March, the engineering firm has bought four consulting outfits in four countries — Canada, Finland, Spain and the United States — adding more than 800 employees to its roster as it opened "up the M&A valve again," in the words of one analyst. The purchases follow five other acquisitions since September 2022, when WSP absorbed U.K.-based John Wood...

  • Imperial Oil jobs in Sarnia impacted by company lab consolidation

    Imperial Oil says fewer than 100 Sarnia jobs are expected to be affected by the company’s decision to move some of its technology and lab operations to Houston.

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    WV Board of Education approves Harrison County closures and consolidations

    The West Virginia Board of Education approved the closures and consolidations of several of its schools.

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    Fall Of Shah, Rise Of Raisi: How Ebrahim Raisi Consolidated Power In Iran

    Revered by the hardline factions within Iran's regime and reviled by human rights organisations, Ebrahim Raisi's journey from a low-ranking cleric's son to the zenith of Iranian power to an abrupt death in an air crash is steeped in controversy.

  • German steel giant Salzgitter reports drop in consolidated Q1 profit

    First quarter consolidated profit at German steel giant Salzgitter declined to €15 million ($16.1 million) from €140.5 million last year, the company said on Monday. Basic earnings per share were €0.24 compared to €2.57. Salzgitter reported earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of €45.2 million compared to €214.2 million last year. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) declined to €126.4 million compared to €290 million last year. External sales also...