NEW YORK — Nasdaq is making annual changes to the Nasdaq 100 index beginning Monday. The following six companies will be added to the Index: CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (Nasdaq: CCEP), DoorDash, Inc. (Nasdaq: DASH), MongoDB, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDB), Roper Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROP), and Splunk Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLK). The Nasdaq-100 Index is composed of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on […]
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Uber, Jabil, Builders FirstSource Joining S&P 500
NEW YORK — Uber, along with Jabil and Builders FirstSource, are being added to the prestigious S&P 500 Index on Monday. Joining the S&P 500 is a big boost for a company’s stock since many funds that mirror the index will be required to buy new companies added. S&P Dow Jones Indices says it will […]
Verizon Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer
NEW YORK – Verizon Communications has named Leslie Berland as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, effective January 9, 2024. Berland brings over two decades of strategic and creative marketing expertise, transforming brands such as Peloton, Twitter and American Express. She was hired as Peloton’s Chief Marketing Officer last January. Soon to be overseeing […]
ESPN to Air 40 College Football Bowl Games
There are 43 college bowl games this postseason in Division I football and 40 are on ESPN networks or ABC. ESPN owns and operates 17 bowl games through its ESPN Events division with several games beginning Saturday. Bowl Season begins today, Dec. 16, with the Myrtle Beach Bowl (11 a.m., ESPN) in Conway, S.C., the […]
NFL Network to Broadcast Tripleheader Saturday
There’s three NFL football games this Saturday Week 15 and all are being broadcast exclusively on NFL Network. These are the NFL Network broadcast teams for the three games: Chris Rose and Jason McCourty, along with Steve Wyche on the sidelines, will call the Minnesota Vikings versus Cincinnati Bengals game at 1 p.m. ET. Rich […]
Former FBI Special Agent Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
A former Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in New York, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 fine for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to commit money laundering in connection with his 2021 agreement to provide services to […]
Fox News Media Promotes Three Executives
NEW YORK — FOX News Media (FNM) has promoted three senior executives on its digital leadership team. The announcement was made by Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Scott. FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer streaming services FOX Nation […]
KeyBank Awards Grants to Nonprofits in NY
TARRYTOWN, NY — KeyBank is making 20 charitable donations through its KeyBank Foundation, the bank’s charitable foundation to nonprofit organizations throughout the Hudson Valley and Metro New York area. The gifts focus support to address homelessness, financial literacy, education, workforce development, minority small business development, and more. The charitable donations total $385,000 and are part of KeyBank’s community […]
SUNY Cortland, UAlbany Football Teams Battle for National Titles
Two New York college football teams — SUNY Cortland and University at Albany — are on the hunt for national titles in their division, a very rare event for the state. SUNY Cortland (13-1) is playing tonight against North Central College (IL) in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl — Division III football’s national championship game […]
KKR Promotes 8 Partners, 33 Managing Directors
NEW YORK — Investment firm KKR announced it has promoted a new group of 8 Partners and 33 Managing Directors, effective January 1, 2024. KKR has over $258 billion in assets and is publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange. “For nearly five decades, KKR has been fortifying companies and delivering for our investors. As […]
CUNY Raises $3.75 Million From Giving Campaign
The City University of New York (CUNY) has raised a record-breaking $3.75 million through December 1 from 4,650 individual donors during its #CUNYTuesday campaign, a 29% increase over 2022. The campaign aligns with the nationwide day of giving known as Giving Tuesday. “Even in the most challenging times, the CUNY community has demonstrated an unstinting […]
Nassau Community College Opens $31 Million STEM Building
GARDEN CITY – Nassau Community College, a campus of the State University of New York, has opened a $31 million high-tech academic building that will equip students for rapidly growing careers in Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) and virtual and hybrid workplaces. The three-story building, spanning 61,900 square feet, contains the latest educational technology, STEM laboratories, climate-friendly green […]
Vendelux Reels In $14 Million Series A
NEW YORK — Vendelux, the first AI-powered event intelligence platform, has raised a $14 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital with participation from Cervin Ventures, the founders of HLTH, ShopTalk, Money20/20 (Jonathan Weiner), Manifest, Blueprint (Jay Weintraub), and SaaStock (Alex Theuma). The funding will allow Vendelux to expand its work with enterprise customers including […]
Madoff Fund Distributes $158.9 Million to Victims
The Justice Department announced that the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its ninth distribution of over $158.9 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. government in connection with the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme. In this distribution, payments will be sent to 24,875 victims across the globe, bringing their total recoveries […]
Two Arrested for Suffolk County Business Burglaries
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced that Ralph Pergola, 44, and Kristen Allen, 35, both homeless, were each indicted for multiple counts of Burglary and other related charges, after allegedly breaking into and stealing from six small business in Suffolk County on Long Island, including smoke shops, diners, a café, and a bagel shop, […]