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Papa Johns announced today the limited-time return of its popular Shaq-a-Roni pizza in the U.S., developed in partnership with board member, franchisee and former basketball superstar, Shaquille O'Neal. A fan favorite menu item for the past three...

Floor & Decor , the leading high-growth retailer specializing in hard-surface flooring for homeowners and professionals, has announced the grand opening of its third store in Alabama, with the addition of its newest location in Montgomery located at...

Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana and International Master Carissa Yip took top honors out of a field of elite American chess players in the 2023 U.S. Chess Championship and 2023 U.S. Women's Chess Championship, respectively. Hosted in America's chess...

Floor & Decor , the leading high-growth retailer specializing in hard-surface flooring for homeowners and professionals, has announced the grand opening of its sixth store in the state of Massachusetts, with the addition of its newest location in...

ExaGrid®, the industry's only Tiered Backup Storage solution, today announced that it has been nominated in three categories for the 14th annual Storage, Digitalisation and Cloud (SDC) Awards, which are focused on recognizing the innovation,...

As Postseason baseball takes center stage, loanDepot is back for its third year as the Presenting Sponsor of Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series (ALCS) and National League Championship Series (NLCS), hitting it out of the park...

ORO Labs, a global SaaS provider and creator of ORO, a smart procurement workflow orchestration platform, today announced its recognition as a winner in the prestigious annual DEMO competition, a benchmark for procurement innovation, at DPW Amsterdam...

Today, Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs announced the launch of its Enterprise AI Accelerator, where ten selected startups will spend the next six weeks working alongside leaders from Comcast to explore advancements in artificial intelligence for...

BigCommerce , a leading Open SaaS ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established B2C and B2B brands, today announced the winners of the 2023 Make it Big Customer Awards. The Make it Big Customer Awards spotlight and celebrate online retailers'...

iHeartMedia announced today the lineup for the seventh annual "iHeartRadio ALTer EGO Presented by Capital One." The biggest names in Alternative Rock will come together at the Honda Center in Anaheim on January 13, 2024 to celebrate the excitement...

Allison Transmission is pleased to announce the winner of the Allison Guild Technician Skills Competition. Matt Kagarise from Penn Power Group was named Grand Champion of the competition at the Guild Star Awards banquet hosted in Dallas, Texas during...

CoStar Group , a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets, is accepting nominations for the third annual CoStar Impact Awards. The CoStar Impact Awards identify and highlight exemplary...

AstraZeneca announced today eight winners of the 2023 R&D Postdoctoral Challenge and agreed to fund their postdoctoral positions at one of the Company's strategic R&D centres in either Cambridge, UK, Gaithersburg or Boston, US or Gothenburg, Sweden....

Hasbro, Inc. , a leading toy and game company, announced Hasbro Girl Innovators of Play today at the Girls Leading Change event. In partnership with Girl Up, a girl-centered leadership development initiative of the United Nations Foundation, the...

MedTech Innovator, the world's largest accelerator of medical technology companies, today announced that StrokeDx is the winner of its 2023 Global Competition. From among five finalists in the 2023 cohort, the winner was determined by a live audience...

Pioneer Energy, an original equipment manufacturer specializing in technologies that decarbonize the oil and gas industry, is pleased to announce its recognition as a finalist in the 2023 Oil & Gas Cleantech Challenge, a program of the Colorado...

XLerateHealth (XLH), a nationally recognized healthcare accelerator headquartered in Louisville, KY, in partnership with the University of Kentucky (UK) through UK Innovate, announced the selection of nine innovators across the Southeast IDeA State...

The award-winning ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest announced its top 10 finalists in advance of the festival's 2023 online debut. This event, which empowers young Hispanic artists to tell their story through film, will be broadcast online between Oct. 9...

Aspira® in partnership with National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD) is proud to announce the winners of the seventh annual America's State Parks Photo Contest. The judging panel was inspired by 7,150 entries representing five categories,...

The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) launched the commemorative video for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation titled "Open the Golden Future" on 6 October. The video was produced by the AJC in collaboration with the winners of the Golden...

Highlights: FICO announces panel of independent industry judges for 2024 awards. Entries for the FICO® Decisions Awards are due October 13, 2023 The ten award categories are AI, Machine Learning and Optimization, Cloud Deployment, Customer...

Two innovative technology start-ups ? one offering personalized banking for immigrants in Europe, the other helping people reduce college debt by engaging with brands ? won ISG Startup Challenges at recent industry events hosted by Information...

The seventh annual Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge is now accepting applications for the 2023?2024 program. The Challenge?sponsored by Shell USA, Inc. (Shell), and administered by the National Science Teaching Association?encourages science...

Epic, the world's largest digital reading platform for kids, announced today a new partnership with the world-famous Scripps National Spelling Bee to further support its two million teachers and 60 million student subscribers. The partnership...

Vista Equity Partners ("Vista"), a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, today announced the winners of its 6th Annual Global Hackathon. The portfolio-wide business...

The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) is now accepting applications for its 2023-2024 Awards Program. NSTA Awards honor K?12 teachers, principals, professors, and other education professionals for their outstanding work and achievement in...

HarborOne awarded $12,500 to two small business entrepreneurs as part of their 8th annual Small Business "Pitch Contest," hosted at the Bank's Mansfield Banking Center. Eight entrepreneurs were selected from a pool of thirty-five applicants to...

AnyDesk, a leading global provider of remote access software, is delighted to announce its first IT Scholarship Sweepstakes. As part of its commitment to advancing technology skills, AnyDesk will be providing one year of free access to CBT Nuggets, a...

The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) is pleased to announce that it has expanded its prestigious Global Order of Outstanding Disruptors (GOOD) Fellows Initiative to North America. The GOOD Fellows Initiative recognizes the audacious and...

SpeedPro Irving, a leading provider of best-in-class large format printing and graphics, is announcing its collaboration with the City of Bedford, TX to raise visibility for Hate Crime Awareness Month via a traffic control box design competition. On...

CranioSense, a Boston-based company, is the overall winner of the 2023 Cade Prize for Innovation. The company's invention quickly and non-invasively measures pressure in the brain, often an early indicator of traumatic brain injuries (TBI)....

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today announced that it will host its third annual Devlympics secure coding competition on October 17-18, 2023. Devlympics is a free tournament that welcomes developers from all over...

Floor & Decor , the leading high-growth retailer specializing in hard-surface flooring for homeowners and professionals, has announced the grand opening of its ninth store in the New York City Metropolitan Area, with the addition of its newest...

Ibsen Scope Grants 2024 are now applicable for individual artists, theatre companies, institutions, and organizations worldwide. The program amount to a total of NOK 2.000.000,-. (Approx. Euro 180.000,- /USD 190.000,-). The program offers funding...

Rubio's Coastal Grill, the #1 fish taco brand credited with starting the fish taco phenomenon in the U.S., is launching a new and improved mobile app on September 27. The new app better reflects the Rubio's brand and Baja roots, with an emphasis on...

Twenty-four science teachers have been named regional winners in the annual Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge. Sponsored by Shell USA, Inc.(Shell) and administered by the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), the competition encouraged...

Fall is officially here, and as the weather begins to cool, it's time to break out the knitwear. In celebration of the Fall Blizzard® Treat Menu, available now, American Dairy Queen Corporation (ADQ) has created an exclusive accessory that fans ? and...

Jon Taffer, an award-winning hospitality expert and star of popular TV show Bar Rescue, and Shift4 , the leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, have announced the winners of the SkyTab Rescue Mission contest they launched earlier this...

AlphaGraphics announces the winners of its Make It Happen contest, which focuses on awarding three worthy, cause-focused organizations with an event makeover. Winners include Madelyn's Fund, receiving an event makeover valued at $20,000 for its Pink...

To kick off this upcoming holiday season, Macy's and Toys"R"Us® have unveiled Geoffrey's Hot Toy List for 2023 to make every gift giver the star of the holidays by offering top toys for every age and interest. This year's list of hot toys features...

The Knot has done it again and this time is making a couple's wedding hair dreams come true. The Knot, a digital wedding planning authority and one of the largest Vendor Marketplaces in the US, is proud to introduce the second installment of The Knot...

Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, won two prizes at the 2023 5G Challenge; a competition organized by the National Telecommunications and Information...

Today, Black Girl Ventures Foundation (BGV), Rare Beauty Brands (owners of Patchology and Dr. Dana Nails), and JCPenney announced the finalists of the 2023 National Beauty Pitch Competition. The contest, founded in 2020 by BGV and Rare Beauty Brands,...

Just days before the start of Paris Fashion Week, the Hult Prize Foundation on September 22 held its Global Final and named the social entrepreneurial startup Banofi Leather from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, as the winner of the...

Earnix, the global provider of intelligent, SaaS solutions for insurers and banks, celebrated its 12th annual E?celerate Summit by announcing a new London office to collaborate with its growing customer base, unveiling Model Accelerator, and...

Lineage Logistics, one of the leaders in cold chain logistics, today announced the successful conclusion of its hackathon event ?Tackling Food Waste for a Sustainable Future'. The event took place over two days in Amsterdam, with the final day at the...

The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, convened its second Forum in New York City on 19 September 2023, as part of the Concordia Annual Summit, on the sidelines of New York Climate Week....

The nation's top chess players are set to compete in the U.S'. most prestigious events - the 2023 U.S. Chess Championship and 2023 U.S. Women's Chess Championship. Hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club (STLCC) at the World Chess Hall of Fame, two...

Upbound Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Upbound") , a leading provider of technology-driven, flexible leasing solutions for consumers, announced the opening of a new Rent-A-Center store in Rochester, New York. Rent-A-Center Store Manager Joe...

To celebrate National Queso Day on September 20th, Torchy's Tacos is offering fans a chance to win an entire year's worth of their award-winning Green Chile Queso. The only question to answer might also be the toughest? what two friends are you...