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Teen Entrepreneurs from Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Northern California, South Florida, North Central Ohio, and San Diego County Achieve National Recognition at the 2023 Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, June 15, the talented teen entrepreneurs representing Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Northern California, South Florida, North Central Ohio, and San Diego County garnered national acclaim among 15 exceptional JA student companies during the highly anticipated 2023 Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit (NSLS) held in Washington, D.C.

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  • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, June 15, the talented teen entrepreneurs representing Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Northern California, South Florida, North Central Ohio, and San Diego County garnered national acclaim among 15 exceptional JA student companies during the highly anticipated 2023 Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit (NSLS) held in Washington, D.C.
  • Furthermore, the five students comprising the second-place team each received $1,500 scholarships, while the four students representing the third-place team were awarded $1,000 scholarships.
  • Junior Achievement's National Student Leadership Summit is a premier contest showcasing the remarkable business skills, ingenuity, and innovation of U.S. JA Company Program® students, aged 15-18, throughout the 2022-2023 academic year.
  • Emocean – JA of North Central Ohio (Canton, OH)
    FedEx Global Possibilities Award: Awarded to the student company that best exhibits the principles of global connectivity.

Curriculum Associates Recognized as a 2023 Best Place to Work by the Boston Business Journal

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Curriculum Associates has been named a 2023 Best Place to Work by the Boston Business Journal. This list acknowledges companies that have built outstanding professional environments for their people, and this year marks the seventh time that Curriculum Associates has been named a Best Place to Work.

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  • NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Curriculum Associates has been named a 2023 Best Place to Work by the Boston Business Journal .
  • This list acknowledges companies that have built outstanding professional environments for their people, and this year marks the seventh time that Curriculum Associates has been named a Best Place to Work.
  • "We are honored to be recognized as a company that puts our people first," said Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates.
  • The Boston Business Journal is the region's premier business media organization, one of 45 markets owned by American City Business Journals.

Ultragenyx Opens New Gene Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Bedford, Continuing its Expansion in Massachusetts

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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BEDFORD, Mass., June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for rare and ultrarare diseases, today officially opened its gene therapy manufacturing facility in Bedford, Massachusetts.

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  • BEDFORD, Mass., June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for rare and ultrarare diseases, today officially opened its gene therapy manufacturing facility in Bedford, Massachusetts.
  • The company has a large and diverse clinical pipeline of late-stage gene therapies for the potential treatment of rare genetic conditions.
  • This new, state-of-the-art facility will enable Ultragenyx to produce gene therapy treatments reliably and at scale, leveraging the company’s proprietary Pinnacle PCLTM (producer cell line) manufacturing platform.
  • The event will include remarks from Ultragenyx leaders, local elected officials and rare disease patient advocates.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.'s Unique, Highly Sought-After Labspace Assets in High-Barrier-to-Entry Markets Continue to Generate Strong Financial Returns

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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PASADENA, Calif., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), the first, preeminent, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer of collaborative life science, agtech and advanced technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, has been at the vanguard and heart of the life science ecosystem since inventing and creating the novel Labspace® niche in 1994. Alexandria is a one-of-a-kind company — it is the only pure-play publicly traded laboratory REIT. Founded on the belief that life science companies are most successful when positioned in the epicenter of the world's top innovation ecosystems in close proximity to world-renowned academic medical institutions, deep specialized talent and ample risk capital, Alexandria has applied its cluster model to the life science industry in a disciplined manner to execute on its original bold vision to create a new kind of real estate company uniquely focused on this essential industry and the highly complex infrastructure needed to support its mission-critical work to advance human health. Over the past three decades, Alexandria has strategically and methodically created the highest-quality life science assets concentrated in high-barrier-to-entry markets and built the leading infrastructure platform for the life science industry. The company's execution of its multifaceted platform of internal and external growth continues to drive outstanding long-term total stockholder return (TSR). From its IPO in May 1997 through March 31, 2023, Alexandria has generated an outstanding TSR of 1,444% (assuming reinvestment of dividends), significantly outperforming major indices over the same period, including the Nasdaq Composite's TSR of 998%, the MSCI U.S. REIT's TSR of 706% and the S&P 500's TSR of 683%.

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  • Over the past three decades, Alexandria has strategically and methodically created the highest-quality life science assets concentrated in high-barrier-to-entry markets and built the leading infrastructure platform for the life science industry.
  • The company's execution of its multifaceted platform of internal and external growth continues to drive outstanding long-term total stockholder return (TSR).
  • Alexandria's strong and timely execution of its strategic value harvesting and asset recycling program to raise accretive capital has demonstrated continuing solid demand for scarce, high-quality life science assets.
  • Affiliates of Alexandria recently completed the sale of five non-core, non-mega campus properties aggregating 428,663 RSF in the Greater Boston market to affiliates of TPG Real Estate Partners.

LifeMD Appoints William J. Febbo to its Board of Directors

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LifeMD, Inc. (Nasdaq: LFMD), a leading provider of virtual primary care services, today announced the appointment of William (Will) J. Febbo, Chief Executive Officer and Director of OptimizeRx Corporation (Nasdaq: OPRX) to its Board of Directors.

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  • NEW YORK, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LifeMD, Inc. (Nasdaq: LFMD), a leading provider of virtual primary care services, today announced the appointment of William (Will) J. Febbo, Chief Executive Officer and Director of OptimizeRx Corporation (Nasdaq: OPRX) to its Board of Directors.
  • OptimizeRx is a leading provider of digital point-of-care technology solutions that help patients start and stay on therapy.
  • “We are extremely pleased to welcome Will to our Board.
  • He also serves on the board of the United Nations of Greater Boston, a non-profit organization focused on building a stronger network of global citizens in the Boston area.

Incenter Marketing Seeing Growth Spurt; Onboards Three New Clients

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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BOSTON, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Incenter Marketing , a full service B2B and B2C marketing firm, today announced that it has successfully onboarded three new clients.

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  • BOSTON, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Incenter Marketing , a full service B2B and B2C marketing firm, today announced that it has successfully onboarded three new clients.
  • Incenter Marketing is revamping the Candor website around the company’s core brand values of transparency, directness, and truthfulness.
  • As part of a local campaign initiative, Incenter Marketing is providing strategic counsel, branding, public relations, email marketing and social media services.
  • Dan Barrett, Gridly’s Chief Operating Officer, shared that Incenter Marketing has played a pivotal role in the new start-up’s early development and growth.

Forbes names Sun Life U.S. a Best Employer for Diversity

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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Sun Life is committed to fostering a diverse workforce in an inclusive, supportive environment.

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  • Sun Life is committed to fostering a diverse workforce in an inclusive, supportive environment.
  • In addition to increasing the representation of professionals of color across all employment levels over the past few years, Sun Life has implemented new best practices for hiring, retention, and career development.
  • We are proud to receive this recognition and will continue our initiatives to expand diversity at Sun Life."
  • Sun Life U.S. has earned additional recognitions as a top employer, including as a Forbes Best Employer in Massachusetts in 2020 as well as annual top-workplace rankings from the Boston Globe , Hartford Courant , and Top Workplaces USA .

Lifestyle Service Tech Company Spruce Expands Into Boston

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Spruce , the national leader in lifestyle services for the multifamily industry, has now officially launched operations in Boston, Massachusetts as part of its ongoing cross country expansion to service apartment communities.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Spruce , the national leader in lifestyle services for the multifamily industry, has now officially launched operations in Boston, Massachusetts as part of its ongoing cross country expansion to service apartment communities.
  • This launch will provide access to Spruce's Housekeeping and Chores to 42 new communities and over 11,800 apartment homes in the Greater Boston area.
  • Customers can download the Spruce App and start booking today to receive services from June 20th onward.
  • Recent research from the lifestyle services provider showed that 55% of Spruce customers consider a home cleaning service to be a "must-have" convenience.

Sonder Holdings Inc. More Than Doubles Footprint in Boston with Addition of 264-key Hotel

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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Sonder is now operating The Arcadian hotel, which has 264 rooms and occupies a prime location in Brookline.

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  • Sonder is now operating The Arcadian hotel, which has 264 rooms and occupies a prime location in Brookline.
  • The property is close to Boston University and Fenway Park stadium, with easy access to Harvard University, Boston College, and several leading medical institutions.
  • “We’re excited to operate this large hotel in an unbeatable location, more than doubling our key count in Greater Boston.
  • Sonder continued to expand its corporate travel business, including signing new GDS partnerships and working with leading travel management companies.

Ameriprise Financial Hosts Nationwide Volunteer Events in Partnership with Feeding America® to Help People Experiencing Hunger

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) in partnership with Feeding America®, is bringing together its employees, advisors and clients to make a collective impact in the mission to end hunger.

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  • Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) in partnership with Feeding America®, is bringing together its employees, advisors and clients to make a collective impact in the mission to end hunger.
  • For nearly a decade, we’ve hosted volunteer events in June to help ease the pressure families face as school winds down.
  • “We are grateful to organizations like Ameriprise that have been long-time supporters of hunger relief.
  • Their BA:LANCE Financial Education and Workforce program creates a path to financial stability by educating participants on the importance of financial knowledge.