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TransAlta tops list of Newsweek's World's Most Trustworthy Companies for 2023

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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CALGARY, AB, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) (the "Company" or "TransAlta") announced today that it has ranked first on Newsweek's inaugural "World's Most Trustworthy Companies 2023" list for the Energy and Utilities category.

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  • CALGARY, AB, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) (the "Company" or "TransAlta") announced today that it has ranked first on Newsweek's inaugural "World's Most Trustworthy Companies 2023" list for the Energy and Utilities category.
  • The list identifies the top 1,000 companies in 21 countries and across 23 industries.
  • Newsweek's 2023 World's Most Trustworthy companies have been chosen based on a holistic approach to evaluating trust across three pillars of public trust – customer, investor, and employee.
  • The list was compiled based on an extensive survey of over 70,000 participants, gathering 269,000 evaluations of companies that people trust as a customer, as an investor and as an employee.

Advantive Announces Growth Recapitalization

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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Advantive (“the Company”), a leading provider of mission-critical software for specialty manufacturing and distribution businesses, today announced a strategic growth recapitalization led by a group of investors that includes Insight Partners and OA Private Capital (“OAPC”).

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  • Advantive (“the Company”), a leading provider of mission-critical software for specialty manufacturing and distribution businesses, today announced a strategic growth recapitalization led by a group of investors that includes Insight Partners and OA Private Capital (“OAPC”).
  • Advantive was formed in 2022 by TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global private equity firm, and ST6, an experienced team of software operating executives.
  • TA remains the largest shareholder of Advantive and is also reinvesting in the Company as part of the recapitalization.
  • “We are very proud of what the Advantive team has accomplished in the last two years against an exceedingly challenging operating environment,” said Mark Friedman, Executive Chairman of Advantive and Managing Director at ST6.

Work-Altering Phenom X+ Earns Top Product Award for HR Technology

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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Phenom today announced it has been named a Top HR Product by Human Resource Executive and will be honored at the HR Technology Conference & Exposition in October.

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  • Phenom today announced it has been named a Top HR Product by Human Resource Executive and will be honored at the HR Technology Conference & Exposition in October.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230829089113/en/
    Phenom X+ earns Top Product Award for HR Technology.
  • Phenom X+ demonstrates one of the most comprehensive and ambitious expressions and implementations of the latest AI tools towards solving organizational HR and talent challenges,” said Steve Boese, Conference Chair, HR Technology Conference.
  • To learn more about Phenom’s approach to delivering AI in the HR industry, including Phenom X+, register for AI Day .

RemoteBridge Wins 2023 Top HR Product of the Year

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RemoteBridge , the immersive 3D platform helping HR and TA leaders build and connect remote teams, announced today that RemoteBridge Onboarding has been named a coveted Top HR Product of the Year award by Human Resource Executive and the HR Technology Conference & Exposition.

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  • SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RemoteBridge , the immersive 3D platform helping HR and TA leaders build and connect remote teams, announced today that RemoteBridge Onboarding has been named a coveted Top HR Product of the Year award by Human Resource Executive and the HR Technology Conference & Exposition.
  • The Top HR Product awards seek to recognize and spotlight the latest solutions driving the HR technology market forward.
  • This year’s program drew entries from across the highly competitive HR technology space, with RemoteBridge chosen as one of 13 winners.
  • RemoteBridge Onboarding can also be used for re-onboarding or “reboarding” existing employees, making it useful whether it is day one or day one thousand.

San Jose City Workers Ratify Historic Contracts

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Friday, August 25, 2023
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, two unions representing roughly 4,500 San Jose city employees, IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101, finished in-person voting to determine whether or not to ratify the historic Tentative Agreements (TA) reached with the City Administration last week. Votes were counted this morning, August 25, and a resounding 91% in IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101 voted 'Yes' to ratify our Tentative Agreements.

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  • Thousands of San Jose city workers voted this week on whether or not to ratify, i.e.
  • approve, the Tentative Agreements reached with the City of San Jose
    SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, two unions representing roughly 4,500 San Jose city employees, IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101, finished in-person voting to determine whether or not to ratify the historic Tentative Agreements (TA) reached with the City Administration last week.
  • "I voted 'Yes' to ratify our TA because I care deeply about my San Jose community.
  • On Tuesday, August 15, the San Jose City Council voted in closed session to approve historic investments in staffing.

Marsh to acquire Honan Insurance Group

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Sunday, August 20, 2023
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Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor and a business of Marsh McLennan, today announced that it has reached agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding share capital of Honan Insurance Group Pty Ltd (Honan), a leading specialist insurance broker in the areas of corporate risk, employee benefits, and strata and real estate insurance.

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  • Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor and a business of Marsh McLennan, today announced that it has reached agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding share capital of Honan Insurance Group Pty Ltd (Honan), a leading specialist insurance broker in the areas of corporate risk, employee benefits, and strata and real estate insurance.
  • Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to be completed later in 2023 subject to regulatory approvals, were not disclosed.
  • On completion, Andrew Fluitsma, CEO of Honan, will report to Nick Harris, CEO, Pacific, Marsh.
  • The senior leadership team at Honan are committed to this exciting next phase of growth within Marsh."

Black Bear Diner Continues Growth with Opening at TravelCenters of America in Tonopah, Arizona

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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The diner marks the company’s eighth diner with franchisee TravelCenters of America (TA).

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  • The diner marks the company’s eighth diner with franchisee TravelCenters of America (TA).
  • Black Bear Diner’s newest diner is located at the TravelCenters of America off of exit 103 in Tonopah at 1010 N. 339th Avenue, boasting 7,930 square feet and seating up to 158 guests.
  • The opening of this location follows TA’s most recent Black Bear Diner opening in San Antonio, Texas this past March.
  • For more details on Black Bear Diner’s franchise opportunities visit www.blackbeardinerfranchise.com , and for more information on Black Bear Diner and its menu offerings visit www.blackbeardiner.com .

X-PITCH 2023 is calling global deeptech startups

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Friday, August 11, 2023
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The X Games for Startups is coming to Singapore

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  • Singapore, Singapore--(Newsfile Corp. - August 10, 2023) - In the X Games for Startups, contestants win awards and investments through a series of high-intensity pitches.
  • Powered by XCEL NEXT, X-PITCH 2023 is in collaboration with e27, the leading startup media in Asia.
  • Media OutReach Newswire, Asia's first global newswire, has partnered with X-PITCH as "Official Newswire Partner" to empower news distribution for the 2023 event.
  • Media OutReach Newswire will work with X-PITCH 2023 to disseminate its announcements globally, and work with startups to educate them on the power of newswire distribution.

X-PITCH 2023 is calling global deeptech startups

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Friday, August 11, 2023
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SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 11 August 2023 - In the X Games for Startups, contestants win awards and investments through a series of high-intensity pitches.

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  • SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 11 August 2023 - In the X Games for Startups, contestants win awards and investments through a series of high-intensity pitches.
  • Powered by XCEL NEXT, X-PITCH 2023 is in collaboration with e27, the leading startup media in Asia.
  • Media OutReach Newswire, Asia's first global newswire, has partnered with X-PITCH as "Official Newswire Partner" to empower news distribution for the 2023 event.
  • Media OutReach Newswire will work with X-PITCH 2023 to disseminate its announcements globally, and work with startups to educate them on the power of newswire distribution.

TA and Warburg Pincus Acquire Majority Stake in Epassi Group From Bregal Milestone

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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Funds advised by TA Associates (”TA”) and Warburg Pincus LLC (“Warburg Pincus”), two leading global private equity firms focused on growth investing, have acquired a majority stake in Epassi Group (”Epassi” or "the Company”) from majority shareholder Bregal Milestone, a leading technology growth private equity firm.

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  • Funds advised by TA Associates (”TA”) and Warburg Pincus LLC (“Warburg Pincus”), two leading global private equity firms focused on growth investing, have acquired a majority stake in Epassi Group (”Epassi” or "the Company”) from majority shareholder Bregal Milestone, a leading technology growth private equity firm.
  • Since 2019, Epassi has increased Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) ninefold, the number of customers fourfold and the number of Epassi employees fivefold.
  • Kirkland & Ellis acted as legal counsel to Warburg Pincus and Goodwin acted as legal counsel to TA.
  • J.P. Morgan acted as exclusive financial advisor and White & Case acted as legal counsel to Bregal Milestone and Epassi.