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How Quick and Easy Is It to Schedule Service for Your Car? Top Auto Dealer Groups Ranked

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Monday, June 5, 2023

“The auto industry has long focused on the experience of customers who bring their vehicle in for service, but what really happens leading up to the appointment?

Key Points: 
  • “The auto industry has long focused on the experience of customers who bring their vehicle in for service, but what really happens leading up to the appointment?
  • STE fills-in that gap.”
    The study was completed between January 2023 and May 2023, when Pied Piper phoned each of the 1,739 dealerships owned by the seventeen largest auto dealer groups, posing as a service customer attempting to schedule a service appointment.
  • 62% of the total score is determined by efficiency measurements, while 38% of the total score is determined by quality measurements.
  • An auto dealer’s relationship with a service customer typically starts with a customer phone call to schedule a service appointment.

Stora Enso's financial reports and AGM in 2024

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Friday, June 2, 2023

Stora Enso Oyj will publish four interim reports in 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Stora Enso Oyj will publish four interim reports in 2024.
  • The publication dates for financial information will be as follows:
    The financial reports are published at approximately 8:30 EET.
  • Stora Enso follows a silent period of 30 days prior to the publication of the financial reports.
  • Stora Enso Oyj's Annual Report 2023, including the financial statements and the report of the Board of Directors, will be published on the Group's website in the week beginning 12 February 2024.

EQS-News: Introducing the world's first and only patented Gold-Back Rebates – the exclusive Loyalty-Reward designed to combat inflation. We are thrilled to announce that our beta launch is now underway.

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

Introducing the world's first and only patented Gold-Back Rebates – the exclusive Loyalty-Reward designed to combat inflation.

Key Points: 
  • Introducing the world's first and only patented Gold-Back Rebates – the exclusive Loyalty-Reward designed to combat inflation.
  • We are thrilled to announce that our beta launch is now underway.
  • Summary: OMG Rewards is the only Secured Savings Membership Club offering pure physical Gold as rewards for purchases.
  • The patented rewards system is designed to guarantee that the rewards hold, or gain value with INFLATION, to truly benefit members.

Set The Expectation Founder and NFL's James Smith Williams Addressed the Eighth Army Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Program in South Korea

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

LOS ANGELES, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Earlier this month, Brenda Tracy, survivor and founder of Set The Expectation (STE), and James Smith-Williams, NFL player and STE Champion, spoke at the Eighth Army Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Program at Humphrey's Base in South Korea.

Key Points: 
  • Set the Expectation is a national nonprofit dedicated to ending sexual and interpersonal violence.
  • During the program on May 8 - 11, Tracy and Smith-Williams spoke to 300 military leaders including SHARP professionals.
  • In a session called "Building Safer Culture: A Survivor Perspective", Tracy shared her story while emphasizing topics of culture building and sexual violence prevention.
  • "Attending events like SHARP is important and beneficial for our mission at Set The Expectation," said founder, Brenda Tracy.

Algoma Steel Upsizes ABL Credit Facility and Extends Maturity Date to 2028

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

MARIE, Ontario, May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Algoma Steel Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTL; TSX: ASTL) (“Algoma” or “the Company”), a leading Canadian producer of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products, today announced that it has successfully upsized its senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (“ABL Credit Facility”) from US$250 million to US$300 million and extended the term of the ABL Credit Facility to May, 2028.

Key Points: 
  • MARIE, Ontario, May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Algoma Steel Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTL; TSX: ASTL) (“Algoma” or “the Company”), a leading Canadian producer of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products, today announced that it has successfully upsized its senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (“ABL Credit Facility”) from US$250 million to US$300 million and extended the term of the ABL Credit Facility to May, 2028.
  • The interest rate on the ABL Credit Facility will be based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus a credit spread adjustment of 10 basis points plus an applicable margin, which will vary depending on usage.
  • Rajat Marwah, Algoma’s Chief Financial Officer, commented, “With this new ABL Credit Facility, we have strengthened our liquidity, extended the maturity out five years and increased our financial flexibility.
  • The ABL Credit Facility can be used to fund working capital needs, general corporate purposes and strategic growth initiatives.

STERIS Announces Financial Results for Fiscal 2023 Fourth Quarter and Full Year

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Fourth quarter as reported earnings per share of $1.88; adjusted EPS of $2.30

Key Points: 
  • Fourth quarter as reported earnings per share of $1.88; adjusted EPS of $2.30
    DUBLIN, IRELAND , May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  STERIS plc (NYSE: STE) (“STERIS” or the “Company”) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended March 31, 2023.
  • Constant currency organic revenue (see Non-GAAP Financial Measures) increased 16% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 as compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.
  • Operating income increased to $61.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 compared with $57.5 million in the prior year’s fourth quarter.
  • Operating income improved to $21.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 compared with $18.8 million in the prior year’s fourth quarter.

The City of Sault Ste Marie, MI introduces 100% mobile pay parking with Passport

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

SAULT STE MARIE, Mich., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Sault Ste Marie is launching an easier way to pay for parking with Passport, a mobility software and payments company that is trusted by cities to manage their parking and mobility infrastructure. Beginning today, the Passport Parking app will be the only accepted form of payment for all on and off-street parking spaces throughout the City.

Key Points: 
  • SAULT STE MARIE, Mich., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Sault Ste Marie is launching an easier way to pay for parking with Passport, a mobility software and payments company that is trusted by cities to manage their parking and mobility infrastructure.
  • Beginning today, the Passport Parking app will be the only accepted form of payment for all on and off-street parking spaces throughout the City.
  • Cities across North America trust Passport's mobility management platform to power and operate mobile pay parking, parking enforcement, digital permitting, payments and more.
  • With Passport's technology in place, the City of Sault Ste Marie can centralize its parking data to operate more efficiently and improve the parking experience with an integrated solution.

More choices at 30,000 feet! Alaska Airlines adds bigger variety of food & beverage options

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

SEATTLE, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- If variety is the spice of life, it's also a great thing to have when selecting something to eat on your next flight on Alaska Airlines. Our guests told us they enjoy our fresh food options but were eager for more to choose from. That's why, beginning today, we've increased the variety of our food offerings, from doubling the number of pre-order options in the main cabin to giving our First Class guests up to five different entrees to pick up on their flights.

Key Points: 
  • Our guests told us they enjoy our fresh food options but were eager for more to choose from.
  • Named by one of our employees, Jetsetter's Jam is our take on the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich – that's peanut free.
  • "What our guests have to say is important, and they told us that more food and beverage variety would be great, so we set out to make that happen.
  • Other U.S. airlines don't offer fresh food items on flights unless they're longer than 900 miles.

Stora Enso publishes new framework for green and sustainability-linked financing

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Friday, May 5, 2023

HELSINKI, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso has launched a combined Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework to further integrate sustainability into its funding and financing activities.

Key Points: 
  • HELSINKI, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso has launched a combined Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework to further integrate sustainability into its funding and financing activities.
  • The combined Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework allows Stora Enso to issue both green and sustainability-linked financing instruments, as well as a combination of the two.
  • Stora Enso signed its first sustainability-linked revolving credit facility in 2017 and issued its first green bonds in 2019.
  • Stora Enso has engaged Sustainalytics as external reviewer to provide an independent second party opinion on the framework.

STERIS Announces $500 million Share Repurchase Authorization and Declares $0.47 per share Dividend

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023

The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

Key Points: 
  • The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
  • In addition, the Company will distribute a quarterly interim dividend of $0.47 per share.
  • The dividend is payable on June 28, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 14, 2023.
  • STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention.