CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Bank of America Corporation today announced the Board of Directors has authorized regular cash dividends on the outstanding shares or depositary shares of the following series of preferred stock: * * * Q1 2025 Preferred stock dividends Series of Preferred Stock ... Dividend per Share or Depositary Share [1] Record Date ... Payment Date 7.25% Non-Cumulative Per  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 17 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm K&L Gates LLP advised Commercial Bancgroup, Inc., the parent company of Commercial Bank, in its merger with AB&T Financial Corporation, the parent company of Alliance Bank & Trust Company. The firm also advised on the merger of Commercial Bank and Alliance Bank & Trust Company. The mergers create a community banking franchise with approximately US$2.2 billion in total consolidated asse  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Governor Roy Cooper announced that Custom Flavors, a California-based flavor developer and manufacturer, will create 30 jobs in Cabarrus County. The company will invest $6.5 million to establish an East Coast production facility in Concord. "With a skilled workforce, world-class infrastructure and strong business environment, North Carolina has built a reputation as a manu  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * North Carolina Surpasses Two-Year Enrollment Goal in One Year, Hundreds of Thousands of North Carolinians Can Now Access Critical Health Care * * * Governor Roy Cooper announced more than 600,000 people have enrolled in Medicaid Expansion in the first year of implementation, in half the time that was first projected. "From day one, we set out to get people covered  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Governor Roy Cooper announced that Cherokee Tobacco Company will create 39 new jobs and invest more than $14 million to build a new manufacturing and distribution operation in Caswell County. "Agriculture roots run deep in North Carolina as it remains our greatest economic driver," said Governor Cooper. "Not only do we have a skilled workforce, we also have a great busines  more

CARY, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: * * * Insurer will modernize and grow its customer base with machine learning-based premium pricing, ensuring fairness and transparency with SAS; Sade Software and Consultancy to implement * * * Turkish insurer Neova Sigorta, in collaboration with data and AI company SAS and SAS Partner Sade Software & Consultancy, has launched an initiative to offer better   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 16 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce posted the following news release: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Cherokee Tobacco Company will create 39 new jobs and invest more than $14 million to build a new manufacturing and distribution operation in Caswell County. "Agriculture roots run deep in North Carolina as it remains our greatest economic driver," said Governor Cooper. "Not only do we have a skilled workforce, we also have a great business c  more