Thursday, March 13, 2025

RBC Royal Bank announces change to prime rate

4:23:41 PM ET

RBC Royal Bank is decreasing its prime rate by 25 basis points from 5.20 per cent per cent to 4.95 per cent per cent, effective March 13, 2025. About RBC Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance.

BBVA Foundation awards the psychologists who changed the way we understand and predict human behavior

4:22:09 PM ET

The BBVA  Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Sciences  has gone in this seventeenth edition to social psychologists Icek Ajzen (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Dolores Albarracín (University of Pennsylvania), Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard University), Anthony Greenwald (University of Washington) and Richard Petty (Ohio State University) for their innovative …

Verticon 2025: new orders and new markets confirm Leonardo’s strong position in the global commercial helicopter sector

4:19:12 PM ET

Nearly 30 helicopters of various types sold to several operators with a total value of approximately 370 million EUR, deliveries expected between 2026 and 2028  Deals signed across all main weight classes of product for energy support, public services and VIP transport operations across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific  At Verticon 2025 (Dallas, TX, 11-13 …

Scholastic Releases Audio of Author Suzanne Collins Reading an Unreleased Excerpt from New Hunger Games Novel

4:11:48 PM ET

Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today released a new audio clip of Suzanne Collins, author of the worldwide bestselling Hunger Games series, reading an unreleased excerpt from the first chapter of the much-anticipated new Hunger Games novel,  Sunrise on the Reaping.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at UN Security Council meeting on Sudan

4:07:25 PM ET

“Excellencies, colleagues, thank you for inviting me to speak here today.   “I’d like to express my appreciation to Denmark and to the United Kingdom for convening and hosting this briefing during Denmark’s presidency of the Security Council.

After hundreds of years Brit’s taste for Cheddar is maturing

4:03:02 PM ET

Britain’s love for its favourite cheese, Cheddar, is undergoing a major transformation thanks to the changing British palate. For centuries the most popular strength for Cheddar across the UK was mild and medium but latest sales data can reveal that the fastest growing varieties are now the most powerful extra mature and vintage types.   In order to meet the growing demand …

Federal Judiciary Awards Multi-Year Contract to LexisNexis

3:15:20 PM ET

  LexisNexis®  Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of AI-powered analytics and decision tools, announced that the Federal Judiciary has chosen to award LexisNexis with a 7-year contract as an information provider to the United States Federal Judiciary to provide every federal judge, their support staff, and other federal judiciary employees with full …

Innovation and Heritage: New mechanism to preserve the Church of Atlántida, Uruguay

3:12:54 PM ET

An innovative mechanism to control the water table in the baptistery of the Church of Atlantida, an emblematic work by the engineer Eladio Dieste, has been presented.

Heat-sealed: Henkel develops fully recyclable coating for primary and secondary packaging

3:11:01 PM ET

Whether it be cereals, laundry detergent or medication, primary and secondary packaging is used to protect products against environmental influences.

Postal Service Lures Customers with New Stamps

3:08:24 PM ET

The U.S. Postal Service dedicated Freshwater Fishing Lures stamps today at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium in Springfield.