Yearly Archives: 2025

MCLEAN, Va. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- By Light Professional IT Services LLC (By Light) is proud to announce that it has been officially appraised at Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2, demonstrating the company's deep commitment to safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and meeting the cybersecurity requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

PORTLAND, Maine /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Hundreds of international flags will sway in the breeze as summer heats up on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Deering Oaks Park for the 23rd Annual Greater Portland Festival of Nations (FON). This vibrant celebration is a feast for the eyes and ears, showcasing Maine's rich cultural diversity while preserving traditions, fostering ethnic understanding, and promoting unity. This year's theme: "FROM MANY NATIONS, ONE MAINE."

LAKE ZURICH, Ill. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc., a leading mortgage subservicer, today announced the successful completion of its 2024 Service Organization Control (SOC) 1® Type 2 and SOC 2® Type 2 audits. These independent audits, conducted by the public accounting and business advisory firm Plante Moran, PLLC, affirm Dovenmuehle's adherence to the highest standards for internal controls, data security, and operational effectiveness.

MIAMI, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- A one of a kind intellectual property suite is now available for full acquisition, offering an unprecedented opportunity to own the Black Friday season, Empire License, Inc. announced today. The Black Friday Lifestyle is not just a brand - it's an immersive retail experience that blends AI, family entertainment, loyalty rewards, and merchandising into one unforgettable consumer campaign.

BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- If dating feels like one big performance review and you're constantly trying to prove you're good enough, this book is your permission slip to stop. Meet "Stop Hating Dating, Start Being You" (ISBN: 978-1834182261) - the bold and brutally honest read from Gold Coast-based author Sarah van Eck, which is not just shaking up the dating world but also questioning the way feminism has shaped modern love.

KOKOMO, Ind. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- CFD Companies' efforts to support adviser marketing were validated recently when CFD affiliated financial adviser Rachael Camp was a featured panelist at the 2025 Jolt! Conference. Social media marketing remains prohibited at many financial services firms, but CFD has calculated that the extra regulatory burdens are a part of providing exceptional service to CFD affiliated financial professionals.

SEATTLE, Wash. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced the availability of open APIs, giving lenders and vendors a new level of flexibility in how they integrate Friday Harbor into their mortgage tech stack.

BRISTOL, England /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- UTTO's Locate Assurance® now integrates into Radiodetection's Locate Performance Management™, delivering advanced data-driven solutions and driving the industry forward. This strategic collaboration delivers real-time quality checks, in-depth data analysis and highly accurate mapping for utility locators.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Direct mail is proving its staying power, according to new industry research commissioned by Franklin Madison Direct and conducted by Circlebox. The 2025 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report shows 67% of marketers saw improved direct mail performance over the past 12 months - the highest lift among all direct marketing channels, including email and social media.

ATLANTA, Ga. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homebuyer assistance programs, today announced a strategic partnership with FirstHome IQ, a nonprofit empowering the next generation of homeowners through modern, accessible financial education and tools for industry partners.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Since iMyFone has officially launched Nut Studio on May, an innovative desktop application designed to make local deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs) accessible to everyone - no programming skills required, users include individuals and businesses can harness the power of advanced AI completely offline, ensuring maximum privacy, security, and performance, without the complexities traditionally associated with AI setup.

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Informative Research (IR), a premier technology provider delivering data-driven credit and verification solutions to the lending community, today announced the availability of Halcyon's IRS tax transcript service within the IR Verification Platform. This enhancement expands Informative Research's suite of verification of income and employment (VOI/E) options.

VICTORIA, British Columbia /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Writer and independent thinker Mont Redmond is getting ready for controversy with his thought-provoking new book, "Ideas Inspired by the Qur'an" (ISBN-10: 1738842509; Released January 2023). A deeply personal and intellectually engaging work, the book invites readers of all faiths, as well as agnostics and the non-religious, to reflect on enduring spiritual and philosophical questions through the lens of the Qur'an.

SEATTLE, Wash. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- How would you like to take home 100% of your paycheck and never pay income tax again? To learn more, get a free copy of the new book by Rich Germaine, "Tax Revolution 2.0, Let's Get Rid of the Income Tax."

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- The Glancy Wine Education Foundation (GWEF) today celebrates the 5th anniversary of its founding with the release of its mid-year impact data, highlighting important growth in scholarship awards, industry sponsorship, and national reach. Since 2020, GWEF has awarded 249 scholarships to aspiring wine professionals from underserved communities across the United States.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Janel Parrish ("Pretty Little Liars," "To All the Boys I've Loved Before") will star in the feature adaptation of "Bound For Glory," an emotionally resonant indie drama from rising AAPI filmmaker Michael Naizu, EKC PR announced today.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Michael Leonetti, a well-known entertainer and master chef was wrongfully arrested, convicted and jailed for a crime he did not commit. It took him 12 years in jail to prove his innocence. His book details and exposes all court documents confirming it was a huge cover-up by the courts, lawyers, detectives and a prison warden.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson will join host Dr. Howard Zucker for an upcoming episode of the viewer-interactive podcast, "Docology," on Monday, July 14, 2025 at 1 p.m. ET, HANG Media announced today. Thompson, who served under President George W. Bush, is the latest in a long line of prestigious experts providing compelling, fact-based insights into urgent public health matters.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Industrial SalesLeads just released its June 2025 report, revealing a notable rebound in planned capital project spending for the North American Food and Beverage industry. After two months of decline, the sector saw a strong comeback with 56 new projects confirmed. June saw month-over-month growth across all categories with new construction up by 27%, expansion projects increasing by 66%, and renovations / equipment upgrades climbing by 40%.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah /Florida Newswire - National News/ -- Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), the industry's sole provider of a unified mortgage technology solution, today announced a series of major platform enhancements and strategic product upgrades delivered in Q2 2025. These developments reinforce MMI's leadership as the only cohesive system delivering market intelligence, predictive borrower alerts, conversation-driven CRM, and a homeowner engagement platform in one high-impact solution.