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US Supreme Court does not issue ruling in Trump tariffs case

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. will not issue a ruling on Friday in a major case testing the legality of President ‘s sweeping global .

The justices issued one ruling on Friday in a criminal case. The court does not announce in advance what cases will be decided.

The challenge to Trump’s tariffs marks a major test of as well as of the court’s willingness to check some of the Republican president’s far-reaching assertions of authority since he returned to office in January 2025. The outcome will also impact the .

During arguments in the case heard by the court on November 5, conservative and liberal justices appeared to cast doubt on the legality of the tariffs, which Trump imposed by invoking a 1977 meant for use during national emergencies. Trump’s administration is appealing rulings by lower that he overstepped his authority.

Trump has said tariffs have made the United States stronger financially. In a social media post on January 2, Trump said a Supreme Court ruling against the tariffs would be a “terrible blow” to the United States.

Trump invoked the to impose so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on goods imported from individual countries – nearly every foreign trading partner – to address what he called a national emergency related to U.S. trade deficits. He invoked the same law to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, citing the trafficking of the often-abused painkiller fentanyl and illicit drugs into the United States as a national emergency.

The challenges to the tariffs in the cases before the Supreme Court were brought by businesses affected by the tariffs and 12 U.S. states, most of them Democratic-governed.

(Reporting by Andrew Chung and John Kruzel in Washington; Additional reporting by David Lawder and Jan Wolfe; Editing by Will Dunham)

 

Wall Street ends mixed as tech dips, defense stocks rally

Jan 8 (Reuters) – Wall Street ended mixed on Thursday, as Nvidia and other technology stocks dipped, while companies advanced after President called for an enlarged $1.5 trillion military budget.

Nvidia, Broadcom and Microsoft declined. A drop in the technology index left it down about 1% so far in 2026, as investors grew more finicky about AI-related stocks whose valuations have been inflated by outsized gains in recent years.

Alphabet gained the day after the Google parent surpassed Apple in market capitalization for the first time since 2019, becoming the second-most valuable U.S. company. The iPhone maker’s stock declined.

“While AI is still hot, there are going to be winners and losers,” said  Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth. “It’s become a ‘show me’ sector. Show me how you monetize this. Show me if there’s going to be a return on the capex you’re putting into your development.”

gained after Trump said the 2027 should be $1.5 trillion, much higher than the $901 billion approved by Congress for 2026.

, and Kratos Defense gained.

Some defense stocks fell in the prior session, after Trump threatened to block defense contractors from paying dividends or buying back shares until they speed up weapons production.

The S&P 500 and Industrial Average briefly hit intra-day record highs on Wednesday, and valuations remained relatively high ahead of fourth-quarter earnings season.

The S&P 500 is trading at about 22 times expected earnings, down from 23 in November, but above its five-year average of 19, according to LSEG data.

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 0.18 points, or 0.00%, to end at 6,920.89 points, while the Composite lost 103.47 points, or 0.44%, to 23,480.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 260.79 points, or 0.53%, to 49,256.87.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, though demand for labor remained sluggish, supporting Wednesday’s ADP employment and JOLTS figures.

Traders were focused on Friday’s crucial nonfarm payrolls report for December, which would be among the first reliable datasets after the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.

Fitch raised its U.S. growth outlook, estimating GDP expanded 2.1% in 2025 and forecasting 2.0% growth in 2026 after incorporating delayed by last year’s government shutdown.

AI-related memory chipmakers lost ground after a stellar rally. SanDisk, Western Digital and Seagate all fell.

Ford jumped after Piper Sandler upgraded the automaker to “overweight” from “neutral”.

(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru and by Noel Randewich in San Francisco; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli, Maju Samuel and David Gregorio)

McLean’s 22nd Century Technologies acquires Reston-based BT Federal

SUMMARY: 

-based government contractor 22nd Century Technologies has completed its purchase of BT Federal, the Reston-based U.S. subsidiary of London telecom company BT Group, according to a Monday announcement.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

BT Federal, which designs, deploys and manages telecommunications, cybersecurity and IT solutions for the federal government, will now operate as 22nd Century Networks. According to Ben Farrell, a spokesperson for 22nd Century Technologies, also known as TSCTI, the unit’s 90 employees will continue working in Reston.

“This marks a transformational moment for our company and the missions we serve — strengthening our ability to deliver future-ready, cyber-secure network solutions our government partners rely on,” Anil Sharma, 22nd Century Technologies CEO, said in a statement. “With 22nd Century Networks, we are advancing digital modernization while also securing the network layer that underpins our nation’s most critical operations across the Department of War, Department of Justice and Department of State.”

The acquisition, which was cleared by the Federal Communications Commission, expands 22nd Century Technologies’ managed network services capabilities.

For BT Group, the sale allows the company to focus on U.K. operations. However, the company will continue to have a presence in the United States, as it has offices and employees in Reston, New York and Dallas.

“Today’s announcement is another milestone in focusing our international business on what it does best: providing secure multi-cloud connectivity to large organizations globally,” said Bas Burger, CEO of BT Group subsidiary BT International.

The acquisition is the fourth in three years for 22nd Century Technologies. The company acquired Massachusetts-based Queues Enforth Development (QED), a provider of solutions for public safety in October 2023. The same month, the company bought VetConnex, an electronic fingerprinting services company. In August 2024, it acquired -based TreasurySoft.

For 2027, 22nd Century Technologies has a goal of earning $1 billion in revenue, Farrell said, up from 2024’s $580 million. While the company’s 2025 revenue numbers were not available Thursday, Farrell said in an email that “the company saw modest growth in comparison to many who saw decline.”

In June 2025, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that 22nd Century Technologies plans to invest $1 million to expand its headquarters and offices across Virginia, adding 880 jobs.

The company moved its headquarters from New Jersey to Virginia in 2008.

“Virginia has been a game changer for us,” Sharma said in a statement last summer. “Since moving our operational headquarters here in 2008, we’ve grown from a $6 million business to a $600 million government contractor, driven by access to talent, partnerships and a pro-business environment.”

Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies has more than 6,000 employees supporting more than 500 contracts with the U.S. Department of , federal civilian agencies, and state and local governments.

Henrico EDA head to join Richmond consulting firm

SUMMARY:

  • will join Richmond consultancy . in February
  •  In August 2025, Romanello told Henrico EDA board he would leave in January
  • S.I.R. provides market research, strategic planning and economic and community development consulting

After announcing in August 2025 that he would step away from the Henrico Economic Development Authority, Anthony Romanello won’t be out of work for long. He is leaving the EDA this month but will begin a new role with a Richmond-based consulting firm on Feb. 18.

S.I.R., a research-based strategic consultancy founded in 1964, on Thursday announced that it has tapped Romanello to join the firm as a managing partner. In his new role, Romanello will help cities, counties and regions use research to develop strategies and act on them. He plans to operate with the philosophy that economic growth and community development are designed to support one another.

Romanello, who has more than three decades of senior public sector leadership experience, has served as executive director of the Henrico EDA since 2019, after joining the county in 2016 as deputy county manager. During his tenure, Henrico landed major corporate headquarters relocations, including Fortune 1000 IT company ASGN in 2020 and Fortune 500 health care solutions company Owens & Minor’s 2024 move from Hanover County. Cari M. Tretina succeeds Romanello as executive director of the Henrico EDA.

But in August 2025, he submitted a resignation letter to the EDA’s board, with his final day on the job being Jan. 16. He said after almost 34 years in local government work, he wanted to find different ways he could contribute. S.I.R. offered the perfect solution.

“They’re really focused on the intersection of community and economic development and helping localities and nonprofits,” Romanello said. “And I’ve done that from the government side for a long time. And the opportunity to do it as a partner is really exciting.”

S.I.R. owner and CEO John W. Martin said when he first saw the news about Romanello departing from Henrico, he considered it a loss for the county.  It was unknown what Romanello would be doing next, so Martin reached out to him to meet over a meal and discuss where he was headed. Martin said that while Romanello shared that he was really going to take some time to write and keep teaching at Virginia Tech and maybe do some consulting, he didn’t have definitive plans.

“And I said, ‘Well, let me, let me see if I can change that. I think it would be awesome for you to be part of the S.I.R. team,’” Martin recalled. “And we started talking about what that would look like and what it would mean, and, more importantly, our philosophical alignment on how we think economic development works. And so, as we talked about the space where economic development and community development complement one another, we both started getting excited and just saying, ‘You know, it’s exactly what we are doing at S.I.R.’”

After a few months of discussion, the two agreed that Romanello becoming involved with S.I.R. made “a lot of sense.”

“Anthony is going to contribute on so many levels to our future and in our clients’ success,” Martin said. “You know, he has an incredibly sharp mind and strategic instincts. … But he also has this incredible experience. It’s rare that he knows how economic and community development work in progress and practice.”

Romanello has served Virginia local governments since 1992, with previous leadership roles including assistant to the city manager in Richmond, town manager of West Point, county administrator and deputy county administrator of Stafford County and deputy county manager of Henrico.

In a statement, Rachel Yost, S.I.R. managing partner, said Romanello’s experience in business retention and expansion, regional collaboration, digital infrastructure and data center development “directly align with the increasingly complex world our clients are operating in — and the decisions they are asking us to help inform and support.”

Romanello has a bachelor’s degree in history and American government from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a credentialed manager through the International City/County Management Association and a graduate of executive leadership programs at Harvard Kennedy School and U.Va. Romanello is also an adjunct instructor with Virginia Tech’s Center for Public Administration and Policy.

Headquartered in Richmond, S.I.R. provides market research, strategic planning and economic and community development consulting for government agencies, nonprofit and private clients across the United States, although its work is predominantly focused in Virginia and North Carolina.

Virginia Supreme Court orders new trial in $2B Appian-Pega case

Summary:

The Virginia ordered a new trial in a $2 billion trade secrets involving -based software company Appian, which sought to reinstate its 2022 jury award from Massachusetts-based Pegasystems.

In 2020, Appian sued competitor Pega and an individual, Youyong Zou, an employee of a government contractor who allegedly acted as Pega’s “spy,” providing the company with copies of Appian’s software and documentation.

Pega disputed the claim, saying that anything it viewed via Zou was available to the public. A jury found in Appian’s favor and returned the record $2.04 billion verdict against Pega. However, a Virginia Court of Appeals three-judge panel reversed the decision in 2024 and ordered a new trial, saying that Appian was improperly relieved of the burden of proving that Pega financially benefited from misappropriating Appian’s trade secrets.

Appian then sought relief by appealing to the Virginia Supreme Court, which took up its petition in March 2025. In October 2025, the court heard arguments from both companies. However, the five justices backed the Court of Appeals’ reversal ruling in Thursday’s opinion, authored by Justice Wesley G. Russell Jr.

Representing the bench, Russell wrote that the circuit court erred “in concluding that the number of people with access to the claimed trade secrets was irrelevant,” and it also erred in giving an instruction that Pega, rather than Appian, was required to prove that “portions of its raw sales figures did not represent profits tied to the misappropriation” of Appian’s software. That was supposed to be Appian’s burden, both the appeals court and the Virginia Supreme Court found in their rulings.

Although the Supreme Court’s ruling favors Pega by ordering the case back to circuit court, Russell did not go easy on the company.

His 43-page opinion noted that the company’s internal communications “characterized Zou as its Appian ‘spy,'” and said that Pega’s leaders “spent hours and hours removing [Zou’s] name from the videos” he prepared for the company, passing along tutorial videos he received from Appian. In early 2012, Zou, who was employed by Serco, “started moonlighting as a consultant for Pega,” the opinion said.

Zou lost access to Appian’s server in 2014, Russell wrote, but “Pega continued to attempt to access Appian’s systems surreptitiously,” until Appian became aware of the issue in 2020, according to the opinion.

The opinion concludes with an order to remand the case to the Court of Appeals, which must send the case back to Fairfax County Circuit Court.

“We are pleased that the Supreme Court of Virginia fully and unanimously agreed that there was reversible error in the trial court,” a Pegasystems spokesperson said in a statement Thursday. “In a future retrial, we’ll be able to introduce important evidence that was precluded, and the burden of proof will be properly placed on Appian.”

Appian released a statement Thursday, saying it intends to press its trade secrets case against Pegasystems and quoting from the court’s opinion.

“None of the issues addressed by the Supreme Court of Virginia go to the principal facts regarding Pega’s misappropriation of Appian trade secrets. We will present that evidence to a new jury and remain confident our claims will be properly addressed by Virginia courts,” said Jaye Campbell, Appian’s general counsel.

 

Less than zero: Paramount reaffirms Warner Bros offer, dumps on cable spinoff

Summary

  • doubles down on its offer to acquire
  • Company walks back plans for a separate cable network spinoff
  • Move signals strategic shift toward consolidated media assets
  • Industry watchers weigh implications for streaming and content wars

Jan 8 (Reuters) – Paramount Skydance on Thursday reiterated that its $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery was superior to a rival deal from Netflix, saying the value of the central to the streaming giant’s offer was effectively worthless.

Warner Bros Discovery’s board on Wednesday rejected Paramount’s amended hostile offer that included a $40 billion in equity personally guaranteed by Oracle’s co-founder Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, and $54 billion in debt.

The CBS parent and Netflix have been in a heated battle for Warner Bros, its prized film and television studios, and its extensive content library that includes “Harry Potter” and the DC Comics universe.

Paramount’s argument – one it is using to sway investors – is that its all-cash $30-per-share offer for the whole of Warner Bros is superior to Netflix’s $27.75 a share cash-and-stock deal for the studios and streaming assets and will more easily clear regulatory hurdles. The Netflix deal is worth $82.7 billion.

In its response on Thursday, Paramount even went so far as to suggest that the cable properties of CNN and Discovery, which Netflix does not want, are effectively worth less than nothing, based on an equity valuation of the recently floated Versant Media, a Comcast spinoff that includes digital assets and TV channels such as CNBC. That stock has dropped 18% since its market debut on Monday.

That sour performance has given fresh ammunition to Paramount’s campaign to convince Warner Bros shareholders its offer is better. On Thursday, it said it values the Warner Bros cable spinoff at zero – or even less than that, due to its high leverage and lagging performance.

“While Discovery Global equity would have no equity value if the company trades in-line with Versant, there are in fact several compelling reasons why it should trade at a discount to Versant,” Paramount said Thursday.

Paramount said the Netflix offer would reduce the cash paid to shareholders if Warner Bros loads more debt onto the merger. The company argues the cash payout could drop to $20 per share, from the current offer of $23.25, if Warner Bros were to adopt the leverage in line with Versant.

Warner Bros Discovery and Netflix did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Paramount’s tender offer will expire on January 21, but the company can extend it.

WARNER BROS UNCONVINCED BY ‘INADEQUATE’ PARAMOUNT BID

Warner Bros has argued that Paramount’s revised December 22 bid “remains inadequate”, citing uncertainty regarding the CNN parent’s ability to finalize the transaction, and the exposure of Warner Bros shareholders to significant risks and costs in the event of deal failure.

The board said Paramount’s offer hinges on “an extraordinary amount of debt financing” that heightens the risk of closing.

Netflix’s deal requires no equity financing and is backed by $59 billion in debt from banks including Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas and HSBC Holdings.

Warner Bros Chairman Samuel Di Piazza has said the company is not currently negotiating with Paramount but is open to a deal if Paramount can “put something on the table that is compelling.”

Some Warner Bros investors, including the 7th-largest shareholder Pentwater Capital, have argued that the board was making a mistake not engaging with Paramount.

REGULATORY SCRUTINY

For either suitor, winning shareholder support is only the first hurdle for a deal that would face tough scrutiny by the antitrust regulators in the U.S. and Europe.

Bipartisan lawmakers have raised concerns about the potential harm for consumers and creatives and U.S. President has said he plans to weigh in on the deals.

Paramount’s bid will create a studio bigger than market leader Disney and fuse two major TV operators, which some Democratic senators say will control “almost everything Americans watch on TV”.

It will also hand control of CNN to the conservative-leaning Ellisons, soon after they acquired CBS News and installed Bari Weiss as its editor-in-chief.

The Ellisons have cited ties with the Trump administration as a reason why a deal with Paramount would face an easier regulatory path.

For Netflix, a lightning rod in Hollywood over its streaming-first approach, the deal would cement its dominance with a combined 428 million subscribers. It has promised to honor Warner Bros’ theatrical commitments.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has voiced confidence in winning approval, saying the company’s bid would be better for Hollywood as it would avoid job cuts in an industry already hit by fewer productions and uneven box-office returns.

(Reporting by Aditya Soni and Harshita Varghese in Bengaluru and Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles, additional reporting by Deborah Sophia; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

 

ID.me wins potential $1B IRS contract

The has awarded digital tech company ID.me a blanket purchase agreement valued at up to $1 billion for identity verification and authentication products and services.

According to the Federal Procurement Data System, the order has a completion date of Dec. 29, 2030. ID.me provides a platform that allows individuals to prove their identity online securely. According to the company’s website, customers can verify their identity with ID.me once and sign in across websites without having to create a new sign-in and verify their identity again.

ID.me also announced in December 2025 that it had entered into a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for identity verification services on Medicare.gov, beginning this year.

According to the company, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to verify their identity and sign in using ID.me. The company says the contract will modernize access workflows and reduce artificial intelligence-driven fraud.

“By extending ID.me’s high-assurance identity capabilities across CMS and Medicare.gov, we’re creating a more unified patient experience while strengthening overall program integrity,” ID.me CEO and founder Blake Hall said in a statement. “This collaboration demonstrates what’s possible when government and technology work together to protect sensitive data at a national scale.”

The company did not provide the Medicare.gov contract amount in the announcement.

Founded in 2010, ID.me supports more than 156 million users across 21 federal agencies, 50 state government agencies and more than 70 health care organizations.

Defense Stocks Jump After Trump Calls for $1.5T Budget

Summary

  • stocks rebound after Trump proposes a $1.5T military budget
  • Lockheed, Northrop, and L3Harris post strong gains
  • Budget hopes offset fears over limits on dividends and buybacks
  • European defense shares extend gains amid geopolitical tensions

Jan 8 (Reuters) – Global climbed on Thursday after President called for a substantial increase in the , fueling a fresh rally amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

U.S. defense companies rebounded after falling on Wednesday following Trump’s threat to block American contractors like RTX from dividend payouts or share buybacks until they speed up weapons production.

Trump said on Wednesday the 2027 U.S. military budget should be $1.5 trillion, significantly higher than the $901 billion approved for this year.

“This potential budget increase would offset the negative investor sentiment from the potential capital allocation restrictions, but there is significant uncertainty associated with a final defense budget,” RBC Capital Markets analysts led by Ken Herbert said.

While congressional authorization for such an increase could pose a challenge, Trump’s Republicans, who hold slim majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives, have shown little appetite for objecting to the president’s spending plans.

U.S. defense companies jumped 8.3% and rose 6.4% in early trading. Both stocks had slid around 5% on Wednesday.

RTX climbed 3.7% and L3Harris Technologies added 7%, while General Dynamics was up 3%.

Smaller defense firms Kratos Defense and AeroVironment climbed 13.8% and 11.7%, respectively.

European defense companies, however, began to lose steam after surging at the start of the session. The index for aerospace and defense companies was last up 1.3%, having jumped as much as 2.1% to hit an all-time high.

The index has rallied sharply since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, driven by the prospect of more spending on defense in Europe.

Despite a pullback from October, it gained around 57% last year and started 2026 on a strong footing as sentiment was buoyed by U.S. military action in Venezuela and Trump’s comments on Greenland.

“ is the inescapable story of 2026 thus far,” said Neil Wilson, UK investor strategist at Saxo Bank.

“Clearly defence stocks are the play – along with rare earths.”

BAE Systems – Britain’s largest defense company – was last up 6.1% after jumping nearly 7% earlier, while Italy’s Leonardo, Sweden’s SAAB, Germany’s Rheinmetall, Renk were up between 1.8% and 3.6%.

LOOMING THREAT ON DIVIDENDS & BUYBACKS

Share buybacks are common among defense firms, and several pay a dividend. Lockheed in October, for example, raised its dividend for the 23rd year in a row, to $3.45 per share. It also authorized the purchase of up to $2 billion of its shares, raising the total amount promised for repurchases to $9.1 billion.

Separately, Trump also wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday: “I have been informed by the Department of War that Defense Contractor, Raytheon, has been the least responsive to the needs of the Department of War.” Raytheon is a unit of RTX.

Morgan Stanley analysts estimate that dividend yields for Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, General Dynamics and RTX averaged around 1.9% and these companies bought back about 1.8% of their respective market caps.

“A limit on capital return is an incremental negative, but the size is manageable,” Morgan Stanley analysts led by Kristine Liwag said in the note.

Dividend yield on average for companies on the stood at 1.37%, as per data compiled by LSEG.

Trump’s order has significant implications for U.S. defense contractors that may foster a rotation to UK defense companies, Ben Bourne, an analyst from Investec, said in an emailed comment.

BAE Systems, Chemring and Avon Technologies have the highest U.S. exposure, Bourne added, noting that Cohort, Babcock and Qinetiq could also benefit.

(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka and Shashwat Chauhan; editing by Alun John and Sriraj Kalluvila)

 

 

 

US October trade deficit lowest since 2009 as imports decline

Summary

  • narrowed 39% to $29.4 billion in October
  • Imports fell sharply, led by declines in consumer and industrial goods
  • Exports rose to a record high, boosted by precious metals
  • Trade could add to U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit contracted sharply in October, hitting the lowest level since mid-2009 as imports declined, a trend that if sustained could see trade again adding to economic growth in the fourth quarter.

The trade gap narrowed 39.0% to $29.4 billion, the lowest level since June 2009, the ‘s Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau said on Thursday.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the trade deficit rising to $58.9 billion. The report was delayed because of the 43-day shutdown of the government.

Imports decreased 3.2% to $331.4 billion. Goods imports tumbled 4.5% to $255.0 billion, the lowest level since June 2023. The decline in imports could be the result of President ‘s sweeping . The drop also suggests softening domestic demand.

Imports of industrial supplies dropped $2.7 billion to the lowest level since February 2021, mostly reflecting a $1.4 billion decline in nonmonetary gold, which is excluded in the calculation of gross domestic product.

Consumer goods imports decreased $14.0 billion to the lowest level since June 2020, pulled down by a $14.3 billion drop in pharmaceutical preparations. But imports of capital goods increased $6.8 billion, boosted by computer accessories, telecommunications equipment and computers, likely linked to artificial intelligence investment.

Exports rose 2.6% to a record $302.0 billion in October. Goods exports jumped 3.8% to $195.9 billion, also an all-time high. They were boosted by exports of nonmonetary gold and other precious metals. But exports of consumer goods, mostly pharmaceutical preparations, fell as did those of other goods.

The goods trade deficit compressed 24.5% to $59.1 billion, the lowest level since March 2016. Exports and imports of services were both the highest on record.

There have been large swings in the trade deficit amid Trump’s protectionist . Trade contributed to in the second and third quarters of 2025.

The Atlanta Federal Reserve is currently forecasting GDP increasing at a 2.7% annualized rate in the fourth quarter. The economy grew at a 4.3% pace in the July-September quarter.

(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Andrea Ricci)

 

 

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC)

Mike Wise
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Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC), one of the nation’s largest and most successful Generation and Transmission Cooperatives, announced that Mike Wise, Senior Vice President of Power Supply, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2026.

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