CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on October 1, 2024, all $1,750,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 3.093% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due October 2025 (CUSIP No. 06051GGT0) (the "Notes"), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of October 1, 2024. Interest on the more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on September 25, 2024, all $2,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 0.981% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due September 2025 (CUSIP No. 06051GJG5) (the "Notes"), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of September 25, 2024. Interes more PR

ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina, Sept. 19 -- College of the Albemarle issued the following news release: * * * Perna-Rose Foundation for Hope Establishes New Scholarship to Support Nursing Students * * * College of The Albemarle (COA) is honored to announce the establishment of the Carolyn Collins Nursing Endowed Scholarship, made possible through an initial gift of securities valued at $80,000 from the Perna-Rose Foundation for Hope. This scholarship will support COA nursing students enrolled in the Associate Degree Nursing (A.D.N.) and Pra more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Pairwise, a company that says it commercializes gene edited consumer food and agricultural products, issued the following news release: * * * * Corteva to invest $25 million to acquire equity stake in gene editing innovator, Pairwise * Strategic collaboration to also form a joint venture to accelerate gene editing solutions * * * Indianapolis - Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA), a global leader in agricultural technology and Pairwise, a technology company pioneering the application of gene editing in food and a more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 19 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Piedmont and Duke Energy teams take home eight awards from the 2024 National Gas Rodeo * * * A four-person team of Piedmont Natural Gas technicians from Greenville, S.C., earned the overall championship title at the 2024 National Gas Rodeo. This marks the second consecutive title for the Greenville team, and the seventh time Piedmont has won the national championship. "We are proud to bring home another national title after an intense competition ag more PR

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Sept. 19 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * The fall semester kicked off with record enrollment, new academic programs and new faculty. * * * When High Point University students arrived on campus for the fall semester, they joined a record-size student body and met dozens of new faculty members leading new undergraduate majors and minors, as well as new graduate programs. HPU increased its enrollment by nearly 5% this year with 6,335 students, up from 6,040 last fall, despite natio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As JD Vance pushes Donald Trump's Project 2025 agenda in North Carolina before fundraising with anti-worker extremists in D.C. today, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "JD Vance stands with Donald Trump and his ultra-wealthy backers over hardworking Americans that's why he's fundraising with anti-worker billionaires after touting the Trump-Vance Project 2025 agenda to raise taxes and jack up costs on middle-clas more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 19 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: North Carolina's price gouging law is in effect in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, and New Hanover counties after severe rainfall and flooding impacted southeastern North Carolina. The Department of Justice reviews price gouging complaints closely and Attorney General Josh Stein will hold accountable price gougers for breaking the law. "The storms over the past few days have taken a heavy toll in eastern North Caro more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * Urges Legislators to Make Meaningful Investments to Avoid a Crisis for Children, Families, and Employers * * * This week, the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is releasing $67.5 million in stop gap funding to stabilize North Carolina's early childhood education and child care centers, the last scheduled payment of Child Care Stabilization Grants. Initiated in 2021, Child Care Stabilization Gra more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today published the 2024 Health Disparities Analysis Report (https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/office-health-equity/data-resource-center). The report offers a comprehensive view of the effects of health disparities on health outcomes across North Carolina and highlights opportunities for improvement and action. "Every North Carolinian should have t more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Pairwise, a company that says it commercializes gene edited consumer food and agricultural products, issued the following news release: * * * * New Investment will Accelerate Transformative Innovation in Precision Plant Breeding, Improving Consumer Nutrition, Grower Economics, and Crop Climate Adaptation * * * Pairwise, a technology company pioneering gene editing to improve plant breeding in specialty and commodity crops, has closed a $40M Series C funding round led by Deerfield Management. Multiple retu more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: The National Institutes of Mental Health awarded a $2.5-million grant to UNC School of Medicine researchers Adam Bryant Miller, PhD, and Andrea Pelletier-Baldelli, PhD, in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, to study the alarming rise of suicidal behavior in young girls. Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in 2020, patients across the country filled emergency departments, experiencing respiratory issue more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 19 -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: The UNCSA School of Filmmaking will continue its Symposium guest artist series with an evening featuring film director, producer and writer Susan Seidelman (opens in new tab) on Friday, Sept. 27. The free event, which is open to the public, includes a screening of Seidelman's cult classic "Desperately Seeking Susan," featuring Madonna, followed by a conversation about her new memoir, "Desperately Seeking Something more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * WFU program supports Peru's Indigenous leaders * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Wake Forest University's Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability welcomed nine Indigenous leaders from Peru. * Their visit, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is part of the "Connecting Cultures" program. * The initiative focuses on equipping young Indigenous leaders with the skills and knowledge needed to confront environmental c more PR