Nordstrom Announces Completion of Acquisition by Nordstrom Family and Liverpool

Amazon announced it plans to launch an Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure Region in Chile by the end of 2026. The new AWS South America (Chile) Region will give developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as financial services, retail, education, government, and nonprofit organizations, greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from data centers located in Chile. As part of its long-term commitment, Amazon is planning to invest more than $4 billion in Chile to support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of its data centers in the country. For more information about AWS Global Infrastructure, visit aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure. “The AWS South America (Chile) Region will help serve the fast-growing demand for cloud services across Latin America and in Chile with secure, reliable, and efficient cloud infrastructure,” said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS. “With the new AWS Region, organizations will have the ability to build with advanced AWS technologies, like artificial intelligence and machine learning, to help accelerate growth, productivity, and innovation. By investing in local talent, educational opportunities, and digital skills training, we're proud to contribute to Chile's economic growth and digital transformation for years to come.”

Learning technology company HMH today announced that the company’s supplemental and intervention solutions were fully reviewed and approved by Chicago Public Schools for usage across the district. These HMH digital tools comply with the Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA), the student data privacy law that regulates students' covered information by schools, the Illinois State Board of Education, and education technology vendors. Through the SOPPA approval process, HMH entered into an agreement with Chicago Public Schools to provide additional guarantees that student data is protected when collected by the company and that the data is used for beneficial purposes only. Protecting student data and therefore the students themselves is of vital importance to HMH. https://www.hmhco.com/about-us/press-releases/chicago-public-schools-approve-hmh-digital-tools-as-student-data-privacy-compliant

InnerWorkings, Inc. and HH Global Group Limited announced the completion of HH Global’s acquisition of InnerWorkings. The combined organization will be led by Robert MacMillan, Chairman and Group CEO of HH Global, together with experienced senior managers from both companies. The transaction was announced on July 16, 2020 and received approval from InnerWorkings stockholders on September 24, 2020. Under the terms of the merger agreement, InnerWorkings stockholders will receive $3.00 in cash for each share of InnerWorkings common stock they hold. As a result of the completion of the transaction, shares of InnerWorkings common stock were removed from listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, with trading in InnerWorkings shares suspended prior to the opening of business on October 1, 2020.