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Miami Herald
15-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Inspire Veterinary Partners Launches Company-Wide Incentive Program
Recent quality of work-life survey demonstrates clinic leader and employee satisfaction, underscoring value of Inspire's approach as new incentive program rolls out VIRGINIA BEACH, VA / ACCESS Newswire / July 15, 2025 / Inspire Veterinary Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVP) ("Inspire" or the "Company"), an owner and provider of pet health care services throughout the U.S., today announced the launch of its company-wide incentive and recognition program, providing vital new engagement tools to provide new avenues to wealth for all employees across their clinic network. The annual incentive program, aligned with the Company's revenue and earnings targets, will monetarily reward clinic and company leaders across the organization for target achievements and launches concurrent to results of the Company's recent quality of work-life survey showing positive leader job satisfaction. "The first half of this year has been outstanding for Inspire Veterinary Partners with new doctors and practice managers hired, our investment in development for all team members, and the launch of our novel incentive program designed to reward performance achievement at Inspire," shared Lynley Kees, Chief People Officer. "We are particularly proud that our newest doctors are sharing the ways that joining Inspire has positively impacted their lives." With a new recognition system and implementation of the new incentive plan, Inspire is committed to investing in its people, further strengthening what it believes is among the most comprehensive total compensation packages in its industry. The quality of work-life survey, conducted with doctors across the country, and facilitated by recruiting and human resources leadership found positive leader job satisfaction, as well as positive feedback on the plan for upcoming incentives. "Transitioning from the ER to the Inspire-owned clinic environment has been life-changing for me," said Dr. Christopher Korte, Associate Doctor, Pets & Friends Animal Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado, "My stress levels have significantly decreased, and my overall quality of life has improved beyond measure. The warmth and camaraderie here have made all the difference, and I feel blessed to be part of such a wonderful community." "I am very happy at Pony Express Animal Hospital, an Inspire-owned clinic in Ohio, and so glad I made the move," shared Dr. Lauren Hudson, Associate Doctor, The Pony Express Animal Hospital, Xenia, Ohio. "My schedule and caseload are perfect, and my quality of life has improved dramatically! Being able to see my child and husband and not be on call 24/7 has helped me both physically and mentally. I can complete my notes and have adequate time to get everything done that I need to as a doctor here." The Company plans more additions to its reward and compensation package within the year. About Inspire Veterinary Partners, Inc. Inspire Veterinary Partners is an owner/operator of veterinary hospitals in the US. As the Company expands, it expects to acquire additional veterinary hospitals, including general practice, mixed animal facilities, and critical and emergency care. For more information, please visit: or connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or X. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding expectations about additions to employee incentive programs and future acquisitions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to obtaining additional capital and sourcing and successfully completing future acquisitions, or factors that result in changes to the Company's anticipated results of operations related to the Company's business or acquisitions, such as changes in consumer preferences, the inability to successfully integrate acquisitions, competition and general economic conditions. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the section captioned "Risk Factors" in the Company's public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law. Contact General InquiresMorgan WoodMwood@ MediaMatthew Cossel, CORE PRpr@ SOURCE: INSPIRE VETERINARY PARTNERS, INC.
USA Today
15-07-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Inspire Veterinary Partners Launches Company-Wide Incentive Program
Recent quality of work-life survey demonstrates clinic leader and employee satisfaction, underscoring value of Inspire's approach as new incentive program rolls out Inspire Veterinary Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVP) ('Inspire' or the 'Company'), an owner and provider of pet health care services throughout the U.S., today announced the launch of its company-wide incentive and recognition program, providing vital new engagement tools to provide new avenues to wealth for all employees across their clinic network. The annual incentive program, aligned with the Company's revenue and earnings targets, will monetarily reward clinic and company leaders across the organization for target achievements and launches concurrent to results of the Company's recent quality of work-life survey showing positive leader job satisfaction. 'The first half of this year has been outstanding for Inspire Veterinary Partners with new doctors and practice managers hired, our investment in development for all team members, and the launch of our novel incentive program designed to reward performance achievement at Inspire,' shared Lynley Kees, Chief People Officer. 'We are particularly proud that our newest doctors are sharing the ways that joining Inspire has positively impacted their lives.' With a new recognition system and implementation of the new incentive plan, Inspire is committed to investing in its people, further strengthening what it believes is among the most comprehensive total compensation packages in its industry. The quality of work-life survey, conducted with doctors across the country, and facilitated by recruiting and human resources leadership found positive leader job satisfaction, as well as positive feedback on the plan for upcoming incentives. 'Transitioning from the ER to the Inspire-owned clinic environment has been life-changing for me,' said Dr. Christopher Korte, Associate Doctor, Pets & Friends Animal Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado, 'My stress levels have significantly decreased, and my overall quality of life has improved beyond measure. The warmth and camaraderie here have made all the difference, and I feel blessed to be part of such a wonderful community.' 'I am very happy at Pony Express Animal Hospital, an Inspire-owned clinic in Ohio, and so glad I made the move,' shared Dr. Lauren Hudson, Associate Doctor, The Pony Express Animal Hospital, Xenia, Ohio. 'My schedule and caseload are perfect, and my quality of life has improved dramatically! Being able to see my child and husband and not be on call 24/7 has helped me both physically and mentally. I can complete my notes and have adequate time to get everything done that I need to as a doctor here.' The Company plans more additions to its reward and compensation package within the year. About Inspire Veterinary Partners, Inc. Inspire Veterinary Partners is an owner/operator of veterinary hospitals in the US. As the Company expands, it expects to acquire additional veterinary hospitals, including general practice, mixed animal facilities, and critical and emergency care. For more information, please visit: or connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or X. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding expectations about additions to employee incentive programs and future acquisitions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to obtaining additional capital and sourcing and successfully completing future acquisitions, or factors that result in changes to the Company's anticipated results of operations related to the Company's business or acquisitions, such as changes in consumer preferences, the inability to successfully integrate acquisitions, competition and general economic conditions. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the section captioned 'Risk Factors' in the Company's public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law. Contact General Inquires Morgan Wood Mwood@ Media Matthew Cossel, CORE PR pr@ SOURCE: INSPIRE VETERINARY PARTNERS, INC. View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire
AsiaOne
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
Ayumi Hamasaki turns first solo Singapore concert into full-blown musical spectacle, Entertainment News
Ayumi Hamasaki lit up the Singapore Indoor Stadium in a rare one-night-only spectacle on Saturday (July 5), marking her long-awaited return after over a decade - and proving the queen of J-pop hasn't lost her crown. As the red curtains lifted on her first solo concert in Singapore, so did the roar from a sea of pink light sticks. The 360-degree arena setup for I am Ayu - Ep. II ensured that no seat was a bad one, and no moment felt out of reach. But this wasn't just a concert - it played more like a theatrical production, with choreographed transitions, cinematic interludes, and a narrative arc that turned the night into a pop-powered musical journey. A production beyond pop From the moment Ayumi opened with Inspire in her gold Cleopatra-like fit, it was clear this wasn't a typical pop concert, but more like a Broadway set. Each performance had its own mood and costume, ranging from high-gloss futurism to soft, string-led ballads. Songs like Moments and Voyage were reinterpreted with theatrical flair, with one sequence featuring dancers in flowing robes moving around her like a living sculpture. Between songs, short video interludes carried forward a loose storyline - part dream, part memory - giving the entire show a structured, almost operatic feel. J-pop reinvented While nostalgia was baked into the setlist - with staples like Heaven and Boys & Girls drawing the biggest reactions - Ayumi made room for new material too. Her 2025 single Mimosa was performed with stripped-back lighting and a minimalist arrangement, allowing her vocals to take centre stage. Long-time followers would know of the pop star's hearing loss and vocal challenges since 2008 and how she has scaled back her international performances in recent years. But the 46-year-old's performance on Saturday was steady and, at times, impressively restrained. Rather than overpower, she leaned into emotional delivery, especially during the encore ballads. In a brief address mid-show, she acknowledged the long gap and thanked fans in English, saying, "It's been too long. I've missed you." A one-night-only affair Despite demand, there are no additional Southeast Asia dates confirmed on this tour. That didn't stop fans from across the region - Malaysia, Thailand, even China - from flying in for the show, many dressed in official fanclub gear or recreations of her iconic outfits from past tours. Outside the stadium, merchandise queues snaked around the concourse hours before doors opened, and inside, pink light sticks blinked in sync - a sign of just how tightly knit the Team Ayu fandom remains. Ayumi's night in Singapore was pure J‑pop grandeur - and if this is episode two, we're already counting down to the next chapter. @ayu_19980408 #ayumihamasaki makes her grand entrance in Singapore! 😍#ayuasiatour2025#AyumiHamasakiinSG#浜崎あゆみ — AsiaOne (@asiaonecom) July 5, 2025 lynette@ No part of this article can be reproduced without permission from AsiaOne.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Is Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF (ISMD) a Strong ETF Right Now?
The Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF (ISMD) was launched on 02/28/2017, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Blend category of the market. Market cap weighted indexes were created to reflect the market, or a specific segment of the market, and the ETF industry has traditionally been dominated by products based on this strategy. A good option for investors who believe in market efficiency, market cap weighted indexes offer a low-cost, convenient, and transparent way of replicating market returns. However, some investors believe in the possibility of beating the market through exceptional stock selection, and choose a different type of fund that tracks non-cap weighted strategies: smart beta. Non-cap weighted indexes try to choose stocks that have a better chance of risk-return performance, which is based on specific fundamental characteristics, or a mix of other such characteristics. This area offers many different investment choices, such as simplest equal-weighting, fundamental weighting and volatility/momentum based weighting methodologies; however, not all of these strategies can deliver superior results. Because the fund has amassed over $209.25 million, this makes it one of the average sized ETFs in the Style Box - All Cap Blend. ISMD is managed by Inspire. Before fees and expenses, this particular fund seeks to match the performance of the Inspire Small/Mid Cap Impact Equal Weight Index. The Inspire Small/Mid Cap Index selects securities from a universe of publicly traded, domestic small and mid-capitalization equity securities of companies which have an Inspire Impact Score of zero or higher. Investors should also pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio. Lower cost products will produce better results than those with a higher cost, assuming all other metrics remain the same. Operating expenses on an annual basis are 0.57% for this ETF, which makes it on par with most peer products in the space. It's 12-month trailing dividend yield comes in at 1.22%. Even though ETFs offer diversified exposure that minimizes single stock risk, investors should also look at the actual holdings inside the fund. Luckily, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis. This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Financials sector - about 19.2% of the portfolio. Industrials and Information Technology round out the top three. When you look at individual holdings, Compass Minerals (CMP) accounts for about 0.4% of the fund's total assets, followed by Ttm Technologies (TTMI) and Groupon Inc (GRPN). Its top 10 holdings account for approximately 3.38% of ISMD's total assets under management. Year-to-date, the Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF has lost about -1.25% so far, and is up roughly 8.57% over the last 12 months (as of 07/03/2025). ISMD has traded between $29.72 and $40.75 in this past 52-week period. ISMD has a beta of 1.06 and standard deviation of 21.19% for the trailing three-year period. With about 498 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk . Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF is a reasonable option for investors seeking to outperform the Style Box - All Cap Blend segment of the market. However, there are other ETFs in the space which investors could consider. Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF (ESGV) tracks FTSE US ALL CAP CHOICE INDEX and the iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) tracks MSCI USA ESG Focus Index. Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF has $10.67 billion in assets, iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has $13.82 billion. ESGV has an expense ratio of 0.09% and ESGU changes 0.15%. Investors looking for cheaper and lower-risk options should consider traditional market cap weighted ETFs that aim to match the returns of the Style Box - All Cap Blend To learn more about this product and other ETFs, screen for products that match your investment objectives and read articles on latest developments in the ETF investing universe, please visit Zacks ETF Center. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF (ISMD): ETF Research Reports This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
MTV Lebanon
27-06-2025
- MTV Lebanon
Boston Marathon bombs: al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques
A recipe for how to make pressure cooker bombs, which investigators say were used in the Boston Marathon attack, was most notoriously published in the al-Qaeda magazine Inspire. The recipe – along with a rationale for post-9/11 terror – was printed three years ago in al-Qaeda's English-language promotional online magazine, Inspire. In an article, it instructed readers on how, as its headline writers put it, to 'Make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom'. It gave the types of explosive, timers and other ingredients needed – along with, it said, a pressure cooker. That article was from the first edition of the magazine. Written in perfect but slightly hysterical English, some thought it was a hoax or satire along the lines of the film 'Four Lions'. In fact, most analysts remain convinced it was the brainchild of Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-American propagandist for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and was edited by Samir Khan, another American citizen who had travelled to Yemen to join the group. It was clear in its market – the disaffected young men in their mid-twenties, whether converts or of Muslim origin, who studies show are by far and away the biggest source of recruits to the jihadist cause. Subsequent editions suggested even more random forms of violence that anyone could carry out, such as driving a car into crowds as a weapon. The aim was to cause maximum response with a minimum of fuss. Its methodology was in some ways a sign of weakness, an acknowledgement that well-planned, large scale attacks on the scale of 9/11, or for that matter the Oklahoma outrage by a white supremacist, were unlikely to be repeated because of increased security and the erosion of al-Qaeda's command structure by drone strikes. Other 'spectaculars' had failed, such as the attempt to down an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 by the so-called 'underpants bomber', an Awlaki recruit of Nigerian origin, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. By contrast, smaller scale random attacks had notable success: most strikingly, before Inspire's first edition but clearly an incident its authors had in mind, Nidal Malik Hasan, the US army major who shot 13 people dead at his base at Fort Hood, Texas, had been in direct contact with Awlaki. As new editions appeared, investigators took Inspire ever more seriously. A disaffected US army private, Naser Jason Abdo, jailed for life in August 2012 after being found in possession of a bomb with which he said he was going to blow up a restaurant popular with soldiers from Fort Hood in an act of solidarity with Hasan, had a copy of the Inspire article. In his hotel room were all the ingredients listed, including two pressure cookers. Last October, Quasi Muhammad Nafis, accused of attempting to bomb a Federal Reserve Bank building in New York, was said by prosecutors to have read Inspire and even to have written an article in the hope that the magazine would publish it. He, though, was trapped by an FBI sting operation. His car bomb was a fake given him by an undercover operative. Awalaki and Khan were both killed in an American drone strike in Yemen in September 2011. The magazine has continued to publish, however, and while the pressure cookers do not prove Islamist terrorists were involved in the Boston attack, that is only part of the story. For all its semi-comic tone, the magazine's strategy of balancing relatively small-scale bombing with dramatic symbolism for political effect is an important chapter in the modern terror playbook. And its recipes are available for anyone.
