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By Angela Turner Columnist Mar 12, 2021 “Art holds value and adds worth to a community, those who live there, work there, and visit,” local artist Kellene Turner recently expressed to me when I told her I wanted to pick her brain about all things art and community. My earliest memories with art involve a blank piece of white paper and crayon. I tried hard to design the perfect oversized tree with tiny multi-colored flowers to grace its presence. My skill level never improved far beyond that. But my fascination for those with talents far greater than mine always lingered. Once on a v...

Blue Wolf Capital Purchases Colson Group Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Colson Group, a providor of caster and wheel product services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “With its global scale and long-standing roster of blue-chip customers, Colson is the global leader in the highly stable and growing casters and wheels market. In addition, Colson’s large domestic manufacturing footprint combined with its impressive product portfolio uniquely position the company to serve the U.S. market. Over the next few years, we intend to ...

PayScale and Payfactors combine into 600-person company, eyeing big market for compensation data March 2, 2021 at 10:56 am PayScale CEO Scott Torrey. (PayScale Photo) Seattle-based compensation data and technology company PayScale is merging with Payfactors, a compensation data management company based in the Boston area, joining forces in a new effort to capitalize on growing demand from corporate leaders grappling with issues of employee pay equity and remote work. “They’ve been a great competitor,” PayScale CEO Scott Torrey said, referring to Payfactors in an interview. “Competitor...

Smart home services pioneer Plume has closed a $270 million minority investment from global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. The Series...

--   ®, the company behind the smart home service offerings of more than 170 Communications Service Providers (CSPs) served to more than 22 million households across the globe, today announced that it has closed a $270 million minority investment from global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. This Series E round at a $1.35 billion valuation brings Plume's total equity funding to $397 million. (PRNewsfoto/Plume Design, Inc.) Plume was founded on the premise that a device will only ever be as smart as the network it's connected to, and that the existing smart home se...