Arizona homeowners looking to go solar can now leverage the power of peer-to-peer lending to finance their solar systems while helping their neighbors go solar as well. Scottsdale-based American Solar & Roofing this week launched a special partnership with Mosaic, an Oakland-based company that offers solar financing via the popular peer-to-peer lending platform. A clear … [More]

PetSmart, Inc. has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium led by BC Partners, Inc. at a price of $83.00 per share in cash, representing a premium of approximately 39 percent over PetSmart’s unaffected closing share price on July 2, 2014. The consortium includes Funds advised by BC Partners (“the BC Funds”), alongside several of its … [More]

Things are looking up for Tucson, with an economy that is set to grow in 2015 and 2016. That was one of the key takeaways from today’s University of Arizona Eller College of Management annual Economic Outlook Forecast Luncheon at the Westin La Paloma Resort in Tucson. Some 540 people packed the room to hear presenters George W. Hammond, director and research professor at … [More]

Move over, Silicon Valley – Arizona is becoming quite the hotbed for startups. Just ask the 800+ people who attended SEED SPOT’s fourth Demo Day event in Phoenix, designed to highlight local, up-and-coming entrepreneurs and their successful and inspiring new ventures. SEED SPOT, an incubator for socially-minded entrepreneurs, entertained a sell-out crowd at its Demo Day … [More]

Health Choice, a managed -are solutions organization and division of IASIS Healthcare LLC, and Phoenix Children’s Care Network, LLC (PCCN) have announced an accountable care alliance focused on providing personalized, high-quality pediatric care for PCCN patients and members of Health Choice Preferred, a non-Medicare accountable care organization. Under the new agreement, … [More]

A unique partnership between Salt River Project and BASELAYER, the advanced data center hardware and software company born within IO, will provide an innovative approach to supporting the addition of critical data centers in the Valley that could be the Internet hub of the future. Data centers support modern computer technology information systems such as the Internet. They … [More]

Apollo Education Group, Inc. has formed Apollo Education Ventures, LLC, a new platform created to support entrepreneurial ventures and emerging companies that are developing the latest innovations in higher education, professional development and human capital management. “Apollo Education Ventures provides a tremendous opportunity for Apollo Education Group to partner with … [More]

Insight, a leading global technology provider of hardware, software and service solutions, has announced that its Public Sector business is working with Microsoft on Microsoft CityNext, an initiative designed to help governments, businesses and citizens reimagine what is next for their cities. Through the Microsoft CityNext initiative, Microsoft and Insight will help leaders … [More]

We can expect our economic recovery to take about another two years in Arizona. That’s what experts said today at the 51st annual Economic Forecast Luncheon co-sponsored by Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business and JPMorgan Chase. About 750 people attended the event at the Phoenix Convention Center. Key experts delivered a comprehensive overview of what’s … [More]