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Purchasers of Standalone Storage Device or Computer for resale in the United States from January 2003, through May 2016, may be affected by a class action lawsuit

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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A class action antitrust lawsuit was filed on behalf of Reseller Plaintiffs and End-User Plaintiffs against Defendants TDK Corporation, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Magnecomp Precision Technology Public Co., Ltd., Magnecomp Corporation, and SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd. (together, “TDK Defendants”), and NHK Spring Co., Ltd., NHK International, NAT Peripheral (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., NAT Peripheral (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., and NHK Spring (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (together, “NHK Defendants”). This Notice only applies to Reseller Plaintiffs. The Reseller Plaintiffs are Now Micro, Inc., Integrated Technical Systems, Inc. d/b/a Network One, It Worx, Inc., Stephen Arvay, and Michael Medeiros, (together, the “Reseller Plaintiffs”). The lawsuit alleges Defendants conspired to fix prices of suspension assemblies (“SAs”), a component contained in hard disk drives (“HDD”). SAs are a necessary component of HDDs and are found in products such as laptop and desktop computers, and computer servers. The Reseller Plaintiffs bought and resold HDDs that included SAs. Reseller Plaintiffs assert prices were higher as a result of the supracompetitive prices initially charged by Defendants to HDD manufacturers, who “passed on” those price increases to the Reseller Plaintiffs.

The Court “certified” a Reseller Class defined as: all persons or entities in the Indirect Purchaser States, except original equipment manufacturers, who, during the period from January 2003 through May 2016, purchased a Standalone Storage Device or Computer for resale, which included as a component part one or more SAs that were manufactured or sold by Defendants, any current or former subsidiary of Defendants, or any co-conspirator of Defendants, or who indirectly purchased a SA, for resale, that was manufactured or sold by Defendants, any current or former subsidiary of Defendants, or any co-conspirator of Defendants.

The Court has not decided who is right or wrong. There is no money available now, and no guarantee there will be. However, if you are a member of the Reseller Class described above, your legal rights are affected, and you have a choice to make now.

Class Members who want to keep the possibility of getting money or benefits from this lawsuit in the future do not need to do anything now. By doing nothing, they are staying in the Reseller Class and if the Reseller Plaintiffs obtain money or benefits in the future, they will be notified about how to get their share. Class Members who do nothing now will not be able to sue or continue to sue Defendants—as part of any other lawsuit—about the same legal claims in this lawsuit. Class Members will also be legally bound by the orders and judgments. If they do nothing now and there is a settlement or judgment in the future, they may not be allowed to exclude themselves from the lawsuit.

Class Members who want to sue Defendants on their own regarding the same legal claims in this lawsuit or already have their own lawsuit against Defendants regarding the same legal claims in this lawsuit and want to continue with it, need to ask to be excluded from the Reseller Class. Class Members who exclude or remove themselves from the Reseller Class— sometimes called “opting-out” of the class— they will not get any money or benefits from this lawsuit even if Reseller Plaintiffs win at trial or there is a settlement. However, those who opt-out may be able to sue or continue to sue Defendants on their own. Class Members who exclude themselves will not be legally bound by the Court’s judgments in this class action lawsuit. The deadline to opt-out is September 2, 2026.

Class Counsel will have to prove Reseller Plaintiffs’ legal claims at a trial. The trial has not been scheduled. During the trial, a Jury and the Judge will hear all of the evidence to help them reach a decision about whether Reseller Plaintiffs or Defendants are right about the legal claims in the lawsuit. There is no guarantee that Reseller Plaintiffs will win, or that they will get any money for the Reseller Class.

This Notice summarizes the lawsuit and the proceedings. To get additional information visit www.HDDSuspensionReseller.com or call 1-877-307-1874.

URL: www.HDDSuspensionReseller.com

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RealNex Releases Major Navigator Enhancements to Power the Next Generation of CRE Brokerage Performance

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New release expands RealNex Navigator with KRM, RealNex Insights, RealNex Vault, RealNex Bridge, MarketEdge enhancements, and CRE Marketing Hub AI tools.

STAFFORD, Texas, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RealNex, a commercial real estate technology company, today announced a major release of updates and enhancements to RealNex Navigator, its integrated platform for commercial real estate professionals.

The release includes the evolution of RealNex CRM into KRM — Knowledge and Relationship Management, embedded RealNex Insights Power BI dashboards, the launch of RealNex Vault, the upgraded RealNex Bridge transaction workflow, enhanced MarketEdge analysis and presentation tools, and CRE-trained AI tools powered through CRE Marketing Hub.

Together, the enhancements make RealNex Navigator a more connected platform for managing knowledge, sharpening strategy, and activating execution across the full CRE deal cycle. The result is what RealNex calls The CRE Intelligence Advantage: a more effective way to make brokerage knowledge measurable, visible, and actionable.

“Commercial real estate has always been a knowledge business — and the broker who knows their market deepest wins. Every AI tool in the world cannot change that. What we have built changes something more fundamental: it makes that knowledge measurable, visible, and actionable at a scale no individual broker could achieve alone.”

— Mark Kingston, Executive Chairman, RealNex

KRM reflects the reality that CRE professionals manage more than contacts. They manage properties, markets, companies, owners, tenants, activity, assignments, and transaction history. RealNex Insights turns live KRM data into Power BI dashboards covering pipeline health, market inventory, financial performance, production activity, and business development performance.

RealNex Vault is a purpose-built virtual deal room for commercial real estate, with staged bidder progression, tiered access, NDA e-signature, dynamic watermarking, two-factor authentication, audit trails, and bidder engagement analytics. Vault is included at no additional charge for MarketEdge and Navigator subscribers.

RealNex Bridge, formerly Transaction Manager, now includes a redesigned interface, nationwide commercial property database, direct MarketPlace and KRM integration, enhanced proposal comparison, and one-click branded PDF tour books.

MarketEdge enhancements include a refreshed UI, widget-based design editor, auto-sizing text, expanded demographics, and enhanced sale-leaseback and lease vs. buy reports.

CRE Marketing Hub AI tools are available to support property and market analysis, business development strategy, targeted marketing plans, content creation, underwriting and investment analysis, social media messaging, and video scripting.

All updates are live for RealNex subscribers as of September 9, 2026.

About RealNex

RealNex is a commercial real estate technology company providing an integrated platform including KRM — Knowledge and Relationship Management — MarketEdge, RealNex Bridge, RealNex Vault, and RealNex Insights, with AI tools powered through a partnership with CRE Marketing Hub. RealNex serves brokerage firms, leasing professionals, tenant representatives, investment sales teams, and property owners across the United States and internationally.

Media Contact: Sara Perez • 281.299.3161 • 416191@email4pr.com • realnex.com 

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97% of America’s Red-Eye Flights Take Off in the West, and Overnight Flying Is at a Record High, 26 Years of Federal Data Show

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Champion Traveler analysis of every US domestic flight since 2000 finds red-eyes concentrated in the Pacific and Mountain time zones, growing, and more reliable than daytime flights

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — About one in sixty US domestic flights is a red-eye, and 97 percent of them take off in the western United States, according to a new Champion Traveler analysis of 26 years of Bureau of Transportation Statistics flight records.

The study counted every scheduled domestic flight reported to the federal government from 2000 through 2025 and classified as a red-eye any flight scheduled to depart between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. and land between 3 a.m. and 10 a.m. local time. In 2025, 115,580 of 6.9 million flights met that definition.

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Red-eyes are a western phenomenon. 97 percent of 2025’s overnight flights departed from the Pacific and Mountain states plus Alaska and Hawaii, a share that has never fallen below 95 percent since 2000.The red-eye is at a record high. Overnight flights grew 54 percent, from 75,158 in 2000 to 115,580 in 2025, after a low in 2009 and a collapse in 2020.Anchorage is the red-eye capital by share: 26 percent of its departures are overnight flights. Los Angeles leads by count with 19,064. Las Vegas flew the most red-eyes in America in 2000, lost more than half by 2010, and has since recovered.The middle-of-the-night departure is disappearing. Flights leaving after midnight were 31 percent of red-eyes in 2000 and 14 percent in 2025.The legacy airlines lost the overnight market. American, Delta and United flew 97 percent of red-eyes in 2000 and 64 percent in 2025. Alaska Airlines is now the most red-eye-heavy carrier, and Southwest, which flew none for 25 years, took 5.6 percent of the market in its first year.Red-eyes are more reliable. In 2025, 82.4 percent arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, against 77.6 percent of other flights, and they were cancelled less often.

The geography has a simple cause. An overnight flight from the West Coast crosses three time zones and lands on the East Coast at breakfast; the same trip westbound would land in the middle of the night, so airlines schedule almost no overnight flights in that direction. Among the 300 busiest red-eye routes in the study, 82 percent land in the Central or Eastern time zones.

The full study, with a sortable table of every US airport’s red-eye departures in 2000, 2010, 2019 and 2025, airline shares back to 2000, departure hours, seasonality and reliability, is at https://championtraveler.com/news/red-eye-flights-share-of-us-flights/. Journalists can request data for any airport, airline or route.

About Champion Traveler: Champion Traveler publishes data-driven travel research, including the Best Time to Travel tool covering more than 35,000 destinations, the Air Quality Travel Index and the Flyover States study. Champion Traveler is operated by Terra Lake Data, an enterprise data company.

Media contact: Edwin Ivanauskas, (385) 462-2956, 422341@email4pr.com 

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Rentvine Names Nat Kunes as CEO as Its AI Platform Enters Its Next Chapter

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The fastest-growing property management software in the single-family rentals industry strengthens its leadership team as it enters its next phase of growth.

ESTERO, Fla., Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rentvine, the fastest-growing property management software in the single-family rentals industry, today announced Nat Kunes as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 9. Kunes will lead company strategy and assume day-to-day leadership, building on the AI and open foundation Rentvine has already established with its recent launch of MCP and Pro Skills. Rentvine founder, Dave Borden will continue as a hands-on member of the leadership team and board of directors, closely involved in Rentvine’s vision, and industry relationships.

“We’re building the experience property managers deserve. The company’s focus on actively listening to property managers and executing based on their needs is rare, and it’s the foundation I get to build on as we push further into what AI can do for this industry.”

Nat Kunes brings a rare combination of experience: more than 20 years of product leadership, including at one of the largest property management software providers in the industry, paired with a track record of leading AI software organizations through their accelerated growth stages. That blend is precisely what Rentvine has been building in its next chapter, with that vision already taking shape inside the platform.

“What drew me to Rentvine was that our product, support, and culture already set the standard,” said Kunes. “We’re not running a predefined playbook. We’re building the experience property managers deserve. The company’s focus on actively listening to property managers and executing based on their needs is rare, and it’s the foundation I get to build on as we push further into what AI can do for this industry.”

“As founder, this company has always been my passion, and that’s not changing,” said Dave Borden. “Nat’s experience within property management will undoubtedly extend Rentvine’s industry leadership in AI. I will focus on the industry relationships, strategy, and culture, all near and dear to me, as we build our next chapter.”

“Adding Nat to our leadership team alongside Dave and me is exactly the kind of move that helps our customers win,” said Jonathan Ewen, Co-Founder and President of Rentvine. “He shares our commitment to the Herd, and having all three of us driving the business forward means we can move faster without losing what makes Rentvine, Rentvine.”

Rentvine’s product, team, and commitments to property managers remain unchanged. While Borden remains active in the business, Kunes will work alongside Borden and Ewen to make sure employees, customers, and partners continue to receive the same experience they’ve always received from Rentvine.

About Rentvine

Rentvine is the fastest-growing property management software in the single-family rentals industry. Built for property managers who want to scale with confidence and clarity, we deliver the best trust accounting in property management, giving operators unmatched accuracy, visibility, and control over their financials. From leasing, maintenance, and CRM tools to owner reporting and performance analytics, everything lives in one modern, AI-connected platform with an open API.

To learn more, visit www.rentvine.com.

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Chris Brasher, Rentvine, 1 888-597-2611, chris.brasher@rentvine.com, www.rentvine.com

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