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Resources Group (ERG), a Luxembourg-headquartered global metals and mining company, increased its investments in Kazakhstan to nearly $1 billion, according to the company. The projected investment level represents an increase of about 40% compared to two to three years ago and nearly double ERG’s investment volumes in the pre-crisis period of 2018–2019. “Our annual investment in Kazakhstan has grown substantially, and in 2025 it is projected to reach just under $1 billion – about 40% higher than two-three years ago. Compared with ERG’s investments in Kazakhstan in pre-crisis years (2018-2019), this represents almost a two-fold increase. Kazakhstan is ERG’s core, strategic region,” said Shukhrat Ibragimov, the CEO and Chair of the ERG Board of Directors.   The company revised i...

Washington, D.C, 20th December 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Jonathan Franklin is a Washington based journalist whose reporting on missing persons cases has helped surface a long standing imbalance in American news coverage. Through his work at NPR, Franklin has examined how race, visibility, and newsroom decision making influence which disappearances receive sustained attention and which fade quickly from public view. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing in the United States. News coverage plays a measurable role in shaping public awareness and search momentum. Franklin’s reporting focuses on this early window, when attention determines urgency and silence compounds uncertainty for families. Franklin’s work frequently intersects with the issues addressed by the Black and ...

Virginia, US, 20th December 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Nicole Bazemore, a baker with a business operations background, is bridging the gap between creative cooking and structured process. Her instructional work focuses on helping home cooks reach consistent results by using clear, repeatable systems rooted in practical testing. Unlike many in the baking world who center content on aesthetics or trends, Nicole emphasizes function. Her recipes and workshops are designed for home environments, with attention to the conditions and tools most cooks already have. She breaks down techniques into manageable parts, offering not only what to do but why it works. “For most people, baking success isn’t about inspiration. It’s about control,” she says. “When someone understands hydration, timing, and structur...

Virginia, US, 20th December 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Nicole Bazemore is a baker and small business professional known for clear instruction and dependable results. Her work focuses on practical baking techniques built for real kitchens. She teaches home cooks how to repeat outcomes through preparation, notes, and steady practice. Her approach treats baking as a system. Each step has a purpose. Each ingredient serves a function. She avoids trends and shortcuts. She favors methods people can repeat week after week. This mindset shapes her recipes, workshops, and written work. Nicole’s professional background sits outside the kitchen. She spent years in retail operations and event coordination. That experience trained her to plan carefully, communicate clearly, and build processes that hold up und...

Rocklin, California, 20th December 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, As digital advertising platforms evolve and privacy rules tighten, ecommerce brands face a growing gap between their marketing activity and what they can confidently measure. Brandon Hilleary, a digital marketing strategist and ecommerce growth consultant, works with brands in the $2 million to $50 million revenue range to bridge that gap using server-side tracking and first-party data. Server-side tracking has become essential in environments where browser-based pixels are increasingly unreliable. Legacy tracking methods struggle with blocked cookies, inconsistent event firing, and patchy attribution across devices. Hilleary’s approach helps brands bypass those surface-level issues by moving event capture from browsers to servers. Thi...

Digital advertising strategist urges brands to treat scaling as a systems challenge, not a budget increase. Rocklin, California, 20th December 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, For many ecommerce companies, scaling paid media seems straightforward: spend more, earn more. But for Brandon Hilleary, a digital marketer and ecommerce growth consultant with over a decade of experience, that mindset leads to instability and missed targets. “Scaling isn’t the reward for a good month,” Hilleary says. “It’s a structural shift that affects every part of the business. If your operations, data, and creative systems aren’t prepared, increasing ad spend doesn’t multiply growth—it multiplies inefficiency.” Hilleary works with direct-to-consumer brands earning between $1 million and $20 million annually. His consult...

Book signings at Ralphs and Fry’s bring story time to the shopping aisle. Los Angeles, California, United States, 20th Dec 2025 — Former barista turned children’s and adult fiction author Ruth Drabkin is bringing her books back to where it all began — the grocery store. The Los Angeles-based writer will kick off her Grocery Store Book Tour at the Ralphs on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, where she once worked as a barista, before visiting other Ralphs locations throughout Southern California and Fry’s stores in Phoenix, Arizona. Drabkin’s tour celebrates her popular picture books — Go Ruthie Goes to the Grocery Store, Go Ruthie Goes to London, Freddy the Red Beddy, and Max’s Diner — with live story times, author meet-and-greets, and book signings right in the aisles. “It feels full ci...

Keystone Clinic & Surgery (Keystone Medical) is sharing practical guidance to help employers, employment agents, and newly arrived workers complete required medical examinations with fewer delays and repeat visits. Singapore, 20th Dec 2025 — Keystone Clinic & Surgery (Keystone Medical) is sharing practical guidance to help employers, employment agents, and newly arrived workers complete required medical examinations with fewer delays and repeat visits. A Medical check up for work permit is often routine, but avoidable issues such as missing documents, unclear test steps, or mismatched particulars can create unnecessary bottlenecks. As a community Health screening clinic, Keystone Medical aims to improve clarity around what is required on the day, what the examination is designed t...

Los Angeles, CA, United States, 19th Dec 2025 — Avio Coach Craft, one of the first Tesla Approved Body Shops in Los Angeles, continues to set the benchmark in factory-authorized Tesla repair. Located in the heart of West LA, the family-owned facility delivers precision repairs and white-glove service to Tesla drivers across Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and the West Los Angeles region. As a Tesla Certified Body Shop since 2015, Avio Coach Craft is equipped with Tesla-approved tools, aluminum welding stations, and high-voltage safety training to restore Model S, Model X, Model Y, and Model 3 vehicles to factory standards. With a legacy dating back to 1989, the shop’s expertise in luxury and electric vehicles ensures clients receive both technical mastery and personalized care. “Our history ...

Leader in residential sale leasebacks urges homeowners and leaders to rethink “trapped equity” and build tools that put people first New York, US, 20th December 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Entrepreneur and advisor Jarred Kessler is calling for a national reset in how Americans think about home equity, financial tools, and community investment. Drawing on his experience building a residential sale leaseback platform and advising companies across finance and technology, Kessler is urging homeowners, policymakers, and business leaders to focus on solutions that give people options instead of more debt. “Earlier in my career, success was simple. Hit the number, grow the book, lead the league table,” said Kessler. “After the work we did with homeowners, I started to see success in terms of option...