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"Reformulating to counteract the edible oil crisis requires deep scientific insight," says Sagentia Innovation
CAMBRIDGE, England, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A systematic, science-led approach is needed to overcome complex processing challenges when reformulating foods in response to the current sunflower oil shortage.
This is the advice from specialists in biophysics, biochemistry and food engineering at R&D consultancy Sagentia Innovation. They say the unique functional and nutritional properties of sunflower oil mean that switching to a suitable alternative is not always straightforward.
Sunflower oil is mainly composed of polyunsaturated linoleic acid and monounsaturated oleic acid. The proportions of these unsaturated fatty acids can be controlled through careful cultivation and post-harvest processing. Sunflower oil also has a neutral flavour profile, high vitamin E content and a high smoke point. These properties, along with its relatively low cost and the role it plays in attributes such as shelf-life, underpin its widespread use as an ingredient.
Sagentia Innovation has published guidance on how food manufacturers can tackle this reformulation challenge and avoid market disruption. As well as highlighting the benefits of a structured, methodical approach it includes top-line information on the smoke point, health and flavour characteristics of 20 sunflower oil alternatives. Maria Spinetta, Food and Beverage Sector Manager at Sagentia Innovation, says these three characteristics should be assessed upfront when considering replacement oils.
"Understanding the scientific properties of sunflower oil, and how it functions within food matrices, is essential," Spinetta explains. "When looking at alternatives, you need to consider how they will affect the individual product. For instance, in baked goods oils impact sensory qualities such as texture and mouthfeel whereas in packaged snacks they play a greater role in shelf-life, stability and flavour. The smoke point is especially important in products with high processing temperatures, as using the wrong type of oil may result in rancidity and loss of nutritional value. Allergenicity is another critical consideration."
As well as potentially changing the nutritional and sensory qualities of food products, switching to a different oil has supply chain repercussions. This can impact unit economics and sustainability credentials. In some situations, manufacturers may need to explore different ingredients, such as hydrocolloids, or novel processing technologies which replace the need for baking or frying.
"Reformulating foods always raises a host of technical considerations related to processing, sensory properties and nutritional value," Spinetta explains. "In today's environment, sustainability and cost implications also need to be scrutinised. It is possible to find effective solutions to the sunflower oil shortage, but it requires deep scientific expertise combined with an understanding of the wider food sector ecosystem."
Sagentia Innovation's guidance on overcoming the edible oil crisis is available at https://www.sagentiainnovation.com/insights/cooking-oil-crisis/
For more information or images contact Mary Hamblyn, +44 (0) 7748 848 768, mary@articulatecomms.co.uk
About Sagentia Innovation
Sagentia Innovation provides independent advisory and leading-edge product development services focused on science and technology initiatives. Working across the medical, industrial, chemicals and energy, food and beverage, and consumer sectors, Sagentia Innovation works with a broad range of companies from some of the world's leading and best-known brands, to start-up disruptors, new to the market. It is part of Science Group (AIM:SAG), which has more than ten offices globally, two UK-based dedicated R&D innovation centres and more than 400 employees. Other Science Group companies include Leatherhead Food Research, TSG Consulting and Frontier Smart Technologies.
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Monaco wins 8th straight game to move into second place
PARIS (AP) — France midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni scored twice as Monaco won 2-1 at Lille to notch an eighth straight win and move up to second place in the French league. Monaco is level on 65 points with Marseille but leads on goal difference ahead of Marseille’s game at Lorient on Sunday. Second spot secures automatic qualfication for next season’s Champions League and there are two rounds remaining after this weekend. Tchouaméni scored his first from just outside the penalty area in the 42nd minute. English midfielder Angel Gomes equalized midway through the second half for 10th-place Lille, last season’s French champion. Tchouaméni netted again in the 75th. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/06/monaco-wins-8th-straight-game-to-move-into-second-place/ | 2022-05-06T23:23:41Z |
LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio Lab Naturals, ("the Company") (OTCQB: BLAB) announced that the Company and the shareholders of Limitless X, a creative and empowering lifestyle agency that has launched numerous industry-leading products in the dietary and CBD supplement sectors, have completed their share exchange agreement effective May 20, 2022, resulting in Limitless X becoming a wholly owned and the principal operating subsidiary of the Company.
In connection with the share exchange the Company has issued to the equity holders of Limitless X common stock equaling approximately 90% of the Company on a fully diluted basis in exchange for all the shares of Limitless X. Concurrently with the share exchange Jas Mathur, the founder and principal shareholder of Limitless X, also purchased from Helion Holdings LLC 500,000 shares of the Company's Class A Preferred Super Majority Voting Convertible Stock which at all times have a number of votes equal to 60% of all the issued the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Limitless X is a Nevada corporation formed in September 2021.
The Company intends to change its name and will be filing for a ticker symbol change in the coming weeks.
Limitless X will continue to carry on Bio Lab Naturals' business and core operations, including Prime Time Live, Inc., a Denver, CO-based company that provides clients with high-resolution mobile LED screens for entertainment, corporate, civic, and sporting events.
"Today marks an important milestone for Limitless X," said Jas Mathur, CEO of Limitless X, "Our mission is to launch products and services which make people look good and feel great. Operating as a public company, we are now able to increase our visibility and exposure within the capital markets, expand our brand recognition and provide our market opportunity to a wider investor audience. I look forward to this next step, of entering the public markets and turning Limitless X into a rapidly growing successful enterprise and a globally recognized household brand."
Led by successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jas Mathur, Limitless X boasts an integrated direct-to-consumer model, memorable brands and superior products, and an ambassador network including A-list music stars, movie stars, athletes, and more. With this transaction, the Company anticipates expanding its global eco-system and continuing to provide unique product and service-oriented businesses within the Health & Wellness, Beauty & Skincare, and CBD industries.
About Jas Mathur
Jas Mathur is an investor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has developed multiple brands in the marketing, health and wellness spaces generating tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year. The digital marketing and branding firm he founded, Limitless, has launched multiple industry leading products in the dietary and CBD supplement sectors. He is a trendsetter with more than seven million Instagram followers and frequently collaborates with leaders in the sports and entertainment industries.
About Limitless X
Limitless X is a creative and empowering lifestyle agency specializing in the full spectrum of digital advertising and marketing. The Company has a global eco-system with three verticals and a series of industry leading product and service-oriented businesses within each, focused on the Health & Wellness, Beauty & Skincare, and CBD Industry.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The Company cautions that these statements are based on management's current knowledge and expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of the control of the Company, that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from the statements made herein. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, disruption in distribution or sales and/or decline in sales due to the current market conditions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks that could affect our operating results, see the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Studies find link between processed foods and cancer
(CNN) - People may want to turn away from chips and choose a grilled chicken salad.
According to two studies published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal, those who eat pre-packaged food items like frozen pizzas and hot dogs are more likely to have major health problems.
The U.S.-based study, which was based on more than 200,000 people over nearly three decades discovered a link between those types of food and colorectal cancer in men.
The second study, based on 22,000 people in Italy found that ultra-processed and nutrient-poor foods both increased the risk of early death, especially from cardiovascular diseases.
Officials say ready-to-eat meals are often less healthy than natural food because of the addition of items like chemical additives, sugars and salts.
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POTOMAC, Md., May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Z Advanced Computing, Inc. (ZAC), the pioneer Cognitive Explainable-AI (Artificial Intelligence) (Cognitive XAI) software startup, has won multiple contracts for the detailed 3D image recognition (from any angle) from the US Air Force (USAF). In a recent article (May 2, 2022), Bloomberg discussed the reliability and the problem of bias in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (ML) in many applications, particularly for the Department of Defense (DOD). In this context, Bloomberg Government has highlighted ZAC technologies and algorithms, in contrast with the other technologies and algorithms in the industry:
Since 2019, ZAC has had major AI and Machine Learning (ML) tech breakthroughs in the projects for the USAF (detailed 3D Aerial Object Recognition) and Bosch/ BSH (the biggest appliance maker in Europe) (Smart Appliances), demonstrated using only a few training samples, and using only an average laptop (using only CPU), for both training and recognition.
"This cannot be done with the other algorithms, such as Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) or ResNets, even with an extremely large number of training samples on a large number of GPU servers," emphasized Dr. Bijan Tadayon, CEO of ZAC.
Some applications are: autonomous vehicles, e-commerce, ads, medical, satellite/aerial imaging, security, and smart homes/ appliances.
ZAC owns a very strong IP portfolio with over 450 inventions, including 13 issued US patents.
ZAC has an impressive team of scientists and developers. The development is headed by Saied Tadayon, a scientist and veteran software developer, and a math prodigy who ranked 1st as an undergrad at Cornell, and got his PhD from Cornell at age 23.
ZAC world-renowned advisors include Prof. David Lee (Nobel Laureate, Physics), Prof. Mory Gharib (former Vice Provost of Research, Caltech), late Prof. Robert Buhrman (former Sr. Vice Provost of Research, Cornell), Prof. Mo Jamshidi (UTSA, Founding Dir. of NASA Center for Autonomous Control, and US Army Science Board member), and Prof. Gholam Peyman, MD (Inventor of LASIK, and awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the US President). The late Prof. Lotfi Zadeh of UC Berkeley (Father of Fuzzy Logic, co-inventor of Z-Transform, and AI Hall-of-Fame inductee) is also one of ZAC inventors.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 29, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Wells Fargo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Wells Fargo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7261 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 29, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (2) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (3) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (4) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (5) as a result, Wells Fargo's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Wells Fargo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7261 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — A new menu item combines two things that aren’t traditionally paired together: quesadillas and cheeseburgers.
Officials say this unique item is made with Nolan Ryan beef pico de gallo, guacamole, lettuce, queso, Cholula chipotle ranch dressing and two cheese quesadillas (instead of buns).
They are calling it the Quesadilla Burrrger. Get it as a combo and get a side of chips and queso and a small drink.
I’m not going to lie, I would give this a whirl, but to each their own. If this image has piqued your interest, the burger (a la carte) costs $6.99. As a combo the entire meal will run ya $8.99. To learn more about this menu item, visit tacobueno.com. | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/this-new-menu-item-at-taco-bueno-combines-quesadillas-and-cheeseburgers/ | 2022-06-14T19:17:03Z |
BERLIN (AP) — The German government unveiled a major package of reforms Wednesday to boost the production of renewable power, meet its climate goals and become independent of energy imports from hostile nations such as Russia.
The 600-page “Easter package” approved by Cabinet lays out ambitious goals for the expansion of offshore power and declares the installation of renewable energy to be of “overriding public interest” — a trump card meant to cut through Germany’s often lengthy bureaucratic processes.
Europe’s biggest economy aims to generate almost all of its electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2035 — more than doubling the current rate in 13 years. But the roll-out has slowed sharply in recent years due to complex rules and changes in feed-in subsidies.
“In sum, this package will lead to a significant increase in renewable energy,” Economy and Energy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters in Berlin.
After adding no offshore wind in 2021, the new center-left government that took power in December said Germany will increase the installed capacity from under 8 Gigawatts currently to 30GW by 2030 and 40GW by 2035. The goal for 2045 — by when Germany aims to achieve “net zero”’ greenhouse gas emissions — is 70 GW of offshore wind capacity.
The government has also set a target of more than doubling onshore wind capacity to 115GW by 2030, including by reducing the minimum distance to certain radio beacons and weather radars. The goal for solar is even more ambitious: almost quadrupling the existing capacity to 215GW by the next decade.
Habeck acknowledged the enormity of the task and said Germany will likely miss its short-term targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions due to failures of the past.
“It’s the precondition,” he said of the new measures, “not the solution for everything.” Further measures will be agreed in the coming months and many must be approved by parliament before they come into force.
The war in Ukraine would also affect plans, with Germany likely having to use more domestic coal to fill the short-term gap caused by a reduction in Russian energy imports, Habeck said.
Still, the government has already managed to significantly cut its purchase of Russian coal, oil and gas in recent months and aims to stop importing oil and coal from Russia this year, and gas by mid-2024, he said.
“You can see at what speed we are becoming independent of Russian energy,” he added.
Germany’s powerful industry lobby group BDI welcomed the new measures but warned that the targets will be tough to achieve.
Aside from renewables, Germany will also have to expand the use of hydrogen and biomass energy to safeguard the power supply during times when little wind or solar power can be generated, it said.
As Habeck unveiled the new energy package to journalists, about a dozen environmental activists glued themselves to a nearby bridge leading to the German parliament and chancellery.
Protester Cornelia Huth, a biologist and member of the group Scientist Rebellion, said Germany’s targets aren’t enough to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement and should be even higher on account of the country’s high historical emissions.
Huth also called on the government to implement a number of measures she described as “no brainers” including a law against food waste and a universal speed limit.
Germany’s transport minister this week dismissed the idea of even a temporary speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour (81 mph) on the Autobahn, saying the country doesn’t have enough signs.
Neighboring Austria announced subsidies worth about 300 million euros ($327 million) Wednesday to install additional renewable energy facilities.
The Alpine nation is even more dependent on Russian gas than Germany, and Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler said every wind turbine or solar power facility “frees us from Vladimir Putin’s grip.”
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BRAINTREE, Mass., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PrepMD and its subsidiary, PrepMD RMS, the premier provider of cardiac remote monitoring, staffing, and training solutions, announced today the appointment of Dr. Robert Lerman, distinguished Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Healthcare Expert as the company's Chief Medical Officer.
Most recently, Dr. Lerman served as the Chief Medical Officer and VP of Clinical Operations at LindaCare, a cardiac remote monitoring technology company. Prior to that, Dr. Lerman led several new programs in both Clinical Integration and Clinical Supply Chain at Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health systems. During an 18-year clinical career, he worked as the Medical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Bernardine Medical Center in Southern California and served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine.
A native and current resident of Los Angeles, Dr. Lerman received his B.S. from Stanford University and medical degree from Albany Medical College prior to completing an internal medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and fellowships in cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.
"We are delighted to have Dr. Lerman join the leadership team at PrepMD and PrepMD RMS. A distinguished electrophysiologist and a clinical expert in the remote monitoring space, Dr. Lerman will provide strong leadership and direction across all verticals at the company including cardiac remote monitoring, staffing, and training".
-Matt O'Neal, Co-founder and CEO of PrepMD, PrepMD RMS.
With his experience leading remote monitoring technology development and as an active member of the HRS Interoperability Working Group, Dr. Lerman will guide the technology roadmap for PrepMD RMS. Dr. Lerman will work with the cross-functional teams to develop and implement strategic initiatives across all solutions offered by the company to healthcare systems, corporations, and individuals globally.
Founded in 2015, PrepMD RMS is the premier cardiac clinical solutions company, combining expert human capital and technological innovation to address complex challenges faced by cardiology offices and major healthcare systems. As a one-stop shop for device clinics of all sizes, PrepMD RMS offers a portfolio of services including cardiac device remote monitoring, in-office staffing, and digital healthcare training solutions. The parent global company, PrepMD is an established leader in cardiac medical device training for corporations and individuals. For more information, go to prepmd.com.
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How to keep mosquitoes away
The warm summer months signal the return of one of the most despised pests –– the mosquito. While mosquito bites are undeniably annoying and even painful at times, these pesky insects can also transmit dangerous diseases to humans. That is why it is increasingly important to protect yourself and others from itchy bites.
Several effective methods can help prevent being swarmed by mosquitoes, whether you’re relaxing around your home or spending time outdoors during the morning and evening hours. From insect traps to netting to beneficial plants and flowers, a combination of these solutions can help lead to a bite-free summer.
What attracts mosquitoes?
While it may not be practical to completely avoid all of these scenarios, trying your best to reduce and minimize attractors can be highly beneficial.
Standing water
It has long been known that shallow standing water can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes, as their larvae need the water to grow and survive. Therefore, if your home has planters, birdbaths, gutters or any other places where stagnant water can collect, it is best to empty and clean them often to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs and multiplying.
Tallgrass or bushes
Tallgrass, damp leaves or cool shrubs can attract mosquitoes during the heat of the day as they attempt to escape the hot sun. By keeping your yard or outdoor areas tidy, you can cut down on the number of mosquitoes attracted to your home.
Sweat and heat
Have you ever noticed that mosquitoes seem to be drawn to your skin after a run, hike or other forms of outdoor exercise? This is because the moisture from your sweat, the heat produced from your body and the buildup of lactic acid are major attractors for them. Avoid spending prolonged periods outdoors in the early morning or late evening if you want to minimize your interactions with mosquitoes.
Carbon dioxide
Every time we breathe, we release carbon dioxide into the air. When exercising or exerting ourselves, we tend to breathe heavier, releasing more carbon dioxide. Mosquitoes are drawn towards areas with increased CO2, which is why reducing strenuous activity during peak mosquito hours can help prevent bites.
Specific fragrances, food and drinks
People who wear floral-scented perfume and cologne, or even those who use scented soap and body wash, can actually attract mosquitoes. In addition, eating sweet or salty foods as well as drinking alcohol is associated with a potential increase in mosquito bites. However, some foods, such as garlic and onion, have been shown to help repel mosquitoes.
Clothing color
Whenever possible, wear light-colored clothing as it is less likely to attract these pests. Darker and bolder colors allow them to more easily see your shape, letting them zero in on their next meal.
While thinking of getting rid of mosquitoes in the easiest and fastest way possible, check out the mosquito killers buying guide from BestReviews.
Top 10 ways to avoid mosquito bites
Use a fan
A reliable way to repel mosquitoes when trying to spend a relaxing evening outdoors is to create a breeze. By using an outdoor fan, like this oscillating tower fan, you can not only keep yourself cool but also create enough airflow to keep the bugs at bay. The weather-resistant design also makes it safe to use in a variety of conditions.
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Buy a bug zapper
Bug zappers may not be the most aesthetically appealing option for a patio, porch or yard, but they can get the job done. This electric zapper is a budget-friendly option with a powerful 4,200-volt electric grid, offering plenty of outdoor protection.
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Set up insect traps
Though similar to bug zappers, insect traps are significantly quieter, using a UV light and fan to trap mosquitoes inside. This insect trap has an impressive ½-acre coverage zone to silently and effortlessly rid the area of mosquitoes and other biting insects. The removable cage makes for easy cleanup and won’t leave the ground littered with dead bugs.
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Change your lighting
BlueX Yellow LED Bug Light Bulbs
Outdoor lighting matters when it comes to repelling insects. Studies have shown that mosquitoes are less likely to be attracted to LED lighting, especially ones with a yellow glow. However, this two-pack of yellow-light bulbs can turn your outdoor area from a bug magnet into a mosquito-free zone.
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Burn a citronella candle
Citronella candles aren’t necessarily the most foolproof mosquito repellent option, but they can definitely be effective, especially when used alongside other prevention methods. This insect repellent candle has a 40-hour burn time and can be used on a deck, patio or while sitting around a campsite.
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Wear a mosquito net
Ben’s Head Net for Insect Protection
Wearing a mosquito net isn’t the most fashionable option, but it can keep you well protected. While mosquito nets may not be needed at home or around your neighborhood, when camping or hiking in mosquito-infested woods, they can be a lifesaver. This Ben’s model uses fine mesh to keep bugs out without reducing your visibility.
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Plant certain flowers
Gaea’s Blessing Seeds – English Lavender Seeds
Some flowers may indeed attract mosquitoes, but others do a good job at keeping them far away. Consider planting flowers such as lavender or marigolds, which have distinct scents and oils unfavorable to mosquitoes. Other common mosquito repellent plants include lemon balm, citronella grass, catnip, rosemary and more.
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Utilize mosquito dunks
Not everyone has heard of mosquito dunks, but those living near areas of standing water may want to look into this convenient solution. Mosquito dunks are designed to be placed directly in water in order to kill mosquito larvae before they reach the adult stage. Safe for use around fish and other aquatic life, these small circular repellents are unique and effective.
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Grab the bug spray
Sawyer Products Picaridin 20 Percent Insect Repellent
When all else fails, sometimes the best solution is to simply apply some bug spray. This fragrance-free topical insect repellent with 20 percent Picaridin is a great and effective alternative to sprays containing DEET. Though, for those times when nothing seems to be working against the most voracious biters, this Ben’s 100 maximum formula spray can do the trick.
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Prevent the itch
Even when we do our best to prevent bites, there are bound to be the occasional mosquitoes that just can’t be deterred. In the event that you get bit, After Bite Itch Eraser can reduce and soothe the annoying, painful and bothersome side effects.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) ("B2Gold" or the "Company") will host its 2022 Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT.
The Annual General and Special Meeting will be held at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Pacific Ballroom, 900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 2W6, and in a virtual format conducted via live audio webcast online. The Meeting will be available to registered and non-registered shareholders and guests, and accessible via live webcast by clicking here: https://web.lumiagm.com/484692983.
B2Gold strongly encourages all registered shareholders who would like to attend, participate and/or vote virtually online via live webcast to carefully follow the procedures outlined in the Company's Management Information Circular and the Meeting's User Guide (both filed on SEDAR on May 11, 2022).
If you are a non-registered shareholder, you will be able to attend, participate and/or vote at the Meeting online via live webcast only if you duly appoint yourself as proxyholder through the method specified by your intermediary and comply with all of the requirements set out in the Management Information Circular relating to appointment and registration, which must be properly completed before the proxy deadline on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT.
Whether you intend to attend the meeting in person or virtually, shareholders are encouraged to vote in advance of the meeting. In order for your proxy to be valid you must submit your vote by no later than 2pm PDT/5pm EDT on Monday, June 20, 2022.
Shareholders are encouraged to vote today via the internet or telephone using the control number found on the proxy or voting instruction form that was mailed to you to ensure your vote is received in a timely manner.
Shareholders who have questions, including with respect to Notice and Access, or need assistance with voting their shares, should contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group, the proxy solicitation agent, by telephone at +1 877-452-7184 (North America – toll free) or +1 416-304-0211 (outside North America), or by email at assistance@laurelhill.com.
Registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders may virtually attend the Meeting using an internet connected device such as a laptop, computer, tablet or mobile phone, and the meeting platform will be supported across browsers and devices that are running the most updated version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge or Internet Explorer. Registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders attending the Meeting must remain connected to the internet at all times during the Meeting in order to vote when balloting commences. It is your responsibility to ensure that you remain connected to the internet for the duration of the Meeting.
Registered Shareholders wishing to attend and to vote virtually at the Meeting should not complete or return the proxy form should instead follow the steps below, which are the same steps to be undertaken by duly appointed proxyholders:
- Log into https://web.lumiagm.com/484692983 on the Meeting date at least 15 minutes before the start of the Meeting. You should allow ample time to check into the virtual Meeting and to complete the related procedures.
- Click on "I have a login".
- Enter your 15-digit control number as your username (located on the form of proxy or in the email notification you received).
- Enter the Password: "b2gold2022" (case sensitive).
Registered Shareholders who have duly appointed a proxyholder to attend and vote at the Meeting must register such proxyholder with Computershare by visiting http://www.computershare.com/B2Gold on or before 2 pm PDT/5 pm EDT on Monday, June 20, 2022. Computershare will ask for the appointed proxyholder's contact information and will send such appointed proxyholder a user ID number or username via email shortly after this deadline and then may proceed with the steps above to log into the virtual Meeting. Registered Shareholders should note that if they participate and vote on any matter at the virtual Meeting they will revoke any previously submitted proxy.
Non-registered shareholders wishing to attend and participate in the virtual meeting must duly appoint themselves as proxyholder through the method specified by their intermediary and comply with all of the requirements set out in the Management Information Circular relating to appointment and registration, which must be properly completed before the proxy deadline on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT.
The Company believes that the ability to participate in the Meeting in a meaningful way, including asking questions, remains important despite the decision to offer participation at this year's Meeting virtually. It is anticipated that Registered Shareholders and proxyholders (including Non-Registered Shareholders who have appointed themselves as proxyholder) will have substantially the same opportunity to ask questions on matters of business before the Meeting as those Shareholders and proxyholders attending in person. Upon Shareholders logging into the virtual meeting platform, they will have the opportunity to start submitting questions prior to the Meeting and will continue to have the opportunity to submit questions during the Meeting. Questions may be sent to the Chair of the Meeting using the online Q&A tool on the meeting portal. Only Registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be able to submit questions. Guests will not be able to submit questions.
- Tap on the icon and then type your question.
- Compose your question and then press the send to deliver your question to the Chair.
- Once you have pressed the send icon in step 2, confirmation that your question has been received by the Chair will appear.
Questions will be read by the Chair of the Meeting or a designee of the Chair and responded to by a representative of the Company. To ensure fairness for all attendees, the Chair of the Meeting will decide on the amount of time allocated to each question and will have the right to limit or consolidate questions and to reject questions that do not relate to the business of the Meeting or which are determined to be inappropriate or otherwise out of order. As part of the Meeting, the Company will hold a Q&A session during which the Chair and the Company's senior management intend to answer questions submitted during the Meeting.
- Log into https://web.lumiagm.com/484692983 on the Meeting date at least 15 minutes before the start of the Meeting. You should allow ample time to check into the virtual Meeting and to complete the related procedures.
- Click on "I am a guest".
- Enter the password: "b2gold2022" (case sensitive).
In the event that you are unable to attend the Meeting in person or in the unlikely event that your internet connection to the webcast is lost or interrupted, or as an alternative method to access the webcast, the Meeting will also be accessible by dialing +1 416-764-8659 (local – Toronto), +1 778-383-7413 (local – Vancouver) or +1 888-664-6392 (toll free – North America). However, participation through the conference line during the Meeting will only allow the attendees to listen in and you will not be able to vote or ask questions.
A playback of the Meeting will be available until Wednesday, July 6, 2022, on B2Gold's events page or by dialing +1 416-764-8677 (local – Toronto) or +1 888-390-0541 (toll free – North America) (passcode 420261#).
Once the Meeting is adjourned, there will be presentations from Clive Johnson, President & CEO, and other B2Gold senior executives and personnel. The presentations will provide a review of B2Gold's performance in 2021, a general corporate update of the first half of 2022, and will conclude with a Q&A session.
B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the Philippines and numerous exploration and development projects in various countries including Mali, Colombia, Finland and Uzbekistan.
On Behalf of B2GOLD CORP.
"Clive T. Johnson"
President & Chief Executive Officer
For more information on B2Gold, please visit the Company's website at www.b2gold.com or contact:
The Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE American LLC neither approve nor disapprove the information contained in this news release.
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In recognition of their impact, Talenti is celebrating the four culinary creators by providing monetary grants to support their work and creating a limited-edition tasting menu
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a brand that sources inspiration from the culinary world, Talenti is committed to supporting diverse culinary creators and celebrating their heritage, culture and contributions to their communities. That's why, this National Culinary Arts Month, Talenti® Gelato & Sorbetto is partnering with Black Food Folks to amplify the voices of and provide monetary grants to four trailblazing Black culinary creators. This is the third consecutive year that Talenti has partnered with Black Food Folks, a fellowship of Black professionals in food and drink, to provide grants and recognition to culinary creators and celebrate their craftsmanship.
Talenti is honoring Maya-Camille Broussard, a native of Chicago's South Side and founder of Justice of the Pies, as the Culinary Creator Hero. Maya-Camille founded Justice of the Pies in honor of her late father and gives back to her community in his memory through her culinary workshop I KNEAD LOVE which supports children who reside in lower income communities affected by food insecurities. This fall, Maya-Camille plans to achieve her dream by opening her first-ever Justice of the Pies storefront on the South Side of Chicago. In addition to selling delicious pies, Maya-Camille hopes to create a space that brings together her community and fosters relationships. In addition to Maya-Camille, three additional individuals are receiving grants and being recognized as the brand's Culinary Creator Honorees: Jasmine Macon, Felicia Mayden and Ashleigh Pearson.
Together with the Culinary Creator Honorees, Talenti is releasing a limited-edition Tasting Menu that will include delicious treats created by Jasmine, Felicia, and Ashleigh, using their favorite Talenti Gelato. The limited-edition recipes can be found at each of their establishments from July 18th to August 14th.
"At Talenti, we are so inspired by the work Maya-Camille, Jasmine, Felicia and Ashleigh are doing in their communities and sharing their love of food and giving back in meaningful ways," said Russel Lilly, General Manager, North American Ice Cream at Unilever. "We are proud to continue supporting local businesses and celebrating the successes of the Black culinary community, while giving them a platform and resources to amplify their voices and expand their culinary reach."
Talenti is celebrating Maya-Camille's impact with a video that highlights her background, personal story and contributions to the culinary world. Read more on Maya-Camille on OprahDaily.com as part of Oprah Winfrey's "The Life You Want" program.
More on the Culinary Creator Honorees and their recipes:
- Jasmine Macon from Charlotte, NC is paving her own culinary path and chasing her dream of opening her own donut shop, Beyond Amazing Donuts (B.A.D.), this summer. Jasmine created a Mango Donut with Basil Caramel and Ginger Crumb with Talenti Alphonso Mango Sorbetto. Available at Hex Coffee (1824 Statesville Ave. 101, Charlotte, NC 28206), every Saturday from July 23 to August 13 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Felicia Mayden, executive pastry chef at The Emily Hotel in Chicago, IL, participates in #BakersAgainstRacism, which connects Bakers across the globe to fight against racism, amongst other community outreach and fundraisers. Felicia's recipe incorporates Talenti Madagascan Vanilla Bean Gelato in a Banana Pudding Ice Cream Sandwich. Available at The Emily Hotel (311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607).
- Ashleigh Pearson, of Petite Soeur in Washington D.C., has taken her background in science and turned it into a business that delivers on her belief that luxury chocolate should be more accessible without sacrificing quality. Ashleigh created a Coconut Lime Brownie Pop with Talenti Caribbean Coconut Gelato. Available at Petite Soeur (1332 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007).
"We are so thankful for our ongoing partnership with Talenti, a brand that shares our vision for supporting and lifting up Black culinary creators," said Clay Williams and Colleen Vincent, founders of Black Food Folks. "The grants from Talenti will allow these four women to continue the incredible work they are doing in their communities and invest in their growing culinary endeavors."
Learn more about the Culinary Creators and their recipes at TalentiGelato.com.
About Talenti® Gelato & Sorbetto
Talenti® Gelato & Sorbetto is crafted for taste – using only the highest quality ingredients sourced from around the world, and using a slow-cooking process that's so unmistakable – it's "Clearly Talenti." It's with this unique focus on real ingredients and craftsmanship that the brand has grown from a small gelateria in 2003 to the best-selling gelato in the United States. Packaged in recyclable and reusable containers, Talenti is not only the difference you can see, but the one you can taste.
For a full list of Talenti products and to find retail locations that sell Talenti, please visit www.TalentiGelato.com. To keep up with Talenti news, visit Talenti on Facebook, Instagram or follow us on Twitter.
About Unilever North America
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods & Refreshment products, with sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. We have 148,000 employees and generated sales of €52.4 billion in 2021. Over half of our footprint is in developing and emerging markets. We have around 400 brands found in homes all over the world – including iconic brands like Dove, Knorr, Hellmann's, Magnum, Axe, Ben & Jerry's, Degree, Seventh Generation, St. Ives, Suave, TRESemmé, and Vaseline.
Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business and to demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model drives superior performance. We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world's first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap, more than 100 years ago, and it's at the heart of how we run our company today.
The Unilever Compass, our sustainable business strategy, is set out to help us deliver superior performance and drive sustainable and responsible growth, while:
- improving the health of the planet;
- improving people's health, confidence and wellbeing; and
- contributing to a fairer and more socially inclusive world.
While there is still more to do, in the past year we're proud to have achieved sector leadership in S&P's Dow Jones Sustainability Index, 'Triple A' status in CDP's Climate, Water and Forest benchmarks, and to be named as the top ranked company in the GlobeScan/SustainAbility Sustainability Leaders survey for the eleventh consecutive year.
For more information on Unilever U.S. and its brands visit: www.unileverusa.com
For more information on Unilever Canada and its brands visit: www.unilever.ca
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRTX), a clinical-stage targeted oncology company, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2022 and recent corporate updates.
"Mirati continues to advance the development of a broad portfolio of targeted oncology medicines," said David Meek, chief executive officer, Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. "We are progressing toward the potential launch of adagrasib for patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer harboring a KRASG12C mutation in the U.S. this year. In addition, we have submitted a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency, bringing us one step closer to expanding the potential availability of adagrasib in the European Union. We continue to progress our sitravatinib and MRTX0902 clinical programs, which strengthen our targeted oncology portfolio. Our financial position remains strong, enabling continued investment and advancement of our extensive oncology pipeline."
Pipeline Updates
Adagrasib (Potent and selective KRASG12C inhibitor)
- Presented full results from the registration-enabling Phase 2 cohort of the KRYSTAL-1 study evaluating adagrasib in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring a KRASG12C mutation at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. These results were published concurrently in the New England Journal of Medicine. (View Release)
- Presented late-breaking data on adagrasib in patients with KRASG12C-mutated NSCLC with active and untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting. (View Release)
- Submitted a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency for adagrasib for the treatment of patients with previously treated NSCLC harboring a KRASG12C mutation. (View Release)
Sitravatinib (Potent TAM receptor inhibitor)
- Anticipated to achieve the number of events needed to trigger an interim analysis of overall survival in the global, registrational Phase 3 SAPPHIRE study evaluating sitravatinib plus nivolumab (OPDIVO®)1 in second or third line non-squamous NSCLC in the fourth quarter of 2022.
MRTX0902 (Potent SOS1 inhibitor)
- Submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. FDA to evaluate MRTX0902, a selective SOS1 inhibitor, which shifts KRAS into its inactivated state resulting in significantly increased activity of adagrasib and other KRAS inhibitors in preclinical models and may improve clinical efficacy of adagrasib in patients with KRAS G12C mutations. The Company expects to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical study by year-end 2022.
Recent Corporate Updates
- Announced the appointment of Laurie Stelzer as Chief Financial Officer. (View Release)
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
- Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of approximately $1.2 billion as of June 30, 2022
- Research and development expenses for the second quarter 2022 were $128.3 million, compared to $134.6 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease was primarily related to a decrease in manufacturing costs that occurred after our 2021 NDA filing for the adagrasib program, offset by increases in headcount-related costs, including share-based compensation, due to increased headcount associated with the growth of our portfolio. Research and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $259.3 million, compared to $238.6 million for the same period in 2021. The increase was primarily related to increases in headcount-related costs, including share-based compensation, due to increased headcount associated with the growth of our portfolio, offset by a decrease in manufacturing costs that occurred after our 2021 NDA filing for the adagrasib program. The Company recognized research and development-related share-based compensation expenses of $22.8 million during the second quarter of 2022, compared to $16.5 million for the same period in 2021, and $49.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $31.0 million for the same period in 2021.
- General and administrative expenses for the second quarter of 2022 were $54.2 million, compared to $29.6 million for the same period in 2021. General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $108.2 million, compared to $58.0 million for the same period in 2021. The increases were primarily due to an increase in commercial readiness costs, including increases in headcount-related costs, as we prepare for a potential product launch. The Company recognized general and administrative-related share-based compensation expenses of $15.9 million in the second quarter of 2022, compared to $11.5 million for the same period in 2021, and $32.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $21.7 million for the same period in 2021.
- Net loss for the second quarter of 2022 was $176.4 million, or $3.18 per share basic and diluted, compared to a net loss of $166.4 million, or $3.23 per share basic and diluted for the same period in 2021. Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $364.8 million, or $6.57 per share basic and diluted, compared to a net loss of $302.1 million, or $5.91 per share basic and diluted for the same period in 2021.
Conference Call Information
There will be a conference call on August 3, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT during which company executives will review financial information for the second quarter of 2022 and provide corporate updates.
Investors and the general public are invited to listen to a live webcast of the call at the "Investors and Media" section on Mirati.com or by dialing the U.S. toll free +1 313-209-4906 or international +1 877-502-9276, confirmation code: 1791105.
A replay of the call will be available approximately 2 hours after the event has ended at the same website.
About Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to discover, design and deliver breakthrough therapies to transform the lives of patients with cancer and their loved ones. The company is relentlessly focused on bringing forward therapies that address areas of high unmet need, including lung cancer, and advancing a pipeline of novel therapeutics targeting the genetic and immunological drivers of cancer. Unified for patients, Mirati's vision is to unlock the science behind the promise of a life beyond cancer. For more information about Mirati, visit us at Mirati.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the business of Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. ("Mirati"). Any statement describing Mirati's goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs, development plans and the commercial potential of Mirati's drug development pipeline, including without limitation adagrasib (selective KRASG12C inhibitor), sitravatinib (TAM receptor inhibitor), MRTX1719 (MTA cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor), MRTX0902 (SOS1 inhibitor), and MRTX1133 (selective KRASG12D inhibitor), is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, particularly those challenges inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercialization of new drug products that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such drugs.
Mirati's forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although Mirati's forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Mirati. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Mirati's programs are described in additional detail in Mirati's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") available at the SEC's Internet site (www.sec.gov). Mirati assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
Mirati Contacts
Investor Relations: ir@mirati.com
Media Relations: media@mirati.com
1OPDIVO® (nivolumab) is a registered trademark of Bristol Myers Squibb
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Nobelpharma Will Also Have an Exhibit at the Conference
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nobelpharma America, LLC, a pharmaceutical and medical device company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, today announced that data from a scientific poster on a survey of caregivers and individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) will be presented at the Masters of Pediatric Dermatology Conference August 11-12, 2022 in Miami, Florida. In addition to the scientific poster, the company will have Nobelpharma exhibit space at the meeting.
"Characterization of facial angiofibroma and understanding its management in the US may help to provide meaningful treatment options and support for this rare disease," said Yoshiki Kida, President and CEO of Nobelpharma America. "We are excited to share this data from the Natural History database with the clinicians who are often on the front lines of caring for people who live with TSC."
Details of Poster Presentation:
Title: Factors Associated with Facial Angiofibroma Related to Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and use of Topical mTOR Inhibitor in the United States: A Retrospective Analysis of the Natural History Database
Presenter: Sreedevi Boggarapu, PhD, CMPP, Director, Scientific Publications at Nobelpharma America, or a Medical Affairs colleague will be onsite during official breaks:
Thursday, August 11th
- 9:30am-10:00am
- 11:30am – 12:00pm
- 12:45pm-1:15pm
- 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Friday, August 12th
- 9:00am – 9:15am
- 11:30am – 12:00pm
- 12:45pm – 1:15pm
- 2:45pm – 3:00pm
Nobelpharma will also have exhibit space at the Masters of Pediatric Dermatology Conference, where the company will display medical information on facial angiofibroma due to TSC. For more information and to register for the 30th Annual Masters of Pediatric Dermatology Conference, visit https://www.livderm.org/masters-of-pediatric-dermatology-2022/.
About Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC):
TSC is a rare genetic disease that affects approximately one in 6,000 live births. Nearly one million people worldwide are estimated to have TSC, with approximately 50,000 in the United States. TSC causes non-cancerous tumors, or hamartomas, to form in vital organs including the skin. TSC may also cause facial angiofibromas, which are pink or red bumps usually located on the cheeks, nose, and chin that may cause bleeding, itching, redness, and significant disfiguration without treatment. Many individuals with TSC also present with autism, epilepsy, and other neuropsychiatric disorders.
About Nobelpharma America
Nobelpharma America, LLC (NPA) is focused on the commercialization of pharmaceuticals and medical devices that expand treatment options for people with rare diseases. In 2019, NPA became the first wholly owned global subsidiary of Nobelpharma Co., Ltd., which is based in Tokyo. The company, which is named after Alfred Nobel, remains committed to honoring his innovative and scientific legacy by developing treatments for diseases that often go overlooked because of the small number of individuals affected. For more information visit nobelpharma-us.com.
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All-Fiber, Gig-Speed Network to Reach up to 40,000 Potential Customers in Pennsylvania by End of 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightspeed today announced that it will deliver, by the end of 2023, up to 40,000 new fiber passings in the first phase of its fiber network build in the state of Pennsylvania. Brightspeed plans to achieve over 150,000 additional fiber passings in the state in subsequent years of its build plan, for a total of over 190,000 fiber-enabled locations across its Pennsylvania footprint.
Pennsylvania is among the 20 states that comprise Brightspeed's operating territory, spanning mainly rural and suburban regions of the country. Brightspeed has announced several of its state-specific fiber build plans over the last few weeks. In total, Brightspeed plans to invest more than $2 billion in its fiber optics transformation, which is expected to reach up to 3 million homes and businesses over the next five years, including in many locations where fiber and advanced technology have not historically been deployed.
"We believe that broadband is a thread that connects us all together," said Chris Creager, Chief Administration Officer of Brightspeed. "Our common experiences over the last couple of years have further magnified the importance of a reliable internet connection to empower people and businesses to participate and thrive in the digital economy, healthcare infrastructure, and education system."
Creager, a Verizon veteran with deep roots in Pennsylvania, and who helped lead the deployment of the highly successful fiber-based Fios platform, is passionate about Brightspeed's opportunity to bring premium quality internet service to parts of the country that have not had such choices.
"I've spent a major portion of my career serving communities, both large and small, across this great state. I am proud of Brightspeed's investment in the long-term future of Pennsylvania," said Creager. "Our new fiber network will be second to none in terms of technology and performance. Customers will be thrilled with our products and service delivery – super fast, ultra-reliable, affordable, and simple to use. We are working now on the many preparations necessary to stand up the business for success from day one."
Brightspeed's 2022-23 build plan for Pennsylvania will bring faster, more reliable internet and Wi-Fi to up to 40,000 residential and business locations in markets within Cumberland, Lancaster, and York counties.
"In addition to our own build in Pennsylvania, we are equally enthused to work with key stakeholders at state and local levels, including the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, to further expand fiber-based internet through participation in state and federal broadband infrastructure grant programs as they arise," added Creager.
Brightspeed is leveraging the latest technology innovations as part of its large-scale network transformation, including the deployment of XGS-PON, a state-of-the-art architecture capable of symmetrical internet speeds exceeding 1Gbps, and Wi-Fi 6, the latest wireless networking standard for superior reach and performance within today's device-dense homes and offices.
Brightspeed will initially be comprised of incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) assets and associated operations of Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), which are the subject of a pending acquisition by Apollo-managed funds (NYSE: APO). The company recently announced that it had secured all necessary state-required regulatory approvals in the 20 states in its operating footprint. The parties expect to obtain final FCC approval in the third quarter, and to close the transaction in early fourth quarter.
Brightspeed plans to announce additional state-specific network build plans over the coming weeks.
For more information about Brightspeed, visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
About Brightspeed
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and expected to have assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed will provide broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than 6 million homes and businesses. The company aims to bridge the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. For more information about Brightspeed, visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
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Upscale, Fast Casual Dining Powerhouse with House-Crafted Menu Now Open in Millsboro
MILLSBORO, Del., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, known for its award-winning, hand-crafted cheesesteaks, turkey subs and more, will debut a new location in Millsboro at 25938 Plaza Dr. on June 20. Capriotti's brings the Millsboro community its 45-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house and hand-pulling them every morning, and other favorites like the made-from-scratch meatballs using premium, fresh ingredients.
Capriotti's is known for its wide array of sandwiches including The Bobbie, made with fresh oven-roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and mayo, the Capastrami, made with hot pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and homemade coleslaw and the cheesesteak is made with premium steak, chicken or Impossible plant-based meat and melted cheese plus hot or sweet peppers. The Millsboro Capriotti's will offer a convenient order-ahead option, in addition to third-party delivery services. The new shop will bring 20 new jobs to the Millsboro community.
The new location is owned by entrepreneur Tom Donovan, who will be running the shop alongside his daughter Katie. "Katie and I will take the lead in running the shop but it will very much be a family run business as you can expect to see the full Donovan crew hard at work. Heck, my mother has already agreed to pull turkey meat in the mornings," said Donovan. "The bottom line is this, we intend to provide customer service that is equal to the great food that we will serve. Our customers will always be our top priority."
Donovan's family grew up eating Capriotti's cheesesteaks and subs, so opening up their very own Capriotti's shops seems very natural. He had a career in media that he enjoyed for over 30 years, and always knew that when he retired, he wanted to return home and once again become part of this amazing community. Opening a Capriotti's shop hits on many things that are important to Donovan including family, friends, community and working at something that you can enjoy each and every day. Capriotti's hits all of the bases for him, and they can't wait to open their doors.
Millsboro Capriotti's fans can download the CAPAddicts Rewards app on iOS and Android to earn and redeem rewards and score free food. The restaurant also features online ordering. Capriotti's in Millsboro offers catering for any event from corporate events to birthday parties with items such as party trays with cold subs, box lunches or a hot homemade meatball bar.
Capriotti's is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week. For additional information, visit www.capriottis.com or call the location at 302-945-9500.
About Capriotti's Sandwich Shop
Founded in 1976, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop is an award-winning national franchised restaurant chain that remains true to its 45-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house every day. Capriotti's fresh ingredients, homemade subs and unique menu items have won numerous accolades including being named one of the "10 Great Places for a Surprising Sandwich" by USA Today and many "Best of" awards across the country. Capriotti's cold, grilled and vegetarian subs, cheese steaks and salads are available at more than 100 locations across the U.S. Capriotti's signature sub, The Bobbie®, was voted "The Greatest Sandwich in America" by thousands of readers across the country and reported by AOL.com. Capriotti's fans can also download the CAPAddicts Rewards app for iOS and Android, where they can earn and redeem rewards. For more information, visit capriottis.com. Like Capriotti's on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Instagram.
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MTOS can provide cities with tools to monitor mobility services and help model future system upgrades and new transportation policies
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights explores how municipal transportation operating systems (MTOS) can manage and optimize urban mobility.
Cities are continually responding to urban transportation challenges such as increasing levels of travel demand and the complex management of numerous modes of both public and private transportation. The rising demand for passenger transportation and urban deliveries increases congestion and results in a significant impact on air quality, safety, and quality of life. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, the expanding number of modes of urban mobility, such as shared micromobility, and the anticipated arrival of highly automated vehicles is increasing complexity and driving the need for real-time data to manage transportation systems efficiently.
"While cities are taking actions to improve urban mobility, travelers are demanding a reliable and efficient transportation system that provides accurate travel information," says Sagie Evbenata, senior research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "An MTOS could be a valuable instrument for smart cities, providing them with the tools to monitor and optimize mobility services and help to model future system upgrades and new transportation policies."
Stakeholders in the mobility ecosystem—including automakers, mapping data companies, and technology companies—are developing solutions to address urban mobility challenges and piloting them in cities around the world. These systems could form key components of an MTOS to manage and optimize future urban mobility. Besides delivering better transportation service to customers, an MTOS could provide cities with the tools to monitor mobility services and help model future system upgrades and new transportation policies, according to the report.
The report, Cities Should Now Evaluate the Benefits of Municipal Transportation Operating Systems, examines the mounting pressures on cities to provide efficient, safe, and sustainable mobility systems and considers how an MTOS could provide an effective solution. It features some of the notable pilots being conducted in various cities that develop and demonstrate the benefits these technologies offer. Recommendations are provided for how key stakeholders can benefit from the development of MTOSs and provide maximum value to cities. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
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Trial for Brittney Griner begins in Moscow-area court
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner is set to go on trial in a Moscow-area court Friday, about 4 1/2 months after she was arrested on cannabis possession charges at an airport while traveling to play for a Russian team.
The Phoenix Mercury center and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of large-scale transportation of drugs. Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted, and unlike in the U.S., acquittals can be overturned.
At a closed-door preliminary hearing Monday in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, Griner’s detention was extended for another six months, to Dec. 20.
Photos obtained by The Associated Press, including one of the few close-ups of Griner since her arrest on Feb. 17, showed the 31-year-old in handcuffs and looking straight ahead, unlike a previous court appearance where she kept her head down and covered with a hood.
She declined to answer questions from reporters in English as she was led through the courthouse, according to video shown in Russian media. Russian media later reported that Griner’s lawyers would not comment on how their client planned to plead.
The athlete’s detention and trial come at an extraordinarily low point in Moscow-Washington relations. Griner was arrested at Sheremetyevo International Airport less than a week before Russia sent troops into Ukraine, which aggravated already high tensions between the two countries. The invasion led to sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States, and Russia denounced the U.S. for sending weapons to Ukraine.
Amid the tensions, Griner’s supporters have kept a low profile in hopes of a quiet resolution, until May, when the State Department reclassified her as wrongfully detained and shifted oversight of her case to its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs — effectively the U.S. government’s chief negotiator.
Griner’s wife, Cherelle, has urged President Joe Biden to secure her release, calling her “a political pawn.”
“It was good to see her in some of those images, but it’s tough. Every time’s a reminder that their teammate, their friend, is wrongfully imprisoned in another country,” Phoenix Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard said Monday.
The coach hoped that Biden would “take the steps to ensure she comes home.”
Griner’s supporters have encouraged a prisoner swap like the one in April that brought home Marine veteran Trevor Reed in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy.
Russian news media have repeatedly raised speculation that she could be swapped for Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, nicknamed “the Merchant of Death,” who is serving a 25-year sentence on conviction of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Russia has agitated for Bout’s release for years. But the wide discrepancy between Griner’s case — which involves alleged possession of vape cartridges containing cannabis oil — and Bout’s global dealings in deadly weapons could make such a swap unpalatable to the U.S.
Others have suggested that she could be traded in tandem with Paul Whelan, a former Marine and security director serving a 16-year sentence on an espionage conviction that the United States has repeatedly described as a setup.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, when asked Sunday on CNN whether a joint swap of Griner and Whelan for Bout was being considered, sidestepped the question.
“As a general proposition ... I have got no higher priority than making sure that Americans who are being illegally detained in one way or another around the world come home,” he said. But he said he could not comment “in any detail on what we’re doing, except to say this is an absolute priority.”
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- Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) Tested Biodegradable Plastic Decomposition in Korea's West Sea
- After 11 weeks in seawater, amorphous PHA film weight decreased 57%, semi crystalline PHA film declined 28%, and polylactic acid (PLA) 1.2%
WOBURN, Mass., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CJ BIO, a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, announced today that marine biodegradability testing of its environmentally friendly amorphous polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material conducted by the Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) showed weight loss of 57% after just 11 weeks, demonstrating the polymer's ability to quickly biodegrade in the natural environment. Amorphous PHA is a softer, more rubbery version of PHA that offers fundamentally different performance characteristics than the crystalline or semi-crystalline forms that currently dominate the PHA market. Initial applications of the technology will be used as a modifier to other compostable polymers and biopolymers to improve functional and processing characteristics, and for enabling these products to achieve faster rates of biodegradation or composting.
South Korea is ranked second among the highest recyclers of municipal solid trash among countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with recycling composite rates of around 60%. KCL is a government-designated national supplier organization that tests, evaluates and certifies products and services in the fields of construction, living, and the environment. The Korean Ministry of Industry, Trade and Resources organized the testing through KCL to further the government's efforts to investigate technologies that can help the Asian nation to continually improve the health of the global environment and to reduce its global footprint.
KCL placed amorphous PHA provided by CJ BIO, along with semi-crystalline PHA, and polylactic acid (PLA) films (the size of A4 paper) into Korea's West Sea and measured the weight changes at intervals of two weeks for 11 weeks. While 57% weight loss was recorded for the amorphous PHA, the weight of the semicrystalline PHA declined 28%, and PLA lost 1.2% of its weight.
"KCL's experiments in the Western Sea Coast are important because they have proven PHA's excellent biodegradability and industrial value outside of the lab and in real-world conditions," says Seung Jin Lee, Head of the Biomaterials business. "We expect that mixing our amorphous PHA with other materials, such as PLA and PBAT, will improve the levels of biodegradability in those polymers, and we are continuing to conduct research and development with those materials and others."
CJ BIO is the world's first and only producer of amorphous PHA, which is TUV OK Certified for industrial and home compost, soil biodegradable, and marine biodegradable. It is considered 'home compostable,' meaning that it does not require specialized equipment or elevated temperatures to fully degrade. Segments and applications for its amorphous PHA, marketed under the brand name PHACT®, are numerous. Immediate focus will be on flexible and rigid packaging, which accounts for greater than 50% of single-use plastics. Other markets include agriculture, organic waste management, coatings and adhesives, personal care, and healthcare.
CJ BIO is continuing to analyze the biodegradable properties of PHA in collaboration with KCL. Marine biodegradation experiments on products including packaging and straws made from a mixture of PHA and other biodegradable materials were started over the past month, and the impact on the ecosystem is also being measured.
Production of amorphous PHA has started at CJ BIO's manufacturing facility in Pasuruan, Indonesia, which has a rated capacity of 5,000 metric tons, with plans to increase production to meet expected demand.
For more information, visit: https://www.cjbio.net/en/products/cjPha.do.
CJ BIO is a division of CJ CheilJedang, a core subsidiary in charge of the food and bioengineering business unit of South Korea-based CJ Group. CJ Group has developed its business portfolio into four core sectors: Food & Food Service, Bio & Pharma, Entertainment & Media, and Retail & Logistics.
CJ BIO is the world's leading supplier of fermentation-based bio-products for animal nutrition, human nutrition, and biomaterials at its thirteen manufacturing facilities worldwide. As a socially responsible company, CJ BIO strives toward practicing carbon-neutral manufacturing operations by utilizing renewable raw materials and developing value-added co-products to minimize environmental waste.
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Marco Baptista, Ph.D., to Accelerate R&D in Search for Cures for Spinal Cord Injury and Paralysis
SHORT HILLS, N.J., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation today announced the appointment of Marco Baptista, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Baptista will help lead the Foundation's mission to advance cures for spinal cord injury (SCI) and paralysis and will provide scientific and innovative oversight of the nonprofit's collaborative approach to accelerating the field toward meaningful therapeutics.
Dr. Baptista joins the Reeve Foundation as it celebrates 40 years of progress and the seismic shift that it helped steer to move the field of SCI research to its current state, whereby scientists agree that paralysis cures are not a matter of "if" but "when." To date, the Foundation has funded more than $140 million of research around the world, uniting the brightest minds in the field to help usher a new era of scientific inquiry focused on developing and delivering treatments that are, today, pushing the world toward real cures.
"What began as a grassroots movement by pioneers who refused to accept the long-standing dogma that the spinal cord, once injured, could never be repaired is today an exciting field primed to cross the critical threshold of laboratory science to real-world therapies widely available to our community," said Maggie Goldberg, President and CEO of the Reeve Foundation. "Dr. Baptista brings a special blend of neuroscience acumen to our organization, our research collaborative and the community of people living with or caring for someone with SCI. His strong industry knowledge will move us from the bench to the bedside. We're honored to have him aboard."
Dr. Baptista joins the Reeve Foundation from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, where he served as Vice President of Research Programs. In his decade with the Fox Foundation, he led priority research around LRRK2, a major genetic mutation that can increase the chances of developing Parkinson's disease – an area of study that had also been the focus of his efforts in the pharmaceutical industry, where he spent 5 years working at Schering-Plough, and then Merck when it acquired the company in 2009. He was trained as a Neuroscientist at the University of Toronto and McMaster University, Canada, where he received his Ph.D.
In his new role, Dr. Baptista will manage the Foundation's research portfolio, which includes a number of high-profile endeavors with the potential to swiftly move the needle toward clinically approved and market-ready products. These include:
- The Big Idea, a groundbreaking study at the University of Louisville investigating epidural stimulation to dramatically improve quality of life through improved cardiovascular health, bladder control, and other autonomic functions – and voluntary movement, including the previously impossible task of walking over ground. The trial is on track to be fully enrolled this summer.
- Research-driven financial investments, such as a partnership with ONWARD, a Netherlands-based company that has developed breakthrough technology currently in global clinical trials that deliver targeted, programmed stimulation of the spinal cord to restore movement and other functions; and Axonis, an emerging biotech advancing breakthrough research to develop therapies for neurological disorders.
- A strategic partnership with the UK's International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT) to co-develop a research strategy with a joint focus on chronic injury, combination approaches and clinical translation. At the core of the alliance is a collaborative blueprint that aims to establish a framework for decision-making, planning and governance to advance the most promising therapies from the preclinical stage through clinical trials and into medical practice. Most recently, the Reeve Foundation and ISRT announced joint funding for a newly created translational award totaling $1.3 million, focused on restoring function in chronic SCI through novel circuit formation.
- Support for the North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN), a research network established by the Foundation that to date has enrolled more than 1000 subjects to a data registry; it also actively collaborates with other clinical trial networks in Europe and Canada. Dr. Baptista will liaise with the principal investigators leading this important, ongoing research.
Dr. Baptista will also spearhead the creation of a modern approach to the Foundation's scientific endeavors – a novel platform designed to address roadblocks along the scientific continuum as it funds collaborative, translational research. The ultimate goal of the approach, which the Foundation aims to unveil in the coming months, will be laser-focused on accelerating progress toward commercialized, broadly available treatments. Critical to this endeavor will be creating a clinical translation ecosystem – and funding mechanism – that supports all aspects of therapeutic development – from clinical trial design to regulatory approval to reimbursement, and more.
"Joining the Reeve Foundation is a natural extension of my long and deep commitment both to studying the central nervous system and my desire to help people. With the Foundation's reputation and impact in care and scientific research for those living with SCI, it's an exciting place to be at the right moment in time," said Dr. Baptista.
"The Reeve Foundation took this field from obscurity to one of real promise. Now – thanks in part to its funding of basic research, we've generated a solid understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying SCI and paralysis, and the drive toward cures is not a hammer looking at all the world as a nail. Rather, we can identify the studies that stand the greatest chances of success, learn quickly from those that fail, and remove barriers to our greatest shared goal: long-awaited cures," he added.
Learn more about Dr. Baptista at the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's website.
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research and improving the quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis. By uniting the brightest minds in the field, we are working tirelessly to accelerate scientific discoveries across the field of spinal cord research by investing in labs across the globe. Additionally, through a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living, the Reeve Foundation's National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC) promotes the health, well-being, and independence of people living with paralysis, providing comprehensive information, resources, and referral services assisting over 100,000 individuals and families since its launch in 2002. The Reeve Foundation is committed to elevating our community's voices and needs to achieve greater representation and independence. We meet all 20 of the Better Business Bureau's standards for charity accountability and hold the BBB's Charity Seal. For more information, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.
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- Driver Alex Bowman will race in the paint scheme featuring Milestone Super Hero Static on July 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Unique design and Ally's "Heroically" theme also integrated into fire suit and helmet
DETROIT and BURBANK, Calif., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally Financial, Milestone Media, DC, and Warner Bros. Discovery today unveiled a new paint scheme for the Ally-sponsored No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE of Hendrick Motorsports, in support of their joint program, The Milestone Initiative. Driver Alex Bowman will race in the electrifying paint scheme for the Quaker State 400 on July 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In addition, Bowman will wear a custom fire suit and hand painted Milestone helmet.
Announced in 2021, The Milestone Initiative is collaborative program between Ally, DC, Milestone Media and Warner Bros. Discovery to mentor and train the next generation of comic book storytellers from Black and diverse backgrounds, both professionally and financially. Founded in 1991, Milestone Media is the first Black owned comic book and media company, famous for creating Super Heroes Static, Icon & Rocket, Hardware, and Blood Syndicate. DC is the publishing partner for Milestone comic books; the company initially published titles under the Milestone imprint from 1993 to 1997, then renewing the relationship in recent years and publishing new, updated versions of their core Milestone Super Heroes.
Designed in collaboration with DC's creative services team, the car features Milestone Super Hero Static to drive awareness and interest for The Milestone Initiative among NASCAR fans. As Milestone's electricity-wielding Super Hero, the designers leaned into incorporating Static's electrical effects into the overall design, with the electricity emanating from the character's hands on the hood integrated into not only the paint scheme, but the fire suit and helmet as well. The Milestone Initiative, sponsored by Ally, is a continuation of the mission of Milestone's founders, ensuring a talent pool of diverse creators who can impact our culture in incredible ways through storytelling.
"Ally believes representation matters which is why we teamed up with Milestone Media, DC and Warner Bros. Discovery to share the stories and history of Milestone Comics with a new generation," said Andrea Brimmer, chief marketing and public relations officer for Ally. "We're committed to being a catalyst for change and celebrating diversity in everything we do. Our hope is that this incredible paint scheme, featuring an iconic Black Super Hero, will help make the sport we love a more inclusive space for all."
"From its earliest days, Milestone has always been about mentorship, storytelling and shifting the paradigm when it comes to comic books and entertainment through our characters," said Milestone Media partner and award-winning producer Reggie Hudlin. "To have both The Milestone Initiative and our most popular Super Hero represented on the NASCAR stage is an incredible opportunity to share our vision and expose our mission to a new and evolving audience."
"Working with Ally and Milestone Media on The Milestone Initiative has been an incredible experience," said Anne De Pies, DC SVP and General Manager. "DC and Milestone are passionate about inclusive storytelling that speaks to everyone and being able to share that message on the #48 car with NASCAR fans in addition to our core comic book fans is a great opportunity."
"Ally does a really good job of bringing the NASCAR community together and having Static on the car is another way Ally is doing it right," said Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. "I think it is really neat to have a superhero on the No. 48 Ally Chevy at Atlanta and to be able to help with Ally's goal of making NASCAR more inclusive is a unique opportunity that I am proud to be a part of."
For further images and news on Ally, please visit http://media.ally.com. For more information on The Milestone Initiative, visit the website at www.dcuniverse.com/milestone. For the latest news on all of DC's Super Heroes, visit the main site at www.dccomics.com, and follow @DCComics and @thedcnation on social media. The DC UNIVERSE INFINITE digital subscription service offers a combination of classic Milestone titles from the early 90's, as well as some of the current comics available in comic book stores. DC UNIVERSE INFINITE is not intended for children and is not available in all countries. For more information and a free trial (where applicable), check out www.dcuniverseinfinite.com.
About Ally Financial
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a digital financial services company committed to its promise to "Do It Right" for its consumer, commercial and corporate customers. Ally is composed of an industry-leading independent auto finance and insurance operation, an award-winning digital direct bank (Ally Bank, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender, which offers mortgage lending, point-of-sale personal lending, and a variety of deposit and other banking products), a consumer credit card business, a corporate finance business for equity sponsors and middle-market companies, and securities brokerage and investment advisory services. Our brand conviction is that we are all better off with an ally, and our focus is on helping our customers achieve their strongest financial well-being, a notion personalized to what is important to them. For more information, please visit www.ally.com and follow @allyfinancial.
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About Milestone Media
Milestone Media produces film, television, publishing, and other forms of entertainment spotlighting diverse storytelling by creative voices. Fan-favorite characters from the Milestone universe include Static and the Static Shock animated series, Icon, Rocket, Hardware, Blood Syndicate and more. Milestone Media was co-founded in 1993 by celebrated writer Dwayne McDuffie and award-winning artist Denys Cowan, along with Black Enterprise magazine SVP and Editor-In-Chief Derek Dingle, and artist/educator Michael Davis. In 2015, award-winning writer, director and producer Reginald Hudlin joined Milestone co-founders Denys Cowan and Derek Dingle as a partner, helping to drive forward the company's multimedia initiatives spotlighting Milestone characters.
About DC
DC is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics and graphic novels in the world and home to some of the most iconic and recognizable characters ever created. As a creative division, DC is charged with strategically integrating its stories and characters across film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, interactive games, and the DC UNIVERSE INFINITE digital subscription service and community engagement portal. For more information visit dccomics.com and dcuniverseinfinite.com.
About Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
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Fastest-growing GovCon IT company recognized for commitment to culture and employee satisfaction
RESTON, Va., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TekSynap, a leading provider of innovative technology solutions for U.S. federal government agencies, announced today it was named one of The Washington Post's 2022 Top Workplaces in the Washington, D.C. area.
"TekSynap is a high-energy company, and that begins with bringing all of our energy to every meeting, every task, every deliverable. Leadership is intrinsic in the way we want our company to look, feel and be," says Kamran Jinnah, CEO, TekSynap. "I believe that culture with a positive vibe attracts more of the same. This has been the key to our success."
While many companies are losing employees to burnout and fatigue in the wake of COVID-19, TekSynap continues to cement its reputation as an employer of choice through a total commitment to creating a positive working atmosphere. TekSynap drives employee satisfaction by empowering its workforce with the right tools, training and authority. This culture of enthusiasm cultivates a can-do attitude where any goal can be achieved to bring success to each customer.
This honor is the latest in a string of 2022 recognitions for both growth and culture, including recently being named to the Inc. 5000: Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Mid-Atlantic Region and to the Glassdoor Best Places to Work.
The Washington Post's 2022 Top Workplaces selection process was based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous third-party survey that measured several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution and connection. It is now in its ninth year. View the full list of 2022 honorees.
About TekSynap
TekSynap is a full spectrum systems integrator. We deploy industry-leading solutions that provide effective computing and communication environments. We supply IT professionals with management experience and technical expertise, to ensure that projects and programs are completed on time and within your budget. At TekSynap, an ethic of hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm cultivates a can-do atmosphere where any goal can be achieved.
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Award-Winning Musician Joins Iconic Mars Brand To Create A World Where Everyone Feels They Belong
NEWARK, N.J., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today M&M'S®, a proud part of the Mars family of brands, has announced that the brand is partnering with one of the most influential, groundbreaking musicians of our time, Lil Nas X, to harness the power of music and connect with fans in a fresh way for the iconic M&M'S brand.
"In the world Mars wants tomorrow, society is inclusive. And through the M&M'S brand we're committed to inspiring moments of connection and fun by encouraging a deeper sense of belonging," said Allison Miazga-Bedrick, Mars Wrigley Senior Brand Director. "Music is one of the most powerful tools to bring people together. Like our iconic M&M'S brand, music sparks nostalgia, memories, and fun and we are thrilled to be able to partner with one of the most trailblazing artists in the world, Lil Nas X, to help us further cement M&M'S role within entertainment."
For 80 years, the iconic M&M'S brand has been a household favorite across generations, and recently, the brand announced an evolved purpose, focused on creating a world where everyone feels they belong.
Known for shattering barriers across the music industry, Lil Nas X and his unapologetically authentic tracks have inspired fans around the globe to be accepting of a more diverse world. Together, Lil Nas X and M&M'S will leverage the power of music to lay the groundwork for a new platform that brings people together to celebrate music, build connections, and enjoy more moments of fun through a series of initiatives set to kick off later this year.
"M&M'S is iconic and I'm a huge fan of the brand," said Lil Nas X. "I'm excited to work with them on some really cool projects this year that are as colorful as they are."
In addition to the upcoming collaboration with Lil Nas X, M&M'S will be rolling out a series of music-centric initiatives to support this platform and connect with fans in a meaningful way. Most recently, M&M'S partnered with NBC Universal on NBC'S new music competition series, 'American Song Contest.' The brand sponsored a custom on-set lounge - the M&M'S Music Lounge – which was a fun, colorful area for contestants to hang out before and after they performed. Looking ahead, M&M'S will have a presence at several summertime festivals and will give everyone the chance to join in on the fun from home via a digital M&M'S Music Lounge.
For more information about all of M&M'S musical programming happening this summer, visit MMS.com and follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more on the brand's work with Lil Nas X.
About Mars, Incorporated
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 125,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world's best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M's®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, BEN'S ORIGINAL™, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world's pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses, including AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive. The Mars Compass, inspired by the Economics of Mutuality, is used to measure the company's progress in service of its purpose; The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.
For more information about Mars, please visit www.mars.com. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pulte Family, known in homebuilding for Bill Pulte's experience inside of Pulte Homes now PulteGroup Inc, has completed a substantial investment in Los Angeles's fastest growing home services company, Absolute Airflow.
"Victor Rancour, Founder and CEO of Absolute Airflow, reminds me a lot of my grandfather and Founder of Pulte Homes, Bill Pulte. Like my grandfather Victor created his company with just a dream and one of his friends. Now four years later Absolute Airflow is one of the leading HVAC companies in Southern California," said Bill Pulte, CEO of Pulte Capital and Former Independent Director of PulteGroup Inc.
"We are delighted to have The Pulte Family's investment and substantial ownership in Absolute Airflow, as they have been tremendously helpful already, and we look forward to continuing to build this company with The Pulte Family," said Victor Rancour, Founder of Absolute Airflow.
"When Bill Pulte founded Pulte Homes he was heavily involved in the daily operations of the company for 60 years. He always felt that a good founder and leader knew what was going on at every level of their company and they were willing to get their hands dirty right next to their employees when it was needed. Victor is known for doing this at Absolute Airflow. He goes out to jobsites regularly, knows every little detail of the job, and mentors his team extensively. The Pulte Family feels that with these qualities Victor and his team at Absolute Airflow will thrive while implementing parts of The Pulte Plan that Bill Pulte created as a playbook to run a successful business," said a spokesperson for The Pulte Family
The Pulte Family may or may not disclose its sale of these securities and reserves the right to acquire more or dispose of said securities without notification.
William J. "Bill" Pulte founded Pulte Homes, today PulteGroup Inc, in 1950 at age 18. Over the decades, Bill Pulte built Pulte Homes into The #1 USA Homebuilder. In 2016, after retiring the first time, William J. Pulte (1932-2018) and Bill Pulte (b. 1988), his grandson, successfully turned PulteGroup Inc around, even when non-business family members supported the failed Dugas Management Team versus the Pulte Homes Founder William J. Pulte. Mr. Pulte (b. 1988) was a PulteGroup Director from 2016-2020. Bill Pulte's Twitter Philanthropy became a giant success starting in June 2019, helping thousands of people and inspiring millions of people worldwide. Even after the passing of William J. Pulte (1932-2018), their work together continues through a collection of Pulte founded organizations, including The Bill Pulte Foundation. The Pulte Family has multiple companies and investment vehicles.
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New Operational Analytics Platform Delivers Advanced Security and Digital Operations at Scale with Focus on High Business Risk
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Netenrich, a leading security and operations analytics SaaS company, disrupts legacy security ops with a major shift focused on data, taking an AI-driven approach to security operations. The company introduced its Resolution Intelligence platform to analyze real-time security data to determine which high business impact resources are most vulnerable, at critical risk, and need immediate response.
The Netenrich platform is the first to prioritize and rank the most critical issues and behaviors for immediate investigation. The platform aggregates and correlates security and operations data across networks, clouds, and applications. Data analysis and AI/ML rapidly determine the top actions (ActOns™) to immediately take, scored by risk ranking and data-driven contextual intelligence.
"Any organization that needs to operate at service-provider scale must drive towards business resilience across all their digital operations, without compromise. Service providers (MSSPs, MSPs, GSIs, and others), in addition to building high quality recurring revenues, must also innovate and transform their clients' operational efficiencies. Our Resolution Intelligence platform allows all service providers to achieve both these goals."
— Raju Chekuri, Netenrich CEO
Netenrich is the first to provide service provider scale leveraging Google Chronicle. The platform brings valuable volumes of security data into its ActOn Data LakeTM as well as other data assets for analysis. The purpose-built ops platform applies correlation, rules management and threat analysis to deliver prioritized actionable insights and situational awareness.
"For many MSSPs, plugging into Resolution Intelligence is the fastest and simplest way to build services and transform their business with analytics enabled by Chronicle. The Netenrich platform operationalizes Chronicle around multitenancy to drive scale and equip providers to realize value on day one and add their own IP at any time."
— Jonas Kelley, Head of Americas MSSP Partnerships, at Google Cloud
Unique to the platform and essential to managed service providers is the multi-level multitenant interface that streamlines and automates customer management workflows and enables scale. This is made possible using cloud scale distributed computing offered by the platform's SaaS model.
- Multitenant interface enables analysts to view operations and security status of critical assets across your entire customer base, within a defined group, or by individual customer.
- The platform's unified UI, across all security and digital operations, streamlines rule-building, threat analytics, and tracking across the provider's entire customer base.
"The platform is huge for us. We no longer look at our technology infrastructure from a point solution perspective. Automation and real-time notification are key to actually detecting and responding to problems before systems crash. We're able to divert disruptions better and focus 100% on patient care."
— Bradd Busick, CIO, MultiCare Health
"Our purpose-built platform with years of operational experience, drives resiliency into all digital operations. With a riskops and an operational data analytics approach, we want our partners and clients to transform towards secure digital operations. We are extremely confident that our partners and their customers will reach new levels of operational excellence at scale and speed to keep up with their digital transformation mandates."
— Raju Chekuri, Netenrich CEO
Optimize your Digital Ops for Business Resilience
With the Netenrich platform, security ops becomes proactive using a predict and prevent approach in anticipating risky behaviors, disrupting threats and insuring business resilience. Organizations improve their overall security posture while focusing on business growth.
- Security organizations are no longer overwhelmed with volumes of alerts and false positives.
- Time to investigate and respond shortens.
- The need for additional security experts disappears as the platform uses AI and automation to speed analysis and remove tedious and time-consuming basic tasks.
- Once siloed and fragmented, ops teams and business units consolidate and collaborate across ops.
- Security becomes pervasive across all operations.
Visit Netenrich's Resolution Intelligence and security solutions pages for more information.
See the Resolution Intelligence platform at RSA 2022, June 6 – 9. Theater presentations and demos in the Google Cloud Security Booth (South Expo Hall, #1943).
Hours: Tuesday, 2 PM – 4 PM, Wednesday, 4 PM – 6 PM, Thursday, 10 AM – 12 PM
Additional Resources
- Resolution Intelligence platform overview
- Resolution Intelligence and Google Chronicle overview
- Resolution Intelligence solutions brief
- Resolution Intelligence Analytics to Improve Threat Detection brief
- Resolution Intelligence demo video
To learn more about Netenrich, visit our Resolution Intelligence and security solutions pages.
About Netenrich
Netenrich Resolution Intelligence® lets companies accelerate and scale their digital business to avoid disruption and preempt risk. The secure analytics-as-a-service platform connects IT, cloud, and security operations in real time combining AIOps, automation, and over 10+ years of digital ops expertise. The platform transforms security and ops data into intelligence that organizations can act on before critical issues occur. More than 3,000 customers and managed services providers rely on Netenrich to deliver secure operations at scale and speed. The company is based in San Jose, CA.
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Police: July 4 mass shooting thwarted in Virginia’s capital
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police in Richmond, Virginia, said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to arrests and the seizure of multiple guns.
Authorities announced the alleged plot in a news release, but did not release any additional information. Chief Gerald Smith planned a news conference for Wednesday afternoon.
A spokesperson for the police department did not immediately respond to a call seeking additional details of the planned shooting.
The announcement came just two days after a gunman opened fire from a rooftop on a July 4 parade in the affluent Chicago suburb of Highland Park, killing seven people and injuring more than three dozen.
Robert E. Crimo III was charged with seven counts of murder Tuesday. The shooting sent hundreds of people fleeing in fear and set off an hourslong manhunt. Authorities have not yet identified a motive.
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- $55.8M of cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2022
- Discontinuation of fezagepras development
- Net loss from continuing operations of $6.5 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2022 compared to $12.6 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2021
LAVAL, QC and CAMBRIDGE, England , Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Liminal BioSciences Inc. (Nasdaq: LMNL) ("Liminal BioSciences" or the "Company"), today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Liminal BioSciences will host a conference call and webcast to discuss financial results at 8:30 am (ET) on Wednesday August 10, 2022. The telephone numbers to access the conference call are 888-390-0620 and 416-764-8651. An audio replay of the call will be available as of Wednesday August 10, 2022 at 11:30 am (ET). The numbers to access the audio replay are 416-764-8677 and 1- 888-390-0541 using the following password (617941 #). A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available by clicking here.
"As announced on July 21, 2022, we met our stated milestone of obtaining clear data from the Phase 1a single-ascending dose clinical trial of fezagepras in early Q3 2022," stated Bruce Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer of Liminal BioSciences. "The decision to discontinue the development of fezagepras allows us to focus our resources on our current pipeline, including our GPR84 and OXER1 antagonist preclinical programs. We look forward to nominating our lead candidate for the Company's GPR84 antagonist program, which is expected to take place by the end of 2022."
All figures presented in this section are in Canadian dollars.
- Cash and cash equivalents were $55.8 million at June 30, 2022 while our working capital, i.e., the current assets net of current liabilities, was $35.0 million.
- Research and development expenses were $3.9 million for both of the second quarters of 2022 and 2021, with increases in professional fees and preclinical expenses of $0.2 million each, offsetting decreases in intangible assets depreciation expense of $0.4 million.
- Administration expenses were $4.6 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to $8.6 million for the second quarter of 2021, representing a decrease of 46%. The decrease in administration expenses is primarily due to a decrease of $2.5 million in expense as a result of reduced directors' and officers' insurance premiums resulting from the change in the Company's registered office from Québec to Ontario in the later part of 2021, a reduction in share-based payment expense of $0.6 million and in professional fees of $0.4 million.
- Net loss from continuing operations, net of taxes was $6.5 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to $12.6 million for the second quarter of 2021. The decrease in loss was mainly due to reductions in administration expenses of $3.9 million, reflecting the reduction in insurance expense, a decrease in finance costs of $0.8 million due to the repayment of the Company's long-term debt and an increase in foreign exchange gains of $1.3 million.
- Total income (loss) from discontinued operations was income of $0.3 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to a loss of $19.5 million in the second quarter of 2021. This decrease was mainly due to the fact that the quarter ended June 30, 2021 included the results of operations of the plasma collection activities for approximately half of the quarter, up to the time of sale, and those from the Ryplazim® activities for the entire quarter ended June 30, 2021, where during the quarter ended June 30, 2022, our discontinued operations income or losses were mainly affected by changes in the contract and development manufacturing organization, or CDMO, lease liability and provision, remnants of the plasma-derived therapeutic segment, caused by increases in the inflation rate and variations in the discount rate. These operating losses, which decreased by $30.5 million during the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021 were partially offset by a decline in gains on the sale of the discontinued operations, by $10.7 million, as we only had these transactions during the second quarter of 2021.
- Net loss was $6.2 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to a loss of $32.1 million for the second quarter of 2021.
In July 2022, we discontinued development of fezagepras, our small molecule product candidate. The decision to discontinue the development of fezagepras was based on results from the Phase 1a single-ascending dose, or SAD, clinical trial, which indicated that fezagepras was significantly inferior compared to sodium phenylbutyrate as a nitrogen scavenger. The Phase 1a SAD clinical trial of fezagepras initiated in May 2022 was designed as a head-to-head comparison with sodium phenylbutyrate to provide us with further data to determine whether fezagepras was worth developing for one of the potential indications where nitrogen scavenging is beneficial. The recommendation to stop the development program for fezagepras was not based on safety concerns.
In August 2022, we acquired for a nominal amount, 100% of the outstanding preferred and common shares of our subsidiary, Pathogen Removal Diagnostic Technologies Inc., or PRDT, resulting in the Company now having 100% control of PRDT. PRDT owns certain prion reduction technology, which is considered a non-core asset of the Company, and is the licensee of certain prion reduction technology. As a result of the acquisition of the non-controlling interest, or NCI, in PRDT, we will no longer be presenting a balance pertaining to the NCI on our consolidated statement of financial position or in the consolidated statement of operations, from the date of the transaction.
Liminal BioSciences is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing distinctive novel small molecule therapeutics for inflammatory, fibrotic, and metabolic diseases using our drug discovery platform with a data-driven approach. The Company is currently developing GPR84 antagonists and OXER1 antagonists. In addition to these programs, the Company continues to explore other development opportunities to add to its pipeline.
Liminal BioSciences has active business operations in Canada and the United Kingdom.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Some of the forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words. Statements that are not historical in nature, including the words "anticipate," "expect," "suggest," "plan," "believe," "intend," "estimate," "target," "project," "should," "could," "would," "may," "will," "forecast" and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include those related to Liminal BioSciences' objectives, strategies and businesses that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward–looking information includes statements concerning, among other things: advancement of Liminal Biosciences' product candidates, including the timing of the designation of a lead product candidate for the Company's GPR84 antagonist program; the potential development of the Company's R&D programs; the timing of initiation or nature of preclinical and clinical trials and potential therapeutic areas; and our ability to build value for our shareholders and reduce costs relating to contracts associated with the previous operations of the organizatThese statements are "forward-looking" because they are based on our current expectations about the markets we operate in and on various estimates and assumptions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements if known or unknown risks affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions turn out to be inaccurate. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described or projected herein include, but are not limited to, risks associated with: the Company's ability to develop, manufacture, and successfully commercialize product candidates, if ever; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's workforce, business operations, clinical development, regulatory activities and financial and other corporate impacts; the availability of funds and resources to pursue R&D projects, clinical development, manufacturing operations or commercialization activities; the successful and timely initiation or completion of preclinical and clinical trials; the ability to take advantage of financing opportunities or business opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry; the ability to resolve the Nasdaq listing deficiency and regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules; uncertainties associated generally with research and development, clinical trials and related regulatory reviews and approvals; and general changes in economic conditions. You will find a more detailed assessment of these risks, uncertainties and other risks that could cause actual events or results to materially differ from our current expectations in the filings and reports the Company makes with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian Securities Administrators, including in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as other filings and reports Liminal Biosciences' may make from time to time. Such risks may be amplified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and any related impacts on Liminal BioSciences' business and the global economy. As a result, we cannot guarantee that any given forward-looking statement will materialize. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and estimates, which speak only as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in this press release even if new information becomes available, as a result of future events or for any other reason, unless required by applicable securities laws and regulations.
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Sabetha man arrested for alleged sex crimes
Published: Jul. 11, 2022 at 11:39 AM CDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
NEMAHA CO., Kan. (WIBW) - A Sabetha man is facing charges for child sex crimes.
Kevin Devore, 42, of Sabetha was arrested July 7, 2022, by the Sabetha Police Dept. on a Nemaha Co. warrant for Aggravated Criminal Sodomy and Aggravated Indecent Solicitation of a Child.
Officials say as of Monday morning Devore remained in custody on a $500,000 cash/surety bond.
No other information was immediately available.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Getting your wine on is important after a long day’s work or just to sit back and relax over the weekend with your gal-pals or dude-bros.
Why the wine talk? Well, Sunday, August 28, is National Red Wine Day! If you’re into stomping grapes and make your own wine at home, go right ahead. NationalToday says you should ignore the wine snobs and enjoy the red wine you know you’ll enjoy, “Today, we throw out all those stuffy rules about how and when to drink this nectar from the gods. Instead, we grab our coolest glass and savor the taste of our favorite red wine.”
Now, you can break the bank on some fancy red wine, but these days we got too much going on to be dropping hundreds of dollars on a single bottle unless you’re feeling fancy then go for it. However, this report from wine-searcher has listed out the top-rated wines under $40, $20, and even $10 that are available in Dallas.
Under $10
- Jacob’s Creek Classic Shiraz – Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2018 Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon
- Robert Mondavi Winery Private Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
- Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages
- Casillero del Diablo Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon
- 19 Crimes Red
- Jacob’s Creek Classic Merlot
Under $20
- Baron Philippe de Rothschild Mouton Cadet
- Marques de Riscal reserve
- 2017 E. Guigal Cotes du Rhone
- 2018 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Toscana IGT
- Masi Campofiorin Rosso del Veronese IGT
- 2019 Catena Zapata ‘Catena’ Malbec
- Meiomi Pinot Noir
- Clos de los Siete by Michel Rolland
Under $40
- R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Reserva
- 2012 La Rioja Alta S.A. Vina Ardanza Reserva
- 2018 Chateau Meyney
- 2018 Chateau Laroque
- The Prisoner Wine Co. ‘The Prisoner’
- 2017 Chateau Les Ormes-de-Pez
- 2018 Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz | https://cw33.com/news/local/report-says-these-are-the-best-cheap-red-wines-to-drink-in-dallas/ | 2022-08-27T23:42:24Z |
- The military-themed paint scheme on the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, driven by Alex Bowman, pays tribute to Army Specialist Matthew E. Baylis, who was killed in action in 2007
- As part of the NASCAR Salutes initiative, Ally will make donations to the Specialist Matthew Baylis Memorial Fund and USO
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice serving in the U. S. Armed Forces, Ally today unveiled a military-themed paint scheme for the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driven by Alex Bowman at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29. This year's paint scheme will honor Army Specialist Matthew E. Baylis, who was killed in the line of duty in 2007 while protecting his fellow soldiers in Baghdad.
Spc. Baylis was nominated by his stepmother, an Ally employee, Kerri Baylis, and his family through Ally's Veteran Employee Resource Group (ERG), whose mission is to unite employees and "do it right" for the U.S. Armed Forces. Any Ally employee can be part of the Veteran ERG, regardless of service or connection to the military, and can support military members and their families through volunteerism, education, and honoring fallen service members like Spc. Baylis.
"I think it is really special to be able to honor a fallen service member on Memorial Day," said Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. "Everything that NASCAR does around this event to pay tribute to the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice is really meaningful and I feel humbled to be able to have Specialist Baylis ride along with me at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After hearing his story and everything he did to protect his team, I am looking forward to honoring his legacy and meeting some of his family at the racetrack."
The commemorative paint scheme will trade Ally's traditional brand colors for a powerful royal blue hood accented with the Ally Veteran ERG's military ID tag logo, silver stenciled numbers, and a striking red roof and stars. The No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will proudly carry Army Specialist Baylis' name across the windshield as part of the NASCAR Salutes 600 Miles of Remembrance in Charlotte this month. In honor of Spc. Baylis and all members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Ally will also make donations to the USO and the Specialist Matthew E. Baylis Memorial Fund, which is dedicated to providing scholarships to veterans or children of veterans that need financial assistance with either college tuition or the cost of a trade school.
"This year marks 15 years since Matthew's passing. Matthew was a wonderful son, a great brother, and great friend. He knew very early in his life he wanted to join the Army and make a difference in the lives of others. I could not be prouder of him," said Richard Baylis, Matthew's father. "Working together with Ally, it is our hope to provide even more scholarships to veterans and their families, to help pay for trade school or college. We are so grateful to Ally, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR to have Matthew honored in such a unique way."
To learn more about the Specialist Matthew E. Baylis Memorial Fund and to donate, please visit mattsmemorialfund.com.
About Army Spc. Matthew E. Baylis
After feeling called to join the military post-Sept. 11, Spc. Matthew E. Baylis became a member of the U.S. Army in 2005 and was deployed to Iraq in 2006. He was killed in action in a firefight on Memorial Day, May 31, 2007, when his platoon came under heavy fire. His platoon leader was hit, and Spc. Baylis immediately laid down a base of fire allowing the other soldiers to retrieve his platoon leader and get to cover. While Spc. Baylis was fatally hit, he saved his platoon leader's life that night and the lives of his fellow soldiers on previous combat missions. In honor of his bravery, Spc. Baylis was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
About Ally Financial
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a digital financial services company committed to its promise to "Do It Right" for its consumer, commercial and corporate customers. Ally is composed of an industry-leading independent auto finance and insurance operation, an award-winning digital direct bank (Ally Bank, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender, which offers mortgage lending, point-of-sale personal lending, and a variety of deposit and other banking products), a consumer credit card business, a corporate finance business for equity sponsors and middle-market companies, and securities brokerage and investment advisory services. Our brand conviction is that we are all better off with an ally, and our focus is on helping our customers achieve their strongest financial well-being, a notion personalized to what is important to them. For more information, please visit www.ally.com and follow @allyfinancial.
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Ally
Ericka Houck
ericka.houck@ally.com
704-444-5034
Hendrick Motorsports
Jaret Arneson
jarneson@hmsracing.com
704-576-6079
USO of North Carolina
Suzanne Milano
smilano@uso.org
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Sload, previously KIK's Group President, brings nearly three decades of consumer products leadership experience
Prior CEO Jared Knudson appointed Executive Chairman of Board of Directors
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KIK Consumer Products ("KIK" or the "Company"), a global leader in pool, household cleaning, and automotive products, announced today that Michael Sload has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sload previously served as KIK's Group President, leading the Company's operating units to record financial performance. Mr. Sload succeeds Jared Knudson, who will become Executive Chairman of KIK's Board of Directors.
"Over the past few years, KIK has made exceptional progress as we have expanded our product portfolio, broadened our customer base, and significantly grown our revenues to drive profitability," said Mr. Knudson, who was named CEO in 2018. "Michael's wealth of relevant consumer products experience and demonstrated ability to drive sales growth and create value for our stakeholders make him ideally suited to lead KIK's next chapter of successful growth."
Since 2018, KIK has executed numerous organic and inorganic growth initiatives to become one of North America's largest independent consumer products marketers and manufacturers. The Company has expanded in the high-value natural pool treatment category, integrated a large portfolio of acquisitions, divested its contract manufacturing business, and is closing in on the completion of its flagship, state-of-the-art pool products facility. With sales of approximately $2 billion, today KIK has a global team of more than 2,500 employees, operates a portfolio of over 20 leading brands, and manufactures its products at over 20 facilities across North America.
"I am delighted at the opportunity to lead KIK as CEO," said Mr. Sload. "In recent years, KIK has successfully navigated a very dynamic environment, bringing consumers high-quality products while protecting our position with customers as a partner of choice. Moving ahead, our mission will not change. I look forward to working with our entire team as we continue building a leading consumer products company."
Steve Silver, a member of KIK's Board of Directors and Senior Managing Director at Centerbridge Partners, KIK's lead investor since 2015, said: "We want to thank Jared for leading the highly successful revitalization of KIK and making the Company into the growing and profitable organization it is today. We are delighted that Jared will continue his involvement as Executive Chairman and believe that KIK is well-positioned for further success under Michael's leadership as CEO."
About Michael Sload
Mr. Sload is a consumer products global executive with more than 30 years of general management and marketing leadership. He joined KIK in 2019 as Auto President and was promoted to Group President in 2020, where he was responsible for leading KIK's Pool, Household, and Automotive businesses and associated manufacturing organizations.
Previously, Mr. Sload spent 24 years at Colgate Palmolive where his last assignment was leading the company's worldwide Personal Care business. Before then, he was responsible for Colgate's businesses in the UK and Nordics and led all marketing in Latin America and the U.S. He began his career in consumer products at Nestle Food. Mr. Sload has also been Executive Vice President of Brand Marketing at Mastercard, with direct responsibility for brand strategy, advertising, digital marketing, insights and analytics, among other areas.
Mr. Sload received his MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth where he has served on the MBA Advisory Board. He also has an undergraduate degree from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
About KIK Consumer Products
Since 1993, KIK has successfully grown from a single-plant operator in store-branded (private label) bleach to the leading North American independent marketer and manufacturer in household cleaning products and a global leader in pool and spa treatment and automotive products, with brands including Bioguard™, Clorox Pool and Spa™ (under license), Prestone™, Spic and Span™, and Comet™. In entering these segments, KIK capitalized on an opportunity to leverage its core manufacturing and marketing competencies to drive scale in fragmented industries. KIK has transformed its businesses through a combination of organic growth initiatives and strategic add-on acquisitions and has continued to experience strong growth in all categories. For more information, visit www.kikcorp.com.
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CLEVELAND, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sauces and condiments – the largest application for hot fill packaging – is expected to experience relatively healthy gains through 2026 as foodservice revenues continue to rise following a sharp, pandemic-related decline in 2020, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis.
Bag-in-box and cups will grow at an above average rate due to their strong performance properties and convenience. Gains will further be supported by the increasing popularity of specialty and ethnic sauces at the retail level.
Hot Fill Food Packaging Demand to Grow 1.2% Annually Through 2026
Demand for hot fill packaging for food is forecast to increase 1.2% annually to $2.6 billion in 2026, sustained by the ongoing popularity of hot fill packaging for sauces and condiments. However, hot fill packaging will grow at a slow rate and will continue to lose share to aseptic packaging, which affords multiple benefits over hot fill processing, the most important of which is shorter heating times that minimize the impact of thermal processing of flavor, texture, and nutrition.
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Hot Fill Food Packaging provides historical data (2011, 2016, and 2021) and forecasts for 2026 are presented for demand for hot fill food packaging by value in current dollars (including inflation) by product, food application, and material. Demand data by market is presented in current dollars. "
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- bottles
- jars
- pouches
- cups and tubs
- other packaging
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- juice
- processed fruit and vegetables
- other foods
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- plastic
- glass
- other materials
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House subpoenas its own, sets new norm after Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee’s remarkable decision to subpoena House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other congressional Republicans over the insurrection at the Capitol is as rare as the deadly riot itself, deepening the acrimony and distrust among lawmakers and raising questions about what comes next.
The outcome is certain to reverberate beyond the immediate investigation of Donald Trump’s unfounded efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. Fuming Republicans vow to use the same tools, weaponizing congressional subpoena powers if they wrest control of the House in November’s midterm elections to go after Democrats, even at the highest levels in Congress.
“It’s setting a very jarring and dangerous precedent,” said Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan, who was among the handful of Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over the insurrection.
On Friday, the subpoenas for McCarthy and the four other Republican lawmakers were served as the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is wrapping up its initial phase. Public hearings are expected to begin in June, and the panel is still determining whether to call Republican senators to testify.
While the summons for McCarthy and the other Republican lawmakers was not wholly unexpected, it amplified concerns over the new norm-setting in Congress.
McCarthy, in line to become House speaker, brushed past reporters Friday, declining to say whether he would comply with the committee’s summons for testimony. Asked repeatedly for comment, McCarthy was mum.
The other Republicans — Andy Biggs of Arizona, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania — have decried the investigation as illegitimate, and it is unclear whether any of them will comply. The four all had conversations with the Trump White House about challenging the election, and McCarthy tried unsuccessfully to convince Trump to call off the Capitol siege that day as rioters broke windows near his own office.
“They have a duty to testify,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
“I mean, we’re investigating an insurrection against the United States government,” Nadler said. “An insurrection. Treason.”
The next steps are highly uncertain as the House, with its Democratic majority, weighs whether to take the grave, if unlikely, action of holding its own colleagues in contempt of Congress by voting to send a criminal referral to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
While other lawmakers have voluntarily come forward to talk to the committee, a move to force the subpoenaed members to share information would be certain to become tangled in broader constitutional questions — among them, whether the executive branch should be intervening in the governance of the legislative branch that tends to make its own rules. Action would drag for months, or longer.
Instead, the House could take other actions, including a vote of public censure of McCarthy and the four GOP lawmakers, a referral to the Ethics Committee, the imposition of fines or even the stripping of their committee assignments.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to answer any questions Friday.
“I don’t talk about what happens in the Jan. 6 committee,” she said in the halls, deferring to the panel as she typically does.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chairs the bipartisan Jan. 6 panel, said it has options after the five GOP lawmakers refused its request for voluntary interviews and now face the summons.
“Look, all we’re saying is, these are members of Congress who’ve taken an oath,” he said. “Our investigation indicated that January 6 did actually happen, and what people saw with their own eyes did, in fact, happen.”
It’s a volatile time for Congress, with an intensified political toxicity settling into a new normal since the Capitol insurrection left five dead. That included a Trump supporter shot by police and a police officer who died later after battling the mob.
The Capitol is slowly reopening to tourists this spring after being shuttered over security concerns and the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, but unease remains. Tensions run high and at least one lawmaker on the panel, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., a vocal Trump critic, is flanked daily by security guards, a jarring sign of how America has changed.
Trump’s influence over the Republican Party remains strong, leaving many GOP lawmakers unwilling to publicly accept Biden’s election victory, some promulgating their own false claims of a fraudulent 2020 election. Courts across the nation have rejected claims the election was rigged.
If Republicans win power this fall, they are almost certain to launch investigations into Biden, Jan. 6 and other topics, now armed with the tool of subpoenas for fellow lawmakers.
“It’s a race to the bottom, is what it is,” said Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who won Trump’s endorsement last week for his own reelection, despite having sparred with him in the past.
“I mean, I hope when we get in power, we don’t do the same things that they’re doing,” he said. “But you know, turnabout is fair play.”
While Democratic leaders say they would happily testify if summoned by newly empowered Republicans next year, more rank-and-file lawmakers privately express unease with what comes next, worried about being drawn into the fray.
Congress issuing a subpoena to one of its own would be rare, but not a first.
The ethics committees have subpoenaed individual lawmakers over potential wrongdoing. That includes the Senate voting in 1993 to subpoena the diary of Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., during an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. Facing expulsion, he resigned first.
But traditionally, congressional subpoenas are pointed outward. Shortly after the country’s founding the first congressional subpoena was issued not to a lawmaker but to a real estate speculator who tried to purchase what is now Michigan and attempted to bribe members of Congress, according to the House history website.
The Jan. 6 panel has wrestled privately for weeks over whether to subpoena fellow lawmakers, understanding the gravity of the action it would be taking.
Once the members of the committee made their choice to issue the subpoenas, Pelosi was informed of their decision.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a member of the panel, suggested the decision was justified based on the seriousness of the Jan. 6 attack.
“People have asked, ‘Does this set a precedent for the issuance of subpoenas for members of Congress in the future?’ If there are coups and insurrections, then I suppose that it does,” Raskin said.
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LONDON, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the latest pre-ceremony announcement from The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2022, it is revealed today that the recipient of the Icon Award 2022 is Kenyan nutritionist Wawira Njiru, founder and director of non-profit Food for Education. The Icon Award celebrates an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the food world worthy of international recognition and who has used their platform to raise awareness and drive positive change.
With an estimated 80% of children in Kenya not receiving a school meal, Njiru believes no child should have to learn on an empty stomach. After majoring in food science at university in Australia, she founded Food for Education in 2016, at first making 25 meals a day. The organisation now feeds 40,000 children daily, providing nutritious meals to those in schools across Kenya, helping to boost attendance at primary level and combat hunger. It has delivered over seven million meals to date, leading to improved nutrition, academic performance and higher high school transition rates.
By sourcing fresh food directly from farmers, Food for Education has also been able to help stimulate the local economy. Meals are prepared in a central kitchen to internationally recognised food safety standards, while the subsidised meals are delivered to students with the aid of cutting-edge sustainable technology. During the pandemic, the organisation also provided food packages and cash transfers that delivered over two million meals to children and their families at home due to COVID-19.
Food for Education utilises Tap2Eat, a digital mobile platform whereby parents can pay for the subsidised lunches with mobile money. The amount is then credited to a virtual wallet linked to an NFC smart wristband, which students can wear and use accordingly, meaning no cash transfers and no lost money. Njiru hopes to expand the programme across more of Kenya and potentially beyond.
William Drew, Director of Content for The World's 50 Best Restaurants, says: "The Icon Award recognises true trailblazers in the food sphere and we're honoured that this year we can present it to Wawira Njiru for her exceptional work."
Additional special awards will be revealed in the lead-up to The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2022 awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, taking place in London on 18th July.
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New Mexico launches cannabis sales, within Texans’ reach
By MORGAN LEE
Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps across more of the American West. As of midnight Friday, anyone 21 and older in New Mexico can purchase up to 2 ounces of marijuana — enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes. Across the state, would-be marijuana farmers are bidding for water rights and learning to raise their first cannabis crops. Experienced medical cannabis producers have ramped up production. New Mexico is among 18 states that have legalize cannabis for recreational use. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/01/new-mexico-launches-cannabis-sales-within-texans-reach/ | 2022-04-01T12:03:39Z |
NEW ORLEANS, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until June 24, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR, IIPR-PA), if they purchased the Company's securities between May 7, 2020 and April 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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Innovative Industrial and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that: (i) the Company's focus is to be a cannabis company lender rather than a real estate investment trust (REIT); (ii) the true values of the Company's properties are significantly lower than represented; (iii) the Company's top customers experienced significant issues; (iv) as a result, its top customers may not be able to continue making payments to the Company and it would face significant issues replacing these customers; and (v) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
When the true details entered the market, the price of the Company's shares fell, damaging investors.
The case is Mallozzi v. Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv- 2359.
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Mr. Moss to also Serve as Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evommune, Inc., a clinical stage, biotechnology company dedicated to the development of transformative medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced the appointment of Gregory S. Moss, Esq., as chief corporate strategy and legal officer. Mr. Moss will also serve as corporate secretary and chief compliance officer.
"With four programs rapidly advancing in development, we are excited to have Greg join our team at this time of immense growth and strategic opportunity," said Luis Peña, president and chief executive officer of Evommune. "Greg's astute business judgment, leadership experience and character, as well as his demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, will be an invaluable asset to our organization and leadership team."
Mr. Moss most recently served as executive vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary, chief compliance officer at Kadmon Holdings, Inc., (now a Sanofi Company), where he led legal, compliance and business development operations, which culminated in Kadmon's successful $1.9 billion acquisition in late 2021. Mr. Moss helped lead Kadmon's integration into Sanofi, with broad corporate oversight over legal, compliance, business development, alliance management, human resources, quality assurance and CMC business functions. During his decade-long tenure at Kadmon, Mr. Moss served in various roles. He was a key strategic partner in financing activities, including the transition from a private to a public company (NYSE and Nasdaq) and helping raise over $1 billion in debt and equity, and business development efforts, including the spin-off of its gene therapy platform, various international and domestic collaboration and license, co-promotion and distribution agreements and joint ventures. Mr. Moss also helped establish, and then led, Kadmon's corporate governance, public company and healthcare compliance programs. Prior to joining Kadmon in 2012, Mr. Moss served as a solicitor in the corporate risk department of a large Australian law firm and as an associate at a boutique law firm and hedge fund in New York, where he focused on complex litigation and event-driven outcomes. Mr. Moss currently serves on the Board of Vitls, Inc and as an advisor to Elevate Brands. Mr. Moss earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (BA/LLB) from Macquarie University, Australia, and is a member of the bars of New York, USA and NSW, Australia, with admissions before the Supreme Court of the United States of America, Southern District of New York, Supreme Court of NSW, Australia and High Court of Australia.
"I am drawn to Evommune's strong focus and culture, its novel technology platform, portfolio of promising early-stage programs and impressive R&D engine," said Mr. Moss. "I look forward to joining this incredibly dynamic and experienced team and to contributing to the Company's success."
Evommune is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to the development of transformative medicines for inflammatory diseases. We are leveraging our innovative, tissue-based approach to advance insights and accelerate the development of these transformative therapies. Evommune is led by a successful and experienced leadership team focused on building a robust pipeline of unique therapies that help patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. For more information, please visit Evommune.com.
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NASCAR warned its teams it was serious about stamping out a culture of cheating that stretched back to its roots and let illegitimate race winners often walk away unscathed with nothing worse than a fine or a few docked points for the team.
But the drivers always kept the trophy and added the number in the win column.
No more and not again. NASCAR carried out its stiffest punishment against a race winner in more than 60 years when it stripped Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin of his Pocono Raceway victory and teammate Kyle Busch of his runner-up finish.
JGR didn’t bother to fight the penalties, declining Monday to take the matter to an appeals panel.
Message received.
“What you’ve seen here is a reaction to kind of a new way of doing business,” said Scott Miller, NASCAR’s senior vice president of competition.
The JGR Toyotas flunked postrace inspection Sunday night when NASCAR found issues in both cars that affected the aerodynamics. Miller said Monday on Sirius XM the exact issue was “extra layers of vinyl” found under the wrap of the car — more commonly known as the paint scheme — that essentially modified that area of the lower nose on each car.
Joe Gibbs Racing apologized in a statement and said changes were underway to make sure it did not happen again.
“This change in our build process was not properly vetted within our organization and we recognize it is against NASCAR’s rules,” said Wally Brown, director of competition for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Hamlin was the first Cup winner to be disqualified since April 17, 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis’ victory at Wilson Speedway in North Carolina was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank. Hamlin was stripped of his third Cup Series win of the season and a track-record seventh at Pocono.
Chase Elliott finished in third place and was awarded the win without the Hendrick Motorsports driver ever leading a lap in his No. 9 Chevrolet.
NASCAR introduced a new car this year that spent years in development and was designed to cut costs and essentially attempt to level the playing field. The 2022 version is pretty much a kit car; teams get all the same pieces from varying vendors and have detailed instructions regarding how to put it together.
And many of the pieces that fit under the car, items that used to cost hundreds of thousands annually to develop, are now spec parts that are essentially bought off store shelves. They’re the same for everyone and not allowed to be manipulated.
Four years after NASCAR first threatened to tighten up inspection rules, it doubled down this season on going after potential rule benders.
NASCAR’s three manufacturers — Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota — and their race teams never stop trying to find that extra edge that can give them more speed. They look for gray areas and wiggle room that give them an advantage yet keep them under the inspection radar.
“One of the early directives was that NASCAR was going to have to inspect these cars at a level that previously had never been done before,” Miller said. “It’s critical that we inspect at the level that we do and it’s critical that we react when we see something that wasn’t agreed on on the Next Gen concept.”
Toyota Racing Development President David Wilson said the manufacturer stood by NASCAR’s decision.
“As we’ve stated throughout the Next Gen process, we applaud NASCAR’s hyper-vigilance when it comes to policing the rules on this new race car,” Wilson said. “We have been in close communication with Joe Gibbs Racing and they have acknowledged that the tape added to the front facias of the #11 and the #18 was not permissible by NASCAR’s rules.”
NASCAR’s inspection team usually tears down the first- and second-place cars at the track, and third- through fifth-place cars (such as Elliott’s Chevrolet) are also inspected. All cars go through a prerace inspection and multiple failures can result in the car losing its starting spot and getting sent to the back of the field.
NASCAR said the Toyota infractions were not caught in the prerace inspection because the wrap was not removed from the cars until after the race.
“This is not akin to a big engine or soaked tires or anything like this,” Miller said. “This is more about the integrity of what was agreed on between NASCAR and the teams and protecting the integrity of the Next Gen inspection process.”
Were the JGR teams the first to push changes on the car beyond what is allowed in the rulebook?
No way.
First ones to get caught? Yup. And NASCAR can only hope the punishments are a big enough deterrent for the rest of the garage to stay away from any funny business.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services, has once again been named to the Selling Power 50 Best Companies to Sell For list. The corporate research team at Selling Power magazine has assembled and published this list each year since 2000.
"As our sales professionals have swiftly adapted to the changes of the past several years, our focus has remained on providing them with the tools and resources necessary to continue to best serve our customers from wherever they are working," said Paychex senior vice president of sales Mark Bottini. "Just as Paychex provides America's businesses the freedom to succeed, we're doing the same for our sales professionals, providing them the training and technology solutions to continue to meet the HR needs of the evolving workforce."
Companies were ranked in each of the following categories to determine the list:
- Company Overview
- Compensation and Benefits
- Hiring, Sales Training & Sales Enablement
- Diversity and Inclusion
The methodology for the ranking is the product of years of research, according to Selling Power. The companies included on the list have sales forces ranging from fewer than 100 salespeople to companies with salesforce numbers in the thousands.
"The Best Companies to Sell For have mastered the alignment of people, processes, and technologies and created a sales organization that excels in hiring, onboarding, training, and compensation of their sales representatives. What attracts salespeople to work for these leading organizations is their great culture, their commitment to diversity, and their steady support of the sales team by servant leadership that focuses on creating customer value and a meaningful work environment that offers unlimited opportunities to win," says Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and CEO of Selling Power.
The full list of the 50 Best Companies to Sell For in 2022 can be viewed here: www.sellingpower.com/lists/2022/50-best-companies-to-sell-for.
About Paychex
Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq:PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services. By combining innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 50 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves more than 730,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2022 in the U.S. and Europe, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. Learn more about Paychex by visiting www.paychex.com and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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CUSTOMERS ARE PROVING TO MAKE STILLY THE SIGNATURE COCKTAIL OF SUMMER 2022
STILLWATER, Minn., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STILLY, the new brand of ready-to-drink cocktails in a can that was released to liquor stores across Minnesota earlier this month, is already making a big splash among consumers.
STILLY beverages are NOT seltzers, and they're not your ordinary cocktails in a can; they're an all-new category of unique adult beverages called a "stilly." A "stilly" is a light and refreshing cocktail made with premium vodka or other distilled spirits, fine bubbles, a squeeze of natural juices, and natural flavors. The exact ingredients and processes used to make a "stilly" are a closely guarded secret, but consumers are proving to love the taste of this unique and naturally refreshing beverage.
STILLY branded beverages hit liquor stores throughout Minnesota days before the 4th of July holiday. A little over two weeks later, consumers can find them in over 300 liquor stores across Minnesota. New stores are being added daily.
"We have been overwhelmed by the demand and could not be more excited for what's ahead," said Nick Barthelemy, CEO and Co-founder of STILLY SPIRITS, LLC., based out of Stillwater, MN. "We are already selling through supply into late summer and fall. We are thrilled people love our product as much as we do."
The company introduced three distinctly delicious flavors of the "vodka stilly" in a variety pack (6 cans/3 flavors) of 12 oz slim cans for $14.99. The three varieties available now include "Partymaker+" (cranberry lime), "Vibe Machine" (grapefruit), and "The Fuzz" (peach). More flavors will hit the market soon.
"We rarely see a launch this successful. Customers are buying out the product within days of it reaching stores," said Keith Donovan, general sales manager for Bellboy Corporation, the distributor of STILLY branded beverages. "We pre-sold the entire first run before it even hit the production line, and the demand from our customers continues to grow with every person who tastes it."
What started as an idea less than a year ago, with the support of family and friends, has turned into not only a new product line but a lifestyle brand. "We all live for the enjoyable moments in life. So we want to inspire people to take a moment, crack a STILLY and a smile, relax, have fun, and enjoy the STILLY Life, all while making memories together," said Barthelemy.
Later this summer, the company will launch a line of merchandise, including hats, T-shirts, coolers, golf accessories, boat flags, etc., to be sold on Stilly.com.
About STILLY™:
STILLY™ beverages are NOT seltzers, and they're not your ordinary cocktails in a can; they're an all-new category of unique adult beverages called a "stilly." A "stilly" is a light and refreshing cocktail made with premium vodka or other distilled spirits, fine bubbles, a squeeze of natural juices, and natural flavors. The exact ingredients and processes used to make a "stilly" are a closely guarded secret, but consumers are proving to love the taste of this unique and naturally refreshing beverage.
The company introduced three distinctly delicious flavors of the "vodka stilly" in a variety pack (6 cans/3 flavors) of 12 oz slim cans for $14.99, with more to be launched in the fall. The three varieties available now include "Partymaker+" (cranberry lime), "Vibe Machine" (grapefruit), and "The Fuzz" (peach). STILLY branded beverages can be found at more than 300 liquor stores throughout Minnesota.
STILLY™ is owned by STILLY SPIRITS LLC, based out of Stillwater, MN. For more information, go to Stilly.com and follow on social media @drinkstilly.
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AUSTIN, Texas and CHICAGO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Profound Commerce, an acquirer and operator of e-commerce brands, announces the acquisition of FBA Capital Management's portfolio of e-commerce marketplace brands.
"We are excited to acquire FBA Capital Management's portfolio of brands, join forces with the FBA Capital Management principals and extend our reach into new categories," said Matt Howitt, CEO and founder of Profound Commerce. "We have been buying and growing marketplace brands for more than four years, and our strategy remains simple and effective: do the basics exceedingly well and lay a strong foundation for brand durability. As we have grown through the recent turbulence in e-commerce, our track record has attracted notice from e-commerce entrepreneurs and fellow brand platform operators, like FBA Capital Management. Collectively, the two teams share the belief that the strongest operators and brand builders will win. We believe that there will be many more opportunities to acquire portfolios of brands and even entire aggregators in the future. Profound Commerce intends to facilitate this trend."
Adam Gerchen, CEO of FBA Capital Management, echoes these sentiments. "From the start, we believed that the combination of scale and best-in-class operations would ultimately determine this ecosystem's winners. Successful growth and execution requires global coordination, creativity, tenacity, and an incredible degree of organization. Profound Commerce and FBA Capital Management share these core principles, and we believe that the brands and teams will create value and synergies as a combined platform. We look forward to partnering with Matt Howitt and his team to take these brands to new heights."
With this acquisition, Profound Commerce continues the recent wave of consolidation in the aggregator and brand-holding company space. This acquisition doubles Profound Commerce's topline revenue and contribution margin, and brings significant operating leverage to the Profound Commerce portfolio.
"Since our investment in 2021, Profound Commerce has proven its expertise in acquiring and managing marketplace native brands," said Matthew Spiro, Managing Director of Atalaya Capital Management LP, Profound Commerce's first and largest institutional investor, and a Profound Commerce board member. "We are very excited about what Matt Howitt and his team are building. This transaction represents a significant leap forward for Profound Commerce both in terms of scale and in introducing a top new investment partner into the business. FBA Capital Management has significant deal and capital markets experience, as well as strong relationships across the industry, which Profound Commerce can leverage."
Under the terms of this transaction, FBA Capital Management will obtain a minority stake in Profound Commerce. Brian Gutman, COO of FBA Capital Management, will join the Profound Commerce board of directors. Brian Gutman and Foley Schmidt, FBA Capital Management partners, will join the Profound Commerce leadership team.
Jones & Spross, PLLC acted as legal counsel to Profound Commerce. Levenfeld Pearlstein, PLLC acted as legal counsel to FBA Capital Management. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP acted as legal counsel to Atalaya Capital Management LP.
Profound Commerce is a privately held, fast-growing brand holding company that buys, launches, and operates a next generation portfolio of consumer products brands. Profound Commerce leverages brand building, audience development, product development and operational excellence to grow its brands. Profound Commerce brands benefit from a superior marketing, operations, and finance platform with seasoned e-commerce hands at its helm. Profound Commerce is headquartered in Austin, TX and has an additional presence in Cebu City, Philippines. For more information, visit www.profoundcommerce.com.
FBA Capital Management is a private investment firm focused exclusively on marketplace-native e-commerce brands. FBA Capital Management acquires and partners with ambitious, category-leading brand owners, service providers and brand holding companies in the third-party marketplace selling ecosystem. For more information, visit www.fbacap.com.
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Trial’s opening statements to begin for slaying of 8 family members
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - The first trial in the 2016 execution-style shooting deaths of eight members of the Rhoden family will resume Monday with opening statements after a weeklong delay because of the illness of the special prosecutor, court records show.
The murder trial of George Wagner IV is being held in Pike County Common Pleas Court in Waverly, Ohio, about 99 miles east of downtown Cincinnati. Pike County Common Pleas Court Judge Randy Deering is presiding.
The slayings are considered the state’s biggest and most complex homicide investigation to date, resulting in more than 1,000 tips, hundreds of people interviewed and dozens of search warrants.
Pike County massacre: Complete trial coverage
Wagner IV, 30, is the first member of his family of four who was all charged in the case to go on trial.
He is accused of killing Christopher Rhoden, 40; his older brother, Kenneth Rhoden, 44; his cousin, Gary Rhoden; his former wife, Dana Lynn Rhoden, 37, and their children: Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, 20, Hanna Mae Rhoden, 19, Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16, and Frankie’s fiancé, Hannah Gilley, 20.
The victims were found fatally shot in the head, some while sleeping, in mobile homes and a camper on April 22, 2016.
Wagner IV was indicted and arrested along with three other members of his family in November 2018 on a total of 22 charges, including eight counts of aggravated murder.
He’s also charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, four counts of aggravated burglary, three counts of tampering with evidence, one count each of forgery, unauthorized use of property, interception of wire, oral or electronic communications, obstructing justice, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
The trial began late last month with the final selection of jurors, who then toured key locations in the case.
With more than 250 people on the potential witness list, attorneys have told the jury to expect the trial to last anywhere from six to eight weeks.
Depending on how long opening statements take, the prosecution could call their first witnesses on Monday.
Wagner IV has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers have argued the confessions of his brother and mother last year prove he didn’t shoot and kill anyone.
Special Prosecutor Angela Canepa agreed in a December 2021 hearing that Wagner IV didn’t kill anyone.
In the state of Ohio, however, someone can be sentenced to death for an aggravated murder conviction if they help plan it or cover it up.
The judge denied a motion from Wagner IV’s lawyers during that hearing to dismiss the eight aggravated murder charges.
[Eldest Wagner son didn’t kill anyone in Pike County massacre: court docs]
[Pike County Massacre: Judge allows shoe expert to testify]
Two key witnesses for both the prosecution and defense will be George’s younger brother, Edward “Jake” Wagner, and his mother, Angela Wagner.
Both pleaded guilty last year for their roles.
Jake Wagner, 28, was charged with eight counts of murder and 15 other charges including gun specifications, conspiracy, burglary, possession of dangerous ordnance and tampering with evidence.
He admitted to killing five members of the Rhoden family, shooting a sixth, and spying on the family before the killings, tampering with evidence, and obstructing the yearslong search for the killers.
In exchange, prosecutors say they will drop the possibility of the death penalty for his entire family, and he agreed to serve eight life sentences without parole.
His lawyer said Jake Wagner “knows he’s going to die in prison without any judicial relief.”
He is held at the Franklin County Jail.
Jake was the ex-boyfriend of one of the victims, Hanna Mae Rhoden.
Authorities have said the motive of the slayings stemmed in part over a custody dispute between a young daughter Jake Wagner and Hanna Rhoden had together.
Jake was also charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor for having sexual contact with Hanna Mae Rhoden when she was 15 and he was 20 years old.
The couple split up, and a bitter custody dispute ensued over their daughter, with Hanna Mae Rhoden refusing to sign shared custody papers, according to prosecutors.
“They will have to kill me first,” she wrote in a 2015 Facebook message, prosecutors have said.
Jake Wagner also was upset she was seeing another man and became pregnant with that man’s child and was exposing their daughter to people he felt she should not be.
That compelled the Wagner family to plot the killings, buying supplies such as ammunition, magazines, clips and parts to build gun silencers, according to prosecutors.
His mother pleaded to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, several counts of aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, and other charges as part of a plea deal.
The remaining eight counts of aggravated murder were dismissed.
The prosecution is recommending the 51-year-old woman serve 30 years in prison with no possibility of the death penalty. She currently is held at the jail in Delaware County.
The other Wagner still facing trial and accused of actually shooting and killing anyone is the family patriarch, George “Billy” Wagner III, 50.
He has pleaded not guilty and remains locked up at the Butler County Jail.
He is charged with eight counts of aggravated murder, four counts of aggravated burglary, three counts of tampering with evidence, two counts of unlawful possession of dangerous ordnance and single counts of conspiracy, forgery, unauthorized use of computer or telecommunications, interception of wire, oral or electronic communication, obstructing justice and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
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Did the Biden officials know what they were doing when they announced a broad expansion of export controls on China? China is the world’s second-largest economy, which is intricately intertwined with the economy of the U.S. and other nations. This is mainly due to U.S. multinational companies exporting huge slices of our manufacturing economy to China for its cheap labor.
What iare the White House and the Department of Commerce thinking? China is not Venezuela, nor is it Russia, a weak and dependent economy with a GDP smaller than Italy. Do these brazen Bidenites realize the consequences of a grand list of technologies and know-how being barred from China?
As the dominant imperial world power, the U.S. is struggling to understand how to deal with an aggressive rising power like China building spheres of influence around the world through exports, loans, development contracts and technical assistance. It’s OK that we have military bases in more than 100 countries whose leaders know the U.S. as the premier overthrower of elected governments with policies displeasing to Washington and Wall Street.
As a result, the Bidenites are unleashing export controls, arrived at through administrative secrecy, that will surely invite black markets, high-tech smuggling, and retaliation to make these controls a nightmare to enforce.
Provoking China to play its own cards is not smart. China, thanks to the greed of coddled and subsidized U.S. drug companies, produce much of our pharmaceuticals. These companies have left America, for example, with no production domestically of antibiotics — certainly a national security priority.
China possesses “rare earth” minerals and produces technology crucial to our own defense and high-tech industries. Its government allows U.S. factories to be built in China on the condition of a flow of latest “technology transfers.” Ask General Motors.
How are export controls — based on asserted national security grounds — going to work, other than to accelerate a new arms race? “We need to retain technological overmatch” declared Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, adding that export controls “are at the red-hot center of how we best protect our democracies.” Tell that to the mass victims of the next round of viruses from China due to our minuscule weak public health programs and early detection systems, while we spend more than 2 ½ times as much as China on our military budget having had a huge head start in past years.
The New York Times reports that U.S. officials also don’t like China’s deep surveillance of its people. It is as if surveillance capitalism and the NSA’s dragnet violations of the 4th amendment are chump change.
China is already in the front ranks of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and quantum computing. To declare a cold war on China’s access to technology, as a Commerce Department official said, “that advance the country’s scientific advancement” including on foreign companies that use some U.S. products, is ludicrous.
What is also well known, but not upper-most in people’s minds, is that China, Russia and the U.S. have embedded malware in each other’s cyber worlds that if triggered could cause catastrophe. The concern about China’s tens of billions of dollars invested in U.S. Treasury bonds should also be an issue for Biden.
Another calculation underweighted is the quiet opposition to export controls by U.S. companies that salivate over the present and future profits with Chinese trade — Apple CEO Tim Cook (who, by the way, makes $833 a minute on a 40-hour week) got a special waiver treatment from Trump, continued by Biden, for importing tens of billions of dollars annually of iPhones and computers from its Chinese contractors without tariffs.
This is another way of noting that export controls invite both raw corruption and special lobbying for waivers.
So here we go again. Of course, certain lethal products need to be embargoed by all countries protective of their people. The U.S is expanding its so-called “entity list,” cutting off hundreds of foreign companies and groups from certain U.S. technologies unless U.S. suppliers get licenses to sell goods to them. Don’t these government officials know that blacklisted companies can mutate through other corporations chartered in tax havens or dictatorships abroad?
U.S. belligerence will be met with more Chinese belligerence and vice versa as the perils and risk increase.
William Hartung points out — a far brighter future would come from intense U.S. and China cooperation on the climate crises, averting pandemics, ocean preservation, and international arms accords including cybersecurity. Wage peace and pursue mutual self-interest as if our children and grandchildren matter.
Relations between major nations are shaped by momentum in one direction or another. Both U.S. political parties have chosen a militant path without an exit strategy — one that must please Lockheed Martin and the rest of the military-industrial complex.
The forces for muscular peace and cooperation must show there is an alternative path to secure the common interests of the two nations. That’s called robust diplomacy in this era of recurring pandemics, expanding ransomware, bloated military budgets, and interconnected economies. | https://www.albanyherald.com/ralph-nader-u-s-china-policy-a-perilous-arms-race/article_8f2eae36-02bc-11ed-90cc-afdf0a04c821.html | 2022-07-13T23:15:28Z |
NET MERCHANDISE SALES GREW 16.5%
COMPARABLE NET MERCHANDISE SALES GREW 12.8%
MEMBERSHIP BASE ACHIEVED RECORD LEVEL
STRONG RENEWAL RATE OF 88.9%
SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT), operator of 50 warehouse clubs in 12 countries and one U.S. territory, today announced results for the fiscal third quarter of 2022, which ended on May 31, 2022.
"For the third quarter of this fiscal year, our net merchandise sales grew to almost $1 billion. Our comparable net merchandise sales increased 12.8% over last year, even after taking into account a negative currency impact of 2.2%. Once again, our Membership base set a new record, with a base of over 1.75 million accounts. We also opened our 50th club in Portmore, Jamaica during the quarter.
"However, like many other retailers, we have not been spared the impact of global supply chain disruption and abrupt shifts in consumer demands. Our hardlines and other non-foods categories are characterized by a higher penetration of imported items that tend to correlate with discretionary spending. Due to long lead times on many of these items, commitments are made many months, if not about a year, in advance.
"Many months ago, we made strategic investments in inventory with the goal of remaining in-stock and capturing higher sales. Since then, the environment has been characterized by global supply chain disruption, including Asia port closures due to COVID, container shortages, higher freight and fuel costs, inflation, and sharp changes in consumer demands. This has disrupted the cadence and flow of that inventory, and inflation has influenced consumer behavior by shifting the demand away from discretionary and toward more essential items. As a result, we have been experiencing excess inventory, primarily in the area of hardlines.
"We have taken decisive action, and continue to do so, to swiftly sell through excess inventory and quickly rebalance our inventory mix. As a result, we have experienced higher than normal markdowns. Our plan is to handle this quickly and efficiently in order to be well-positioned for the holiday season. Although it is likely we will see some margin pressure in the fourth quarter, we believe it will be far less than the third quarter. We see this as a point in time. We have gained many new important insights. We expect soon to return to our healthy, historical margin structures.
"While dealing with short-term challenges with inventory, we are making good progress on initiatives intended to support our plans for medium and long-term growth. The team remains focused on our plan to drive growth through expansion of our global real estate footprint, by increasing the value of the membership, and by driving incremental sales through PriceSmart.com and through the creation of additional technology capabilities."
Total revenues for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 increased 15.1% to $1.03 billion compared to $895.3 million in the comparable period of the prior year. For the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, net merchandise sales increased 16.5% to $999.0 million from $857.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted net merchandise sales negatively by $19.1 million, or 2.3%, versus the same period in the prior year.
The Company had 50 warehouse clubs in operation as of May 31, 2022 compared to 47 warehouse clubs in operation as of May 31, 2021.
Comparable net merchandise sales for the 47 warehouse clubs that have been open for greater than 13 ½ calendar months increased 12.8% for the 13-week period ended May 29, 2022 compared to the comparable period of the prior year. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted comparable net merchandise sales negatively by $18.6 million or 2.2% versus the same period in the prior year.
The Company recorded operating income during the fiscal third quarter of $33.8 million compared to operating income of $36.0 million in the prior year period. Net income attributable to PriceSmart was $19.3 million, or $0.62 per diluted share, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 as compared to $22.5 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021.
PriceSmart has purchased land and plans to open its third warehouse club in El Salvador, located in the city of San Miguel, approximately 100 miles east of the capital city San Salvador. The small format club will be built on a five acre property located in the Hacienda San Andrés area and is anticipated to open in the spring of 2023. In addition, we have begun construction of a smaller format warehouse club in the affluent El Poblado area of Medellín, Colombia. We expect to open this warehouse club, which will be our second club in Medellín and the Company's tenth warehouse club in Colombia, in the summer of 2023. Once these two new clubs are open, we will operate 52 warehouse clubs.
PriceSmart management will host a conference call at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time (9:00 a.m. Pacific time) on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, to discuss the financial results. Individuals interested in participating in the conference call may do so by dialing (855) 209-8211 toll free or (412) 317-5214 for international callers and asking to join the PriceSmart, Inc. call. A digital replay will be available through July 19, 2022, following the conclusion of the call by dialing (877) 344-7529 for domestic callers, or (412) 317-0088 for international callers, and entering replay passcode 6291871.
PriceSmart, headquartered in San Diego, owns and operates U.S.-style membership shopping warehouse clubs in Latin America and the Caribbean, selling high quality merchandise and services at low prices to PriceSmart Members. PriceSmart operates 50 warehouse clubs in 12 countries and one U.S. territory (nine in Colombia; eight in Costa Rica; seven in Panama; five in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, four in Trinidad; three in Honduras; two each in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Jamaica; and one each in Aruba, Barbados and the United States Virgin Islands). In addition, the Company plans to open a warehouse club in San Miguel, El Salvador in the spring of 2023 and a warehouse club in Medellín, Colombia in the summer of 2023. Once these two new clubs are open, the Company will operate 52 warehouse clubs.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements concerning PriceSmart, Inc.'s ("PriceSmart", the "Company" or "we") anticipated future revenues and earnings, adequacy of future cash flows, omni-channel initiatives, proposed warehouse club openings, the Company's performance relative to competitors and related matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements containing the words "expect," "believe," "will," "may," "should," "project," "estimate," "anticipated," "scheduled," "intend," and like expressions, and the negative thereof. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, but not limited to: various political, economic and compliance risks associated with our international operations, adverse changes in economic conditions in our markets, natural disasters, volatility in currency exchange rates and illiquidity of certain local currencies in our markets, competition, consumer and small business spending patterns, political instability, increased costs associated with the integration of online commerce with our traditional business, whether the Company can successfully execute strategic initiatives, our reliance on third party service providers, including those who support transaction and payment processing, data security and other technology services, cybersecurity breaches that could cause disruptions in our systems or jeopardize the security of Member or business information, cost increases from product and service providers, interruption of supply chains, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) related factors and challenges, exposure to product liability claims and product recalls, recoverability of moneys owed to PriceSmart from governments, and other important factors discussed in the Risk Factors section of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other factors discussed from time to time in other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date that they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update them, except as required by law.
For further information, please contact Michael L. McCleary, EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (858) 404-8826 or send an email to ir@pricesmart.com.
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CALGARY, AB, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Vermilion Energy Inc. ("Vermilion", "We", "Our", "Us" or the "Company") (TSX: VET) (NYSE: VET) is pleased to report operating and condensed financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
The unaudited interim financial statements and management discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022 will be available on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") at www.sedar.com, on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml, and on Vermilion's website at www.vermilionenergy.com.
Highlights
- Q1 2022 fund flows from operations ("FFO")(1) was $390 million and free cash flow ("FCF")(2) was $305 million, an increase of 21% and 73%, respectively from the prior quarter. The increases were primarily due to higher commodity prices.
- Pro forma the incremental 36.5% ownership in Corrib, Q1 2022 FFO was $575 million and FCF was $489 million or ~$3.00/share, inclusive of the acquisition hedges put in place as part of the acquisition. As a reminder, all free cash flow from the Corrib acquisition accrues to Vermilion as at January 1, 2022 and will be netted off the approximate $600 million purchase price at the time of closing which remains on track for 2H 2022.
- Cash flow from operating activities was $341 million in Q1 2022, including the impact from asset retirement obligations settled and changes in non-cash operating working capital.
- Generated net earnings of $284 million in Q1 2022 (Q4 2021 - $345 million). Q1 net earnings were supported by an increase in FFO and impairment reversals which were primarily offset by higher unrealized hedged losses, which is accounted for on a mark-to-market basis.
- Cash flow used in investing activities totaled $110 million and included exploration and development ("E&D") capital expenditures(3) of $85 million in the first quarter.
- Long-term debt decreased by $271 million in Q1 2022 to $1.4 billion and net debt(4) decreased by $280 million in Q1 2022 to $1.4 billion, resulting in a net debt to trailing FFO ratio of 1.2 times(5).
- Production in Q1 2022 averaged 86,213 boe/d(6) an increase of 2% from the previous quarter. The increase was primarily due to higher production in Canada, Germany and Australia.
- Production from our North American assets averaged 56,598 boe/d(6) in Q1 2022, an increase of 2% from the prior quarter primarily as a result of new production added from our Q4 2021 Canadian drilling program.
- Production from our International assets averaged 29,616 boe/d(6) in Q1 2022, an increase of 2% from the prior quarter primarily due to higher production in Germany and Australia.
- On March 28, 2022 we announced an agreement to acquire Leucrotta Exploration Inc. ("Leucrotta") for a net purchase price of $477 million. This is a strategic acquisition of fully delineated, Montney assets in Northeast British Colombia and Northwest Alberta, which is expected to add 20+ years of free cash flow generating Tier 1 drilling inventory, and positions us for sustainable long-term shareholder returns. We anticipate the closing date to be in the second half of May 2022.
- Vermilion reinstated a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 CDN per share in Q1 2022 which was paid on April 18, 2022. In conjunction with our Q1 2022 release, we announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 CDN per share payable on July 15, 2022 to all shareholders of record on June 30, 2022. The ex-dividend date for this payment is June 29, 2022. We expect to achieve our $1.2 billion net debt target in 2H 2022, at which time we will provide more details on our go forward return of capital framework.
- Subsequent to the quarter, we issued US$400 million of eight-year senior unsecured notes at a coupon of 6.875% (priced at 99.241%). We also negotiated an extension of our credit facility with our banking syndicate to May 2026. As a result of our projected liquidity requirements and the proceeds from the debt issuance, we elected to reduce our bank facility to $1.6 billion from $2.1 billion. These transactions increase the weighted average tenor of our debt from 2.4 years to 5.3 years.
Message to Shareholders
We are off to a strong start in 2022 as we continue to make progress on our debt reduction targets while also announcing a strategic acquisition that enhances our long-term inventory and underpins our longer term return of capital strategy. Our Q1 2022 results benefited from strong operational performance across our portfolio along with robust commodity prices that persisted through the quarter. European natural gas prices remained at record levels during the first quarter, averaging near $40 per mmbtu, while global oil prices increased over 20% compared to the previous quarter due to geopolitical tension and concern over future supply constraints. In fact, not only did Q1 2022 commodity prices strengthen, but we have seen the forward curve strengthen across all commodities. Relative to the beginning of the year, the 2023 forward strip price(1) has increased by approximately 28% for oil to US$85/bbl (WTI), 90% for European gas to $32/mmbtu (TTF) and 65% for North American gas to $5.01/mmbtu (AECO).
The tragic events in Ukraine and the resulting impact they have had on commodity markets has increased global awareness and concern around energy security, especially in Europe. Vermilion's operations in Europe have not been directly impacted by these events; however, we have had increased dialogue with the local governments and regulators in the countries where we operate to discuss how Vermilion can contribute to Europe's future energy security. We are encouraged by the more constructive conversations around energy security and in particular the role of natural gas in the energy transition. We remain committed to growing our European business over time through organic development and strategic acquisition opportunities as they arise.
We delivered average production of 86,213 boe/d(2) in Q1 2022 which represents a 2% increase over the previous quarter. Strong commodity prices during the quarter, including premium European gas, resulted in an operating netback of $59.72/boe(3), including the impact from hedging. Fund flows from operations ("FFO") was $390 million (cash flows from operating activities of $341 million), representing a 21% increase over the prior quarter. Exploration and development ("E&D") capital expenditures were $85 million (cash flow used in investing activities totaled $110 million) in Q1 2022, resulting in record quarterly free cash flow ("FCF") of $305 million. The vast majority of this free cash flow was allocated to debt reduction while the remainder was used to fund acquisitions, asset retirement obligations and our recently reinstated quarterly dividend. Net debt decreased $280 million from year-end 2021 to $1.365 billion (long-term debt of $1.381 billion) at the end of Q1 2022, reflecting a net debt to trailing FFO ratio of approximately 1.2 times. This represents a significant improvement over the previous quarter (1.8 times) and the prior year (3.9 times), and is now within our long-term target range of 0.8 to 1.2 times.
Our pro forma Q1 results incorporating the incremental 36.5% ownership in Corrib provide another data point to reinforce our strong position to further augment shareholder return of capital later this year. We continue to make progress on the Corrib closing and expect to close the acquisition in the second half of this year while noting that the economic benefits of the acquisition accrue to Vermilion as of January 1, 2022. The Q1 2022 pro forma results illustrate the FFO and FCF generating capability of Vermilion, highlighted with FFO and FCF results of $575 million and $489 million respectively. This pro forma Q1 2022 FCF generation positions us uniquely and allows us to take a balanced approach in the near-term balancing net debt reduction with high grading and increasing the depth of the portfolio for the coming decades.
At the end of the quarter, we announced the strategic acquisition of Leucrotta Exploration Inc., a transaction that will significantly enhance our North American portfolio by adding a fully delineated, multi-decade free cash flow generating, Montney asset. This acquisition, combined with our previously announced Corrib acquisition, will significantly strengthen our free cash flow profile over the near-and-long term. We are now forecasting a 16% increase in our 2022 exit production per share versus our base budget plans. Our objective, as we augment our return of capital plans, is to create more value per Vermilion share over the long-term, which the combination of the Corrib and Leucrotta acquisitions puts us on strong footing to achieve.
Both acquisitions are expected to be funded with internally generated pro forma FCF in 2022, currently estimated at $1.8 billion based on forward commodity prices(4). Inclusive of funding for these two acquisitions, we remain on track to achieve our $1.2 billion debt target in 2H 2022 and currently estimate year-end net debt of $1.1 billion(4), representing a pro forma net debt to trailing FFO ratio of 0.5 times. As we continue to execute our 2022 plan and move closer to achieving our $1.2 billion debt target, we expect to be in a position to increase the return of capital to our shareholders during the second half of 2022.
Our Q2 2022 drilling program is also off to a solid start. We commenced our US drilling program in mid-March and are working closely with Leucrotta on the drilling of a 6-well Montney pad which will transition to Vermilion once the transaction closes. In addition, we are making final preparations to begin our two-well offshore drilling campaign in Australia while also planning for an active maintenance turnaround schedule in several of our other business units in Q2 2022.
Due to planned turnaround activity and limited contribution from the Leucrotta acquisition in Q2 2022, we expect Q2 production to be below Q1 levels but within our initial guidance range of 83,000 to 85,000 boe/d.
Q1 2022 Operations Review
North America
Production from our North American operations averaged 56,598 boe/d(2) in Q1 2022, an increase of 2% from the prior quarter primarily due to new production added from our Canadian drilling program. During the first quarter, we drilled eight (7.2 net) wells and brought on production 18 (15.3 net) condensate-rich Mannville natural gas wells in west-central Alberta, and continued our drilling campaign in south-east Saskatchewan, where we drilled eight (7.6 net) wells and brought on production 10 (9.6 net) wells.
In the United States, we received all necessary permits for our six (5.9 net) well operated Turner drilling program in Wyoming, which will include three (2.9 net) two-mile lateral wells which are significantly more economic than one-mile laterals. Similar to our 2021 program, we moved an experienced drilling crew from Alberta down to Wyoming and completed drilling the first (0.96 net) well prior to the end of Q1 2022, with the remaining wells to be drilled in Q2 2022. In addition, one (0.4 net) two-mile non-operated Turner well is planned for Q4 2022.
International
Production from our International assets averaged 29,616 boe/d(2) in Q1 2022, an increase of 2% from the prior quarter primarily due to higher production in Germany and Australia. In Germany, the increase in production was mainly attributable to the small European gas acquisition announced in Q4 2021 to further consolidate our interest in the region. We also drilled and completed the Vorhop 63 well (1.0 net) and the Vorhop H2a2 injection well (1.0 net). Our Australia operations benefited from the absence of turnaround activities and cyclone downtime in Q1 2022. We continued the detailed engineering and equipment preparation work for the two-well Australia drilling program scheduled for Q2 2022. The increase in Germany and Australia production was slightly offset by natural declines and unplanned downtime in the Netherlands.
Production in France and Ireland was relatively consistent with the prior quarter as we continue to experience strong operational performance from those business units. In Croatia, the SA-07 3D seismic acquisition was completed (365 sq km) and the data has been sent for processing. In SA-10, the 3D seismic acquired in 2021 (292 sq km) continues to be evaluated to high grade prospects, while the regulatory, permitting, engineering and procurement activities continue for the Croatian gas plant.
Return of Capital
Vermilion reinstated a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 CDN per share in Q1 2022 which was paid on April 18, 2022. In conjunction with our Q1 2022 release, we announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 CDN per share payable on July 15, 2022 to all shareholders of record on June 30, 2022. The ex-dividend date for this payment is June 29, 2022. This dividend is an eligible dividend for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). As we achieve further debt targets, it is our intention to augment our return of capital to shareholders through one or a combination of base dividend increases, special dividends or share buybacks. We expect to achieve our $1.2 billion net debt target in 2H 2022 at which time we will provide more details on our go forward return of capital framework.
Commodity Hedging
Vermilion hedges to manage commodity price exposures and increase the stability of our cash flows. In aggregate, as of May 2, 2022, we have 40% of our expected net-of-royalty production hedged for the remainder of 2022. With respect to individual commodity products, we have hedged 63% of our European natural gas production, 27% of our oil production, and 42% of our North American natural gas volumes for the remainder of 2022, respectively. Please refer to the Hedging section of our website under Invest With Us for further details using the following link: https://www.vermilionenergy.com/invest-with-us/hedging.cfm.
Non-GAAP and Other Specified Financial Measures
This earnings release and other materials release by Vermilion includes financial measures that are not standardized, specified, defined, or determined under IFRS and are therefore considered non-GAAP or other specified financial measures and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. These financial measures include:
Fund flows from operations (FFO): A total of segments measure most directly comparable to net earnings. FFO is comprised of sales excluding royalties, transportation, operating, G&A, corporate income tax, PRRT, interest expense, realized loss on derivatives, realized foreign exchange gain (loss), and realized other income. The measure is used to assess the contribution of each business unit to Vermilion's ability to generate income necessary to pay dividends, repay debt, fund asset retirement obligations and make capital investments.
Free cash flow (FCF): A non-GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to cash flows from operating activities. FCF is comprised of fund flows from operations less drilling and development costs and exploration and evaluation costs. The measure is used to determine the funding available for investing and financing activities including payment of dividends, repayment of long-term debt, reallocation into existing business units and deployment into new ventures.
2023+ FFO and FCF: A forward-looking total of segments measure and a forward-looking non-GAAP measure; the equivalent historical measures FFO and FCF have been disclosed above.
Capital expenditures: A non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated as the sum of drilling and development costs and exploration and evaluation costs from the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and is most directly comparable to cash flows used in investing activities. We consider capital expenditures to be a useful measure of our investment in our existing asset base. Capital expenditures are also referred to as E&D capital.
Net debt: A capital management measure in accordance with IAS 1 "Presentation of Financial Statements" that is most directly comparable to long-term debt. Net debt is comprised of long-term debt (excluding unrealized foreign exchange on swapped USD borrowings) plus adjusted working, capital and represents Vermilion's net financing obligations after adjusting for the timing of working capital fluctuations.
Net debt to four quarter trailing fund flows from operations: A supplementary financial measure that is calculated as net debt (capital measure) over the FFO (total of segments measure) from the preceding four quarters. The measure is used to assess the ability to repay debt.
Adjusted working capital: A non-GAAP financial measure defined as current assets less current liabilities, excluding current derivatives and current lease liabilities. The measure is used to calculate net debt, a capital measure disclosed above.
Payout and payout % of FFO: A non-GAAP financial measure and non-GAAP ratio respectively most directly comparable to dividends declared. Payout is comprised of dividends declared plus drilling and development costs, exploration and evaluation costs, and asset retirement obligations settled. The measure is used to assess the amount of cash distributed back to shareholders and reinvested in the business for maintaining production and organic growth. The reconciliation of the measure to primary financial statement measure can be found below. Management uses payout and payout as a percentage of fund flows from operations (also referred to as the payout or sustainability ratio).
Dividends % of FFO: A supplementary financial measure that is calculated as dividends declared divided by FFO (total of segments measure). The measure is used by management as a metric to assess the cash distributed to shareholders.
Operating netback: Is a non-GAAP financial measure most comparable to primary financial measure net earnings and is calculated as sales less royalties, operating expense, transportation costs, PRRT, and realized hedging gains and losses presented on a per unit basis. Management assesses operating netback as a measure of the profitability and efficiency of our field operations.
Fund flows from operations per boe: A supplementary financial measure that is calculated as FFO (total of segments measure) by boe production. Fund flows from operations per boe is used by management to assess the profitability of our business units and Vermilion as a whole.
Management's Discussion and Analysis and Consolidated Financial Statements
To view Vermilion's Management's Discussion and Analysis and Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, please refer to SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or Vermilion's website at https://www.vermilionenergy.com/invest-with-us/reports-filings.cfm.
Annual General Meeting and Webcast Details
Vermilion will hold its Annual General Meeting on May 11, 2022 at 3:00 pm MT. Our Meeting will be held as a virtual only shareholder meeting with participation electronically as explained further in the Proxy Statement and Information Circular.
Shareholders can participate electronically at https://web.lumiagm.com/299274697. Please see our Virtual Meeting Guide at https://www.vermilionenergy.com/files/pdf/investor-relations/2022_Virtual_Meeting_Guide.pdf for detailed instructions on how to access the meeting, vote on resolutions and submit questions. Following the formal portion of the Meeting, a presentation will be given by President of Vermilion. Guests may also view the event at https://web.lumiagm.com/299274697 by registering as a guest. The live webcast link, webcast slides, and archive link will be available on Vermilion's website at http://www.vermilionenergy.com/ir/eventspresentations.cfm.
Please visit the Annual General Meeting page on our website under Invest with Us for complete details and links to all relevant documents ahead of the Meeting at https://www.vermilionenergy.com/invest-with-us/annual-general-meeting.cfm.
Vermilion is an international energy producer that seeks to create value through the acquisition, exploration, development and optimization of producing assets in North America, Europe and Australia. Our business model emphasizes free cash flow generation and returning capital to investors when economically warranted, augmented by value-adding acquisitions. Vermilion's operations are focused on the exploitation of light oil and liquids-rich natural gas conventional resource plays in North America and the exploration and development of conventional natural gas and oil opportunities in Europe and Australia.
Vermilion's priorities are health and safety, the environment, and profitability, in that order. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the public and those who work with us, and the protection of our natural surroundings. We have been recognized by leading ESG rating agencies for our transparency on and management of key environmental, social and governance issues. In addition, we emphasize strategic community investment in each of our operating areas.
Employees and directors hold approximately 4% of our outstanding shares and are committed to delivering long-term value for all stakeholders. Vermilion trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VET.
Disclaimer
Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this document may constitute forward-looking statements or financial outlooks under applicable securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements or information typically contain statements with words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "plan", "intend", "estimate", "propose", or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward looking statements or information in this document may include, but are not limited to: capital expenditures and Vermilion's ability to fund such expenditures; Vermilion's additional debt capacity providing it with additional working capital; the flexibility of Vermilion's capital program and operations; business strategies and objectives; operational and financial performance; sustainability (Environment, Social, and Governance or ESG) data and performance; estimated volumes of reserves and resources; petroleum and natural gas sales; future production levels and the timing thereof, including Vermilion's 2022 guidance, and rates of average annual production growth; the effect of changes in crude oil and natural gas prices, changes in exchange rates and significant declines in production or sales volumes due to unforeseen circumstances; the effect of possible changes in critical accounting estimates; statements regarding the growth and size of Vermilion's future project inventory, and the wells expected to be drilled in 2022; exploration and development plans and the timing thereof; Vermilion's ability to reduce its debt; statements regarding Vermilion's hedging program, its plans to add to its hedging positions, and the anticipated impact of Vermilion's hedging program on project economics and free cash flows; the potential financial impact of climate-related risks; acquisition and disposition plans and the timing thereof; operating and other expenses, including the payment and amount of future dividends; royalty and income tax rates and Vermilion's expectations regarding future taxes and taxability; and the timing of regulatory proceedings and approvals.
Such forward looking statements or information are based on a number of assumptions, all or any of which may prove to be incorrect. In addition to any other assumptions identified in this document, assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: the ability of Vermilion to obtain equipment, services and supplies in a timely manner to carry out its activities in Canada and internationally; the ability of Vermilion to market crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas successfully to current and new customers; the timing and costs of pipeline and storage facility construction and expansion and the ability to secure adequate product transportation; the timely receipt of required regulatory approvals; the ability of Vermilion to obtain financing on acceptable terms; foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; future crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas prices; and management's expectations relating to the timing and results of exploration and development activities.
Although Vermilion believes that the expectations reflected in such forward looking statements or information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward looking statements because Vermilion can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Financial outlooks are provided for the purpose of understanding Vermilion's financial position and business objectives, and the information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward looking statements or information are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by Vermilion and described in the forward looking statements or information. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the ability of management to execute its business plan; the risks of the oil and gas industry, both domestically and internationally, such as operational risks in exploring for, developing and producing crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas; risks and uncertainties involving geology of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas deposits; risks inherent in Vermilion's marketing operations, including credit risk; the uncertainty of reserves estimates and reserves life and estimates of resources and associated expenditures; the uncertainty of estimates and projections relating to production and associated expenditures; potential delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or development projects; Vermilion's ability to enter into or renew leases on acceptable terms; fluctuations in crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas prices, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; health, safety, and environmental risks; uncertainties as to the availability and cost of financing; the ability of Vermilion to add production and reserves through exploration and development activities; the possibility that government policies or laws may change or governmental approvals may be delayed or withheld; uncertainty and current evolutions with relation to sustainability/ESG reporting methodologies; uncertainty in amounts and timing of royalty payments; risks associated with existing and potential future law suits and regulatory actions against Vermilion; and other risks and uncertainties described elsewhere in this document or in Vermilion's other filings with Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
The forward looking statements or information contained in this document are made as of the date hereof and Vermilion undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws.
This document contains metrics commonly used in the oil and gas industry. These oil and gas metrics do not have any standardized meaning or standard methods of calculation and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies where similar terminology is used and should therefore not be used to make comparisons. Natural gas volumes have been converted on the basis of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil equivalent. Barrels of oil equivalent (boe) may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of six thousand cubic feet to one barrel of oil is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead.
This document may contain references to sustainability/ESG data and performance that reflect metrics and concepts that are commonly used in such frameworks as the Global Reporting Initiative, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, and the Value Reporting Foundation (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board). Vermilion has used best efforts to align with the most commonly accepted methodologies for ESG reporting, including with respect to climate data and information on potential future risks and opportunities, in order to provide a fuller context for our current and future operations. However, these methodologies are not yet standardized, are frequently based on calculation factors that change over time, and continue to evolve rapidly. Readers are particularly cautioned to evaluate the underlying definitions and measures used by other companies, as these may not be comparable to Vermilion's. While Vermilion will continue to monitor and adapt its reporting accordingly, the Company is not under any duty to update or revise the related sustainability/ESG data or statements except as required by applicable securities laws.
Financial data contained within this document are reported in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Tuya Inc. ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Tuya investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Tuya American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
TUYA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (a) a material portion of Tuya's China-based customers were engaged in the widespread and systematic manipulation of reviews and product offerings in violation of Amazon.com's terms of use; (b) prior to the initial public offering, a consumer investigation and data breach had exposed an illicit fake review scheme being perpetrated by many of Tuya's clients, among others, which included, inter alia, the exposure of 13 million records of organized fake review scams linked to over 200,000 Amazon account profiles; (c) as a result of (a) and (b) above, there was a substantial risk that a material portion of Tuya's significant customers would be barred from using Amazon.com's platform, negatively impacting Tuya's business, revenue, earnings, and prospects; and (d) as a result of (a)-(c) above, the registration statement's representations regarding Tuya's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities and expected growth did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and such statements were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Tuya during the relevant time frame, you have until October 11, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
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New York, NY 10006
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Transaction will bring new broadband investment to 20-state region
DENVER, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the previously announced sale of Lumen Technologies' (NYSE: LUMN) incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) business in 20 states to Brightspeed.
With this approval, the transaction has now received all final regulatory clearances needed to close. Pending other customary closing conditions, the transaction with Apollo-managed funds (NYSE: APO) is expected to close early in the fourth quarter.
Brightspeed plans to make significant investments to build an expanded fiber optics network that will bring fast, reliable internet and Wi-Fi to communities throughout the 20-state footprint it is acquiring. These plans include providing fiber facilities that are expected to reach up to three million homes and businesses over the next five years, including in many rural and suburban locations where fiber and advanced technology have not yet been deployed.
Speed Read:
- On August 3, 2021, Lumen announced an agreement to sell its local consumer, small business, wholesale and enterprise customer ILEC operations in 20 states to Brightspeed.
- Brightspeed will gain a robust local network, as well as the operations and back-office support to meet the accelerating demand for high-bandwidth connectivity.
- Under the terms of the transaction, Lumen will retain its ILEC operations in 16 states, where it will continue to invest in bringing fiber broadband to more communities.
- Lumen will also retain its national fiber routes and associated networks in all of these states, as well as its international operations.
"This transaction will benefit all of these customers, both in Lumen's remaining 16-state footprint and in the 20 states moving to Brightspeed," said Melissa Mann, Lumen vice president of public policy and government affairs. "The FCC's approval is great news that will bring faster broadband speeds to customers across both companies."
"The FCC's approval paves the way for Brightspeed to help close the digital divide in communities across the country that are most in need of high-quality broadband," said Tom Dailey, Brightspeed vice president of public policy and government affairs. "This is a significant step in our journey to begin serving customers as Brightspeed. We appreciate the efforts of all the regulators and our Lumen counterparts who worked diligently with us over this past year to achieve this milestone. We look forward to building our fiber network and participating in programs that support affordability for our new customers."
Additional Resources:
- Learn more about the transaction securing all state-required regulatory approvals:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brightspeed-achieves-major-regulatory-milestone-in-its-operational-readiness-preparations-301578988.html - Learn more about Lumen selling its local incumbent carrier operations in 20 states to Apollo-managed funds for $7.5 billion: https://news.lumen.com/2021-08-03-Lumen-to-sell-local-incumbent-carrier-operations-in-20-states-to-Apollo-Funds-for-7-5-billion
- For more information about the transaction, visit the resource page:
https://news.lumen.com/apollo-transaction-resource-center - For more information about Brightspeed, visit www.brightspeed.com
About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks in the United States.
About Brightspeed
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and expected to have assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed will provide broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than 6 million homes and businesses. The company aims to bridge the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. For more information about Brightspeed, please visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Except for historical and factual information, the matters set forth in this release and other of the parties' oral or written statements regarding the timing and impact of the proposed transaction, and other statements identified by words such as "estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are based on current expectations only, are inherently speculative, and are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the parties' control. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or implied by those statements if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. Factors that could affect actual results include but are not limited to: the possibility that the purchaser will not be able to finance its purchase on the terms contemplated or at all; the possibility that the conditions to the parties' respective closing obligations will not be met or waived in a timely manner or at all; the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the transaction will not be realized in the manner contemplated; changes in general market, economic, tax, regulatory or industry conditions; and other risk factors and cautionary statements as detailed from time to time in the parties' reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that the above-described transactions will in fact be consummated in the manner described or at all. You should be aware that new factors may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to identify all such factors nor can we predict the impact of each such factor on the proposed transactions. You should not place undue reliance on these forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Unless legally required, the parties undertake no obligation and expressly disclaim any such obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Demandbase, the Smarter GTM™ company for B2B brands, today announces it has been designated a Best Place to Work in the Bay Area™ for 2022 by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work©. Ranking sixth in its category of small and medium sized businesses, this is the company's first time making it on this prestigious list. The award is based exclusively on employee feedback, in which 97% of Demandbase's employees said that it's a great place to work compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S. company.
"We're delighted to be on this meaningful list because our team members are our top priority," says Gabe Rogol, chief executive officer at Demandbase. "Since 2020, we've acquired three companies, meaning we've had to merge that many teams. It's been quite an undertaking, but we've been really intentional about keeping our employees' needs, goals, and welfare front and center. Knowing that our team's feedback is what put us on this important list tells us we've been successful in that, and in building a strong company from the inside out."
The Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area award is highly competitive. Finalists are selected using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback, collected through America's largest ongoing workforce study of more than 1 million employee survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million U.S. employees. Companies were only considered if they are Great Place to Work© Certified™ and headquartered in the Bay Area.
"As employee demands and expectations have dramatically changed over the past year, these companies have risen to the occasion—and it's not been easy," says Kim Peters, executive vice president of global recognition, research & strategic partnerships at Great Place to Work. "Their hard work and dedication to listen to and care for the well-being of every employee, and support them in a way that's meaningful to all, is the standard all organizations will be held to."
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is.
To learn more, please visit https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7044153.
About Demandbase
Demandbase is Smarter GTMTM for B2B brands. We help marketing and sales teams spot the juiciest opportunities earlier and progress them faster by injecting Account Intelligence into every step of the buyer journey and orchestrating every action. For more information about Demandbase, visit www.demandbase.com.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, it has surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Its employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything it does is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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FREMONT, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leopard Imaging Inc. (Leopard Imaging), a global leader in embedded vision systems design and manufacturing, is exhibiting their latest embedded vision systems based on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin™ developer kit at Embedded Vision Summit 2022 in Santa Clara, California.
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin developer kit delivers 275 trillion operations per second (TOPS), packing over 8x the processing power of its predecessor, Jetson AGX Xavier. Jetson AGX Orin enables developers to build and deploy the largest, most complex models needed to solve edge AI and robotics challenges in 3D perception, multisensor fusion and other areas. Offering server-class performance for edge AI, new Jetson AGX Orin production modules will be available in July, while Orin NX modules are coming in September.
As an Elite member in the NVIDIA Partner Network, Leopard Imaging works closely with NVIDIA to develop embedded vision systems to address increasing demand in robotics, edge AI, industrial machine vision, and autonomous machines applications. This joint effort enables Leopard Imaging to offer hardware and software development and comprehensive design and manufacturing services for its clients.
Leopard Imaging is displaying several embedded vision system demos running on the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform. One of the demos will be a 4K ultra-high-definition camera capable of supporting high dynamic range video at 30 frames per second for applications like gesture recognition. Leveraging the new Jetson AGX Orin, Leopard Imaging will demonstrate a complete advanced AI 4K embedded system for demanding edge AI and autonomous applications.
Leopard Imaging is also showing its 3D Depth stereo Hawk Camera, which offers a wide horizontal field of view of 120 degrees and integrates two onsemi AR0234CS 120 frame per second global shutter color image sensors with an active-pixel array of 1920(H) x 1200(V). The 3D camera also couples with a 6-axis IMU for highly accurate (sub-microsecond) timestamping of the camera frames relative to the IMU which is needed for high-precision robotics perception.
In addition to stereoscopic 3D cameras, Leopard Imaging is also showing the latest ToF (Time of Flight)-based depth camera launched in March this year. The Leopard Imaging ToF camera is optimized to provide high accuracy depth perception. Using the NVIDIA Jetson platform, the Leopard Imaging ToF camera operates without contrast, edges, and angles. It is also designed to support high speed movements and near real-time operation.
Leopard Imaging is at the 2022 Embedded Vision Summit May 17-18 in Santa Clara Convention Center to meet customers and partners and exhibit the imaging solutions. Please visit us at Booth 709.
About Leopard Imaging Inc.
Leopard Imaging is a global leader that provides high definition (HD) embedded cameras and AI-based camera solutions—focusing on core technologies that improve image processing in autonomous vehicles, drones, IoT, robotics, and healthcare devices. As a NVIDIA Elite Partner and a member of the AWS Partner Network, Leopard Imaging also works closely with Sony, ON Semiconductor OMNIVISION, and established sensor companies in producing advanced camera solutions for global customers. With Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) services, Leopard Imaging provides camera solutions for Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook, ZOOX, Cruise, Boston Dynamics, and many other established organizations. More information at https://www.leopardimaging.com.
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DURHAM, N.C., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New data from Target RWE's TARGET-PBC cohort found that pruritis (itching) was reported in 81% of patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), with those reporting clinically significant pruritus (30%) scoring worse on each domain of the PBC-40 and 5-D itch, more frequently having cirrhosis, and having significantly greater levels of fatigue. The study, "Impact of Pruritus on Quality of Life and Current Treatment Patterns in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis," was published in the peer-reviewed journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences.
PBC is a chronic liver disease in which bile ducts are slowly destroyed. PBC is associated with debilitating symptoms that affect quality of life, including pruritus and fatigue. The new research from Target RWE explored the impact of pruritus on quality of life and how it is treated in a real-world setting.
Key findings include:
- Patients reporting clinically significant pruritus were more likely to receive treatment, but 33% had never received treatment (no itch = 43.9%, mild itch = 38.3%).
- When itch medication was used, current treatment guidelines were not usually followed; in this cohort, 69.4% of patients with itch were currently treated with antihistamines despite data that cholestatic itch is not histamine-mediated.
- Only 24% of those with any itch who were receiving treatment for pruritus, and 9% of all patients with any itch reported, were treated with bile acid binding resins, which are recommended as first line therapy by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of the Liver.
"Clinically significant itch was associated with worse cognition, fatigue, emotional health, sleep, social life (including isolation, guilt, neglect, and sex life). The impact of itch on quality of life was truly pervasive! It is shocking to see that a third of patients with clinically significant itching have never been on any specific therapy despite the negative impact on quality of life," said Cynthia Levy, M.D., Associate Director for the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases, University of Miami, and study co-author.
"These eye-opening data illustrate the real-world extent, impact, and current management practice patterns of pruritus in PBC patients within the United States. Unfortunately, debilitating itch is prevalent but underestimated, and current options for medical treatment are not fully utilized," said Marlyn Mayo, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, and study co-author.
"Current treatment options are only partially effective, and none are FDA-approved specifically for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in patients with PBC. Rigorously designed clinical trials, as well as greater research efforts, are needed to better evaluate and communicate the debilitating impact of pruritus in PBC patients and to identify highly effective therapies needed to provide effective solutions to this significant problem," said Michael W. Fried, M.D., FAASLD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Target RWE.
A total of 211 patients with completed patient-reported outcomes (PRO) surveys were included in the study. PRO respondents were compared with non-respondents in the TARGET-PBC population and were broadly similar. Dr. Levy and Dr. Mayo are current members of the TARGET-PBC steering committee, which includes Dr. Levy serving as Chair of the committee.
TARGET-PBC is a longitudinal, observational cohort sponsored by Target RWE of patients with PBC across the U.S., enrolling over 700 participants to date. Real world data is collected from consented participants, who may also provide patient-reported outcome measures and biospecimens. Learn about TARGET-PBC publications here.
As the industry's best-in-class, complete Real World Evidence solution, Target RWE is a distinctly collaborative enterprise that unifies Real World Data sets and advanced RWE analytics in an integrated community, shifting the paradigm in healthcare for how decisions are made to improve lives. For more information, visit www.targetrwe.com
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Missouri school district to host listening sessions on LGBTQ ‘safe space for all’ signs
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - An uproar over a school district pulling down LGBTQ-friendly signs has the district rethinking its approach.
On Monday, a small group of students protested the removal of rainbow-colored “safe space for all” signs that were hung in some classrooms. As the day went on, the backlash grew on social media.
On Tuesday, Grain Valley Schools sent a statement saying the feedback on their sudden decision has prompted them to host listening sessions on the matter.
Some of the reaction was intensely personal.
Justice Horn is now a 20-something Black, gay activist in Kansas City who is vice chairman of the Kansas City LGBTQ Commission and sits on the Jackson County Children’s Services Fund Board. But 11 years ago, he was a student in Grain Valley Schools. What happened this week led him to open up about an experience he’s never before shared publicly.
In 2011, Horn was an eighth-grader at Grain Valley South Middle School. He played in the band and on the football team.
“But I felt alone,” Horn said. “I was bullied for, you know, my sexual orientation and how I talked and how I looked.”
That year, he tried to take his own life. He said stickers like the ones provided to schools by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educational Network (GLSEN) might have prevented that. Now, he added, pulling down those signs will undoubtedly make some vulnerable kids feel unwelcome.
Because it’s more than just a sign for some.
“To a queer student that may feel that they don’t have a place in this world, that means the world,” Horn said.
The signs came down suddenly this week. Former students who graduated after Horn told him they’d been up for at least five years.
On Monday, the district sent the following statement on what occurred:
“The School Board recently received a concern about the display of cards and stickers by some high school teachers to signal students could feel safe approaching them regarding personal LGBTQ questions. The Board directed the administration to have the cards and stickers removed.
Our goal is for every classroom to be a safe place for all students, not just in classrooms where teachers choose to display a particular sign.
We remain committed to providing professional development to help our staff create a safe, collaborative, and inclusive environment, consistent with our core beliefs, where each student feels a sense of belonging. The use of these cards, however, is determined to not be an appropriate step at this time.”
“If it was simply a school board member directing administration, why do we need a school board? I mean, this should have been a vote,” Horn remarked.
KCTV emailed the district to ask what the nature of the concern was, in what venue it was presented and when, as well as what action was taken in a public board meeting, but has not yet received a reply.
KCTV checked the agenda for the last board meeting and couldn’t find the topic. The minutes aren’t up yet, and their meetings aren’t video-streamed. At the bottom of every agenda is the question, “Are all decisions made in the best interest of kids?”
Horn says this one was clearly not.
“Kiddos who may not have supportive families, who may not have supportive parents, or who may not even have supportive friends or even a school who supports them, that is a scary thing to know,” he said.
The year Horn considered suicide, his parents transferred him out of the district and he met a teacher he could confide in.
On Tuesday, Grain Valley Schools issued a new statement titled “Next Steps Forward As A Community,” which reads as follows:
“We appreciate the comments we have received since communicating the decision to remove safe place cards and stickers from high school classrooms. The feedback will help us be better.
An inclusive environment is essential, including for our student LGBTQ community. We recognize there is important work ahead of us to ensure an inclusive school environment.
In the upcoming weeks, we will host listening sessions for our community stakeholders, so our students, families, and staff have an opportunity for dialogue. School board members and the administration will participate. We will use this input to drive the action that will follow so that together we become the school district our community expects.”
No dates have been set yet for the listening sessions. KCTV is awaiting clarification on whether the signs will remain down in the interim.
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novum Underwriting Partners is excited to announce an exclusive Franchise and Non-Franchise Auto Dealer Insurance Program specializing in multi-line coverage tailored to meet the unique needs of Automobile and RV Dealers.
This exciting new program is offered on admitted paper and grants Novum's DealerPro program with Property and Auto Liability binding authority in AR, AZ, ID, IL, IN, MS, NV, PA, SD, UT, and WV, with more states to follow.
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Hall of Fame Resort finds financial supports with Litcher, Stark Community Foundation
CANTON – Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. has secured loans to finance ongoing construction of the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls.
According to a filing Friday afternoon with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company borrowed $10.5 million from CH Capital Lending and $5 million from the Stark Community Foundation.
More:Hall of Fame Village work continues, company hopes to resolve Johnson Controls dispute
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CH Capital Lending is affiliated with Stuart Lichter, a director on the Hall of Fame Resort board who has been involved with the Hall of Fame Village project for several years.
Stark Community Foundation formed 60 years ago and has managed more than 850 charitable funds of various sizes. The foundation has nearly $400 million in assets.
The loan agreements, which both were issued on Thursday, have been filed with the SEC.
Multiple lending sources in Hall of Fame Village project
Hall of Fame Resort has been compiling funding from a variety of sources as it moves forward with the Hall of Fame Village development.
The loan with CH Capital is due on Sept. 10 and has a 12% interest rate. According to the filing, the loan is a mortgage on four lots where the Fan Engagement Zone is being built.
Lichter is president and founder of Industrial Realty Group and has helped to finance the Hall of Fame Village project. Lichter and his affiliated businesses are the largest shareholders in Hall of Fame Resort, holding more than half of the company's stock.
The loan from the Stark Community Foundation has a 6% interest rate and must be paid by May 2029. According to the agreement, the loan will be used toward infrastructure development related to the project.
“We continue to be incredibly grateful for the support from both Stu and the community as we remain focused on making great progress at the village,” Anne Graffice, executive vice president of public affairs, wrote in an email.
Second phase of construction in Hall of Fame Village
The company is in the midst of what it describes as the second phase of the Hall of Fame Village project. The first phase involved construction of Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium and youth athletic fields south of McKinley High School.
The second phase has seen construction of the Constellation Center for Excellence. Work is progressing on the Fan Engagement Zone retail promenade north of the stadium, and construction has started on the center for performance, a 100,000-square-foot domed facility that will host a variety of programs and events.
Still to come are a 180-room hotel and a water park. That work is scheduled to begin later this year with completion expected before the end of 2023.
Hall of Fame Resort has stated it plans to have the Fan Engagement Zone open before Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement festivities in August.
Tenants lined up for the retail complex include a Don Shula's restaurant, a Helix Esports Center, which will be operated by Esports Entertainment Group, and a Topgolf Swing Suite that will be paired with craft brewery The Brew Kettle.
Hall of Fame Village is one of three business units being developed by Hall of Fame Resort. The company also has a media business developing content for television and gaming, which includes a fantasy football league and hopes to have sports betting. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/06/17/hof-resort-secures-loans-director-stark-community-foundation/7664709001/ | 2022-06-18T00:09:16Z |
LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorkingNation, a nonprofit news organization reporting on the future of work, today released "Green Jobs Now: Illinois" – multimedia reports and original data showing how green jobs affect Illinois' economy and how upskilling the workforce in green ways could drive economic growth.
Illinois' recently passed Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) should help fuel green jobs, as should a planned $1.2 trillion national infrastructure investment. In fact, the Prairie State's green economy already includes almost 31,000 workers, according to Emsi Burning Glass, the firm that collected and analyzed original data for "Green Jobs Now." Green employment demand is projected to grow another 6.5% over the next five years, faster than the national projection of 5.7%.
"We're trying to increase the percentage of solar in Illinois from 9% to 50%," Delmar Gillus Jr., chief operating officer of Elevate, a non-profit that helped develop CEJA, told WorkingNation for "Green Jobs Now." "In order to do that, you need a very significant growth in the workforce. Specific jobs would include things like solar installer, solar maintenance, solar sales, all of the support services. When you start kind of building the workforce, you're going to need more accountants, lawyers, and all of the other roles. Anything from procurement, equipment manufacturing - all of those things are going to be part of this economy."
"Green Jobs Now: Illinois" identifies the state's most in-demand green skills overall and for selected occupations, and suggests certain workers could get annual salary boosts of perhaps $1,700 or more by applying green skills, with boosts upwards of $4,000 for some positions. That demonstrates the value to workers of learning green skills and to local employment economies of having training available. In Illinois, Emsi Burning Glass estimates nearly 2 million workers, given access to training, could be reskilled into green jobs.
"Green Jobs Now: Illinois" is the latest state-focused installment of the WorkingNation/Emsi Burning Glass "Green Jobs Now" series, a data-driven journalism project to define and identify green jobs and skills, pinpoint where workers can find them, and present a vivid snapshot of the green economy. Prior installments looked at green jobs in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Colorado, Arkansas, and nationally.
The Illinois reporting, supported by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, includes:
- a WorkingNation.org article by Laura Aka that takes a closer look at CEJA.
- an episode of the "Work Green, Earn Green" audio podcast.
- an "I Want That Job!" video offering an inside look at a green occupation.
- an Emsi Burning Glass report detailing green jobs data and trends in Illinois.
Organizations seeking to access WorkingNation's data and experts may reach out to the contact below.
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HARTFORD, Conn., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund (NYSE: NCV), announced today that it has declared a $0.3515625 per share cash distribution payable on June 30, 2022 to Series A cumulative preferred shareholders of record on June 13, 2022.
The Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NCV PR A, are rated "A" by Fitch Ratings and have an annual dividend rate of $1.40625 per share. The 4,000,000 Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares were issued September 20, 2018 at $25.00 per share and pay distributions quarterly. This distribution represents the accrual period from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. The Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares will be callable at any time at the liquidation value of $25.00 per share plus accrued dividends from and after the expiration of a five-year non-call period on September 20, 2023.
About the Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund has an investment objective to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and high current income. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. has been the investment adviser of the fund since February 1, 2021 and Allianz Global Investors manages the fund in a subadvisory capacity. For more information on this fund, contact shareholder services at 800-254-5197, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the closed-end fund section on the web at www.virtus.com.
Fund Risks
An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about each fund's investment objective and risks, please see the fund's annual report. A copy of the fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the end of this press release.
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FRISCO, Texas, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Blue Ocean Brain, an HSI company, announced the formation of its DEI Advisory Council to expand their thought leadership and advance their learning solutions to help organizations build more consciously-inclusive, high-performance work environments. The Council, made up of external DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) thought leaders, as well as internal team members, will support the development of innovative new learning content and expanded learning journeys for clients working to build outstanding employee experiences.
At HSI, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion learning is integral to building a more productive and innovative workforce and an important part of driving better business outcomes. As workplaces have become increasingly multi-generational and multi-cultural, organizations are seeking to create a healthier, inclusive environment. Employee awareness, education, and engagement are critical components; our microlearning content and software solutions enable businesses to better support their objectives on this journey.
"We are excited to leverage this council to help our customers and HSI improve outcomes", said Chad Birckelbaw, Chief Executive Officer at HSI. "As a mission-driven organization focused on making the workplace safer and smarter, we recognize that inclusive behavior leads to a mentally healthy work environment and increased engagement. An engaged workforce has fewer accidents, near-misses, missed workdays, and less turnover, all of which leads to better, more sustainable business outcomes."
Joining the Council are Karith Foster and Dr. Marcelle Davis. Karith Foster is a Diversity Engagement Specialist and creator of the groundbreaking INVERSITY™ methodology and other signature programs. She is creating a seismic shift in diversity and culture change in academic institutions, organizations and corporations across America. Dr. Marcelle Davis, recently named a 2022 Top 100 Diversity Officer and a Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia, brings more than two decades of experience assisting organizational leaders in the collection and analysis of workforce and recruiting metrics. She is skilled in evaluating business landscapes and implementing policies and practices that enable organizations to ensure equity and inclusion are at the core of all business practices.
"We have never been more committed to fostering meaningful change in the area of DEI within our organization, and in support of the work our customers are doing," said Claire Herring, Chief Learning Officer at Blue Ocean Brain. "We are thrilled to have colleagues like Karith Foster and Marcelle Davis joining the Council. Their insights will challenge us to think bigger about how to support the important work for businesses of all sizes and in all industries."
Blue Ocean Brain is a pioneering microlearning firm that combines collaborative consultation, award-winning content, and flexible integration options to help clients of all sizes and industries across the globe develop a high-performing culture of inclusion and learning that aligns with and supports their strategic priorities. Produced fresh daily, Blue Ocean Brain's interactive content and modern user experience bring mission-critical material to the on-the-go learner in a way that fits easily into the natural flow of their workday. Blue Ocean Brain's content is designed to upskill busy employees around important initiatives such as diversity and inclusion, leadership development, employee mental health and well-being, critical thinking, change management and much more. Learn more about their complete learning solution at www.blueoceanbrain.com.
HSI is your single-source partner for EHS, Compliance, and Professional Development solutions. HSI provides integrated e-learning content, training solutions, and cloud-based software designed to enable your business to improve safety, operations, and employee development. Across all industries, HSI helps safety and technical managers, human resources, first responders, and operational leaders train and develop their workforce, keep workers safe, and meet regulatory and operational compliance requirements. HSI is a unique partner that offers a suite of cloud-based software solutions including learning management, safety management, chemical SDS management, and more, integrated with content and training so businesses can not only monitor and manage multiple workflows in one system, but train employees via one partner. HSI is majority-owned by Waud Capital Partners, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm with total capital commitments of approximately $3.0 billion. For more information, visit www.hsi.com.
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In 1828, years before she took the name Sojourner Truth, a black woman who had escaped slavery with her infant daughter won a court fight in New York’s Hudson Valley to bring her son, Peter, home from Alabama.
It was a historic case of a black woman seeking the release of her son from slavery prevailing in court against a white man. Isabella Van Wagenen, as she was known then, would gain enduring fame as an outspoken abolitionist and women’s rights advocate. As for her deposition and the rest of the court documents, they were boxed up and eventually stored among a million other records, unseen and unrecognized for their significance.
Until 194 years later.
An eagle-eyed state archivist searching for something else spotted the court records in January. Now, they will briefly be on public display Wednesday at the Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston, New York, the same building she walked into almost two centuries ago seeking justice. The eight hand-written pages offer new details about a significant turning point in her eventful life.
“This was extremely brave of Isabella,” said Nell Irvin Painter, author of “Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol.” “Just the fact that she was a woman going up against powerful men, that’s extraordinary right there. And then you add in race, and then you add in class. So it’s an amazing story.”
Painter will be among the people in Kingston on Wednesday, eager to glimpse the historic documents found by happenstance.
For the past 40 years, the papers have been safely, if anonymously, stored at the climate-controlled New York State Archives in Albany. They were uncovered there by Jim Folts, head of researcher services at the archives, who had been looking for habeas corpus examples from that era for a history book on New York’s courts.
Combing through boxes of documents, he found one from 1828. It had a woman’s name on it, which was unusual for the time. Interest piqued, he read the yellowed paper and saw the woman, Isabella Van Wagenen, was trying to recover her son from slavery.
“That rang the bell,” Folts said recently in an interview at the archives, “because Isabella Van Wagenen was then the name of the person who became known as Sojourner Truth.”
Researchers compare the surprising find to coming across missing puzzle pieces. Though Truth later recalled that the event happened in open court in the autumn of 1828, court papers indicate it happened that spring, and not in open court, Folts said. In her brief deposition, she said Peter was 9 years old.
“We always wondered, ‘Where were these records?’” said Paul O’Neill, Ulster County’s commissioner of jurors.
The documents are written in the same sort of lawyer-speak still used in courts today, including Van Wagenen’s testimony. She could neither read nor write, but left a simple “X” on the page by her name.
“This is her DNA left behind on this document. The rest is legalese and all of that,” said State Archivist Thomas Ruller, pointing at the mark on the page. “This is Sojourner Truth, this is where she shows up in this story.”
Born into slavery in or around 1797 in the Hudson Valley, she walked away from the home of her final owner in 1826 with her infant daughter after he reneged on a promise to free her. She went to work for the Van Wagenen family, and took their surname.
Meanwhile, her son Peter was sold into slavery in Alabama. The sale occurred during the gradual phase out of slavery in New York, where Peter would have been an indentured servant until he was older. But the sale of Peter to another state was illegal.
Faced with the prospect of never seeing him again, she went to court in Kingston to get him back. Painter said she relied on two lawyers allied with her and her faith in the Holy Spirit.
A grand jury proceeding was apparently enough to prompt the man who sold Peter to have him sent back to New York. But it was her application for a writ of habeas corpus that led to them being reunited. A Supreme Court Commissioner, acting with powers of a judge, ordered Peter freed March 15, 1828.
It was believed to be the first time a black woman successfully sued white men to get her son released from slavery, though it’s possible there were other cases researchers are unaware of.
It was a bittersweet reunion. Peter’s body showed evidence of beatings and it took the traumatized child time to accept his mother. Peter did not have an easy life, Painter said.
“He ended up, as many troubled young men did at that time, on a Nantucket whaling vessel, and he was finally lost at sea,” Painter said.
Van Wagenen took the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 and lived another 40 years.
The court papers from that day were shipped north to Albany. They were transferred to the newly founded Court of Appeals in 1847 upon a reorganization of the state court system, and stayed at New York’s top court for more than a century. The records came to the state archives in 1982, stored in anonymity until Folts’ serendipitous discovery this winter.
“There are thousands of these boxes, millions of these documents,” Ruller said. “And many of them will contain the stories of other individuals who may not be as well known or well heard of. But their stories are just as important.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_e63fcf6e-ec25-11ec-be76-27b6928f2ab1.html | 2022-06-14T23:26:34Z |
Gas price plunge continues for fifth straight week
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida gas prices dropped another 15 cents last weekend, AAA reports. The state average is now on a five-week streak of declines, falling a total of 62 cents per gallon.
On Sunday, the average price for gasoline was $4.27 per gallon. This time last year, the price was $3 a gallon.
“For the first time in a couple months, drivers in some Florida cities are beginning to find pump prices below $4 a gallon,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA-The Auto Club Group.
On average it costs $64 to fill an average-sized 15-gallon tank of gas. That’s $9 less than what drivers paid when gas prices hit their peak of $4.89 in mid-June.
Jenkins says oil prices suffered significant drops last week, and a steep drop in domestic demand is being seen, suggesting Americans could be shifting driving habits in response to high prices.
He also warned the market remains extremely volatile, and prices have the potential to bounce back. “If a major storm makes landfall along the Gulf Coast, impacting operations at refineries in Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi, prices could spike, due to concerns about fuel supplies.”
Regional Prices
- Most expensive metro markets – West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($4.52), Naples ($4.51), Fort Lauderdale ($4.38).
- Least expensive metro markets – Sebring ($4.08), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($4.08), Melbourne-Titusville ($4.08).
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Busch started his Saturday by joining past winners at the hallowed Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a class photo on the Yard of Bricks.
He was seated next to Arie Luyendyk, in front of Marcus Ericsson, Alexander Rossi and Helio Castroneves — a combined eight Indy 500 titles flanking NASCAR’s only active driver with multiple Cup championships.
And yet Busch still doesn’t have a contract for next season. His longtime sponsor is pulling out of NASCAR at the end of the season, and if Joe Gibbs Racing doesn’t find a deep-pocketed replacement for M&M’s and Mars Inc., Busch will have to find a job elsewhere.
It’s an unfathomable predicament for Busch, the 2015 and 2019 NASCAR champion and winner of 60 career Cup races, with all but four won since joining JGR in 2008. He wants to stay in the No. 18 Toyota, but the clock is ticking.
“It’d be like Dale Earnhardt in 1998, three or four years after winning his last championship, being on the free agency market and not having a ride. That just sounds crazy,” Busch said. “I don’t know what to do, how to fix that.”
Despite his credentials, Busch knows he’s going to have to take a pay cut. The motorsports business model relies on corporate funding, and the market is radically different than it was when he signed his first deal with Gibbs in 2007 and even when he signed his last extension in 2019.
“You talk about what you want, and I think you are insinuating that I’m asking for the sky on salary or something like that, and I’ve already admitted I’m willing to take concessions,” Busch said. “I feel like the market is different than what it was years ago, and I’m willing to race for under my market value.
“You gotta have sponsorship in this sport to go forward. It’s not as simple as being a basketball player and being Michael Jordan or LeBron James and being a really good player, and then the team losing a sponsor and then saying ‘OK, Michael, LeBron, we gotta let you go. We can’t afford you.'”
Rival driver Kevin Harvick said he’d welcome Busch at Stewart-Haas Racing.
“There’s no way Kyle Busch doesn’t have a lot of options,” Harvick said. “Kyle is still one of the best that’s ever come through this garage. There’s a lot of teams that can say that they’ve never had one of those types of drivers. He literally could rebuild an organization if somebody took a chance that hasn’t had one of those types of drivers.”
Busch acknowledged that the stress has made for “a lot of sleepless nights” as NASCAR heads into Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. NASCAR will race the road course for the second consecutive year; Busch finished 20th last year, but won back-to-back Brickyard 400s on the oval in 2015 and 2016.
Busch has one victory this season and is playoff eligible. But his current organization, JGB, was rocked when Denny Hamlin and Busch were stripped of their 1-2 finish Sunday at Pocono Raceway because their Toyotas failed inspection — an escalation because the series won’t tolerate any nonsense with its new Next Gen car.
“It’s excessive for what it was, but I get the process for the car and making sure the example is out there,” Busch said of the suspension.
So typically bold and brash, Busch was more muted on that and almost all topics because he’s clearly concerned about what’s next in his racing career.
He said he’s talking to teams all across the NASCAR garage and can’t even keep all the conversations straight. He knows he has the skills to step away from full-time NASCAR racing and craft a schedule of bucket-list races across multiples series, but it’s probably a last-ditch option.
Busch wants to keep his seat at Gibbs, end of story.
“My first goal is to be at Joe Gibbs Racing and be with Toyota and have nothing change,” Busch said. “If the musical chairs music stops and I’m still standing, and I don’t have a seat, I’m screwed. So I have to continue to talk and evaluate each place and each situation and find something.”
RUDD RETURNS
Indianapolis is hosting a shared event between NASCAR and IndyCar this weekend, and the speedway staff used the opportunity to gather as many living winners as possible for the group photo.
It made for a therapeutic Saturday for NASCAR star Ricky Rudd, the one-time Ironman who essentially left the sport behind when he retired at the end of the 2007 season. His appearance was the first time he’d been to a track since calling it quits.
Rudd had been at an air show in Wisconsin with a friend when IMS president Doug Boles reached out to him about the photo.
“So yesterday at 3 o’clock we pulled in and here we are,” said Rudd, who mingled with his former rivals and met Mario Andretti for the first time.
Rudd won 23 races over a 33-year career and held the mark for consecutive starts at 788 before Jeff Gordon broke the record in 2015.
JONES EXTENSION
Erik Jones and Petty GMS announced a multi-year extension for Jones to continue driving the No. 43 Chevrolet.
Jones joined Richard Petty Motorsports in 2021 and stayed in the car this season when GMS Racing and RPM merged. He has seven top-10 finishes this season and is 18th in the standings.
“I’m really excited to have this deal done and finally be able to talk about it,” Jones said. “Each week I feel like we get better and better and put ourselves in contention to win. Knowing where I’ll be driving allows us to really focus on building the team and making our cars better.”
ODDS AND ENDS
Tyler Reddick won the pole in Saturday qualifying, bettering Austin Cindric by 0.252 seconds to get his second career pole. Chase Briscoe qualified third and was followed by Christopher Bell and Joey Logano. … Hamlin said he brought the trophy from Pocono to IMS to give to Chase Elliott, who was deemed the winner despite finishing third. “It will be transported to Chase. I told Chase and we had some good texts back and forth.”
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More than 136,000-square-feet covering four stories dedicated to healthy living for all ages brings new excitement and nearly 200 jobs to Northern Palm Beach County as Life Time expands in South Florida
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shopping at Downtown Palm Beach Gardens will take on a new spin as Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand, opens its four-story, 136,000 square-foot Life Time Palm Beach Gardens athletic country club today. The new location marks the company's fourth in South Florida as it continues its expansion and will be followed by the opening of Life Time Miami at The Falls in early 2023.
Announced in 2019 as part of the significant redevelopment of Downtown Palm Beach Gardens, Life Time is creating nearly 200 new jobs in Northern Palm Beach County and will bring new excitement to the already buzzing destination. Team Members will serve members from nine months to 90+ years throughout the club which features an amazing rooftop beach club with breathtaking views and an abundance of health and wellness activities starting with its Kids Academy up through specialized ARORA programming for active agers.
"We have been anticipating this day since our groundbreaking in fall of 2019 and couldn't be more excited to bring our Life Time lifestyle to Downtown Palm Beach Gardens and Northern Palm Beach County," said Jeff Zwiefel, Life Time president and chief operating officer. "ShopCore has created a perfect environment for this vibrant and active community and, with our opening we look forward to helping more people live healthy, happy lives."
Ideally rooted in the popular Downtown Palm Beach Gardens off of PGA Boulevard, Life Time will encompass all things healthy living with truly unparalleled experiences and amenities. Highlights include:
- Ultimate boutique destination with dedicated studios for large group classes including barre, cardio and strength, indoor cycling, Pilates and yoga – more than 100 classes weekly,
- State-of-the art equipment for cardio, strength and functional training,
- Designated spaces for personal and signature group training programs GTX, Alpha and Ultra Fit
- ARORA programming designed for active agers with classes, social events and seminars.
- Kids Academy featuring Kids programming with Studio classes, art, music, Spanish immersion, homework help and more (up to 2.5 hours daily),
- Indoor Aquatic area with lap pool for lessons, open swim and leisure,
- Outdoor rooftop Beach Club with an elevated Aqua Lounge with whirlpools, cabana and lounge seating,
- Indoor pickleball courts for premier pickleball experiences with open play and league play
- LifeSpa offering full-service salon and spa services, including hair, nail, esthetician and massage,
- LifeCafe wholesome, real-food cafe with indoor and outdoor dining,
- LT Recovery featuring compression, massage and chiropractic services,
- Luxury dressing rooms with whirlpool and cold plunge suites, along with saunas, steam rooms and high-end, complimentary toiletry products.
"After a groundbreaking redevelopment of Downtown Palm Beach Gardens, we're excited for the much-anticipated opening of Life Time," said Brian Donley, Senior Vice President, Development and Construction for ShopCore Properties, owners and managing entity for Downtown Palm Beach Gardens. "As one of many exciting new additions on the property, this best-in-class anchor inspires health and integrates wellness into our active Palm Beach Gardens lifestyle. Life Time joins our stellar lineup of businesses open and set to open over the course of the reimagination of Downtown Palm Beach Gardens. We also want to thank the Palm Beach Gardens City Council for helping bring our vision to life."
The opening of Life Time marks the first of many transformations slated to redefine Downtown Palm Beach Gardens, bringing significant job growth and opportunities to the local community as well as increasing the value of the Palm Beach County destination.
Life Time Palm Beach Gardens will begin the next phase of evolution for Downtown Palm Beach Gardens, bringing significant job growth and opportunities to the local community as well as increasing the value of the Palm Beach County destination.
The opening of Life Time Palm Beach Gardens comes as Life Time celebrates 30 years as the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand. Life Time has served millions of people with more than one billion visits, has been part of incredible stories of personal achievement and life-altering events and has grown an amazing community of like-minded people seeking health and happiness.
Additional Life Time locations in Florida include Life Time Coral Gables, the first-of-its kind, 1.2-million-square-foot, Live, Work, Play, Stay development opened in 2021, along with Boca Raton and Tampa. Life Time also owns and produces the renowned Miami Marathon.
For more information regarding features and amenities, visit Life Time Palm Beach Gardens at 11825 Lake Victoria Gardens Avenue or call 561-352-2700. Additionally, follow along at LifeTime.Life on Facebook and Instagram. The club will be open Monday through Friday, 4am to Midnight and Saturday and Sunday from 5am to 10pm.
Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of nearly 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. The company's healthy way of life communities and ecosystem address all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for people 90 days to 90+ years old. Supported by a team of more than 30,000 dedicated professionals, Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its clubs, iconic athletic events and comprehensive digital platform.
Downtown Palm Beach Gardens is a premier retail destination located in the heart of a Floridian lifestyle haven. In addition to an exclusive collection of unique, local retailers, Downtown is home to over 50 shops and restaurants and is accented by an abundance of signature events, family-centric experiences, a pet-friendly atmosphere, and infinite opportunities for connection and inspiration. Downtown offers something for everyone. The merchant mix is enhanced by lush landscaping, waterfront views and expansive outdoor space for entertainment and events. For more information, please visit downtownpbg.com. Downtown Palm Beach Gardens is owned and managed by ShopCore Properties.
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Sprout up 40% in the latest four weeks of Nielsen data - outperforming the baby food category across the board for all time periods measured
Exploring potentially expanding into new product categories beyond the Baby Food Aisle
LAVAL, QC and MONTVALE, N.J., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. ("Neptune" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NEPT) (TSX: NEPT), a diversified and fully integrated health and wellness company focused on plant-based, sustainable and purpose-driven lifestyle brands, is providing a distribution update for Sprout Organics ("Sprout"), an organic plant-based baby food and toddler snack company, highlighting strong growth in the latest four weeks of Nielsen data and discussing its potential expansion into new product categories beyond the baby food aisle.
Certain information in this news release has been historically provided by Neptune in its quarterly and annual earnings calls. Due to the timing of Neptune's most recent call, the availability of such information and certain other matters in which Neptune was engaged at the time of such call, such information was not available or could not be properly or fully shared at that time. As a result, this information is being provided now to investors in Neptune in a supplemental news release to ensure that investors have such information available to them related to the business and operations of Sprout.
Distribution Gains
- Distribution: Now available in 90% of the organic baby food market, up from only 50% a year-ago
- SKU Count: 92 SKUs available vs 74 SKUs a year-ago
- Store Count: Products are now in 27,000 doors vs 18,500 doors a year-ago, a 45% increase
- Added Distribution: In the last year, Sprout has established several distribution gains with leading retailers, including Target, Walmart, major supermarket chains and the largest national pharmacy chain in the United States (in 5,000 of their 9,900 doors), and is now shipping direct-to-consumers via the Sprout Organics website
- Geographic presence: Now available in all 50 states, as well as in Canada
Market Share & Growth
- Sales Growth: Sprout grew 40%, vs 15% for the overall category, in the latest four weeks of Nielsen data for the period ending June 18, 2022, outperforming the product category in all time periods measured1
- Market Share by Category2:
Supply Chain Simplification
- Sprout has streamlined its supply chain to focus on fewer strategic partnerships, reducing the overall number of vendors it works with from 55 down to 22. This has allowed Sprout to improve supply chain efficiency and reduce costs, while maintaining fill rates.
Category Expansion
- According to Nielsen data, Sprout's sales in the organic toddler meal category have grown at an accelerated rate since September 2020, outpacing growth for the Organic Baby Food category as a whole.
- The prepared foods category represents a $3.6 billion market size (according to Nielsen data), which is more than double the size of the baby food market and where data shows gross margins in the 30% range.
- New Up-Age meal products - Mealz™, a Sprout line of organic heat-and-serve bowls for children, which are a convenient option for busy parents who want to ensure their children get a full serving of vegetables – should be available as early as Fall 2022.
- Sprout is also exploring further category expansion, including Cereal, an estimated $21 billion market size; Vitamins, an estimated $7 billion market size; and Beverages, an estimated $124 billion market size (in each case, according to Nielsen data).
Statement from Sprout Management:
"We believe that our expansion efforts, in parallel with our cost-management strategy, will allow our products to disrupt the organic food market at a higher level. We intend to release new products into categories where we see potential for Sprout to capture sales demand in high-growth markets. By leveraging our expertise and unique partnerships, we seek to continue to strengthen our position and brand as a leader in the organic food sector and beyond."
About Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc.
Headquartered in Laval, Quebec, Neptune is a diversified health and wellness company with a mission to redefine health and wellness. Neptune is focused on building a portfolio of high quality, affordable consumer products in response to long-term secular trends and market demand for natural, plant-based, sustainable and purpose-driven lifestyle brands. The Company utilizes a highly flexible, cost-efficient manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure that can be scaled to quickly adapt to consumer demand and bring new products to market through its mass retail partners and e-commerce channels. For additional information, please visit: https://neptunewellness.com/.
About Sprout Organics
Sprout Organics is an organic baby food brand that strives to make mealtime easy and fun for parents and babies through delicious snacks and meals made with fresh, organic ingredients. The company aims to make life less complicated, give children a head start in life, and explore new foods with excitement with three simple promises: Keep it real, keep it simple and keep it fun. Sprout uses only the best, real and organic ingredients in everything it makes which means certified organic foods in every bite straight from nature, no GMOs. To learn more, please visit www.sproutorganics.com.
Disclaimer – Safe Harbor Forward–Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates, and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. In this press release, forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements with respect to the potential growth and market opportunities for Sprout, the success of Sprout's products, the operational efficiencies achieved by Sprout and the ability of Sprout to maintain and improve upon such operational efficiencies, the development and timing of new products and product launches and the expansion of Sprout into new product categories generally. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and estimates of management at the time such statements were made. Actual future results may differ materially as forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors including, principally, risks relating to supply chain disruptions and regulatory and litigation risks, as well as the other risks discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 of Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. ("Neptune") filed on July 8, 2022, as well as other factors described from time to time in Neptune's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Sprout and Neptune undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be made that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
Neither NASDAQ nor the Toronto Stock Exchange accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Lightning strike first against Panthers, win 4-1 in Game 1
By GEORGE RICHARDS
Associated Press
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Andrei Vasilevskiy remained red-hot with 34 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the Florida Panthers 4-1 in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series. Nikita Kucherov and Corey Perry each had a goal and an assist and Ross Colton also scored for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. The Lightning took Game 1 against their in-state rivals for the second consecutive season. Anthony Duclair had the goal for Florida. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/17/lightning-strike-first-against-panthers-win-4-1-in-game-1/ | 2022-05-18T05:36:39Z |
Exciting new 'Digiverse' collectibles enables exclusive access and experiences with the Dignitas team
LOS ANGELES, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dignitas, the gaming and esports vertical of New Meta Entertainment, Inc. (NME), and Zytara Labs, a full-service Web3 production studio serving major brands, musical artists, pro-athletes, and well-known names in entertainment, have today announced the launch of Dignitas' genesis digital collectible drop.
The 'Digiverse' collection is minted on the DigitalBits blockchain and made up of 2D generative Digis, Dignitas' 19 year old iconic and emotive mascot, with traits including colors, emotions and accessories, all of which are based upon references across pop culture and classic video game nostalgia. This exclusive drop is FREE TO CLAIM on Hyprr, a Web3 native social media platform, and unlocks a whole host of exclusive, holder-only Dignitas content.
The Digiverse collection is made up of 2,000 total generative pieces with art designed by DrawingTok and will be released in two separate batches as follows:
- 100 released on May 17th
- 1900 will be released on May 24th
Digi holders are entitled to expansive utility and prizes, including exclusive access to players, limited edition merch, discounts and more. A select set of super rare Digi Collectibles will enable certain holders to claim some first-of-its kind opportunities, including:
- 'Play with a Pro'
- Exclusive access to AMA's with Dignitas players and team members
- Merchandise discounts
- Exclusive Discord access for holders
- Additional perks to be announced as the collection launches
For more information about this upcoming drop, please visit https://zytara.com/dignitas/ and join us on Discord.
About New Meta Entertainment, Inc. & Dignitas
Since its formation in 2003, Dignitas has established itself as one of the most successful esports organizations in the world, amassing 18 World Championships across multiple gaming titles. In September 2016, Dignitas was acquired by the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), a diverse, global portfolio of sports and entertainment franchises and properties that includes the Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), New Jersey Devils (NHL) and more. Dignitas is the esports organization within New Meta Entertainment, Inc. (NME), a new media sports and entertainment company founded in May 2019 by an investor group that includes HBSE, Fertitta Entertainment, Susquehanna International Group and Delaware North, among others. Dignitas currently fields six teams in five of esports' largest and most popular games: League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, VALORANT, Fortnite and Rocket League. With content studios and player wellness facilities in Greater New York City and Los Angeles, and infrastructure in Europe, Dignitas is a global leader dedicated to esports athletes, digital influencers and entertainment game-changers. To learn more about Dignitas, visit YouTube.com/Dignitas, Twitter.com/Dignitas, Instagram.com/Digntas, TikTok.com/@Dignitas and Dignitas.gg.
About Zytara Labs
Zytara Labs develops innovative products and platforms that leverage blockchain protocols, such as DigitalBits. The company is also a full-service production company and studio that supports professional athletes, musical artists, actors, gamers, sports teams and other brands with the creation, sales, and marketing of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Zytara Labs is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zytara Inc., the fintech company building the digital financial institution of tomorrow. To learn more, visit https://zytara.com/ for more information.
About DigitalBits Blockchain
DigitalBits is a layer-one blockchain protocol that prioritises security, speed, and cost-savings. Any asset can be tokenized on the DigitalBits blockchain, including NFTs created by artists,sports organisations and other brands. By making micropayments efficient and cost-effective, DigitalBits provides the foundation for real-world mass adoption of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. To learn more, visit https://digitalbits.io/ for more information.
About Hyprr - Social Key to Web3
In the current format, social media users provide Web2 platforms with large amounts of free content - forgoing ownership in the process. Web2 architecture monopolises the advertising revenue of creator-built audiences, whilst providing no direct financial value to creators or consumers. Contributors to social platforms spend significant time building audiences yet rely on external affiliate partnerships and ecommerce sites to monetize their work.
Hyprr, a Web3 social platform invites users to "Swap likes for Hypes", operating on the "Create, Earn, Own" principle, encouraging creators to earn from their live streams & content, build their community & utilise it's innovative NFT functionality. Hyprr is a contributor centric platform, that facilitates the distribution of content and sale/resale of digital assets all under one roof. To learn more, visit https://hyprr.com/ for more information.
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Health Plan Contributes $100,000 to BCA Pediatrics to Improve Access in Underserved Areas
RUIDOSO, N.M., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Sky Community Care (Western Sky) announced today it has contributed $100,000 to support a new BCA Pediatrics (BCA) location in Ruidoso to help invest in the local community and improve access to pediatric care in rural New Mexico. BCA Pediatrics, which is based in Roswell and has six clinics across the state, expanded to Ruidoso in early June, with an aim to provide pediatric care to community members in the surrounding area.
"Ruidoso is an underserved area without a current pediatric presence or pediatric specialty. Currently, if there is a pediatric need, our members go to the hospital. Western Sky's partnership with BCA is part of a statewide initiative to increase access to care in rural communities, foster better health, and help New Mexicans thrive," said Chris Hummer, President and CEO of Western Sky Community Care.
This summer, Western Sky and BCA will also host a number of events in Ruidoso to help invest in community health and address health equity, such as "Shots for Shoes," an initiative designed to encourage childhood immunizations and provide new shoes to school-aged children for the upcoming school year.
"Over the years, BCA Pediatrics has enjoyed a productive and beneficial partnership with Western Sky. Their recent assistance in helping BCA Pediatrics to become established in Ruidoso has been invaluable and is greatly appreciated. We know the community will benefit, and we are excited about providing pediatric healthcare in this underserved area. We look forward to our continued partnership with Western Sky for many more years to come," said Roe Vandenbout, Branch Manager, BCA Pediatrics.
About Western Sky Community Care
Established to deliver quality healthcare in the state of New Mexico through local, regional and community-based resources, Western Sky Community Care is a Managed Care Organization and subsidiary of Centene Corporation. Western Sky Community Care exists to improve the health of its beneficiaries through focused, compassionate and coordinated care. Our approach is based on the core belief that quality healthcare is best delivered locally. For more information, visit www.westernskycommunitycare.com.
About BCA Pediatrics
BCA Pediatrics have been providing Pediatric Healthcare to southeastern NM for 45 years, with offices in 5 locations: Roswell, Artesia, Carlsbad, Dexter and Ruidoso. With fourteen providers, we offer same-day appointments for sick patients. It's a high priority to see our sick children ASAP. All of our offices are inter-connect through an E.H.R., which allows patients to visit any office and have their most current records available.
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DETROIT, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lambert, a public relations, investor relations, and integrated communications agency, today announced that industry veteran Katie Merx joined the company as Managing Director of Automotive and Mobility. In this role, Merx will lead strategy, growth and account management initiatives for clients up and down the automotive and mobility supply chain and across the transportation landscape.
"Katie's award-winning expertise in corporate, financial and crisis communications is critical to strategically supporting our automotive and mobility clients in today's competitive landscape," stated Lambert CEO Michelle Olson, APR. "Her years of experience in newsrooms and boardrooms is an invaluable asset that will benefit clients across the agency."
Merx is a Pulitzer-awarded journalist and Cicero-winning speechwriter with over 25 years of journalism and corporate communications leadership. Her experience spans the automotive, energy, and advanced technology sectors. She covered the global automotive beat for the Detroit Free Press and Bloomberg News and worked in corporate communications and media relations for Global 50, Fortune 500 and high-growth startup companies.
Throughout her career she has advised clients on strategic communications to establish, build and protect reputations; list companies on the New York Stock Exchange; facilitate megamergers; thwart activist investors; launch environmentally sustainable business divisions; introduce new CEOs; and position new businesses prominently on established industry playing fields.
Most recently, Merx served as CEO of Merx Communications, providing communications strategy, media relations and financial communications services to public companies and global startups. Before that, she held communications leadership positions with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Owens Corning. Merx also served in Public Affairs at the University of Michigan. In addition to the Detroit Free Press and Bloomberg News, she reported for Crain's Detroit Business, The Detroit News and The Sun News. Merx earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
"Few industries are as dynamic and fast-paced as the automotive, mobility and energy sectors," Merx said. "I'm thrilled to work with the Lambert team to help more companies successfully navigate the transition to electrification, autonomy, renewable energy, and new more efficient and sustainable methods of moving goods, people and society forward. The opportunity is boundless and so is my energy to help companies succeed in this space."
About Lambert
Founded in 1998, Lambert invented the PR and IR integrated agency model with over 20 years of continuous growth attributed to the firm's laser focus on strategic communications and bottom-line results in the achievement of client goals. The award-winning national agency is a top-40 PR and top-15 IR firm with top-5 specialties in automotive and mobility, education, and M&A/private equity, alongside robust practice areas in consumer packaged goods, healthcare and biotech, and tourism and hospitality. The firm's reach spans six major talent hubs, including Grand Rapids, Detroit, New York, St. Louis, Houston, and Phoenix. Lambert is a founding partner of TiiCKER, a shareholder loyalty, marketing, and perks platform, and an equity partner in minority-owned independent marketing agency 9th Wonder. Lambert's Founder and Chairman Jeff Lambert is the global board chair of PROI Worldwide, the world's largest and most diverse partnership of PR firms, and named 2021 Ally of the Year, the top diversity award in public relations issued by Diversity Action Alliance.
Media Contact
Andrea Eberle
aeberle@lambert.com
313.309.9500
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PHILADELPHIA, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Livent Corporation (NYSE: LTHM) today announced it will release its second quarter 2022 earnings on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, after stock market close via PR Newswire and the company's website at: http://www.livent.com.
The company will subsequently host a webcast conference call on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. ET that is open to the public via Internet broadcast and conference call.
Internet broadcast: http://www.livent.com.
Dial-in telephone numbers:
U.S. / Canada: (888) 330-2454
International: (240) 789-2714
Conference ID # 4348515
A replay of the call will be available via the Internet and telephone from August 2, 2022 until August 16, 2022.
Internet replay: http://www.livent.com
U.S. / Canada: (800) 770-2030
International: (647) 362-9199
Conference ID # 4348515
About Livent
For nearly eight decades, Livent has partnered with its customers to safely and sustainably use lithium to power the world. Livent is one of only a small number of companies with the capability, reputation, and know-how to produce high-quality finished lithium compounds that are helping meet the growing demand for lithium. The company has one of the broadest product portfolios in the industry, powering demand for green energy, modern mobility, the mobile economy, and specialized innovations, including light alloys and lubricants. Livent has a combined workforce of approximately 1,100 full-time, part-time, temporary, and contract employees and operates manufacturing sites in the United States, England, India, China and Argentina. For more information, visit livent.com.
Media contact: Juan Carlos Cruz +1.215.299.6170
juan.carlos.cruz@livent.com
Investor contact: Daniel Rosen +1.215.299.6208
daniel.rosen@livent.com
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I have diabetes and wanted to create an improved supplement to help treat it at home," said an inventor, from Grand Prairie, Texas, "so I invented the SOOTHE-THE-BURN. My design would be easy to swallow and it would offer a natural way to optimize health."
The invention provides a holistic supplement for treating various ailments such as diabetes. In doing so, it eliminates the struggle and taste associated with consuming liquid olive oil. As a result, it could provide added health benefits and it offers an alternative to taking manmade supplements. The invention features a novel and all-natural formula that is easy to consume so it is ideal for health-conscious individuals. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-206, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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A large majority of Americans favor a maximum age limit for elected officials, a new CBS News/YouGov poll found.
When asked if there should be an upper age restriction at which point lawmakers are forced to leave office, 73 percent of poll respondents agreed. Only 27 percent of those surveyed did not agree with the idea.
The majority across all political parties polled were in favor of the maximum age limit, with 71 percent of Democrats, 75 percent of Republicans and 75 percent of independents supporting it.
The majority support also held through every age group of respondents.
Most of those polled (40 percent) said 70 would be an appropriate cut-off age. The other ages offered were age 50 (8 percent), age 60 (26 percent), age 80 (18 percent) and age 90 (2 percent).
Currently, the oldest members of Congress are 87-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). President Biden is 79 years old.
The poll, conducted on a sample of 2,085 U.S. adults between August 29-31, 2022, has a margin of error of 2.6 points points. | https://cw33.com/news/national/most-americans-want-maximum-age-limit-for-elected-officials-poll-2/ | 2022-09-08T21:34:55Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street opened the week with heavy losses that put the benchmark S&P 500 at a level considered to be a so-called bear market.
Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China’s economy have led investors to reconsider what they’re willing to pay for a wide range of stocks, from high-flying tech companies to traditional automakers. Big swings have become commonplace and Monday was no exception.
The last bear market happened just two years ago, but this would still be a first for those investors that got their start trading on their phones during the pandemic. Thanks in large part to extraordinary actions by the Federal Reserve, stocks have for years seemed to go largely in only one direction: up. The “buy the dip” rallying cry after every market slide has grown fainter after stinging losses and severe plunges in risky assets like cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin fell below $23,000 on Monday. The price for Bitcoin neared $68,000 late last year.
Here are some common questions asked about bear markets:
WHY IS IT CALLED A BEAR MARKET?
A bear market is a term used by Wall Street when an index like the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, or even an individual stock, has fallen 20% or more from a recent high for a sustained period of time.
Why use a bear to represent a market slump? Bears hibernate, so bears represent a market that’s retreating, said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. In contrast, Wall Street’s nickname for a surging stock market is a bull market, because bulls charge, Stovall said.
The S&P 500, Wall Street’s main barometer of health, slid 3.9%. It’s 21.8% below its record set early this year and now in a bear market.
The Dow industrials sank 2.8% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite, which already was in a bear market, tumbled 4.7%.
The most recent bear market for the S&P 500 ran from February 19, 2020 through March 23, 2020. The index fell 34% in that one-month period, the shortest bear market ever.
WHAT’S BOTHERING INVESTORS?
Market enemy No. 1 is interest rates, which are rising quickly as a result of the high inflation battering the economy. Low rates act like steroids for stocks and other investments, and Wall Street is now going through withdrawal.
The Federal Reserve has made an aggressive pivot away from propping up financial markets and the economy with record-low rates and is focused on fighting inflation. The central bank has already raised its key short-term interest rate from its record low near zero, which had encouraged investors to move their money into riskier assets like stocks or cryptocurrencies to get better returns.
Last month, the Fed signaled additional rate increases of double the usual amount are likely in upcoming months. Consumer prices are at the highest level in four decades, and rose 8.6% in May compared with a year ago.
The moves by design will slow the economy by making it more expensive to borrow. The risk is the Fed could cause a recession if it raises rates too high or too quickly.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has also put upward pressure on inflation by pushing up commodities prices. And worries about China’s economy, the world’s second largest, have added to the gloom.
SO, WE JUST NEED TO AVOID A RECESSION?
Even if the Fed can pull off the delicate task of tamping down inflation without triggering a downturn, higher interest rates still put downward pressure on stocks.
If customers are paying more to borrow money, they can’t buy as much stuff, so less revenue flows to a company’s bottom line. Stocks tend to track profits over time. Higher rates also make investors less willing to pay elevated prices for stocks, which are riskier than bonds, when bonds are suddenly paying more in interest thanks to the Fed.
Critics said the overall stock market came into the year looking pricey versus history. Big technology stocks and other winners of the pandemic were seen as the most expensive, and those stocks have been the most punished as rates have risen. But the pain is spreading widely, with retailers signaling a shift in consumer behavior.
Stocks have declined almost 35% on average when a bear market coincides with a recession, compared with a nearly 24% drop when the economy avoids a recession, according to Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at LPL Financial.
SO I SHOULD SELL EVERYTHING NOW, RIGHT?
If you need the money now or want to lock in the losses, yes. Otherwise, many advisers suggest riding through the ups and downs while remembering the swings are the price of admission for the stronger returns that stocks have provided over the long term.
While dumping stocks would stop the bleeding, it would also prevent any potential gains. Many of the best days for Wall Street have occurred either during a bear market or just after the end of one. That includes two separate days in the middle of the 2007-2009 bear market where the S&P 500 surged roughly 11%, as well as leaps of better than 9% during and shortly after the roughly monthlong 2020 bear market.
Advisers suggest putting money into stocks only if it won’t be needed for several years. The S&P 500 has come back from every one of its prior bear markets to eventually rise to another all-time high.
The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch, but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years.
HOW LONG DO BEAR MARKETS LAST AND HOW DEEP DO THEY GO?
On average, bear markets have taken 13 months to go from peak to trough and 27 months to get back to breakeven since World War II. The S&P 500 index has fallen an average of 33% during bear markets in that time. The biggest decline since 1945 occurred in the 2007-2009 bear market when the S&P 500 fell 57%.
History shows that the faster an index enters into a bear market, the shallower they tend to be. Historically, stocks have taken 251 days (8.3 months) to fall into a bear market. When the S&P 500 has fallen 20% at a faster clip, the index has averaged a loss of 28%.
The longest bear market lasted 61 months and ended in March 1942. It cut the index by 60%.
HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN A BEAR MARKET HAS ENDED?
Generally, investors look for a 20% gain from a low point as well as sustained gains over at least a six-month period. It took less than three weeks for stocks to rise 20% from their low in March 2020. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/wall-street-is-officially-in-a-bear-market-heres-what-that-means/ | 2022-06-14T10:39:56Z |
Tiger Woods continues roller coaster Masters journey after improbable comeback
By Ben Morse, CNN
Tiger Woods’ incredible Masters journey continued on Saturday as he teed off for his third round at Augusta National.
The 15-time major winner defied the odds and made the cut on Friday, carding a two-over-par 74 after a roller-coaster round.
Woods has already achieved much more than what many thought he could as he makes his first appearance in competitive golf since his February 2021 car crash.
Woods begins his round nine shots, playing alongside fellow American Kevin Kisner, behind runaway leader Scottie Scheffler, who finished the second round with a five-shot lead.
Although the five-time Masters champion would have been hoping for a strong start to really make a charge, his Saturday got off to a bad start as he bogeyed the opening hole to fall to two-over for the tournament.
But, showing signs of his fighting spirit, Woods bounced back immediately.
An excellent bunker shot that clipped the lip of the hole gave him a short put to card a birdie to once again drop him to one-over. A steady par on the next hole kept him ticking along while the wind picked up and the patrons bundled up against the cold temperatures.
However, similar to his round yesterday, Woods’ third round started with an up-and-down nature. After parring the fourth, he missed three close-range putts — including two from very close in — as he double-bogeyed to dent his title hopes.
According to the PGA Tour, his four-putt was just his second at the Masters, with his first coming in the first round in 2005 on the 13th hole.
This is a developing story and will be updated
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Collins calls draft Roe opinion ‘completely inconsistent’ with what Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said during hearings and meetings
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN
GOP Sen. Susan Collins said on Tuesday that a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico was “completely inconsistent” with what Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh “said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office.”
“If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office,” Collins said in a statement. “Obviously, we won’t know each Justice’s decision and reasoning until the Supreme Court officially announces its opinion in this case.”
Asked if she was misled by Kavanaugh, Collins told CNN, “My statement speaks for itself.”
On Monday, Politico reported it had obtained what it calls a draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
The draft was circulated in early February, according to Politico. The final opinion has not been released and votes and language can change before opinions are formally released. The opinion in this case is not expected to be published until late June.
CNN has not independently confirmed the document’s authenticity. Politico says it has authenticated the draft. A Supreme Court spokesperson declined to comment to CNN.
According to the draft, the court would overturn Roe v. Wade’s holding of a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The opinion would be the most consequential abortion decision in decades and transform the landscape of women’s reproductive health in America.
It appears that five justices would be voting to overturn Roe. Chief Justice John Roberts did not want to completely overturn Roe v. Wade, meaning he would have dissented from part of Alito’s draft opinion, sources tell CNN, likely with the court’s three liberals.
That would mean that the five conservative justices that would make up the majority overturning Roe are Alito and Justices Clarence Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
Collins, a key Senate swing vote, voted in support of both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh‘s confirmations to the high court. The Maine Republican has faced intense scrutiny — and criticism from liberals — over her record of Supreme Court votes and the issue of abortion rights.
In 2018, Collins told reporters Kavanaugh had told her he agreed that Roe v. Wade is settled law.
“We talked about whether he considered Roe to be settled law. He said that he agreed with what Justice Roberts said at his nomination hearing in which he said it was settled law,” Collins said at the time after meeting with Kavanaugh.
In 2019, Collins defended her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, saying in an interview with CNN that despite his vote in a recent abortion access case, she did not believe Kavanaugh would ultimately vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“I have always been concerned about preserving Roe v. Wade,” Collins said then, adding that Kavanaugh had given her assurances during his confirmation process that the landmark opinion was safe.
This story has been updated with additional developments Tuesday.
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YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Police in Armenia’s capital on Monday detained 125 anti-government demonstrators that were blocking streets to protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Protests demanding that Pashinyan step down reignited in Armenia last month, after he spoke in the country’s parliament about the need to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a decades-old conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of Azerbaijan but has been under Armenian control since early 1990s. In a six-week war in the fall of 2020, Azerbaijan was able to reclaim control over large swaths of land in and around the region before signing a Russia-brokered truce with Armenia. Pashinyan has faced backlash at home for agreeing to the deal.
As Armenia and Azerbaijan edged closer to reaching a proper peace agreement this year, opposition forces in Armenia have resumed protests against Pashinyan. Rallies in the capital, Yerevan, are being held almost daily since April 17.
On Sunday, demonstrators in the center of Yerevan set up tents for a round-the-clock protest. The Interfax news agency reported that barricades were erected from garbage cans and street benches, and that traffic on France Square, a major road connecting four main avenues of the Armenian capital, stopped.
Protesters blocking the traffic were detained on Monday morning. Police spokespeople told Interfax they were detained on charges of refusing to obey police officers. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/armenia-detains-125-protesters-calling-on-pashinyan-to-quit/ | 2022-05-02T11:02:13Z |
It is exceedingly rare for a major congressional committee to hold hearings on “corporate greed” leading to corporate profiteering and surging prices on consumer goods. On April 5, Senate Budget Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chartered uncensored territory on corporate avarice with a lead witness, former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, now a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Although the hearing covered bread and butter issues, the mainstream corporate media ignored it. Massive coverage of the war in Ukraine does not offend advertisers, while the corporate war on consumers directly involves corporate advertisers.
Corporate greed takes hundreds of thousands of American lives every year (think the opioid disaster, the tobacco cancer business, the toxins in the air and water), not to mention injuries and illnesses stemming from corporations that put extra profit over concerns about public health and safety.
However, at the Senate hearing, Sanders chose to focus on the economic exploitation of consumers. Here is his introductory remark:
“Across every major industry, prices continue to rise — this includes a 38% increase in the price of gasoline, a 44% increase in the price of heating oil, a 41% increase in the price of a used car, a 24% increase in the price of rental cars, and a 17% increase in the price of furniture. Further, Tyson Foods recently increased beef prices by 32%, the price of chicken by 20% and the price of pork by 13%. As prices increase, corporate profits hit a record high of nearly $3 trillion in 2021, up 25% in a single year.”
He might have added that the companies profiting from these price increases paid a record low amount in federal income taxes. Moreover, the net worth of their richest shareholders soared in the midst of the pandemic.
Sen. Sanders could have noted that Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, is making $50,000 an hour or about $850 a minute this year. (No, those are not typos).
Big corporations always have misleading, but plausible excuses. They are currently blaming the war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global supply chain pile-up in our ports for high prices. Well, who created the supply chain requiring U.S. consumers to buy all kinds of products from countries thousands of miles away that could have been produced here in the USA? It was Big Business CEOs who pushed corporate-managed “free trade” agreements through from Washington to Beijing.
Professor Robert Reich rebutted the corporate excuses for their higher prices by pointing out the detrimental impact on consumers of concentrated corporate power in such industries as gas and meat. With profits at a 70-year high and the companies flush with cash, why are they raising prices? His answer: “Because they can, and they can because they don’t face meaningful competition.”
“If markets were competitive,” he continued, “companies would keep their prices down to prevent competitors from grabbing away customers.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the malicious, duplicitous ranking Republican member of the Budget Committee, had as his witness professor Michael Faulkender who worked for Trump’s Treasury Department. Faulkender blamed the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy (funded by banks and headed by a Trump nominee) and excessive demand fueled by Washington’s stimulus programs for price increases. This is the usual GOP routine of blaming the government for everything, even a government under the thumb of the corporate lobby. He neglected to mention that given soaring profits, companies in a competitive industry would absorb rising costs to keep their customers. Instead, these companies are passing on these costs, plus adding profit, fueling ever-higher inflation.
Under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the government’s abdication of antitrust enforcement — shaped by corporatist lobbying — allowed countless merger after merger in industry after industry to occur. But Faulkender did not dwell on this dimension of the corporate state or the relentless corporate urge to merge so they can buy their customers instead of earn them.
The Biden White House has proposed stronger antitrust and consumer protection measures. They want to tax billionaires and unproductive stock buybacks — the latter being a long-time desire of President Biden. But there is no energy by his Party in Congress compared to the energy by the GOP to stop these measures. Besides, both parties are dialing for the same corporate campaign cash — a daily begging that dilutes the reformists’ ardor.
The media blackout on Sanders’s hearing is partly the Senator’s fault. He knows how to hold a highly energetic public hearing. You have witnesses who have worked in the trenches against corporate profiteering, victims of these profiteers, and subpoenaing corporate executives like Tim Cook of Apple if they don’t testify voluntarily.
If Democrats can’t organize a determined hearing that generates massive media coverage, how do they expect to make these popular issues front and center in the coming November elections? How do they expect to rebut the twistificating Republicans from succeeding in blaming the Democrats for these corporate-bred inflationary pressures on voters? The Democrats haven’t even formulated the slogans for such an offensive.
The Democratic leadership has to decide what they want most — votes or more corporate campaign money to further enrich their consultants who themselves are often conflicted due to their own business clients.
Unfortunately for the American people, the knowledgeable civic community is not catching the ears of the Democratic Party candidates. Regular reports show incumbent Democrats feeling despair and defeatism over the prospect of the lying, corrupt, corporatist, and clever GOP taking control of Congress next year.
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PITTSBURGH, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I love to brush my hair and feel confident when my hair is the perfect wave pattern, and my nephews don't like to brush their hair," said an inventor, from Niles, Ohio. "I wanted to make it easier and allow people from all racial backgrounds to be able to begin their wave journey, so I invented the WAVE STARTER."
The patent-pending invention could simplify an individuals' hairstyling routine to form the wave hairstyle in less time, with less stress and brushing to ensure that the individual has an attractive appearance. It is appealing to individuals who normally can't form waves within their hair or do not have the time or patience to create this hairstyle. It can be for anyone from beginners to seasoned experts, but may especially be appealing for African American men and boys. The device is convenient, practical, easy to wear, affordable and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Pittsburgh sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-PDK-191, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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New facility adds additional capabilities enhanced for customer food, beverage & nutrition innovation
GENEVA, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Firmenich has unveiled its newly completed Taste & Beyond Pilot Plant in Anaheim, California, the long-standing home of its West Coast commercial business. The modern facility hosts a full range of capabilities and state-of-the-art equipment specifically designed to enhance collaboration and accelerate speed to market by preparing customers for scaled-up production.
The Pilot Plant is an important part of Firmenich's commitment to accelerate diet transformation by empowering brands with the end-to-end capabilities to create enjoyable eating and drinking experiences that are healthier and more sustainable. It was designed to turn around multiple prototypes and create small scale application samples in a short period of time for faster product innovation in all product categories, including savory, beverages and nutrition.
California has long been a center of activity within the food & beverage industry and has recently evolved into a global innovation hub and home to a vibrant community of industry start-ups. The West Coast Pilot Plant in Anaheim enables Firmenich to collaborate with these entrepreneurs to create impactful food & beverage launches by leveraging state-of-the-art processing facilities. The new facility further elevates Firmenich's capabilities and helps to solidify its position as a trusted innovation partner for visionary food, beverage and nutrition customers.
"The food & beverage industry is quickly evolving globally, and at an even faster rate here on the US West Coast. This sheer pace makes speed to market absolutely critical," said Sherry Xian Linert, VP, Firmenich West Coast Ventures. "I'm excited to leverage our West Coast Innovation Center and new Pilot Plant, combined with our expertise in plant-based proteins and nutrition products, to work with customers on rapid prototyping. Together, this powerful combination enables us to help customers innovate quickly to win in a highly competitive market."
There to provide the Pilot Plant's ribbon cutting ceremony's opening speech was Anaheim's Mayor pro tem Trevor O'Neil, who remarked, "I am proud to be here to celebrate the legacy Firmenich has with Anaheim, and I am excited to see the future this company will help bring with meaningful jobs and investment into our city." Firmenich was also presented with a certificate of special recognition from the United States Congress commemorating the company's 100+ years' legacy and values, "(creating) fragrances, flavors, and ingredients that that delight the senses by placing values on customers, people, creativity, sustainability and legacy."
Chris Perkins, President and SVP, Taste & Beyond North America, said: "We have long invested in our West Coast operations. Five years ago, we established a dedicated business unit to serve this region's unique needs through our unparalleled product development expertise, high-performing flavors & taste technology and deep understanding of Human Insights and local market landscape. We have built a solid infrastructure, propelled by an incredibly talented team who have established a strong innovation network. Following the very successful opening of our Innovation Center last year, our fully-equipped Pilot Plant is a powerful next step in our vision for the West Coast, allowing us to partner even more impactfully with customers to create the next generation of consumer food & beverage experiences that are good for people and the planet."
About Firmenich
Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1895, and has been family-owned for 127 years. Firmenich is a leading business-to-business company specialized in the research, creation, manufacture and sale of perfumes, flavors and ingredients. Renowned for its world-class research and creativity, as well as its leadership in sustainability, Firmenich offers its customers superior innovation in formulation, a broad and high-quality palette of ingredients, and proprietary technologies including biotechnology, encapsulation, olfactory science and taste modulation. Firmenich had an annual turnover of 4.3 billion Swiss Francs at end June 2021. More information about Firmenich is available at www.firmenich.com.
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Which HP touch-screen laptop is best?
For many users, a laptop needs to offer versatility and accessibility, catering to those who use a machine for work or entertainment. A touch-screen laptop combines power and accessibility, serving users who enjoy streaming, browsing, collaborating, gaming and even working.
One of the computer industry leaders, HP features a range of touch-screen laptops for a variety of purposes. The Elitebook 850 G8 is HP’s latest top option, although it best serves business uses. Power, size and how and where you use your laptop will all influence finding the best HP touch-screen model available.
What to know before you buy an HP touch-screen laptop
Who will benefit from a touch-screen laptop?
Some users will benefit more than others from touch-screen laptops. Those who have a set workstation or desk at home may not find the versatility of a touch-screen laptop useful. On the other hand, for those who may enjoy browsing and enjoying content from the bed, couch or on the move, a touch-screen laptop offers immense convenience.
They are ideal for shopping online, watching content or playing games. Concerning work, those in design or other creative fields or anyone in a situation where they may need to collaborate and work with others will find a touch screen to make such tasks more efficient and precise. For more information on what else HP can offer, check out the buying guide at BestReviews.
Operating system
Most HP touch-screen laptops feature Windows 10, a popular and trusted operating system that typically comes with trials for security software as well as Microsoft Office. However, for those on a budget, or anyone who enjoys Google products, HP also offers a handful of touch-screen Chromebooks. Using Google OS, Chromebooks require a regular internet connection since most programs are online. These tend to be inexpensive, lightweight and low on storage.
Size
HP touch-screen laptops range in size from around 10 inches up to 17 inches; size is measured from one diagonal to the other. The size will influence weight and portability — smaller options are easier to wield and take with you on the go, but it limits the field of view and interaction.
Consider how you’ll use the laptop and what other devices you may have. For example, if you have a sizable monitor or a large TV that a laptop may connect to or cast to, a smaller option is likely ideal. On the other hand, if the touch-screen laptop is mostly used at home, maybe a large option is more viable.
What to look for in a quality HP touch-screen laptop
Convertible model
Convertible laptops feature a hinge that allows the device to open 180 degrees and sit flat on a surface or flipped over completely and be used as a tablet. This design allows for more versatile and convenient usages, especially when working with others or relaxing on a couch. In addition, the hinge is rigorously tested for durability and functionality.
Specs
Consider the RAM and storage options when investing in a new touchscreen laptop. Most HP models offer 8GB or 16GB of memory; more memory allows for smoother multitasking and the ability to switch between more intensive programs with ease. A couple of options offer 32GB for intense usage.
Most touchscreen laptops offer either 265GB or 512GB of storage, although a handful offer 1TB at a higher cost and increased size. Again, consider how often you’re working online and saving items against what kind of files you will keep on your laptop offline. For those with an external hard drive, a touch-screen laptop with a lot of storage may not be necessary.
Connectivity
Note the ports available on the laptop and what devices you may need to connect. Most feature at least one HDMI or DisplayPort input, both of which offer high-speed, faithful transmission of audio and video. At least one USB port is likely to be included as well.
How much you can expect to spend on an HP touch-screen laptop
HP touch-screen laptops vary widely in price due to size, power and usage. Chromebooks are on the lower end for around $300, while high-performance models can cost up to and more than $1,000.
HP touch-screen laptop FAQ
What’s the difference between the HP Envy series and HP Spectre series?
A. The HP Envy series features touch-screen laptops of both the traditional clamshell variety, which folds and opens like a normal laptop as well as the convertible form. Spectre touch-screen laptops currently are all convertible. Generally, Envy laptops start at a lower price and are suited for varied, casual use, while Spectre models are geared toward more intensive performance.
What kind of security features come with HP touch-screen laptops?
A. Most laptops feature a fingerprint reader to grant access, while some also include a facial recognition scanner to operate. Moreover, for those concerned about privacy online, certain models feature a webcam Kill Switch button to shut down video as well as a mute button to secure conversations. Finally, for those working, some options come with HP Wolf Security for Business to offer even more freedom and peace of mind for those working.
What’s the best HP touch-screen laptop to buy?
Top HP touch-screen laptop
What you need to know: Versatile, durable and feature-packed, this high-end touch-screen laptop is a workhouse for those on the go.
What you’ll love: This business model features lightweight, strong construction despite its modest 15-inch screen. Its 16GB RAM allows for multitasking, while a lengthy battery and spill-resistant keyboard hold up to long days of work.
What you should consider: This laptop is expensive and lacks a convertible hinge design.
Where to buy: Sold by HP and Amazon
Top HP touch-screen laptop for the money
What you need to know: This compact, budget-friendly 2-in-1 laptop is for those seeking convenience and affordability in a device.
What you’ll love: Functions as a laptop or tablet; its 14-inch screen is worthy for streaming or browsing on your own. Includes HDMI port and two USB slots. Fairly lightweight and priced well.
What you should consider: It lacks power and memory for intensive multitasking and work.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: An efficient and versatile laptop that comes at a midrange price, it is terrific for multitaskers who embrace entertainment and creativity.
What you’ll love: This convertible 13-inch touchscreen laptop is ideal for frequent, casual use wherever you are. Impressive graphics welcome light gaming and streaming content. It is lightweight and durable.
What you should consider: Its smaller screen may limit some usage. Increased storage and brightness raise the price.
Where to buy: Sold by HP
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ALL.SPACE announces the arrival of the industry's force multiplier, the 'smart terminal', designed to unlock the power of any combination of cellular and satellite networks enabling unparalleled service and experience levels.
READING, England and WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ALL.SPACE, (formerly Isotropic Systems), is announcing the fifth generation 'smart terminal', which is moving into initial production for release at the end of 2022. The ALL.SPACE software-defined service enablement platform can connect with all networks via multiple, simultaneous, full performance links that converge intelligent routing, edge computing, integrated modems, and cellular access in a fully integrated solution.
Headquartered in Reading, UK, ALL.SPACE is recognised for its major industry breakthrough as the first and only field-proven platform to simultaneously deliver full-performance connections across all significant orbits from a single device. The company recently concluded live field tests with the US and UK governments and several satellite operators demonstrating multiple, simultaneous connections across LEO, MEO and GEO orbits. It is the only technology platform to prove this capability in a single device and empowers users to harness the full benefits of new satellite constellations.
ALL.SPACE has extended this capability to converge advanced communications over multiple networks and operators, with 3G, 4G and 5G cellular multi-network integration plug-and-play options. The platform's unique ability to connect all satellite operators across all orbits and all cellular operators across all available networks creates the world's most convergent communications platform.
ALL.SPACE is pioneering the smart terminal segment and moving the industry beyond multiple antennas and terminals for different networks. It delivers a fully reconfigurable and flexible platform that converges infrastructure, networks, edge computing, intelligent routing, and software-defined capabilities all through one device.
Commenting on the milestone announcement, John Finney, Founder and CEO, of ALL.SPACE said: "With the growing capabilities of the next generation of satellite NGSO and HTS ecosystems, and the pressing need to connect satellites in different orbits, we have created the next chapter for the all-important ground segment. We are leading the industry to the fifth generation of ground systems with our smart terminals. This will be a catalyst for a whole new era of communications, defined by multiple full-performance connections, power and waveform integration, computing, resource control, and intelligent routing that enables a range of value-added software-defined services. These services deliver edge-based intelligence, decision making, and operational efficiency capabilities to our customers."
ALL.SPACE will be the first company in the world to release smart terminals at the end of this year, shipping to a significant backlog of commercial and NATO defense customers, all their communication capabilities to take advantage of multiple networks and operators across the globe all through a single ALL.SPACE device.
The mission of ALL.SPACE is to innovate and extend global connectivity and reach for our customers. We unlock new markets demanding next-generation satellite services through all forms of intelligent, software-enabled, multi-link, multi-orbit, and multi-domain convergence.
The ALL.SPACE smart terminal will significantly impact the future of communications by delivering ubiquitous connectivity to remote locations on land, in the air and at sea. This game-changing solution opens once unimaginable opportunities for a broad range of businesses and markets, including defense, aero, maritime telecom, rail, and government. This unrivaled capability set leads ALL.SPACE to our motto: One Device. All Networks. No Compromise.
About ALL.SPACE
ALL.SPACE, formerly Isotropic Systems, has developed the world's only full-performance smart terminal, which operates as an intelligent multi-network services enablement platform. With offices in the UK and US, ALL.SPACE is the 'smart terminal' market leader. At the core of its proposition are multiple layers of connectivity, infrastructure, computing, and intelligent routing through a range of value-added services that deliver analysis and decision-making capability to enable commercial and defense enterprises from any location on earth.
The ALL.SPACE smart terminal is redefining next-gen communications by enabling truly ubiquitous connectivity and once unattainable possibilities across a broad range of markets, including government and defense, aero, maritime and rail, satellite, and telecom services. Investors include AEI HorizonX Global Ventures, SES, Orbital Ventures, Seraphim Capital, Firmament Ventures, Space Angels, Promus Ventures, and Waterlow Management Limited, among other family office investors. For additional information, visit http://ALL.SPACE
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stimulus Inc., a Philadelphia-based relationship intelligence (SaaS) startup in the supply chain space, raised an oversubscribed $2.5M seed round led by Black Ops VC, other notable investors - Genius Guild, Morgan Stanley, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, REFASHIOND Ventures, Bronze Valley, The BFM Fund, Plain Sight Capital, Penn Medicine - Wharton Fund for Health, and a host of angel investors.
"Tiffanie's subject matter expertise after spending years around the problem was really clear from the start. Stimulus is an elegant solution that has a user experience designed specifically for the workflow of enterprise procurement teams. The hole in the market was clear to our team, so we were more than excited to get behind the platform and Tiffanie", James Norman, General Partner, Black Ops VC.
"Last year, Northwestern Mutual announced Black Ops VC as one of our $100 million impact fund recipients. We are eager to invest in Stimulus alongside Black Ops Ventures through the Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator. Coinvesting in Stimulus is only the beginning – we will continue to funnel Black founders to more capital opportunities as we reinforce an ecosystem that strives to close the racial equity gap," said Moiz Dawoodbhai, Assistant Director of Strategic Investing, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures.
Supply chain and logistics are rapidly growing, it is a nearly $10 trillion market representing more than 10% of the global GDP today. Over the last two years, we've witnessed massive shocks to global supply chains and the recent Executive Order on America's Supply Chains has made supply chain resilience a top priority for all companies.
Corporations spend more on suppliers than any other balance sheet item because procurement is the single biggest cost driver for any organization. Most B2B Sales happens in person and is a relationship-driven process. Gartner says 80% of B2B Sales interactions between suppliers and buyers will occur in digital channels by 2025. This is extremely important as the length of the purchase cycle has increased significantly and now involves multiple stakeholders.
This is where Stimulus comes in. The Stimulus' Relationship Intelligence Platform (SRIP) stands out in the industry as it combines data insights, relationship-building tools, and a proprietary score to help companies make the best sourcing, procurement, and purchasing decisions, while optimizing and growing their supplier ecosystems.
The platform provides visibility to enable sourcing and procurement teams to analyze supplier data and view actionable insights - helping companies build honest, transparent relationships that lead to better business outcomes. The goal isn't just to save money or streamline the supply chain but to fulfill business objectives including location-based and DEI criteria by easily comparing suppliers using relevant metrics and data points, and quickly matching them to available contract opportunities.
"We are excited that Genius Guild Greenhouse Fund's has invested in Stimulus. At a time when the focus on corporate social responsibility is at an all-time high and when supply-chain woes are a constant presence in our news headlines, the conditions are ripe for a solution to the complex management of vendor and supplier relationships." Kathryn Finney, Managing Partner, Genius Guild Greenhouse Fund.
Founder and CEO of Stimulus, Tiffanie Stanard, is an award-winning entrepreneur and former executive in vendor management with over 15 years of experience working with vendors and suppliers for some of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Science in business management. Stanard has been named One of the 15 Women Changing the Face of Tech, Top 20 Female Cloud Leaders in 2021, among many more honors.
"This funding round will go towards expanding the Stimulus Platform, hiring in three areas: engineering, data and sales; and expanding partnerships with companies that have a shared goal of building better relationships with their suppliers and diversifying their supply chain." Tiffanie Stanard, Founder/CEO - Stimulus.
Stimulus launched the platform in 2020, has a team of 8 and has grown its revenue 4x in the six figures. The product can work across industries but have gained traction within Healthcare, Education and Professional Services. Stimulus previously raised a $1M pre-seed round with non-dilutive, dilutive and debt capital from Google for Startups, StartupPHL, Juno Capital, Darco Capital, Gabriel Investments, Segal Ventures, Microsoft Partner Capital Fund, and angels.
"The world is becoming more complex - sourcing and procurement can confer important, strategic competitive advantages. We invested in Stimulus because we have unwavering faith and confidence in Tiffanie's leadership. We believe the team at Stimulus possesses the right blend of experience to solve the problems that confront sourcing and procurement teams." Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA - Founder & Managing General Partner, REFASHIOND Ventures.
About Stimulus
Stimulus makes the purchasing process more transparent and helps various stakeholders collaborate to achieve their corporate goals, such as improving diverse purchasing. The Stimulus Score evaluates suppliers to provide an objective view of performance, which provides a 360 view for buyers to engage better with current or future vendors.
Related Links: https://getstimulus.io/ | The Stimulus Blog: https://getstimulus.medium.com/
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SUZHOU, China, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (the "Company", HKEX: 02142), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics, today announced the Company will release the progress of the next-generation anti-CTLA-4 antibody HBM4003 studies of monotherapy and combination therapy with anti-PD-1 antibody at 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place on June 3-7 in Chicago.
Details for the presentations:
Abstract One
Title: A Phase I Open-label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Anti-tumor Activity of HBM4003 in Subjects with Advanced Solid Tumors
Abstract number: 363712
Publication Format: Poster
Abstract Two:
Title: A Phase I Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK/PD and Anti-tumor Activity of HBM4003 in Combination with Toripalimab in Subjects with Advanced Melanoma and Other Solid Tumors
Abstract number: 368316
Publication Format: Abstract
"We are extremely pleased to announce the progress of HBM4003 studies at ASCO Annual Meeting 2022. HBM4003 has a remarkable safety and tolerability profile with encouraging anti-tumor efficacy. Given the high therapeutic promise of HBM4003, we are proceeding with multiple global phase Ib/IIa trials in solid tumors. We look forward to bringing this novel therapeutic to cancer patients worldwide." Said Dr. Humphrey Gardner, CMO of Harbour BioMed.
HBM4003 has demonstrated strong efficacy and excellent safety profile. It is believed that this product will have the potential to lead the development of next generation therapy of immuno-oncology, especially combination therapeutics. The Company will continue to be fully committed to advancing the global clinical development project of HBM4003, furthering its global innovation and development strategy in 2022.
Harbour BioMed is developing HBM4003 as part of its broad and innovative immuno-oncology pipeline to address significant unmet medical needs in many solid tumor indications.
About HBM4003
HBM4003 is a fully human anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal heavy chain only antibody (HCAb) generated from Harbour Mice®. It is the first fully human heavy-chain-only monoclonal antibody entered into clinical stage globally. By enhancing antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) killing activity, HBM4003 has demonstrated significantly improved depletion specific to high CTLA-4 expressing Treg cells in tumor tissues. The potent anti-tumor efficacy and differentiated pharmacokinetics with durable pharmacodynamic effect presents a favorable product profile. This novel and differentiated mechanism of action has the potential to improve efficacy while significantly reducing the toxicity of the drug in monotherapy and combination therapy.
About Harbour BioMed
Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on immunology and oncology. The Company is building its robust portfolio and differentiated pipeline through internal R&D capability, collaborations with co-discovery and co-development partners and select acquisitions.
The Company's proprietary antibody technology platforms Harbour Mice® generate fully human monoclonal antibodies in two heavy and two light chain (H2L2) format, as well as heavy chain only (HCAb) format. Building upon the HCAb antibodies, the HCAb-based immune cell engagers (HBICE®) are capable of delivering tumor killing effects unachievable by traditional combination therapies. Integrating Harbour Mice®, HBICE® with single B cell cloning platform, our antibody discovery engine is highly unique and efficient for development of next generation therapeutic antibodies.
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TAIZHOU, China, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jiangsu Recbio Technology Co., Ltd. (the"Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group", Stock code: 02179.HK) is pleased to announce that, the Company has recently completed the subject enrollment and first dose vaccination in respect of immuno-bridging study of its recombinant HPV 9-valent vaccine, REC603, in younger-age groups and the study to compare the immunogenicity between REC603 and Gardasil® 9. At the same time, follow-up on the subjects of REC603's efficacy trial is being conducted in accordance with the clinical protocol.
The phase III clinical trial of REC603 in China consists of three parts, i.e. the efficacy trial, the immuno-bridging trial in younger-age groups, and the immunogenicity comparative trial with Gardasil® 9, with a multi-center, randomized, blinded and parallel controlled design and with a total size of 16,050 subjects:
- Efficacy trial: To evaluate the protective efficacy of the vaccines in healthy female subjects aged 18 to 45 against high-risk HPV infection-related high-grade cervical, vulvar, vaginal high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia and above lesions.
- Immuno-bridging trial in younger-age groups: To evaluate the non-inferiority of serum virus neutralizing antibodies in healthy female subjects aged 9 to 17 as compared with healthy female subjects aged 18 to 45 at one month after full-course vaccination with the experimental vaccines.
- Immunogenicity comparative trial with Gardasil® 9: To evaluate the non-inferiority of serum virus neutralizing antibodies in healthy female subjects aged 16 to 26 as compared with Gardasil® 9 at one month after full-course vaccination with the experimental vaccines.
HPV 9-valent vaccines can prevent approximately 90% of cervical cancers and 90% of anal and genital warts, and is widely regarded as the most effective vaccine against HPV infections. At present, no domestic HPV 9-valent vaccine has been approved for sale in China. Completed Phase I clinical data of REC603 shows that it is safe and well tolerated with favorable immunogenicity profile. REC603 adopts H. polymorpha expression system to achieve high-yield and stable expression of HPV virus-like particles and to make the Company's vaccine candidate more suitable for commercial production. With well-defined critical process parameters and control strategies, manufacturing of REC603 can be easily scaled-up to meet the market demand domestically and globally.
About Recbio
Founded in 2012, Recbio is an innovative vaccine company. With the vision of "Become the Leader of Innovative Vaccine in the Future," Recbio takes "Protect Human Health with Best-in-Class Vaccines" as its mission. It has established three major cutting-edge technology platforms including novel adjuvants platform, protein engineering platform, immunological evaluation platform and mRNA vaccine platform. Recbio has a high-value vaccine portfolio consisted of HPV vaccine candidates, COVID-19 vaccine candidates, shingles vaccine candidates, influenza vaccine candidates, adults TB vaccine candidates etc. The core management team has more than 20 years of experience in the development and commercialization of innovative vaccines. For more information, please visit https://www.recbio.cn/.
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The cult-favorite beverage brand founded by Emma Chamberlain now offers Vanilla and Mango Matcha in addition to their best-selling classic Matcha Powder
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chamberlain Coffee, the leading coffee lifestyle brand and brainchild of Emma Chamberlain, announced today the launch of two new flavored matcha powders: Vanilla and Mango. Made with organic A-Grade, ceremonial matcha, these two new flavor innovations are an extension of the brand's ultra-popular classic Chamberlain Coffee Matcha Green Tea that has amassed thousands of new brand fans and has sold out a groundbreaking five times. Like Chamberlain Coffee's original Matcha, the Vanilla and Mango flavors are vegan, non-GMO, gluten-free, and are pure-plant products made from 100% organic Japanese green tea.
The expansion of Chamberlain Coffee's Matcha collection further exemplifies the brand's commitment to consistent product innovation and category growth. Both the Vanilla and Mango Matcha powders are all-natural, rich in antioxidants, and deliver a clean, sustainable boost of energy without a crash. Like a trip to the tropics, the Mango Matcha is light, fruity, and best-served over ice and frothy milk for instant vacation energy — designed to evoke long-lasting relaxation with every sip. The Vanilla Matcha is an energizing tea that takes cozy to new levels and serves as the perfect morning or afternoon-pick-me-up. These two new flavor innovations offer an approachable and completely unique beverage experience, designed for seasoned matcha drinkers and the matcha-curious alike.
"At Chamberlain Coffee, our goal is to continuously innovate, and create new and exciting products that appeal to our loyal consumer base. While these new flavored matcha recipes were designed with our community in mind, we hope to reach new audiences and convert even more people into regular Matcha drinkers," said Chamberlain Coffee CEO Christopher Gallant.
Since the brand's inception in 2019, Chamberlain Coffee has built up a cult-following that has propelled the brand's sales. In addition to their Matcha collection, the brand offers a variety of lifestyle products (from branded merchandise to custom coffee accessories) and several different coffee blends (available in single-serve bags and whole and ground beans) to help tap new audiences and appeal to the masses.
"I absolutely love Matcha (ALMOST as much as coffee), which is why we created our own Chamberlain Coffee Matcha back in Fall of 2021. It's the perfect caffeinated drink for non-coffee drinkers and has remained a best-seller since its launch. Expanding our Matcha category was exciting to us because there's so many unique ways to enjoy it. I can't wait to see how our customers get creative with the product and come up with fun new recipes using the Vanilla and Mango flavors," said Chamberlain Coffee founder and investor Emma Chamberlain.
In addition to Chamberlain Coffee's unprecedented product growth, the brand has also seen success through retail expansion and brand partnerships. The product has recently launched in LA hot-spot Erewhon, national grocer Sprouts and digital delivery market Gopuff — while releasing a steady cadence of product collaborations with brands like Levi's, OffLimits Cereal, Nutpods, and most recently Swoon, to create a Matcha Lemonade.
Consumers can find Chamberlain's new flavored matcha powders on ChamberlainCoffee.com for $23 per 30g tin. For more information on Chamberlain Coffee, and to stay up to date on the latest product launches, follow on Instagram at @chamberlaincoffee.
Founded by YouTube phenomenon Emma Chamberlain, Chamberlain Coffee is high-quality, sustainably sourced organic coffee roasted in California, so you can feel good about the coffee you're sipping on. No pesticides, no BS. Available in single-serve bags, instant sticks, ground and whole bean options, Chamberlain Coffee is symbolized by different characters to encapsulate the different coffee drinker in all of us. The brand also has various other delicious offerings, including their 5x sold-out Matcha, Cocoa Grizzly Hot Chocolate, and recently launched Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans. Supporting coffee-farming communities in Latin America, Chamberlain Coffee works with Food4Farmers to ensure long-term food security for coffee-farming families.
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BOSTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlueSnap, a global payment orchestration platform committed to helping B2B and B2C businesses accept and optimize digital payments around the world, today announced it will now be a provider for KeyBank's US gateway functionality. BlueSnap's payments orchestration platform will be available for the bank's middle market and institutional clients in the eCommerce space. With BlueSnap, KeyBank can offer its clients more robust payment options with additional functionalities.
"We are incredibly excited to work with BlueSnap on this new gateway reseller relationship," said Scott McLaughlin, VP, Embedded Banking at KeyBank. "BlueSnap's flexible operating model for their payment orchestration platform gives our larger middle market and institutional clients the flexibility to process additional payments globally and seamlessly."
With one integration and contract, businesses can sell in more than 200 regions with access to local card acquiring in 47 countries, 100+ currencies and 100+ global payment types, including popular eWallets, automated accounts receivable, world-class fraud protection and chargeback management, built-in solutions for regulation and tax compliance, and unified global reporting.
"The relationship with KeyBank's significant distribution channel showcases the market need for BlueSnap's technology," said Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap. "We can now connect with and enable payments for millions of merchants and ISVs in the U.S. and internationally with the most easy-to-use, adept and scalable payments solution available in the industry."
About BlueSnap:
BlueSnap helps businesses accept global payments a better way. Our Payment Orchestration Platform is designed to increase sales and reduce costs for all businesses accepting payments. BlueSnap supports payments across all geographies through multiple sales channels such as online and mobile sales, marketplaces, subscriptions, invoice payments and manual orders through a virtual terminal. And for businesses looking for embedded payments, we offer white-labeled payments for platforms with automated underwriting and onboarding that support marketplaces and split payments. With one integration and contract, businesses can sell in over 200 regions with access to local card acquiring in 47 countries, 100+ currencies and 100+ global payment types, including popular eWallets, automated accounts receivable, world-class fraud protection and chargeback management, built-in solutions for regulation and tax compliance, and unified global reporting to help businesses grow. BlueSnap is backed by world-class private equity investors, including Great Hill Partners and Parthenon Capital Partners. Learn more at BlueSnap.com.
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Famous Winston Churchill portrait swapped with fake, authorities say
Published: Aug. 28, 2022 at 12:51 PM CDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
(CNN) – Canadian authorities are investigating the theft of a famous portrait of Winston Churchill.
The portrait by Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh is one of the most reproduced photos of the 20th century.
The original was on display in Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier Hotel, but sometime between Christmas and January 6 someone stole the original and replaced it with a reproduction.
Last weekend, hotel employees noticed the frame holding the print was not hung properly, and the frame did not match others in the space.
The value of the stolen portrait is around $100,000.
An expert on art theft is optimistic the original will be recovered but points out that arrests in cases like this are rare.
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MILWAUKEE, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share payable on August 25, 2022, to shareholders of record as of August 11, 2022. This represents a 25% increase from the last quarterly dividend paid of $0.08 per share.
About MGIC
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation "MGIC" (www.mgic.com), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation, serves lenders throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and other locations helping families achieve homeownership sooner by making affordable low-down-payment mortgages a reality through the use of private mortgage insurance.
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U-Haul honors and celebrates the life of a Company titan, whose impact is still felt today
TEMPE, Ariz. and RIDGEFIELD, Wash., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An 18-year-old William E. "Hap" Carty, while on leave from the U.S. Army in 1945, helped his sister and brother-in-law with an upstart company they were building – quite literally – in a milk house on the Carty Ranch in Ridgefield.
The concept was to create a line of trailers families could rent for one-way moves. The business was to be called U-Haul. The do-it-yourself moving industry would never be the same.
Carty joined U-Haul full-time in 1946 following his discharge at the end of WWII, and in doing so became the Company's first employee. While he never cashed his paycheck from the first 10 trailers he helped build in that milk house, his tireless commitment and influence over the next 43 years shaped the foundation and growth of one of North America's most recognizable companies and successful entrepreneurial stories.
Hap, nicknamed for being a happy child with a big smile, died on Friday. He was 95.
"U-Haul would not exist today but for Hap," stated Joe Shoen, U-Haul CEO and son of the Company's late founders L.S. "Sam" and Anna Mary Carty Shoen. "He was a recognized industry innovator who crossed paths with many industry stalwarts including John Rock, Red Pohling, Don Peterson, John DeLorean and Roger Penske.
"Hap and John Rock designed the only medium-duty air-ride truck that GMC® ever built. He worked with Navistar® and Dana® to produce a medium-duty truck with a 24-inch frame rail height. That truck revolutionized do-it-yourself moving."
During his illustrious career, Carty served as president and Chairman of the Board for U-Haul International, Inc. In 1971, as president of U-Haul, he brought the Company's network of independent U-Haul dealerships to 15,000, a record that stood for more than 30 years.
"One of the reasons I've had good luck in management is that I always hire good people," Carty told Amerco World (now U-Haul News) in 1981. "I get them strong in the areas I'm weak in, and we work together. I've lived this way for years and looked like a genius many times, because I had the buoyancy of good people."
Carty was born on March 2, 1927. He and his wife, Toni, have six children: Gail, Tim, Martin, Kevin, Katie and Patrick, along with several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Carty family is synonymous with the rural Washington town 24 miles north of Portland, Ore., where a sign greets visitors: "Welcome to Ridgefield, birthplace of U-Haul."
Hap Carty is equally tied to Tempe, where he lived the latter half of his life and was instrumental in opening the U-Haul Technical Center in 1970. Though just nine miles east of Phoenix, Tempe was largely undeveloped desert at the time. The U-Haul Tech Center not only signaled business expansion in Tempe, but it was the only research and development facility of its kind in the world, featuring a test track where rental equipment was rigorously tested to meet safety standards. Carty ran the facility, which still manufactures U-Haul trailers and truck boxes today.
From 1946-52, Carty assembled, painted, serviced and rented trailers. Then he took his wife, Toni, and their two children to Boston to establish the first U-Haul manufacturing plant on the East Coast, empowering the Company to become a nationwide brand.
"I had $500 with which to open Boston Trailer Manufacturing Company, but was on a $3 per diem allowance. We ate a lot of hot dogs cooked over open fires as we made our way across the continent," Carty recalled. "The (Boston) shop bore no relation to an automobile assembly line. It looked more like a village blacksmith shop, complete with hearth, hammer and anvil."
Carty also helped establish the U-Haul manufacturing center in Willow Grove, Penn. He took night classes at Penn State University, acquiring knowledge over a wide range of subjects that enabled him to deal with his immediate responsibilities. He studied business law, management, economics and engineering. As the first U-Haul field director of eastern states, Carty directed manufacturing and marketing operations in 28 states, from Florida to Maine to Minnesota.
In the 1960s, Carty was named U-Haul marketing director. He later became president of U-Haul subsidiary Kar-Go International, a role he held when he helped launch the Tech Center.
Carty retired on Jan. 1, 1988, and remained on the Board of Directors for AMERCO, parent company of U-Haul, through 2006. Even still, Carty could be seen frequently in the Company lunchroom, counseling younger managers and attending U-Haul functions, including one Team Member's 50th anniversary celebration one week before he passed.
While his legacy remains evident through the awards, images and quotes attributed to him across the U-Haul Midtown Campus in Phoenix, his real impact is felt through the lives he touched, professionally and personally, throughout the U-Haul network across North America.
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 23,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 186,000 trucks, 128,000 trailers and 46,000 towing devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in North America and offers 876,000 rentable storage units and 75.1 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S., and continues to be the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul has been recognized repeatedly as a leading "Best for Vets" employer and was recently named one of the 15 Healthiest Workplaces in America.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate.
It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell set the strategy in motion, engineering the Supreme Court’s makeover by blocking President Barack Obama’s 2016 nomination of then-Judge Merrick Garland and changing the Senate’s rules to easily confirm Trump’s picks. It was a long game that sought to lock in a conservative court majority for decades to come. Trump and McConnell, R-Ky., couldn’t have accomplished it alone, needing the backing of almost all Republican senators to reshape the bench.
Now, Republicans are heading into a November midterm election that is poised to swiftly become a referendum on the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, as voters decide which party should control Congress. With the nation polarized, Democrats are vowing legislation to protect abortion access and while Republicans want to impose further limits, including a nationwide ban on abortions.
“We are going to retake the Senate in November and we’re going to hold the Senate for a long time,“ predicted Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who celebrated the ruling on a conference call with reporters Friday.
The stakes are high with the control of Congress in the balance. With Biden’s approval rating low and economic conditions grim with high gas prices and other signs of inflation, Republicans are favored to pick up seats in both chambers and regain control. Democrats have just a slim few-vote margin in the House and barely hold the evenly split 50-50 Senate because Vice President Kamala Harris casts a vote in case of a tie.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., warned that Republicans would be called to answer for their work and were planning even more draconian measures if they win control of Congress, including a nationwide ban on abortion.
“They cannot be allowed to do this,” Pelosi said. “Make no mistake: The rights of women and all Americans are on the ballot this November.”
Before Trump was elected the nation’s abortion wars had settled into an uneasy truce in Congress. The court’s decisions in Roe v. Wade and the subsequent Planned Parenthood v. Casey affirmed a constitutional right to abortion access. Legislation flared from time to time, but there were rarely solid majorities in the House and Senate to upend settled law.
But McConnell, R-Ky., set his plans for a conservative judiciary in motion early 2016, even before Trump became president. Knowing the power abortion and other issues held for conservative voters, he refused to consider Obama’s nominee to fill the court vacancy left by conservative Justice Antonin’s Scalia’s death that February. McConnell argued it was too close to the November election.
It was a stunning, calculating political move. McConnell dashed off his decision just before the Republican presidential candidates were about to take the stage for a debate heading into the South Carolina primary, setting the tone for the GOP.
Democrats, outraged, pushed ahead Obama’s nomination of Garland only to have McConnell, as majority leader in the Senate, decline to take it up for consideration. Trump won the presidential election in November in part on the promise of filling the court vacancy with a conservative in the mold of the late Scalia.
The Trump era brought three new conservative justices — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Each was confirmed under new rules McConnell orchestrated that lowered the threshold to a simple 51-vote majority, to push past a filibuster of opposition.
While Republican senators may have diverged with Trump on many issues, almost all Senate Republicans stuck with him on this one for the promise a conservative court majority could bring — not just on abortion, which some senators feel more strongly about than others, but the rash of other policy and regulatory issues.
No Democrats voted for Barrett, and of the three Democrats who voted for Gorsuch only Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, remains in office. He also voted for Kavanaugh.
Manchin said he was “alarmed” at the abortion decision, having trusted Gorsuch and Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent.
The same disbelief was expressed by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who along Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are the two Republican senators who publicly support access to abortion.
“Every Republican Senator knew this would happen if they voted to confirm these radical justices,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Collins appeared furious Friday, saying the ruling was “ill-considered” and “inconsistent” with what Gorsuch and Kavanaugh had told her in private meetings and their public testimony about the importance of supporting judicial precedents.
“Throwing out a precedent overnight that the country has relied upon for half a century is not conservative,” Collins said in a statement. “It is a sudden and radical jolt to the country that will lead to political chaos, anger, and a further loss of confidence in our government.”
Murkowski and Collins have introduced legislation that would begin to put the Roe v. Wade protections into law, an alternative to the Democrats’ bill that already passed the House but has been blocked in the Senate as unduly expanding abortion rights.
The two Republican women said a legislative solution was paramount, and must be a priority, despite the unlikelihood of the House and Senate passing a bill.
“It is up to Congress to respond,” said Murkowski, who is up for reelection in the fall.
But Republicans are moving in the opposite direction, poised to enact further restrictions if they win control of Congress in fall.
Asked what types of abortion legislation Republicans would work to advance if they took over the House, GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who is in line to replace Pelosi as speaker, said: “We will continue to look wherever we can go to save as many lives as possible.”
Congress is away for a two-week recess. Crowds have gathered outside the Supreme Court, across the street, since the abortion decision was released.
McConnell, who is not up for reelection this fall but hopes to win enough seats to again become the majority leader in the Senate, appeared pleased by the outcome of his many long years of work.
“Millions of Americans have spent half a century praying, marching, and working toward today’s historic victories,” he said in a statement Friday. “I have been proud to stand with them throughout our long journey and I share their joy today.”
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Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) between March 30, 2021 and May 2, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 1, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased IonQ securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the IonQ class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6703 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 1, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) IonQ's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper round-tripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about IonQ's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkeley Lights, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLI), a leader in digital cell biology, and the Jaime Leandro Foundation for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines (JLF), today announced the discovery, functional characterization, and recovery of a patient-derived T cell receptor sequence against a cancer neoantigen.
Together, Berkeley Lights and JLF were able to measure and identify T cells that were reactive against peptides used in a cancer vaccine that was administered to a patient to successfully stimulate an immune response against their advanced-stage pancreatic cancer leading to complete remission. The patient was treated under the supervision of physicians at Washington University in St. Louis.
The unprecedented speed of these results relied on the Berkeley Lights Beacon® system. Applying the cell therapy development workflow, thousands of phenotypic measurements of single T cells were performed within one week. These measurements identified T cells that were cytotoxic and capable of secreting cytokines in response to antigen encounter, which were therefore predicted to be functional and subsequently sequenced at a single cell level. Cloning these T cell receptor sequences and expressing them in naïve T cells enabled functional validation against an antigen of interest. This function-first measurement capability of the Berkeley Lights platform is a significant differentiator compared to frequency-based assessments of TCRs which result in functional validation bottlenecks, adding to a growing number of highly differentiated service offerings at Berkeley Lights.
"This unique workflow combines Berkeley Lights' core strength of functional analysis of live cells, along with the use of the new Biofoundry services organization to help customers accelerate their therapeutic discoveries in a faster, more scalable way," said Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Berkeley Lights. "We look forward to continuing to work with JLF and their partners in evaluating immune response to cancer vaccines, mapping TCRs to neoantigens and ultimately supporting this important work to save patient lives."
The JLF has the mission of providing personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines for appropriate patients who have advanced cancers and seek compassionate use treatment.
"The data is exceedingly clear that, together, we have successfully identified a functional, patient- and antigen-specific TCR validating both our treatment methodology and the Berkeley Lights technology for personalized cancer vaccines compared to conventional approaches," said William Hoos, president of the Jaime Leandro Foundation for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines. "This is an exciting advancement in our mission."
From the clinical team, Dr. William Gillanders, professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, commented:
"The Berkeley Lights technology can take immune monitoring to the next level by evaluating multiple quantitative measurements of live cell behavior and recover that cell for molecular characterization. This is going to be tremendously useful for the field by providing a much deeper dataset to further understand cancer vaccines and predict clinical outcomes as well as to serve the growing need of combination therapies where TCR-T can be utilized."
1Daniel A King, Amber R Smith, Gino Pineda, et al. Complete remission in a patient with widely metastatic HER2-amplified pancreatic adenocarcinoma following multimodal therapy informed by tumor sequencing and organoid profiling. medRxiv 2021.12.16.21267326; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.16.21267326
Berkeley Lights is a leading digital cell biology company focused on enabling and accelerating the rapid development and commercialization of biotherapeutics and other cell-based products for our customers. The Berkeley Lights Platform captures deep phenotypic, functional, and genotypic information for thousands of single cells in parallel and can also deliver the live biology customers desire in the form of the best cells. Our platform is a fully integrated, end-to-end solution, comprising proprietary consumables, including our OptoSelect™ chips and reagent kits, advanced automation systems, and application software. We developed the Berkeley Lights Platform to provide the most advanced environment for rapid functional characterization of single cells at scale, the goal of which is to establish an industry standard for our customers throughout their cell-based product value chain.
Berkeley Lights' Beacon® and Lightning® systems and Culture Station™ instrument are FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
To the extent that statements contained in this press release are not descriptions of historical facts regarding Berkeley Lights or its products, they are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties that relate to future events, and actual results and product performance could differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Berkeley Lights undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's growth and continual evolution see the statements in the "Risk Factors" sections, and elsewhere, in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Rivian’s stock plunges on report that Ford is selling shares
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business
Rivian’s stock plunged 13% Monday as early investors jumped at their first opportunity to sell their shares — including, reportedly, Ford.
The 180-day “lockup” period, which prevented insiders and early investors from selling their Rivian shares, expired Monday. CNBC reported on Saturday that Ford, which owns a 11.4% stake in Rivian, plans to sell 8 million of its 102 million shares.
JPMorgan Chase plans to sell between 13 million to 15 million Rivian shares on behalf of an unidentified seller, according to CNBC. Amazon, which owns 162 million Rivian shares, is the company’s largest stakeholder.
“Rivian is an important partner for Amazon, and we are excited about the future,” said an Amazon spokesperson. “Putting 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030 is no small feat, and we remain committed to working with Rivian to make it a reality.”
Ford declined to comment.
Both Ford and Amazon recently reported multi-billion-dollar first-quarter losses because of the drop in value of Rivian’s stock. But both had reported even larger gains for 2021 when Rivian’s stock had soared. And both companies’ stakes in Rivian are still worth far more than their initial investments.
Rivian shares have lost 43% of their value since the end of the first quarter through Friday’s close, suggesting additional charges for Ford and Amazon could lie ahead. The company’s stock is down 84% from its post-IPO high through Friday’s close.
“The report of Ford selling 8 million shares is not what any Rivian investor wants to see,” said Dan Ives, tech analyst for Wedbush Securities. “The stock has been a debacle since the IPO. I think you’re seeing with lockup ending, investors are hitting the sell button in a jittery market.”
US stocks had a historically bad start to the year, especially tech stocks. Companies like Rivian whose share price gain had been driven by hopes for future earnings rather than current sales have been hit particularly hard. Rivian has only built 3,600 electric pickups since it started deliveries last fall. Investors also could be nervous about Rivian’s first quarter financial results, due out after the market close Wednesday. Shares fell 10% the day after it reported its first financial results following the IPO in December, and another 8% the day after its fourth quarter results in March.
Rivian had a very successful initial public offering in November, raising $12 billion, more than any other IPO since Facebook’s debut in 2012. Its stock continued to climb and within its first week it was the third most valuable automaker on the planet, trailing only Tesla and Toyota, despite the fact that at that point it had yet to report any sales.
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U.S. Ecology worker dies following last week's chemical release
CANTON TWP. ‒ One of five people injured during an Aug. 22 hazardous chemical release at U.S. Ecology has died, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed on Monday.
OSHA's Cleveland Field Area Office Director Howard Eberts said U.S. Ecology, 2050 Central Avenue SE, notified the agency on Thursday that employee Ray Sullivan, 27, of Waynesburg, had died.
More:Chemical release at Canton Township facility sends workers to the hospital
Sullivan's obituary lists his death as Friday.
The investigation into the chemical release was launched immediately, Eberts said, who added OSHA has six months to complete its probe.
Canton Township Fire Chief Christopher Smith has said that hydrogen sulfide was released at site, requiring five workers to seek medical treatment.
As of Monday, Smith had not confirmed Sullivan's death, and the investigation was ongoing.
U.S. Ecology could not be reached for comment Monday and has yet to publicly comment surrounding last week's leak.
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Improvement in Height Z-Score and Annualized Growth Velocity Observed, Consistent with Children Over 5
Interactions with Health Authorities Planned for H2 2022 to Discuss Expanding Access to Younger Children
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN) presented data at The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, ENDO 2022, demonstrating the Company's ongoing commitment to understanding the lifetime impact of achondroplasia, the most common form of disproportionate short stature. The Company provided data from a Phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of VOXZOGO™ (vosoritide) for Injection in infants and children aged 0 to less than five years old.
In the overall population of all randomized and sentinel subjects, the study showed an improvement in height Z-score (a measure of height adjusted for age and sex in reference to the average stature population and reported as a Standard Deviation, SD) as compared to placebo at 52 weeks. Voxzogo (n=43), compared to placebo (n=32), increased height Z-score by 0.30 SD (95% CI 0.07, 0.54) and annualized growth velocity (AGV) by 0.92cm/year (95% CI 0.24, 1.59). This improvement in height Z-score was consistent with improvements previously observed after one year of treatment in children over five years of age. In the randomized population (excluding sentinel subjects) and in the individual age subgroups, a trend toward increased height Z-score was observed. Voxzogo did not significantly impact upper-to-lower body segment ratio, which changed by -0.06 (95% CI -0.15, 0.03) over this 52-week period.
"We are pleased by these 52-week analysis results showing positive changes with Voxzogo compared to placebo in height Z-score and AGV," said Hank Fuchs, M.D., President, Worldwide Research and Development at BioMarin. "We look forward to discussing next steps regarding our efforts to expand access to Voxzogo treatment for this younger age group. We remain grateful to the children and families participating in the clinical study program."
"These data are very encouraging and supportive of early treatment initiation – there is clearly the potential these younger children could see meaningful benefit from treatment with Voxzogo. Importantly this is just the beginning: we look forward to the results of future analyses addressing additional endpoints and await further data on longer term follow up in this population with complex needs," said Melita Irving, Clinical Geneticist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and investigator for the Voxzogo clinical program at the Evelina London Children's Hospital.
BioMarin intends to meet with regulatory health authorities in the second half of 2022 to discuss next steps to expand access to Voxzogo for the treatment of achondroplasia in younger children.
Voxzogo Safety
The safety profile was generally consistent with that seen in older subjects in the Phase 3 Voxzogo 301 study (the current label population). Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) were higher in the placebo group (18%) compared to Voxzogo-treated children (7%). All SAEs, including a fatal respiratory arrest (reported as a sudden infant death syndrome in a treated infant with pre-existing respiratory morbidity), were deemed by the investigators to be unrelated to treatment. The most common adverse events were mild and self-limiting injection site reactions. See the U.S. Important Safety Information below and full Prescribing Information and Patient Prescribing Information for additional safety information.
Study Description
The 52-week phase 2 study enrolled 75 infants and young children with achondroplasia, aged zero to less than five years old (60 months). The study consists of three cohorts by age (24 months to less than 5 years, 6 months to less than 24 months, less than 6 months) and is followed by a subsequent open-label extension trial where all children receive active treatment. Children in this study will have completed a minimum three- or six-month baseline study to determine their respective baseline growth prior to entering the Phase 2 study. The objectives of the study are to evaluate safety, tolerability, and the effect of Voxzogo on growth. The study also evaluated proportionality, functionality, quality of life, sleep apnea, and foramen magnum dimension, as well as the advent of major illnesses and surgeries which frequently occur in children with achondroplasia.
About VOXZOGO™ (vosoritide) for Injection
In patients with achondroplasia, endochondral bone growth, an essential process by which bone tissue is created, is negatively regulated due to a gain of function mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3). Voxzogo, a C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) analog, represents a new class of therapy, which acts as a positive regulator of the signaling pathway downstream of FGFR3 to promote endochondral bone growth.
Voxzogo continues to be studied in a broad clinical development program in achondroplasia, and safety and efficacy are being further evaluated across different ages and over time. To date, 250 children with achondroplasia from eight countries have been enrolled in seven BioMarin clinical studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of Voxzogo.
Voxzogo is approved in the U.S. and indicated to increase linear growth in pediatric patients with achondroplasia who are 5 years of age and older with open epiphyses. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on an improvement in annualized growth velocity. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trial(s).To fulfill this post-marketing requirement, BioMarin intends to use the ongoing open-label extension studies compared to available natural history.
Voxzogo is also approved in the EU and Brazil in children with achondroplasia who are 2 years of age and older with open growth plates. Marketing authorization reviews are in progress in Japan and Australia with potential approvals in these countries in 2022.
About Achondroplasia
Achondroplasia, the most common form of skeletal dysplasia leading to disproportionate short stature in humans, is characterized by slowing of endochondral ossification, which results in disproportionate short stature and disordered architecture in the long bones, spine, face and base of the skull. This condition is caused by a change in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3), a negative regulator of bone growth. Beyond disproportionate short stature, people with achondroplasia can experience serious health complications, including foramen magnum compression, sleep apnea, bowed legs, mid-face hypoplasia, permanent sway of the lower back, spinal stenosis and recurrent ear infections. Some of these complications can result in the need for invasive surgeries such as spinal cord decompression and straightening of bowed legs. In addition, studies show increased mortality at every age.
More than 80% of children with achondroplasia have parents of average stature and have the condition as the result of a spontaneous gene mutation. The worldwide incidence rate of achondroplasia is about one in 25,000 live births. Voxzogo is being tested in children whose growth plates are still "open", typically those under 18 years of age. Approximately 25% of people with achondroplasia fall into this category.
VOXZOGO U.S. Important Safety Information
What is VOXZOGO used for?
- VOXZOGO is a prescription medicine used to increase linear growth in children with achondroplasia who are 5 years of age and older with open growth plates (epiphyses).
- It is not known if VOXZOGO is safe and effective in children with achondroplasia under 5 years of age.
- VOXZOGO is approved under accelerated approval based on an improvement in annualized growth velocity. Continued approval may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
What is the most important safety information about VOXZOGO?
- VOXZOGO may cause serious side effects including a temporary decrease in blood pressure in some patients. To reduce the risk of a decrease in blood pressure and associated symptoms (dizziness, feeling tired, or nausea), patients should eat a meal and drink 8 to 10 ounces of fluid within 1 hour before receiving VOXZOGO.
What are the most common side effects of VOXZOGO?
- The most common side effects of VOXZOGO include injection site reactions (including redness, itching, swelling, bruising, rash, hives, and injection site pain), vomiting, joint pain, decreased blood pressure, and stomachache. These are not all the possible side effects of VOXZOGO. Ask your healthcare provider for medical advice about side effects, and about any side effects that bother the patient or that do not go away.
How is VOXZOGO taken?
- VOXZOGO is taken daily as an injection given under the skin, administered by a caregiver after a healthcare provider determines the caregiver is able to administer VOXZOGO. Do not try to inject VOXZOGO until you have been shown the right way by your healthcare provider. VOXZOGO is supplied with Instructions for Use that describe the steps for preparing, injecting, and disposing VOXZOGO. Caregivers should review the Instructions for Use for guidance and any time they receive a refill of VOXZOGO in case any changes have been made.
- Inject VOXZOGO 1 time every day, at about the same time each day. If a dose of VOXZOGO is missed, it can be given within 12 hours from the missed dose. After 12 hours, skip the missed dose and administer the next daily dose as usual.
- The dose of VOXZOGO is based on body weight. Your healthcare provider will adjust the dose based on changes in weight following regular check-ups.
- Your healthcare provider will monitor the patient's growth and tell you when to stop taking VOXZOGO if they determine the patient is no longer able to grow. Stop administering VOXZOGO if instructed by your healthcare provider.
What should you tell the doctor before or during taking VOXZOGO?
- Tell your doctor about all of the patient's medical conditions including
- Tell your doctor about all of the medicines the patient takes, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
You may report side effects to BioMarin at 1-866-906-6100. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see additional safety information in the full Prescribing Information and Patient Information.
Patient Support for Accessing Voxzogo
To reach a BioMarin RareConnections® case manager, please call, toll-free, 1-866-906-6100 or e-mail support@biomarin-rareconnections.com. For more information about Voxzogo, please visit www.voxzogo.com. For additional information regarding this product, please contact BioMarin Medical Information at medinfo@bmrn.com.
About BioMarin
BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for patients with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. The company's portfolio consists of seven commercialized products and multiple clinical and pre-clinical product candidates. For additional information, please visit www.biomarin.com. Information on such website is not incorporated by reference into this press release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the business prospects of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BioMarin), including, without limitation, statements about: BioMarin's Voxzogo development program generally; the potential benefits of Voxzogo for infants and young children; the continued clinical development of Voxzogo, including, without limitation, the timing, design, conduct, and results of the global Phase 2 Study of Voxzogo for infants and young Children with achondroplasia aged 0 to less than five years old; BioMarin intention's to meet with regulatory health authorities in the second half of 2022 to discuss next steps to expand access to Voxzogo for the treatment of achondroplasia in younger children; BioMarin's intention to use the ongoing open-label extension studies of Voxzogo compared to available natural history to fulfill the Company's post-marketing requirement for Voxzogo's continued approval in the U.S.; and the potential actions of regulatory authorities regarding the Company's marketing authorization applications for Voxzogo, including, without limitation, the Company's applications in Japan and Australia. These forward-looking statements are predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results may differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: results and timing of current and planned clinical trials of Voxzogo; our ability to enroll participants into such clinical trials, our ability to successfully manufacture Voxzogo; the content and timing of decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Commission and other regulatory authorities concerning Voxzogo; and those factors detailed in BioMarin's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including, without limitation, the factors contained under the caption "Risk Factors" in BioMarin's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 as such factors may be updated by any subsequent reports. Stockholders are urged not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. BioMarin is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
BioMarin® and VOXZOGO® are registered trademarks of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., or its affiliates.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The prestigious 2022 AOTMP® Vendor Awards were presented on July 28, 2022. The awards recognize innovation and excellence amongst the individuals working for leading telecom expense management (TEM) organizations. We are pleased to announce that the Mindglobal Head of Customer Finance, Ben Savage, was honored as Business Analyst of the Year.
Ben Savage leads the Customer Finance team, focusing on billing optimization, auditing, and invoice allocation. Ben is also a lead wireless consultant and serves as an integral contributor to carrier contract negotiations by providing industry benchmarking rates and leading practices/strategies. He has developed many of the wireless optimization models and processes that help our customers realize a significant ROI.
Kevin Whitehurst, co-CEO of Mindglobal, shares "Under Ben's leadership and direction, the Finance team was able to provide a regressive analysis of pre-Covid vs. post-Covid data utilization which led to a shift in rate plans as well as assisting our Fortune 500 clients with their Work From Home policies." This was recently captured in the case study: Can Regressive Analysis Predict TEM Utilization in the Post-Covid Workspace?
Timothy C. Colwell, AOTMP Executive Vice President, said, "The accomplishments of this year's AOTMP Vendor Award winners demonstrate undeniable business results and compelling value propositions across the board. This outstanding individual is making an impact in the telecom, mobility, and IT management industry."
The Customer Finance team is an integral part of the operation at Mindglobal. They are present from the first onboarding meeting through monthly Rate Plan Analysis calls and continue to build strong relationships with all clients, along with their Client Manager and other leaders at Mindglobal.
AOTMP is a global organization, empowering professionals in the dynamic $4+ trillion telecom, mobility and IT management industry. AOTMP® delivers value through training, certifications, association memberships, events & programs, best practices, publications, resources, and professional development. www.aotmp.com
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Porch pirates could face felony charges if caught in this state
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) – A new law in Kentucky is aimed at deterring and penalizing porch pirates.
According to WAVE, lawmakers had a ceremonial signing Wednesday of Senate Bill 23, which makes stealing packages from private carriers like Amazon, FedEx and UPS off someone’s doorstep a felony.
Packages were not previously afforded the same level of security as U.S. mail. The new law provides officers with another tool to combat package theft rings.
“Kentuckians have been repeatedly victimized and targeted by porch pirates, with important deliveries being stolen like medicine,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. “It’s not just individuals who commit this crime. More and more we are seeing organized groups of individuals who gather stolen packages and then resell them.”
Package theft was previously considered a misdemeanor and it was often never prosecuted. Offenders caught stealing someone else’s delivery risk up to five years in jail.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty announced that they would be the first team in WNBA history to drop non-fungible tokens in the form of digital art.
The release of the NFT will be on May 7 to coincide with the Liberty’s season opener against the Connecticut Sun.
“I think we’re always aiming to be innovative. We like to lead and feel we should be leading here in New York,” Liberty CEO Keia Clarke said after practice earlier this week. “We have the support of ownership and a really unique idea to continue what our schedule release was.”
There will be 400 NFTs with similar designs, but each having its own unique serial number when they are released. The Liberty hope to do more of them throughout the season.
“This is the first in the collection, not sure what the rest will look like yet,” Clarke said. “There will be some surprises that come from this drop. The NFTs are serialized, you could be gifted on the number of the NFT you purchase.”
Fans can get one of the the NFTs by pre-ordering a ticket to the opening game through a special website.
The design was created by the Liberty’s in-house marketing team and plays off the nail art that was teased in the franchise’s schedule release.
“NFTs are the future of one-of-a-kind collectibles, and this exclusive drop celebrates the intersection of nail art culture and sports through the lens of the New York Liberty. A lot of our players get their nails done,” Clarke said. “We saw Betnijah (Laney) had her nails done in New York Liberty colors.”
The WNBA offered its first NFT’s last fall and the packs the league made available all sold out.
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) ("Corteva" or the "Company") today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
1Q 2022 Results Overview
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- First quarter 2022 net sales rose 10% versus prior year with gains in both segments. Organic1 sales increased 16% in the same period with double-digit gains in all regions.
- Seed net sales grew 1% and organic1 sales increased 7% year over year, with notable gains in both EMEA2 and Latin America, partially offset by the seasonal timing of seed deliveries in North America2. Price was up 8% globally, led by continued execution on the company's price for value strategy and recovery of higher input costs.
- Crop Protection net sales grew 23% and organic1 sales increased 29%, led by North America2. Volume gains were driven by early demand and continued penetration of new products, including EnlistTM and RinskorTM herbicides and ZorvecTM fungicide. Price gains reflected strong execution across all regions in response to cost inflation.
- GAAP income and earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations were $577 million and $0.79 per share for the first quarter 2022, respectively. Operating EBITDA1 was $1.04 billion, a 15% improvement over prior year on strong price execution and volume gains in all regions, partially offset by inflation and currency headwinds. Operating EPS1 was $0.97 per share, up 23% compared to the same period last year.
- Management affirmed full year 2022 net sales and Operating EBITDA1 guidance3. The Company expects net sales to be in the range of $16.7 billion to $17.0 billion and Operating EBITDA1 in the range of $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion. The Company adjusted its expectations for Operating EPS1 for 2022, which is now expected to be in the range of $2.35 to $2.55 per share, reflecting lower average share count.
"Corteva delivered a solid start to 2022 with double-digit sales and Operating EBITDA growth in the first quarter reflecting continued execution amidst a challenging macro and geopolitical environment, including the current situation in Eastern Europe.
"The Company made progress on its strategic initiatives to accelerate performance, including the recently announced business realignment that will enhance simplicity and speed of business.
"Looking ahead, we expect healthy market fundamentals to continue given record crop prices, strong farm income levels and demand for food globally.
"We remain committed to bringing industry-leading, sustainable solutions to farmers to drive productivity and ease the current pressure on the global food system," said Chuck Magro, Corteva Chief Executive Officer.
Company Updates
- Business Realignment to Accelerate Operational Performance
- New Product Pipeline Driving Momentum
- Company Takes Actions to Mitigate Food Security Impacts from Humanitarian Crisis, Exits Russian Operations
2022 Guidance
The Company affirmed its previously provided net sales and Operating EBITDA1 guidance3 for the full year 2022. Corteva expects net sales in the range of $16.7 billion to $17.0 billion, which at the mid-point represents expected net sales growth of 8% for the year and organic1 sales growth of 11% for the year. Operating EBITDA1 is expected to be in the range of $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion. The Company adjusted its expectations for Operating EPS1 for 2022, which is now expected to be in the range of $2.35 to $2.55 per share, to reflect lower average share count. The Company is not able to reconcile its forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to its most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, as it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty items outside of its control, such as Significant Items, without unreasonable effort.
Click here to download the full press release, including segment detail and reconciliations of non-GAAP and GAAP measures, or visit the Corteva Investor Relations website.
About Corteva
Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) is a publicly traded, global pure-play agriculture company that combines industry-leading innovation, high-touch customer engagement and operational execution to profitably deliver solutions for the world's most pressing agriculture challenges. Corteva generates advantaged market preference through its unique distribution strategy, together with its balanced and globally diverse mix of seed, crop protection, and digital products and services. With some of the most recognized brands in agriculture and a technology pipeline well positioned to drive growth, the Company is committed to maximizing productivity for farmers, while working with stakeholders throughout the food system as it fulfills its promise to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. More information can be found at www.corteva.com.
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Cautionary Statement About Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains certain estimates and forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and may be identified by their use of words like "plans," "expects," "will," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "projects," "estimates," "outlook," or other words of similar meaning. All statements that address expectations or projections about the future, including statements about Corteva's strategy for growth, product development, regulatory approvals, market position; capital allocation strategy; liquidity; environmental, social and governance ("ESG") targets and initiatives; the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, restructuring actions, or cost savings initiatives; and the outcome of contingencies, such as litigation and environmental matters, expenditures, and financial results are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements and other estimates are based on certain assumptions and expectations of future events which may not be accurate or realized. Forward-looking statements and other estimates also involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Corteva's control. While the list of factors presented below is considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. Consequences of material differences in results as compared with those anticipated in the forward-looking statements could include, among other things, business disruption, operational problems, financial loss, legal liability to third parties and similar risks, any of which could have a material adverse effect on Corteva's business, results of operations and financial condition. Some of the important factors that could cause Corteva's actual results to differ materially from those projected in any such forward-looking statements include: (i) failure to successfully develop and commercialize Corteva's pipeline; (ii) failure to obtain or maintain the necessary regulatory approvals for some of Corteva's products; (iii) effect of the degree of public understanding and acceptance or perceived public acceptance of Corteva's biotechnology and other agricultural products; (iv) effect of changes in agricultural and related policies of governments and international organizations; (v) effect of competition and consolidation in Corteva's industry; (vi) effect of competition from manufacturers of generic products; (vii) costs of complying with evolving regulatory requirements and the effect of actual or alleged violations of environmental laws or permit requirements; (viii) effect of climate change and unpredictable seasonal and weather factors; (ix) failure to comply with competition and anti-trust laws; (x) capital markets sentiment towards ESG matters (xi) competitor's establishment of an intermediary platform for distribution of Corteva's products; (xii) impact of Corteva's dependence on third parties with respect to certain of its raw materials or licenses and commercialization; (xiii) effect of industrial espionage and other disruptions to Corteva's supply chain, information technology or network systems; (xiv) effect of volatility in Corteva's input costs; (xv) failure to raise capital through the capital markets or short-term borrowings on terms acceptable to Corteva; (xvi) failure of Corteva's customers to pay their debts to Corteva, including customer financing programs; (xvii) increases in pension and other post-employment benefit plan funding obligations; (xviii) risks related to environmental litigation and the indemnification obligations of legacy EID liabilities in connection with the separation of Corteva; (xix) risks related to Corteva's global operations; (xx) failure to effectively manage acquisitions, divestitures, alliances cost savings initiatives, and other portfolio actions; (xxi) risks related to COVID-19; (xxii) Corteva's ability to recruit and retain key personnel; (xxiii) Corteva's intellectual property rights or defend against intellectual property claims asserted by others; (xxiv) effect of counterfeit products; (xxv) Corteva's dependence on intellectual property cross-license agreements; (xxvi) other risks related to the Separation from DowDuPont; and (xxvii) risks related to the Russia and Ukraine military conflict.
Additionally, there may be other risks and uncertainties that Corteva is unable to currently identify or that Corteva does not currently expect to have a material impact on its business. Where, in any forward-looking statement or other estimate, an expectation or belief as to future results or events is expressed, such expectation or belief is based on the current plans and expectations of Corteva's management and expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. Corteva disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable law. A detailed discussion of some of the significant risks and uncertainties which may cause results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in the "Risk Factors" section of Corteva's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as modified by subsequent Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Regulation G (Non-GAAP Financial Measures)
This earnings release includes information that does not conform to U.S. GAAP and are considered non-GAAP measures. These measures may include organic sales, organic growth (including by segment and region), operating EBITDA, operating earnings per share, and base income tax rate. Management uses these measures internally for planning and forecasting, including allocating resources and evaluating incentive compensation. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures best reflect the ongoing performance of the Company during the periods presented and provide more relevant and meaningful information to investors as they provide insight with respect to ongoing operating results of the Company and a more useful comparison of year over year results. These non-GAAP measures supplement the Company's U.S. GAAP disclosures and should not be viewed as an alternative to U.S. GAAP measures of performance. Furthermore, such non-GAAP measures may not be consistent with similar measures provided or used by other companies. Reconciliations for these non-GAAP measures to U.S. GAAP are provided in the Selected Financial Information and Non-GAAP Measures starting on page A-5 of the Financial Statement Schedules.
Corteva is not able to reconcile its forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to its most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, as it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty items outside of the Company's control, such as Significant Items, without unreasonable effort. For Significant items reported in the periods presented, refer to page A-8 of the Financial Statement Schedules. Beginning January 1, 2020, the Company presents accelerated prepaid royalty amortization expense as a significant item. Accelerated prepaid royalty amortization represents the noncash charge associated with the recognition of upfront payments made to Monsanto in connection with the Company's non-exclusive license in the United States and Canada for Monsanto's Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Roundup Ready 2 Xtend® herbicide tolerance traits. During the five-year ramp-up period of Enlist E3TM, Corteva is expected to significantly reduce the volume of products with the Roundup Ready 2 Yield® and Roundup Ready 2 Xtend® herbicide tolerance traits beginning in 2021, with expected minimal use of the trait platform after the completion of the ramp-up. Organic sales is defined as price and volume and excludes currency and portfolio impacts. Operating EBITDA is defined as earnings (loss) (i.e., income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes) before interest, depreciation, amortization, non-operating benefits (costs), foreign exchange gains (losses), and net unrealized gain or loss from mark-to-market activity for certain foreign currency derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting, excluding the impact of significant items. Non-operating (benefits) costs consists of non-operating pension and other post-employment benefit (OPEB) benefits (costs), tax indemnification adjustments, and environmental remediation and legal costs associated with legacy businesses and sites of Historical DuPont. Tax indemnification adjustments relate to changes in indemnification balances, as a result of the application of the terms of the Tax Matters Agreement, between Corteva and Dow and/or DuPont that are recorded by the Company as pre-tax income or expense.
Operating earnings (loss) per share are defined as "earnings (loss) per common share from continuing operations - diluted" excluding the after-tax impact of significant items, the after tax impact of non-operating benefits (costs), the after-tax impact of amortization expense associated with intangible assets existing as of the Separation from DowDuPont, and the after-tax impact of net unrealized gain or loss from mark-to-market activity for certain foreign currency derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Although amortization of the Company's intangible assets is excluded from these non-GAAP measures, management believes it is important for investors to understand that such intangible assets contribute to revenue generation. Amortization of intangible assets that relate to past acquisitions will recur in future periods until such intangible assets have been fully amortized. Any future acquisitions may result in amortization of additional intangible assets. Net unrealized gain or loss from mark-to-market activity for certain foreign currency derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting represents the non-cash net gain (loss) from changes in fair value of certain undesignated foreign currency derivative contracts. Upon settlement, which is within the same calendar year of execution of the contract, the net gain (loss) from the changes in fair value of the non-qualified foreign currency derivative contracts will be reported in relevant non-GAAP financial measures, allowing quarterly results to reflect the economic effects of the foreign currency derivative contracts without the resulting unrealized mark to fair value volatility. Base income tax rate is defined as the effective tax rate excluding the impacts of foreign exchange gains (losses), non-operating benefits (costs), amortization of intangibles (existing as of the Separation), mark-to-market gains (loss) on certain foreign currency contracts not designated as hedges, and significant items.
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Police searching for Bradley Cooper look-alike accused of stealing from Home Depot
Published: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:13 AM CDT|Updated: 6 minutes ago
HENRY COUNTY, Ga. (CNN) – Police in Georgia are searching for a Bradley Cooper look-alike accused of shoplifting from a Home Depot store last month.
The police department posted a surveillance photo of the man on Facebook, showing the suspect casually rolling out a Bosch Rotary Laser Kit on a cart July 23.
According to Home Depot’s website, that kit can cost hundreds of dollars.
Several people have noticed and commented on how much the suspect looks like the actor Bradley Cooper.
In that case, he shouldn’t be too difficult to find, right?
Anyone with information is asked to call the Henry County Police Department’s non-emergency line at 770-957-9121.
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HUNTINGTON, Ind., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc., (OTCQB: NIDB), the parent company of First Federal Savings Bank, has announced that the Corporation will pay a cash dividend of $0.30 per common share. The dividend will be payable on August 25, 2022 to shareholders of record on August 11, 2022.
The book value of NIDB's stock was $34.88 per common share as of June 30, 2022. At the close of business on July 26, 2022, the stock price was $43.00 per common share and the number of outstanding shares was 1,205,135. The annualized dividend yield at the current stock price is 2.8%.
Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered at 648 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, Indiana. The company offers a full array of banking and financial brokerage services to its customers through its main office in Huntington and six full-service Indiana offices in Huntington (2), Warsaw (2) and Fort Wayne (2). The Company is traded on the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (www.otcmarkets.com) utilizing the OTCQB platform under the symbol "NIDB". Our web site address is www.firstfedindiana.bank.
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HO CHI MINH, Vietnam, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What do you think if you made 70% of a small investment in the short term? Or how about when you play the coin flip game, you will pay a coin if you lose but get 70 if you win? Most people will accept the first option and stay away from the second because it sounds like a Sic Bo game. However, both options are basically the same. And Binary Options come as a breath of fresh air in 2022 as a form of investment that is of interest to a huge number of investors for its fun and profitability.
What are Binary Options?
Binary Options (BO) are financing options that allow players to trade on the prediction of the uptrend/downtrend of financial products. If the players can predict the trend, they will receive 70% - 95% of the return on initial investment depending on the level of profitability set by the broker. However, if their prediction is wrong, they lose the entire amount invested. In terms of form, it is like Sic Bo.
Binary Options investment is simple, fun, and profitable
Why is it so simple to invest in Binary Options?
Investors only need to place orders based on trends that they believe will increase or decrease in a type of financial asset. This simplicity has attracted crowds of investors and new entrants to the financial markets. Unlike stocks, forex, gold, and crude oil, there are many factors to address when investing, from slippages and margins to news events. For BO, the risk is only at the same level as your investment. Compared to other trades, the profit in BO is extremely attractive (90% for Up Options).
How could Binary Option make investing so enjoyable in 2022?
As in the title, flip the coin and wait for luck. For BO, flipping the coin but the odds of winning are higher, do not expect much luck because BO has ways to limit the risk. Many tools support binary trading, such as online price charts, economic calendars, news, and indicators. Even long-time traders rely on experience to analyze and forecast prices.
It is hard to say not fun while "Gambling" but having a plan, having a specific strategy, having a capital management way to limit risk without using emotion or luck, and having a high percentage of winning.
Compared to other forms of securities investment, BO is simpler. However, traders should fully understand how binary options work, what markets and timeframes they can trade with binary options, the advantages and disadvantages of these products, and which companies are legally authorized to offer binary options.
Where to participate in binary trading?
The method used to open an account will be very simple for BO brokers in Vietnam. After opening an account, investors will be supported with advice and guidance on trading based on financial products (securities, gold, Forex, Bitcoin...). Investors should have evaluation criteria to make the best quality choices of reputable BO brokers. Here are the dominant criteria of the Up Options binary broker.
Highlights of Up Options
Up Options LLC with its registered address on the 1st Floor, First St. Vincent Bank Ltd, James Street, Kingstown, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines. Each transaction at Up Options is monitored by reputable financial institutions while applying special facilities for investors to choose specifically as follows:
- The state-of-the-art trading platform incorporates unrivaled security technologies that ensure the fastest transaction speed. Fast without delay order processing and the most accurate list prices
- Fast deposit and withdrawal operations using a specialized payment gateway. Accept paying via Bank, Visa, Mastercard, and other payment gateways.
- A customized platform built to adapt to any device use and any transition without hindrance
- Keeping an economic calendar provides valuable information about upcoming economic events to help traders make the right investment decisions
- Actively support investors to create order action through unlimited demo accounts
Up Options established with the criterion: "As a trader, we understand that you will not trade without your advantages." However, equip yourself with sufficient knowledge before entering the financial markets and should only trade with capital that you can afford to handle if the risk occurs.
For more information about Up Options, please visit:
Website: www.upoptions.com
Hotline: +1 874 458 23 06
Email: support@upoptions.com
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Star-studded event will raise funds for life-saving health and education programs in Africa
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The GEANCO Foundation will hold its annual Hollywood Gala on Friday, September 30 at The 1 Hotel to raise funds for programs focused on vulnerable women and children in Nigeria.
Event proceeds will support GEANCO's David Oyelowo Leadership Scholarship for Girls, which provides full tuition, housing, healthcare, and social care to young female victims of terrorism and gender inequality in Nigeria. This special scholarship uplifts and empowers brilliant girls in volatile, challenging circumstances. Donations will also underwrite the Foundation's November 2022 minimally-invasive surgical mission to Nigeria.
As said by Gala Co-Chair David Oyelowo: "With our help, these bright and resilient girls can blossom into Nigeria's most inspiring leaders in government, education, business, entertainment, and so much more. That is what these Leadership Scholarships are all about. We seek to nurture a generation of strong female trailblazers whose positive impact will be felt across Africa and around the world."
The Gala is supported by leading figures in the entertainment industry, such as Benedict Cumberbatch (Honorary Chair), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Gala Chair), David Oyelowo (Gala Chair), and previous Gala Honorees and Oscar winners Charlize Theron and Forest Whitaker. Previous Gala guests include actors Scott Eastwood (Wrath of Man), Ava DuVerney (director and Oscar-nominated writer) and Sam Adegoke (Dynasty). For a full list of past attendees, please see here.
"I am deeply honored by the strong support those both inside and outside of the entertainment industry have given us over the years," says Afam Onyema, GEANCO's Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "Our Hollywood Gala is critical to our efforts to save vulnerable mothers and infants and to educate and inspire young girls affected by terrorism. Our generous GEANCO family of supporters continues to make a powerful impact on the disrupted communities throughout Nigeria."
2022 GEANCO GALA DETAILS
While mingling with influential figures in the entertainment industry, guests will enjoy lively Nigerian music, a premium open bar featuring Nigeria's renowned Star Beer, and Africa-inspired gourmet hors d'oeuvres.
When: Friday, September 30 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: The Hotel 1 - 8490 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Register here: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTUxODkx
Sponsors include Netflix, Creative Artists Agency, Zegar Family Fund, Rush Imhotep (Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual), Gafni & Levin LLP, Star Beer USA, Amplify Africa, Round Hill Legal Search, and Graphic Design Partner Misfit.
About The GEANCO Foundation
An LA-based nonprofit, GEANCO saves and transforms lives in Africa. It organizes surgical missions and runs innovative maternal and infant health programs in Nigeria. Its David Oyelowo Leadership Scholarship for Girls provides full tuition, healthcare, and social & psychological support to young female survivors of terrorism and gender inequality in the country.
For more information on The GEANCO Foundation, visit Geanco.org, and connect with the organization on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
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