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ATLANTA, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthesized, the high-quality data generation company, today announced a partnership with BigID, the leading data intelligence platform, to deliver a solution that allows teams to easily generate, mask, subset, and repopulate sensitive data eliminating the risks of data leakage.
Data-driven innovation is central for companies to stay ahead and thrive; however, regulatory compliance restricts how they can share and access their data, slowing release cycles or even creating regulatory risk. With this partnership, joint customers can now automate the de-identification of sensitive data, dramatically reducing manual resources while improving response times to supply test data in non-production environments.
Fast and easy access to safe data
With this integration, joint customers will be able to de identify data based on sensitivity, and with increased visibility and benefits including:
- Time to value: Create and access compliant test data in minutes
- Cost savings: Eliminate the manual effort for test data generation
- Cloud adoption speed: Move data to the cloud faster while staying compliant
"We are thrilled to be working with the BigID team. With the Synthesized and BigID partnership, application development and QA teams can generate the highest quality synthetic data and leverage their most sensitive data assets, in a fully compliant manner," said Dr Nicolai Baldin, CEO of Synthesized. "Our joint customers across every industry will be able to accelerate their cloud migrations and application releases."
"BigID finds, classifies, and catalogs all your sensitive data. The integration with Synthesized allows our customers to quickly de-identify sensitive data through the generation of safe and compliant high-quality synthetic test data for use in non-production environments. This joint solution accelerates application release cycles and cloud adoption strategies," said Christopher Glover, Field CTO at BigID.
About Synthesized
Synthesized's mission is to make the creation and access of high-quality data fast and easy. Synthesized delivers the first API-driven data generation platform that creates synthetic data, better than production data — in minutes. QA and ML teams can now easily create, validate, and safely share high-quality test data for software testing, model training, and data analysis without the need for complex code or configurations. Synthesized has been recognized for data generation innovation as British Data Awards Finalist: AI Company of the Year and Computing AI and Machine Learning Awards: Most Innovative AI Solution and has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor. For more information, visit synthesized.io
About BigID
BigID's data intelligence platform enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, protection, and perspective. Customers deploy BigID to proactively discover, manage, protect, and get more value from their regulated, sensitive, and personal data across their data landscape. BigID has been recognized for its data intelligence innovation as a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100, the 2021 Inc 5000 as the #19th fastest growing company and #1 in Security, a Business Insider 2020 AI Startup to Watch, and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner. Find out more at https://bigid.com.
To learn more about the Synthesized's partnership with BigID, read the white paper and visit Synthesized on the BigID Marketplace.
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Man convicted of starting California wildfire that killed endangered condors was sentenced to 24 years in prison
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN
A man convicted of starting California’s Dolan Fire — which critically injured a firefighter, destroyed several homes and killed a dozen of endangered condors — was sentenced to 24 years in prison, prosecutors announced.
Ivan Gomez, 31, was found guilty of 16 felony counts, including arson, cultivating marijuana, throwing rocks at a vehicle and 12 counts of cruelty to animals, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said in a Wednesday news release.
Michael Belter, an attorney for Gomez, said “a notice of appeal has been filed.”
Evidence presented during the trial showed on August 18, 2020, the day the Dolan Fire started, officers responded to a man throwing rocks at cars on a highway, the district attorney’s office said. The man, who was identified as Gomez, said he had started the blaze at an illegal marijuana grow site, which investigators later confirmed as the origin place of the fire, the release said.
Lighters found on him matched others that were found at the fire’s origin point, according to the release. And in an interview with detectives, Gomez admitted to starting the fire “numerous times,” the release added.
The blaze burned more than 124,000 acres and destroyed a sanctuary for the endangered birds in Big Sur, killing 12 condors, injuring several more, and ravaging nesting structures, the release said.
A webcam set up at the nest of one of the condors who survived the flames, Iniko, captured the fire as it torched the surrounding area, according to footage posted online by the nonprofit Ventana Wildlife Society, which runs the sanctuary.
California condors, once on the brink of extinction, are still considered “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). About 200 adult birds remain in the wild today, according to the IUCN.
A rebuild of the condor release facility, which was destroyed by the fire, is expected to be completed by the summer, according to the Ventana Wildlife Society.
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- Closes $7.5 Million Second Tranche Investment from DaVita
- $30 Million in Total Capital Raised This Quarter
- Receives Additional Feedback from FDA on its IND Application
WIXOM, Mich., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockwell Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMTI), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the treatment of iron deficiency and anemia management and improving outcomes for patients, today provided an update on its recent capital raise and a clinical update on safety enhancements to its planned Phase 2 clinical trial of Ferric Pyrophosphate Citrate (FPC) in home infusion patients.
On June 16, 2022 Rockwell Medical closed the second $7.5 million tranche of the previously announced DaVita, Inc (NYSE:DVA) stock purchase agreement under which DaVita agreed to purchase up to $15 million in convertible preferred stock in two tranches. This investment, in addition to the recently announced $15 million financing, brings the total gross amount raised by Rockwell this quarter to $30 million. There were no commissions paid on either investment.
"This capital, when combined with the initiatives we completed earlier this year, will extend our cash runway meaningfully, during which time we will continue advancing our Ferric Pyrophosphate Citrate (FPC) development programs and improving our dialysis business," said Russell Skibsted, Executive Vice President, CFO and CBO. "We plan to restructure and grow our dialysis business to generate improved gross margins and cash flow. On the development side, with the rapidly growing trend toward medical care at home, we are preparing to conduct our Phase 2 clinical trial of FPC in home infusion patients, a population with a significant unmet burden from iron deficiency anemia, pending submission of additional CMC microbial data in support of FDA clearance to begin this trial."
Due to the fact that the eventual commercial presentation of FPC) for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia and maintenance of hemoglobin in patients receiving infusion therapy in the home setting, a single dose sterile unit, is still in development, the planned Phase 2 proof of concept study design requires that three units of the existing FDA-approved IV product be compounded into a single unit for each patient dose. Because of this necessary step, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that Rockwell perform a microbial challenge study, a standard study testing the potential for microbial growth. Successful completion of this study will add an additional layer of safety for clinical trial patients.
"We are pleased to provide the FDA with the additional data requested and fully support the generation of any data that will further assure the safety of the patients that will participate in our study," said Marc Hoffman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Rockwell Medical. "We continue to make progress toward clearance of our IND. We believe the requested microbial challenge study will have minimal impact on our proposed Phase 2 program timeline or cost as the tests will be conducted in parallel with the clinical study start-up activities."
Home infusion therapy is a rapidly growing segment of home healthcare. Many patients receiving home infusion therapy have diseases that are associated with a high rate of iron deficiency and anemia, and current treatment options are not well suited for use in the home setting.
Rockwell Medical is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing its next-generation parenteral iron technology platform, Ferric Pyrophosphate Citrate (FPC), which has the potential to lead transformative treatments for iron deficiency in multiple disease states, reduce healthcare costs and improve patients' lives. The Company has two FDA-approved therapies indicated for patients undergoing hemodialysis, which are the first two products developed from the FPC platform. Rockwell Medical is also advancing its FPC platform by developing FPC for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in patients outside of dialysis, who are receiving intravenous medications in the home infusion setting. In addition, Rockwell Medical is one of two major suppliers of life-saving hemodialysis concentrate products to kidney dialysis clinics in the United States. For more information, visit www.RockwellMed.com.
Home health is an area of medicine experiencing significant growth – a trend that will likely continue over the next decade due to an aging US population, the need to control costs, the desire to improve patient outcomes, and the convenience of home healthcare. Home infusion therapy, an important part of some home care regimens, allows patients with diseases requiring regular infusions of intravenous medications to be treated in the comfort of their home and has been proven to be a cost-effective, safe, and efficacious alternative to inpatient care for a variety of therapies and disease states, both acute and chronic. Treating IDA as part of an existing home infusion regimen more effectively, calls for an innovative approach. Rockwell Medical is developing a technology to manage iron in the home infusion setting. Ferric Pyrophosphate Citrate (FPC) is Rockwell's novel next-generation parenteral iron is anticipated to enter a Phase II study for the treatment of IDA in the home infusion setting in 2022.
Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as, "may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "could," "can," "would," "develop," "plan," "potential," "predict," "forecast," "project," "intend," "look forward to," "remain confident" or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions, or statements regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are forward looking statements. There can be no assurance that Rockwell Medical will be able to, among other things, receive FDA clearance for its planned clinical trial of FPC in home infusion patients or the timing of any such approval, have sufficient capital to complete a trial in home infusion patients, or maintain timing for planned clinical trials and regulatory filings. While Rockwell Medical believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to us on the date of this release. These forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties (including, without limitation, those set forth in Rockwell Medical's SEC filings), many of which are beyond our control and subject to change. Actual results could be materially different. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to those risks more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as such description may be amended or updated in any future reports we file with the SEC. Rockwell Medical expressly disclaims any obligation to update our forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.
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Seoul: North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched two ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said.
The missile firings came three days after the leaders of South Korea and the United States agreed to consider expanded military exercises to deter North Korean nuclear threats during President Joe Biden’s visit to Seoul.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missiles were fired toward waters off North Korea’s eastern coast. The statement gave no further details.
The launches were North Korea’s 17th round of missile firings this year. Experts have said North Korea’s testing is aimed at modernizing its weapons arsenal and at applying pressure on its rivals amid long-dormant nuclear diplomacy.
North Korea’s unusual pace in weapons tests this year included its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017 in March.
U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials have that North Korea could soon conduct its first nuclear test in nearly five years.
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TORONTO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adlib Software, a global leader in best-in-class document rendering solutions, today announced the appointment of Helen Rosen as Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Rosen has years of experience transforming SaaS, technology, and data companies into resilient, high-performing entities. Joining Helen's senior management team are Tiffany Chen as Chief Financial Officer and Shawn Bai as Chief Technology Officer.
"Helen has acquired impressive expertise across technology sectors and utilized that knowledge to devise and execute highly effective growth strategies. She has experience with private equity ownership and will align with the executive team, Diversis Capital investors, and board of directors to build a strategy that drives the business forward. We look forward to Helen collaborating with leadership, sales, and customers to help us deliver an even richer, more refined product line," said Chris Porch, Senior Operating Partner, Diversis Capital.
"I am excited to bring my decades of experience as an operations leader and strategist to Adlib," said Helen. "My primary objective is to help our clients adopt an agile mindset through intelligent data. Resilient teams are better equipped to endure market volatility and boost innovation and the Adlib platform offers a shortcut to success."
Helen joined Adlib following her role as Chief Strategy Officer with Kipu Health. Prior to that she was Chief Strategy Officer and SVP of Corporate Development with AxiomSL, which exited to Thoma Bravo in December 2020. Helen began her career in management consulting after graduating from the University of Buffalo.
Tiffany Chen has over 25 years of accounting experience in financial services and with private equity backed software companies, including 10 years with Goldman Sachs and five years with Axiom SL. She holds an MBA degree in Finance and an MS degree in Accounting from Baruch College in New York City.
Shawn Bai is a technology executive with over 20 years of experience in software product delivery spanning multiple industries. He has extensive expertise in system architecture, data platform, cloud computing, IT operation, Agile SDLC, and product management. Shawn most recently served as CTO of Suvoda for three years. Prior to that he was Head of Engineering for Sunbird Software, Director of Software Engineering for Online Resources, and also worked with Catalyst Health Solutions, YellowBook, and Neoware. Shawn is a graduate of the Chinese Academy of Science and holds three MS degrees in Medical Informatics, Bioengineering, and Physics.
Regarding the addition of Tiffany and Shawn, Helen said: "We are accelerating the next phase of our business development with help from Diversis Capital, and we are very pleased to upgrade our senior management team with high quality executives in finance and engineering. Our goal is to deliver an outstanding customer experience. Tiffany and Shawn will be instrumental in helping Adlib achieve the next level of growth."
To learn more about Adlib's Management Team, click here: https://www.adlibsoftware.com/about-us/management-team.aspx
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Since 2000, Adlib has been an industry leader in enterprise-grade document rendering solutions for organizations that operate in highly regulated industries. Harnessing a network of renowned B2B brands and Fortune 1000 customers, Adlib has found success by doing one thing well: transforming high volumes of content in 300+ formats into searchable, compliance-friendly PDFs at scale. With Adlib's highly scalable and available solution, enterprises in tightly regulated industries can automate manual document-management workflows and unlock critical insights. As a result, organizations can amplify human potential, reduce regulatory risk, and attain a whole new level of performance. Adlib is a proud partner of leading ECM and IT solutions in life science, pharma, banking, legal, insurance, construction, and oil and gas industries. To learn more, visit www.adlibsoftware.com.
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Founded in 2013, Diversis is a software and technology focused private equity fund with $1bn+ in AUM that invests in lower middle-market companies, targeting situations where it can add unique value in helping a company reach the next level. With a collaborative approach to investing, its Operating Partners and Strategic Advisors work alongside management teams to help build successful organizations positioned for long-term growth. To learn more, visit www.diversis.com.
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On a sunny afternoon in June, Wang Qun pushed his nose up against the 20-foot high steel fence, peering at the palm trees and detached houses across the border -- the first glimpse of his American dream.
Unlike many of the thousands aiming to cross the nearly 2,000-mile US-Mexico border illegally each day, Wang was not fleeing poverty or violence south of the wall.
Instead, the 33-year-old Chinese citizen was running from China's unrelenting zero-Covid policy and growing authoritarianism under leader Xi Jinping.
From the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Wang left his family behind to travel thousands of miles by plane, bus, boat and motorcycle. He trekked through deep jungles and across barren mountains, and spent days in multiple detention centers -- all in pursuit of freedom and opportunities in the United States.
His perilous journey -- documented on social media and followed by CNN for months -- is a living example of "run philosophy," a Chinese buzzword that advocates emigrating from China to escape what some see as a doomed future under Xi's rule.
"In the years after Xi Jinping came to power, China's policies have become tighter and tighter, the economy is not doing great ... and (his) dictatorship is only getting worse," Wang told CNN.
"He's just another version of Mao Zedong," Wang added, referring to the founder of Communist China who built a cult of personality around himself and ruled until his death in 1976.
"Xi is going to get another term soon -- and might even stay in power indefinitely. I see no hope."
As China's most powerful leader in decades, Xi is widely expected to secure an unprecedented third term at a key political meeting this fall. He has vowed to achieve the "great rejuvenation" of the nation, envisioning a China that rivals -- if not surpasses -- the West in power and strength.
Under Xi, the ruling Communist Party has touted its political model as superior to Western democracies, citing Beijing's ability to swiftly stamp out Covid outbreaks as further proof that China is rising and the US is in decline.
Meanwhile, Chinese state media has relentlessly highlighted racial inequality, gun violence and political polarization as evidence of an American descent.
But the surging popularity of run philosophy -- and the journeys taken to the US by Wang and others -- is an outright rejection of that narrative, which shows many Chinese have no faith in Xi's promise to make China great again.
'I want to get out'
Most disciples of run philosophy hail from middle- and upper-class Chinese families with the means to legally emigrate, either through education, work or investment.
But Wang, who ran a bubble tea shop in an economic backwater in eastern China, says he has neither the money nor the skills to look for a school or job in the US.
After graduating from a vocational high school in 2008, Wang worked in graphic design for a few years in eastern Zhejiang province. Frustrated by low wages and stagnant career growth, he switched to online retail, riding a boom in China's internet sector.
As the industry grew, competition became fierce and profits thinned. Wang quit in 2020 and returned to his hometown to open a bubble tea shop with a friend.
By then, China had adopted its unrelenting zero-Covid policy, which relies on sweeping surveillance of its 1.4 billion citizens, mass testing, extensive quarantines and snap lockdowns -- even when only a handful of cases are found.
Wang's business was hit hard by the restrictions.
"I couldn't make ends meet, and I have two children to raise," said Wang, who is divorced. "I don't want to be under lockdown. I want to get out."
It wasn't the first time Wang had considered leaving China. He said he first had the idea more than a decade ago, soon after he learned to circumvent China's internet censorship system and read about the 1989 Tiananmen massacre online. "I had my political awakening around the age of 20. I knew the Communist Party was unreliable," he said.
But his work, marriage and family life kept him busy, and Wang didn't go out of his way to search for opportunities to emigrate. "Now that I'm divorced, I don't have the burden anymore. I decided to go by myself and leave my two kids to my parents," he said, adding that he hoped his children could join him later.
Wang set his eyes on one destination -- America. He had never left China, nor did he speak any English, but he said he learned about the US from television shows and movies.
"My impression of the United States is that it's a free, democratic, open, and vibrant country. You can accumulate wealth through your own hard work," he said.
Treacherous journey over land and water
Leaving China in the zero-Covid era is not easy.
Since early 2020, China has kept its borders largely sealed to keep out the coronavirus -- an attempt that appears increasingly futile in the face of the highly infectious Omicron variant.
The Chinese government has also banned citizens from going overseas for "non-essential" reasons. Travel is only permitted for resuming work, study, business, and scientific research, or seeking medical care.
Beijing says the ban is to reduce the spread of Covid, but many in China view it as a way to make emigration more difficult.
Through online chat groups, Wang discovered a network of people in China planning to illegally immigrate to America through the South American nation of Ecuador.
He applied for a language school in Ecuador's capital, Quito, and used the school's admission letter to apply for a passport. Officials initially rejected his application, but eventually gave Wang his passport after he submitted a trove of supporting documents.
Wang made it out of China in April, and kept his family in the dark. "I told them I was going to look for jobs in Zhejiang again. I didn't want them to worry for me while I'm on the road," he said.
It took Wang two flight stopovers to reach Quito, from where he rode buses for more than 1,000 miles to a coastal town in Colombia. He then took a boat to Panama with dozens of other migrants. He was excited by the ride, taking a selfie video with passengers sitting behind him, who laughed, cheered and gave the thumbs up.
But the journey ahead almost broke him from exhaustion. Wang spent three days hiking through Panama's dense rainforest, trudging in mud, wading through rivers and climbing over cliffs. "It was so painful. I felt like a walking corpse, and at one point, after 12 hours of walking, I thought I was going to die," he said.
Emerging from the jungle, Wang took a canoe heading for a refugee camp. On the way, water leaked into the vessel and it almost capsized, forcing Wang and other passengers to frantically scoop the water out.
At the camp, Wang found refugees from around the world. From there, he spent seven days on buses to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala, then took another boat ride to Mexico's border, where he was detained by police for illegal entry.
Five days later, Wang was released and told to leave Mexico within 20 days. He then paid a smuggler thousands of dollars to get to Mexico City. He was squeezed into the back of a truck with dozens of migrants, so crowded that he could hardly move or stretch his legs -- then into a hot van with two dozen other people, with sealed windows and no air conditioning.
It was more than 104 degrees Fahrenheit inside the van, Wang said, and as sweat poured out of him, he struggled to breathe.
In Mexico City, he bought a motorcycle and rode 1,600 miles to the US border with a fellow Chinese migrant he met along the way, first up the coast and then across the desert.
Watching the sun setting on the shore one evening, Wang felt wracked with emotion. "My dear family on the other side of the ocean, I don't know whether I still have a chance to go back in the rest of my life. Mom, Dad and kids, I miss you so, so much," he posted on Twitter.
When CNN met Wang in Mexicali near the US border on June 4, he appeared relaxed and calm. While the journey was more treacherous than he had expected, Wang said it was all worth it.
"I want my kids to receive better education," he said, adding that the patriotic education taught in Chinese schools was "brainwashing" his children.
"I don't want to be suppressed. I want freedom," he said.
One of many desperate migrants
Wang's journey to America may be rare and extreme, but he is not the only one taking the treacherous path.
CNN spoke to other Chinese nationals who were trying to immigrate to the US illegally, including a man who escaped China in June by walking across the border into Vietnam. From there, he flew to Ecuador, and is taking the same route as Wang to the US-Mexico border. He said he almost died in the Panama rainforest and has now made it to Mexico City.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, the number of Chinese nationals seeking asylum has grown by nearly eight times over the decade since Xi came to power, reaching nearly 120,000 in 2021 -- with about 75% of them seeking asylum in America.
On China's internet, searches for "emigration" began skyrocketing in March, as many struggled to get basic necessities and food during lockdowns across the country.
Discussion forums with detailed tips on how to leave China have gone viral on social media, and immigration lawyers say inquiries from Chinese wanting to leave have surged during the pandemic.
"Inquiries are up many hundreds of times over what it previously was," said Edward Lehman, a Shanghai-based immigration lawyer.
Ying Cao, an immigration lawyer in New York, said back in 1949 hundreds of millions of people left China in fear of the new government. "Now we feel that there is a similar fear," he said.
In response to CNN's request for comment, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs defended the country's Covid policies and called China a "land full of vitality and hope."
A new life in America
The day after he spoke to CNN in Mexicali, Wang drove his motorcycle to the hills, then started hiking on a path heading north, until he came across a metal wire half-trampled into the ground.
He didn't pay much attention and stepped right over it. It was not until 10 minutes later that he realized the wire marked the border and smiled with relief -- he had finally made it to America.
He walked for hours across the wilderness, on terrain so steep and arduous that his sneakers fell apart. He then turned himself in to border control and, after spending a few days in detention, was released pending a hearing of his immigration case.
On the evening of July 4, Wang wandered the streets alone, gazing at the fireworks overhead.
"After having the American dream for more than 10 years, all of a sudden I'm strolling down the streets of the United States. I feel so many emotions running through me," he wrote on Twitter.
CNN met Wang in late July in Los Angeles. He has temporarily settled into a community of Chinese immigrants and also made a friend -- who crossed into America the same way he did.
But Wang knows it could be years before he sees his family again.
He had intended to eventually tell his family about his escape, but his son found out early. The 12-year-old shares Wang's Apple account and located his father's IP address in the US.
"I told him Dad came to the United States to make a lot of money for you and fight for a bright future for you," Wang said.
He says he plans to seek political asylum. If his application is rejected, Wang says he may ask his kids to take the same dangerous route to America as he did, when they are older.
"My heart aches when I think of them. I really want to get them to the US as soon as possible. Because the longer it takes, the more they will be influenced by the Chinese education, and it will be harder for them to change," he said.
While Wang waits to be called for a hearing on his immigration case, he is getting a driver's license, training to be a masseuse and studying English every day. He plans to eventually become a truck driver in the US.
"It's all worth it. In America, I can see sunshine. I can see the sea. I can do whatever I want. I can work hard for any job I like," he said.
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RENO, Nev., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL), the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company, plans to report its fourth quarter fiscal 2022 financial results after the close of market trading on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The Company is scheduled to conduct its fourth quarter investor conference call and webcast at 8 a.m. Arizona Time (11 a.m. ET) on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
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The conference call and webcast may include forward-looking statements. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived for one year at www.amerco.com.
About AMERCO
AMERCO is the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company. U-Haul is in the shared use business and was founded on the fundamental philosophy that the division of use and specialization of ownership is good for both U-Haul customers and the environment.
About U-Haul
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 176,000 trucks, 126,000 trailers and 46,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers over 855,000 rentable storage units and 73.6 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. 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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A mass shooting in downtown Orlando leaves 7 people hospitalized. The assailant is still at large
By Tina Burnside and Holly Yan, CNN
At least seven shooting victims were hospitalized Sunday after a melee in downtown Orlando, Florida.
The violence erupted around 2 a.m. ET Sunday after a large fight broke out, Orlando Police Chief Eric D. Smith said.
An unidentified assailant pulled out a handgun and fired into the crowd, injuring seven people.
All seven victims were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were listed in stable condition, Smith said.
Authorities do not immediately have a description of the shooter.
According to the non-profit Gun Violence Archive, the US has had at least 381 mass shootings this year. That’s an average of more than 1.7 mass shootings every day.
Both the Gun Violence Archive and CNN define a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
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Flowers that will add color to your garden throughout the year
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Flowers that will add color to your garden throughout the year
Planning a garden of any size can be a challenge, so consider answering a few questions before you get started. Are you growing food, or is it merely a decorative space? Is there enough sunshine, is the soil well-fertilized, and is there adequate space for the plants? It’s also good to keep in mind which arrangement will encourage growth and prosperity for all of the plants, and what will look the best. And with all the hard work that goes into gardening, why not enjoy a garden that looks gorgeous year-round?
Springtime in the garden is wonderful—seeing flowers alive with color and growth for four or five months out of the year is something every gardener looks forward to—but what about the other eight months? To avoid looking at a patch of empty, dormant ground for that long, a little planning can go a long way.
To help with learning about that process, Angi compiled a list of 10 types of flowers that will produce colorful blooms at different times throughout the year, including flowers that bloom during the traditionally colorless winter months. From vibrant summer flowers like hibiscus to early winter stunners like crocus, each of these plants will do their part in keeping any garden visually interesting at any season.
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Chrysanthemums
– Season in bloom: Fall
First cultivated in China as early as the 15th century B.C., chrysanthemums come in a rainbow of jewel tones, from classic gold to bright pink. When planting mums from seeds, it’s best to get the perennial plant in the ground in early spring, which gives it plenty of time to grow before it begins flowering in September and October. A hardy flower, chrysanthemums don’t require much attention to flourish, only needing direct sunlight, good drainage to prevent molding, and ample space. On average, the plants can grow up to 3 feet wide, so space is really key when deciding where and how many to plant. The Old Farmer’s Almanac also suggests pinching off the top two to three leaves of new shoots before the buds begin forming to make the chrysanthemums bushier, which in turn, gives space for more blooms.
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Carnations
Season in bloom: Late spring
Another incredibly easy-to-grow and beautifully colorful flower is the carnation. It is best to plant these flowers in transition seasons, like spring or fall, when it is not too hot and not too cold since extreme temperatures can stunt growth when the flowers are young. Carnations require a lot of water for the first week after planting to help them develop a strong root system. Beyond that initial period, they only need moist soil and four hours of sunlight a day to thrive. Regular pruning also encourages the flowers to continue producing vibrant blossoms. Beware, though, the colorful flowers are poisonous to both cats and dogs, so gardeners with pets might want to skip adding this particular option to their beds.
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Crocuses
Season in bloom: Winter
Early bloomers, crocuses are often among the first flowers to push through the snow and frozen ground in the late winter. An incredibly low-maintenance plant, crocuses require little in the way of water, fertilizer, or space. Given that they bloom when everything else is bare, gardeners don’t really need to worry about finding them lots of sunlight—they’ll get as much as they need simply because there will be nothing blocking the rays. While crocus colors fade quickly as the weather warms, planting a variety of species in the same area has been demonstrated to keep the blooms going for a little longer. Additionally, waiting to prune dying leaves allows the crocuses to gather as much energy as possible from the wilting foliage, which can keep them open and growing into early spring.
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Marigolds
Season in bloom: Spring through midsummer
Marigolds are a summer garden staple. While many flowers can’t survive the hottest summer months without special conditions, marigolds thrive in direct sunshine and can withstand hot temperatures and infrequent watering. The yellow and orange flowers will begin to bloom in early spring and, if properly deadheaded, will continue to bloom until early fall. Their extensive root system is known to prevent harmful microscopic worms from taking up residence in the flowerbeds and vegetable gardens where they are planted, making them excellent companion plants. Also, the petals of one species of marigold, Calendula, can be eaten, adding a spicy tang to any dish.
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Winter-blooming clematis
Season in bloom: December
If you’re after a plant that takes truly little to no work to grow, consider a winter-blooming clematis. The tough evergreen vine thrives year-round, blossoming during the coldest months of the year. It grows best in direct sunlight, with plenty of water and fertilizer during the warmer months, but only needs the most basic care once the weather turns cooler. Clematis’ white and purple flowers attract plenty of bees, whose presence and pollination are key for a colorful spring and summer garden. Even better, the vine is not an aggressive one. Gardeners don’t need to worry about it choking out their plants, and can install this one wherever suits their fancy.
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Daffodils
Season in bloom: Early to mid-spring
An early spring flower, daffodils provide pops of vibrant yellow and stunning white in gardens that are otherwise just beginning to awaken. Planting these perennials in late autumn will ensure you have dozens of blossoms by the time the ground begins to thaw. Moist soil and partial sunshine are all these plants need, but a little bit of fertilizer and consistent deadheading will encourage the flowers to bloom for longer. The Golden Ducat is the most popular variety of daffodil, thanks to its classic yellow color and eye-catching height of between 12 to 16 inches tall. Similar to carnations, daffodils can be toxic to cats and dogs, so be wary of planting the flower in places near your pets’ play areas in the yard.
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Snowdrops
Season in bloom: January–February
Most flowers need some level of sun and warmth to prosper, but snowdrops are an exception. These small flowers—which gardeners should plant in late autumn—lie dormant during the summer months and bloom in the dead of winter. They thrive in cooler temperatures and shade, meaning they won’t work in gardens in states like California, Texas, and Florida. They multiply on their own via offsets (new bulbs that attach to the original bulb), so after a few years of planting, you can expect quite a good ground cover from the petite plants as long as they aren’t disturbed during the warmer parts of the year. Snowdrops are also pest-resistant, as regular offenders like mice, chipmunks, and deer don’t like the taste of the flower or bulb.
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Hellebores
Season in bloom: November to early spring
A member of the buttercup family, hellebores are a low-to-the-ground plant that blooms from late November through the winter and into early spring. It’s best to purchase the flowers as fully grown plants from a local garden center rather than plant them as seeds because they are slow to grow and can take a long time to push through the soil. Hellebores’ flowers range in color—from white to green to pink—and can even change shades significantly from the start of the season to the end. The plants thrive in shady or partially sunny areas with light watering and frequent trimming of dead leaves. Unlike marigolds, you can’t consume hellebores—all parts of the winter flower are toxic if ingested by humans.
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Stonecrop sedums
Season in bloom: Fall
Stonecrop sedums are succulents that flourish in hot, dry climates. Gardeners looking to include these plants in their gardens will need to ensure they are placed in areas with direct sunshine and watered infrequently. Stonecrop sedums are drought-resistant, so dry soil is not a concern. The flower heads will begin to emerge in early spring, though they should not turn from green to a vibrant hot pink until the end of the summer or early fall. In order to ensure a later and longer-lasting bloom, perform the “Chelsea Chop” on more mature specimens—by cutting back at least half of the stems to the ground, the plants won’t flop over but will stretch skyward, allowing the tiny flower to come in fully. The flowers themselves are incredibly nectar-rich, which can help attract invaluable pollinators during the latter half of the year.
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Hibiscus
Season in bloom: Summer
There are two types of hibiscus. Perennial hibiscus flowers for a certain part of the year—in this case, late spring to early summer—before going dormant during the colder months; and tropical hibiscus, which is best planted in pots, indoors, or greenhouses. Both varieties produce vibrant and colorful flowers, though the blooms tend to last longer on tropical hibiscus. Both varieties also require direct sunlight, frequent watering, and ample amounts of fertilizer. Pruning the hibiscus plants regularly, whether tropical or perennial, will encourage the plants to bloom for longer periods, as will trimming them completely before cold weather hits. You can use clipped and dried hibiscus flowers to make teas, simple syrups, and desserts, meaning these plants are good for more than just providing a pop of color in the garden.
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Spear Bio Recognized by AACC for "Best Abstract in Metabolomics" Poster
WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Developer of an ultrasensitive protein detection platform, Spear Bio (www.spear.bio), presented its breakthrough immunoassay technology at the recent American Association of Clinical Chemistry's scientific meeting and clinical lab expo, held in Chicago.
At the AACC event Spear Bio unveiled its first product to market: the NAB-Sure™ SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody (NAb) test kit. Based on proprietary SPEAR technology, the NAB-Sure™ SARS-CoV-2 Assay is a powerful research tool in the fight against COVID-19 coronavirus disease. It serves a variety of applications, including COVID-19 serosurveillance, vaccine efficacy testing, and longitudinal antibody durability testing.
Ultrasensitive Protein Detection from Small Samples
The immunoassay test kit is capable of ultrasensitive protein detection for small sample sizes, such as dried blood spot (DBS) samples from a finger prick, which can be collected in-home. The assay has high concordance with the accuracy of plaque-reduction neutralization testing (PRNT), without the safety concerns and long workflows of a cell-based test. NAB-Sure™ SARS-CoV-2 Assay offers a critical boost to COVID-19 vaccine developers, clinical laboratories, and healthcare researchers.
SPEAR technology enhances testing for SARS-CoV-2 NAbs with ultrasensitive automated testing compatibility support for many sample types, including DBS, plasma, and serum, and excellent laboratory-to-laboratory consistency in measurement results even when comparing different sample types.
Best Abstract in Metabolomics Award
Spear Bio's co-founder and CTO, Feng Xuan, and Yu Wang, Ph.D., head of application development, were recognized as the 2022 AACC Division Award Winner for the Best Abstract in Metabolomics for their technical poster B-087: "A Novel Ultrasensitive High Throughput and Quantitative SARS CoV 2 Neutralizing Antibody Titer Measurement Assay in Dried Blood Spot Samples."
The poster session offered insights into how Spear Bio's proprietary SPEAR technology provides qualitative and quantitative NAb titer measurements using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The poster explored how a two-step polymerase extension can generate a PCR-detectable signal with low background noise. It is this high signal-to-noise ratio that enables greater detection sensitivity compared to standard ELISA test methods. The poster further explored the ability for the SPEAR platform to analyze neutralizing antiobodies for new SARS-CoV-2 variants. (Link to abstract here https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/10594/presentation/617)
Spear Bio's validated SPEAR technology provides a sure pathway to COVID-19 healthcare solutions for researchers facing tight constraints and with limited sample sizes, such as government agencies or research firms working with micro-sampling collection devices like DBS.
Spear Bio (www.spear.bio), founded in 2021 by Harvard researchers at the Wyss Institute, is headquartered in Woburn, MA. The company is devoted to the next generation of ultrasensitive immunoassay technology and collaborates closely with academic researchers, clinicians, and industry to develop more ultrasensitive detection approaches in support of clinical research, non-invasive sample collection methods, and cutting-edge laboratory diagnostics.
Visit www.spear.bio to learn more about our innovative approach to protein detection. Fill out the contact form to learn more and how to partner with Spear Bio on future innovations.
The American Association of Clinical Chemistry, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a global scientific and medical professional organization dedicated to clinical laboratory science and applications to healthcare. The association's annual scientific meeting and clinical lab expo is an opportunity to learn about cutting edge technology and connect with global leaders in clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, and other areas of laboratory medicine. (www.aacc.org)
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Millions of customers participated in Opower Peak Management programs last summer to maintain grid reliability and reduce their energy bills
Personalized, post-weather event communications saw a 53% open rate on average
AUSTIN, Texas, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer is here, bringing the promise of more-extreme weather events and strain on the energy grid. However, record results from Oracle Utilities Opower Peak Management programs from the summer of 2021 show that consumers can be a powerful ally in maintaining grid reliability. Opower engaged more than 3.3 million people in dozens of events across North America in 2021. Using behavioral science alone, Opower delivered 25 megawatts of demand reduction across clients - the equivalent of bringing 10 wind turbines online. In addition, Opower delivered hundreds more megawatts of demand reduction with peak time rebate programs. These efforts not only shifted usage when energy prices surged and the threat of rolling blackouts loomed, but also helped customers reduce their energy bills and improve overall satisfaction with their utility.
"With some of the most ambitious decarbonization goals in the world, SMUD continually looks for new ways to engage customers in programs that help them save money and protect the planet," said Richard Oberg, Manager, Program Delivery Advanced Energy Solutions, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). "In an area like Sacramento, which can experience significant heat waves in the summer, load flexibility is critical. SMUD customers can help balance demand during peak times through behavioral response. These easy-to-use tools emphasize education and gamification, which give customers insights into the important roles they have in our collective decarbonization efforts."
Utilities around the U.S. are currently working on programs that can apply the same principles and customer action to better manage their response to extreme weather events this summer.
Last summer, Opower Behavioral Demand Response programs were run in the California ISO, PJM Interconnection serving large parts of the East Coast, New York ISO, and The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electricity markets. These programs were run by more utilities, engaged more customers, and delivered more peak demand reduction than in any other year in Opower's history.
Customers received educational emails about impending seasonal changes and tips on how to save energy. Personalized, post-event feedback has proven to be critical to the success of behavioral demand response programs as evidenced by the fact that those communications, were opened at an average of 53% - which is 2.5X the industry average. And in the case of CPS Energy, 32% of survey respondents said their satisfaction with the energy provider increased because of the alerts.
"With extreme weather events increasing, reducing peak as part of demand flexibility initiatives is more important than ever. There is so much unrealized potential in residential demand response, but it has historically struggled to gain traction because of low enrollment rates," said Matt O'Keefe, group vice president of Opower for Oracle Energy and Water.
"Behavioral demand reduces this barrier by making it easy for customers to participate - driving energy awareness and giving people a sense of accomplishment in a highly cost-effective and scalable way."
Opower Behavioral Demand Response solutions, some of which use incentives in addition to behavioral nudges, encourage utility customers to reduce their load on peak event days. They consist of pre-season communications that prepare people to be a part of the program, pre-event notifications that alert them of an impending event and ask them to reduce their energy use, and post-event communications that celebrate their performance. These programs are also unique in that they seek to gamify the experience of shifting energy usage. As part of the post-event notifications, customers are rewarded for their contributions with badges they can share over social media, highlighting how much they saved.
Behavioral Demand Response makes customers a crucial part of shifting demand. This is important because a recent study from The Brattle Group reinforce how customers must be involved in decarbonization efforts if the industry is going to achieve its aggressive 2040 targets. For additional information, please visit: https://www.oracle.com/industries/utilities/products/opower-demand-flexibility/
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LendingTree, Inc. (NASDAQ: TREE), operator of LendingTree.com, the nation's leading online financial services marketplace, today announced that it will participate in the J.P. Morgan 50th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference taking place on May 23-25, 2022.
Doug Lebda, LendingTree Founder and CEO, is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat on Monday, May 23 at 4:30 p.m. ET and will participate in one-on-one meetings throughout the day. The fireside chat will be webcast live and archived on the Company's website at investors.lendingtree.com.
LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) is the nation's leading online marketplace that connects consumers with the choices they need to be confident in their financial decisions. LendingTree empowers consumers to shop for financial services the same way they would shop for airline tickets or hotel stays, by comparing multiple offers from a nationwide network of over 500 partners in one simple search and choosing the option that best fits their financial needs. Services include mortgage loans, mortgage refinances, auto loans, personal loans, business loans, student refinances, credit cards, insurance and more. Through the My LendingTree platform, consumers receive free credit scores, credit monitoring and recommendations to improve credit health. My LendingTree proactively compares consumers' credit accounts against offers on our network and notifies consumers when there is an opportunity to save money. In short, LendingTree's purpose is to help simplify financial decisions for life's meaningful moments through choice, education and support.
LendingTree, Inc. is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. For more information, please visit www.lendingtree.com.
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Transformative Surgery Occurs Almost a Decade After the Passage of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act
NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's first HIV-positive to HIV-positive heart transplant has been successfully performed at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx. The patient, in her sixties, suffered from advanced heart failure and received the life-saving donation, along with a simultaneous kidney transplant, in early Spring. After the four-hour surgery, she spent five weeks recovering in the hospital and now sees her transplant physicians at Montefiore for monitoring.
Montefiore is one of only 25 centers in the United States eligible to offer this complex surgery, having met prior surgical benchmarks and outcomes set by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Its Heart Transplantation Team is internationally renowned for spearheading innovative methods, like transplanting a heart from a donor who died after their heart stopped beating– a novel approach that has the potential to save hundreds more people in need of a new heart each year.
"The goal of the Montefiore heart transplant team is to constantly push and establish new standards so that anyone who is appropriate for an organ transplant can benefit from this life-saving procedure," said Daniel Goldstein, M.D., professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Surgical Director, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery Cardiac Transplantation & Mechanical Assistance Programs, Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein).
In 2013, the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act enabled people living with HIV to donate their organs to a HIV-positive recipient, but it has taken almost 10 years for this opportunity to become a reality for heart transplantation.
"Thanks to significant medical advances, people living with HIV are able to control the disease so well that they can now save the lives of other people living with this condition. This surgery is a milestone in the history of organ donation and offers new hope to people who once had nowhere to turn," said Ulrich P. Jorde, MD, Section Head - Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Vice Chief, Division of Cardiology at Montefiore and Professor of Medicine at Einstein.
In the United States, there are between 60,000 and 100,000 people who could benefit from a new heart, however only around 3,800 transplants were performed in 2021.
"This was a complicated case and a true multidisciplinary effort by cardiology, surgery, nephrology, infectious disease, critical care and immunology," said the patient's cardiologist, Dr. Omar Saeed, who is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Einstein. "Making this option available to people living with HIV expands the pool of donors and means more people, with or without HIV, will have quicker access to a lifesaving organ. To say we are proud of what this means for our patients and the medical community at large, is an understatement."
Montefiore Health System is one of New York's premier academic health systems and is a recognized leader in providing exceptional quality and personalized, accountable care to approximately three million people in communities across the Bronx, Westchester and the Hudson Valley. It is comprised of 10 hospitals, including the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and more than 200 outpatient ambulatory care sites. The advanced clinical and translational research at its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, directly informs patient care and improves outcomes. From the Montefiore-Einstein Centers of Excellence in cancer, cardiology and vascular care, pediatrics, and transplantation, to its preeminent school-based health program, Montefiore is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system providing coordinated, comprehensive care to patients and their families. For more information please visit www.montefiore.org. Follow us on Twitter and view us on Facebook and YouTube.
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LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (the "Company" or "Rexford Industrial") (NYSE: REXR), a real estate investment trust ("REIT") focused on creating value by investing in and operating industrial properties within Southern California infill markets, today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial and Operational Highlights:
- Net income attributable to common stockholders of $36.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, as compared to $20.6 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, for the prior year quarter.
- Company share of Core FFO of $81.7 million, an increase of 54.7% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- Company share of Core FFO per diluted share of $0.49, an increase of 25.6% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- Consolidated Portfolio Net Operating Income (NOI) of $113.6 million, an increase of 42.5% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 7.0% and Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.1% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- 99.1% Average Same Property Portfolio occupancy.
- Comparable rental rates on 1.4 million rentable square feet of new and renewal leases increased by 83.0% compared to prior rents on a GAAP basis and by 61.5% on a cash basis.
- Acquired 18 properties for an aggregate purchase price of $598.9 million.
- Issued a total of 6.0 million shares of common stock for total net proceeds of $419.4 million.
- Ended the quarter with a low-leverage balance sheet measured by a net debt-to-enterprise value ratio of 13.5%.
"Our team's performance through the first half of 2022 demonstrates the strength of our entrepreneurial business model focused on value creation within the infill Southern California industrial market, the world's fourth largest and our nation's highest-demand, lowest vacancy industrial market. Tenant demand continues to exceed supply with overall infill Southern California market vacancy estimated at 0.8%," stated Michael Frankel and Howard Schwimmer, Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company. "In the second quarter we grew Core FFO by 26% on a per share basis compared to the prior year, driven by Core FFO growth of 55% and consolidated NOI growth of 43%. Our team executed 1.4 million square feet of leasing activity at record releasing spreads of 83% and 62%, on a GAAP and cash basis, respectively, and we completed the quarter with average Same Property occupancy at 99.1%. We completed $599 million of investments in the quarter plus an additional $587 million subsequent to quarter end, bringing our year-to-date total to $1.6 billion. Looking ahead, we have over $500 million of additional investments under contract or accepted offer plus a deep range of accretive internal growth initiatives under-way. We continue to maintain our investment grade, fortress-like balance sheet with a net debt-to-enterprise value ratio of 13.5%, positioning the Company to enable significant value creation for our shareholders."
Financial Results:
The Company reported net income attributable to common stockholders for the second quarter of $36.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, compared to $20.6 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, for the prior year quarter. The net income for the prior year quarter includes $2.8 million of gains on sale of real estate. There was no sale of real estate during the current quarter. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net income attributable to common stockholders was $80.0 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, compared to $45.4 million, or $0.34 per diluted share for the prior year. The net income for the six months ended June 30, 2022 includes $8.5 million of gains on sale of real estate, as compared to $13.6 million for the prior year.
The Company reported Core FFO for the second quarter of $81.7 million, representing a 54.7% increase compared to $52.8 million for the prior year quarter. The Company reported Core FFO of $0.49 per diluted share, representing an increase of 25.6% compared to $0.39 per diluted share for the prior year quarter. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, Core FFO was $158.3 million, representing a 56.5% increase compared to $101.2 million for the prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company reported Core FFO of $0.97 per diluted share, representing an increase of 27.6% compared to $0.76 per diluted share for the prior year.
In the second quarter, the Company's consolidated portfolio NOI on a GAAP and Cash basis increased 42.5% and 38.6%, respectively, compared to the prior year quarter. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's consolidated portfolio NOI on a GAAP and Cash basis increased 41.7% and 38.1%, respectively, compared to the prior year.
In the second quarter, the Company's Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 7.0% compared to the prior year quarter, driven by an 8.0% increase in Same Property Portfolio rental income and an 11.0% increase in Same Property Portfolio expenses. Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.1% compared to the prior year quarter. When adjusted for the impact of short-term rent deferral agreements executed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.5% compared to the prior year quarter.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 7.5% compared to the prior year, driven by an 8.5% increase in Same Property Portfolio rental income and an 11.6% increase in Same Property Portfolio expenses. Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.9% compared to the prior year. When adjusted for the impact of short-term rent deferral agreements executed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 11.4% compared to the prior year.
Operating Results:
Second quarter 2022 leasing activity demonstrates strong tenant demand fundamentals within Rexford Industrial's target Southern California infill markets:
At June 30, 2022, the Company's Same Property Portfolio occupancy was 98.9%. Average Same Property Portfolio occupancy for the second quarter 2022 was 99.1%. At June 30, 2022, the Company's consolidated portfolio, excluding value-add repositioning assets, was 98.2% occupied and 98.3% leased, and the Company's consolidated portfolio, including value-add repositioning assets, was 95.2% occupied and 95.9% leased.
Transaction Activity:
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company completed 18 acquisitions with 1.4 million square feet of buildings on 85.5 acres of land, including 15 acres of land for near term redevelopment, for an aggregate purchase price of $598.9 million. These investments are projected to generate a weighted average unlevered initial yield of 2.5% and an estimated stabilized yield on total investment of 5.1%. Second quarter acquisitions included one UPREIT transaction, whereby the Company issued 954,000 operating partnership units representing $56.2 million of purchase price value.
Subsequent to the second quarter of 2022, the Company completed five acquisitions with 1.4 million square feet of buildings on 65.2 acres of land, for an aggregate purchase price of $587.4 million. Year to date, the Company has completed 37 acquisitions with 4.3 million square feet of buildings on 233.0 acres of land, including 28 acres of land for near term redevelopment, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.6 billion. In aggregate, these investments are projected to generate a weighted average unlevered initial yield of 2.9% and an estimated stabilized yield on total investment of 4.6%.
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company stabilized one repositioning project with 62,607 square feet and $19.5 million of total investment at a 6.9% unlevered stabilized yield. Year to date, the Company has stabilized two repositioning/redevelopment projects with 173,867 square feet and $36.9 million of total investment at a 6.8% unlevered stabilized yield.
Balance Sheet:
The Company ended the second quarter with $1.5 billion in liquidity, including $34.3 million in cash on hand, $875.0 million available under its unsecured revolving credit facility and an estimated $552.1 million of forward equity proceeds available for settlement to occur before the third quarter of 2023. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $1.7 billion of outstanding debt, with an average interest rate of 2.7% and an average term-to-maturity of 6.8 years.
On May 26, 2022, the Company amended its senior unsecured credit agreement to increase the borrowing capacity of its unsecured revolving credit facility to $1.0 billion from $700 million and to add a $300 million unsecured term loan facility. The proceeds from the $300 million term loan were used to repay the Company's $150 million term loan due in 2025, terminate the associated swap, partially pay down outstanding borrowings under the unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The maturity date of the unsecured revolving credit facility is May 26, 2026 (with two extensions options of six months each) and the maturity date of the term loan facility is May 26, 2027.
On May 27, 2022, the Company renewed its at-the-market program ("ATM program") to include $1.0 billion of capacity with the option to offer shares on a forward basis.
During the second quarter, the Company executed on its prior and renewed ATM programs, selling 12,002,480 shares of common stock subject to forward sale agreements at an average price of 62.55 per share for a gross value of $750.8 million. On June 29, 2022, the Company partially settled these forward equity sale agreements and outstanding forward equity sale agreement from the prior quarter by issuing 5,967,783 shares of common stock for net proceeds of $419.4 million.
As of June 30, 2022, the $1.0 billion ATM program had approximately $536.5 million of remaining capacity.
Subsequent to the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended its senior unsecured credit agreement to add a $400 million unsecured term loan with a maturity date of July 19, 2024 (with two extensions options of one year each). Proceeds from the $400 million term loan were used to fund acquisitions closed subsequent to quarter end, reduce outstanding borrowings under the unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
Dividends:
On July 18, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors declared a dividend in the amount of $0.315 per share for the third quarter of 2022, payable in cash on October 15, 2022, to common stockholders and common unit holders of record as of September 30, 2022.
On July 18, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.367188 per share of its Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and a quarterly dividend of $0.351563 per share of its Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, in each case, payable in cash on September 30, 2022, to preferred stockholders of record as of September 15, 2022.
Guidance
The Company is revising its full year 2022 guidance as indicated below. The Core FFO guidance refers only to the Company's in-place portfolio as of July 20, 2022, and does not include any assumptions for other acquisitions, dispositions or related balance sheet activities that have not closed. Please refer to the Company's supplemental information package for a complete list of guidance and 2022 Guidance Rollforward.
A number of factors could impact the Company's ability to deliver results in line with its guidance, including, but not limited to, the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, interest rates, the economy, the supply and demand of industrial real estate, the availability and terms of financing to the Company or to potential acquirers of real estate and the timing and yields for divestment and investment. There can be no assurance that the Company can achieve such results.
Supplemental Information and Investor Presentation:
The Company's supplemental financial reporting package as well as an updated investor presentation are available on the Company's investor relations website at www.ir.rexfordindustrial.com.
Earnings Release, Investor Conference Webcast and Conference Call:
A conference call with senior management will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
To participate in the live telephone conference call, please dial 1-877-407-0789 (for domestic callers) or 1-201-689-8562 (for international callers) at least five minutes prior to start time. A webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode at ir.rexfordindustrial.com.
Conference call playback will be available through August 21, 2022, and can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 (for domestic callers) or 1-412-317-6671 (for international callers), using the pass code 13730258.
About Rexford Industrial:
Rexford Industrial creates value by investing in, operating and redeveloping industrial properties throughout infill Southern California, the world's fourth largest industrial market and consistently the highest-demand, lowest supply market in the nation. The Company's highly differentiated strategy enables internal and external growth opportunities through its proprietary value creation and asset management capabilities. Rexford Industrial's high-quality, irreplaceable portfolio comprises 335 properties with approximately 40.8 million rentable square feet occupied by a stable and diverse tenant base. Structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "REXR," Rexford Industrial is an S&P MidCap 400 Index member. For more information, please visit www.rexfordindustrial.com
Forward Looking Statements:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," or "potential" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. While forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, they are not guarantees of future performance. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the reports and other filings by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes.
Definitions / Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
Funds from Operations (FFO): We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating property, gains (or losses) from sales of assets incidental to our business, impairment losses of depreciable operating property or assets incidental to our business, real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and amortization of above/below-market lease intangibles) and after adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures. Management uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization, gains and losses from property dispositions, other than temporary impairments of unconsolidated real estate entities, and impairment on our investment in real estate, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We also believe that, as a widely recognized measure of performance used by other REITs, FFO may be used by investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. Other equity REITs may not calculate or interpret FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition as we do, and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs' FFO. FFO should not be used as a measure of our liquidity and is not indicative of funds available for our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends. FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. A reconciliation of net income, the nearest GAAP equivalent, to FFO is set forth below. "Company Share of FFO" reflects FFO attributable to common stockholders, which excludes amounts allocable to noncontrolling interests, participating securities and preferred stockholders.
Core Funds from Operations (Core FFO): We calculate Core FFO by adjusting FFO to exclude the impact of certain items that we do not consider reflective of our core revenue or expense streams. These adjustments consist of (i) acquisition expenses, (ii) loss on extinguishment of debt, (iii) the amortization of the loss on termination of interest rate swaps and (iv) other amounts as they may occur. Management believes that Core FFO is a useful supplemental measure as it provides a more meaningful and consistent comparison of operating performance and allows investors to more easily compare the Company's operating results. Because certain of these adjustments have a real economic impact on our financial condition and results from operations, the utility of Core FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. Other REITs may not calculate Core FFO in a consistent manner. Accordingly, our Core FFO may not be comparable to other REITs' Core FFO. Core FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. A reconciliation of FFO to Core FFO is set forth below. "Company Share of Core FFO" reflects Core FFO attributable to common stockholders, which excludes amounts allocable to noncontrolling interests, participating securities and preferred stockholders.
Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders per Diluted Share Guidance to Company share of Core FFO per Diluted Share Guidance:
The following is a reconciliation of the Company's 2022 guidance range of net income attributable to common stockholders per diluted share, the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP financial measure, to Company share of Core FFO per diluted share.
Net Operating Income (NOI): NOI is a non-GAAP measure, which includes the revenue and expense directly attributable to our real estate properties. NOI is calculated as rental income from real estate operations less property expenses (before interest expense, depreciation and amortization). We use NOI as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate depreciation and amortization expense and gains (or losses) from property dispositions, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We also believe that NOI will be useful to investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because NOI excludes depreciation and amortization expense and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions, nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties (all of which have a real economic effect and could materially impact our results from operations), the utility of NOI as a measure of our performance is limited. Other equity REITs may not calculate NOI in a similar manner and, accordingly, our NOI may not be comparable to such other REITs' NOI. Accordingly, NOI should be considered only as a supplement to net income as a measure of our performance. NOI should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs.
NOI should not be used as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP. We use NOI to help evaluate the performance of the Company as a whole, as well as the performance of our Same Property Portfolio. A calculation of NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, as well as a reconciliation of net income to NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, is set forth below.
Cash NOI: Cash NOI is a non-GAAP measure, which we calculate by adding or subtracting from NOI: (i) fair value lease revenue and (ii) straight-line rent adjustments. We use Cash NOI, together with NOI, as a supplemental performance measure. Cash NOI should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs. Cash NOI should not be used as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities computed in accordance with GAAP. We use Cash NOI to help evaluate the performance of the Company as a whole, as well as the performance of our Same Property Portfolio. A calculation of Cash NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, as well as a reconciliation of net income to Cash NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, is set forth below.
Same Property Portfolio: Our 2022 Same Property Portfolio is a subset of our consolidated portfolio and includes properties that were wholly owned by us for the period from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and excludes properties that were acquired or sold during the period from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and properties acquired prior to January 1, 2021, that were classified as current or future repositioning, redevelopment or lease-up during 2021 or 2022 (unless otherwise noted), which we believe significantly affected the properties' results during the comparative periods. As of June 30, 2022, our 2022 Same Property Portfolio consists of 224 properties aggregating 28,581,635 rentable square feet.
Properties and Space Under Repositioning: Typically defined as properties or units where a significant amount of space is held vacant in order to implement capital improvements that improve the functionality (not including basic refurbishments, i.e., paint and carpet), cash flow and value of that space. A repositioning is generally considered complete once the investment is fully or nearly fully deployed and the property is available for occupancy. We consider a repositioning property to be stabilized at the earlier of the following: (i) upon reaching 90% occupancy or (ii) one year from the date of completion of repositioning construction work.
Net Debt to Enterprise Value: At June 30, 2022, we had consolidated indebtedness of $1.7 billion, reflecting a net debt to enterprise value of approximately 13.5%. Our enterprise value is defined as the sum of the liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock and preferred units plus the market value of our common stock excluding shares of nonvested restricted stock, plus the aggregate value of common units not owned by us, plus the value of our net debt. Our net debt is defined as our consolidated indebtedness less cash and cash equivalents.
Contact:
Investor Relations:
Stephen Swett
424-256-2153 ext 401
investorrelations@rexfordindustrial.com
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Device Location Now Used to Route 9-1-1 Calls and Dispatch First Responders to the Right Location Faster, Accomplishing Long-Standing FCC Policy Goal
DALLAS, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What's the news? AT&T* is the first carrier to launch location-based routing to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers on a nationwide basis. Through this new "Locate Before Route" feature from Intrado, AT&T can quickly and more accurately identify where a wireless 9-1-1 call is coming from using device GPS and hybrid information to route the call to the correct 9-1-1 call center, also known as public safety answering point or PSAP.
With location-based routing, a device can be located and routed within 50 meters of the device location. Prior to this launch, wireless 9-1-1 calls were routed based on the location of cell towers, which can cover up to a 10-mile radius. This can cause delays in emergency response, especially when a call is made within PSAP border areas where state, county or city boundaries overlap.
The nationwide rollout has started and is available in Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Guam. Additional regions will be rolled out over the next several weeks. The nationwide rollout is scheduled to be completed by the end of June.
Why is this important? Today, 68% of adults don't have a landline in their homes. When AT&T worked with the FCC to establish the first 9-1-1 systems over 50 years ago, communication technology was drastically different with landline phones dominating the market. And now 80% of 9-1-1 calls come from a mobile device.1 With the tremendous growth of wireless connections and mobile 9-1-1 calls, AT&T is deploying this public safety network feature so when an emergency happens, the public has the same fast, accurate and reliable connection to PSAPs, whether they're calling from their mobile device or a landline phone.
AT&T is paving the way to create safer communities and is the only carrier to provide the most accurate solution to reduce wireless 9-1-1 call transfers beyond what the FCC is requiring carriers today. This is especially important in an emergency when lives are on the line.
AT&T is also the only public safety carrier with FirstNet, Built with AT&T to deliver end-to-end emergency communication solutions to support the public safety community. Additionally, AT&T is the market leader in the U.S. with NextGen 9-1-1 solutions that are critical to keeping communities safe and helping save lives. For three consecutive years, AT&T has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Market Leadership Award for U.S. NextGen 9-1-1 Services.
What are people saying?
Kurt Mills, Executive Director, Snohomish County 911
"We share a busy border with King County and are thrilled with the significant decrease in 9-1-1 transfers. We know that 9-1-1 transfers delay emergency response and the winner here is our community. We very much appreciate the public-private partnership between our agency, AT&T and Intrado that allowed us to be the first in the nation to implement this new routing technology."
Chris Sambar, EVP, AT&T Network
"Providing our customers with reliable connectivity and high-quality service on America's largest wireless network is what we strive for everyday at AT&T. Launching this industry-leading public safety solution allows us to ultimately help improve the connections and efficiency for our wireless customers by offering more accurate service when making emergency calls."
Jeff Robertson, President, Intrado Life & Safety
"Location-based routing is a significant accomplishment for public safety. I'm proud of our collaboration with AT&T and look forward to continued innovation with them as we combine our technologies for the benefit of public safety – doing the right thing for the right reasons."
FirstNet and the FirstNet logo are registered trademarks and service marks of the First Responder Network Authority. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
*About AT&T
We help more than 100 million U.S. families, friends and neighbors connect in meaningful ways every day. From the first phone call 140+ years ago to our 5G wireless and multi-gig internet offerings today, we @ATT innovate to improve lives. For more information about AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), please visit us at about.att.com. Investors can learn more at investors.att.com.
© 2022 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.
About Intrado Corporation
Intrado Corporation is an innovative, cloud-based, global technology partner to clients around the world. Our solutions connect people and organizations at the right time and in the right ways, making those mission-critical connections more relevant, engaging, and actionable - turning Information to Insight.
Intrado has sales and/or operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and South America. Intrado is controlled by affiliates of certain funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO). For more information, please call 1-800-841-9000 or visit www.intrado.com.
1 Source: National Emergency Number Association.
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Top Virginia Government Contracts Law Firm Adds Minutillo and Expands with West Coast Office.
TYSONS, Va., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centre Law and Consulting, LLC (Centre), a leading government contracts law firm, is pleased to announce that Dan Minutillo has joined Centre. Minutillo, an internationally recognized expert in trade law, makes Centre a bi-coastal law firm with new offices now located in the heart of Silicon Valley to complement its presence in Virginia.
"A key component to our strategic plan for 2022 is growth in practice areas that support our award-winning legal services of representing federal contractors. Dan Minutillo is an ideal attorney to be the catalyst for this expansion. His level of expertise and stellar reputation elevates the firm. His success in International Trade, among many other areas, allows Centre to expand in a meaningful way that aligns with our current model," said Barbara Kinosky, Managing Partner of Centre.
Minutillo, an attorney with over 30 years of experience, is a renowned expert in international trade and has represented some of the largest and most influential corporations in Silicon Valley. He has handled legal matters regarding the worldwide export of commercial and non-commercial products from the United States to most continents in the world, the classification of products and technology (ECCN) prior to export, CBP customs issues, the export of products that use or contain encryption, ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) matters, and related CFIUS, Anti-Dumping, FOCI, OFAC, HTS, sanctions and VSD's (voluntary disclosures) to government agencies. Minutillo is handling all the issues that have arisen with the Russian sanctions.
"I'm very excited to be joining Centre. I can enhance Centre's legal capabilities by utilizing my experience in international trade. I'm also looking forward to the exceptional support that the Centre will provide to my US government contracts clients." said Minutillo.
Minutillo has practiced law in Silicon Valley since 1977 and has received the prestigious "Silicon Valley Service Provider of the Year" award as voted by the most influential attorneys in Silicon Valley. He has lectured to the World Trade Association, has taught law for UCLA, both the Santa Clara University Law School and their MBA program, and has lectured to the NPMA at Stanford University. He is internationally recognized in trade law and known throughout the US regarding Government contract law. Minutillo has been interviewed by the Washington Post, Reuters, among other national publications, and he has written for technical and legal journals in the US. He serves as an expert witness in Federal Court in his area of expertise.
Centre Law & Consulting is a law firm and Women Own Business (SWOB) founded in 2002 with its headquarters in Tysons, VA, and second office in Silicon Valley, CA. Centre has successfully represented clients before all major tribunals, including the US Court of Federal Claims, the Agency Boards of Contract Appeals, and the US Government Accountability Office. In addition to Centre's award-winning legal services, Centre has a dedicated GSA consulting practice and state-of-the-art training programs for both federal contractors and government agencies. Centre was built on a foundation of success with legal services that allow it to remain top of class in government contracts law decade after decade.
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The Temple Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning.
The shooting was reported at around 12:45 a.m. in the area of South Fifth Street and West Avenue U, according to a news release from the department.
No injuries were reported, but police said an occupied vehicle received multiple bullet holes in the incident. A suspect was in a dark colored SUV.
“This appears to be a targeted incident,” spokeswoman Nohely Mackowiak said in the release.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500 or the Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477, where callers can report anonymously. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_e2368ffc-ce2a-11ec-bc5e-7f9426d5460a.html | 2022-05-07T19:03:37Z |
After clerk raises concern over Manatee County administrator, meeting will address contract
Angel Colonneso expressed concerns over Dr. Scott Hopes’ leadership
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Agenda items relating to the salary and contract of Manatee County Administrator Dr. Scott Hopes is set to be discussed at a commission meeting Tuesday, May 24.
The meeting is set to be held at 9 a.m. The discussion of Hope’s salary and contract follows concerns expressed by Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Angel Colonneso.
Colonneso wrote a letter to Manatee County Commission Chairman Kevin Van Ostenbridge expressing concern over what she called a lack of communication and transparency under Hopes’ leadership.
Letter to Board Chair Dated 5-22-2022 by Melissa Ratliff on Scribd
Colonneso wrote that she had become increasingly concerned and had been monitoring the situation. She also noted that she had been recently “admonished” by Hopes when he told her she had to coordinate with him regarding an open record request.
“This is not a complete account of all concerning activity that has transpired. The actions of your administrator hinder my constitutional duties as clerk to the board, accountant, auditor and custodian of all county funds,” Colonneso wrote.
She sent the letter to Van Ostenbridge, who then sent the following message to the media:
“As Chairman of the Manatee County Commission, I will not sit idly by while an elected official abuses the status of her office to attack one of our county employees. The Clerk’s letter is strategic and politically motivated. Recently, light has been shed on Miss Colonneso’s actions as Clerk which resulted in the loss of millions of taxpayer dollars. Miss Colonnesso has chosen not to face the music and take responsibility for her own actions. Instead, she has taken a page from the Joe Biden playbook and is pointing a finger at others to distract from her failures. This political stunt attempts to undermine the sovereignty of our Board of County Commissioners. Manatee County taxpayers deserve better from their Clerk.”
After this letter came out, Colonneso responded to Van Ostenrbridge. You can read her response below.
Response to Chair Media Release by Melissa Ratliff on Scribd
Editor’s Note: This letter was sent on behalf of the chair of the Manatee County Commission, not the entire Commission.
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Azure Power Global Limited ("Azure" or the "Company") (NYSE: AZRE), if they purchased the Company's securities between June 15, 2021 and August 26, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until October 31, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nyse-azre/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
Kuznicki Law PLLC is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a Company lead to artificial inflation of the Company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Gameflip expands offerings to include popular Blockchain-based game
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gameflip today announced their partnership with popular Play-to-Earn (P2E) game, Nitro League, bringing high-octane racing action to Gameflip's community of over 6M gamers.
Gameflip is an innovation focused technology company powering the future of Web3 by enabling all ecosystem participants including gamers, creators, brands, and developers to connect, safely and easily distributing digital gaming assets to the mainstream. Gameflip offers APIs for both Web2 and Web3 game developers to seamlessly onboard Gameflip's community into their game to leverage their proven digital commerce platform as a way to simply and safely transact gaming NFTs.
"Our mission has always been to put the power back into gamers' hands by giving them more control over their digital goods", said JT Nguyen, CEO of Gameflip. "We're excited to incorporate Nitro League into our platform and will continue to pursue partnerships with other blockchain-based games in the future."
Nitro League is a P2E game built on the Polygon blockchain. Players can purchase and race their futuristic, unique cars against other players.
Gameflip offers an easy and seamless integration for new and existing Nitro League users by allowing them to purchase through Gameflip's "Amazon-like" purchase flow using fiat or cryptocurrencies. In addition, Nitro League will be offering a limited number of special, never before released race cars only available through the Gameflip platform.
Based in Silicon Valley, USA, Gameflip is led by serial entrepreneurs and veterans in the technology and gaming industries. Gameflip enables safe marketplace transactions across all gaming digital goods and assets including NFTs, digital collectibles, and in-game items. Proven to be secure and scalable, Gameflip is trusted by over 6 million gamers who have safely transacted over $140M in sales.
Play-to-earn racing game Nitro League combines fantastic gameplay, token economies, and the metaverse. Players compete in futuristic automobile races in Nitroverse with cutting-edge graphics, earning tokens by doing so or just having fun with the game's many other features. Nitro League automobiles can be gathered by users, raced online, shown or traded on any NFT marketplace, or displayed across many Metaverses.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Upstart, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPST) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: March 18, 2021 to May 9, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 12, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in UPST:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Upstart, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Upstart's AI model could not adequately account for macroeconomic factors such as interest rates that impact the market-clearing price for loans; (2) as a result, Upstart was experiencing a negative impact on its conversion rate; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to use its balance sheet to fund loans; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Upstart you have until July 12, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Upstart securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the UPST lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/upstart-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29460&from=4.
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The renovated club in Cardinal Stadium is a product of a $4 million gift
from Angel's Envy
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ANGEL'S ENVY®, the downtown Louisville-based distiller that produces finished whiskeys, today announced, along with the University of Louisville Athletic Association, that the recently renovated "Angel's Envy Bourbon Club" will open when the Cardinals kick off the 2022 football season in Cardinal Stadium.
The renovated club is a product of a $4 million gift from ANGEL'S ENVY. In addition to naming the club space the "Angel's Envy Bourbon Club," the agreement also includes marketing and pouring rights at Cardinal Stadium, meaning visitors will have the opportunity to order and enjoy ANGEL'S ENVY Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine Barrels throughout Cardinal Stadium.
"This is an exciting day for the University of Louisville," said UofL Director of Athletics Josh Heird. "With the opening of the Angel's Envy Bourbon Club, we have one of the premier hospitality spaces in the city. It is our goal to provide a best-in-class experience for our fans, and the Angel's Envy Bourbon Club helps us achieve that goal. We are extremely grateful to Angel's Envy for their investment in our university and our athletic department; we look forward to working with them for years to come."
The 18,000-square foot club makeover began in late November 2021; Jack Porter led the club's design, and Luckett & Farley served as chief architect. Buffalo Construction managed construction of the entire project. New features in the spacious club include the following.
- A new steel mezzanine with a double staircase, which connects the club levels, has been added to the center of the room, as an abstract Cardinal sculpture flies above the new structure.
- New steel and glass handrails line the fourth floor and mezzanine.
- Huge 14' x 24' LED screens flank each end of the club, with new televisions and audio systems added throughout the space.
- New extended main bars are positioned at each end of the club, with private speakeasy bars tucked away at each end.
- A highlighted focus in the center of the club is the massive K-RAX-built custom bourbon barrel storage system, generously gifted to the project by the Koetter Group, Inc.
- New gathering furniture and soft seating have been added. Custom artwork and branding reflect the history of Cardinals Football.
- New finishing upgrades such as flooring, paint, wallcoverings and light fixtures have been added throughout the space and at the concession and condiment stations.
- Elevator lobbies and restrooms on the third and fourth floor have been renovated.
"We're so excited to share Angel's Envy with the many Cardinal fans, alumni and guests who will visit Cardinal Stadium this football season, especially those who will join us in the Angel's Envy Bourbon Club," said Gigi DaDan, ANGEL'S ENVY General Manager. "Through this partnership with the University of Louisville Athletic Association and Cardinal Stadium, as well as our recent $8.2 million expansion to our downtown Louisville Brand Home, Angel's Envy is proud to continue to invest in our hometown and support our local community."
The club, which spans the length of the football field, is a popular gathering place for fans at UofL football games, and the space is also used throughout the year for various events such as weddings, job fairs, conferences, meetings, awards dinners, registrations for car shows, bridal shows and others. The massive club can accommodate up to 1,500 for receptions, 1,000 in a theatre setting and 700 for banquets.
ANGEL'S ENVY is a Louisville, Kentucky-based distiller that produces finished whiskeys. Founded in 2010, ANGEL'S ENVY was among the first American whiskey producers to employ a secondary finishing process broadly across its portfolio. Today, each of its award-winning whiskeys are finished in hand-selected barrels to add a distinct layer of flavor and complexity, and the ANGEL'S ENVY team continues to produce several highly acclaimed core offerings – a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels and a Rye Whiskey Finished in Caribbean Rum Casks – as well as a variety of innovative, special releases.
ANGEL'S ENVY opened the doors to its Brand Home at 500 East Main Street in 2016, making it the first full-production whiskey distillery in downtown Louisville. In June 2022, ANGEL'S ENVY completed an $8.2 million expansion to its Brand Home, doubling annual guest capacity.
ANGEL'S ENVY is available in all 50 U.S. states and several international markets, and it is produced by Louisville Distilling Company, a subsidiary of Bacardi Limited.
For more information, please visit us at www.angelsenvy.com, or on:
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©2022. Angel's Envy is a registered trademark. Bottled by Louisville Distilling Company, Louisville, KY. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine Barrels – 43.3% Alc. By Vol.
The University of Louisville sponsors 23 varsity athletic programs, including 10 for men and 13 for women. The Cardinals finished 34th in the nation in the final 2021-22 Learfield Sports Director's Cup national all-sports standings, UofL's 12th consecutive season in the top 40. In addition, UofL's women's sports programs combined to rank ninth nationally in the 2021-22 Capital One Cup women's standings. Cardinal student-athletes achieved an impressive 3.256 collective grade point average for most recent 2022 spring semester, the 23rd straight semester with a combined average GPA of 3.0 or better. More information on the Cardinals is available online at GoCards.com.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — New projections from the University of Texas COVID-19 Modeling Consortium show hundreds of thousands of Texans could end up in the hospital with BA.4 and BA.5 before the current surge ends, and thousands of those people could die.
The consortium ran different scenarios and came up with a best and worst case.
In the best case scenario — where BA.4 and BA.5 are not more transmissible than previous variants, immunity wanes more slowly and people get their booster shots — the consortium projected between July 5 and Jan. 5, nearly 2.5 million people in Texas could get COVID-19, more than 108,000 people could be hospitalized and more than 6,000 people could die of the virus.
In a worst case scenario — where BA.4/5 are highly transmissible, immunity from previous infection and vaccine is not strong and folks don’t get boosters — more than 4.5 million Texans are projected to get the virus, 245,000 people could be hospitalized and 15,500 people could die in the same time period.
In both projections, BA.4 and BA.5 more easily evade immunity from a prior infection. Health leaders have determined the BA.5 strain does not produce significant immunity to reinfection.
“There are reports of people getting reinfected within a month of a BA.5 infection,” Dr. Charles Lerner with the Texas Medical Association’s COVID-19 task force said.
In the same models, the consortium projected this wave of infections will peak between mid-August and mid-September in Texas.
Health leaders said the best protection against COVID-19 and getting seriously ill or dying is staying up-to-date on vaccines.
While nearly 18 million eligible Texans completed their first round of COVID-19 vaccines — whether that be the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer vaccines or the one dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine — less than 40% of those people followed through with a booster shot, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Right now, the CDC recommends a second booster shot for people who are 50 or older and people who are immunocompromised. It recommends everyone five and older have one booster shot until the fall. | https://cw33.com/news/ut-models-245k-texans-could-be-hospitalized-with-ba-4-ba-5-before-surge-ends/ | 2022-08-08T15:58:13Z |
CLARK COUNTY, Ind. (WXIN) – State troopers came across an unlikely vehicle on a southern Indiana interstate: an electric Walmart cart.
On Monday morning at around 5 a.m., Senior Trooper Rob Caudill came across a man riding an electronic cart — and pushing a construction barrel — on 1-265 in Clark County, according to a Facebook post by the Sellersburg department of the Indiana State Police.
ISP said the man was taken to Louisville, Kentucky for pending charges. The cart was recovered and returned to Walmart.
“You never know what you will see on the interstate,” ISP wrote.
Officials want to remind Hoosiers that unauthorized vehicles like electric carts are not allowed on the interstate. Plus, slower vehicles should use the right-hand lane.
“A vehicle that travels at a speed less than the established maximum shall travel in the right lanes to provide for better flow of traffic on the interstate highways,” wrote ISP.
There are some exceptions for slower vehicles to use the left lane, like inclement weather, traffic conditions, or to give an authorized emergency vehicle (in operation) right of way. | https://cw33.com/news/state-troopers-pull-over-man-driving-motorized-walmart-cart-on-indiana-interstate/ | 2022-06-14T19:17:51Z |
BERLIN (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy nations are gathering in northern Germany to discuss the war in Ukraine, energy and food security, relations with China and climate change during a three-day meeting starting Thursday.
The foreign ministers of Ukraine and neighboring Moldova, which fears becoming Russia’s next target of aggression, have been invited to attend as guests. Indonesia’s foreign minister, whose country chairs the Group of 20 major economies this year, plans to take part remotely to discuss the global impacts of the war.
The meeting at the Baltic Sea resort of Weissenhaus, located northeast of Hamburg, takes place amid tight security, with about 3,500 police officers deployed at the event site.
Speaking in Berlin on Thursday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcomed the German government’s recent decisions to step up military support for his country.
“We see a positive, positive dynamic,” Kuleba told reporters after a meeting with German lawmakers. “We have to make sure that this positive dynamic is maintained.”
Kuleba said he considered it a “signal of strength” that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party had dropped its opposition to providing Ukraine with heavy weapons.
He also expressed hope that the European Union would soon approve Ukraine’s application to start the process of joining the bloc. French President Emmanuel Macron has suggested it could be decades before Ukraine is readyto become a full EU member.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock recently visited Kyiv, the first top representative of Germany to travel to Ukraine’s capital since the start of the war, and expressed support for Ukraine’s EU application.
Also attending the meeting in Weissenhaus are the foreign ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Italy and Japan. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland will represent the United States; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is recovering from COVID-19 but is scheduled to travel to Berlin for a weekend meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
The NATO gathering will also hear from the foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland as the two countries are poised to join the Western military alliance amid concerns over the military threat from Russia.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/g7-foreign-ministers-meet-to-discuss-ukraine-war-impacts/ | 2022-05-12T11:41:49Z |
Report: 45% of people have not felt true happiness in 2-plus years
(Gray News) - A global report released in June shared that nearly half of the people surveyed said they hadn’t felt true happiness for some time.
Oracle.com shared what it called a “Happiness Report” that was conducted in January. It found that 45% of people have not felt true happiness for more than two years and 25% don’t know or have forgotten what it means to feel truly happy.
More than half of the people (53%) in the survey shared that they wish money could buy happiness, while 88% are looking for new experiences to make them smile and laugh.
People are also prioritizing health (80%), personal connections (79%) and experiences (53%) to gain happiness.
“We’ve all been through some very tough years, and around the world, we’re short on happiness. We’re starved for experiences that make us smile and laugh, and brands can help,” said author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin.
Those surveyed also shared that they want brands to make them smile and laugh, with 78% believing companies can do more to deliver happiness to their customers and 91% preferring brands to be funny.
“Most business leaders want to make consumers laugh more and understand it’s a critical part of establishing a true relationship,” said Rob Tarkoff, with the Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience.
The report included insights from more than 12,000 consumers and business leaders across 14 countries. Its findings were based on a survey conducted by Savanta, Inc. It included people from multiple countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, China, Mexico and Brazil.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/01/report-45-people-have-not-felt-true-happiness-2-plus-years/ | 2022-07-01T20:09:44Z |
Australia beats NZ in a 7s final for first time in 20 years
LONDON (AP) — Australia has beaten New Zealand in a men’s rugby sevens world series final for the first time in 20 years. Henry Paterson starred for Australia in Sunday’s London Sevens final with a hat trick of tries, including the winner in golden point extra time. He also made a try-saving tackle that prevented New Zealand from winning in the last seconds of regulation. Australia’s 19-14 triumph was its first against New Zealand in a men’s sevens cup final since 2002. It was also a first title in the sevens world series since 2018 for the Australian men’s team. The Australians are in a three-team hunt for their first world series title in the last leg in California in August. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/29/australia-beats-nz-in-a-7s-final-for-first-time-in-20-years/ | 2022-05-30T02:24:51Z |
PHILADELPHIA, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Panorama Medicine ("Panorama"), a genomics and AI powered drug discovery company focusing on therapeutics for RNA splicing defects, appoints Dr. Haishan Xiong as Chief Executive Officer to lead the company in its quest to bring revolutionary drugs to patients.
"We are thrilled to have Dr. Xiong join Panorama," said Dr. Yi Xing, co-founder of Panorama. "His extensive experience in drug development and commercialization, combined with deep knowledge of leading early-stage biotech companies, will help propel Panorama to the next level. We look forward to working with Dr. Xiong to supercharge the growth of Panorama."
Dr. Xiong brings to Panorama over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and leading successful companies. Prior to joining Panorama, Dr. Xiong was VP of Alliance Management at LianBio (NASDAQ ticker LIAN), managing the portfolio of licensing partnerships. Before that Dr. Xiong was SVP of global business development at Fountain Medical Development, a global clinical CRO with headquarters in China and US. He was Chief Business Officer of KBP BioSciences, leading the company's clinical and business development. Dr. Xiong started his career in commercialization organizations at Roche Labs. He obtained his PhD in physiology and biochemistry from Penn State University and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
"RNA is the next frontier for drug development. With its world-class scientific minds, Panorama has built a strong foundation," said Dr. Xiong. "I believe Panorama can revolutionize how drugs are discovered and developed. I am excited to join and lead this dynamic company."
Panorama Medicine is a VC-backed startup founded by a multidisciplinary team of world-renowned computational and experimental RNA biologists. Panorama has created a drug discovery platform that integrates genomics, big data, computing, and artificial intelligence to develop therapeutic interventions for diseases caused by and related to RNA defects. The Panorama platform is end-to-end, encompassing data production and analysis through validation of discoveries and treatment modalities. Leveraging the strength of this platform, Panorama is advancing research in multiple targets that were unavailable to drug development.
Media Contact: Haishan Xiong, info@panoramamedicine.com
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Addentax Group Corp. ("Addentax" or the "Company") (NasdaqCM: ATXG), an integrated service provider focusing on garment manufacturing, logistics service, property management and subleasing, and epidemic prevention supplies, today announced the closing of an underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.00 per share.
The Company's common stock began trading on Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol "ATXG" on August 31, 2022.
The Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $25 million from the Offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and other related expenses. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters an option, exercisable within 45 days from the date of the underwriting agreement, to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public, less underwriting discounts, to cover over-allotments, if any.
The Offering was conducted on a firm commitment basis. Network 1 Financial Securities, Inc is acting as the sole book runner for the Offering. Loeb & Loeb LLP is acting as counsel to the Company. VCL Law LLP is acting as counsel to the underwriter with respect to the Offering.
A registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-230943) relating to the Offering was previously filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") by the Company, and subsequently declared effective by the SEC on August 11, 2022. The Offering was made only by means of a final prospectus. A final prospectus relating to the Offering was filed with the SEC on September 1, 2022, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus related to the Offering may be obtained from Network 1 Financial Securities, Inc., 2 Bridge Avenue, Suite 241, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701; Attention Karen (Huiyun) Mu, email kmu@netw1.com and Adam Pasholk, email adampasholk@netw1.com or by calling +1 (800) 886-7007.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Addentax Group Corp.
Addentax Group Corp. is an integrated service provider focusing on garment manufacturing, logistics service, property management and subleasing, and epidemic prevention supplies. Its garment manufacturing business consists of sales made principally to wholesaler located in China. The logistics business consists of delivery and courier services covering 79 cities in seven provinces and two municipalities in China. The property management and subleasing business provides shops subleasing and property management services for garment wholesalers and retailers in garment market. The epidemic prevention supplies business consists of manufacturing and distribution of epidemic prevention products and resale of epidemic prevention supplies purchased from third parties in both domestic and overseas markets. For more information, visit the Company's website at https://www.addentax.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the Company's proposed Offering. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs, including the expectation that the Offering will be successfully completed. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's registration statement and in its other filings with the SEC.
For more information, please contact:
Investor Relations:
Sherry Zheng
Phone: 718-213-7386
Email: shunyu.zheng@weitian-ir.com
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The company is harnessing the collective strength of its 1,100 associates that make up #TeamLyman to conduct over 50 grassroots community events in 2022
EXCELSIOR, Minn., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyman Companies, a leading provider of building products, services, and expertise in the Upper Midwest, celebrates its 125th anniversary.
Founded in 1897 in Excelsior, Minnesota, the company began as a small lumberyard called Lyman Lumber. Today, the company has grown to eight locations with more than 1,100 associates across Minnesota and Wisconsin and serves the needs of some of the largest building professionals in the Twin Cities area.
While the company has grown and evolved, it is what has stayed the same that continues to drive Lyman's success.
"At Lyman, we have a tradition of being there – for our associates, our customers and our community," said Lyman Companies president and general manager Charlie Bradburn. "For our associates, we work to create a supportive environment where they can achieve their career ambitions. For our customers, we are a partner working alongside them, making sure their needs are met and anticipating how we can grow with them for years to come. For our community, we ensure that as we grow, so do our efforts to give back to the communities which have given so much to us."
Lyman Companies has several initiatives planned for the year in honor of their 125th anniversary and in the tradition of being there.
Throughout 2022 and beyond, Lyman Companies are using their social media channels to highlight their associates and customers. On LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, search the hashtag #TeamLyman or visit Lyman Companies' social media accounts to read customer and associate success stories and profiles, see community activities, and more.
"Lyman would be nothing if it weren't for our people. #TeamLyman is about showcasing our culture and all the amazing people behind the scenes that make the company run day-in and day-out," said Lyman Companies' vice president Scott Gertjejansen.
Additionally, Lyman has over fifty community activities planned for the 2022 calendar year, including support for Habitat for Humanity, Humanity Alliance, Meals on Wheels, Feed My Starving Children, Toys for Tots, Bountiful Basket, and many more.
"125 years in and yet it's just the beginning. Lyman Companies has the people, the values, and the drive to continue its growth trajectory for many more years to come," said Bradburn.
Founded in 1897, Lyman Companies is the leading supplier to residential and multi-family construction professionals in the Twin Cities and across the Upper Midwest, providing customers with a broad range of building products and services, including manufactured building components, custom millwork and cabinetry, and project management and specialty labor services.
Lyman Companies is a division of US LBM, a leading distributor of specialty building materials in the United States. US LBM combines the scale and operational advantages of a national platform with a local go-to-market strategy through its national network of locations across the country.
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AUSTIN, Texas (Nexstar) — Creating better trauma care for soldiers on the front line is something that was top of mind on Tuesday, as University of Texas campuses across the state now have a new partnership with the Army.
When a soldier is down, just a few seconds can make the difference between life or death.
“One of the major risks in any combat situation is wounds that generate large amounts of bleeding or hemorrhage,” Mark Stackle, commander of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research said.
“We have an extensive trauma system here in the state of Texas, about half of those level one trauma systems are in partnership with the University of Texas System,” Lakey said.
Every day, trauma centers in Texas treat patients critically injured in things like shootings or car accidents.
This research partnership will make sharing lab resources easier, to find ways to improve trauma care and the chance of survival.
“What we hope to do with this partnership, is help make sure…that more people have an opportunity to come home to their loved ones than if we hadn’t had a chance to do that research,” Stackle said.
There are six focus areas UT and the Army have in this new agreement. Within the next year or so, they’re hoping to come up with tangible proposals on changes they want to make to advance trauma care.
Both entities signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement and an Educational Partnership Agreement solidifying their collective efforts. | https://cw33.com/news/texas-politics/ut-system-partners-with-army-to-modernize-trauma-care-for-soldiers-civilians/ | 2022-04-20T18:59:34Z |
ROME (AP) — If there’s been one point during Iga Swiatek’s three-month unbeaten run that encapsulates why the top-ranked player has become nearly impossible to beat, it’s surely a 19-shot rally that she won against Ons Jabeur in the Italian Open final.
The point showed off all of the elements of Swiatek’s game, which explains why the 20-year-old Polish player is an overwhelming favorite to win her second French Open title when the clay-court Grand Slam begins on Sunday.
After climbing back from a 0-40 deficit and facing a fourth break point late in the second set of a 6-2, 6-2 victory, Swiatek really found her rhythm. She ran down two drop shots, retrieved a passing shot up the line — which landed on the line — and finally won it with a backhand stop-volley drop shot.
On display were Swiatek’s heavy topspin forehand, her expert court coverage and swift movement, her hands and feel for the ball at the net, and — perhaps most importantly — her never-give-up attitude, which is so essential on clay.
“I kind of shifted my attitude from, ‘Whoa, she’s going to spread me around now,’ to, ‘I’m going to get to every ball now and play every point till the last shot,’” Swiatek said.
Maybe even more telling was Swiatek’s reaction after she won the point: Instead of celebrating, she immediately went and checked the ball mark from Jabeur’s passing attempt, holding up her finger to the chair umpire to indicate that she thought the ball was out. That thought likely crept into Swiatek’s head during the point, but she was able to compartmentalize and maintain her unrelenting focus on the task at hand until raising the issue after the point was over.
“I did everything that I can. I made her visit all the corners of the court,” Jabeur said. “I know that Iga plays much better when you open the court, so maybe I should have stayed more in the middle and let her lose the point. I don’t know. The thing is, I (hit) many more (different) shots in that point. She deserved to win — for sure.”
Whether she has deserved to win or not, nobody has beaten Swiatek since 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko defeated her in a third-set tiebreaker on Feb. 16. She has won 42 of the last 43 sets she’s contested.
If there were any questions about whether Swiatek deserved to be handed the No. 1 ranking when Ash Barty suddenly retired two months ago, that debate has subsided during Swiatek’s 28-match winning streak.
The last player to win more consecutive matches was Justine Henin, who won 32 straight in 2007 and 2008. The all-time longest streak belongs to Martina Navratilova, who had a run of 74 in 1984.
“Iga is Iga,” said Jabeur, who entered the final on an 11-match winning streak of her own. “She deserves to be here. She deserves to win matches like that.”
During the women’s final, a fan held up a sign that read, “Keep politics out of tennis,” — an apparent reference to Wimbledon’s decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus because of the war in Ukraine.
Since early March, Swiatek has been playing with a ribbon pinned to her hat featuring the colors of Ukraine’s flag.
She called it “pretty weird” that some players have stopped wearing similar tributes to Ukraine, “because there is still war, there are people still suffering.”
“I’m going to wear it until the situation is going to get better,” Swiatek said.
With the war in Ukraine approaching three months, more than 6 million people have fled the country since Russian troops invaded on Feb. 24, according to the U.N. refugee agency. More than half of the refugees, 3.3 million, have fled to Poland.
During the trophy ceremony on Sunday, Swiatek made a reference to her family back home.
“For sure the war is affecting Poland a little bit more,” Swiatek said. “It’s something that I can’t experience with them because I’m traveling all around Europe.”
Swiatek added that she is planning to announce a new initiative related to the war.
“I for sure want to show my support to Ukrainian people,” she said, “as every Polish person is doing at home.”
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Doctor: Biden’s COVID symptoms ‘almost completely resolved’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms have “almost completely resolved,” according to a new note from his doctor released Monday.
Although he still has some nasal congestion and hoarseness, his vital signs remain “absolutely normal,” wrote Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
Biden has been taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug that helps reduce the chance of severe illness from COVID-19, and he plans to continue isolating in the White House residence.
“He continues to be very specifically conscientious to protect any of the Executive Residence, White House, Secret Service and other staff whose duties require any (albeit socially distanced) proximity to him,” O’Connor wrote.
On Monday afternoon, Biden is scheduled to deliver virtual remarks to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives conference in Orlando, Fla. He’s also expected to participate in a virtual meeting with business executives and labor leaders to discuss the Chips Act, a proposal to bolster domestic manufacturing.
Biden has held no public events since Friday, when he held another virtual meeting with economic advisers.
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The film acknowledges the realities of postpartum experiences to show moms they are not alone
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Mother's Day, Baby Dove introduces #OneRealPressure, a new campaign created to inspire real conversation about navigating the pressures of early motherhood. This initiative is part of the brand's ongoing commitment to bolster parents' belief in their ability to care for their babies with confidence, with support.
Baby Dove is committed to changing the narrative and encouraging moms to share just #OneRealPressure on social media this Mother's Day and beyond. The campaign call-to-action will empower moms to talk about the real experiences they have faced during their own postpartum journeys.
"The pressures of early motherhood can affect moms in many ways. As a brand born to provide superior care to new families, Baby Dove understands this reality for new moms and wants them to know that they are not alone," explains Sally Brown, Global Brand Director, Baby Dove. "Together, we recognize the power of shared experiences, and how by destigmatizing these pressures through conversation, we can build a community that supports new moms on their postpartum journeys."
After giving birth, new moms are met with a new reality at the most transformational moment of their lives. Women feel pressure to be the perfect mom and aren't given the space to talk about the overwhelming challenges that come with motherhood. As a result of these pressures, one in five new moms experience serious mental health conditions in the postpartum period: including Postpartum Anxiety, and Postpartum Depression.1 Though many women are experiencing pressures, challenges and deteriorated mental health, they avoid discussing the unrealistic expectations of new motherhood with others. Research shows that 85% of moms agree the first year of motherhood is nothing like what they see on social media.2
"We partnered with Baby Dove to listen to people's postpartum experiences. Motherhood is a lot. The research suggests that many birthing parents or caregivers do not have opportunities to authentically share their realities and connect– which reflects our culture and our inner voices," said Dr. Kristin Tully, PhD, a leading member of the UNC School of Medicine's 4th Trimester Project. "We stand together to change the narrative. Being open and vulnerable is a sign of strength and an important part of improving systems of support. We look forward to a future in which the postpartum tune is about wellness and joy.
To shed light on the real experiences of new mothers, Baby Dove will release a short film, titled: "Under Pressure." The film will feature stories of real challenges new moms face, to destigmatize conversations around the struggles of the postpartum experience and is set to a modern rendition of Queen's "Under Pressure," performed by Claudia Gomes, a new mom facing her own postpartum pressures. This film features a montage of raw scenes depicting some of the earliest and most challenging moments of motherhood, including: feeding obstacles, sleep deprivation, body changes and balancing responsibilities outside of the home. The film intends to build a shared sense of experience and recognize the real, unfiltered, and often unshared moments of new motherhood.
Baby Dove is raising awareness of postpartum struggles so more women will recognize symptoms and fewer will suffer in silence. In partnership with Postpartum Support International (PSI) – the world's largest perinatal mental health organization – and a group of real moms who have experienced Postpartum Anxiety and Postpartum Depression, Baby Dove is providing true accounts, resources, and tools needed to navigate the pressures of postpartum – all available to review and learn more on BabyDove.com.
"Research has found that 72% of women agree they wish they knew more about postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression. Most of the time, new moms going through the postpartum period mistakenly think they are failing at parenting. We are excited to work alongside Baby Dove to make our resources more accessible to the general public, so that women and their families can increase their awareness of two of the most difficult pressures for new moms. We want to help them improve their ability to identify symptoms and know where to reach out for help," notes Wendy Davis, PhD, PMH-C, Executive Director of PSI.
Baby Dove will also encourage moms to share and engage with one another digitally and in real life:
- Beginning April 25th, Baby Dove, powered by Google, will reply with tools and resources to the thousands of search queries posted by moms regarding postpartum struggles.
- On May 4th, Baby Dove, in partnership with BabyCenter, will convene leading experts across postpartum specialties to engage in a virtual roundtable discussion focused on signs, symptoms and support for moms experiencing Postpartum Depression or Anxiety.
- At BabyDove.com, we will host a suite of resources for moms facing the broad spectrum of postpartum pressures, true stories from real moms who have shared these experiences, helpful articles about the challenges women face during their postpartum journeys and more.
Join us and share #OneRealPressure about your own postpartum experience to support other moms. Visit BabyDove.com for more resources from Postpartum Support International and visit NewMomHealth.com for postpartum information from the 4th Trimester Project.
About Dove
Dove started its life in 1957 in the US, with the launch of the Beauty Bar, with its patented blend of mild cleansers and ¼ moisturizing cream. Dove's heritage is based on moisturization, and it is proof not promises that enabled Dove to grow from a Beauty Bar into one of the world's most beloved beauty brands.
Women have always been our inspiration and since the beginning, we have been wholly committed to providing superior care to all women and to championing real beauty in our advertising. Dove believes that beauty is for everyone. That beauty should be a source of confidence and not anxiety. Dove's mission is to inspire women everywhere to develop a positive relationship with the way they look and realize their personal potential for beauty.
For 60 years, Dove has been committed to broadening the narrow definition of beauty in the work they do. With the 'Dove Real Beauty Pledge,' Dove vows to:
- Portray women with honesty, diversity and respect. We feature women of different ages, sizes, ethnicities, hair color, type and style.
- Portray women as they are in real life, with zero digital distortion and all images approved by the women they feature.
- Help young people build body confidence and self-esteem through the Dove Self-Esteem Project, the biggest provider of self-esteem education in the world.
About Baby Dove
Baby Dove entered the baby care market in 2017 – with the aim to bring something very different in terms of superior care to baby skin. Baby Dove was created from the long, trusted heritage of Dove, with the goal to bring the 60-year superior care credentials to the most delicate skin: baby skin. Baby Dove® is available nationwide in food, drug and mass outlet stores.
About Postpartum Support International
Postpartum Support International (PSI) is the world's leading non-profit organization dedicated to helping women suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression, the most common complication of childbirth. PSI was founded in 1987 to increase awareness among public and professional communities about the emotional difficulties that women can experience during and after pregnancy. The organization offers support, reliable information, best practice training, and volunteer coordinators in all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 other countries around the world. Working together with its volunteers, caring professionals, researchers, legislators and others, PSI is committed to eliminating stigma and ensuring that compassionate and quality care is available to all families. To learn more about PSI, call 800-944-4PPD or visit postpartum.net.
About the 4th Trimester Project
The 4th Trimester Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill brings together new mothers, health care providers, researchers, and other stakeholders to build knowledge about postpartum health issues and strengthen systems of care. The team is committed to advancing health equity through co-developing resources with expectant and postpartum people, clinicians, and community leaders. The 4th Trimester Project team manages the mom-centered, mom-designed, evidence-based postpartum information resource, NewMomHealth.com. The site offers postpartum recovery and self-care support for birthing parents, with postpartum health care materials and tools for health providers to improve and streamline care after childbirth.
The 4th Trimester Project is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jordan Institute for Families (JIF) in the School of Social Work, the Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health (UNC CMIH) within the School of Medicine, and the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute within Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. The current interdisciplinary team is comprised of Amelia Gibson, PhD; Kimberly Harper, RN; Venus Standard, CNM, LCCE; Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc; Kristin Tully, PhD; Sarah Verbiest, DrPH, MSW, MPH; and Suzanne Woodward at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Learn more about the 4th Trimester Project work and team at www.NewMomHealth.com/About (www.SaludMadre.com para Español).
Media Contact: Suzanne Woodward, SuzanneW@med.unc.edu.
About Unilever
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
1 Baby Dove x 4th Trimester Project Maternal Mental Health Whitepaper Delivered by the 4th Trimester Project Team at UNC Chapel Hill
2 Baby Dove x 4th Trimester Project Maternal Mental Health Whitepaper Delivered by the 4th Trimester Project Team at UNC Chapel Hill
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Squarespace, Inc. (NYSE: SQSP), the all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform, will report its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, before market open on Monday, July 25, 2022.
Squarespace will hold a conference call and live webcast to discuss second-quarter results at 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT on the same day. To register, please visit the Events & Presentations section of Squarespace's Investor Relations website at investors.squarespace.com.
An archived replay of the webcast will be available following the conclusion of the call.
About Squarespace
Squarespace is the all-in-one platform with everything to sell anything, providing customers in over 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to sell physical products, digital content, classes, appointments, reservations and more. Powered by best-in-class design for a consistent brand experience across all touchpoints, our suite of fully integrated products enables anyone to manage their projects and businesses through websites, domains, ecommerce, marketing tools, and scheduling, along with tools for managing a social media presence with Unfold and hospitality business management via Tock. Squarespace is headquartered in downtown New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit www.squarespace.com.
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Towson hires Coppin St’s Harper as women’s basketball coach
BALTIMORE (AP) — Towson has hired Coppin State’s Laura Harper as its new women’s basketball coach. Towson announced the move Wednesday. Harper coached Coppin State for two years. The Eagles went 15-13 last season for their first winning season since 2013-14. Harper replaces Diane Richardson, who led Towson to a school-record 24 wins last season before taking over the program at Temple. Harper won a national championship as a player at Maryland in 2006. She played two seasons in the WNBA and three more overseas in Italy, Turkey and Russia. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/20/towson-hires-coppin-sts-harper-as-womens-basketball-coach/ | 2022-04-21T02:48:08Z |
SAN DIEGO and SHANGHAI and SYDNEY, April 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals ("Inmagene") announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared drug candidate IMG-007, a monoclonal antibody against OX40, to proceed to Phase I clinical development. Inmagene is developing IMG-007 in partnership with HUTCHMED (China) Limited ("HUTCHMED") (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13).
IMG-007 is highly potent at blocking the binding of OX40 to OX40L, thereby reducing OX40L-dependent downstream signaling and cytokine release by T cells. It has the potential to treat OX40+ T cell-mediated immune diseases, including atopic dermatitis (AD).
The planned Phase 1 study is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled dose-escalation study in healthy adult subjects and AD patients. The study will be used to explore IMG-007's safety and tolerability in healthy subjects, and its efficacy and safety in AD patients.
In Australia, this Phase 1 study has also received the approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and the acknowledgement of clinical trial repository from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
"Research data has given us the confidence that IMG-007 is one of the strongest OX40 drug candidates worldwide," said Dr. Jonathan Wang, Chairman and CEO of Inmagene. "Inmagene is taking many innovative drug candidates like IMG-007 from discovery or candidate stage to global clinical studies."
Dr. Jean-Louis Saillot, Inmagene's Chief Development Officer, said, "The antagonism of the OX40/OX40L interaction by monoclonal antibodies has been shown to be successful in phase 2 clinical trials, which highlights the importance of targeting this axis as a promising approach for the treatment of immune disorders, including AD. IMG-007 has demonstrated a best-in-class potential in preclinical studies. We look forward to the initiation of the IMG-007 clinical program with the hope of developing an innovative, safe and effective treatment option for patients with AD and other immunological diseases."
About IMG-007
IMG-007 is a novel antagonistic monoclonal antibody targeting the OX40 receptor. It was originally discovered by HUTCHMED, with Inmagene assuming development responsibility at the candidate stage. Inmagene has an exclusive option to license IMG-007's global rights.
OX40 is a costimulatory receptor member of the NGFR/TNFR superfamily expressed predominantly on activated T cells. Ligation of OX40 by its ligand OX40L leads to enhanced T cell survival, proliferation, and effector functions. Preclinical research results show that IMG-007 can bind to human OX40 receptor with high affinity, thereby efficiently blocking the binding of OX40 to OX40L. This blockade can effectively reduce the OX40L-dependent downstream signaling and cytokine release by T cells. By selectively shutting down OX40+ T cell function, IMG-007 may potentially provide treatment option for pathological OX40+ T cell-mediated immune diseases, such as atopic dermatitis.
About Inmagene
Inmagene is a global clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapeutics for immunology-related diseases. The company is building a robust development pipeline of 19 drug candidates.
Inmagene pipeline's most advanced compound is IMG-020, or izokibep. It has multiple global phase II studies ongoing for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, uveitis, etc. IMG-020 has also received IND approval from CDE for phase III in plaque psoriasis. In addition, IMG-004 and IMG-007 are initiating phase I studies globally in the next few months.
Believing in "Borderless Innovation", the Inmagene team strives to integrate efficient resources worldwide to make such therapeutics available to patients globally. Based on its proprietary QuadraTek™ drug discovery platform, Inmagene is operating 12 "Smart Innovation" programs to create and develop novel drug candidates with global rights. Inmagene also in-licenses drug candidates and, together with its partners, carries out global development activities, including global multi-center clinical trials. Inmagene has formed strategic partnerships with multiple partners, such as HUTCHMED and Affibody AB, to develop highly innovative drug candidates. For more information, please visit: www.inmagenebio.com
About HUTCHMED
HUTCHMED (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company. It is committed to the discovery and global development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. It has more than 4,600 personnel across all its companies, at the center of which is a team of about 1,500 in oncology/immunology. Since inception it has advanced 12 cancer drug candidates from in-house discovery into clinical studies around the world, with its first three oncology drugs now approved and marketed in China. For more information, please visit: www.hutch‑med.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect Inmagene's and/or HUTCHMED's current expectations regarding future events, including expectations regarding the therapeutic potential of IMG-007 for the treatment of patients with AD and other immunological diseases, the further clinical development of IMG-007, expectations as to whether clinical studies of IMG-007 would meet their primary or secondary endpoints, and expectations as to the timing of the completion and the release of results from such studies. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, assumptions regarding IMG-007's potential to successfully advance in clinical studies and to eventually gain approvals in any jurisdiction, the safety profile of IMG-007, the timing of these events, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on general economic, regulatory and political conditions. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. For further discussion of various risks applicable to HUTCHMED, see HUTCHMED's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on AIM and with The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Neither Inmagene nor HUTCHMED undertakes to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.
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ORLANDO, Fla., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Baxter, executive chairman of St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation, today was elected chair of the board of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the national association of investor-owned electric companies. Also elected were two vice chairs: Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Rosemead, Calif.-based Edison International, and Maria Pope, president and CEO of Portland, Ore.-based Portland General Electric.
The announcement was made during EEI's June board meeting in Orlando, Fla. EEI's chairmanship rotates on an annual basis, and Baxter succeeds Gerry Anderson, executive chairman of Detroit-based DTE Energy.
"On behalf of EEI and our member companies, I extend our sincerest thanks to Gerry Anderson for his service as EEI chair," said EEI President Tom Kuhn. "Gerry's continued dedication to delivering a resilient clean energy future to our customers led to the successful inclusion of many key industry priorities in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This law provides significant investments in critical energy infrastructure and new carbon-free technologies and includes a solid down payment on the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to accelerate the electrification of the transportation sector."
"We also are pleased to announce that Warner Baxter was elected EEI chair for the 2022-2023 cycle," added Kuhn. "Warner previously served as an EEI vice chair and is an outstanding leader for Ameren and for our industry. I look forward to continuing our work together to advance our common goals and to advance public policies that benefit the customers we so proudly serve."
"America's electric companies are committed to getting the energy we provide as clean as we can as fast as we can, without compromising on the reliability or affordability that our customers depend on," said Baxter. "Throughout the challenges of the past few years, our industry has remained focused on making investments that enhance energy grid resilience and energy security while enabling a cleaner and affordable future for all."
Kuhn also applauded the vice chairs who will support Baxter as part of the leadership team.
"Pedro and Maria are tremendous leaders for our industry, particularly in their efforts to reduce economy-wide carbon emissions and to enhance energy grid resilience through investments in innovative new technologies. We are extremely fortunate to have them serve on the EEI leadership team."
Warner Baxter is executive chairman of St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation, parent company of rate-regulated energy companies that serve more than 2.4 million electric and nearly 1 million natural gas customers in Illinois and Missouri.
During his more than 25-year tenure at Ameren, Baxter has served in a variety of leadership roles, including chairman, president, and CEO of Ameren, a role he held from 2014 through 2021. He previously had served as chief financial officer and president of Ameren Missouri.
Baxter earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and has made meaningful and long-lasting contributions to higher education through his involvement with the University of Missouri System. He is a member of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellors Council and the Missouri 100 advisory board.
Baxter sits on several industry boards, including the Electric Power Research Institute (past chairman of the board). Baxter also serves on the board of directors of U.S. Bancorp, BJC HealthCare, and Greater St. Louis Inc. In addition, Baxter serves as vice chair of the American Cancer Society's Coaches vs. Cancer Council and on the board of CEO's Against Cancer in St. Louis (past chairman of the board).
Pedro J. Pizarro is president and CEO of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the nation's largest electric companies. Edison International also is the parent company of Edison Energy, a portfolio of competitive businesses providing commercial and industrial customers with energy management and procurement services. He is a member of Edison International's board of directors.
Pizarro served as president of SCE from October 2014 through May 2016, when he was elected president of Edison International. He was elected CEO in October 2016. Previously, Pizarro was president of Edison Mission Energy and chaired its board of directors from 2011 until the sale of its assets to NRG Energy in April 2014.
Pizarro earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and held National Science Foundation and Department of Defense graduate fellowships. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvard University.
Pizarro first was elected an EEI vice chair in June 2020 and he also serves on the boards of the Electric Power Research Institute, Argonne National Laboratory, Caltech, and the Analysis and Resilience Center for Systemic Risk. He previously served on the boards of the Electric Power Supply Association, California Power Exchange, Colburn School, House Research Institute, Southern California Leadership Council, and Western Energy Institute.
Maria Pope is president, CEO, and a member of the Board of Directors of Portland General Electric (PGE), which offers its nearly 1 million customers voluntary renewable energy programs that let them choose how much clean energy they want to use. Pope joined PGE in 2009 as chief financial officer and treasurer. She went on to serve as senior vice president of Power Supply, Operations, and Resource Strategy.
Pope represents the electric power industry on the U.S. Department of Energy's Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. Her other board work includes the Electric Power Research Institute, the Oregon Business Council, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and The Nature Conservancy of Oregon.
Pope is an alumna of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and she earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University.
EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than 235 million Americans, and operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As a whole, the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the United States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than 65 international electric companies, with operations in more than 90 countries, as International Members, and hundreds of industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.
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IRVINE, Calif., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iTrustCapital, awarded best crypto investment platform*, recently introduced Conditional Transactions as an added feature for its users. Conditional Transactions allow clients to set price conditions above or below current market prices under which a market order will be executed to enter/exit positions automatically if an asset reaches the desired market price. Conditional Transactions on the iTrustCapital platform offer users the ability to execute transactions automatically when price parameters are met.
Since releasing the feature in May 2022, the Company has seen a 59% month-over-month increase in Conditional Transaction volume; 73% of the volume can be attributed to buys on the platform. The first half of June 2022 saw the 8th largest transaction volume day in the Company's history.
"We're thrilled with the usage of Conditional Transactions on the platform since its launch, with the average daily conditional transaction volume above 10 percent", said Andrey Chabanov, Head of Product. "Segments of our client-base have embraced this simple, but effective, feature."
The Company has shown continuous growth, with a wide range of users actively engaged in asset offerings. iTrustCapital recently reached more than $5 billion USD in total transaction volume on its software platform, showing a leap of 60% after tipping $2 billion in transaction volume just nine months prior.
In January of this year, iTrustCapital announced a Series A round at a valuation exceeding $1.3 billion. The Company aims to expand products and services, scale client service and development teams, and launch additional marketing channels. The Company recently moved to new office space, anchoring the headquarters in Irvine, California.
iTrustCapital, named Innovator of the Year in 2021*, allows clients to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with the tax advantages** of an IRA. iTrustCapital's software platform aims to eliminate the costly inefficiencies and outdated processes of previous IRA models, revolutionizing access to various digital assets through retirement accounts – at costs lower than other IRA companies. Headquartered in Irvine, CA, iTrustCapital was founded in 2018 by Todd Southwick and Blake Skadron. iTrustCapital's software platform is available to all qualified US-based investors (excluding NY and HI) and in connection with its partners currently provides access to 29 cryptocurrencies, as well as physical gold and silver. New assets are being added frequently to meet demand and expand available offerings.
*Internet Marketing Association, Impact21 - Awards include Innovator of the Year and Best Crypto Investment Platform.
**Some taxes and conditions may apply.
iTrust Capital, Inc. is not an exchange, funding portal, custodian, trust company, licensed broker, dealer, broker-dealer, investment advisor, investment manager, or adviser in the United States or elsewhere. iTrust Capital, Inc. is not affiliated with and does not endorse any particular cryptocurrency, precious metal, or investment strategy.
Cryptocurrencies are a speculative investment with risk of loss. Precious metals are a speculative investment with risk of loss. Cryptocurrency is not legal tender backed by the United States government, nor is it subject to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insurance or protections. The self-directed purchase and sale of cryptocurrency through a cryptocurrency IRA have not been endorsed by the IRS or any regulatory agency. Historical performance is no guarantee of future results.
Some taxes and conditions may apply depending on the type of IRA account. Investors assume the risk of all purchase and sale decisions. iTrust Capital, Inc. makes no guarantee or representation regarding investors' ability to profit from any transaction or the tax implications of any transaction. iTrust Capital, Inc. does not provide legal, investment or tax advice. Consult a qualified legal, investment, or tax professional.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA) resulting from allegations that Avaya may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Avaya securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8033 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.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On August 9, 2022, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled "Avaya Taps Legal, Financial Advisers to Look at Debt Options" and also published another article entitled "Avaya's Collapsing Debt Deal Hits Clients of Goldman, JPMorgan". The articles highlighted issues at Avaya Holdings, including how the company had cut its earnings forecast by more than 60% just weeks after borrowing $600 million from institutional investors through deals arranged by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase. The articles also reported that Avaya provided no explanation for the dramatic earnings miss, indicated it would also miss revenue targets, and was removing its CEO. The articles further reported that the Company's audit committee opened an internal investigation regarding the most recent quarter and is also investigating a whistleblower letter.
On this news, Avaya's stock price fell 45%, to close at $0.61 per share on August 9, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.
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. 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.
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Did you lose money on investments in Netflix? If so, please visit Netflix, Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds investors of the deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in a securities class action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the common stock or call options, or sold put options of Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NFLX) between January 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Netflix primarily operates an entertainment platform that offers TV series, documentaries, feature films, and mobile games across a variety of genres and languages. It also offers a DVD-by-mail service in the U.S.
Plaintiff alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made misleading statements about Netflix's business. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants' statements were materially false and misleading when made because: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis; and (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected.
On January 20, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it "slightly over-forecasted paid net adds in Q4," adding 8.3 million subscribers compared to the 8.5 million forecast. The Company also stated that, despite "healthy" retention and engagement, it only expected to add 2.5 million net subscribers during first quarter 2022, below the 4.0 million net adds in the prior year period. On this news, the Company's stock price fell over 21% to close at $397.50 per share on January 21, 2022.
Then, on April 19, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it lost 200,000 subscribers during the first quarter of 2022, compared to prior guidance expecting the Company to add 2.5 million net subscribers. The Company cited the slowing revenue growth to four factors, including account sharing and competition with other streaming services.
On this news, the price of Netflix stock declined over 35% to close at $226.19 per share on April 20, 2022.
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Children are Uvalde’s pride and joy. After school shooting, the town is reeling from mass tragedy
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Photographs by Matthew Busch for CNN
Crystal Sanchez recalls the smiles of hundreds of children when they got free manicures and had their hair spray-painted during the “Día de los Niños” celebration at the Uvalde County Fairplex. Parents and residents across this small South Texas town spent hours solely honoring and celebrating their youngest.
Nearly a month later, the memories of that April 29 event feel distant for Sanchez, a 42-year-old mother of two who works at a local beauty school.
Grief and frustration have set in, and prayers have replaced the laughter that once echoed throughout the venue that sits on the edge of a town 80 miles west of San Antonio. Since Tuesday, residents have gathered daily to mourn after sorrow burst into what feels like nearly every household in this town of about 16,000 people.
Mass tragedy arrived in Uvalde this week when 19 children and two of their teachers were slaughtered by a gunman at Robb Elementary School, just two days before summer break. Children have always been at the center of the town’s pride and joy, dozens of residents say. And now, the losses of some of Uvalde’s brightest lights have become a source of heartbreak.
In downtown Uvalde, two of the longest federal highways in America — US Highway 83 and US 90 — intersect just like the feelings of many families this week. In one corner, portraits of high school seniors line the lawn outside City Hall. At another corner, flowers were placed next to white crosses bearing the names of each of Tuesday’s 21 victims along the town square’s fountain.
“This was something that should have never happened,” Sanchez said. “Our prayers are with everyone because everywhere I go, everyone was affected whether you had a child in there or not. If you didn’t there’s guilt because you get to go home and feel happy with your family when you know that they’re never going to be the same.”
‘We run in packs’
Wearing maroon-colored clothing in Uvalde is not unusual. But the amount of people wearing the city’s colors has multiplied over the week and taken on new meaning.
For decades, parents, abuelas and children have filled the stands at the Honey Bowl Stadium every fall to cheer for the Uvalde Coyotes during Friday night football games. After farmers and ranchers return home from the fields and many businesses shut down, residents routinely make their way to the stadium to watch one of their favorite pastimes.
As Uvalde attempts to find solace after Tuesday’s shooting, Marie Alice Ramos says there was nothing she could tell her friends or family that would make them feel better. Wearing her maroon T-shirt, she says, signaled something beyond words.
“It’s a statement. It shows that we are trying to be unified as one in a community that has been devastated,” the 45-year-old bartender said after she and a group of family members, all wearing maroon, stood near Robb Elementary late Wednesday.
“We run in packs. Coyotes run in packs,” one of her cousins, Jessica Ahoyt, who was standing next to her said while embracing her daughter.
Ahoyt’s daughter then added, “Once a Coyote, always a Coyote.”
Ramos’ cousin Irma Garcia, one of the teachers killed in the shooting, was a Uvalde High Coyote 30 years ago.
The words “Howling’ thru ’92,” and an image of a coyote howling to the moon blaze the cover of Garcia’s high school yearbook. Its pages show her and her husband, Joe, in the early years of their love story.
A couple of days after his wife was killed, Joe Garcia suffered a heart attack and died.
In a GoFundMe campaign posted by another of Irma Garcia’s cousins, family members said they “truly believe” Joe died of a broken heart and that losing the love of his life was “too much to bear.”
For more than two decades, Garcia dedicated her time to her own children and those of others. She nurtured them, hoping that one day they would go to college.
“Her commitment to the children in the school went above and beyond, to another level. She made the biggest sacrifice that anybody could make out there,” Ramos said. “She is a true hero.”
‘Uvalde Strong’
Surrounded by centuries-old oak trees, three or four generations of Mexican American families have lived in the same homes — often filled with the aroma of carne asada grilling on the weekends and the sound of Tejano, country, banda and other Spanish-language music.
The summer is perfect for tubing in some of the clearest rivers in Texas — the nearby Nueces, Frio and Sabinal. And throughout the year, weekends are reserved for hours-long hikes at Garner State Park, shopping in San Antonio and celebrations like quinceañeras and weddings.
But many of those plans were canceled this weekend as everyday life has been shattered.
Graduating seniors dressed in their cap and gowns had walked through the halls of Robb Elementary on Monday with their younger siblings, nieces and nephews cheering for them. The rest of their senior week activities were halted, including their graduation.
As families waited for answers on the condition of their children Tuesday and later faced devastating news, people across Uvalde initially hunkered down at home to pray among loved ones or simply keep each other close.
But within hours, many said they were growing restless and began searching for ways to support their neighbors as the town begins the grueling process of burying the 21 victims. By Thursday, the victims’ remains were released to funeral homes, where family members had dropped off clothing and other items for the burials.
A family built wooden crosses for each of the victims and delivered them to Robb Elementary School. Hundreds waited for hours under the Texas heat to donate blood. Several people designed artwork for new maroon T-shirts resembling those seen in other communities after a mass shooting.
“Uvalde Strong,” the T-shirts read.
Omar Rodriguez, the owner of a car detailing business, prepped 250 hamburgers to raise funds for the victims’ families. At a friend’s lot on Main Street, Rodriguez set up a large grill, tables and supplies to cook while his family and friends grabbed rags and soap to wash cars for a donation.
Rodriguez says he couldn’t stay at home thinking there could be something he could do to help.
“This is a good little town. There’s nothing but love here,” the 24-year-old said.
‘Our babies’
There have been two words emerging repeatedly in conversations as people picked up breakfast tacos inside the Stripes convenience store, served food and drinks at a popular Mexican restaurant, or bought meat for carne guisada at the H-E-B grocery store.
“Our babies,” residents said. For them, the children killed at Robb Elementary were simply family.
Lucia Guedea, a 53-year-old city worker in Uvalde, says most, if not all residents, had a connection to the victims. They were going to school together or were classmates with their parents, they know their tias and grandparents, or watched them play soccer, basketball, softball or T-ball with their own kids.
“They (children) are the center of our activities around here,” Guedea said.
Earlier this week, Guedea’s 11-year-old daughter, Raquel, and 20 other children walked down the aisle of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. In silence, they held a single red rose as a priest called the names of the victims:
Eva Mireles
Amerie Jo Garza
Xavier Javier Lopez
Uziyah Garcia
Jose Flores Jr.
Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio
Irma Garcia
Eliana “Ellie” Garcia
Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez
Tess Marie Mata
Eliahana “Elijah” Cruz Torres
Nevaeh Bravo
Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares
Jailah Nicole Silguero
Makenna Lee Elrod
Jayce Carmelo Luevanos
Alithia Ramirez
Layla Salazar
Maite Rodríguez
Rojelio Torres
Maranda Mathis
“I trust that the children, the children will help us do the work,” said Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller from the Archdiocese of San Antonio at the end of the bilingual Mass.
After the Mass ended, Guedea said her daughter did not attend Robb Elementary but wanted to make sure that she did her part.
“I felt like happy that I was able to like honor them and their spirits,” Raquel said.
Four of the children and one teacher killed were members of the parish.
In the days since the massacre, parents in Uvalde held their children’s hands and pushed their strollers to visit the school, attended vigils, and prayed at religious services. Faith is a remedy residents hope will guide them through their grief.
At the site of a makeshift memorial, they’ve brought their children to meet comfort dogs and grab free raspas (snow cones) being handed out by people from nearby towns.
A 10-year-old girl who attends Robb Elementary held her father’s hand tight and did not say a word when a woman who had set up a table at the town square with care packages and stuffed animals first told her she could grab anything she wanted.
It wasn’t until after her father encouraged her that she grabbed a unicorn. He said he had skipped work because he needed to be near his daughter, who is very shy and lost a cousin in the shooting.
In a town where life revolves around its youngest residents, festivals and community events always have something to entertain children in the absence of places like Peter Piper Pizza or Chuck E. Cheese, says Sanchez, the staffer at the beauty school.
The community is torn between mourning those whose lives were cut short and trying to erase the anguish the massacre has brought to their children’s faces. Locals like Sanchez say it will take time for them to heal but they know their “babies” will push them to do so from heaven or Earth.
“What we really live for is our kids. Every day we get up, go to work, and it’s mainly to make something better for them. It’s what keeps us going, honest to God,” Sanchez said.
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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has invited the mayors of Washington, D.C., and New York City to visit the Texas-Mexico border after they complained about Texas bussing migrants to their cities.
Abbott on Monday sent letters to New York City Mayor Eric Adams and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser inviting them to see the border for themselves, according to his office.
“As law enforcement agents along the Texas-Mexico border respond to thousands of illegal crossings each and every day, putting their lives on the line for Texans and for all Americans, the crisis demands the attention of not only the Biden Administration, which is responsible for securing the border, but of leaders across the country,” Abbott wrote. “As Governor, I invite you to visit our border region to see firsthand the dire situation that only grows more urgent with each passing day, and to meet with the local officials, who like yourselves, realize this matter deserves immediate federal action.”
“Your recent interest in this historic and preventable crisis is a welcome development—especially as the President and his Administration have shown no remorse for their actions nor desire to address the situation themselves,” Abbott wrote. “I also ask you to join me in requesting President Biden secure the border and put an end to this disastrous crisis.”
Both mayors recently have publicly complained about migrants being sent North from the Texas border.
More than 5,200 migrants have been bused from Texas since April and more than 1,100 from Arizona since May. The governors call the practice a voluntary free ride that gets migrants closer to family or support networks.
Texas has authorized over $4 billion for state-funded border security initiatives, which include the busing of migrants north.
In the letter, Abbott called the situation a “humanitarian and security crisis.”
Abbott says more than 290,000 migrants have been apprehended since March 2021 under Operation Lone Star, which utilizes Department of Public Safety troopers and Texas National Guardsmen along the border with Mexico. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/texas-governor-invites-d-c-new-york-city-mayors-to-border/ | 2022-08-01T20:02:58Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for F, EVFM, RBLX, AMC, and SSNT.
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LONDON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel International, a subsidiary of Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL), has appointed Bryan Dressler as head of warranty and indemnity (W&I) for its professional and financial risk (PFR) division. This latest appointment plays an integral role in the organisation's strategy to develop market-leading offerings in niche sectors.
Based at Markel's London office, Dressler will report to David Sawyer, divisional managing director of PFR at Markel International, where he will be responsible for building out a dedicated W&I team, which will focus on SMEs domiciled in the UK and European Economic Area (EEA) with equity values up to $300m. Dressler will also play a crucial part in growing Markel's W&I footprint and contributing towards the organisation's goal of underwriting up to $30m gross written premium (GWP) in this area by 2025.
Before starting at Markel International, Dressler was assistant vice president for transactional risk insurance products at Arch Insurance. Prior to this position, he spent five years with JLT Speciality Limited, where he led on the company's W&I, tax liability, and contingent liability placements both in London and the United States.
Commenting on Dressler's appointment, Sawyer said: "Markel International's wholesale division has been supporting coverholders in the W&I market since 2014 and manages a portfolio of circa $75m. With the wealth of knowledge and experience that we've gathered in these eight years, now feels like the perfect time to build out an in-house offering, and with Bryan onboard, we have a market-leading individual to execute this plan."
Sawyer elaborated: "Bryan has a number of years' experience as an underwriter and broker, with a strong track record in managing in-house insurance offerings. With his cross-functional skillset, we are confident that he will be able to deliver a sustainable long-term offering for customers in the W&I market."
About Markel
Markel Corporation is a diverse financial holding company serving a variety of niche markets. The company's principal business markets and underwrites specialty insurance products. In each of the Company's businesses, it seeks to provide quality products and excellent customer service so that it can be a market leader. The financial goals of the company are to earn consistent underwriting and operating profits and superior investment returns to build shareholder value. Markel® is a registered trademark of the Markel Corporation. Visit Markel on the web at markel.com.
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Keep up with your summer bucket list with the Cookie Dough Cold Brew
GRANTS PASS, Ore., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summertime vibes continue at Dutch Bros, and we're road trippin' back in time with childhood faves. Starting today, the drive-thru coffee company is featuring Cookie Dough Cold Brew and Cookie Dough Freeze at all of its more than 570 locations.
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- The Cookie Dough Cold Brew is a delicious mix of Dutch Bros' cold brew (regular or nitro) with chocolate milk and chocolate chip cookie dough flavor topped with Dutch Bros' signature Soft Top, a fluffy, sweet topping and chocolate sprinks.
- Its frozen PIC (partner-in-crime) is the Cookie Dough Freeze featuring the same flavors and toppings in a Dutch Freeze (aka blended coffee perfection).
"Even if you're only dreaming of vacation, the Cookie Dough Cold Brew (and Freeze!) will take you there," said Kristin Sha, director of product management at Dutch Bros. "The nostalgic flavors will make you reminisce with a taste of summers past."
The Cookie Dough Cold Brew and Cookie Dough Freeze will be featured through the end of August.
About Dutch Bros
Dutch Bros Coffee is a drive-thru coffee company dedicated to making a massive difference one cup at a time. Headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon, where it was founded in 1992 by Dane and Travis Boersma, it's now sharing the "Dutch Luv" with more than 600 locations in 14 states. Dutch Bros serves specialty coffee, smoothies, freezes, teas, an exclusive Dutch Bros Blue Rebel energy drink and nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee. Its rich, proprietary coffee blend is handcrafted from start to finish.
In addition to its mission of speed, quality and service, Dutch Bros is committed to giving back to the communities it serves. Through its Dutch Bros Foundation and local franchisees, the company donates several million dollars to causes across the country each year.
To learn more about Dutch Bros, visit www.dutchbros.com, follow Dutch Bros Coffee on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & TikTok, and download the Dutch Bros app to earn points and score rewards!
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BROADVIEW, Ill., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Who: Black Men United Pastor John Harrell, Worldvision, Leaders Network, Illinois Leaders of Faith, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, and other Political Leaders.
What: Three 53-foot tractor trailers filled with disaster relief supplies including water, toiletries, diapers, disinfectant wipes and other essentials are being sent to the residents of Jackson, Mississippi
When: Today, September 14, 2022 for a press conference at 11 a.m.
Where: Black Men United Warehouse, 2000 S. 25th Ave. in Broadview, IL.
Black Men United is a national organization made up of Black men from the business community, entertainment industry, prison reform groups, ministry and homeless volunteers. Since March 2020, this alliance has been focused on helping the disadvantaged and easing the social and economic disparities that plague Black communities throughout America. Our goal is to build bridges, not walls while sharing a positive, progressive and productive narrative of Black men in this country.
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BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president planned to address the U.N.’s most powerful body on Tuesday after even more grisly evidence emerged of civilian massacres in areas that Russian forces recently left. Western nations expelled dozens more of Moscow’s diplomats and proposed further sanctions as they expressed their disgust at what they say are war crimes.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech to the Security Council will be rich with symbolism, but the invitation and other displays of Western support are unlikely to alter the situation on the ground. He says his forces desperately need more powerful weaponry, some of which the West has been reluctant to give. Russia’s veto guarantees the body will take no action, and it was unclear whether its representatives would even remain in the chamber for the video address.
The head of NATO, meanwhile, warned that Russia is regrouping its forces in order to deploy them to eastern and southern Ukraine for a “crucial phase of the war,” as the European Union proposed new sanctionstargeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry.
Ukrainian officials said the bodies of at least 410 civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv that were recaptured from Russian forces and that a “torture chamber” was discovered in the town called Bucha, from which some of the grimmest details have emerged.
Associated Press journalists in the town have counted dozens of corpses in civilian clothes. Many appeared to have been shot at close range, and some had their hands bound or their flesh burned. A mass grave in a churchyard held bodies wrapped in plastic. The Ukrainian prosecutor-general’s office said the bodies of five men with their hands bound were found in the basement of a children’s sanatorium where civilians were tortured and killed.
High-resolution satellite imagery by commercial provider Maxar Technologies, meanwhile, showed that many of the bodies had been lying in the open for weeks, during the time that Russian forces were in the town. The New York Times first reported on the images showing the dead.
U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin should be tried for war crimes.
“Only non-humans are capable of this,” said Angelica Chernomor, a refugee from Kyiv who crossed into Poland with her two children, and who had seen the photos from Bucha. “Even if people live under a totalitarian regime, they must retain feelings, dignity, but they do not.”
Chernomor is among the more than 4 million Ukrainians who have fled the country in the wake of the Feb. 24 invasion. More than 7 million more people have been displaced inside Ukraine, the U.N. migration agency estimates.
Russia has rejected allegations of atrocities, with officials repeatedly saying without evidence that the scenes were faked. Moscow said it would speak about Bucha at the U.N. on Tuesday, indicating its representatives will attend at least part of the meeting.
Russia has sought to refute similar accusations against its forces in the past by accusing its enemies of forging photos and video, and of using so-called crisis actors. Western officials and independent reporters say Russia spreads disinformation to mask its actions.
As Western leaders condemned the killings in Bucha, Italy, Spain and Denmark expelled dozens of Russian diplomatson Tuesday, following moves by Germany and France. Hundreds of Russian diplomats have been sent home since the start of the invasion, many accused of being spies. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the expulsions a “short-sighted” measure that would complicate communication during the crisis and warned they would be met with “reciprocal steps.”
In another show of support, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel to Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy this week. The 27-nation EU has been a steadfast backer of Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24 and has already pushed through four rounds of sanctions.
On Tuesday, the European Union’s executive branch proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. Von der Leyen linked the ban on coal imports, worth 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) per year, to the “heinous crimes” around Kyiv.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that to prevent “new Buchas” the West must impose the “mother of all sanctions” — on Russian oil and gas. “Stop financing Putin’s war machine,” he tweeted. “A few months of tightening your belts are worth thousands of saved lives.”
But Western nations are divided over how far to go. Some are calling for a boycott of Russian oil and gas imports, while Germany and others fear that such a move could plunge the continent into a severe economic crisis. And countries from the NATO alliance have refused to hand over some of the most powerful weaponry Zelenskyy has asked for, like fighter jets.
Their provision of other weapons and equipment has been credited with helping Ukraine mount a stiffer than expected resistance to Russia’s overwhelming firepower. That resistance stopped Russian forces from overrunning the capital and other cities, and many Russian troops have now withdrawn from areas around Kyiv.
But Western and Ukrainian officials say Russia is merely regrouping for another offensive.
“Moscow is not giving up its ambitions in Ukraine,” NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday. “We expect a further push in the eastern and southern Ukraine to try to take the entire Donbas and to create a land bridge” to the Crimea Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Russia-backed separatists in the Donbas have been fighting Ukrainian troops for the last eight years.
Stoltenberg insisted the alliance will stand ready to help Ukraine with military equipment, a day after Zelenskyy appealed for more weaponry.
Zelenskyy’s video addresses to European capitals, in which he has sought to rally diplomatic, financial and military support for his country, have become near daily affairs, and he was expected to address the Spanish parliament on Tuesday.
But the speech to the Security Council could be even more dramatic, with all eyes on the reaction of any Russian representatives present.
The Ukrainian military says that, in the Donbas, Russia is focused on seizing the cities of Popasna and Rubizhne in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the Azov Sea port of Mariupol, which has seen weeks of heavy fighting at a staggering cost to the city and its residents.
The Ukrainian governor of Luhansk on Tuesday urged residents to stay inside, shut windows and doors, and prepare wet face masks after a Russian strike hit a storage tank holding nitric acid near Rubizhne, which the Russians have been trying to seize.
Serhiy Haidai warned that the chemical, which is used in fertilizer and explosives, “is dangerous if inhaled, swallowed and in contact with skin and mucous membranes.” The Russian military has not commented on the alleged strike, and it could not be independently verified.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk meanwhile said seven humanitarian corridors will be open on Tuesday, including from besieged Mariupol, where 1,500 civilians were able to escape in private vehicles on Monday, as well as the Russian-controlled Berdyansk.
But it was not immediately clear whether Russia has agreed to halt the fighting along the corridors. Previous efforts to bring civilians to safety through humanitarian corridors have failed because of renewed fighting.
An international Red Cross team gave up on entering Mariupol at least for Tuesday, after several days of trying to deliver aid to the besieged city and help escort civilians out.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said the team was held overnight held by police in Manhush, west of Mariupol, but later released. It did not identify the nationality of the police, but Manhush has been under Russian control for weeks.
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This story has been updated to correct that Mariupol is on the Azov Sea, not the Black Sea.
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Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Ukraine; Edith Lederer at the United Nations; Lolita Baldor in Washington and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two years after accusing her former therapist of sexual abuse, she idly plugged his address into an online directory and came across an unfamiliar alias. A search of that name turned up decades-old newspaper articles about the death of a 10-year-old girl.
“What’s that got to do with Peter?” she wondered.
A pair of obituaries she found next pointed closer to a connection. But she was still circling the perimeter of the truth when she sat down at a public library computer in January 2020. On a newspaper archive site, she scrolled past several small, blurry photos until a larger one popped up.
“Bingo,” she thought. “That’s him.”
Her next thought?
“You bastard.”
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New Hampshire is one of 10 states that allow people to change their names while incarcerated, though their criminal records remain accessible to police and employers conducting criminal background checks. But the public has no way of knowing someone’s earlier identity unless they go to the county courthouse where the change was approved, or do some serious sleuthing.
That allowed Peter Dushame to become Peter Stone, who faces new charges more than 30 years after he was sent to prison under his old name. What happened in between raises complicated questions about the right to forge a new life after incarceration and what patients can or should know about a mental health provider’s past.
There’s another question with no simple answer: Who is Peter Stone?
He was 33 years old, drunk and named Peter Dushame when he plowed his Pontiac into a motorcycle parked alongside the F.E. Everett Turnpike in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Oct. 1, 1989. Lacey Packer, a fourth grader on her way home to Massachusetts from a Toys for Tots benefit with her father, died two days later.
It was his third fatal crash — though the first to involve alcohol. At age 17, he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a pedestrian crash after killing a former fellow student at his high school. At age 22, he was acquitted of vehicular homicide after a crash that killed a 61-year-old woman.
Because he held a valid driver’s license despite five previous drunken driving convictions, the 1989 crash became a flash point. Both Massachusetts and New Hampshire enacted new laws in response, and Dushame became the first person in New Hampshire to be convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving fatality. The Boston Globe called him “the most notorious drunk driver in New England history.”
But over time, he dedicated himself to helping people in addiction recovery, earning a master’s degree in counseling psychology from behind bars, and leading treatment programs for other inmates.
“I have a gift,” he told The Boston Globe Magazine in 1996. “I can look at a person and feel his pain.”
Two years later, he legally changed his name from Peter Dushame to Peter Stone. He was released from prison in 2002 and eventually set up shop as a licensed drug and alcohol counselor in North Conway.
“I stand as evidence that people can change,” Stone wrote to state regulators in 2013, telling them that contrary to their concerns, his past had helped clients gain perspective on the dangers of drunken driving.
“They respect my sincerity and honesty,” he said.
Then, last July, he was charged with sexually assaulting a client who says he was anything but honest.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, the 61-year-old woman said she developed romantic feelings for Stone about six months after he began treating her for anxiety, depression and alcohol abuse in June 2013. Though he immediately told her a relationship would be unethical, he eventually initiated sexual contact in February 2016, she said.
“’That crossed the line,’” the woman remembers him saying after he pulled up his pants. “’When am I seeing you again?’”
“It was almost comical,” she told the AP, which generally does not name people who allege sexual assault. “Except that it was terrible.”
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Laws related to name changes differ across the country. While 26 states have no restrictions on name changes after felony convictions, 15 have bans or temporary waiting periods for those convicted of certain crimes, according to the ACLU in Illinois, which has one of the most restrictive laws.
New Hampshire does not prohibit felons from becoming therapists, and Stone appropriately disclosed his criminal record on licensing applications and other documents, according to a review of records obtained by the AP.
And so, despite “a misguided sense of it being wrong somehow,” it’s a nonissue legally, said Albert “Buzz” Scherr, a professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.
“The deeper question is, to what extent do we want to tar somebody for the rest of their life?” said Scherr. “Should every therapist be forced to reveal to any incoming patient that they’ve been convicted of a crime? Of certain crimes?”
Gary Goodnough is a Plymouth State University professor who teaches ethics to aspiring mental health counselors. It’s not unusual, he said, for people in recovery to become counselors and to use their experiences to build greater empathy and support for clients.
Disclosure isn’t mandatory, but he believes clients have a right to know in some scenarios.
“One of the principles that underlies the counseling profession is the notion of veracity,” he said. “We should tell the truth. Particularly with something as profound as a murder or vehicular homicide. In my opinion, that would be something that should be disclosed.”
Stone’s former client said uncovering his past made her angry, at both Stone and the state, which she believes should not have licensed him as a therapist under his new name.
“I think in his capacity to become a therapist, it was wrong, because that’s such a trusting position,” she said. “If he was going to be a car mechanic, that would be different. Because when I go to my mechanic, he doesn’t get into my head and pull strings.”
The woman described Stone as an unorthodox counselor, blunt and arrogant, with a tendency to swear. She said he told her he used to drink vodka and beer starting first thing in the morning, had once been homeless and didn’t drive because he had PTSD from his time in the military. In fact, as she later learned, his driver’s license had been permanently revoked after his conviction.
After their first sexual encounter, she said, she got up to leave and found the door to his office locked when it never had been before.
“I felt duped, because in my mind, I thought it was spontaneous,” she said. “But then I knew it was planned.”
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Stone, who declined to be interviewed by the AP, faces five counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault under a law that criminalizes any sexual contact between patients and their therapists or health care providers. Such behavior also is prohibited by the American Psychological Association’s ethical code of conduct.
According to court documents, he told investigators that the woman fondled him on one occasion, but that he didn’t know how his DNA ended up on her shirt. The state issued an emergency order suspending his counseling license in December 2017, and he voluntarily surrendered it four months later while denying the allegations.
A hearing to determine Stone’s competency to stand trial is scheduled for September. His attorney did not respond to requests for comment, and the prosecutor declined to comment on any aspect of the case.
But Scherr, the law professor, said that if the case goes to trial, Stone’s past convictions or name change are unlikely to be used against him.
Prior convictions, Scherr said, generally can’t be used to prove a defendant’s guilt, though they sometimes can be used to impeach a defendant’s credibility if he testifies. And although it makes him appear sneaky or crafty, Stone had a legitimate reason for changing his name, Scherr said.
“You don’t want to carry that around in public for the rest of your life,” he said. “I’m inclined to say it doesn’t tell you anything about whether he committed the crimes he’s charged with.”
Though Stone changed his name in 1998, news accounts of his 2001 parole hearing refer to him as Dushame, suggesting that authorities used only his original name in public and, perhaps unintentionally, eased his effort to start fresh. Several members of the parole board from that year have since died; two others told the AP recently that they remembered neither the specific case, nor how the board handled name changes.
But Gordon and Donna Packer haven’t forgotten the man who killed their daughter. In a recent interview, Donna Packer said they would have opposed his name change but were notified by the state only after the fact.
She and her husband, who became prominent activists for tougher drunken driving laws, also were aware that Stone was working as a counselor but didn’t know of his arrest until contacted by the AP.
“The minute I heard about it, I was disappointed,” she said. “I know that sounds strange, but Gordon and I, we’re Christians, and we believe in forgiveness.”
Gordon Packer offered forgiveness to Stone years ago in a letter. Donna Packer said he responded by asking for help getting out of prison ahead of schedule, which struck the couple as manipulative.
Still, she hoped that after everything he had done, after causing so much pain for so many people, he had changed.
“I hate that he’s still victimizing people,” she said. “It didn’t need to be this way.” | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/therapist-sex-abuse-case-reveals-dark-past-ethical-concerns/ | 2022-06-12T11:25:54Z |
Woman gives birth to her own granddaughter, as surrogate
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (Gray News) - A 50-year-old mother stepped in to serve as a surrogate for her daughter with infertility issues and gave birth to her own granddaughter.
Chalise Smith, a 50-year-old mother of eight, gave birth to her own granddaughter on May 17, acting as a surrogate for her daughter, 25-year-old Kaitlyn Munoz. The little girl is named Alayna Kait-Chalise Munoz after both women.
“Kaitlyn, her husband and my husband were all there in the delivery room. It was an amazing experience, and there wasn’t a dry eye in there,” Smith told KSL.
Smith made the decision to carry the baby for her daughter after seeing her deal with infertility issues for years, due to endometriosis.
“This was a gift for my daughter that she couldn’t do for herself. I would do anything for any of my children,” Smith said.
Munoz was able to harvest four embryos in 2019 and become pregnant with her son, Callahan. But it was a difficult delivery, with the baby born at 33 weeks.
She was then diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Sjogren’s syndrome that damaged her kidneys, according to KSTU. Doctors told her she should not try to get pregnant again, despite having two remaining embryos.
After careful consideration, Smith stepped in to carry those embryos for her daughter, something Munoz is grateful for.
“My mom did a lot of things for me, growing up, that I couldn’t do for myself, and 25 years later, she did something I couldn’t do for myself again. She brought me the greatest gift: Alayna,” she told KSL.
Thanks to her mom, Munoz is enjoying her family of four. She and Smith say they are even closer now after the “crazy” circumstances of Alayna’s journey into this world.
“I always tell people it’s crazy because she was grown in the same uterus as me, just 25 years later,” Munoz told KSTU.
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ZURICH (AP) — FIFA extended an investigation into alleged systematic sexual abuse of underage players in Gabon by spreading suspensions to four soccer officials on Tuesday.
FIFA said its ethics committee opened formal proceedingsagainst Patrick Assoumou Eyi, league official Serge Mombo and coaches Triphel Mabicka and Orphée Mickala. Eyi is a former national under-17 team coach who is accused of raping boys.
The investigation was opened after British dailyThe Guardian in December reported statements by alleged victims. They said they were lured to Eyi’s home which he called the “Garden of Eden.”
Eyi was suspended by the Gabonese Football Association in December and FIFA has extended that ban worldwide and provisionally to the other three officials.
“These sanctions have been imposed in connection with ongoing criminal investigations,” FIFA said in a statement.
FIFA ethics investigators received a complaint from the global players union FIFPRO, which has said abuse of underage boys in Gabon was “deeply embedded” in soccer there and was “an open secret that was not addressed for years.”
The union also alleged people “with close ties” to the Gabonese FA made threats to players and witnesses during the investigation.
Gabon is the latest country investigated for systematic sexual abuse within its soccer federation. FIFA ethics judges previously banned officials in Afghanistanand Haiti.
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PALM BEACH, Fla., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Companies in the Ovarian Cancer market are spending a lot of R&D on vaccine development, therapies and studies. For the past 30 years, researchers have been looking into the potential of vaccines to treat ovarian cancer. Vaccines are a promising future treatment for ovarian cancer. Although they are still at the clinical trial phase, they may someday be used to prevent the progression of ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer affects the ovaries, a pair of small, almond-shaped organs located on either side of your pelvis. It is one of the most common cancers for women, with more than 20,000 Trusted Source new cases each year. It also accounts for more deaths each year than any other female reproductive system cancer. A recent article in Healthline Media focus on the current state of developments. It said that: "Ovarian cancer poses treatment challenges. It is difficult to detect and may be at an advanced stage when diagnosed. The overall survival rate after 5 years is less than 50 percent Trusted Source, according to 2019 research. But this varies by stage at diagnosis. Dozens of ovarian cancer vaccines are currently at various stages of development." Active biotech companies in the market this week include BioVaxys Technology Corp. (OTCQB: BVAXF) (CSE: BIOV), Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN), ImmunoGen Inc. (NASDAQ: IMGN), Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNTL), Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY).
A 2020 review Trusted Source identified 42 published clinical trials on ovarian cancer vaccines. Some of these are described as follows: Dendritic cell vaccines: Dendritic cells (DCs) are a critical part of your immune system. They patrol their surroundings to identify threats, known as antigens. When an antigen — for instance, a cancerous cell — is detected, DCs activate a targeted immune system response to eliminate it. Dendritic cell vaccines harness the power of DCs to kill tumor cells. The goal is typically to prevent tumor growth, known as maintenance therapy. Researchers are studying most DC vaccines in combination with other treatments, such as chemotherapy. CTA vaccines: Cancer-testis antigens (CTAs) are proteins that are active in the testes. Several tumors, including ovarian cancer, also exhibit active CTAs. CTA vaccines help generate an immune response that targets and disables CTAs. The clinical trials published to date have focused on the use of a CTA protein called NY-ESO-1. A 2020 review suggests this protein is present in up to 40 percent Trusted Source of people with ovarian cancer. But as of 2020, only four phase 1 clinical trials on CTA vaccines had been published.
BioVaxys Technology Corp. (OTCQB: BVAXF) (CSE: BIOV.CNQ) BREAKING NEWS: BioVaxys Confirms First Clinical Site and Principal Investigators for Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Trial and Enters into Second Tumor Cell Supply Agreement - BioVaxys Technology Corp. ("BioVaxys") announced today that Hospices Civils de Lyon, France ("HCL") has agreed to serve as a clinical study site for the Phase I study of BVX-0918, the Company's autologous haptenized tumor cell vaccine for late-stage ovarian cancer. HCL has further agreed to supply BioVaxys with surgically debulked tumors from Stage III/Stage IV ovarian cancer patients undergoing treatment at the hospital to permit the Company to perform manufacturing tests.
BioVaxys, together with its EU partner, ProCare Health of Barcelona, Spain, is preparing for a Phase I clinical study with BVX-0918 later this year.
HCL is a public hospital and France's second University Hospital Center, and a premier site for clinical studies in the EU. Hospices Civils de Lyon is at the heart of the healthcare ecosystem of Greater Lyon, one of the major biotechnology and healthcare markets in Europe.
BioVaxys and Procare personnel will collaborate with Dr Pierre Adrien Bolze, MD, PhD, and Pr. Benoît You, MD, PhD, of HCL who are planned Clinical Investigators for the Phase I study of BVX-0918.
BioVaxys is preparing to file a Clinical Trial Application ("CTA") with the European Medicines Agency ("EMA") later in 2022. Access to surgically removed ovarian cancer tumor cells is a critical step enabling BioVaxys to validate the manufacturing process for BVX-0918. BioVaxys recently entered a similar collaboration with Deaconess Research Institute in the United States to provide the Company with surgically debulked tumors from Stage III/Stage IV ovarian cancer patients. Tumor samples from both hospitals are being used to validate the tumor collection protocol, cryopackaging, cryopreservation, and supply chain logistics for BVX-0918 bioproduction for prospective patients in the US and EU. Tumor samples from HCL will also be used for process testing and manufacturing "dry runs" of BVX-0918, a major step leading to the completion of Good Manufacturing Process ("GMP") production, a requirement for the planned CTA with the EMA.
HCL has pre-screened the first patient for tumor collection, with patient enrollment for surgical debulking planned for next week.
Dr. You stated, "There is an unmet medical need for innovative approaches, based on vaccines and immunotherapies drugs, in ovarian cancer, as a way of improving the prognosis of patients. It has been defined as a priority for our institution. This collaboration with Biovaxys is a great opportunity for developing a vaccine that would then be assessed in a first-in-human trial in our early phase trial unit." Professor You is a medical oncologist and head of the Phase 1 trial unit oncology group (Centre d'Investigation des Thérapeutiques en Oncologie et Hématologie de Lyon), certified by French National Cancer Institute. CONTINUED... Read this full release and more news for BioVaxys Technology at: https://www.financialnewsmedia.com/news-biov/
Other recent developments in the cancer treatment space include:
Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN), a clinical-stage drug-development company focused on DNA-mediated immunotherapy and next-generation vaccines, this week announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, and provided an update on its clinical development program of GEN-1, a DNA-based interleukin-12 (IL-12) immunotherapy in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of advanced-stage ovarian cancer, and its preclinical studies of PLACCINE, a proprietary, multivalent DNA plasmid technology utilizing synthetic, non-viral delivery vectors, being evaluated in proof of concept studies for superiority over the current generation of nucleic acid vaccines.
"Patient enrollment in OVATION 2, our randomized Phase II study of advanced ovarian cancer patients, continues to show momentum with 85% of patients enrolled as of May 15, 2022, and full enrollment expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2022. We remain encouraged by surrogate endpoints like surgical resection scores among patients being treated at the 100 mg/m² dose cohort in the study. Early reports from the first thirty-nine patients who have undergone interval debulking surgery showed a 27% improvement in the surgical resection (R0) rate in the GEN-1 treatment arm over the control arm. A complete R0 is a microscopically margin-negative resection in which no gross or microscopic tumor remains in the tumor bed," said Michael H. Tardugno, Celsion's chairman, president and chief executive officer.
ImmunoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMGN), a leader in the expanding field of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer, in March announced that it has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) under the accelerated approval pathway to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for mirvetuximab soravtansine monotherapy in patients with folate receptor alpha (FRα)-high platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who have been previously treated with 1 to 3 prior systemic treatments. The submission is based on results from the pivotal Phase 3 SORAYA trial. Top-line data from SORAYA were announced in November 2021 and full data from the study were presented this month at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2022 Annual Meeting.
"The BLA submission for mirvetuximab soravtansine is a key inflection point on our journey to delivering a safe and effective treatment option to patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and moves us one step closer to transforming ImmunoGen into a fully-integrated oncology company," said Mark Enyedy, ImmunoGen's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Platinum-resistant ovarian cancer is an area with high unmet need, and we look forward to working with FDA to secure mirvetuximab soravtansine's first approval and bringing this novel therapy to patients as quickly as possible."
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNTL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing small molecule therapeutics targeting fundamental biological pathways of cancers, recently announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 and highlighted recent corporate accomplishments.
"In the first quarter of 2022, we achieved multiple clinical milestones and expanded our strategic partnerships with industry leaders," commented Dr. Anthony Sun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zentalis. "Most recently at AACR, we shared promising clinical data on ZN-c3 – our potentially best-in-class Wee1 inhibitor – from two ongoing trials, in addition to preclinical data on its potential in settings including AML, PARP-resistant ovarian cancer, and in combination with ZN-d5, our BCL-2 inhibitor. The urgency for novel, tolerable treatments that address cancer patients' unmet needs remains high, and we have prioritized the development of ZN-c3 and ZN-d5, as we are confident in their ability to fill treatment gaps for a range of solid and liquid tumors. Furthermore, we are thrilled to partner with Pfizer and Caris Life Sciences and are grateful for their support as we work toward delivering differentiated oncology candidates to patients in need."
Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) this week announced the Phase 3 CheckMate -901 trial, comparing Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) to standard-of-care chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for patients with untreated unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, did not meet the primary endpoint of overall survival (OS) in patients whose tumor cells express PD-L1 ≥1% at final analysis. The company remains blinded to the data, and an independent Data Monitoring Committee recommended that the trial continue to assess other primary and secondary endpoints. No new safety signals were observed at the time of the analysis.
"Despite some progress in recent years, metastatic urothelial carcinoma remains a difficult disease to address, with a limited number of treatment options that can extend patients' lives," said Dana Walker, M.D., M.S.C.E., vice president, development program lead, genitourinary cancers, Bristol Myers Squibb. "Opdivo plus Yervoy has demonstrated durable, long-term survival improvements in several challenging-to-treat advanced cancers, and we are disappointed that the final analysis of CheckMate -901 did not show this same benefit in urothelial carcinoma patients whose tumor cells express PD-L1 ≥1%. We remain committed to advancing research in urothelial carcinoma, we look forward to seeing data from other parts of the CheckMate -901 trial, and we thank all of the patients, investigators and site personnel involved.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "This new product is a safety device that would be a small sanitizing/disinfecting machine that would drain any standard household sponge," said an inventor from Seminole, FL. "I wanted a way to sanitize household sponges in a safe and effective manor, especially during COVID-19 where the virus can be contracted through contaminated surfaces so I invented Bacter-X."
The patent-pending invention would sanitize and disinfect household sponges by killing microorganisms, viruses, germs, and bacteria on the surface of the sponge. The invention would provide users with a contaminant-free sponge for continued use without concern over dirty surfaces of the sponge, which are typically prone to foster germs and bacteria growth.
The original design was submitted to the Tampa, FL sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLS-204, 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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Northern Trust funds first to go live on the new multi-jurisdictional environment
NEW YORK and LONDON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leveraging blockchain technology to alleviate the complexities faced by asset managers with funds in multiple geographies, global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), has released a multi-jurisdictional version of its private equity platform, Private Market Hub, now available to funds domiciled in North America.
Previously operational for funds domiciled in Guernsey, Private Market Hub has been enhanced to support clients in the United States. Private Market Hub is currently the only fully operational multi-tenant enabled platform for the private equity (PE) market with the ability to seamlessly service funds across multiple jurisdictions powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT).
Broadridge's new capabilities are the first of their kind in the private equity industry, allowing all stakeholders in a fund's lifecycle to participate around a common set of data and workflows via a unified user interface, irrespective of the fund's jurisdiction. Northern Trust, the cornerstone client, has gone live with the first group of North American clients – marking a new milestone in the evolution of the platform.
"We are delighted that Private Market Hub is now available to North American domiciled funds – it comes at a time of explosive growth in the US, with PE fundraising tipping $400 billion and assets under management at an all-time high of $2.9 trillion1," said Mike Sleightholme, Broadridge's President of asset management solutions. "This latest set of enhancements is a first for the industry. It creates workflow and operational efficiencies for both US and multi-jurisdictional funds, giving them the ability to standardize processes and data across jurisdictions, avoiding disparate silos of client data."
Private Market Hub automates and unifies workflows between front, middle and back-office functions while simultaneously protecting the integrity and sovereignty of data. It brings together ecosystem participants around a consistent, secure, real-time view of data - reducing friction for fund managers, investors and administrators, and enabling easier auditability. Funds can manage, communicate and engage with investors and other stakeholders with far greater efficiency. This innovative platform is enabled by distributed ledger technology, which streamlines traditionally disconnected and inefficient processes and facilitates greater visibility across the ecosystem.
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader with $5 billion in revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers investing, corporate governance, and communications to enable better financial lives. We deliver technology-driven solutions that drive business transformation for banks, broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and public companies. Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub enabling corporate governance by linking thousands of public companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and institutional investors around the world. Our technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of more than $9 trillion of equities, fixed income and other securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 14,000 associates in 21 countries. For more information about us, please visit www.broadridge.com.
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Project Supports Decarbonization Needs of Power and Industrial Customers
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. and LONDON, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD), the world's largest hydrogen producer, and power generator VPI, are pleased to announce the signing of a joint development agreement to drive forward the "Humber Hydrogen Hub" or "H3", which seeks to develop a flagship 800MW low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Immingham, UK. The majority of hydrogen produced would be used to decarbonize VPI Immingham's existing power production.
The agreement was signed by Air Products Chief Operating Officer Dr. Samir J. Serhan and VPI Chairman Russell Hardy.
Proven Technology Supporting the Humber's Ambitions
As the UK's largest industrial cluster, the Humber has the highest levels of industrial carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. H3 would produce low-carbon hydrogen at large scale, combining market-leading hydrogen production, carbon capture technology and offshore CO₂ storage currently under development for the Humber region.
The majority of the low-carbon hydrogen would serve as a substitute fuel for VPI's existing third gas turbine power train. Additional low-carbon hydrogen would also be made available to other industrial users. Combined with deployment of post-combustion capture technology on trains 1 and 2 at VPI Immingham as part of the Humber Zero project, H3 would bring substantial decarbonization to the VPI combined heat and power facilities, saving over two-thirds of the emissions from its Immingham industrial site.
The H3 project looks to capture up to two million tonnes of CO₂ per annum and contribute to achieving Net Zero in the wider Humber industrial region by 2040.
Crucial Development Milestones
The H3 project has submitted an application for "Strand 1" funding as part of the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund (NZHF). Administered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the fund has the objective of enhancing hydrogen production at scale. It will contribute towards the UK Government's ambition of realizing 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen production by 2030. As both companies move towards an investment decision, this marks a significant step that could bring hundreds of new jobs to the region during construction and operation.
Air Products and VPI look forward to constructive engagement with the Government on how the H3 project can become a reality.
Air Products' Chief Operating Officer Dr. Samir J. Serhan said: "We are excited to be working with VPI, a strong proponent for decarbonization in the Humber region.
Having a partner who is committed to decarbonizing their existing power production operations through the use of low-carbon hydrogen provides the secure hydrogen offtake that makes this an excellent opportunity for us to support them and the UK Government's broader sustainability targets."
VPI's Project Director Jonathan Briggs said: "When Humber Zero was first developed over two years ago, a low-carbon hydrogen solution for VPI's third train was a critically important part of our mission to decarbonize Immingham. By partnering with Air Products on H3, we are harnessing the expertise of the world's largest producer of hydrogen―and the operator of one of the largest low-carbon hydrogen facilities in Port Arthur, Texas, USA―to ensure that we can make a substantial contribution to the decarbonization of the Humber region. We are confident that, when appropriate government policy develops with respect to support of low-carbon hydrogen, H3 would materially contribute to meeting the UK's Net Zero goals."
"VPI is investing heavily in the energy transition and supporting the creation of a hydrogen economy in the UK as part of the overall drive towards achieving net zero in the coming decades."
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years. Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging markets, the Company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the global leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas projects, including gasification projects that sustainably convert abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of high-value power, fuels and chemicals; carbon capture projects; and world-scale low- and zero-carbon hydrogen projects supporting global transportation and the energy transition.
The Company had fiscal 2021 sales of $10.3 billion from operations in over 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $55 billion. More than 20,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
About VPI Immingham
VPI is a UK-based power company, providing energy to the National Grid. VPI is committed to investing more than £2 billion on supporting energy transition over the next five years.
VPI Immingham is a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant near Immingham, on the south bank of the Humber estuary in the UK. It is one of the largest CHP plants in Europe, capable of generating 1.2GW and up to 930 tonnes of steam per hour, which is used by neighboring refineries to produce a range of essential products.
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The brands will bring two limited edition Stacey Bendet-designed Covers to living rooms across the U.S.
STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lovesac, the Designed for LifeTM furniture company best known for their Sactionals ("The World's Most Adaptable CouchTM"), Sacs ("The World's Most Comfortable SeatTM"), and the innovative StealthTech Sound + Charge System, has teamed up with contemporary fashion brand alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet ahead of New York Fashion Week.
Intended to effortlessly merge Lovesac's brand promise of Total ComfortTM with alice + olivia's fashion aesthetic, the collaboration will bring limited-edition Cover prints, designed by Stacey Bendet, into the living rooms of U.S. based consumers. Lovesac x alice + olivia CitySac and Squattoman Covers will be sold in Lovesac showrooms and on Lovesac.com, while additionally being merchandised in select alice + olivia boutiques and shown during this season's NYFW Presentation.
"Alongside alice + olivia, we're hoping to help consumers bring runway fashion into their homes, in a comfortable and sustainable way. Just like an alice + olivia dress stands out from the crowd, our Stacey Bendet-designed Sac Covers will offer an expressive accent piece for virtually any living room" said Shawn Nelson, Lovesac Founder and CEO. "Our brands share the same entrepreneurial spirit, passion for fun and unique products, and a desire to help customers reduce their carbon footprint. For Lovesac, this means designing products that are built to last a lifetime and working towards our mission of zero waste and zero emissions by 2040."
The brands will launch two unique styles for Fall '22. In advance of this season's NYFW showcase, Lovesac will bring the iconic alice + olivia Cover prints to life: the Sassy Stace and the Flower Garden.
The Stace Face, featured on the Sassy Stace pattern, has been a staple for the alice + olivia brand since its inception. The rainbow design celebrates alice + olivia's 20th anniversary and aims to bring a dose of joyful maximalism to owners' homes. It will be shown during this season's NYFW presentation – and a custom-designed Lovesac Mobile Concierge will showcase the iconic pattern as it brings unique consumer experiences to life across Manhattan beginning September 7th. Fans of both brands can also follow the Mobile Concierge activation in New York City on their official Instagram account (@lovesac).
Floral patterns, like the one featured on the Flower Garden Cover, have been crucial to alice + olivia designs since the brand's inception, and this particular pattern will resonate with homeowners – bringing a splash of color and texture to any living area. The Flower Garden Lovesac print will be discoverable in select alice + olivia boutiques, as well as creatively featured in Fall 2022 seasonal styles.
"We designed this Lovesac collaboration using our favorite prints to create something fun and unexpected for the home or office! The floral print is from our Fall 22 collection and the rainbow Stace Face is the icon of our brand. We chose prints that are meant to bring a pop of whimsy and happiness to your home or home office environment," says Stacey Bendet, CEO and Founder of alice + olivia.
Compatible with any existing Lovesac CitySac and Squattoman Inserts, the brand's changeable, washable Covers offer the opportunity for customers to tailor their space to fit their current aesthetic and changing design needs. Both patterns will be available as limited-edition Covers for the Lovesac CitySac and Squattoman styles.
The Lovesac x alice + olivia pricing is as follows.
- Sassy Stace CitySac Cover, $1,150
- Flower Garden CitySac Cover, $750
- Sassy Stace Squattoman, $350
- Flower Garden Squattoman, $250
Based in Stamford, Connecticut, The Lovesac Company is a technology driven company that designs, manufactures and sells unique, high-quality furniture derived through its proprietary Designed for Life® approach which results in products that are built to last a lifetime and designed to evolve as customers' lives do. The current product offering is comprised of modular couches called Sactionals, premium foam beanbag chairs called Sacs, and the Sactionals StealthTech Sound + Charge System. As a recipient of Repreve's 5th Annual Champions of Sustainability, responsible production and innovation are at the center of the brand's design philosophy with products protected by a robust portfolio of utility patents. Products are marketed and sold primarily online directly at www.lovesac.com, supported by direct-to-consumer touch points in the form of owned showrooms, as well as through shop-in-shops and pop-up-shops with third party retailers. In 2022, Lovesac was recognized by Furniture Today within the 'fastest growing' category, and as an honoree for Serendipity's Design Market.
Launched in 2002, alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is a brand that allows women to express their personal style. With clothing that juxtaposes the whimsical and flirty with the sexy and sophisticated, a+o epitomizes the personality and perspective of its founder, Stacey Bendet. The brand was born from Stacey's personal quest to create the perfect pair of pants and has since grown into a full lifestyle collection including ready-to-wear, gowns, shoes, handbags and accessories. The brand is a Hollywood favorite with celebrity fans including Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gigi Hadid and Jessica Alba.
alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is available at the brand's free-standing boutiques located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Austen, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, East Hampton, Greenwich, Houston, Manhasset, Miami, Orange County, Palm Beach, Southampton, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Tokyo, Kuwait, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Macau, Chengdu, Bangkok, and at aliceandolivia.com. alice + olivia is also available at over 800 select department and specialty stores worldwide, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Net-a-Porter, Lane Crawford, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods, Isetan, Hankyu.
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This award spotlights female leaders, professionals and contractors who are currently setting the foundation for the landscaping industry.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Industry Pros, the management resource for landscape contractors and equipment dealers, selected Kersten Dupree, General Manager for Aggieland Green as a recipient of the Women in the Green Industry Award for 2022.
The Women in the Green Industry Award spotlights female leaders, professionals and contractors who are currently setting the foundation for the landscaping industry.
"The green industry has made significant progress in its promotion and inclusion of female employees and leaders over the past several years, but there's still more work to be done," says Sarah Webb, Editor of Green Industry Pros. "It's high time we recognize those women, which is why we're proud to present our inaugural Women in the Green Industry Award. Our hope is that these women who have been selected will inspire even more women to choose careers in the green industry."
Go to www.greenindustrypros.com/awards to learn more about upcoming Green Industry Pros awards.
Green Industry Pros is a leading voice that keeps landscape contractors and equipment dealers on top of the latest products, trends, technologies and business strategies that help with growth, productivity and profitability for their operations. Go to www.greenindustrypros.com to learn more.
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ALBANY — Deerfield-Windsor head football coach Jake McCrae is really high on his senior class this season and one reason why is senior Boles Middleton.
“Since I have been at Deerfield-Windsor, I have seen more growth out of Boles since his sophomore year than any of the other guys,” said McCrae, “He is an incredibly physical player and a force to be reckoned with. He is an excellent athlete and he plays really, really smart. And I want him on my team when we play golf.”
Listed at 6-foot-1 and 170 pounds, Boles plays both ways on the football field — wide receiver and free safety. However, football was not his first love — that was golf. But neither golf nor football will likely see him competing at the college level. That would be another one of his sports — track and field.
He finished second in the state as a junior in the GHSA Class A Private classification with a personal record in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 15.47 seconds. He also finished 10th in the state in the 300-meter hurdles, fourth in the triple jump, and second as part of the 1,600 relay. However, Boles doesn’t know if he will compete at the college level.
“I would love to compete in college,” the senior said. “But right now, my time is not fast enough to get the offers to compete at the colleges where I want to be. If my time gets better this year and I get those offers, then yes, I would love to compete in college.”
He has been a student at Deerfield-Windsor since K4 and he hasn’t nailed down one college for sure, but he said he would like to go to either the University of North Carolina or the University of Georgia. He is not certain about his career choice but both his parents are lawyers, and he has an eye on the medical field.
Boles, the son of Faison and Kari Middleton, began playing football at age 7. He has maintained a 4.0 GPA heading into his senior year and mathematics is his favorite subject in school. Still, it is his desire to win that keeps him motivated.
“I really like to win,” he said. “I don’t like to sit still. I like to put in extra work in each sport and hope it pays off. I don’t like to lose.”
His favorite football memory is the Savannah County Day game last year when the Knights won 37-36.
“I scored two touchdowns in that game and then we held them off at the end to win,” he said. “That was pretty special.”
His favorite athlete is golfer Jordan Spieth because of the way he carries himself, adding that he is respectful and maintains a hard work ethic.
Middleton and the Knights will open the regular season Friday hosting the Westfield School of Perry. The kick-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
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Jackson Bear Hugs to give away free school supplies
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JACKSON TWP. - Stark County students who need help with school supplies are invited to a Supplies Party on Monday.
Jackson Bear Hugs, a nonprofit organization that operates a donation center and store in Massillon where every item is donated by the community and offered free to people in financial need, will host a school supplies giveaway from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 2152 Wales Road NE.
Other school supply giveawaysAnnual Community Backpack Giveaway set for Saturday in Alliance
The event also will include free food, music, raffle prizes, sidewalk chalk and bouncy house.
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Bird flu sparks deli turkey shortage amid existing supply chain issues
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Supply chain issues and bird flu are making it harder for consumers to find turkey at grocery stores.
“I would say over the past two or three weeks here they’ve had a sign up saying there’s a shortage,” Lisa Andersen said of her recent shopping trips. “We’ve had some off-brands they don’t normally carry. Sometimes they are completely out.”
Some smaller companies can pivot from one supplier to another when supply gets low, but even so, it’s become a day-to-day guessing game.
“I can tell people we have turkey but tomorrow we won’t because the most recent supplier we found now is out of turkey,” Ed Gardeski, the general manager of a grocery store in Minnesota, explained.
Minnesota is the No. 1 turkey-producing state in the country, but even Gardeski said supply chain issues have been a problem since the beginning of the pandemic. This spring’s wave of bird influenza only compounded the issue.
“The main supplier for our deli slicing meat is about four months out now with getting that product back in,” Gardeski said.
While bird flu cases have dropped in Minnesota, there is concern a second wave of the flu could hit during the fall migration.
The good news is that deli meat should eventually catch up, and the USDA is not anticipating a turkey shortage for Thanksgiving.
Gardeski said consumers should think about placing their turkey orders earlier this year, just in case.
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New warrant issued for election-denying Colorado clerk
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A new arrest warrant was issued Thursday for Colorado’s election-denying clerk, less than a week after the embattled official convinced a judge not to send her back to jail for improperly traveling out of state while awaiting trial on felony charges.
The warrant was issued for Tina Peters’ arrest after authorities say she violated another term of her $25,000 bail — a prohibition on contacting workers at the Mesa County elections office, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported.
Peters is under indictment in a break-in of the county’s election system to search for evidence of former President Donald Trump’s election conspiracy theories. A judge barred Peters from overseeing last year’s local elections or this year’s.
Peters lost her bid for the Republican Party nomination for Colorado Secretary of State last month. After the Secretary of State’s office told her she was not entitled to a hand recount under the law, Peters contacted dozens of county election offices asking them to do their own. One of those, authorities said, was Mesa County’s in violation of her release.
Last week, Peters’ attorneys convinced a judge not to send her back to jail for traveling to Nevada to speak to a conference of conservative sheriffs — a violation of the terms of her release, which prohibited her from leaving the state without approval. But her attorneys said they were to blame for the trip because they didn’t tell her not to travel.
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The top-level construction team is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Tallahassee, Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ADVON Corporation, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), was recently honored with the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) 2022 Southeast Region Small Business Federal Contractor of the Year award. This prestigious award recognizes exemplary small businesses that have achieved significant success in the federal contracting arena.
ADVON is a top-level construction team based in Tallahassee, Florida, that is deployed first to coordinate efforts in the field. They specialize in industrial, institutional, and commercial projects. Their customers include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Veterans Administration (VA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and other public and private institutions.
"As a contractor who is fortunate to have worked with governmental institutions such as NASA and the VA, being recognized for our diligent work by the SBA is a great honor. It speaks to the culture at ADVON and the hard-working people who make up our team," said Bill Graham, President and Founder of ADVON Corporation.
Each year during National Small Business Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration shines a spotlight on the outstanding achievements of small businesses and entrepreneurs from across the country. This year's event focused on celebrating the accomplishments of those who have helped to grow small businesses, create jobs, drive innovation, and increase America's global competitiveness. In addition, given the changing demographics of our nation, the SBA's National Small Business Week awards also recognized individuals and businesses that reflect the diverse faces of America. The US Small Business Administration believes that by honoring the achievements of all those who contribute to the success of small businesses, they can continue to create an environment that supports entrepreneurship and spurs economic growth.
Bibi Hidalco, Associate Administrator of the Office of Government Contracts, who issued the award letter to ADVON, said, "Your hard work, innovative ideas, and dedication to your community embody the spirit of excellence that has always defined our nation's small businesses, and because of these outstanding entrepreneurial achievements, the SBA is pleased to recognize your role in driving our country and economy forward."
ADVON has a team of experts with the knowledge and experience to complete any project on time and within budget while exceeding client expectations. "We understand that every project is unique, so we work closely with clients to ensure that all needs are met," said Vice President Scott Brooks.
ADVON offers services including general contracting and design-build capabilities. Their commitment to safety and service are unmatched in the industry.
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- First quarter TAVALISSE® net product sales of $16.2 million and total revenues of $16.7 million
- Topline data from FORWARD study, a pivotal, Phase 3 clinical trial of fostamatinib in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA), on track for mid-2022
- Management to host a conference call and webcast today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time and will be joined by Key Opinion Leader and FORWARD trial investigator, Caroline Piatek, M.D.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, including sales of TAVALISSE® (fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate) tablets for the treatment of adults with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment.
"Rigel delivered on a solid quarter of TAVALISSE sales in ITP, and we believe we are well positioned for increasing sales in upcoming quarters," said Raul Rodriguez, Rigel's president and CEO. "wAIHA is a highly synergistic indication to ITP and we are very excited to be reporting Phase 3 fostamatinib results from our wAIHA trial in mid-2022. If approved, the addition of fostamatinib as a first-to-market therapy in wAIHA is a key next step in building a world-class hem-onc franchise."
- In the first quarter of 2022, 1,836 bottles of TAVALISSE were shipped directly to patients and clinics, representing the highest number of bottles shipped to patients and clinics in a quarter since launch and an increase of 15% compared to the first quarter of 2021. Rigel believes these achievements are the result of several factors, including Rigel's salesforce expansion completed in September 2021 and a substantial increase in in-person physician interactions in the quarter, and an expansion of market access for TAVALISSE to now include broad commercial coverage, with preferred status on three key national formularies.
- Rigel is on track to report topline data from its FORWARD trial, a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of fostamatinib, an oral SYK inhibitor, in patients with wAIHA in mid-2022. If the data is positive, Rigel expects to proceed with regulatory filings and if approved, fostamatinib has the potential to be the first-to-market therapy for patients with wAIHA in 2023.
- In the first quarter of 2022, Rigel announced the publication of data in the American Journal of Hematology from the open label, multicenter, Phase 2 clinical study of fostamatinib in adults with wAIHA who had failed at least one prior treatment.
- Rigel's pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating fostamatinib in high-risk patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has enrolled 268 of the targeted 308 patients as of May 2, 2022. Due to the recent decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations, Rigel is reviewing strategies to complete enrollment and report topline results before the end of the year, including potentially completing the trial with fewer patients than the initial targeted enrollment of 308 patients.
- New data on fostamatinib in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 will be presented by collaborators from the National Institutes of Health and Inova Fairfax Hospital at the American Thoracic Society 2022 Annual Meeting being held in San Francisco, May 13 – 18, 2022.
- Startup activities are ongoing in Rigel's open-label, Phase 1b clinical trial of R289, a potent and selective IRAK1/4 inhibitor, in patients with lower-risk myeloid dysplastic syndrome (LR-MDS) who are refractory/resistant to prior therapies. The primary endpoint for this trial is safety with key secondary endpoints including preliminary efficacy and evaluation of pharmacokinetic properties. Rigel will also collect key biomarker data to further characterize R289's mechanism of action in LR-MDS.
- Partner Eli Lilly continues to advance R552, a potent and selective RIPK1 inhibitor, with the initial Phase 2 study in an immunologic disease indication now anticipated to begin in the first quarter of 2023. RIPK1 is implicated in a broad range of key inflammatory cellular processes and plays a key role in tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling, especially in the induction of pro-inflammatory necroptosis.
- On April 27, 2022, Rigel's partner Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Kissei) announced that a new drug application (NDA) was submitted to Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) for fostamatinib in chronic ITP. Rigel has an exclusive license and supply agreement with Kissei to develop and commercialize fostamatinib in all current and potential indications in Japan, China, Taiwan and the Republic of Korea.
For the first quarter of 2022, Rigel reported a net loss of $27.4 million, or $0.16 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net income of $39.5 million, or $0.23 per basic share and $0.22 per diluted share for the same period of 2021.
In the first quarter of 2022, total revenues were $16.7 million, consisting of $16.2 million in TAVALISSE net product sales and $0.5 million in contract revenues from collaborations. TAVALISSE net product sales of $16.2 million increased by 31% from $12.4 million in the first quarter of 2021.
Rigel reported total costs and expenses of $43.0 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $39.3 million for the same period in 2021. The increase in costs and expenses was primarily due to increased commercial activities related to the sales force expansion in late 2021, increased research and development costs related to the development of Rigel's IRAK 1/4 inhibitor program, and increased personnel related costs and stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by decreased research and development costs related to the Phase 3 clinical trial of fostamatinib for wAIHA and the ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of fostamatinib in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
As of March 31, 2022, Rigel had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $107.5 million, compared to $125.0 million as of December 31, 2021.
Rigel will hold a live conference call and webcast today at 4:30pm Eastern Time (1:30pm Pacific Time) to discuss financial results and provide an update on the business. The conference call will also feature a presentation by Caroline Piatek, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Key Opinion Leader, and FORWARD trial investigator. Dr. Piatek will discuss the current treatment landscape, unmet medical need, patient journey and how she may incorporate fostamatinib, if approved, into clinical practice in wAIHA.
Participants can access the live conference call by dialing (877) 407-3088 (domestic) or (201) 389-0927 (international). The conference call and accompanying slides will also be webcast live and can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.rigel.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay after the call via the Rigel website.
In patients with ITP (immune thrombocytopenia), the immune system attacks and destroys the body's own blood platelets, which play an active role in blood clotting and healing. Common symptoms of ITP are excessive bruising and bleeding. People suffering with chronic ITP may live with an increased risk of severe bleeding events that can result in serious medical complications or even death. Current therapies for ITP include steroids, blood platelet production boosters (TPO-RAs), and splenectomy. However, not all patients respond to existing therapies. As a result, there remains a significant medical need for additional treatment options for patients with ITP.
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare, serious blood disorder in which the immune system produces antibodies that lead to the destruction of the body's own red blood cells. Warm antibody AIHA (wAIHA), which is the most common form of AIHA, is characterized by the presence of antibodies that react with the red blood cell surface at body temperature. wAIHA affects approximately 36,000 adult patients in the U.S.1 and can be a severe, debilitating disease. To date, there are no disease-targeted therapies approved for wAIHA, despite the unmet medical need that exists for these patients.
COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 primarily infects the upper and lower respiratory tract and can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Additionally, some patients develop other organ dysfunction including myocardial injury, acute kidney injury, shock resulting in endothelial dysfunction and subsequently micro and macrovascular thrombosis.2 Much of the underlying pathology of SARS-CoV-2 is thought to be secondary to a hyperinflammatory immune response associated with increased risk of thrombosis.3
SYK is involved in the intracellular signaling pathways of many different immune cells. Therefore, SYK inhibition may improve outcomes in patients with COVID-19 via inhibition of key Fc gamma receptor (FcγR) and c-type lectin receptor (CLR) mediated drivers of pathology such as pro-inflammatory cytokine release by monocytes and macrophages, production of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) by neutrophils, and platelet aggregation. 4,5,6,7 Furthermore, SYK inhibition in neutrophils and platelets may lead to decreased thrombo-inflammation, alleviating organ dysfunction in critically ill patients with COVID-19.
For more information on Rigel's comprehensive clinical program in COVID-19, go to: https://www.rigel.com/pipeline/proprietary-programs/covid-19
Indication
TAVALISSE® (fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate) tablets is indicated for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment.
- Hypertension can occur with TAVALISSE treatment. Patients with pre-existing hypertension may be more susceptible to the hypertensive effects. Monitor blood pressure every 2 weeks until stable, then monthly, and adjust or initiate antihypertensive therapy for blood pressure control maintenance during therapy. If increased blood pressure persists, TAVALISSE interruption, reduction, or discontinuation may be required.
- Elevated liver function tests (LFTs), mainly ALT and AST, can occur with TAVALISSE. Monitor LFTs monthly during treatment. If ALT or AST increase to >3 x upper limit of normal, manage hepatotoxicity using TAVALISSE interruption, reduction, or discontinuation.
- Diarrhea occurred in 31% of patients and severe diarrhea occurred in 1% of patients treated with TAVALISSE. Monitor patients for the development of diarrhea and manage using supportive care measures early after the onset of symptoms. If diarrhea becomes severe (≥Grade 3), interrupt, reduce dose or discontinue TAVALISSE.
- Neutropenia occurred in 6% of patients treated with TAVALISSE; febrile neutropenia occurred in 1% of patients. Monitor the ANC monthly and for infection during treatment. Manage toxicity with TAVALISSE interruption, reduction, or discontinuation.
- TAVALISSE can cause fetal harm when administered to pregnant women. Advise pregnant women the potential risk to a fetus. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment and for at least 1 month after the last dose. Verify pregnancy status prior to initiating TAVALISSE. It is unknown if TAVALISSE or its metabolite is present in human milk. Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in a breastfed child, advise a lactating woman not to breastfeed during TAVALISSE treatment and for at least 1 month after the last dose.
- Concomitant use of TAVALISSE with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors increases exposure to the major active metabolite of TAVALISSE (R406), which may increase the risk of adverse reactions. Monitor for toxicities that may require a reduction in TAVALISSE dose.
- It is not recommended to use TAVALISSE with strong CYP3A4 inducers, as concomitant use reduces exposure to R406.
- Concomitant use of TAVALISSE may increase concentrations of some CYP3A4 substrate drugs and may require a dose reduction of the CYP3A4 substrate drug.
- Concomitant use of TAVALISSE may increase concentrations of BCRP substrate drugs (eg, rosuvastatin) and P-Glycoprotein (P-gp) substrate drugs (eg, digoxin), which may require a dose reduction of the BCRP and P-gp substrate drug.
- Serious adverse drug reactions in the ITP double-blind studies were febrile neutropenia, diarrhea, pneumonia, and hypertensive crisis, which occurred in 1% of TAVALISSE patients. In addition, severe adverse reactions occurred including dyspnea and hypertension (both 2%), neutropenia, arthralgia, chest pain, diarrhea, dizziness, nephrolithiasis, pain in extremity, toothache, syncope, and hypoxia (all 1%).
- Common adverse reactions (≥5% and more common than placebo) from FIT-1 and FIT-2 included: diarrhea, hypertension, nausea, dizziness, ALT and AST increased, respiratory infection, rash, abdominal pain, fatigue, chest pain, and neutropenia.
Please see www.TAVALISSEUSPI.com for full Prescribing Information.
To report side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA, visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088 (800-332-1088).
TAVALISSE and TAVLESSE are registered trademarks of Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering, developing and providing novel small molecule drugs that significantly improve the lives of patients with hematologic disorders, cancer and rare immune diseases. Rigel's pioneering research focuses on signaling pathways that are critical to disease mechanisms. The company's first FDA approved product is TAVALISSE® (fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate) tablets, the only oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor for the treatment of adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment. The product is also commercially available in Europe, the United Kingdom (TAVLESSE) and Canada (TAVALISSE) for the treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenia in adult patients.
Fostamatinib is currently being studied in a Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT03764618) for the treatment of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA)8; a Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT04629703) for the treatment of hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-198; and an NIH/NHLBI-sponsored Phase 3 clinical trial (ACTIV-4 Host Tissue Trial, NCT04924660) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.
Rigel's other clinical programs include its interleukin receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) inhibitor program, and a receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase (RIPK) inhibitor program in clinical development with partner Eli Lilly and Company. In addition, Rigel has product candidates in development with partners BerGenBio ASA and Daiichi Sankyo.
For further information, visit www.rigel.com or follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn.
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8. The product for this use or indication is investigational and has not been proven safe or effective by any regulatory authority.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, the timing of reporting topline data from the FORWARD trial in patients with wAIHA; enrollment and reporting of data from the Company's Phase 3 clinical trial of fostamatinib in hospitalized COVID-19 patients; the commercial success of TAVALISSE in the U.S. and TAVLESSE in Europe, including expectations related to the potential and market opportunity for fostamatinib as therapeutic for, among other things, wAIHA and COVID-19, the commercialization of fostamatinib in international markets, Rigel's ability to further develop its clinical stage and early-stage product candidates and programs including its IRAK1/4 inhibitor program, and Rigel's partnering efforts. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Words such as "potential", "may", "expects", and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Rigel's current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with the commercialization and marketing of TAVALISSE; risks that the FDA, EMA or other regulatory authorities may make adverse decisions regarding fostamatinib; risks that TAVALISSE clinical trials may not be predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; risks that TAVALISSE may have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuses; the availability of resources to develop Rigel's product candidates; market competition; as well as other risks detailed from time to time in Rigel's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent filings. Rigel does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements and expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein, except as required by law.
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The Andersons, Inc. Reports All-Time Record Quarterly Results
Published: Aug. 2, 2022 at 3:05 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MAUMEE, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Andersons, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDE) announces financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter Highlights:
Company reported net income from continuing operations attributable to The Andersons of $80.5 million, or $2.34 per diluted share, and adjusted net income of $82.2 million or $2.39 per diluted share
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations was $169.3 million for the quarter
Trailing twelve months adjusted EBITDA is $412.0 million
Renewables produced record pretax income attributable to The Andersons of $45.9 million
Plant Nutrient had its second-best quarter ever, generating pretax income of $38.3 million
Trade reported strong adjusted pretax income of $24.4 million
"I'm thrilled with the outstanding performance in this second quarter. The Renewables team nearly doubled last year's already strong performance, showing good yields and higher crush margins in our ethanol plants. Within Plant Nutrient, good inventory position management and high fertilizer prices led to higher margins and strong profitability," said President and CEO Pat Bowe. "In Trade, we entered the quarter with good basis ownership positions and as expected, we benefited from basis improvement during the quarter. In addition, we had very strong feed ingredients merchandising results in several of our locations. Global ag markets remain volatile, creating opportunities; our teams continue to execute well and remain focused on customer needs and operational excellence."
Cash, Liquidity and Long-Term Debt Management
"Our businesses continue to generate strong operating cash flows and we remain disciplined in our approach to capital spending decisions," said Executive Vice President and CFO Brian Valentine. "We are well below our goal of long-term debt to EBITDA of less than 2.5 times, ending the quarter at 1.5 times, and are well-positioned to fund strategic growth projects with appropriate returns."
The company generated $134.6 million and $93.1 million in cash from operations before working capital changes during the second quarters of 2022 and 2021, respectively. Working capital remains high, primarily due to high commodity prices that impact the value of inventory and accounts receivable.
Second Quarter Segment Overview
Trade Results Improve Significantly; Year-to-Date Results Comparable to 2021
The Trade segment recorded pretax income and adjusted pretax income of $23.7 million and $24.4 million, respectively, for the quarter compared to adjusted pretax income of $14.1 million in the second quarter of 2021. With some reduction in commodity prices from Q1 highs, the segment benefited from basis appreciation and good selling margins for many of its products.
Despite initial delays in planting, crops in key draw areas are better than current USDA national ratings for corn and soybeans. Wheat ownership in our grain elevator assets is again earning space income. Continued merchandising opportunities and strong elevation margins are also expected to continue as global stocks are not projected to recover quickly from the recent global supply disruptions.
Trade's second quarter adjusted EBITDA was $46.6 million, compared to second quarter 2021 adjusted EBITDA of $32.7 million.
Renewables Generates Record Q2 Earnings of $45.9 million on Strong Margins; Co-Product Values and Merchandising Remain Strong
The Renewables segment reported pretax income attributable to the company of $45.9 million in the second quarter compared to pretax income attributable to the company of $23.5 million realized in the same period in 2021. Included in pretax income attributable to The Andersons is $8.9 million of USDA Biofuels Producer COVID relief funds. Also included in pretax income in the quarter is $24.4 million of positive mark-to-market impact, nearly $18 million of which are reversals of prior mark-to-market losses. This compared to positive mark-to-market impacts of $13.5 million in the second quarter of 2021.
The operating improvement was driven by strong overall production margins. Seasonal demand has been impacted by high gasoline prices, but higher exports have firmed ethanol prices. High corn costs for ethanol production in the western U.S. may negatively impact ethanol production there, while our eastern corn belt production facilities are well-positioned for corn supply.
Renewables had record second quarter EBITDA of $85.7 million in 2022, up $38.5 million from 2021 second quarter EBITDA of $47.2 million.
Plant Nutrient Posts Strong Second Quarter Results
The Plant Nutrient segment posted pretax income of $38.3 million, compared to 2021's pretax income of $24.0 million. As expected, well-positioned inventory and an overall favorable spring planting season led to strong margins that more than offset a volume decrease for our agricultural fertilizers, particularly within our wholesale nutrients, farm centers, and specialty liquids low-salt starters products.
Plant Nutrient's second quarter EBITDA was $46.8 million compared to 2021 second quarter EBITDA of $31.6 million.
Income Taxes; Corporate
The company recorded income taxes from continuing operations at an effective rate of 13.3% for the quarter due to the tax treatment of derivatives, hedging activities, and non-controlling interests. We now anticipate a full-year effective rate of approximately 18%-21%.
Conference Call
The company will host a webcast on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, to discuss its performance and provide its outlook for the remainder of 2022. To access the call, please dial 888-317-6003 or 412-317-6061 (elite entry number is 4313758). It is recommended that you call 10 minutes before the conference call begins.
To access the webcast, click on the link: https://app.webinar.net/NKr9d6xjJv0. Complete the six fields as directed and click "Register." A replay of the call can also be accessed under the heading "Investors" on the company's refreshed website at www.andersonsinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Without limitation, these risks include economic, weather and regulatory conditions, competition, the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing economic impacts from the war in Ukraine, and the risk factors set forth from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the company believes that the assumptions upon which the financial information and its forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these assumptions will prove to be correct.
Non-GAAP Measures
This release contains non-GAAP financial measures. The company believes that adjusted pretax income (loss) from continuing operations, pretax income (loss) attributable to the company from continuing operations, adjusted pretax income (loss) attributable to the company from continuing operations, adjusted net income attributable to the company from continuing operations, adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (or EBITDA); EBITDA from continuing operations; adjusted EBITDA; adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations; and cash from operations before working capital changes provide additional information to investors and others about its operations, allowing an evaluation of underlying operating performance and liquidity and better period-to-period comparability. The above measures are not and should not be considered as alternatives to net income from continuing operations, pretax income from continuing operations or income (loss) before income taxes from continuing operations, diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to The Andersons, Inc. common shareholders from continuing operations and cash provided by (used in) operating activities as determined by generally accepted accounting principles. Reconciliations of the GAAP to non-GAAP measures may be found within this press release and the financial tables provided herein.
Company Description
The Andersons, Inc., celebrating 75 years of service and named to Forbes® lists of America's Best Employers for 2022 and Best Employers for Diversity 2022 as well as America's Most Trusted Companies 2022 by Newsweek®, is a diversified company rooted in agriculture that conducts business in the commodity merchandising, renewables, and plant nutrient sectors. Guided by its Statement of Principles, The Andersons is committed to providing extraordinary service to its customers, helping its employees improve, supporting its communities, and increasing the value of the company. For more information, please visit www.andersonsinc.com.
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Newly launching StreamMyScreen with MintMyStream for Creating Real-Time NFT Moments Provides Fastest Way for Creators to Monetize Broadcasts and Own Their Streams
NEW YORK and LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Live CGI (https://livecgi.com/), a global leader in enabling customized virtual metaverse experiences for streaming, eCommerce, and blockchain-enabled features, today unveiled its groundbreaking product StreamMyScreen™, a cloud-based studio platform that unleashes the creator economy. StreamMyScreen™ is an affordable and easy-to-use livestreaming consumer product that features MintMyStream™, making the metaverse accessible to all content creators, gamers and their fans, worldwide.
Widening adoption of emerging Web3 technology is revolutionizing the $100b creator economy, accelerating the potential for more diverse revenue opportunities for individual creators and video game streamers. To date, these opportunities have been too difficult to access for consumers due to a lack of simple to use, blockchain enabled studio tools. StreamMyScreen™ NFTs will give creators and their fans truly unique, easy-to-mint digital memories to relive their most unexpected, enjoyable and dramatic streaming moments.
Live CGI, building on its decades of experience in broadcast entertainment, B2B virtual production, Unreal Engine game development and livestreaming technology, is now developing unique consumer-facing products to enable the same level of Web3 technology for individual users.
Live CGI has launched StreamMyScreen™ with MintMyStream™, a new MaaS™ (Metaverse as a Service™) streaming product for creators with cutting-edge features. StreamMyScreen™ is the market's easiest and most affordable subscription livestreaming consumer product. StreamMyScreen is also powerful in giving creators a first-of-its-kind suite of current and planned Web3 features that allow them more direct control over how they monetize their content.
MintMyStream™ allows users to capture video clips of their live broadcast, create real-time NFT moments and publish them to a dedicated StreamMyScreen™ Storefront and OpenSea, the world's largest NFT marketplace.
StreamMyScreen™ builds on Live CGI's patented Quinstream© technology, a B2B livestreaming studio that offers a next generation solution to virtual content production, immersive audience experiences and addressable eCommerce. For B2B clients, the powerful Quinstream© technology represents a true breakthrough due to its flexibility and affordability. StreamMyScreen™ provides the same benefits to all consumer content creators and video game streamers.
"StreamMyScreen™ brings the metaverse and Web3 to the masses. Live CGI is delivering a first-of-its-kind, customizable streaming studio that gives creators total control over their livestreaming content. StreamMyScreen™ helps streamers make more money with less effort," said Marc Rowley, co-founder and CEO of Live CGI. "Until today, even the most successful gamers and creators have been limited in how they monetize their streams, especially in leveraging opportunities with blockchain technology. With the introduction of StreamMyScreen™ and the MintMyStream™ feature, we change the game, liberating creators to unleash their full creativity and earning potential while offering a greater mix of options and functionality for consumers to engage with. We want creators to do more than just stream; we give everyone the ability to 'Own Your Stream.'"
StreamMyScreen™ Enhances Livestreams
StreamMyScreen™ is an instant streaming studio that allows creators to livestream themselves, their screen, and simulcast them wherever and whenever they choose. StreamMyScreen's incredibly intuitive user interface and affordability, lets creators broadcast their streams on the most popular RTMP livestreaming social platforms, like Twitch, YouTube and more. StreamMyScreen™ also lets creators use RTMP streams.
Pricing and Availability:
StreamMyScreen™ is available today at https://streammyscreen.com/ and offers accounts with 10 free streaming hours. Premium members are charged $9.99 per month for unlimited streaming hours plus additional features.
About LiveCGI
Live CGI, Emmy-winning team, including developers and creators who specialize in gaming and livestreaming, unleashes the creator economy and leads the Web3 content revolution by enabling customized virtual and augmented reality worlds for creators, gamers and streamers. Live CGI innovates with MaaS (Metaverse as a Service) consumer products, a new category of blockchain-based software tools to enable live streaming, NFT minting and live eCommerce in the Metaverse. Live CGI originally developed its patented Quinstream® technology to provide SaaS based B2B content studios that, using virtual production, drastically reduce production costs, create immersive audience experiences and personalized eCommerce at scale. Live CGI is a partner in Mempoverse, an omni-metaverse lifestyle gaming brand designed to unlock pure entertainment. Based in Westport, Connecticut and Lake Oswego, Oregon, Live CGI's diverse management, employees and advisory team delivers studio innovations with a singular mindset: Made for Creators, by Creators. Learn more by visiting: http://www.livecgi.com
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida teen who became a prominent opponent of the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill will be honored at next month’s PEN America gala. Jack Petocz, a high school junior, will be presented the PEN/Benenson Freedom of Expression Courage Award.
“Jack Petocz is leading his generation in fighting back against book bans and legislative efforts to police how individual identities can be discussed in schools,” Suzanne Nossel, CEO of the literary and human rights organization, said in a statement Wednesday.
“Jack understands that the struggles he and his peers are waging for a more equitable and inclusive society cannot succeed without robust free speech protections. He has been fearless in asserting his rights and those of others in the face of political forces that are determined to meet ideas they disagree with not with reasoned argument, but with bans and punishments.”
Petocz helped organize a statewide “Say Gay” student walkout in early March to protest the bill, which forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. He was briefly suspended from Flagler Palm Coast High School for handing out LGBTQ+ pride flags during a protest there.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law on March 28.
Asia Kate Dillon, known for their roles in “Orange Is the New Black” and “Billions,” will present the award to Petocz. Among previous honorees are Darnella Frazier, who recorded on video the murder of George Floyd; and two survivors of the shootings at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Also on Wednesday, PEN announced that actor, author and radio and television commentator Faith Salie will host the May 23 gala, to be held at the American Museum of Natural History. Other honorees will include the imprisoned Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko, Audible founder Don Katz and author Zadie Smith.
Oscar winner Michael Douglas will present Yesypenko’s award to the journalist’s wife, Kateryna Yesypenko. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/florida-high-school-activist-jack-petocz-receives-pen-honor/ | 2022-04-27T18:57:26Z |
The high-tech car wash chain welcomes its 13th location to the tri-state area. Customers can enjoy a week-long grand opening event that offers free washes, always with free vacuums and towels.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Mount Laurel, New Jersey location will be hosting a grand opening week-long event from April 19-April 24. All customers to this location can enjoy a free wash from 9 am – 5 pm, Tuesday through Sunday. Learn more about the grand opening here: valetwash.com/locations/mount-laurel/
After the grand opening event, the Mount Laurel location hours will expand to 8 am – 7 pm for the summer season and 8 am – 6 pm in the winter season.
Mount Laurel offers an exterior auto wash in the iconic Valet Auto Wash tunnel and free use of vacuums and towels. Self-service cleaning features are accessible inside or outside with ample space for large vehicles.
Other select Valet Auto Wash locations offer additional car wash and lube services, including Brilliance Wax services and Interior Valet Cleaning. Valet Auto Wash operates 13 locations in the tri-state area with car washes in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The Valet Auto Wash mission is to reinvent the standard car wash by combining exceptional customer care, innovative car wash equipment and technology, and eco-friendly operations at every stage of the car wash process.
"We have a saying in our office from Walt Disney that says, 'You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality," said Chris Vernon, Valet Auto Wash's owner. "So, the ability to bring people, technology, and manufacturing car wash processing equipment all together is a blast."
About Valet Auto Wash
The very first Valet Auto Wash opened in 1994 in a repurposed historical trolley car barn on Lalor Street in Trenton, New Jersey. The team strives to provide customers with an excellent car wash using state-of-the-art auto washing technology and professional customer care. Today, they have locations throughout New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and offer an array of car wash and lube services.
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Future applications for the early, preventative use of amniotic membrane allografts in addition to the current standard of care for DFUs present a novel opportunity to reduce long-term morbidity and amputation risk in diabetic patients.
PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new MDPI study, co-authored by Regenative Labs signifies a huge win for patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). DFUs are debilitating for an individual. They are painful, long lasting, and, even with proper care, can lead to amputation. The current standard of care for DFUs is debridement, the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue. The increased healing time and augmented risk of amputation associated with the current standard of care only solidifies the need for new DFU treatment alternatives. Regenerative medicine is such an alternative.
With approximately 37.3 million diabetic adults in the United States, physicians are faced with an epidemic. Given the projected increase of 1.4 million new diagnoses of diabetes mellitus each year, advancing knowledge and care for the disease and its related conditions is especially relevant.
Regenative Labs' AmnioText™, a dehydrated amniotic membrane allograft, was used to close a grade 5 wound according to the Curative Health Services (CHS wound grade scale), described as full thickness and subcutaneous tissues, exposed tendons, ligaments, and/or joints, plus necrotic tissue in the wound, in 7 weeks. Grade 5 wounds have a 91.5% rate of not healing at all. This unsettling outcome emphasizes the efficacy and importance of amniotic membrane allografts in revolutionizing the standard of care for DFUs.
The inability to heal DFUs presents a severe danger to patients as anywhere from 5 to 24% of untreated DFUs can lead to limb amputation within 6–18 months. These infections can lead to long-term impairment and possible lower-limb amputation without timely and correct management.
"Regenative Labs and our products are focused on ameliorating this problem with our outcomes-based approach. We provide the highest quality amniotic membrane allograft to allow doctors to provide predictable outcomes for their patients," shared Regenative Labs CEO, Tyler Barrett.
Amniotic membrane allografts, such as those provided by Regenative Labs, have proven to augment the body's ability to regenerate the structural tissue defects associated with DFUs; they are also comparable in cost to the standard of care, which averages about USD 17,245. Not only is the current standard of care for DFUs less effective, but it is also high in cost and typically relies on inpatient expenditures.
Medicare now recognizes the medical necessity of amniotic membrane allografts in the treatment of both DFUs and venous stasis ulcers. Consequently, many patients rely on Medicare to assist with the costs associated with DFU treatment. This presents the opportunity for human amniotic membrane allografts to be utilized in rural and underserved communities where DFU treatment is typically delayed due to high costs and a lack of supplies associated with traditional treatment. This could exponentially decrease the risk of amputations in diabetic patients in these rural and underserved communities.
About Regenative Labs: Regenative Labs produces regenerative medicine products to address the root cause of a patient's conditions using Wharton's Jelly innovations rather than masking the pain with other treatments. Regenative Labs works closely with scientists, physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers to constantly monitor and improve patient progress and outcomes for new product development. Formed by veteran industry professionals familiar with daily challenges of innovations in healthcare, the company provides effective, non-addictive, non-invasive options for patients. Regenative Labs has a laser-focused, expert product research and development team which follows FDA guidelines of minimal manipulation for homologous use. The company adheres to AATB and FDA guidelines.
Learn more at Regenative's website: www.regenativelabs.com
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STOCKHOLM, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASSA ABLOY will hold its Capital Markets Day on 16 November 2022 in London, UK. At the CMD, Nico Delvaux, CEO, and Erik Pieder, CFO, will give an update of ASSA ABLOY's strategy and direction. Other members of the executive team will also present during the day.
More detailed information and instructions on how to register will be distributed prior to the event. The formal program is expected to finish by approximately 4pm.
For more information, please contact:
Lina Bonnevier, ASSA ABLOY AB
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Two-time Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple and Teleflora remind moms that the most important role in life is one they've been starring in for years
LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sometimes the best, most important role you could have is one you've been starring in for years. That's what Teleflora®, the world's leading floral delivery service, is showcasing in its latest ode to Mom just in time for Mother's Day, "Role of a Lifetime." Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning American film director Barbara Kopple, three working-actress moms receive an emotional surprise when they audition for a Teleflora commercial, which is actually a filmed social experiment.
In the commercial, Teleflora hosts a casting call for the role of Lilly, a mom struggling to make ends meet. Those who made it to the callbacks were asked to read a letter, which is met with teary eyes as they soon realize it's not a script, but an authentic letter written to them from their child. The spot captures the moment when the actresses realize that they are not auditioning for the part but have been living this role of a lifetime—no casting calls, callbacks, or approvals required.
"These mothers and actresses were so loving and real it moved all of us to tears. I was overjoyed to work with the Teleflora team to bring these stories to life and, after we met our moms in casting, hearing their amazing stories, we knew we were onto something really powerful," said Barbara Kopple, two-time Academy Award-Winning American film director. "Hopefully we inspire people to let their moms know how much they mean to them this Mother's Day, and other times would be nice, too."
Three unique stories of motherhood are told throughout the commercial:
- Kristin and her son Jeffrey's story is one of redemption. Kristin moved to Hollywood to teach her children to follow their dreams but found that her career kept her away from her children more than she'd like. Though she's reconnected with her kids and helped Jeffrey recover from difficult circumstances, Kristin still carries a single parent's guilt.
- Ellen and her daughter Zoe's story is one of inspiration. When Ellen lost the use of her legs after an accident as a teenager, she never thought she'd be a mother. But after facing down her own mortality, she became one—and in the process, also became an educator, author, scuba diver, bungee jumper, model, and lifelong source of pride for her daughter.
- Starla and her son Jalen's story is one of admiration. Starla's career frequently left her with little time for her children. Burning the candle at both ends, she worried that she didn't give them enough of herself. But in Starla, Jalen saw the most patient and compassionate woman he's ever known. Starla's impact on Jalen's life, and on the lives of their family, friends, and neighbors, is something he cherishes to this day.
"Moms rarely give themselves the credit they deserve and often doubt they're doing a good job. This Mother's Day, Teleflora wanted to authentically capture the impact moms have on their children and remind her of how magnificent she is," said Danielle Mason, vice president of marketing, Teleflora. "Our social experiment achieved what we wish for all moms – for their sons and daughters to genuinely recognize and celebrate the priceless role mom has played in shaping their lives."
Launching today, the ad will be featured on premium OTT content services, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram Reels, and In-Stream, and will utilize a variety of unit lengths to play to each placement's potential. The campaign was developed by The Wonderful Company's in-house Creative team at the Wonderful Agency and led by chief creative officer Margaret Keene, under guidance from Mason and Jeff Bennett, president, Teleflora.
"Role of a Lifetime" is an extension of Teleflora's ongoing brand platform encouraging everyone to "Love Out Loud" this Mother's Day by sending a stunning Teleflora floral bouquet ready to be enjoyed the moment it arrives at her door. To place an order and view the latest available floral designs, please visit www.teleflora.com.
About Teleflora
Say everything and share your Love Out Loud™ with the gift of Teleflora® flowers—all made by hand and delivered by hand by your local florist. With more than 10,000 member florists in North America alone, Teleflora offers the kind of personal touches, artistry, and expertise you expect from a trusted neighborhood florist—even if that neighborhood is across the country. No prepackaged flowers in nondescript boxes dropped on your doorstep—Teleflora's network of professional florists creates artistic arrangements personally delivered in a vase, often on the same day. Teleflora makes every day an occasion with a two-in-one gift that includes a multipurpose keepsake container for long-lasting enjoyment. For more, visit www.teleflora.com, or follow us on Instagram and Facebook and tag your own #LoveOutLoud moment.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HSBlox, Inc., today announced that it has completed renewal of the SOC 2 Type II + HITRUST Attestation report for its CureAlign® platform and the applications built on it.
The audit affirms that HSBlox's Health Cloud Platform, information security practices, controls, policies, procedures, and operations meet the SOC 2 standards for Security, Availability, Privacy and Confidentiality trust principles. Additionally, the incorporation of HITRUST CSF certification demonstrates the platform and infrastructure have met key regulations and industry-defined requirements in managing risk.
The SOC 2 Type II attestation is based on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Trust Services Principles and Criteria and is recognized as the authoritative standard by which an organization's controls can be evaluated across different trust principles. It provides a thorough review of how HSBlox's internal controls affect the security and availability of the systems it uses to process customer data, and the confidentiality and privacy of the information processed by these systems. The controls were examined using a comprehensive and rigorous process during a six-month period and covered HSBlox's CureAlign platform and the applications built on it.
Developed by the HITRUST Alliance, a consortium of information security leaders, healthcare providers, payment processors and other third-party healthcare service organizations, the CSF is regularly updated with the latest federal and state regulations.
"Renewing the SOC 2 Type II certification with HITRUST CSF certification reinforces HSBlox's ongoing commitment to the security, availability, privacy and confidentiality of the CureAlign platform and its applications," says Rahul Sharma, Chief Executive Officer at HSBlox. "There is no higher priority for HSBlox than protecting our customers' data, and we are pleased that this certification illustrates our unwavering commitment to following industry best practices around data security."
About HSBlox
HSBlox is an Atlanta-based technology company empowering healthcare organizations with the tools and support to deliver value-based care (VBC) successfully and sustainably. HSBlox's CureAlign® platform enables healthcare organizations to administer value-based programs, including contract modeling, network build-out, contract administration, permissioned data exchange and payment. Recently, the company released CureAlign 3.5, combining its Contract Builder and modeling capabilities with its Contract Library for seamless deployment of value-based programs. Along with CureAlign's one-of-a-kind hierarchical approach to VBC participant onboarding, alternative payment models can combine global reimbursement programs with episode-specific arrangements to deliver unparalleled transparency in pursuit of the Quintuple Aim for healthcare improvement.
Follow HSBlox on LinkedIn to see the latest about value-based program administration or visit www.hsblox.com to read more about scaling of value-based programs.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint Augustine's University (SAU) was founded in 1867 to educate freed slaves in Raleigh, North Carolina. Today, SAU officially announces the nation's first HBCU Urban Access Hub to advance equity in education by taking the HBCU experience to urban communities where there is no HBCU.
"Despite the gains that African Americans have made, too many youths aren't taking advantage of education in America," said SAU President Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail. "With year-long access to the university, students will find opportunities to come to SAU, including summer enrichment programs, financial aid, and scholarships, starting in the ninth grade."
The HBCU Urban Access Hub offers a convenient, cost-effective opportunity for students to attend SAU and seamlessly accumulate college transfer credit while matriculating at their home institutions. The first institutions to join SAU in this venture are Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) and Cass Technical High School, both located in Detroit, MI.
"Our mission has always been to find pathways to better lives through education," said Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) Chancellor Dr. Curtis L. Ivery. "We are very excited about this collaboration with SAU's HBCU Urban Access Hub Program."
"We were honored to have a visit from Saint Augustine's University," said Cass Technical High School Principal Lisa Phillips. "President McPhail is a leader who makes a commitment and follows through with precision. I enjoyed the relaxed down-home meeting, and the leadership team made me want to re-enroll in their university. I'm looking forward to a great partnership with one of the most prestigious and oldest HBCUs in the country."
In addition, after a historic meeting in New York at the 2022 American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Conference in New York, NY, the HBCU Urban Access Hub gained the attention and support of community college leaders from across the country such as:
Dr. Lorenzo Esters, Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College
Dr. L. Marshall Washington, President, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Dr. Cesar Maldonado, Chancellor, Houston Community College
Dr. Annette Parker, President, South Central College
Dr. Kimberly Beatty, Chancellor, Metropolitan Community College
Dr. Landon Pirius, Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs, Colorado Community College System
The SAU Urban Access Hub will collaborate with partner institutions to advance the program's pillars, which include:
- Leadership & Commitment
- Outreach & Preparation
- Admissions & Advising
- Financial Aid
- Student Engagement & Academic Affairs
"Urban students need an HBCU experience," said Dr. McPhail. "The programs such as these epitomize the meaning of legacy building."
About Saint Augustine's University Founded in 1867 by the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, the mission of Saint Augustine's University is to sustain a learning community in which students can prepare academically, socially and spiritually for leadership in a complex, diverse and rapidly changing world.
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CHICAGO, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Titan International, Inc. (NYSE: TWI) ("Titan" or "TWI") today released the following comments from its Chairman of the Board, Morry Taylor.
"The last few weeks I have had phone calls from shareholders wanting to better understand what is going on with TWI referencing the moves in our stock price. The simple answer is TWI doesn't have anything to do with the daily movements in our stock price! TWI's President and CEO, Paul Reitz and his team have done an excellent job growing production and keeping everything running worldwide through the last 18 months. The results speak for themselves. What a great job they have done. I have never seen a market like this. TWI's order books are full through 2022 and 2023 could be even better. The reason for this was mentioned by Paul in his first quarter earnings release comments a few weeks ago. The price of corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton are all near historic highs, and there is no surplus out there, which should lead to farmers spending on equipment for quite a while.
"As major equipment companies have stated, they are going full out to build everything they can. TWI's business should run hot for a while as there is no significant equipment inventory on dealer lots and any change to the situation appears to be a long way off. The aftermarket for used farm equipment is also seeing similar things with dealer lots remaining bone dry with little to no used equipment. This further helps Titan because some farmers cannot get new equipment, so they opt to repair their older equipment. That means new tires, and if they want new larger, wider tires that means new wheels and tires.
"As I mentioned earlier, I have never seen business like this and the opportunity for TWI continues to be great. TWI has stated adjusted EBITDA should be over $200 million for the full year 2022. I agree with that statement. Everyone wants to know about supply chain issues and how they could impact Titan's business. On the wheel side, steel is the most critical raw material. The price of steel has more than doubled in the past 18 months and has been volatile throughout, but Titan has maintained supply and managed the increased costs with pricing. Tires are different because they also contain carbon black, natural rubber, and synthetic rubber and other raw materials. Titan has more options, including substitutes in a pinch, if needed. TWI's products do not have microchips in them, which is causing a lot of problems for equipment makers these days. I believe TWI is sitting solid and is managing well in this volatile and tricky environment.
"One item I think I understand well is there is a shortage of food in parts of the world. Many people are concerned about this, so that means there should be no slowdown in farm business. Even politicians understand that the government doesn't grow food, so farmers will be very busy. That is great for TWI given our strong position.
"So, as you can see, TWI's future is the best it's ever been, in my opinion, and I want to thank all our shareholders, many of whom have been shareholders for a long time! I am a very proud, old man who has been a part of this company for a lot of years. Paul Reitz and his team are going to bring TWI to new and better prosperity. I could not be prouder of the entire Titan Team!"
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About Titan: Titan International, Inc. (NYSE: TWI) is a leading global manufacturer of off-highway wheels, tires, assemblies, and undercarriage products. Headquartered in West Chicago, Illinois, the company globally produces a broad range of products to meet the specifications of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket customers in the agricultural, earthmoving/construction, and consumer markets. For more information, visit www.titan-intl.com.
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Fund will Support Western WA Students, Families, and Teachers
SEATTLE, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fulcrum Foundation today announced a new $6.5 million Early Childhood Education Endowment, thanks to the vision and commitment of long-time supporters Dick Abrams and his late wife Sharon.
Founded in 2002, Fulcrum supports and strengthens Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle primarily through tuition assistance, school partnerships, and transformational leader training. The median income of a family receiving a tuition assistance grant is $35,000, with 72% of recipients being people of color.
"The endowment represents a watershed opportunity for our preschools," said Dave Mayer, the director of early childhood education at the Office for Catholic Schools. "The Abrams' generosity will allow us to significantly increase financial support to the 1700 young students and their families in our 56 preschools."
Funds from the Abrams gift will be used to enhance curriculum, offer tuition assistance, fund professional development efforts for staff and teachers, and help support facility expansion and licensing. Additionally, as added incentive to fund the youngest learners, pre-kindergarten enrollment in Catholic schools nationally saw an increase of 33.5% from 2020-2021 to 2021-2022, according to the latest annual report of the National Catholic Education Association. "Enrollment of the youngest learners in Catholic schools was a driver of the overall Catholic elementary school increase," the report said.
The Abrams believe that all children should have access to early learning programs which provide a critical head-start to young children in their most formative years. "We must invest in our youngest students," said Mr. Abrams. "The research is indisputable: The biggest educational impact happens with early learners – from birth to age five. It's my hope this type of program will spur additional giving and be replicated beyond Western Washington."
Mr. Abrams—along with many other donors —envisions that the program will benefit the children of Western Washington and, with continued growth, become an exemplary program, admired and respected across the country.
MEDIA: Please access this Fulcrum DropBox for video, interviews, photos and other assets for your use. For interviews or to tour an early childhood education facility such as the one featured in the video, please contact Lee Keller at 206.799.3805 or email at lee@thekellergroup.com.
About Fulcrum Foundation: Founded in 2002, Fulcrum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that strives to increase access to Catholic education, especially for those furthest from educational justice. Fulcrum serves students in Western Washington of all races, genders, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and backgrounds through tuition assistance grants, school partnership grants, and educational leadership grants. For more information, please visit www.fulcrumfoundation.org.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MioTech, the AI-based sustainability data and technology provider, announced today the appointment of finance veteran Jack Lin as President effective immediately. With over 20 years of experience and leadership in the financial industry, Lin will provide MioTech with further depth and strategic guidance to accelerate international growth and innovation plans.
Jack Lin was previously Managing Director and Head of APAC Client Coverage at MSCI (MSCI:US), the world-renowned index, ESG and portfolio analytics provider. He was also a member of MSCI's Global Executive Committee. Prior to MSCI, Lin was a member of the Asia regional senior management team of the French asset management company Amundi, one of the world's largest investment managers by assets under management, which acquired Pioneer Investments, where Lin was its longtime Head of Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. He spent decades leading and managing teams in the global asset management industry, including as Head of Asia Pacific and Co-CEO International at US-based Janus Capital and Managing Director in Asia at Franklin Templeton. In 2003, Lin was seconded by Franklin Templeton to be the founding CEO of Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Management, one of the first Sino-Foreign JV Asset Management companies in China. Since 1994, Lin has helped Franklin Templeton to establish its operations in markets such as Japan, Vietnam, China and Korea.
At MioTech, Lin will provide visionary and strategic leadership as well as drive expansion across different markets. As President, Lin will also lead key partnerships and enrich MioTech's green finance offerings to financial institutions as the company continues to advance its growing pipeline.
"MioTech is a pioneer in the ESG industry in Asia," said Jack Lin. "Its proprietary AI-driven data and methodology offer clients unparalleled insights into the key factors that drive the trends of ESG metrics for individual institutions as well as the market overall. I am honored to play a role in helping MioTech to increase transparency and adoption of ESG standards to the benefit of its clients and their underlying constituents."
Co-founder and CEO of MioTech, Jason Tu, added: "Jack's experience pioneering businesses across APAC and his strong background in the financial industry will accelerate MioTech's presence and growth in the entire APAC region. We are thrilled to see his profound industry knowledge combined with MioTech's innovation and technology to boost our growth."
About MioTech
MioTech uses artificial intelligence to solve the sustainability, climate change, carbon emissions reduction, and social responsibility challenges faced by financial institutions, corporations, governments and individuals. Its comprehensive coverage of ESG data helps financial institutions make the right decisions in green finance and responsible investments. Its software helps corporations manage ESG reporting, improve energy efficiency, track and reduce carbon emissions. Its app builds green-conscious communities and promotes low-carbon lifestyles among individuals.
Founded in Hong Kong, MioTech also has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore. Its world-renowned investors include ZhenFund, Horizons Ventures, TOM Group, Moody's, HSBC, Guotai Junan International, GIC, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
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Achieves double-digit Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth, coupled with strong cash generation, while prioritizing customer service
GENEVA, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Firmenich International SA, the world's largest privately-owned Fragrance and Taste company, announces its Full Year Results for the 52 weeks ended 30 June 2022.
Financial Highlights
- Revenue of CHF 4,723 million, up +11.1%[1]
- Adjusted EBITDA of CHF 905 million, up +10.9%
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 19.2%, up +10 basis points
- Free Cash Flow of CHF 414 million, down -19.1%, or -5.9% on a comparable basis[2]
- EBITDA to Free Cash Flow conversion ratio of 51.8%
- Record Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, despite a challenging global environment for raw materials, logistics and energy costs
- Outperforming the industry in topline growth and gaining market share, underpinned by double-digit Revenue growth across both Perfumery & Ingredients and Taste & Beyond, on the back of improving customer demand
- Revenue growth across all regions, and strong momentum in our key geographies, including Europe (+18.9%), India (+13.1%), China (+9.4%), and North America (+5.1%)
- Strong cash generation, despite higher safety inventories linked to prioritizing customer service of supply in a challenging global environment
"Firmenich's strong performance in FY22 is the result of our ongoing commitment to serve and innovate with our customers and a testament to the strengths of our offerings across Fragrance and Taste. We are now moving to a new chapter in our history, with the announced merger with DSM, and I am pleased to see that our company is entering this new phase from a position of strength.", said Patrick Firmenich, Chairman of the Board.
"Despite the ongoing challenging macro-economic environment, Firmenich has delivered another year of strong results, with double digit growth in Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA. We have demonstrated leadership and excellence in execution. As always, I want to thank our 11,000 employees who have made this possible. I look forward with excitement to the coming year, which marks the start of a new chapter for Firmenich.", said Gilbert Ghostine, CEO of Firmenich.
Operating Highlights
- Continued to prioritize customer supply, preserving superior OTIF[3] service levels, in a particularly challenging global raw material and supply chain environment
- Benefited from our ongoing investment in growing segments and differentiated offerings, including Sugar Reduction, Naturals & Renewable Ingredients, Plant-based Foods, Clean & Responsible Fragrances, e-commerce and digital channels
- Continued investment in strategic markets, highlighted by the move to majority ownership of ArtSci in April 2022 to better serve the high-growth Chinese taste market
- Ongoing strategic investment in innovation:
- Raising the bar in ESG: improved our industry-leading Sustainalytics ESG risk score to 7.5, in the top 50 companies rated worldwide; recognized as one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere; secured a fourth consecutive Triple "A" rating from CDP; and a second consecutive EcoVadis Platinum Sustainability Rating, with an industry-leading score of 88/100, in the top 1% of all companies assessed
FY 2022 Performance
In Fiscal Year 2022, we saw the global economy enter a challenging raw material and supply chain environment, compounded by high geopolitical instability, and new waves of Covid-19 in various regions.
Against this backdrop, we delivered record Revenue growth across the business, as well as double-digit Adjusted EBITDA growth and strong cash generation. We navigated this challenging environment with agility, prioritizing service and safety of supply for our customers. Our trustworthiness as a commercial partner, combined with the competitive advantage provided by our supply vertical integration, has helped us continue to gain market share.
Revenue
Revenue increased +11.1%, reaching CHF 4,723 million. Acquisitions contributed CHF 6 million or +0.1 percentage points to Revenue growth. Foreign exchange had an unfavorable impact of CHF -29 million or –0.7 percentage points, mainly due to the appreciation of the US dollar and the depreciation of the Euro relative to the Swiss Franc. On a reported basis, Revenue increased +10.5% year-over-year.
Perfumery & Ingredients Revenue increased +11.3%, driven by the industry-leading growth and market share gains in Fine Fragrance (+32.5%), and strong customer demand in Ingredients. Consumer Fragrances grew by low single-digits against a backdrop of industry-wide softness.
Taste & Beyond Revenue increased +10.7%, driven by our innovation portfolio and our commercial focus on strategic partnerships with key customers. Our differentiated offering in Sugar Reduction, Naturals & Renewable Ingredients, Plant-based Foods, and Clean & Responsible Fragrances continued to drive growth. We continued to outperform our key competitor, as a leader in our industry.
In the second half of the Fiscal Year, we delivered double-digit Revenue growth of +10.0%, maintaining the momentum that we had at the beginning of the year.
During FY22, on a geographical basis, we achieved strong Revenue growth across all regions and strong momentum in our key geographies, including Europe (+18.9%), India (+13.1%), China (+9.4%), and North America (+5.1%).
Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA
Like the rest of the industry, we have witnessed significant inflationary pressure on raw materials, energy and transportation costs, which accelerated in the second half of the year, as well as new waves of Covid-19 affecting various geographies. We have also faced an unfavorable evolution of foreign exchange rates, linked primarily to the strengthening of the Swiss franc against the Euro and other trading currencies.
We took proactive actions to mitigate the negative effect of these challenges, including pricing in partnership with our customers, and cost discipline. Gross Profit reached CHF 1,847 million, up +5.0% on a reported basis. Gross Margin, as a percentage of Revenue, decreased by -210 basis points compared to the previous year, to 39.1%.
Adjusted EBITDA increased by double-digits to CHF 905 million, up +10.9% year-over-year. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and foreign exchange Adjusted EBITDA would have increased by +13.1%. Including the 12-month impact pro-forma impact of acquisitions, Adj. EBITDA was CHF 916m.
Adjusted EBITDA margin, as a percentage of Revenue, increased to 19.2%, up +10 basis points compared to the previous year. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and foreign exchange, Adjusted EBITDA margin would have increased by +30 basis points.
EBITDA was CHF 798 million, down -8.6% year-over-year, due to the impact of non-recurring expenses linked to the DSM-Firmenich merger. Excluding the impact of acquisitions, foreign exchange and non-recurring expenses related the DSM-Firmenich merger, EBITDA would have increased by +3.2%.
Free Cash Flow
We delivered strong free cash flow generation, reaching an EBITDA to Free Cash Flow conversion ratio of 51.8%, while prioritizing customer service levels and security of supply in a challenging global raw material and supply chain environment.
Free Cash Flow decreased by -19.1% year-over-year to CHF 414 million. On a comparable basis, excluding CHF 72 million of exceptional items that positively affected Free Cash Flow in the previous year, Free Cash Flow decreased by -5.9%. Profit growth was offset by unfavorable working capital, linked to CHF 242 million of higher inventories, as a result of higher safety stocks to preserve customer service, as well as raw material cost inflation.
We will continue balancing customer service with cash generation in line with our commitment to maintaining a strong investment grade credit rating.
Leader in Responsible Business
We are proud to be the industry leader in ESG. Being a responsible business is at the core of our values and is a source of trust and differentiation for our customers, our investors and across all our stakeholders.
To reinforce our Company's commitment to sustainability, in March 2022 we have formally embedded ESG at our highest level of governance, through the creation of a Governance and Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors.
Our ESG performance continues to receive best-in-class evaluation. We received an enhanced rating from Sustainalytics, with a score of 7.5, improving on our already industry-leading score of last Fiscal Year. This not only places us among the ESG leaders in our industry and the broader Chemicals sector, but also in the global top 50 of approximately 15,000 companies.
For the fourth year in a row, Firmenich was one of only two companies in the world to have received a triple "A" rating from CDP, in Climate, Water and Forests. This is a testament to our efforts to address environmental issues across our operations.
In addition, we also achieved a second consecutive Platinum sustainability rating from EcoVadis, with an industry-leading score of 88% that also places us in the top 1% of all companies assessed worldwide.
At Firmenich, we believe in business for good, and in a world with rising inequalities and social divides, we stand and act for a fairer and more equitable society. Firmenich is now one of only two companies in the world, and the first in our industry, to be globally Living Wage Certified by Fair Wage Network.
Firmenich was ranked 10th out of 350 companies in the World Benchmarking Alliance Food & Agriculture Benchmark. The Food and Agriculture Benchmark measures and ranks keystone companies on key issues underpinning the food systems transformation agenda in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Consumer demand for natural, sustainable and renewable products is a structural growth trend in our industry. Our leadership in natural ingredients, our strong vertical integration and our innovation in this space, as well as leading ESG credentials, have remained important for retaining and attracting customers as they progress with their own sustainability roadmaps.
As part of Firmenich's program to develop sustainable new ingredients, in the last year we launched Muguissimo™: a new biodegradable lily-of-the-valley ingredient, developed through Green Chemistry, that brings elegant and fresh natural floral notes to fragrances, highly appreciated by perfumers.
Furthermore, we have accelerated our innovation in plant-based protein solutions by launching our latest portfolio of SmartProteins® innovations for the rapidly growing plant-based dairy space.
To help consumers achieve better nutrition and well-being with less sugar, we have continued to develop our NutriGem Nutrition Innovation program, with ready-to-use integrated solutions using fibers, vitamins, minerals, and natural extracts.
Merger with DSM
On 31 May 2022, Firmenich announced that it had entered into a business combination agreement with DSM to establish the leading creation and innovation partner in nutrition, beauty and well-being: DSM-Firmenich.
The combination will bring together Firmenich's unique leading Perfumery and Taste businesses, its world-class science platforms and associated co-creation capabilities with DSM's outstanding Health and Nutrition portfolio and renowned scientific expertise. The merger of DSM-Firmenich will further accelerate innovation for the industry and generate new growth opportunities for customers.
All materials relating to the announcement can be found on the transaction website www.creator-innovator.com.
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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 4.7 billion Swiss Francs at end June 2022. More information about Firmenich is available at www.firmenich.com.
[1] Unless otherwise stated, Revenue growth comparisons are made on an organic basis at constant currency, as defined in the Alternative Performance Measurements section in the Annual Report, versus the same period in the prior year.
[2] Excluding CHF 72 million of exceptional items that positively affected Free Cash Flow in FY21
[3] OTIF – On Time In Full
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Next-gen real estate agency offers ground floor shareholder opportunities
SEATTLE, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Agentinc., one of the nation's most progressive real estate companies, has officially launched in Washington. Founded by real estate icon, John McMonigle, Agentinc. offers an industry-best incentive platform including stock awards, ground floor shareholder opportunities, and a 7-tier Revenue Share Program alongside an industry-low $16K cap.
"We're excited to bring our revolutionary platform to Washington," says John McMonigle, founder, Agentinc. "We built a company that combines all the best aspects of the best brokerages into a singular platform to deliver an optimal work/life balance with unlimited earning potential through our stock awards and shareholder opportunities."
Adrean Rudie, one of Seattle's most venerated real estate executives, will be leading the new Agentinc. Washington division, delivering Agentinc.'s agent-centric platform to agents across the Pacific Northwest.
"Agentinc. has completely flipped the traditional brokerage model upside down," says Rudie. "They've truly placed their agents first by creating a model that works for us, not the other way around. Everyone calls us the 'Tesla of real estate'—so that's a good sign."
Agentinc.'s executive team is headed-up by Founder, John McMonigle, who has sold over $8.5 billion in real estate, and Co-founder, Scott MacDonald, a former top 1% broker who has spent two decades developing agents, offices, and regions for national and international brands.
"Agentinc. continues to expand through Washington because we're giving agents more," says McMonigle. "We're offering financial incentives that no other brokerage has offered before, coupled with a next-gen tech stack, proprietary lead-gen software, and an award-winning in-house marketing and advertising team. We're not just a real estate company, we're a lifestyle."
Agentinc. also offers prospective investors licensee opportunities both domestically and internationally as the company continues to expand into 50 states and 50 countries over the next 50 months.
"We've created a real estate brokerage that shatters all other platforms that have come before us," says McMonigle. "It's not just about our financial incentives—it's about providing our agents with the support, love, and mentorship they need to live their dream life."
To learn more about Agentinc. Washington, visit agentinc.co or contact XXXX at andreagrimm@agentinc.co
Agentinc. was founded in 2019 by renowned real estate executive, John McMonigle, five-time winner of Wall Street Journal's #1 Real Estate Team in the World award. Agentinc.'s record-breaking and award-winning executive team offers agents stock awards and ground floor shareholder opportunities to expand revenue beyond the listing. With a focus on technology, networking, education, and high-impact marketing, Agentinc. empowers both clients and agents to achieve their ultimate real estate goals.
Learn more at agentinc.co/about-us
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New, nationwide on-demand service transforms expedite shipping from an "emergency" to an "everyday" transportation option
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedite All today announced the launch of a new, nationwide expedite transportation network that gives shippers on-demand access to more than 1,000 carriers offering over 5,000 expedite vehicles at rates up to 10% lower than traditional expedite. Expedite All is disrupting the expedite industry, leveraging proprietary Truck Map and Freight Rate Calculator technology and a network of trusted small vehicle carriers to offer shippers a new transportation option: short-, medium- and long-haul expedite services that can be utilized for routine shipping needs. Expedite All's fast-growing small vehicle network offers an effective transportation solution for virtually any shipper in any industry, from the first mile to the last mile.
"Due to the high cost, shippers use traditional expedite only when they have to, and mainly for relatively short distances," said Alex Winston, president of Expedite All. "The new Expedite All model makes it faster, easier and less costly to utilize expedite services for everything from short- to long-haul shipments, essentially providing shippers with a new transport mode that adds flexibility to their everyday transportation mix."
"Exclusive transportation service often means placing a load as small as one pallet on a dedicated 53-foot semi trailer, which is inefficient and environmentally unfriendly," continued Winston. "That pallet could be loaded onto a small vehicle, like a sprinter van, that is faster, costs less and offers a much more sustainable option for shippers. Sprinter vans are as much as two and a half times more fuel efficient than semi trucks, so they emit two and half times less CO2 into the atmosphere. By providing shippers with access to a large network of small vehicles, Expedite All is on the front lines of delivering greener, more efficient transportation solutions."
Expedite All offers immediate access to more than 5,000 expedite vehicles, including sprinter vans, cargo vans, straight trucks and box trucks across the continental U.S. On average, a standard sprinter van can carry up to three pallets, a box truck can carry up to seven and a straight truck can carry up to 14, representing an enormous amount of untapped capacity that Expedite All is making available to shippers. At launch, the size of the company's network rivals the available capacity of the largest existing expedite providers, with plans to grow.
Expedite All's map-based user interface provides shippers with real-time visibility to available vehicles, making finding and booking the right vehicle fast and easy. Expedite All's Freight Rate Calculator uses proprietary algorithms to allow shippers to quickly get an estimated rate quote without having to call and compare rates from multiple expedite providers. Shippers can track their shipments online from pickup to delivery and receive 24/7 dedicated phone support throughout their shipment's journey.
Expedite All is an emerging industry disruptor, leveraging proprietary Truck Map and Freight Rate Calculator technology and a network of more than 1,000 trusted small vehicle carriers to offer shippers a new transportation option: short- to long-haul expedite services at rates up to 10% lower than traditional expedite. Expedite All is a faster, less costly and more sustainable transportation solution. To learn more, visit www.expediteall.com.
Contact:
Nick Fryer
773-936-7428
nick.fryer@finnpartners.com
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Theft of bicycle, pull-behind trailer costs Manhattan man $850
Published: Aug. 25, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT|Updated: 7 minutes ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The theft of a bicycle and pull-behind trailer have put a Manhattan man out about $850.
The Riley County Police Department Activity Report indicates that around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, officers were called to the 700 block of Griffith Dr. with reports of theft.
When officers arrived, they said a 41-year-old man reported his white and silver Trek hybrid bicycle and blue pull-behind child trailer had been stolen overnight, costing him about $850.
Anyone with information about the crimes should call RCPD at 785-537-2112 or the Manhattan Riley Co. Crime Stoppers at 785-539-7777.
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Mingle: Inaugural Casey Jones Festival draws crowd for fellowship, fun on campus
The inaugural Casey Jones Village Festival attracted nearly 1,000 on July 9, making it the first large outdoor event held on its campus since the COVID-19 shut down more than two years ago.
The event was also the first since the passing of second-generation owner Clark Shaw following his battle with COVID-19 in late 2020.
Third-generation owner Brooks Shaw and his team planned this free event as a day for guests to visit the campus for food, fun and fellowship.
“I’m very proud of my son,” Brooks Shaw’s Old Country Store co-owner Juanita Shaw said. “To watch him where his dad was at one time is such an amazing thing. He plans things like his daddy did. I think Clark would be pleased, and seeing the people here lets us know we’re on the path to where God wants us to be.”
The event was co-sponsored by the Jackson-Madison County Bicentennial Commission, which will hold its grand finale of events Aug. 12 and 13. More information can be found at jacksonmadison200.com. Among the many sponsors that made the day possible include WNBJ, Forever Communications, U.S. Foods, and Coca-Cola.
“The support we received from the community, our sponsors and guests was outstanding this year,” Brooks Shaw said. “We plan to build on what we started by adding more activities, vendors and opportunities to showcase West Tennessee talent.”
Shaw is planning to host the second annual Casey Jones Village Festival in the fall of 2023.
“During the festival, some of the most important things happened — people were able to connect, families spent some quality time together and new friendships were formed,” he said.
Many of the guests at the festival received a passport for the day that allowed them to enjoy all the site has to offer - history, good food and goods from local artisans and vendors. The goal was to collect four stamps from each area of the village — The Casey Jones Home and Railroad Museum, The Farm at Casey Jones Village, Art in the Village Gallery and The Old Country Store — and the sweet prize for visiting all of the areas was a free scoop of Blue Bell ice cream from Miss Anne’s Ice Cream Shoppe.
For more information, visit https://www.caseyjones.com/. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/life/2022/07/29/mingle-inaugural-casey-jones-festival-draws-crowd-fellowship-fun/10183492002/ | 2022-07-30T16:29:07Z |
KYIV, Ukraine, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MeteoLab Inc. released one of the biggest updates to the RainViewer Android version. This version includes the new magnificent widgets designed for the Android home screen.
RainViewer is a weather radar app that provides complete information about upcoming precipitation. An interactive radar map shows the storm motion and precisely forecasts where the rain will be moving within the next two hours. Additionally, the minute-by-minute rain intensity forecast displayed on the chart instantly shows the oncoming storms as well as their intensity and duration.
The new RainViewer 2.16 version presented all-new weather widgets, with the support of the Material You design language for Android devices. New beautifully crafted widgets are easily customizable and can perfectly match the Android home screen. Resizable, transparent, or semitransparent widgets look especially crispy and sharp on the home screen. RainViewer's weather widgets also fully support Dynamic Color theming and interactively change the color to match the dominant color of the wallpaper. All these customizations are available for Android users, along with a wide selection of weather widget types.
A weather widget is one of the most useful tools to get essential information from the Android screen. With a weather widget installed on the home screen, it's possible to plan a day ahead or adjust current plans with a brief home screen check. RainViewer provides a wide range of different widgets: weather summary, interactive weather radar map, hourly or daily forecast, and minute-by- minute rain intensity forecast.
"Every Android user will find the most suitable widget for their lifestyle: if you live on the ocean coast, you'd probably prefer a weather radar widget that displays radar maps to keep an eye out for serious conditions or tropical storms," says Oleksii Schastlyvyi, CEO of MeteoLab Inc.
RainViewer is a free app available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details? id=com.lucky_apps.RainViewer. It includes Premium Features with extended capabilities on a subscription basis. A monthly subscription for $2.99 and an annual subscription for $14.99 are available as an in-app purchase in the RainViewer app.
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MeteoLab Inc. (https://www.meteolab.io) is a Ukraine-based company, a developer of RainViewer iOS and Android applications and RainViewer API. Its applications and maps (provided as a part of RainViewer API) have the biggest coverage on the market. It's available for 100+ countries and integrates with over 1000 weather radars worldwide.
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Dear Annie: I enjoy your daily column in our local paper. Reading the letter from “Still Grieving” brought back memories of the passing of my husband of 44 years. We had a wonderful memorial service. He would have loved it. On the one-year anniversary of his passing, you could also celebrate their birthday, as we did for my husband. My family all gathered together for his favorite home-cooked dinner. After dinner, we all went outside.
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Topgolf in Knoxville connects Players from East Tennessee to signature Topgolf experience
DALLAS, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Topgolf Entertainment Group, a global sports and golf entertainment company, is set to open its 79th global venue in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Friday, Aug. 12.
"We are excited to welcome the Knoxville community and bring more Tennesseans more opportunities to play the game of golf in their own way," said Topgolf Chief Operating Officer Gen Gray. "As a company focused on bringing diversity, a new personality and attitude to this game of golf, we look forward to bringing our unique experience to this community."
The open-air, two-level venue will feature 72 outdoor hitting bays with all the comforts of inside, a full-service restaurant with chef-inspired menu items, top-shelf drinks, music and year-round family-friendly programming for all ages. The venue is fully equipped with Topgolf's latest technology including the company's signature Toptracer technology. Toptracer is the most trusted ball-tracing technology in the golf industry, powering the experience at the venue and enabling Players at Topgolf to enjoy favorite games like Angry Birds and Jewel Jam. The venue will also feature an outdoor patio, rooftop terrace and private event space.
Located off Interstate 40 in Farragut across from the Turkey Creek shopping center, Topgolf Knoxville becomes the third venue to serve the state along with venues in Nashville and Chattanooga. The two-story venue architecture design is the first of its kind in Tennessee.
The venue will employ approximately 300 Playmakers (aka Associates), further strengthening the region's economy. Those interested in joining the team at Topgolf can visit Topgolf's career website.
For more information, including hours of operation and pricing, visit Topgolf Knoxville's location page.
About Topgolf Entertainment Group
Topgolf Entertainment Group is a technology-enabled global sports and entertainment company that brings joy through more ways to play the game of golf. What started as a simple idea to enhance the game of golf has grown into a movement where people can experience the unlimited power of play at the intersection of technology and sports entertainment. Topgolf Entertainment Group's brands include Topgolf venues, Topgolf Media and Toptracer technology. To learn more, visit topgolfentertainmentgroup.com or follow Topgolf on social media.
About Topgolf Venues
Topgolf venues bring people together to play in a dynamic, technology-driven golf entertainment experience. With an energetic atmosphere, Topgolf venues feature high-tech gaming, outdoor hitting bays, chef-driven menus, hand-crafted cocktails, music, corporate and social event spaces, and more. Topgolf entertains more than 20 million Players annually at nearly 80 locations across the globe. To learn more or to plan your visit, go to topgolf.com.
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Keith Randall Barnes passed from this life on Tuesday, June 21st, 2022, at his home in Belton. He was born on May 26th, 1955, in Belton to JB and Velma Lucille Owens Barnes. He spent most of his life in Moffat and attended school in Moffat and Belton.
He was a 1975 graduate of the Temple Junior College School of Vocational Nursing. He worked for several years in long term care. In 1984, Keith changed careers and joined the Temple police Department and graduated from the Central Texas Police Academy. After Field Officer Training, Keith was assigned to the Traffic Enforcement Division. In 1986, he was made Detective Program Coordinator of Temple Area Crime Stoppers and received numerous certifications in Crime Investigation and Resolution. In 1986, he established satellite programs in Cameron, Rockdale, and rural Milam County. Keith retired in 1990 and worked as a private in-home care giver. He also worked for CVS Pharmacy and assisted in opening new stores in the Georgetown and Austin areas. Keith was a member of the Moffat Community Center for many years where he served as vice-president. He also worked in fund-raising. Keith’s heart was his greatest gift to those who were lucky enough to have known him. A help and comfort to anyone in need, Keith was incapable of turning a blind eye, even to a stranger. Though he is gone too soon, Keith’s legacy of love will live on in the hundreds of hearts that he touched.
He is survived by brothers Jackie Barnes and Jimmie Barnes, aunt Zellie Adams and many friends. A special thanks to friends Theresa Lee and Tony Carlton for the love and friendship they so willingly gave Keith.
A graveside funeral service will be held at Moffat Cemetery on Friday, July 8, 2022 at 10 o’clock a.m. The family will be accepting visitors on Thursday afternoon at the funeral home between the hours of 4 and 6 o’clock p.m. The family requests that all visitors wear a face covering at the visitation. Heartfelt donations can be made to Animal Birth Control Clinic in Waco, TX.
Hewett-Arney Funeral Home of Temple is entrusted with these arrangements. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_c7f0b3f8-f967-11ec-bf35-8be3e0a1b44a.html | 2022-07-04T11:42:22Z |
- HMG to invest more than USD 10 billion in US by 2025 to lead future mobility solutions
- Investment to support HMG global position as first mover in innovation and next-generation mobility solutions; to contribute to U.S. manufacturing
- HMG on May 20 announced a USD 5.54 billion new EV & battery manufacturing facilities in Georgia, to lead electrification era in the US
- HMG investment will support development of key future businesses, including robotics, AI technologies, advanced air mobility and autonomous driving capability
SEOUL, South Korea, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) is increasing its investment to more than USD 10 billion by 2025 to further its goal to lead sustainable and smart mobility solutions in the U.S.
The Group's investment plans are designed to accelerate innovation and mobility electrification. The move supports carbon neutrality goals with new technologies and will contribute to manufacturing in the U.S.
"We have come a long way and become very successful in a short period of time, but we are also preparing for our future," said Euisun Chung, Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group, following his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Seoul on May 22nd. "The Group will strengthen our partnership with U.S. public and private entities to offer innovative products and mobility solutions to our valued customers in the U.S. while supporting global carbon neutrality efforts," added Chung.
This follows the announcement last week in which Hyundai Motor Group disclosed a USD 5.54 billion plan to establish its first dedicated U.S. EV and battery manufacturing facilities in the State of Georgia to build a wide range of innovative electric vehicles for its U.S. customers.
The new facility, located on a dedicated 2,923-acre site in Bryan County, Georgia, will break ground in early 2023 and is expected to begin commercial production in the first half of 2025 with an annual capacity of 300,000 units. The new facility will help HMG lead the U.S. auto market's EV transition and the Group's roadmap to be one of top three EV providers in the U.S. by 2026, helping to grow U.S. innovation and manufacturing.
The new plant will implement many of HMG's advanced intelligent manufacturing technologies, boasting a highly connected, automated, and flexible manufacturing system, which organically connects all elements of the EV ecosystem to realize customer value. As part of the Group's commitment to sustainability, the plant will mainly rely on renewable energy sources to power the facility and use emission-reduction technologies to meet the RE100 requirements.
As one of the global leaders in innovation, HMG has allocated a series of additional expenditure to foster key future businesses such as robotics, advanced air mobility (AAM), autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence (AI). The investment will enable HMG to offer diverse mobility products and services with greater safety and convenience.
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BEIJING, April 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bairong Inc. ("Bairong" or "the Company", 6608.HK), a leading independent AI-powered technology platform in China, has released its 2021 Annual Report with new records in revenues and adjusted net profit. Its total revenues and adjusted net profit reached RMB1.623 billion and RMB141 million in 2021, representing year-on-year growth of 43% and 76%, respectively.
Highlights of the Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2021:
- Revenues for smart analytics and operation services, its largest business segment, increased 38% year-on-year to RMB737 million, the best result in the past four years.
- Revenues from the other two segments also set new records. Revenues for precision marketing services increased by 60% year-on-year to RMB422 million.
- Revenues from insurance distribution services increased by 37% year-on-year to RMB464 million, of which life insurance and health insurance premiums accounted for the vast majority, with an average policy period exceeding 10 years and a renewal rate exceeding 95%.
- The net cash flow from operating activities rose to RMB265 million, a year-on-year increase of 27%. Cash equivalents and financial assets totaled RMB3.95 billion.
Expanding client base and strengthening relations with key clients
Bairong's client base includes the majority of state-owned banks, more than 900 regional banks, substantially all of China's consumer finance companies and major insurance companies. By the end of 2021, the Company had provided services to 5,700 financial services provider(FSP) clients in China, including over 3,300 paying FSP clients, an increase of 28% year-on-year. Average revenue per user(ARPU) of key FSP clients increased by 25% year-on-year to RMB5.12 million. The retention rate of key FSP clients reached 92%, and a net dollar expansion rate of 118% for KSP clients was achieved.
Bairong also strengthened its relations with key clients. Take a key state-owned bank as an example. Bairong completed methodological research for a bank-wide retail business growth project in mid-2021. It also successfully embedded an AI-enabled voicebot service function into the smart operations of the retail business line of the bank, which included "Interactive Voice Response(IVR) + manual" mode and IVR mode. Compared with previous purely manual working conditions, these two modes can help the bank reduce costs by approximately 50% and 90% respectively.
Besides organic growth, Bairong also acquired leading domestic management consulting and digital marketing cloud platforms. Last year, its largest M&A was the acquisition of Beijing All Union Technology Corp. ("All Union").
Investing in R&D to reinforce technology innovation
Last year, Bairong's total R&D investment reached RMB252 million, representing 16% of its total revenues. Its R&D focuses on innovation in vertical fields, including machine learning, AI-enabled voicebot and privacy computing.
Bairong won five national invention patents last year. To date, it owns over 150 software copyrights and patents. In 2022, the Company plans to expand its technological advantages in machine learning, cooperate in research and development, optimize the application of ORCA, an automatic learning platform for financial scenarios, improve clients' ROI and other business objectives, and strengthen its competition barriers.
Undervalued by the market
Compared with its benchmark fintech and SaaS companies listed in US and HK, the Company believes that it is significantly undervalued by the market. At present, Bairong's P/B ratio is about 0.8, lower than the median P/B ratio of the SaaS sector by 150%. The cash assets of Bairong alone are currently equivalent to 108% of its current market value. The current PS ratio of Bairong is also much lower than the average of the SaaS sector in the Hong Kong stock market.
The Annual Report demonstrated that Bairong maintained its robust growth in 2021. With its innovative technologies, profound insights and rich experience, Bairong believes it will continue to contribute to and benefit from the digital transformation of the banking industry in China.
About Bairong Inc.
Founded in March 2014, Bairong is a leading independent AI-powered technology platform in China serving more than 5,700 financial services provider clients. Bairong was the largest independent financial big data analytics solutions provider in China. Adhering to the mission of empowering every financial services provider in China with smart and comprehensive data analytics, Bairong has built a cloud-native technology platform that supports the full business cycle of FSP clients, including smart analytics, decision-making support, smart consumer operation and wealth management solutions, enabling them to improve risk management ability, promote user activity and operational efficiency. Bairong also provides precision marketing and insurance distribution services that enable FSP clients to reach and serve their target customers more effectively.
For more information, please visit Bairong.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gunfire killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular downtown Philadelphia entertainment district late Saturday night, authorities said.
Police officers were patrolling the area on South Street in downtown Philadelphia when they heard multiple gunshots and witnessed several suspects firing into a large crowd just before midnight, Police Inspector D. F. Pace said during a news conference.
An officer shot at one of the suspects from about 30 feet (9 meters) away, but it is unclear if the suspect was hit, Pace said.
“You can imagine there were hundreds of individuals just enjoying South Street, as they do every single weekend, when this shooting broke out,” Pace said.
Two men and a woman were among those killed in the shooting, he said. Their names were not made public by authorities. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital spokesperson Damien Woods said, of the 10 patients who came to the hospital, three were dead, six were in stable condition and one had been discharged.
Two handguns were recovered, including one with an extended magazine, police said. No arrests have been made.
South Street is known for its entertainment venues and night life with multiple bars, restaurants and businesses. Surveillance video from a local business posted by WTXF-TV showed scores of people milling about on the sidewalks and in the street who then suddenly began to flee en masse as the gunfire began.
Pace said police expect to be able to gather “a lot of video surveillance footage” from the many businesses along the street later in the day to try to identify suspects.
Mayor Jim Kenney called the shooting “beyond devastating.”
“Once again, we see lives senselessly lost and those injured in yet another horrendous, brazen and despicable act of gun violence,” he said in a statement Sunday morning. “My heart is with the family, friends, loved ones of those lost or injured, and with everyone impacted by this terrible tragedy.”
Kenney said the surge in gun violence in the city and across the nation “makes me not just heartbroken, but angry.” He said, however, fighting it would be “an uphill battle” without measures to address the “availability and ease of access to firearms.”
Eric Walsh, closing up the outdoor seating area of a bar along the block, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the scene was “chaos.” He said he saw a young woman collapse to the ground on the corner.
“People were coming off the street with blood splatters on white sneakers and skinned knees and skinned elbows,” Walsh said. “We literally just were balling up napkins and wetting them and handing them to people.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/3-dead-11-wounded-in-downtown-philadelphia-shooting/ | 2022-06-05T16:07:37Z |
7-Eleven brings back Bring Your Own Cup Day
Published: Aug. 15, 2022 at 3:29 PM CDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
(Gray News) - 7-Eleven’s famous Bring Your Own Cup Day is making a return this summer.
On Aug. 27, loyalty members of 7-Eleven, Stripes and Speedway are encouraged to grab any creative container and fill it up with their favorite Slurpee flavor for just $1.99 at participating locations.
According to a news release, 7-Eleven says, “If it fits in the cup, fill’er up!”
Cups and containers must be clean, watertight (aka leak proof), and must sit upright within the 10-inch diameter hole in the in-store display. If it doesn’t fit in the display, it won’t fit under the Slurpee dispenser.
The promotion is limited to one container per customer.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare is facing a set of challenges unlike any the industry has ever experienced, from increased competition and workforce struggles to eroding public trust. At the same time, innovations in science and technology, along with the evolution of care-delivery models, create a host of opportunities for the industry to reshape itself. More than 300 senior healthcare leaders from 150 companies committed to transforming healthcare will convene in Chicago on Sept. 19–21, 2022, to discuss the industry's future at the 10th annual Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit.
The invitation-only event, titled New Norms, New Expectations, brings together executives, experts, and influencers from across the globe to explore ways of creating positive change in healthcare. "As an industry, we face bigger challenges — and have greater obligations to society — than ever before." said Sam Glick, partner and global leader of Oliver Wyman's Health and Life Sciences practice. "At the same time, for those of us who are willing to take a hard look in the mirror and think differently about how we understand and engage with those we serve, there is more opportunity than we've ever had before. Understanding, compassion, and community connection are now as important as quality, affordability, and innovation."
Highlights of this year's Summit include:
- Insights from some of the industry's most influential executives including the following speakers:
- An immersive and experiential exhibit, Renaissance 2022, where attendees will dive into the macro societal trends driving disruption to how we do business, how we engage with consumers, and how we build and manage our workforce. The experience is derived from 18+ months of consumer research by the Oliver Wyman Forum which identifies The New People Shaping our Future including The Citizens of the Metaverse, The Digital Boomers, The New Collars, The Virtual Natives, The Wellness Protagonist, The Psychedelic Adventurer and more.
- Chicago's legendary improv group, The Second City, which launched the careers of Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Stephen Colbert, will give us a humorous preview of the "New Norms" and "New Expectations" that we'll explore over the course of the Summit.
- The MedCity News Insights Lounge will interview speakers and attendees live from the Summit about their strategies and views for the future of healthcare.
- Executive Sessions on topics such as:
The Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit would not be possible without the generous support of our partners: Platinum partner, Softheon; Gold partners Navvis and Transcarent; Bronze partner Motive Practicing Wisely Solutions; Sustainability partner, Onlife Health; Innovator partners Amitech, Big Health, Calibrate, Carrot Fertility, Emcara, Spring Health and Tytocare; and Media partner MedCity News.
Individuals not attending the event can access real-time insights and perspectives through Oliver Wyman's social media channels, including Twitter via @OliverWyman, @OWHealthEditor and LinkedIn via Oliver Wyman and Oliver Wyman Health. All content can be found following #OWHIC. Exclusive real-time content will also be available on our blog, Oliver Wyman Health. Executive interviews will be hosted in the MedCity Insights Lounge and shared via Oliver Wyman's YouTube channel.
For more information on this year's event or to speak with Oliver Wyman about the Summit, please contact Francine Minadeo at francine.minadeo@oliverwyman.com. For a complete agenda and roster of speakers, please visit the event website.
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 5,700 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC].
For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.
Oliver Wyman launched the Health Innovation Center (OWHIC) in 2011 to accelerate health market transformation. OWHIC champions innovation by disseminating proven innovations; envisioning market-based solutions to today's and tomorrow's challenges; and establishing a cross-industry community of thought-leaders to share and shape ideas.
For the latest on the business of transforming healthcare, visit the Oliver Wyman Health digital platform at health.oliverwyman.com and follow us on Twitter @OWHealthEditor. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com.
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New Units with Innovative, Smart and Sustainable Design, Launch in California
ATLANTA, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rheem®, a leading global manufacturer of water heating and HVACR products, is launching two versions of the 120-Volt ProTerra® Plug-in Heat Pump Water Heater. Providing advanced solutions for California contractors and homeowners seeking a drop-in gas replacement, the ProTerra Plug-in Heat Pump Dedicated and Shared Circuit models boast high-efficiency performance, up to five times of a standard gas water heater, without the need to upgrade the electrical panel for 240V hardwired service.
With sustainability at the forefront of these innovative designs, the ProTerra Plug-ins' industry-first 120V Heat Pump technology results in installations with minimal to no electrical work. The 120V ProTerra Plug-in is available in two versions, allowing users to explore the Dedicated Circuit or Shared Circuit models. The Dedicated Circuit model offers the largest compressor in the industry and delivers the fastest heat pump water heater (HPWH) recovery on the market, performing similarly to a standard gas water heater. The Shared Circuit design offers HydroBoost mixing valve that extends the hot water in the tank for maximum output performance and requires no electrical work.
"The 120V ProTerra Plug-in models are a gamechanger for California," said Ankur Maheshwari, Director of Global Product Management and Decarbonization Lead at Rheem. "Many cities throughout the state have gas bans and efficiency requirements, which make HPWH the ideal option for new construction and replacement. Rheem provides our California customers with a comprehensive solution to meet both their sustainability goals and hot water performance needs."
Market demands and ongoing feedback from plumbing partners served as the catalysts for the latest expansion of the ProTerra family of HPWH. With minimal clearance requirements and the ability to fit in a standard tank footprint, the units were designed for quick and easy retrofit installation, effortlessly fitting in tight spaces.
The ProTerra Plug-in models utilize the Rheem EcoNet® app's Wi-Fi controls, allowing for convenient operation and monitoring. Capabilities include adjusting water temperature, scheduling and tracking energy usage from a smart phone. The EcoNet app will also alert users with updates on the unit's system health, with the goal of keeping hot water flowing in the home. The Shared Circuit model is demand response ready with built-in EcoPort (CTA-2045 port) which easily connects to utility programs for additional energy cost savings.
ProTerra Plug-in models are best suited for use in most regions of California where average ambient temperatures remain above 37° F throughout the year. Rheem provides an online selector tool to help homeowners identify their ideal HPWH solution. Homeowners and plumbing contractors in California can also benefit from incentive and rebate programs providing additional cost savings.
The development of ProTerra Plug-in HPWH technology began in 2019 with the roadmap to decarbonize California's buildings, which included plans to replace gas-burning appliances with electric versions (CA Title 20). Previously, HPWHs needed 240V hardwired service. Replacing a gas water heater with a 240V HPWH in older homes presents a challenge, as common 100-Amp electrical panels often have no capacity left to add high energy-draw appliances like a 30-Amp water heater. The 120V plug-in solves the electrical challenges of replacing a gas water heater.
Prior to its public release, performance of the 120V ProTerra Plug-in was validated in a field study facilitated by the Advanced Water Heating Initiative, a U.S. Department of Energy-affiliated collaborative that aims to realize the carbon and energy savings of HPWH by scaling adoption. In conjunction with public utilities like PG&E, SCE and SMUD, the trial leveraged a Rheem ProTerra Plug-in Heat Pump with HydroBoost and LeakGuard™ (a Shared Circuit model) as the first of 32 HPWHs that were installed in single family homes to prove they sufficiently met demand. Overall results of the study will be released following the completion of project's remaining installs, but the 120V ProTerra Plug-in units installed to-date have demonstrated they are an ideal, plug-and-play retrofit solution that deliver on homeowners needs.
ProTerra Plug-in comes with a 10-year limited tank and parts warranty. For more information, please visit www.rheem.com/ProTerra.
Founded in 1925, Rheem is America's #1 water-heating brand with products available in more than 80 countries. Paloma Co., Ltd.® of Nagoya, Japan, acquired the iconic Rheem brand in 1988. Today the company's portfolio of premium brands include Rheem®, Intergas, Friedrich, Raypak®, Ruud®, Eemax®, Richmond®, Splendid®, Solahart® and EverHot™ as well as commercial refrigeration brands Russell®, Witt®, ColdZone® and Kramer®, which are part of the Heat Transfer Products Group (HTPG®) division.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (""or the "Company") (NYSE: FHS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether FHS and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On or around March 11, 2021, FHS conducted its initial public offering ("IPO") of 7.5 million American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") priced at $10.00 per share. Soon after the IPO, media reports stated that Chinese policymakers had proposed stricter regulations to rein in the for-profit education industry, such as regulations aimed at enhancing teacher quality, limiting fee scams, reducing market abuse, and reducing the stress that for-profit educational companies had placed on students in the Chinese educational system.
On May 12, 2021, news reports revealed that the impending government crackdown on for-profit educational companies in China would be much more drastic and far reaching than previously publicly known. Sources stated that anticipated rules would include measures such as banning on-campus tutoring classes, prohibiting tutoring services during weekend hours, and the imposition of industry-wide fee limitations.
On May 14, 2021, China's state council announced that it would further tighten regulations on compulsory education and training institutions with new rules set to take effect on September 1, 2021.
On July 23, 2021, China unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its education sector, banning companies that teach the school curriculum from making profits, raising capital or going public. These drastic measures effectively ended any potential growth in the for-profit tutoring sector in China.
On July 26, 2021, FHS issued a press release announcing that the Company "will follow the spirit of the Opinion and comply with all relevant rules and regulations in providing high school education services."
In a series of disclosures beginning on September 28, 2021, FHS reported, among other things, disappointing financial and operating results due to the impact of the regulatory crackdown on China's for-profit education sector; the resignation of the Company's Chief Financial Officer; the dismissal of the Company's auditor, KPMG Huazhen LLP; the receipt of a letter from the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") stating that the Company was in non-compliance with the NYSE's listing requirements because its total market capitalization and stockholders' equity had fallen below compliance standards; and that the Company would be unable to timely filed its annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
By May 10, 2022, FHS ADSs closed below $1.00 per share, representing a decline of more than 90% from the offering price.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At its regular meeting held today, the Board of Directors of PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) declared the regular quarterly dividend of $0.3475 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable August 31, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business August 17, 2022.
Background:
PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) is an energy holding company based in Albuquerque, N.M., with preliminary 2021 consolidated operating revenues of $1.8 billion. Through its regulated utilities, PNM and TNMP, PNM Resources provides electricity to approximately 800,000 homes and businesses in New Mexico and Texas. PNM serves its customers with a diverse mix of generation and purchased power resources totaling 3.1 gigawatts of capacity, with a goal to achieve 100% emissions-free energy by 2040. For more information, visit the company's website at www.PNMResources.com.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pete Alonso was in the visitors’ clubhouse at Truist Park last week when an attendant made a puzzling request: Would the New York Mets slugger take a call from Atlanta Braves skipper Brian Snitker?
“Why is the opposing manager calling me?” Alonso recalled thinking.
He quickly found out. Snitker was preparing to manage the National League All-Star squad and had an important question, based on a first-time, fan-friendly rule change.
If the score was even after nine innings in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, Snitker asked, would Alonso participate in the new tiebreaking Home Run Derby that would decide the winning team?
“I’ll be your guy,” Alonso recalled telling him. “I think it’s fun. I think it’s going to be a great event if that does happen.”
Alonso wasn’t aware of the novel format, in which three players from each league would take three swings apiece to decide the final result. He wasn’t alone in finding out what could be on deck.
“That would actually happen?” Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton said. “This is news to me.”
Snitker also picked Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. and Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber for NL, while Houston’s Dusty Baker selected Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez and Ty France along with Houston’s Kyle Tucker for the AL.
With the All-Star Home Run Derby always popular the night before the game, Major League Baseball decided to make a slugging showcase part of the Midsummer Classic.
And no doubt, now a lot of fans will be rooting for a tie, just to see another launch of longballs.
Players, too.
“Are they doing that? That would be fun,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said. “We got Pete Alonso and Ronald, so I like our chances.”
The provision paving the way to the innovation was buried in exhibit 13 of the memorandum of understanding that settled the MLB lockout in March 10.
Alonso has 24 home runs, third in the NL, and had won the Home Run Derby two straight times going into Monday’s competition.
The rules of the tiebreaker, obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, state “the manager of each league’s All-Star team shall select three players on his team’s active roster who have agreed to participate in the All-Star tiebreaker, if applicable; one alternate player from his active roster who has agreed to participate in the All-Star tiebreaker, if necessary due to injury to a tiebreaker selection; an All-Star team coach who will throw batting practice during the All-Star tiebreaker; and an All-Star team bullpen catcher who will catch during the All-Star tiebreaker.”
Play would be paused briefly after the ninth inning “to allow the grounds crew to reconfigure the field in an arrangement suitable for the tiebreaker.”
In the tiebreaker, “each player can take an unlimited number of pitches without it counting against their swing total. Players on each team may hit in any order during the All-Star tiebreaker; provided, however, the batters from each team shall alternate.”
As the visiting team, the AL would send a hitter to bat first, and players from each league would alternate.
“Once all six tiebreaker selections have completed their swings, the team with the most home runs shall be declared the winner of the All-Star Game,” the rules state. “In the event the teams have the same number of home runs following the tiebreaker, each manager shall select one tiebreaker selection to participate in another round in which the tiebreaker selection from each team takes three swings to break the tie. The aforementioned head-to-head format will continue until the tie is broken.”
The three batters picked by a league for the tiebreaker cannot be replaced unless injured or to protect player health.
The All-Star Game has gone to extra innings 13 times since it began in 1933, the last two times 10 innings in both 2017 at Miami and 2018 at Washington. Teams running short on pitchers has become an issue as managers try to get most pitchers in the game by the ninth inning, and the 2002 game at Milwaukee ended a 7-7, 11-inning tie when there were no available pitchers left.
A couple years ago, MLB was set to try out the automatic runner on second base if the All-Star Game went to the extra innings.
Thanks to Snitker, Alonso was ready to swing away in a new way of deciding who wins the All-Star Game.
“He had to tell me about the Home Run Derby stuff, because I didn’t know about it,” Alonso said.
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Panthers turn to defense, speed on final day of the draft
By STEVE REED
AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule went back to his college roots on Day Three of the NFL draft. The Panthers traded up into the fourth round to select Penn State linebacker Brandon Smith on Saturday. They dealt both of their fifth-round picks to Washington to make the move. Like Smith, Rhule was once played linebacker for the Nittany Lions. The Panthers finished the afternoon by selecting 6-foot-5, 246-pound edge rusher Amare’ Barno from Virginia Tech and 6-foot-5, 311-pound guard Cade Mays from Tennessee in the sixth round. They added Baylor cornerback Kalon “Boogie” Barnes in the seventh round. Barnes was the fastest player at the scouting combine by running a 4.23 40-yard dash. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/30/panthers-turn-to-defense-speed-on-final-day-of-the-draft/ | 2022-05-01T04:52:04Z |
PLEASANTON, Calif., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: SSD), an industry leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced today that it will report its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 on Monday, July 25, 2022 at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Karen Colonias, Simpson's Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Magstadt, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will host a conference call that same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet hosted on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at ir.simpsonmfg.com.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s Second Quarter 2022 Conference Call Details
For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay of the call will also be available beginning that same day at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 8, 2022, by dialing (844) 512-2921 (U.S. and Canada) or (412) 317-6671 (International) and entering the conference ID: 13730869. The webcast will remain posted on the Investor Relations section of Simpson's website at ir.simpsonmfg.com for 90 days.
About Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc., headquartered in Pleasanton, California, through its subsidiary, Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc., designs, engineers and is a leading manufacturer of wood construction products, including connectors, truss plates, fastening systems, fasteners and shear walls, and concrete construction products, including adhesives, specialty chemicals, mechanical anchors, powder actuated tools and reinforcing fiber materials. The Company's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SSD."
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investor.relations@strongtie.com
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City requesting FEMA assistance for tornado victims
By Paul Petitte
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SPRINGDALE, Arkansas (KHBS) — Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse met with county and state emergency management services Monday. That meeting will better determine if the city can access federal funds through FEMA to help tornado victims recover.
If that happens, federal dollars will be made available to help replace homes and destroyed belongings along with reimbursement for temporary living expenses. Mayor Sprouse said he’s confident they’ve been gathering the property damage estimates accurately in hopes of accessing those funds.
“Whether we reach the levels the FEMA requires for federal assistance, there could also be state assistance which could come in to play,” Sprouse said. “It’s going to be a matter of days before all the assessments are done so we’re just asking people to continue to do what they are doing and be patient.”
According to FEMA’s website, once all the mandatory documentation is in, it takes them about 30 days to make a determination. If eligible, applicants who request those funds may get them in a matter of days.
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Tar Heels, Jayhawks enter NCAA title tilt with common roots
By DAVE SKRETTA and AARON BEARD
AP Basketball Writers
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There are strong connections between North Carolina and Kansas. The storied programs heading into Monday night’s NCAA men’s championship game in New Orleans share stories and ties to some of the giants of the sport. The connections include late North Carolina Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith being a Kansas alumnus. Smith played for the Jayhawks under Phog Allen, who had learned the game from basketball inventor Dr. James Naismith. There is also Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams, who spent 33 years between the two schools as head coach. Tar Heels first-year coach Hubert Davis says he still remembers the pain of losing to Williams’ Kansas team in the 1991 Final Four as a guard on that North Carolina squad. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/03/tar-heels-jayhawks-enter-ncaa-title-tilt-with-common-roots/ | 2022-04-04T11:00:17Z |
- New Series B funding of $33 million will advance Sibel's FDA-cleared ANNE® One platform for home and hospital monitoring through global partnerships.
- Jon P. Otterstatter, ex-CEO and co-founder of Preventice, joins Sibel as its chairman of the board, and Matt Banet, PhD, cofounder of Sotera Wireless and toSense, joins Sibel as president.
- Dräger's previous convertible note changes to equity in Sibel, along with a renewed and deeper strategic partnership.
NILES, Ill., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sibel Health, an award-winning medical technology company spun out of the world-renowned John Rogers Research Group and the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics at Northwestern University, has recently closed a $33 million Series B financing round, bringing Sibel's total funding to date to more than $50 million.
In addition, Sibel has announced two new executive appointments. Jon Otterstatter, the former CEO and co-founder of Preventice (acquired by Boston Scientific in 2021), will join as chairman of the board. Matthew Banet, PhD, a world expert in advanced body-worn sensors and previously the CTO and cofounder of toSense and Sotera, joins as president from Baxter International.
The funding round was led by the Steele Foundation for Hope—a private foundation seeking to fund solutions for humanity's hardest challenges with an emphasis on technology and innovation. Joe Exner, CEO of Steele Foundation for Hope, said, "Sibel was founded by the world's leading engineers and scientists. We invested in their ingenuity to advance bio-integrated sensors and wireless data collection to promote better care, especially for mothers and newborns in developing countries." Dräger, a leading medical and safety technology company, previous convertible note changes to equity.
With the funding, Sibel will scale up its FDA-cleared ANNE® One platform for global deployments across the entire continuum of care from the home to the hospital. "What makes us unique as a digital health company is that our product is vertically integrated—we believe that everything matters, from the adhesive we place on the skin to how the sensor fits on the body to the final alert a clinician sees for medical decision-making," said Steve Xu, MD, CEO and co-founder. "We're proud that our technology can be potentially deployed in both the neonatal intensive care unit and in the home for remote patient monitoring."
Steffen Protsch, president of monitoring at Dräger and Sibel board member, said, "As an early investor in Sibel, we have been impressed by the company's growth and technology over such a short period of time. We look forward to integrating and scaling their technology as part of Dräger's offerings to our hospital customers."
Since 2020, Sibel has seen a significant increase in revenue driven by partnerships with leading Fortune 500 companies and funding support from the U.S. military, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The appointment of new executives will accelerate Sibel's transition to scaled commercialization.
"I look forward to joining Sibel as chairman of the board in this time of rapid acceleration and growth," Otterstatter said. "The company's advanced wearable monitoring platform is industry-changing—the comprehensive suite of on-body sensors, best-in-class analytics, robust machine-learning algorithms and extensible software capabilities make the ANNE® One platform a very unique offering. I look forward to supporting Sibel's transition towards commercial scale." He continued, "Having led a team and a company that successfully developed and achieved commercial success with a breakthrough remote cardiac monitoring solutions, I am convinced that the ANNE® sensors are raising the bar for the market." John Rogers, PhD, the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University and Sibel co-founder, said, "It is exciting to see the research from my research group translate into a successful product with the potential to impact millions of lives worldwide, particularly in the area of neonatal and women's health."
About Sibel Health:
Sibel Health is an award-winning digital health company with a mission to deliver Better Health Data for All®. Based in the greater Chicago area with offices in Seoul (South Korea) and San Diego, the company's FDA-cleared ANNE® platform includes advanced wearable sensors, AI-enabled data analytics, and an integrated mobile software and cloud platform. Sibel's partnerships include some of the most respected healthcare organizations worldwide. For more information, please visit www.sibelhealth.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
About Dräger:
Dräger is an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology. Its products protect, support, and save lives. Founded in 1889, Dräger generated revenues of around EUR 3.1 billion in 2021. The Dräger Group is currently present in over 190 countries and has more than 16,000 employees worldwide. Visit www.draeger.com for more information.
About Steele Foundation for Hope:
Founded in 2021, the Steele Foundation for Hope strives to find and fund lasting solutions for some of humanity's hardest challenges, with a strong belief that advances found through technology and innovation are key to improving quality of life.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit one of Atlanta’s four home runs and the World Series champion Braves grabbed sole possession of first place for the first time all season with a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
Robbie Grossman, Travis d’Arnaud and rookie Michael Harris II also went deep for the streaking Braves, who won their eighth straight and finally jumped a half-game ahead of the Mets in the NL East after chasing them for five months. New York lost 6-3 at Miami earlier in the night.
“That’s why we’re playing these games: trying to win the division,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “That’s our goal. When we left spring training, our No. 1 goal was to win the division. I think they’ve been great in their approach and how they come to work.”
Atlanta was seven games back on Aug. 8 and 10 1/2 behind on June 1. The only previous day this season the Mets did not hold at least a share of the division lead was April 11.
“It shows how dedicated we are to winning and how much we want to win,” Harris said. “We were down 10 games at one point and now we’re leading the East. That was our main goal. We got to it and now we’re just trying to keep it.”
Carlos Santana homered twice for the Mariners, and J.P. Crawford also connected.
Braves starter Charlie Morton (8-5) allowed four runs in 6 1/3 innings. Grossman had three hits and two RBIs.
“I can’t say enough about (Grossman) — just the professional he is, how he shows up every day and he’s ready to go,” Snitker said. “Even if he’s not in the starting lineup, he’s always ready. We’ve been very fortunate this year that those guys at the back end of the lineup have done a lot of damage for us.”
Swanson gave Atlanta a 2-0 lead in the first with a two-run homer off Robbie Ray (12-9), who gave up four runs in five innings.
After a walk to Jesse Winker in the second, Santana tied it with a home run.
Atlanta reclaimed the lead in the fourth when Harris led off with a double and scored on Grossman’s single.
A two-out homer by d’Arnaud in the fifth made it 4-2. Crawford answered with a solo shot in the bottom half, his first home run since June 1.
Harris and Grossman both homered in the sixth to make it 6-3.
“It was the night of the home run, I guess,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “They hit one more than we did. The ball was getting out of here tonight.”
Santana hit his second home run of the game and 14th of the season in the seventh. Seattle then had runners on first and second with two outs, but A.J. Minter struck out Ty France to end the inning.
Raisel Iglesias struck out three in a hitless eighth and Kenley Jansen whiffed two in a 1-2-3 ninth for his 33rd save.
Seattle has lost three of four but is four games ahead of Baltimore for the final American League wild card.
“Carlos kept us in the game,” Servais said. “Carlos had really good at-bats tonight when we needed it. It’s hard to string a lot of hits together against a guy like (Morton), so you’re going to have to hit the long ball, and we did. We were right there in the ballgame.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
The Mariners placed utility player Dylan Moore (oblique) on the 10-day injured list Aug. 30. Servais said Friday that Moore is “feeling better,” but not doing much rotational work or swinging a bat yet. “We’ll find out in the next couple of days where he’s at,” Servais said. “He’s a nice weapon to have. We’ve missed him. We’ll know more once we get through the weekend.”
UP NEXT
Braves: LHP Max Fried (13-5, 2.48 ERA) starts the middle game of the interleague series Saturday. He pitched five scoreless innings before a rain delay Sunday during Atlanta’s win over Miami.
Mariners: RHP George Kirby (6-3, 3.15) will take the mound. Kirby was the AL rookie of the month for August after going 4-0 in five starts with a 2.15 ERA.
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