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Steve King: Of Deshaun Watson and women
Perhaps it was because I was getting older, bigger and stronger.
Or perhaps it was because someone he knew had encountered a similar problem.
Or perhaps it was a combination of the two, or something else entirely.
I just don't know. I never asked him at the time because the comment took me completely off-guard to the point that it absolutely stunned me.
"If you ever lay a finger on your mom, you'll be in big trouble," he said one day out of the clear blue when I was about 16. "And if you are too big for me to handle, I'll first find some kind of equalizer to cut you down to size."
He meant every word of it. He loved to laugh — he joked around a lot — but he didn't joke about things like that.
That kind of act — harming a woman, let alone my mom — had never crossed my mind. I would never have done anything to hurt her in any way, shape or form. I loved my mom. My dad obviously loved her, too.
They had gotten married eight months before World War II started and went through a lot together over four decades. And it was his job, first and foremost, to protect her.
My dad loved sports, especially football, and he really loved the Browns. The players on those historic early Browns teams of head coach Paul Brown were about his age, so he closely identified with them.
In fact, my love for the Browns was because of his love for them. I thought so much of him that I wanted to be just like him. If he had been into third-century camel travel, I might be writing about that instead of this.
In fact, I used to pick his brain, and that of my uncle, also a big sports fan, about the Browns and Guardians of years before. They knew a lot from having watched them play, and I was smart enough to just shut up and listen to what they had to say.
It seemed fitting, then, that one of the last things he and I did together in his hospital room in Barberton before he died in 1980 was watch a Browns game on TV. Yes, that's right, the Kardiac Kids holding on for dear life to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers early in that memorable season.
So, realizing all this, I wonder how my dad would handle — what he would say about — his Browns, my Browns, our Browns, your Browns trading away their heart and soul — both literally, in terms of high, valuable NFL Draft picks, and figuratively — for the foreseeable future to the Houston Texans in exchange for a quarterback in Deshaun Watson whose reputation as a human being is 100 times more sullied than any player they have ever had on their roster going all the way back to when my dad watched them in that first season in 1946.
Watson is accused of doing a lot more than laying a finger on a woman, as my dad put it, but rather sexually assaulting women — that's plural, as in more than one, many more than one, 22 in all in fact, at last count.
How would he justify this, his two loves — his beloved wife and his beloved Browns — going head-to-head in a winner-take-all for his heart and soul as to who he was and what he was?
I know what he would have said.
And I know what I am saying.
It is that you can love sports — like my dad loved football and the Browns, like I love football and the Browns and I'm sure like all of you love football and the Browns. But all sports, while they are played and coached by people, are things, in essence.
The real loves of your life — your significant other, your children, your family — are just that, the real loves of your life. It's hard — no, it's totally impossible — to identify with anything that, or anybody who, would hurt them, or would aid and abet those who have.
For if you harm one woman like that, then you harm them all. They're all in this together, a sisterhood. As such, if indeed Watson did what he was accused of to those 22 women, then he did it to all women, past and present.
And nobody lays a finger on my mom. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/04/01/steve-king-deshaun-watson-and-women/7155317001/ | 2022-04-01T21:52:56Z |
ESPOO, Finland and SHANGHAI, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dispelix™ (Espoo) - a pioneer in the design and manufacturing of next-generation diffractive waveguides – today announced it has been in a long-term partnership with respected AR light engine supplier Jade Bird Displays (JBD) to develop a family of new reference designs for Augmented Reality (AR) glasses and headsets across multiple price points.
Developed through an intensive collaboration, the new designs combine JBD's family of cutting-edge MicroLED projectors with the Dispelix LED - an industry-leading pantoscopic waveguide with an advanced nanotech coating. JBD & Dispelix have brought together their respective expertise in MicroLED displays, light engines and diffractive waveguide combiners - including at least one bleeding-edge model combining binocular waveguides and polychrome MicroLED projectors.
The MicroLED engine used in the flagship reference design is JBD's AmµLED™ MicroLED projectors for smart eyewear, both monochrome and other polychrome projector development kits are also available. These are all designed to aid OEMs and partners in their rapid development, evaluation and prototyping of branded smart eyewear (as well as other Augmented Reality (AR) products & solutions).
The monochrome projector is only 0.35cc in volume, has a FOV of 30°, weighs nominally 0.60 grams and is available in red, green and blue. It can be used for monochrome smart eyeglasses development or it can be used in RGB waveguides with multiple input couplers for polychrome applications.
The polychrome projector is only 1.3cc in volume, has a FOV of 30° & weighs nominally 2.3 grams. In the polychrome module projector, an x-cube prism is used to combine images from three individual monochrome panels attached to the faces of the X-cube prism. Both the monochrome and polychrome projectors are focused at infinity.
"JBD has launched a number of innovative MicroLED display and projector solutions that are designed into end products such as smart glasses, holographic sights and Sports AR goggles," said Dr. Qiming Li, CEO & Founder of JBD. "We are currently expanding our production facilities to support the unprecedented demand for our MicroLED displays and projectors. Our success has only been made possible with the launch of concurrent innovative solutions by our partners and a stellar example is the Dispelix LED waveguide. Our polychrome projector combined with the LED waveguide will enable OEMs to rapidly turn around small form factor and aesthetically-pleasing AR wearables that are suitable for all day use."
Leon Baruah, Director Sales & Marketing at JBD further added "As a MicroLED display and light engine manufacturer we have always valued the significance of our Waveguide partners as their inventions complete our offering and are critical to the success of the AR industry. Dispelix's LED waveguide is a truly innovative solution and at first light with our AmµLED™ polychrome MicroLED projector we knew we had a compelling solution. Dispelix LED is a versatile platform allowing a number of possibilities in terms of possible FOVs and waveguide profiles but what strikes out most is the amazing image quality that can be observed through the waveguide with our polychrome projector."
"Dispelix is very excited to finally unveil our partnership with JBD – the end result of joint R&D activities that are enabling the next-generation of AR eyewear," said Jussi Rahomaki, Chief Product Officer for Dispelix. "Working with a manufacturer of JBD's reputation for light engine innovation means that a wide range of ODM/OEM manufacturers can at last enter the burgeoning AR eyewear market with an extraordinary and differentiated set of different reference designs. Dispelix LED combined with AmµLED means that ideal visual fidelity is both achieved and consistently maintained for an exceptional, undistorted and incredibly lightweight reference design."
Dispelix is an advanced waveguide designer and manufacturer, delivering next-generation visual solutions for both consumer as well as enterprise AR and MR wearables. The company's patented DPX waveguides bring unmatched image quality, performance and visual fidelity combined with mass manufacturability to scale for even the largest vendors. Led by the world's most sought-after experts in optics, photonics and manufacturing, Dispelix is headquartered in the technology hub of Espoo, Finland with field offices throughout the United States, China and Taiwan. Learn more at dispelix.com.
Founded in 2015, JBD has been focusing on developing the smallest, brightest, and most efficient micro-display panels. With a fab established in Shanghai CHINA, JBD is considered as one of the leaders in microLED display technologies with its portfolio of active matrix microLED displays. For more information, visit JBD's website, Linkedin or Twitter pages.
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Company Continues to Grow Leadership Team to Advance the Future of Molecular Diagnostics
WATERTOWN, Mass., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sherlock Biosciences, a company engineering biology to bring next-generation diagnostics to the point-of-need, today announced that global marketing expert Julie Garlikov has been appointed to its executive team as the company's first Chief Commercial Officer. In her new role, Garlikov will serve as a member of the company's executive leadership team and will be responsible for driving commercial strategy for the company's decentralized diagnostics platform. Julie will report directly to Bryan Dechairo, President and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences.
"Following our incredibly successful Series B funding round, we continue to advance the development of our novel diagnostic products and are committed to commercializing our proprietary platform to ignite a convenience revolution in healthcare," said Dechairo. "Julie brings tremendous experience in consumer product commercialization, successfully launching a myriad of products and accelerating growth for digital consumer health and wellness brands. As a critical voice on our executive leadership team, Julie will play a vital role in scaling Sherlock on our aggressive path to commercialization."
Julie joins Sherlock with more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience, honed at organizations including Grail, Rodan + Fields, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, and Procter & Gamble. While at Grail, Julie served as Vice President of Marketing, where she helped define the market for the first multi-cancer early detection blood screening test and transformed the digital product experience for employer and patient-initiated telemedicine channels. She played an integral role in positioning the company for its next stage of growth from an R&D organization into a commercial competitor in the digital health space. Throughout her career, Julie has excelled at scaling brands through a disciplined approach to marketing, sales, product development and commercialization to drive long-term growth.
"Sherlock has a tremendous opportunity to truly transform the way in which the healthcare industry operates, and I am excited to help lead the charge in making it a commercial diagnostic leader," said Garlikov. "Through Sherlock's decentralized diagnostic platform, we can provide testing that can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use both in the home and low-resource settings. By providing people access to answers to their health wherever and whenever it is needed, Sherlock is giving consumers control so they can have an easier path to treatment. I look forward to partnering with the exceptional team at Sherlock to bring our platform to the market and making this vision a reality for people around the world."
Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information, please visit www.sherlock.bio.
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PRINCETON, N.J., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Climate Central today launched the Climate Shift Index, the world's first tool to quantify the impact of climate change on local weather in real time. Based on peer-reviewed science, the Climate Shift Index offers a clear and accessible way for communicators, including weathercasters and other media professionals, to explain climate change connections to local conditions as they happen.
The Climate Shift Index (CSI) reveals the level of influence of carbon emissions on daily high and low temperatures covering the entire continental U.S., shown on a simple numeric scale. CSI levels indicate how much more likely or frequent high temperatures and overnight lows have become in a warmer climate.
For example, a CSI level of 2 means the day's temperature was made at least 2x more likely, or twice as frequent than it would have been without human-caused climate change. A CSI level of 5 means local temperatures were made at least 5x more likely. The CSI also indicates where daily temperatures have become less likely in a warming world. The tool displays a color-coded map to show CSI levels for high and low temperatures for the current day, previous day, and the next two days.
The CSI is based on observation- and model-based calculations detailed in a methods paper, "A multi-method framework for global real-time climate attribution," published this month in Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography.
"Climate change is invisible to most people, but it already affects our daily lives. When it's too hot to safely work outside, play sports, or walk down a city street, the Climate Shift Index will reveal its fingerprint. When crops wilt, when tornadoes or fires erupt in unseasonal heat, the Climate Shift Index can put those events in context," Benjamin Strauss, Climate Central CEO and chief scientist, and co-author of the methods paper said. "The Climate Shift Index will inform everyday conversations with the science of how our lives and communities are changing around us."
Assessing how climate change impacts daily weather adds a critical dimension to attribution science, according to co-author Friederike Otto, senior lecturer in Climate Science at Imperial College London, and co-lead of World Weather Attribution: "When extreme weather occurs, we talk about climate change–when it hits us in the face. But climate change is affecting weather every day, temperatures most strongly, with consequences we haven't even started to think about, let alone calculate and prevent. To truly adapt, we need to first understand the impacts of climate change more comprehensively. Starting with daily temperatures is an important complement to the changes in extremes we look at in WWA."
Paul Douglas, co-founder and senior meteorologist at U.S. weather consultancy Praedictix, said, "New times require new tools, and the Climate Shift Index marks a significant advance in statistically-derived alerting that will ultimately save lives, taking the emerging science of climate attribution and meteorological messaging to an entirely new level. CSI will rapidly become an essential tool for city planners, meteorologists and risk mitigation."
- CSI levels for yesterday, today, and the following two days–for daily local high and low temperatures in the continental U.S. are available at: https://www.climatecentral.org/tools/climate-shift-index
- More information about Climate Central's CSI and attribution program, Realtime Fingerprints, is available at https://www.climatecentral.org/realtime-fingerprints
- The peer-reviewed methods paper detailing the framework beneath the CSI is available at: https://ascmo.copernicus.org/articles/8/135/2022/
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Inaugural Autism Beauty Walk held to bring awareness
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MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — April is a month dedicated to autism awareness.
In January, FOX10 shared with you Jada Braxton’s story, a 17-year-old with autism who became a pageant queen.
On Saturday, her family hosted a walk to bring awareness to autism. Jada led the way through Municipal Park as a crowd of family and friends came out to support her and raise awareness — sporting Team Jada Tee-shirts.
Back in January, Jada won Miss Photogenic at the Miss Saraland Pageant, which her mom says is a huge feat for the autistic community.
Since then, Jada wanted to continue being a voice for young, autistic girls and Saturday’s inaugural beauty walk accomplished just that.
“We just want to go out and show everybody that autism individuals want to be included and accepted, and this is their month,” said mom Danisha Braxton.
To show support for autism this month, the family encourages you to wear blue.
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TAIZHOU, China, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Jiangsu Recbio Technology Co., Ltd. (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group",Stock code:2179.HK) is pleased to announce that, on April 9, 2022, the Company has received the European Union (EU) Qualified Person Declaration issued by a Qualified Person ("QP") for the Group's manufacturing facility for its recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine, ReCOV ("ReCOV") in Taizhou, the People's Republic of China (the "PRC").
Pursuant to Eudralex Vol 4 regulations (EU Good Manufacturing Practice) and the guiding principles of International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), etc., this EU QP audit mainly focused on the bulk and preparation of antigen and the novel adjuvant BFA03, covering manufacturing management system, quality management system, production equipment and facility management system, validation and computerized systems, material management systems, product testing and release management and other aspects of a comprehensive systematic and in-depth inspection. This signifies the Group's manufacturing facility in Taizhou and its quality management system have met EU GMP standards, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality development and future international commercialisation of ReCOV.
ReCOV is a recombinant COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the Group with its technology platforms including the novel adjuvant and protein engineering platforms. Based on the relevant studies conducted by the Group, ReCOV has shown favourable neutralizing effect and immune persistence against variants including Omicron variant and Delta variant. Clinical data from the Group's phase I trial for ReCOV in New Zealand also showed that it has an overall favorable safety profile and may potentially induce similar or higher level of neutralizing antibodies than other marketed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine candidates.
About Recbio
Recbio is an innovative vaccine company founded in 2012. With the vision of "Become the Leader of Innovative Vaccine in the Future," Recbio takes "Protect Human Health with Best-in-Class Vaccines" as its mission. It has established three major cutting-edge technology platforms including novel adjuvants platform, protein engineering platform, and immunological evaluation platform. Recbio has a high-value vaccine portfolio consisted of HPV vaccine candidates, COVID-19 vaccine candidates, shingles vaccine candidates, influenza vaccine candidates, adults TB vaccine candidates etc. The core management team has more than 20 years of experience in the development and commercialization of innovative vaccines. For more information, please visit https://www.recbio.cn/.
About Recombinant Two-Component COVID-19 Vaccine (ReCOV)
In May 2020, Recbio, together with Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention ("Jiangsu CDC") and Taizhou Medical New & High-tech Industrial Development Zone, jointly developed a recombinant two-component COVID-19 vaccine(ReCOV). Under the guidance of Professor Fengcai Zhu from the Jiangsu CDC, the R&D team thoroughly optimized the vaccine using protein engineering and new adjuvant technologies, so that ReCOV has promising safety and strong immunogenicity against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern such as Omicorn and Delta. A series of comprehensive advantages such as better cross-protection against emerging variants, easy scale-up of production, cost advantages, worldwide accessibility, good preparation stability, and storage and transportation at room temperature which become a very competitive second-generation new COVID-19 vaccine.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military claimed Tuesday for the first time that it encountered an Iranian-supplied suicide drone used by Russia on the battlefield, showing the deepening ties between Moscow and Tehran as the Islamic Republic’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers hangs in the balance.
U.S. intelligence publicly warned back in July that Tehran planned to send hundreds of the bomb-carrying drones to Russia to aid its war on Ukraine. While Iran initially denied it, the head of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has boasted in recent days about arming the world’s top powers.
The Ukrainian military’s Strategic Communications Directorate published images of the wreckage of the drone. It resembled a triangle, or delta-shaped, drone flown by Iran known as the Shahed, or “Witness” in Farsi.
The military official and the website both said Ukrainian troops encountered the drone near Kupiansk amid Kyiv’s offensive that has punched through Russian lines around Kharkiv on the eastern front.
The image suggested the Shahed drone had been shot down by Ukrainian forces and hadn’t detonated on impact as designed, though little other information was immediately released by Kyiv. An inscription on the drone identified it as an “M214 Gran-2,” which didn’t immediately correspond to known Russian weaponry.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Iran has multiple version of the Shahed, which have overflown a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, been used by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen, attacked oil depots in Saudi Arabia and allegedly killed two sailors aboard an oil tanker off Oman in 2021. The triangle-shaped Shahed is believed to have a range of around 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles), though Iran has offered few details.
Experts refer to such bomb-carrying drones as “loitering munitions.” The drone flies to a destination, likely programmed before its flight, and either explodes in the air over the target or on impact against it.
Iran has drawn closer to Russia as it faces crushing sanctions over the collapse of the nuclear deal in 2018 after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord. Negotiations over the deal, which saw Iran limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for sanctions being lifted, again appear deadlocked.
Ukraine and Iran also have tense relations, stemming from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet in 2020, killing all 176 people on board.
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NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential breaches of fiduciary duties and negligence by The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Chester Funds, and certain officers and trustees (MUTF: VTWNX, VTTVX, VTHRX, VTTHX, VFORX, VTIVX, VFIFX, VFFVX, VTTSX, VLXVX, VTINX) resulting from allegations that management may have issued materially misleading information to the investing public.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to develop a solution to create a better environment for children learning and adults working from home during the pandemic," said an inventor, from Kingston, Mass., "so I invented the CUBED. The portable design of the Home Cube would aid in focus and organization for users while also creating privacy and reducing noise disruptions."
The patent-pending invention provides a convenient work space for use while learning or working from home. In doing so, it offers an alternative to working at an open table or desk. As a result, it enhances privacy and organization. The invention features a portable design that is easy to set up and use so it is ideal for students and individuals working from home. Additionally, it can be easily stored when not in use and it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Boston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-BEC-154, 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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- Marking its 40th anniversary, the global textile innovation and apparel manufacturing leader adopts the science-based, SDG-aligned benchmark to rally the fashion industry towards a regenerative, restorative future
- Landmark commitments include pursuing the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030; greater than 60% of all polyester will come from recycled PET by 2023; supporting women inside and outside the group's manufacturing facilities through initiatives to combat period poverty and enhance financial literacy
LONDON, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Group – a longstanding manufacturing partner for renowned fashion brands that include The North Face, American Eagle Outfitters, Under Armour and Sweaty Betty – becomes the first textile innovation and apparel manufacturing business globally to undertake the Future-Fit Business Benchmark. The science-based strategic management tool aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and clearly defines the destination for businesses wishing to evaluate how much more needs to be done in order to take credible action towards a future-fit society.
Announced on the occasion of Alpine Group's 40th anniversary, the adoption of the benchmark marks a significant step forward in driving progress for an industry where consumers, investors, and employees alike are demanding more accountability, especially from brands. Alpine Group's sustainability commitments as driven by the Benchmark highlight the critical role that textile innovation and apparel manufacturing play in driving systemic change throughout the fashion value chain.
"In the early years when I was visiting textile and dyeing mills, I had witnessed with my own eyes the damage the industry was doing, and few seemed to care about sustainability then. Fixing that broken system requires collective effort," said Ashok Mahtani, Co-Founder and Chairman of Alpine Group. "At Alpine, we have spent the past 40 years researching and pioneering sustainable breakthroughs in materials science and manufacturing technology. Adopting the Future-Fit Business Benchmark now is our way of accelerating change by bringing the rest of the industry – brands and partners alike – on this journey with us. We do it so that our innovation and manufacturing can positively impact the entire value chain."
In line with the Future-Fit Business Benchmark, Alpine Group is pursuing a comprehensive sustainability strategy dubbed 'Threading the Future' that will address three holistic areas of impact, namely Materials and Innovation; People Development and Empowerment; as well as Environmental Impact and Community Action.
Lewis Shuler, Head of Innovation at Paradise Textiles, Alpine Group's dedicated innovation hub, said: "The apparel industry has long been mired in debates about the sustainability problem, often sidestepping each other even as greenwashing continues unabated. What our industry needs to make fashion fit for the future is more collaboration on further solutions from all angles." He added: "Our sustainability innovations include our work on textile-to-textile recycling technology and processes that help to minimize waste at scale, and thus, at an accessible price point. Beyond textile recycling, we are also continuing to research and push for the use of better bio-based alternatives that deliver on performance, such as corn and hemp, while also deploying advanced Physical Tracer technology that facilitates transparency and authenticity to all materials we use."
Alpine Group's announcement as the first textile innovation and apparel manufacturing business globally to adopt the Future-Fit Business Benchmark follows the recent launch of its 'Factory of the Future' as part of Alex Apparels' state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Egypt. Set to open in late 2022, the factory is expected to provide an additional 2,000+ jobs for the local community. The Group is in the process of securing LEED Gold certification for the facility, a voluntary environmental certification system to recognize the sustainability attributes of design, construction, operation and maintenance of buildings.
Commenting on the significance of Alpine Group's announcement for the industry at large, Dr Geoff Kendall, Co-Founder and CEO of Future-Fit Foundation, said: "The transition to true sustainability is going to be long and hard for any business — and like any journey, you don't get very far unless you know exactly where you're going. The Future-Fit Business Benchmark defines the destination all companies need to aim for and offers guidance to steer toward it. Unfortunately, many businesses still find the idea of real transformation daunting, so settle for incremental improvement to the unsustainable status quo. That widespread lack of ambition only serves to underline the importance of Alpine Group's commitment to Future-Fit. It's a milestone development that stands to pave the way for the fashion industry as a whole. Hopefully other organisations will follow Alpine Group's lead — to play their part in building a better world."
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Mount Union's Lauren Roncone places sixth in long jump at NCAA Division III national meet
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GENEVA — Mount Union's Lauren Roncone is an All-American again.
The former Hoover High School standout finished sixth in the women's long jump Thursday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Roncone's first jump of 18 feet, 9 inches was her best of the day.
Roncone also was an All-American last year as a member of the Purple Raiders' 400-meter relay team.
Brit McCauley broke her own school record in the 1,500 prelims. She qualified for the finals with a time of 4:31.65.
Kennady Gibbins (Fairless) sits atop the leaderboard after the first day of the heptathlon. She won the high jump, shot put and 200 and finished fourth in the 100 hurdles for a 190-point lead. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/college/track-field/2022/05/26/lauren-roncone-kennady-gibbins-mount-union-track-and-field-ncaa-division-iii-national-track-meet/9953487002/ | 2022-05-27T02:35:05Z |
LONDON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world's leading hotel companies, is celebrating 6,000 open hotels by unveiling the '6,000 Club' and announcing partnerships with major sports and entertainment events.
The 6,000 Club features a collection of stunning newly opened hotels from IHG's iconic portfolio, showcasing the global reach of its 17 brands and the many ways its hotel teams delight owners and guests by delivering True Hospitality for Good, every day.
The milestone was commemorated by IHG CEO, Keith Barr, at the New York Stock Exchange on June 7 when he rang the bell to signal the close of trading, alongside local hotel General Managers and colleagues.
In the past five years, IHG has broadened its appeal to owners and guests by acquiring or launching six exciting brands to take the portfolio to 17 - providing more choice and amazing experiences than ever before. The new additions include Luxury & Lifestyle brands Six Senses, Regent and Vignette Collection; Premium brand, voco hotels; Essentials brand, avid hotels; and Suites brand, Atwell Suites.
IHG is set to grow its portfolio by a further 30 percent, with more than 1,800 hotels already signed in its development pipeline, illustrating how much owners value the strength of IHG's scale and brands. To thank guests, the company recently reinvented its loyalty programme, IHG One Rewards, to offer members more choice, value and richer rewards than ever before - all powered by leading technology on a new mobile app.
The company is also announcing a series of exciting multi-year sports and entertainment partnerships for IHG One Rewards members that will connect travellers at events around the world, including Major League Soccer, European Professional Club Rugby and music festivals across the US and UK. The partnerships will reward loyal members with the chance to create memorable moments from events the world has missed in recent years.
IHG Hotels & Resorts CEO, Keith Barr, said: "I'm incredibly proud of our IHG Hotels & Resorts teams for reaching a milestone of 6,000 hotels open around the world, and would like to thank our owners for their collaboration and our guests for their love and trust in our brands. Every single property we open is a cause for celebration as we offer guests unrivalled experiences in amazing locations and give owners even more reasons to work with us. Our new partnerships will connect more of our IHG One Rewards members with memorable moments, as travel continues to return. With over 1,800 hotels in our pipeline, I'm looking forward to IHG's next chapter of growth and to celebrating plenty more milestones to come."
6,000 Club
Hotels in the 6,000 Club will celebrate the occasion in the coming months by surprising select guests with 6,000 IHG One Rewards points. Some of the hotels in the Club are:
- Six Senses Fort Barwara – a beautiful 14th-century fort in India which was converted to become a sanctuary of well-being after a significant conservation effort
- Regent Phu Quoc – the first all-suites-and-villas resort under the upper luxury brand in Southeast Asia, located off the southwest coast of Vietnam alongside a UNESCO-designated World Biosphere Reserve
- Kimpton Margot Sydney – marking the Australian debut for the brand, this art-deco hotel features a rooftop pool, wine bar, and a 1,725-square-foot "Celebrity Suite"
- voco The Hague – the first for the brand in Netherlands which includes a garden terrace designed by an expert ecologist who created a welcoming space for nature to thrive
- Atwell Suites Denver Airport - Tower Road – the second hotel to open for IHG's newest all-suites brand, featuring the brand's signature design and adaptable spaces which support longer stays and allow for easy transition between business and leisure
- Staybridge Suites Al Khobar City – the second for the brand in Saudi Arabia, this all-suites hotel is located on the shores of the Arabian Gulf in the heart of the corporate and shopping hub of vibrant Al Khobar
For the complete list of the 6,000 Club, please click here.
IHG Partnerships
With a shared belief that experiences bring people together, the new partnerships will connect travellers around the world. Each national partnership will bring people together by creating new ways to redeem IHG One Rewards points and celebrate the universal love of music and sports. Highlights include:
- The Governors Ball, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Music Midtown, Ohana Festival: While watching live performances, attendees can enjoy exclusive benefits with IHG One Rewards including backstage access and time in VIP Lounges.
- Major League Soccer: With a multi-year agreement as the official hotel sponsor, IHG Hotels & Resorts and MLS are partnering to create unique, enhanced money-can't-buy experiences exclusively for IHG One Rewards members and MLS fans across the country.
- European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR): With the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup 2021/2022 tournaments ending in May, under this three-season agreement IHG and EPCR will welcome fans back at the start of the 2022/2023 season beginning this December.
To learn more about IHG Hotels & Resorts, visit here.
About IHG Hotels & Resorts
IHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good.
With a family of 17 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has over 6,000 open hotels in over 100 countries, and more than 1,800 in the development pipeline.
- Luxury & Lifestyle: Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Vignette Collection, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo
- Premium: voco hotels, HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, EVEN Hotels
- Essentials: Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, avid hotels
- Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 325,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.
Visit us online for more about our hotels and reservations and IHG One Rewards. For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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A jury in Atkins County, Minnesota, on Friday found that a pharmacy did not discriminate against a woman by refusing to fill her emergency contraception prescription, court records show.
However, the jury found the pharmacist did cause the woman emotional harm in the amount of $25,000.
According to the original complaint, Andrea Anderson, a mother and a licensed foster parent, obtained a prescription in January 2019 for Ella -- otherwise known as the "morning after pill" or emergency contraception -- after her regular contraception failed.
Her doctor sent the prescription to the McGregor Thrifty White pharmacy, but the pharmacist on duty, George Badeaux, told Anderson that he would be unable to fill her prescription because of his "beliefs."
Badeaux "did not clarify what his beliefs were or why they interfered with his ability to perform his job as a medical professional," according to the complaint.
Anderson eventually found a pharmacy that was willing to fill her prescription -- after driving over 100 miles round trip in a snowstorm, the complaint stated.
Badeaux's attorney Charles Shreffler said in a statement he and his client were "incredibly happy with the jury's decision."
"Medical professionals should be free to practice their profession in line with their beliefs," the statement said. "Mr. Badeaux is unable to participate in any procedure that requires him to dispense drugs that have the potential to end innocent human life in the womb. Every American should have the freedom to operate according to their ethical and religious beliefs. Doctors, pharmacists, and other medical providers are no different."
CNN has reached out to attorneys for Thrifty White pharmacy for comment.
Gender Justice, the advocacy group representing Anderson, had argued that denying Anderson service based on her reproductive health care needs was illegal sex discrimination and violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
The group said it would appeal the jury's decision to the state's Court of Appeals.
"To be clear, the law in Minnesota prohibits sex discrimination and that includes refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception," Gender Justice Legal Director Jess Braverman said. "The jury was not deciding what the law is, they were deciding the facts of what happened here in this particular case. We will appeal this decision and won't stop fighting until Minnesotans can get the health care they need without the interference of providers putting their own personal beliefs ahead of their legal and ethical obligations to their patients."
Since a major pharmaceutical business deal in 2017, the so-called morning after pill has become America's most widely used over-the-counter emergency contraception.
Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, there are fears that some types of birth control won't be available, and demand for longer-lasting birth control and emergency contraception, including the morning-after pill, has grown.
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The reviews are in and Scott ‘Movie’ Mantz cannot say enough good things about the latest movies, “Thirteen Lives,” “Not Okay” and “Vengeance.”
“Thirteen Lives” has been turned into a feature film from the documentary, “The Rescue.” Ron Howard directed this feature film based on the true story of the global effort to try and save a soccer team of 12 kids and one coach that got stuck in a flooded cave in Thailand. Mantz describes the film as gripping, fascinating and inspiring, a must see in theaters to take in the full experience.
B.J. Novak wrote and got his directorial debut with “Vengeance and “it’s one of the best movies of the year” said Mantz. The star studded film includes Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, Dove Cameron and B.J Novak himself. This dark comedy mystery thriller has a lot of twist, turns and surprises about a journalist/ podcaster who finds out about the death of a woman he used hooked up with and he thinks he can get a story out of it. “It’s and instant classic ” stated Mantz.
Zoey Deutch plays a lonely woman on Hulu’s latest movie “Not Okay” and “Zoey Deutch in particular is fantastic” said Mantz. She takes to social media to create an identity for herself as a survivor from a terrorist attack from Paris and ends up becoming famous but her fame does come at a price. “This movie is provocative and has something to say” stated Scott, “Not Okay is better then okay.”
“Thirteen Lives” is in select theaters now and on Prime Video on August 5. “Not Okay” is streaming on Hulu today and “Vengeance” is exclusively in theaters now
This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on July 29, 2021. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/scott-movie-mantz-raves-about-this-weeks-movie-reviews-for-thirteen-lives-vengeance-and-not-okay/ | 2022-07-29T20:38:36Z |
Police: Man shoots his father multiple times with intention to kill
Published: May. 10, 2022 at 11:41 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA/Gray News) – An Alabama man was arrested after police said he shot his own father Monday.
Court filings state that Fredrick Moore Jr. shot his father multiple times overnight.
Investigators say the 24-year-old shot his father in the face, shoulder and leg with the intention of killing him.
Moore was charged with attempted murder, WSFA reported. Police did not provide a motive for the shooting.
Moore is being held in the Montgomery County Detention Center on a bail of $60,000.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical device company Theragen is pleased to announce the issuance of a U.S. Patent acknowledging its innovative approach to the development of the ActaStim-S Spine Fusion Bone Growth Stimulator system.
The first new Spine Fusion Stimulator on the market in decades, ActaStim-S blends clinically proven therapeutic stimulation with modern design and a data-rich digital health platform. The system not only promotes healing, it encourages patient compliance, engagement, and informed dialogue with healthcare providers during the critical — and lengthy — post-operative fusion process.
"Spinal fusion is a healing process, often characterized as a race to achieve solid fusion before failure of the implanted hardware," says co-inventor and Theragen CEO Chris McAuliffe. "Electrical stimulation is a clinically proven, safe and effective post-operative adjunct therapy that can help patients win that race, however its clinical effectiveness requires regular use over several months.
"That's why we've taken a user-centric approach, designing a more wearable device that also offers a digital health component that gives patients the unique opportunity to engage in, follow, and truly impact their own recovery."
COO, VP of R&D, and co-inventor Richard Pearce explains further: "The system includes a remarkably discreet, unobtrusive wearable unit that is very well received by patients. It includes utilization tracking, on-board activity sensing, Bluetooth smartphone connectivity, and an intuitive app that helps patients visualize their progress over time.
"The essence of this new U.S. Patent (#11,394,919) is focused on ensuring that this connectivity does not interfere with ease of use — and that data collection and transfer can happen quickly and effectively." Learn more about Theragen's user-centric approach in Pearce's recent Med Device Online article, 3 Lessons Learned Designing Our Digital Health App.
Theragen, Inc. is a leader in the development and manufacture of non-invasive, electrical stimulation DME products that deliver therapeutic energy for healing and empower patients to play an active role in their recovery. We're committed to continuous innovation and expanding our reach to help improve outcomes for more patients. To learn more, please visit theragen.com.
Contact: Richard Pearce, COO/VP R&D
Phone: 901-634-0544
Email: Richard.pearce@theragen.com
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Amazon delivery driver helps family escape burning home
SYOSSET, N.Y. (WCBS) – An Amazon delivery driver in New York rushed into a burning home to save a family Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters arrived at the home just four minutes after the 911 call and found a family outside, thanks to the help of Kevin Rivera.
“I just saw the fire getting bigger and bigger. That’s when I rushed in,” Rivera said. “Everyone is calling me a hero.”
The Amazon driver said he was finishing his route when he saw the flames near the front of the home.
He said he saw several people inside through an open front door, including a woman and a baby who were apparently unaware of the fire.
“I just rushed in. I didn’t want anyone to die in that house,” Rivera said.
Rivera said he told the six or seven people inside about the flames, but a language barrier made it difficult for them to understand at first.
He urged them to leave through the back door, away from the flames.
Eventually, they did and then saw the house in flames.
“They just started crying,” Rivera said. “They just got emotional.”
A neighbor captured video of the fire and said it could have been a lot worse. When she heard about Rivera’s actions, she posted his story on social media to praise the driver.
“I thought it was great,” Amanda Johnson said.
Now, the neighborhood that normally thanks him for his deliveries is thanking him for much more.
“To be honest, I just feel great that I did something,” Rivera said.
Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
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Val Rogosheske finishes Boston Marathon to celebrate 50th anniversary of ‘original 8’ women runners
By WBZ Staff
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BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Val Rogosheske finished the Boston Marathon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the official women’s division of the race. Flanked by her two daughters, Rogosheske crossed the finish line Monday afternoon.
“It was a long slog for me but it was a wonderful experience,” said Rogosheskie. “My daughters were there with signs saying my name so people all along the course were yelling my name out, it was really fun,” said Rogosheskie.
Her bib number was 1972 as a nod to her first race with the “Original 8” women who ran the Boston Marathon officially that year.
“In ’72 I kept running the whole way while people around me were walking. This time I was walking while other people were running,” Rogosheskie said.
“When you think about it, I mean 50 years is a long time but there’s been so much progress, it makes it seem short.”
Kathrine Switzer and Sara Mae Berman, who are also part of the “Original 8,” were there to congratulate Rogosheske after the finish line.
“These women have been so supportive it’s been wonderful,” Rogosheske said.
The women stressed the importance of staying active and joked about their own age.
“This is a blow for aging,” Switzer said about Rogosheskie’s accomplishment.
“If you don’t keep moving, they start throwing dirt over you,” said Berman.
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Serena Williams appears to announce she plans to play at Wimbledon
By Jacob Lev, CNN
Serena Williams appeared to have announced she’s returning to compete at Wimbledon this year.
The 23-time grand slam champion strongly suggested in an Instagram story video with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers that she’ll be at the competition this summer.
“We’ve been talking about my comeback, and he’s been hyping me up and getting me ready for Wimbledon,” Williams said. “Can’t wait!”
When Rodgers asked Serena why she wouldn’t be participating in this year’s US Open, Serena responded with, “Wimbledon’s before the US Open, I’ve got to play Wimbledon first. Exciting!”
CNN has reached out to Williams’ representation for comment.
The 40-year-old Williams has not played since last year’s Wimbledon when she retired during her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich due to a hamstring injury.
At the end of the video, Rodgers pointed to Williams and said: “She’s back.”
Williams is chasing Margaret Court’s record of 24 grand slam singles titles. Her last grand slam win came at the 2017 Australian Open.
She was forced to miss January’s Australian Open following the advice of her medical team, announcing in December that she wasn’t “where I need to be physically to compete.”
The tennis superstar had told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour last month she hoped to play in the French Open in May if physically ready.
Wimbledon is scheduled to start on June 27 and run through July 10 from the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club.
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Guardians have no new COVID-19 cases, coach Willis to manage
By TOM WITHERS
AP Sports Writer
The Cleveland Guardians reported no new COVID-19 cases after an outbreak inside their clubhouse on Wednesday in Chicago caused a postponement and sent manager Terry Francona and five coaches home from a road trip. The team said pitching coach Carl Willis will serve as the club’s acting manager for a three-game series this weekend in Minnesota. Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said in a statement that the team will continue to test personnel and conduct tracing for the affected individuals. To this point, no players have tested positive with the virus. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/12/guardians-have-no-new-covid-19-cases-coach-willis-to-manage/ | 2022-05-12T21:25:10Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Republican Brad Finstad was sworn in Friday as the newest member of the U.S. House, giving the GOP one more seat, which means Democrats can’t afford to lose more than four votes on close issues like their flagship climate change and health care bill.
Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a ceremonial photo op afterward with a smiling Finstad, who was surrounded by members of his large family, including his wife, Jackie, and their seven children.
“It’s a special day for us to welcome a new member of Congress, Mr. Finstad, and his beautiful family,” Pelosi said. “As I said to the children, what we do is all about them, all about the future.”
Finstad, a former state representative from New Ulm who served as state director for USDA Rural Development during the Trump administration, won a special election Tuesday to fill out the remaining months of the term of the late Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, who died of cancer in February.
“People in my district sent a farmer to Congress,” Finstad said in a statement. “As a farmer, we wake up in the morning and don’t wonder if something will be broken during the day; we know something will be, so instead, we wonder how we will fix it. I will come to work every day in Congress with the intention to do everything I can to fix things.”
Finstad will face a quick rematch in November for a full term against his Democratic opponent, former Hormel Foods CEO Jeff Ettinger, who came within 4 percentage points of winning Tuesday in their Republican-leaning southern Minnesota district. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/minnesotas-finstad-sworn-in-as-newest-member-of-congress/ | 2022-08-12T18:36:38Z |
MIAMI, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week Park-Equities announced the sale of the iconic 117-unit Mining Exchange Hotel. Taylor Grant with the firm represented sellers, nationally known attorney Perry Sanders and John Goede, and procured family-run buyer, Kemmons Wilson.
Kemmons Wilson invests largely in hotels with 40 properties in its portfolio. The company is named for Wilson's grandfather who, frustrated by the poor quality of hotels during a family trip, founded Holiday Inn in 1952.
The Mining Exchange was opened in 1901 as a stock exchange for mining corporations, later becoming an office building before Sanders gutted it to the brick and granite and transformed it into a boutique hotel.
"We managed to preserve one of the coolest historic buildings that's ever been built in this city," Sanders said. "When so many buildings have been torn down, we really took this back to its core, and preserved everything in it that could be preserved."
The property boasts a brass staircase, massive safes left over from the mining exchange, twelve-foot ceilings, solid-core privacy doors, separate sleeping areas, granite-topped desks, double-headed bathroom showers, recording studio-quality walls to prevent noise between rooms, 10,000 square feet of event space, a lobby bar, spa, and private courtyard to name a few features.
Taylor Grant introduced Kemmons Wilson to the potential deal who had some familiarity with the property from visiting years prior. Sanders and partner Goede initially had no intention to sell. Conversations become more serious when Grant procured a solid offer which Sanders also saw came from a group that may be a great fit to carry the legacy forward. A key item in the deal was Grants ability to negotiate sellers keeping the penthouse office within the hotel. "Perry transformed The Mining Exchange into an iconic, irreplaceable asset. Although I am not at liberty to disclose price, I can confidently say this is the highest per-room hotel sale recorded in the history of Colorado Springs." Grant said.
The transaction was done in conjunction with Colorado broker JDS Real Estate Services, Inc.
Park-Equities is a full-service real estate investment advisory firm with focus on the hospitality and multi-family markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Park Brokerage Inc. which has over 20 years of commercial brokerage experience. Together they have completed transactions in volume of over 1B.
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Meeting to be held on June 24th, 2022
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Lights Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: "NLIT") ("Northern Lights"), a special purpose acquisition corporation, announces that it will hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the "Special Meeting") on June 24, 2022 at 2pm ET to approve the business combination whereby NLIT will acquire SHF, LLC, d/b/a Safe Harbor Financial ("Safe Harbor") and other related matters.
The Special Meeting will be exclusively via a live audio webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/northernlightsacquisitioncorp/2022. Stockholders of record as of May 19, 2022, are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting. Every stockholder's vote is important, regardless of the number of shares held. Accordingly, Northern Lights requests that each stockholder complete, sign, date and return a proxy card (online or by mail) as soon as possible and by no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 23, 2022, to ensure that the stockholder's shares will be represented at the Special Meeting. Stockholders that hold their shares in "street name" (i.e., those stockholders whose shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee) should contact their broker, bank or nominee to ensure that their shares are voted.
If any Northern Lights stockholder does not receive the proxy statement describing the business combination and the other matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting (the "Proxy Statement") or who may need assistance in completing the proxy card or have questions regarding the Special Meeting, please contact Northern Lights' proxy solicitor, The Laurel Hill Advisory Group by phone at (855) 414-2266 or via email at nlit@laurelhill.com.
If the proposals at the Special Meeting are approved, the parties anticipate that the business combination will close shortly thereafter, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the other closing conditions. As part of the business combination, NLIT intends to change its name to SHF Holdings, Inc. and expects its common stock and warrants to remain listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the new ticker symbols "SHFS" and "SHFSW," respectively.
Safe Harbor, a leading financial services provider to the cannabis industry, was formed to provide an unmet need – compliant banking and financial services to the rapidly expanding U.S. cannabis industry. Over the past seven years (including operations conducted through its parent, Partner Colorado Credit Union, Safe Harbor has processed more than $12 billion in transactions, including approximately $3.6 billion in 2021.
Safe Harbor has grown to nearly 600 clients spanning 20 states, serving both the medical and recreational cannabis markets. As legislative reform unfolds in the U.S., Safe Harbor is uniquely positioned as the trusted, leading standard for cannabis financial services.
To watch Northern Lights' Investor Day, which was held on May 25, 2022, CLICK HERE.
Northern Lights is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. For more information, visit https://northernlightsacquisitioncorp.com/home/default.aspx.
Safe Harbor is one of the first financial services providers to offer reliable access to banking solutions for cannabis, hemp, CBD, and ancillary operators, making communities safer, driving growth in local economies, and fostering long-term partnerships. Safe Harbor, through its partners, serves the regulated cannabis industry and implements the highest standard of accountability, transparency, monitoring, reporting, and risk mitigation measures while meeting BSA obligations in line with FinCEN guidance on CRBs. Over the past seven years, Safe Harbor (including its predecessor) has processed over $12 billion in transactions with operations spanning 20 states with regulated cannabis markets. For more information, visit www.shfinancial.org.
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to (i) trends in the cannabis industry, including changes in U.S and state laws, rules, regulations and guidance relating to Safe Harbor's services; (ii) Safe Harbor's growth prospects and Safe Harbor's market size; (iii) Safe Harbor's projected financial and operational performance, including relative to its competitors; (iv) new product and service offerings Safe Harbor may introduce in the future; (v) the proposed business combination, including the implied enterprise value, the expected post-closing ownership structure and the likelihood and ability of the parties to successfully consummate the potential transaction; (vi) the risk that the proposed business combination may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, whether as a result of recent volatility in the capital markets or otherwise, which may adversely affect the price of Northern Lights' securities; (vii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the proposed business combination, including the approval of the proposed business combination by the stockholders of Northern Lights; (viii) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the proposed business combination on Northern Lights' or Safe Harbor's business relationships, performance, and business generally; (ix) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Northern Lights or Safe Harbor related to the definitive unit purchase agreement or the proposed business combination; (x) the ability to maintain the listing of Northern Lights' securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market; (xi) the price of Northern Lights' securities, including volatility resulting from changes in the competitive and highly regulated industry in which Safe Harbor plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting Safe Harbor's business and changes in the combined capital structure; (xii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the proposed business combination, and identify and realize additional opportunities; and (xiii) other statements regarding Safe Harbor's and Northern Lights' expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intends," "outlook," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would," and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject, are subject to risks and uncertainties. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of Northern Lights' Proxy Statement relating to the proposed business combination, which has been filed with the SEC, other documents filed by Northern Lights from time to time with SEC, and any risk factors made available to you in connection with Northern Lights, Safe Harbor, and the transaction. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of Safe Harbor and Northern Lights), and other assumptions, that may cause the actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
The proposed business combination involving Northern Lights and Safe Harbor will be submitted to the stockholders of Northern Lights for their consideration. Northern Lights filed the Proxy Statement in definitive form with the SEC on June 10, 2022 to be distributed to the stockholders of Northern Lights in connection with Northern Lights' solicitation for proxies for the vote by the stockholders of Northern Lights connection with the proposed business combination and other matters as described in the Proxy Statement. Northern Lights has mailed the Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders as of May 19, 2022, the record date established for voting on the proposed business combination. Before making any voting decision, the stockholders of Northern Lights and other interested persons are advised to read the Proxy Statement and any amendments thereto, along with all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed business combination and Northern Lights' solicitation of proxies for its special meeting of stockholders to be held to approve, among other things, the proposed business combination, because these documents will contain important information about Northern Lights, Safe Harbor, and the proposed business combination. Stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the Proxy Statement, as well as other documents filed with the SEC regarding the proposed business combination and other documents filed with the SEC by Northern Lights, without charge, at the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to Northern Lights Acquisition Corporation, 10 East 53rd Street, Suite 3001, New York, NY, 10022, or by telephone at (615) 554-0044.
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Northern Lights and Safe Harbor, and certain of their respective directors and executive officers, under the rules of the SEC, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Northern Lights' stockholders in favor of the approval of the business combination. Information about the directors and officers of Northern Lights and their ownership of Northern Lights Class B common stock can also be found in Northern Lights' registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 2, 2021 in connection with its initial public offering, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 25, 2022, the Proxy Statement, and other documents subsequently filed by Northern Lights with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Safe Harbor, as well as information regarding the interests of other persons who may be deemed participants in the transaction, may be obtained by reading the Proxy Statement regarding the business combination when it becomes available. Additional information regarding the interests of these participants will also be included in the proxy statement pertaining to the business combination if and when it becomes available. Free copies of this document may be obtained as described above.
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Polizzi Possesses More Than 30 Years of Experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: PAR) ("Paradigm" or "the Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on repurposing existing molecules for new indications with unmet clinical needs, appointed experienced pharmaceutical industry executive Marco Polizzi as its full-time Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective July 1, 2022.
Polizzi possesses over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in various commercially focused roles, including creating new divisions within branded and generic pharmaceutical businesses. Polizzi achieved outstanding sales results in these roles, forged several licenses, asset purchases, and other agreements with multiple top 10 global pharmaceutical companies and numerous other business partners, and generated significant returns for investors.
Polizzi has a proven track record that is highlighted by several successful business and product launches in the U.S. These include a new Institutional (Hospital & Specialty Markets) business unit at Sandoz, driving the growth of a $900 million P&L, as well as directing commercial functions for a product launch (Bivalirudin) that achieved $100+ million in sales in its first year.
Paradigm Chairman Paul Rennie said, "We expect that Marco's broad expertise will lead Paradigm in attaining its strategic program objectives and increase shareholder value. Paradigm has been seeking a CEO with the skills to unlock the company's commercial value fully. Marco brings extensive U.S. pharmaceutical experience, a pharmaceutical industry network, operational excellence, transactional expertise, product launch, and product pricing and reimbursement experience to Paradigm. We are confident that this experience will provide significant development and commercial value to Paradigm. Polizzi will be based in the United States and travel to Australia, Europe, and Asia as required."
Polizzi commented, "With my pharmaceutical experience, I believe I will make a significant contribution to the Paradigm business in the short and long term. I have had the opportunity to meet the Paradigm Board and key management personnel, and I can say that Paradigm's business excites me. My feeling is primarily based on a potential blockbuster product, which may bring relief to the millions of people globally suffering from the pain and other debilitating effects of osteoarthritis and significantly increase shareholder returns. I look forward to meeting our shareholders in the coming months."
The Paradigm Board thanks Dr. Donna Skerrett for her unwavering dedication and invaluable contribution to the company's progress while serving as interim CEO. Dr. Skerrett will continue as Chief Medical Officer with a keen focus on successfully completing the global phase 3 clinical programs for Zilosul® following the FDA's fast track designation protocol.
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals LTD (ASX: PAR) is a late-stage drug development company with the mission to develop and commercialize Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium for the treatment of pain associated with musculoskeletal disorders driven by injury, inflammation, aging, degenerative disease, infection, or genetic predisposition. Paradigm also explores proof-of-concept studies for PPS in respiratory and heart failure indications. (https://paradigmbiopharma.com)
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IRVINE, Calif., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantic™ Electronics ("Quantic"), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management ("Arcline"), today announced the acquisition of Microwave Dynamics, a leader in high-precision microwave and millimeter wave components.
Founded in 1993, Microwave Dynamics designs and manufactures free running and phase-locked oscillators, amplifiers, frequency converters, and frequency multipliers for aerospace, defense, and industrial markets.
With applications for land, sea, air and space, 100% of Microwave Dynamics' products are produced in the United States and designed to perform under extreme environmental conditions, such as intense shock vibration and high temperature variance. The company's products are geared to maximize stability and minimize noise.
"I am excited to welcome Microwave Dynamics into the Quantic family," stated President and Chief Operating Officer, Ross Sealfon. "The company has established a strong reputation for high-quality, highly reliable oscillator products and aligns perfectly with Quantic's growing oscillator portfolio. I look forward to working closely with the entire Microwave Dynamics team to help them achieve their growth goals."
"Since its inception, Microwave Dynamics has been focused on delivering the highest quality products to meet our customers' most demanding design challenges," said Peter Adel, President and Founder. "Our company is full of talented people, and our entire team is pleased to partner with the Quantic team to drive Microwave Dynamics through our next phase of growth."
Quantic is an electronic component company focused on defining and delivering the future of mission-critical electronics. We have over a century of combined experience as reliable problem-solvers and trusted partners in military, aerospace, industrial and commercial markets. For more information, visit www.quanticnow.com.
Arcline is a growth-oriented private equity firm with $4.4 billion in cumulative capital commitments. Arcline seeks to invest in technology-driven, meaningful to the world industrial businesses that enable a better future. For more information visit www.arcline.com.
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- Bipartisan effort gives Public Service Commission of South Carolina authority to approve plans that lower overall costs to customers.
- Coastal states including Texas, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina have enacted similar securitization legislation.
GREENVILLE, S.C., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newly enacted legislation, which passed the General Assembly with strong bipartisan support and was quickly signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster, could save South Carolina electric customers millions of dollars in costs to restore service after recent historic as well as future weather events.
The legislation – known as Senate Bill 1077 – gives the Public Service Commission of South Carolina the authority to approve securitization of storm costs if a proposed plan submitted by a utility would result in lower overall costs for customers.
"Ensuring reliability and rapid recovery following natural disasters for families across our state in the most cost-effective manner is a critical priority," said Senate President Thomas Alexander, a lead sponsor of the legislation. "We are grateful for the broad collaboration that made this possible to protect our families and ratepayers."
In recent years, South Carolina households and businesses have endured a number of record-breaking storms, floods and associated severe weather-related outages. Within a four-month span in 2018 alone, the Palmetto State endured three massive storms that destroyed homes and businesses. Significant devastation resulted in hundreds of millions in costs incurred by utility companies in the state, including Duke Energy. These unprecedented costs include completely rebuilding the power grid in some locations.
Under a securitization plan, bonds are issued in the financial markets at lower interest rates and the proceeds are used to pay for the extraordinary storm-related expenses incurred. These expenses can include everything from planning and staging for the storms, the work of line technicians, damage assessors and contractors to the reconstruction, replacement and repair of electric generation, transmission or distribution equipment and facilities.
Coastal states such as Texas, Louisiana, Florida and most recently North Carolina, have all enacted similar legislation for the benefit of utility customers. This financing tool can substantially lower costs for customers compared with traditional storm recovery methods.
"Duke Energy and other organizations supported this legislation – a prudent, proactive, cost-effective response to significant storm costs," said Mike Callahan, Duke Energy's South Carolina state president. "I want to both thank and congratulate all involved in this effort to deliver true savings to our most important stakeholder of all – our South Carolina customers."
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business and at least a 50% carbon reduction from electric generation by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The 2050 net-zero goals also include Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 emissions. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "America's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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TAIZHOU, China, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jiangsu Recbio Technology Co., Ltd. (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") is pleased to announce that, the Company has completed the subject enrollment and dosing for the comparative Phase II clinical trial between its recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine, ReCOV ("ReCOV") and Pfizer's mRNA vaccine COMIRNATY®. It has only taken around two weeks from the receipt of clinical trial approval to completion of the subject enrollment and dosing, which clearly demonstrates the high efficiency and execution capability of the clinical team of the Group.
A total of 600 subjects have been enrolled in this Phase II clinical trial. After completion of the booster vaccination, safety and immunogenicity follow-up will be conducted on all the subjects.
ReCOV is a recombinant COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the Company with its technology platforms including the novel adjuvant and protein engineering platforms, and the adjuvant used therein is the self-developed novel adjuvant BFA03. Based on the relevant studies conducted by the Company, ReCOV can induce high titers of neutralizing antibody and Th1 biased cellular immune response, and has shown favourable neutralizing effect and immune persistence against variants including Omicron variant and Delta variant. It has a variety of comprehensive advantages, including overall positive safety profile, potential growth in production scale, low production cost, preparation stability, and ability to be stored and transported at room temperature.
About Recbio
Founded in 2012, Recbio is an innovative vaccine company. With the vision of "Become the Leader of Innovative Vaccine in the Future," Recbio takes "Protect Human Health with Best-in-Class Vaccines" as its mission. It has established three major cutting-edge technology platforms including novel adjuvants platform, protein engineering platform, immunological evaluation platform and mRNA vaccine platform. Recbio has a high-value vaccine portfolio consisted of HPV vaccine candidates, COVID-19 vaccine candidates, shingles vaccine candidates, influenza vaccine candidates, adults TB vaccine candidates etc. The core management team has more than 20 years of experience in the development and commercialization of innovative vaccines. For more information, please visit https://www.recbio.cn/.
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State-of-the-art Eisai US hhceco Center underscores New Jersey as the premier life science hub
NUTLEY, N.J., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Inc., the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., today announced the official grand opening of its new headquarters, the Eisai US hhceco Center, in Nutley, New Jersey. This new facility, on the ON3 Campus, is strategically located to advance the company's human health care (hhc) mission, which has a strong structure of collaborative relationships that further its work to address the needs of people throughout their lives. The Eisai US hhceco Center will expand the diverse and powerful life sciences community in New Jersey, bringing a dedicated commitment to addressing pressing medical challenges in cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases.
In celebration of this facility, today Eisai brought together individuals and organizations for an event that highlighted the positive impact of this new location, not only for the state and local communities, but also for patients, care partners and their loved ones.
At this event, Eisai's Global CEO, Haruo Naito, highlighted how the company is expanding its longstanding hhc mission to address healthcare's most pressing challenges, based on the concept of an ecosystem model in which organizations share technologies, exchange values and grow together to deliver health-related solutions that matter to people and contribute to society – called hhceco.
Speakers in attendance included:
- Haruo Naito, Global CEO, Eisai Co., Ltd.
- Ivan Cheung, U.S. Chairman & CEO of Eisai Inc., Global Alzheimer's Disease Officer, and Senior Corporate Officer, Eisai Co., Ltd.
- Phil Murphy, New Jersey Governor
- Sheila Oliver, New Jersey Lieutenant Governor
- Robert C. Garrett, CEO, Hackensack Meridian Health
- Bill Pascrell, U.S. Representative, New Jersey's 9th Congressional District
- Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., Essex County Executive
- James Anzaldi, Mayor of Clifton
- Dr. Joseph P. Scarpelli, Mayor of Nutley
- Christine Verini, EVP and COO, CancerCare
- Kenneth Zaentz, President and CEO, Alzheimer's New Jersey
"We're excited to welcome the new Eisai US hhceco Center to our very own Nutley, New Jersey. This new collaborative and innovative center will bring hundreds of jobs to our state," said Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy. "New Jersey has become a hub for innovation in many industries, and Eisai's extraordinary innovative research that will take place here will contribute to life-changing scientific and medical solutions for people living with cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases."
With preeminent neighbors that provide healthcare and educate the next generation of clinical specialists, Eisai's US hhceco Center is ideally located to foster existing collaborations and develop important new relationships. Additionally, the building offers a dynamic, technologically advanced environment that further enables the company's commitment to innovation. The new 332,800 square foot facility brings approximately 800 jobs to the Nutley-Clifton area and, at full capacity, will accommodate 1,300 employees.
"We are thrilled to have Eisai's U.S. Headquarters here in New Jersey and in this hub of innovation,'' said Robert C. Garrett, CEO, Hackensack Meridian Health. "This campus is the heart of Hackensack Meridian Health's strategy to build the health system for the future. Our School of Medicine and the Center for Discovery and Innovation are foundational to our mission, to transform healthcare and to be the leader of positive change.''
"The official Grand Opening of the Eisai US hhceco Center reinforces our 30-year commitment to New Jersey and signifies the beginning of a new chapter as we establish an ecosystem platform to collaborate with industry, government, medical organizations and the community to deliver breakthrough medicines and new solutions that alleviate the health concerns of people so they can live healthier and more fulfilling lives," said Ivan Cheung, Chairman & CEO of Eisai Inc., Global Alzheimer's Disease Officer, and Senior Corporate Officer, Eisai Co., Ltd. "We are so honored to celebrate this important milestone for our company with such an esteemed group of dignitaries and contributors to the New Jersey life sciences community. "
About Eisai Inc.
At Eisai Inc., human health care (hhc) is our mission and is the shared purpose that connects us to those we serve, creating a network of powerful relationships that enables us to identify, understand and work to address the needs of people throughout their lives. We boldly push past the boundaries of science and aim to deliver life-changing therapies and health-related solutions that matter to people and society. We bring together science, technology and real-world expertise to positively impact the lives of people living with cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Everything we do is guided by the simple principle that patients and their families come first, and we have a responsibility to listen to and learn from them.
Eisai Inc. is the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai Co., Ltd. The company's presence in the U.S. includes two discovery centers as well as commercial, clinical development and global demand organizations. To learn more about Eisai, please visit us at www.eisai.com/US and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. For more information on our work in neurology, please visit the Eisai U.S. Neurology LinkedIn page.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels interim manager Phil Nevin was suspended 10 games and Seattle Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker received a seven-game ban from Major League Baseball for their roles in a benches-clearing brawl during the second inning of Sunday’s game.
Nevin and Winker were two of 12 players or coaches suspended between the teams, according to an MLB release Monday night.
Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford received five games, Angels pitchers Ryan Tepera and Andrew Wantz were suspended for three, and Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez, Angels reliever Raisel Iglesias and major league interpreter Manny Del Campo received two games.
Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon, who is out for the rest of the season after undergoing wrist surgery, will be suspended five games when he returns from the injured list. For now, he is prohibited from sitting on the bench for the next seven games.
Nevin received a significant suspension for Angels opener Wantz intentionally throwing at Winker while warnings were in place for both teams. Nevin made the late decision to pitch Wantz instead of scheduled starter Jose Suarez.
Nevin’s suspension began Monday night as the Angels opened a series against the Chicago White Sox. Bench coach Ray Montgomery, who received a two-game suspension, will manage in Nevin’s place. Montgomery and catching coach Bill Haselman (one game) will begin serving their suspensions after assistant pitching coach Dom Chiti returns from his five-game ban.
The punishments were announced within 90 minutes of Los Angeles’ and Seattle’s games Monday night.
Winker was hit by the first pitch of the second inning by Wantz, who had also thrown a pitch behind Rodríguez’s head during in the first inning. Wantz, who is suspended for three games, is the only player not appealing.
The up-and-in pitches appeared to be the Angels’ response to Erik Swanson’s 95 mph fastball near Mike Trout’s head during the ninth inning Saturday night. Trout voiced his frustration about the pitch following the game.
Winker reacted to getting hit by Wantz, angrily yelling and gesturing toward the Angels’ dugout. Winker then charged Los Angeles’ dugout on the third-base side after yelling at Nevin with both benches and bullpens emptying.
The brawl lasted nearly four minutes, with both teams appearing to throw multiple punches.
The game was delayed for 18 minutes. Of the eight who were ejected, Seattle manager Scott Servais is the only one who wasn’t suspended.
Before the bans were announced, Nevin disputed that he used Wantz to throw at Seattle’s players.
“That’s not factual. But I don’t want to get into a war of words with that,” Nevin said. “What’s done is done. Yesterday’s over and done with. We’re focused on the White Sox today.”
Sunday’s brawl may have been the ugliest involving the Angels since one in 1998 in Kansas City after a series of hit batters. Nevin was playing for Los Angeles and received a three-game suspension, while manager Terry Collins was out for eight.
Winker said he expected a lengthy suspension before the Mariners faced Baltimore on Monday night.
“I think it’s a bad look on Phil Nevin and could have been handled differently,” he said. “But they decide to run their mouth and I didn’t like that. It’s that simple. There’s nothing else left to say about that. They’re going to suspend me, they’re going to suspend Crawford and that’s MLB’s decision.”
The AL West rivals play 11 more times this season, but not until the start of a four-game series in Seattle on Aug. 5.
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This story has been corrected to show Jesse Winker was suspended seven games, not five, and that Angels catching coach Bill Haselman was banned one game, not two.
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Sports writer Tim Booth in Seattle contributed to this story.
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– Four leading pediatric infectious disease institutions will study M2SR vaccine response in pediatric subjects, a population in which infection rates are often highest –
– Collaborative study led by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' "Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers" program –
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FluGen, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in infectious respiratory diseases, today announced the completion of enrollment of the first cohort in an age de-escalation clinical trial of M2SR (M2 Deficient Single Replication) live virus vaccine, the company's investigational supra-seasonal intranasal influenza (flu) vaccine, in volunteers ages 6 months to 17 years old. This study is the first of its kind to evaluate M2SR in children under 9 years old, a population with the greatest rates of flu infection each year and who are at higher risk of serious complications or death. The study, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) program will assess safety, tolerability, and immunological response to M2SR.
"Influenza can have serious complications in young children, a particularly vulnerable patient population, and there is a demonstrated need for improved vaccines that can mitigate the impact of the flu," said Dr. James Campbell, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Principal Investigator of the study. "The M2SR vaccine candidate has already shown a robust safety profile in adults, and we look forward to advancing scientific understanding of the potential benefits of M2SR in children."
The randomized, double-blind, dose-escalating, age de-escalating, placebo-controlled, Phase 1b study, (clinicaltrials.gov NCT04960397) is designed to evaluate a monovalent Singapore 2016 H3N2 M2SR influenza A vaccine in children. The primary endpoint is to measure the safety and tolerability of M2SR. The secondary endpoint is to assess the humoral immunogenicity (serum antibody and mucosal antibody responses) directed against the matched virus strain. The study will enroll 220 participants in three cohorts: 9-17 years old (n=45); 2-8 years old (n=115); and 6-23 months old (n=60); and will occur over two flu seasons. Participants will be randomized to receive either one or two doses of a monovalent M2SR vaccine (at increasing doses of 107, 108, or 109 TCID50) or placebo delivered intranasally. All participants will be offered the seasonal influenza vaccine at the end of the study period.
"The rate of influenza infection is highest in pediatric patients, and the current standard-of-care does not meet the needs of this unprotected population," said Paul Radspinner, President and Chief Executive Officer of FluGen. "We are pleased that the NIH has selected our M2SR flu vaccine candidate to be studied as part of its CIVICs program, and look forward to sharing further updates, and the initial results of the study, which are expected in the first half of 2023."
FluGen's novel supra-seasonal, intranasal M2SR flu vaccine has already been studied in more than 200 subjects aged 9 to 55 years and has shown a strong safety and immunogenicity profile. It is also being studied in a separate ongoing study in adults 55 to 85 years old. The study in pediatric subjects is supported by NIH CIVICs under contract numbers 75N93019C00055 to University of Maryland School of Medicine and 75N93019C00054 to Duke University. In addition to James Campbell, M.D. at the University of Maryland, Emmanuel Walter, M.D. at Duke University, Clarence Creech at Vanderbilt University and Patricia Winokur, M.D. at the University of Iowa will serve as investigators for the study.
The content of this announcement is the responsibility solely of FluGen, Inc. and does not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.
FluGen, Inc. is a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in respiratory diseases. The company's lead candidate is M2SR, a supra-seasonal, live, single-replication, intranasal flu vaccine. Unlike standard of care flu vaccines, M2SR stimulates mucosal, humoral, and cellular immunity. In an unprecedented challenge trial, M2SR demonstrated protection against infection and illness across seven years of virus drift; and M2SR induces a durable antibody response with potential to cover an entire flu season and beyond. M2SR also has shown activity as a vaccine vector for other respiratory vaccines and infectious diseases, including a COVID-19/flu combination. For more information about FluGen, Inc., please visit http://www.FluGen.com/.
The M2 Deleted Single Replication Live Virus Vaccine (M2SR) offers a potentially differentiating clinical value proposition. FluGen's flu vaccine candidate works differently, stimulating mucosal, humoral, and cellular immunity, and offering unprecedented efficacy against infection and illness across seven years of virus drift, and documented immune response for at least six months.
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The Company was granted a new U.S. patent for the sensor's architecture that will enable accurate and cost-effective health monitoring in future medical devices
PLEASANTON, Calif., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Movano Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE), a purpose-driven healthcare solutions company at the intersection of medtech and consumer devices, announces it has successfully validated the functionality of its proprietary and patented system-on-a-chip (SoC). At 4 mm x 6.7 mm, the SoC combines multiple antennas and a variety of frequencies in the smallest ever radio frequency (RF)-enabled integrated circuit (IC) designed specifically for blood pressure or glucose monitoring systems. Movano built the integrated sensor from the ground up in an effort to achieve an unprecedented level of precision in health monitoring, and has invested four years into this novel non-invasive sensor technology.
"The majority of current wearables on the market use off-the-shelf optical sensors, whereas Movano has made a significant investment into creating its own fully integrated mmWave sensor simply because the standard approach cannot deliver the level of accuracy, flexibility of form factor or cost we are aiming to achieve," said Dr. John Mastrototaro, CEO of Movano. "RF offers the opportunity for increased accuracy in health monitoring across a broader population because it is not affected by different skin pigmentation, as can be the case with optical sensors. In addition, our solution is fabricated using the latest processes in semiconductor technology, meaning the size can be smaller and the materials more cost-effective – giving us greater flexibility in the design of future medical devices and in our ability to offer a solution that's affordable, so we can reach a larger, more diverse segment of people. In preparation for additional clinical studies, we're integrating the SoC into a new, smaller prototype system to make further advancements on our quest to accurately measure blood pressure and glucose."
This key milestone highlights Movano's unique investment in R&D, and represents the culmination of a massive undertaking, led by engineers with decades of experience in RF, to shrink its multi-chip architecture from four ICs into a single integrated sensor. Alongside this milestone, the Company was granted a new patent, marking a total of seven U.S. patents currently issued to Movano. The new patent protects innovations around Movano's multi-band chip design, which uses signal diversity and advanced signal processing capabilities, and will be integrated into various devices in the future.
For more information on Movano, visit www.movano.com.
About Movano Inc.
Founded in 2018, Movano Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) is developing a platform to deliver purpose-driven healthcare solutions at the intersection of medtech and consumer devices. We are on a mission to empower and inspire you to live a healthier, happier life by combining vital health data with personalized intelligent feedback in stylish form factors. Movano plans to add medically validated data to its platform that caretakers and healthcare professionals can use to help you identify, treat or better manage the symptoms of chronic conditions.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities on Monday returned a gold-capped tooth belonging to the slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, as the former colonial power continues to confront its bloody past and look toward reconciliation.
The restitution of the relic took place after Belgium’s King Philippe earlier this month expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its African former colony, Congo, which is 75 times the size of Belgium.
Following a private ceremony in the presence of relatives of Lumumba during which the federal prosecutor handed over a case containing the tooth, Belgium’s prime minister Alexander De Croo told Congolese officials and Lumumba’s family that the restitution came way too late.
“It is not normal that Belgium held onto the remains of one of the founding fathers of the Congolese nation for six decades,” said De Croo, who also offered apologies for the role played by his country in the assassination.
Congolese Prime minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde said the return of the relic will be essential for the country’s national memory.
After his assassination in 1961, Lumumba’s body was dismembered and dissolved with acid in an apparent effort to keep any grave from becoming a pilgrimage site. The tooth was seized by Belgian officials in 2016 from the daughter of the Belgian police commissioner who said he took it after overseeing the destruction of Lumumba’s body.
Two years ago, the federal prosecutor’s office said there is no absolute certainty that the tooth being returned is Lumumba’s since no DNA test could be conducted.
Lumumba’s daughter, Juliana, agreed with De Croo the handover was long overdue.
“Father, our hearts bled for 61 years.” she said during the official ceremony, speaking next to a coffin with a picture of her late father on top of it. “We, your children, your grandchildren and your great grandchildren — but also Congo, Africa and the world — we mourned your death without an eulogy.”
Later the coffin was brought outside and draped in a Congolese flag.
Lumumba remains for many in Congo a symbol of what the country could have become after its independence. Instead, it became mired in decades of dictatorship that drained its vast mineral riches.
After pushing for an end to colonial rule, Lumumba became the newly independent Congo’s first prime minister in 1960.
But historians say when he reached out to the Soviet Union for help in putting down a secessionist movement in the mineral-rich Katanga region, he quickly fell out of favor during Cold War times with both Belgium and the United States.
So when dictator Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in a military coup later that year, Western powers did little to intervene as Lumumba was arrested and jailed. Lumumba’s assassination by separatists in January 1961 ultimately cleared the way for Mobutu to rule the country, which he later renamed Zaire, for decades until his death in 1997.
Even though Lumumba’s killers were Congolese, questions have persisted over how complicit Belgium and the United States may have been in his death because of his perceived Communist ties.
A Belgian parliamentary probe later determined that the government was “morally responsible” for Lumumba’s death. A U.S. Senate committee found in 1975 that the CIA had hatched a separate, failed plan to kill the Congolese leader.
“Several ministers of the Belgian government of the time bear a moral responsibility for the circumstances that led to this murder,” De Croo said. “A man was murdered for his political convictions, his words, his ideals. For the democrat that I am, it is indefensible. For the liberal that I am, it is unacceptable. And for the human being that I am, it is odious.”
Two years ago, the 60th anniversary of Congo’s independence reignited calls to put Lumumba’s soul to rest. Protesters gathered outside the Belgian Embassy in Kinshasa, seeking restitution of his remains along with cultural artifacts taken during colonial rule.
In Belgium, the international protests against racism that followed the death of George Floyd in the United States gave a new momentum to activists fighting to have monuments to King Leopold II removed.
Leopold had plundered Congo during his 1865-1909 reign and forced many of its people into slavery to extract resources for his own profit. In 1908, he handed it over to the Belgian state, which continued to rule over the colony until it became independent in 1960.
Amid the Black Lives Matter actions, protesters took down busts of the former monarch held responsible for the death of millions of Africans, and King Philippe later expressed regret for the violence carried out by the country when it ruled over Congo. None of his predecessors had gone so far as to convey remorse. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/belgium-returns-congo-independence-heros-tooth-to-family/ | 2022-06-21T02:53:58Z |
Chandler Innovations Appoints Jasmine Holmes as Executive Director
CHANDLER, Ariz., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chandler Innovations, the City's business incubation and entrepreneurial development program has appointed Jasmine Holmes as the new ED after Diana White, former CEO, moved on to become the Executive Director of Moonshot's Flagstaff campus.
Holmes officially started in her role as ED on March 28th, 2022. She had previously worked as the Chandler Innovations curriculum facilitator. With over 15 years of graphic design and marketing experience, Jasmine Holmes loves being able to say, "I'm older than I look."
Jasmine's success is due to her unique mix of creative and analytical skills. While working at Texas Instruments, it became clear that while she loved design, Jasmine wanted to be involved in business at a deeper level by developing business goals and marketing strategies. This drive prompted Jasmine to start 910 West, a digital marketing agency, in 2007.
Holmes says, "I'm excited by the opportunity to help grow the entrepreneurial community in Chandler."
Diana White is thrilled with Jasmine's appointment.
"It was a tough decision to leave Chandler," White said. "But the opportunity to return to where my passion for helping tech founders began was too amazing to ignore. Jasmine stepping into the role means the program I've come to love so dearly will continue to advance."
Moonshot President and CEO Scott Hathcock is the driving force behind ensuring each incubator has strong leadership in place.
"Moonshot has grown considerably in the past few years," Hathcock said. "With campuses in Flagstaff, Chandler, and Tucson, it was clear that I needed to step back from the day-to-day operations of the Flagstaff campus and focus on further growth. Diana and Jasmine will bring continued success to both campuses."
About Chandler Innovations: Chandler Innovations is a business incubation program for tech-focused businesses that includes curriculum, mentoring, and community events. The program is sponsored by the City of Chandler and powered by Moonshot.
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Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) - Russia claimed to have overrun a key rail hub while its troops fought Ukrainian defenders in the streets of another city in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the railroad center Lyman had been “completely liberated’' by a joint force of Russian soldiers and Kremlin-backed separatists.
Meanwhile, nearly 40 miles (60 kilometers) to the east, Russian troops on Saturday sought to encircle Ukrainian defenders in the manufacturing center of Sievierodonetsk, where the fighting cut power and cellphone service and terrorized the civilians who hadn’t fled.
Having failed to capture the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early in the 3-month-old war, the Russians set out to seize parts of the eastern industrial region Donbas not already controlled by pro-Moscow separatists. They made grinding progress in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two provinces that make up the Donbas.
Control of Lyman would give Russia’s military another foothold in the region. It has bridges for troops and equipment to cross the Siverskiy Donets river, which has so far impeded the Russian advance into the Donbas.
Ukrainian officials have sent mixed signals on Lyman. On Friday, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Russian troops controlled most of it and were trying to press their offensive toward Bakhmut, another city in the region. On Saturday, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar disputed Moscow’s claim that Lyman had fallen, saying fighting there was still ongoing.
In his Saturday video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in the east as “very complicated’' and said that the “Russian army is trying to squeeze at least some result’' by focusing its efforts there.
As his offensive pushed ahead, Russian President Vladimir Putin pressured European leaders to stop arming the embattled Ukrainians and blamed Western sanctions for an emerging global food crisis. The Kremlin said Putin pressed his case in an 80-minute phone call Saturday with the leaders of France and Germany.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron urged an immediate cease-fire and a withdrawal of Russian troops, according to the chancellor’s spokesperson, and called on Putin to engage in serious, direct negotiations with Zelenskyy on ending the fighting.
A Kremlin readout of the call said Putin affirmed “the openness of the Russian side to the resumption of dialogue.” The three leaders, who had gone weeks without speaking during the spring, agreed to stay in contact, it added.
But Russia’s recent progress in eastern Ukraine could further embolden Putin.
“If Russia did succeed in taking over these areas, it would highly likely be seen by the Kremlin as a substantive political achievement and be portrayed to the Russian people as justifying the invasion,” the British Ministry of Defense said in a Saturday assessment.
Russia has intensified efforts to capture the cities of Sievierodonetsk and nearby Lysychansk, which are the last major areas under Ukrainian control in Luhansk.
Luhansk Gov. Serhii Haidai reported that Ukrainian fighters repelled an assault on Sievierodonetsk but Russian troops still pushed to encircle them. He later said Russian forces had seized a hotel on the city’s outskirts, damaged 14 high-rise buildings and were fighting in the streets with Ukrainian forces.
Sievierodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Striuk said there was fighting at the city’s bus station. A humanitarian center couldn’t operate due to the danger, Striuk said, and cellphone service and electricity were knocked out. And residents risked exposure to shelling to get water from a half-dozen wells, he said.
Some supply routes are functioning, and evacuations of the wounded are still possible, Striuk said. He estimated that 1,500 civilians in the city, which had a prewar population of around 100,000, have died from the fighting as well as from a lack of medicine and diseases that couldn’t be treated.
Just south of Sievierodonetsk, Associated Press reporters saw older and ill civilians bundled into soft stretchers and slowly carried down apartment building stairs Friday in Bakhmut.
Svetlana Lvova, the manager of two buildings in Bakhmut, tried to persuade reluctant residents to leave but said she and her husband would not evacuate until their son, who was in Sievierodonetsk, returned home.
“I have to know he is alive. That’s why I’m staying here,” said Lvova, 66.
On Saturday, people who managed to flee Lysychansk described intensified shelling, especially over the past week, that left them unable to leave basement bomb shelters.
Yanna Skakova left the city Friday with her 18-month-old and 4-year-old sons and cried as she sat in a train bound for western Ukraine. Her husband stayed behind to take care of their house and animals.
“It’s too dangerous to stay there now,” she said, wiping away tears.
Russia’s advance raised fears that residents could experience the same horrors seen in the southeastern port city of Mariupol, which endured a three-month siege before it fell last week. Residents who had not yet fled faced the choice of trying to do so now or staying. Mariupol became a symbol of massive destruction and human suffering, as well as of Ukrainian determination to defend the country.
Mariupol’s port has reportedly resumed operations after Russian forces finished clearing mines in the Azov Sea. Russian state news agency Tass reported that a vessel bound for Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia entered the port early Saturday.
In the call with Macron and Scholz, the Kremlin said, Putin emphasized that Russia was working to “establish a peaceful life in Mariupol and other liberated cities in the Donbas.”
Ukrainian authorities have reported that Kremlin-installed officials in seized cities have started airing Russian news broadcasts, introduced Russian area codes, imported Russian school curriculum and taken other steps to annex the areas.
Russian-held areas of the southern Kherson region have shifted to Moscow time and “will no longer switch to daylight saving time, as is customary in Ukraine,” Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Krill Stremousov, a Russian-installed local official, as saying Saturday.
In his address Saturday, Zelenskyy also accused Russian forces of preventing Kherson residents from leaving, saying they effectively “try to take people hostage’' in a “sign of weakness.’’
The war has caused global food shortages because Ukraine is a major exporter of grain and other commodities. Moscow and Kyiv have traded accusations over which side bears responsibility for keeping shipments tied up, with Russia saying Ukrainian sea mines prevented safe passage and Ukraine citing a Russian naval blockade.
The press service of the Ukrainian Naval Forces said two Russian vessels “capable of carrying up to 16 missiles” were ready for action in the Black Sea, adding that only shipping routes established through multilateral treaties may be considered safe.
Ukrainian officials have pleaded with Western nations for more sophisticated and powerful weapons. The U.S. Defense Department would not confirm a Friday CNN report saying the Biden administration was preparing to send long-range rocket systems.
Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Antonov, said Saturday that such a move would be “unacceptable” and admonished the White House to “abandon statements about the military victory of Ukraine.”
Moscow is also trying to rattle Sweden and Finland’s determination to join NATO. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its navy successfully launched a new hypersonic missile from the Barents Sea that struck its target about 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) away.
If confirmed, the launch could spell trouble for NATO voyages in the Arctic and North Atlantic. The Zircon, described as the world’s fastest non-ballistic missile, can be armed with either a conventional or a nuclear warhead and is said to be impossible to stop with current defense systems.
Last week Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia would form new military units in the country’s west in response to Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO.
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Karmanau reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Andrea Rosa in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Andrew Katell in New York and AP journalists around the world contributed.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Celsius Financial Products, including CEL Tokens, Earn Rewards high-interest accounts, and/or Celsius Loan products, between February 9, 2018, and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), against Celsius Network LLC ("Celsius"), Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC (collectively, the "Celsius Entities") and its executives Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi "Daniel" Leon, David Barse, and Alan Jeffrey Carr (together, "Defendants"), of the important September 13, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Celsius Financial Products, including CEL Tokens, Earn Rewards high-interest accounts, and/or Celsius Loan products you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7586 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 13, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by selling non-exempt securities without registering it. The complaint alleges that Celsius and Individual Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by also participating in Celsius' failure to register the Celsius Financial Products. The complaint alleges that the Defendants violated provisions of the New Jersey Common Law by possessing the monetary value of Celsius Financial Products of inflated value which rightfully belongs to the Plaintiff and members of the Class.
Also according to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Exchange Act by carrying out a plan, scheme, and course of conduct that Celsius intended to and did deceive retail investors and thereby caused them to purchase Celsius Financial Products at artificially inflated prices; endorsed false statements they knew or recklessly should have known were material misleading, and they made untrue statements of material fact and omitted to state material facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading.
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Judge resets trial to Oct. 24 for 2 ex-cops in Floyd killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Tuesday rescheduled the state trial for two former Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd’s killing to Oct. 24 to resolve dueling requests for a new trial date. The state sought to start it as soon as this summer, while a defense lawyer asked to delay it to next spring.
Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 2020 killing of Floyd. Their trial was supposed to start this month, but Judge Peter Cahill earlier this month postponed it until Jan. 5, saying that would improve prospects for a fair trial. He settled on the October date during a brief hearing Tuesday.
The killing of Floyd, who was Black, sparked immediate protests in Minneapolis that spread around the U.S. and beyond in a reckoning over police brutality and discrimination involving people of color. Derek Chauvin, a white police officer who pinned Floyd’s neck to the pavement with his knee for more than 9 minutes as Floyd said he couldn’t breathe and eventually grew still, was convicted last year of murder.
Thao held back onlookers at the scene. Kueng helped restrain Floyd.
State prosecutor Matthew Frank on Friday had requested a speedy trial on behalf of Floyd’s family, which under Minnesota law could have meant mid-August. Kueng’s defense attorney, Tom Plunkett, followed with a request Sunday for a longer delay — until April — because of a scheduling conflict.
Attorneys for all sides told Cahill they agreed to the Oct. 24 start date for jury selection. The judge also scheduled a hearing on pretrial motions for Sept. 26-27.
Frank told the court that it would have been “traumatic” for the Floyd family to push the trial date out farther. Not only was their loved one killed by police officers, he said, they’ve had to watch the video of his dying minutes “time and time again in the media and throughout the trial process.”
Thao and Kueng have already been convicted of federal counts of violating Floyd’s rights. Their former colleague, Thomas Lane, was also convicted on a federal count and pleaded guilty in May to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. All three are free pending their federal sentencing hearings, which have not been set.
Cahill also presided over last year’s trial of Chauvin, who was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 22 1/2 years. Chauvin has been in prison since that conviction. He also pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Embark Technology, Inc. f/k/a Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II ("Embark" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: EMBK; EMBKW) (NYSE: NGAB.U; NGAB; NGAB WS) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and docketed under 22-cv-02090, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Embark securities between January 12, 2021 and January 5, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Embark securities during the Class Period, you have until May 31, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Embark develops self-driving software solutions for the trucking industry in the U.S. The Company was originally a special purpose acquisition company, also called a blank-check company, which is a development stage company that has no specific business plan or purpose or has indicated its business plan is to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified company or companies, other entity, or person.
On November 10, 2021, the Company consummated a merger transaction with Embark Trucks Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Legacy Embark"), whereby, among other things, the Company changed its name from "Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II" to "Embark Technology, Inc." (the "Business Combination").
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had performed inadequate due diligence into Legacy Embark; (ii) Legacy Embark and the Company following the Business Combination held no patents and an insignificant amount of test trucks; (iii) accordingly, the Company had overstated its operational and technological capabilities; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, the Company had overstated the business and financial prospects of the Company post-Business Combination; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On January 6, 2022, The Bear Cave published a short report entitled "Problems at Embark Technology (EMBK)" (the "Bear Cave Report"). The Bear Cave Report alleged, among other issues, "that Embark appears to lack true economic substance" and that its "current evaluation appears to be based on puffery rather than actual substance", noting that "[t]he company holds no patents, has only a dozen or so test trucks, and may be more bark than bite."
On this news, Embark's stock price fell $1.37 per share, or 16.75%, to close at $6.81 per share on January 6, 2022.
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HOUSTON, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) board of directors today declared dividends on shares of its Common Stock and Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock.
The company's board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.1800 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock payable on September 8, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 18, 2022. This quarterly dividend represents a $0.01 increase over the prior quarter and aligns with an 8% annual dividend growth rate when compared to 2021.
The company's board of directors declared a regular semiannual cash dividend of $30.6250 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock payable September 1, 2022 to shareholders of Series A Preferred Stock of record at the close of business on August 15, 2022.
As the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas. As of March 31, 2022, the company owned approximately $35 billion in assets. With approximately 8,900 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.
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(WHNT) — Will the mail run on Memorial Day? The short answer is no.
Just like all other federally-recognized holidays, regular mail from the United States Postal Service (USPS) will not run on the day honoring fallen U.S. military personnel. This year, Memorial Day is recognized on Monday, May 30.
Post offices will also be closed for retail transactions on Memorial Day, according to the USPS.
Despite no regular mail service for residential or business addresses, the USPS says its Priority Mail Express service will continue to operate for deliveries, just as it does “365 days a year.”
Regular mail services will resume Tuesday, May 31.
Memorial Day is recognized every year on the last Monday of May, and commemorates the sacrifice made by those who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. The day is also considered to be the unofficial start of summer in the United States.
Like all federal holidays, government offices and banks will be closed. According to the Office of Personnel Management, this year’s remaining federal holidays are:
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for BBBY, HLBZ, MYOV, BP, and AVYA.
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Highlights:
- Ten-year net annualized return of 9.8% leads to $25.9 billion in cumulative net investment gains above Reference Portfolio, indicative of long-term added value through portfolio construction and active management decisions
- Five-year net annualized return of 9.0% leads to $19.7 billion in cumulative net investment gains above Reference Portfolio
- One-year total portfolio net return of 10.9% outperforms Reference Portfolio
- Continued focus on risk management supports agile response to markets in a rapidly evolving global landscape
- Inaugural green bond issuance, first climate strategy and bespoke Green Asset Taxonomy indicate continuing focus on integrating ESG factors into responsible investment decision-making
- Shift to a hybrid workplace poised to attract and retain top talent in a highly competitive environment
MONTRÉAL, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) ended its fiscal year on March 31, 2022, with $230.5 billion of net assets under management (AUM) and a 10.9% one-year net portfolio return. Net assets under management grew by nearly $26 billion, up 12.7% from $204.5 billion at the end of the previous fiscal year. Net contributions represented $3.5 billion, while $22.5 billion was generated from net income.
From a long-term investment approach perspective, PSP Investments measures success at the total fund level through the following performance objectives and their related benchmarks:
- Achieve a return – net of expenses– greater than the return of the Reference Portfolio over a 10-year period: During fiscal year 2022, PSP Investments achieved a 10-year net annualized return of 9.8% against the Reference Portfolio benchmark of 8.4%, leading to $25.9 billion in cumulative net investment gains above the Reference Portfolio. This outperformance of 1.4% per annum represents the value added by PSP Investments' strategic asset allocation decisions and active asset management activities.
- Achieve a return – net of expenses – exceeding the Total Fund Benchmark return over 10-year and 5-year periods: During fiscal year 2022, PSP Investments achieved a 10-year net annualized return of 9.8% against the Total Fund Benchmark of 8.6% and a 5-year net annualized return of 9.0% against the Total Fund Benchmark of 7.9%. This represents an outperformance of 1.2% per annum (or $16 billion over 10 years) and 1.1% per annum (or $10.6 billion over 5 years) respectively.
During fiscal year 2022, PSP investments continued to generate strong net income as the markets recovered, translating into a higher AUM of $230.5B at the end of the fiscal year as compared to $204.5B at the end of fiscal year 2021. PSP Investments' increase in operating costs was lower than the average AUM growth of 18.0% and was in line with its strategic and operational priorities including talent retention and total fund performance. Due to a combination of sound cost management and the increase in net AUM, PSP Investments' total cost ratio decreased below our expected average costs and represents the lowest ratio in the last seven fiscal years.
"In the wake of the pandemic, PSP Investments delivered solid, above-benchmark performance," said Neil Cunningham, President and Chief Executive Officer at PSP Investments. "We did so at the same time as raising our climate ambition by developing our first climate strategy and a bespoke green asset taxonomy. These actions enable us to use our capital and influence to support the transition to global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050."
"Our 10-year and five-year performance indicates the long-term value we add through patient capital, portfolio construction and active investment activities," said Eduard van Gelderen, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at PSP Investments. "The broad diversification of our portfolio across public and private asset classes, industries, geographies and currencies has been a key factor in helping us reduce risk and improve resilience."
As at March 31, 2022:
Capital Markets, comprised of Public Market Equities and Fixed Income, ended the fiscal year with $99.9 billion of net AUM, an increase of $2.4 billion from the end of fiscal year 2021. The group generated portfolio income of $2.9 billion, for a one-year return of 3.0% versus the benchmark return of 1.3%. The five-year annualized return was 7.4%, compared to the 6.6% benchmark return. Public Market Equities, with a year-end AUM of $59.1 billion, a one year-return of 6.0% and a five-year return of 10.1% (versus 3.3% and 8.8% for the respective benchmark returns), was able to outperform as global equity markets were impacted by the emergence of highly contagious COVID-19 variants. The majority of Public Market Equities' positive relative performance in fiscal year 2022 came from alternative investments, where many investments were well-positioned to take advantage of market dislocations induced by a notable increase in macroeconomic events. Fixed Income ended the fiscal year with a net AUM of $40.7 billion and outperformed its one-year benchmark by 0.2% and its five-year benchmark by 0.1%.
Private Equity ended the fiscal year with net AUM of $35.4 billion, up $3.7 billion from the end of the previous fiscal year, and generated portfolio income of $8.6 billion, resulting in a one-year return of 27.6% versus the benchmark return of 19.5%. The five-year annualized return was 17.6% versus a benchmark of 17.2%. The strong performance highlights the strength and quality of the private equity portfolio, both in co-investments and funds. In addition to a favourable valuation environment, portfolio income has been driven by strong earnings growth and cashflows, particularly in the financials and healthcare sectors. The growth of the portfolio was driven by $6.3 billion in valuation gains and $6.4 billion in acquisitions. During the fiscal year, Private Equity deployed $4.4 billion of capital through funds and $2.0 billion in new co-investments which included supporting growth in existing portfolio companies.
Credit Investments ended the fiscal year with net AUM of $21.9 billion, up by $7.4 billion from the end of the previous fiscal year, and generated portfolio income of $1.2 billion, resulting in a 7.5% one-year return that exceeded the benchmark return of -0.5%. The 7.9% five-year annualized return also beat the 2.6% benchmark return. Record levels of acquisition activity by private equity sponsors led to significant opportunities for Credit Investments across the debt capital spectrum.
Real Estate ended the fiscal year with $31.1 billion in net AUM, up by $4.3 billion from the end of the previous fiscal year, and generated $6.4 billion in portfolio income, resulting in a 24.8% one-year return, versus 30.2% for the benchmark return. The 8.7% five-year return exceeded the 8.0% return for the benchmark. Real Estate focused on deploying into high conviction sectors, resulting in key acquisitions within the industrial, residential, life science and studio sectors.
Infrastructure ended the fiscal year with $23.5 billion in net AUM, a $5.1 billion increase from the end of the previous fiscal year and generated $2.7 billion of portfolio income. The one-year return of 13.9% was below the benchmark return of 16.1%. The five-year annualized return of 10.4% exceeded the 6.4% benchmark return. During the fiscal year, Infrastructure deployed $4.8 billion of capital in direct and co-investments and $1.3 billion through the funds. New investments supported energy-friendly transition across Europe and Oceania by acquiring equity participations in utilities and industrials.
Natural Resources ended the fiscal year with net AUM of $11.6 billion, an increase of $1.9 billion from the end of the previous fiscal year, and generated portfolio income of $1.6 billion, for a one-year return of 15.9%, versus 26.3% for the benchmark return. The 8.5% five-year annualized return beat the benchmark return of 7.6%. The fiscal year was marked by significant valuation gains of $1.3 billion and continued strong deployment of $1.9 billion, mainly in Oceania and the US.
We launched the execution of our new strategic plan, PSP Forward, with the vision to be an insightful global investor and valued partner that is selective across markets and is focused on the long-term. Key accomplishments for fiscal year 2022 include:
- We released our Green Bond Framework and issued a C$1.0 billion 10-year Green Bond to fund projects that demonstrate positive environmental and climate outcomes. PSP Investments' Green Bond Framework is aligned with existing standards in green bond and sustainable debt markets, and was awarded a rating of "Medium Green" and the highest possible governance score of "Excellent" by CICERO Shades of Green.
- We prioritized climate change as an important focus area company-wide during fiscal year 2022 and committed to use our capital and influence to contribute to the transition to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050. By implementing our climate strategy, we expect to reduce our portfolio GHG emissions intensity by 20% to 25% by 2026, from a 2021 baseline. We outlined a clear and straightforward approach for achieving our commitments that include substantial investments in green and transition assets, the latter being those that will require capital and assertive mitigation plans to reduce their carbon intensity along a science-based trajectory. Developed during fiscal year 2022, the climate strategy was launched in April 2022 and is available on our website.
- We continued to enhance our data-driven approach to integrating ESG factors into our investment and asset management processes and practices. We developed an ESG Composite Score that incorporates the standards of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and enables our investment teams to integrate ESG information with data-driven insights as we quantitatively assess and monitor a company's ESG performance. We ranked among the founding members of the ESG Data Convergence Project, the first LP-GP partnership aiming to standardize ESG reporting in the private equity industry We also joined the Institutional Limited Partners Association's Diversity in Action Initiative and participated in various other industry collaboration initiatives including the Investor Leadership Network, the Sustainable Action Finance Council and Focusing Capital on the Long Term.
- Our technology and digital strategy remains a key strategy enabler, supporting PSP Investments with scalable systems, organized data and advanced analytics. In fiscal year 2022, we continued to modernize and simplify our technology platforms and data governance to enable efficient global investment operations. We also initiated the build-out of our self-serve analytics capabilities and continued incubating use cases within our advanced analytics framework.
- We took action to respond to the opportunity of reimagining the future of work following the workplace disruptions created by the pandemic. One of the changes we embraced was the shift of employee expectations related to flexibility on where, when and how work gets done. During fiscal year 2022, we developed a principles-based hybrid workforce model to facilitate the transition to a new way of working. We placed a heightened focus on the employee experience, building trust, leading with empathy, managing with accountability, leveraging inclusivity and promoting collaboration and well-being.
- Nurturing an inclusive and respectful work environment has been at the top of our people agenda for many years. We recognize the importance of equity, inclusion and diversity (Ei&D) – a cornerstone of our corporate culture - in attracting and retaining top talent and building high-performing teams. We conducted our second annual employee self-identification survey in fiscal year 2022 to continue to better understand our workforce demographics and measure progress. Spearheaded by our Ei&D Council and its eight affinity groups, we continued to embed Ei&D into our workplace culture and developed a three-year roadmap for delivering on our Ei&D priorities. As a notable example, our Veteran Integration Program celebrated its one-year anniversary and is currently recruiting for the next cohort of participants. Our efforts were recognized with a Canadian HR Award in the category Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion and a ranking as a Montréal Top Employer for a fifth consecutive year.
Other corporate highlights include:
- We are deeply committed to the communities where we operate. During fiscal year 2022, our PSP Gives Back campaign raised close to $500,000 (including PSP Investments' matching donations), which represented a 14% increase over last year. Funds benefited a range of local charities in Montréal, Hong-Kong, London and New York.
- We remain deeply concerned about the humanitarian impact inflicted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While PSP Investments does not have material exposure to Russian investments and does not hold any private direct investments in Russia, we have some exposure through passive index replication and external investment manager activities. As stated in our press release, we took immediate steps to divest of our Russian holdings, committing to exit this market completely as soon as conditions permit, and we continue to actively monitor the evolving risks and implications for our portfolio and investment activities. As a special initiative, we partnered with the International Committee of the Red Cross and raised $139,000 over a three-week period through a combination of employee donations and PSP Investments' matching contributions.
- Board succession planning was an important topic in fiscal year 2022. Mr. Garnet Garven and Mr. William Mackinnon fully completed their mandates. PSP Investments thanked them for their years of exceptional service and welcomed the arrival of three new directors – Mr. Gregory Chrispin, Ms. Helen Mallovy Hicks, and Mr. Maurice Tulloch – and the reappointment of Ms. Miranda Hubbs. PSP Investments' Board comprises six women and five men, and during fiscal year 2023, all four of the Board's standing committees will be chaired by women.
- During fiscal year 2022, Ms. Michelle Ostermann joined PSP Investments as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Capital Markets Investments. Mr. Patrick Samson, formerly Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Infrastructure, was appointed Senior Vice President and Global Head of Real Assets.
- During fiscal year 2022, Mr. Neil Cunningham, President and CEO, announced his planned retirement at the end of our next fiscal year, on March 31, 2023. PSP Investments has thrived under Mr. Cunningham's leadership, with important advances on its strategy and presence in international markets, leading to strong financial performance.
"I want to thank PSP Investments' management, employees and Board of Directors for their dedication over the past couple of years; their commitment and resilience have been nothing short of amazing," said Neil Cunningham, President and Chief Executive Officer of PSP Investments. "Despite all challenges and difficulties posed by the pandemic and global affairs, we remained ever mindful of our responsibility to create a better tomorrow for the 900,000 contributors and beneficiaries on whose behalf we invest. While I will be retiring in March 2023, I have confidence in the passion and abilities of my colleagues to ensure PSP Investments' future sustainability and performance."
For more information on PSP Investments' fiscal year 2022 performance, visit our website and download the annual report. In a break from our previous practice, our Responsible Investment Report will be released in the fall of 2022.
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) is one of Canada's largest pension investment managers with $230.5 billion of net assets under management as of March 31, 2022. It manages a diversified global portfolio composed of investments in capital markets, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and credit investments. Established in 1999, PSP Investments manages and invests amounts transferred to it by the Government of Canada for the pension plans of the federal Public Service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force. Headquartered in Ottawa, PSP Investments has its principal business office in Montréal and offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. For more information, visit investpsp.com or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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N. BETHESDA, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) will announce second quarter 2022 earnings in a press release to be issued before market open on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The Company will host a conference call on Thursday, August 4th, at 11:00 AM ET.
Event: Federal Realty Investment Trust's Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call
When: 11:00 AM ET, Thursday, August 4, 2022
Live Webcast: FRT Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call or www.federalrealty.com
Dial #: 877.407.9208; Passcode: 13729950
A replay of the webcast will be available 30 minutes after the conclusion of the call on Federal Realty's website at www.federalrealty.com. A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available through August 18, 2022 by dialing 844.512.2921; Passcode: 13729950.
About Federal Realty
Federal Realty is a recognized leader in the ownership, operation and redevelopment of high-quality retail-based properties located primarily in major coastal markets from Washington, D.C. to Boston as well as San Francisco and Los Angeles. Founded in 1962, Federal Realty's mission is to deliver long-term, sustainable growth through investing in communities where retail demand exceeds supply. Its expertise includes creating urban, mixed-use neighborhoods like Santana Row in San Jose, California, Pike & Rose in North Bethesda, Maryland and Assembly Row in Somerville, Massachusetts. These unique and vibrant environments that combine shopping, dining, living and working provide a destination experience valued by their respective communities. Federal Realty's 104 properties include approximately 3,100 tenants, in 25 million square feet, and approximately 3,400 residential units.
Federal Realty has increased its quarterly dividends to its shareholders for 54 consecutive years, the longest record in the REIT industry. Federal Realty is an S&P 500 index member and its shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbol FRT. For additional information about Federal Realty and its properties, visit www.federalrealty.com.
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New directors add meaningful operating, investing and delivery systems experience to Enable Injections, strengthening its mission to lead drug delivery innovation worldwide.
CINCINNATI, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enable Injections, Inc. ("Enable"), a company developing and manufacturing the enFuse® platform of investigational wearable drug delivery systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of James ("Jim") Collins, Rebecca ("Beckie") Robertson, and Alec White to the company's Board of Directors, effective May 31, 2022. In connection with these appointments, Enable increased the size of its Board to nine members.
Jim Collins brings over two decades of expertise as a global biopharma executive, most recently at Sanofi and Eli Lilly, in device research and development, design, packaging and delivery. Jim dedicated his career to developing and launching multiple innovative drug delivery technologies to improve patient convenience. These included the market-leading insulin KwikPen Platform, the Trulicity Pen Platform, the Talz Pen Platform, the Savvio Pen, the Forteo Pen, and a number of other first-to-market delivery systems.
Beckie Robertson is Principal of Longridge Business Advisors and co-founder of Versant Ventures, a leading healthcare venture capital firm with $3.2 billion under management. Beckie, who specializes in early-stage medical devices and diagnostics, has over 30 years of executive experience in the medical device industry. Beckie's career encompasses venture capital and operating experience in medical products as an engineer, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and investor.
Alec White is Senior Analyst at Magnetar Capital, a leading alternative investment firm with over $13 billion under management. Alec covers pharmaceutical and therapeutic investments and has over a decade of buy side investment experience. Alec and the Magnetar team provide extensive contacts across the financial and biotech communities and deep healthcare investing expertise.
"We are pleased to welcome Jim, Beckie, and Alec as new directors to Enable's Board," said Mike Hooven, President and CEO of Enable Injections. "Their collective experience reflects a diversity of perspectives, skills, and backgrounds, which we believe is key to effectively implementing strong governance to help manage and facilitate growth of our business. We look forward to benefiting from the new directors' guidance as we continue to execute on our strategy and seek to enhance value in the drug delivery space."
Cincinnati-based Enable Injections is a global healthcare innovation company developing and manufacturing drug delivery systems designed to improve the patient experience. Enable's body-worn enFuse® delivers high-volume pharmaceutical and biologic therapeutics via subcutaneous administration, with the aim improving convenience, supporting superior outcomes, and advancing healthcare system economics. For more information, please visit www.enableinjections.com.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Rivian Automotive, Inc. ("Rivian Automotive, Inc.") (NASDAQ: RIVN) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of investors that purchased or otherwise acquired Rivian common stock pursuant and/or traceable to Rivian's initial public offering on November 10, 2021 and/or between November 10, 2021, and March 10, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Rivian Automotive, Inc., contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
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ABOUT THE ACTION: Documents issued in connection with the initial public offering contained representations that were materially inaccurate, misleading, and/or incomplete because they failed to disclose, among other things, that the R1T electric pickup truck and R1S electric SUV were underpriced to such a degree that Rivian would have to raise prices shortly after the IPO and that these price increases would tarnish Rivian's reputation as a trustworthy and transparent company and would put a significant number of the existing backlog of 55,400 preorders, along with future preorders, in jeopardy of cancellation.
DEADLINE: May 6, 2022
Aggrieved Rivian Automotive, Inc. investors only have until May 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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US inflation slowed last month for the first time since August
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business
US inflation took a breather last month for the first time since August. Prices still increased, but at a slower pace than in previous months.
The Consumer Price Index was up 8.3% in the 12 months ended in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, slightly higher than economists had predicted. It was a decrease from the 8.5% recorded in March, which had been the highest level in more than 40 years.
Stripping out more volatile product categories like food and energy, the CPI stood at 6.2% over the same period, less than the 6.5% reported in March.
For April alone, prices increased by 0.3%, adjusted for seasonal swings, less than the 1.2% jump recorded in March. Without food and energy prices, core inflation rose 0.6%, more than the 0.3% advance in the prior month.
Wednesday’s data suggests that the inflation peak is behind us, just as economists, the Federal Reserve, the White House and the American people hoped. But there are still a lot of factors that will keep prices elevated over the summer.
The war in Ukraine has put pressure on energy and food prices. Meanwhile, renewed Covid-related lockdowns in China threaten to exacerbate the supply chain issues that the world has been struggling with over the past year. That means it’s uncertain how much the pace of inflation can slow down until these things are resolved.
On top of that, inflation has shifted from goods to services as it spread through different parts of the economy and is no longer constrained to categories that have been explicitly affected by the pandemic or geopolitical events, such as used cars or gas. That could mean that the high prices will be harder to shake when both of those factors wane.
“The peak of inflation may be behind us, but today’s CPI report points to a long, slow descent or maybe even a plateau around 8% until prices start to drop significantly,” said Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, in emailed comments.
What got more expensive?
April price increases were particularly stark for housing, food, plane tickets and new cars: Food prices rose 0.9% last month and 9.4% year over year, the biggest jump since April 1981. Grocery store prices were up 10.8% for the year ended in April, the biggest increase since November 1980.
However, energy prices fell in April as gasoline prices came down from their March peak. Over the 12-month period, energy prices soared 30.3%. In May, however, gas prices ticked higher again, so this part of the CPI could look worse again in next month’s data.
Housing costs, which are comprised of rents and owners’ equivalent rent for people who own their homes, rose in April by 0.5% for the third month in a row. Year-over-year, housing costs are up 5.1%. Because rents change infrequently, the Labor Department collects rent data from each sampled apartment or house only every six months.
Economists have been concerned about the increase in housing costs, which will likely stick around after other price peaks pass.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
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BERWYN, Pa., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Annovis Bio, Inc. (NYSE: ANVS) ("Annovis" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage drug platform company addressing neurodegenerative diseases, announced the appointment of Henry Hagopian III as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Hagopian comes to Annovis with 30 years of finance and accounting experience, including 15 years of increasing responsibility at Organogenesis, a leading publicly-traded regenerative medicine company. The company has also announced that Jeff McGroarty has stepped away from his role as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests. Mr. McGroarty will assist in an orderly transition of his duties over the next several weeks.
"The company has made substantial progress and is now reaching an exciting inflection point given the advancement of buntanetap into Phase 3 clinical trials," said Maria L. Maccecchini, Ph.D., Founder, President, and CEO of Annovis. "Looking at the future of Annovis, Henry is an excellent addition to our team and will help take the company to the next level given his extensive experience in finance, accounting and strategic execution. I look forward to working closely with him to advance our mission of revolutionizing the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases."
"This is an exciting moment to be joining Annovis as it continues its mission to improve the lives of those suffering from neurodegenerative disorders," said Mr. Hagopian. "I'm excited to join this dynamic and talented team and look forward to working with the management to advance the pipeline and contribute to its success. I share the management team's passion to advance buntanetap, having experienced the devastating effects of neurodegenerative disease among my own close friends and family."
Mr. Hagopian joins Annovis from Organogenesis, a Nasdaq-listed leading regenerative medicine company, where he spent 15 years of increasing responsibility, most recently as Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer. In 2020, he was the company's interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hagopian has an extensive background in corporate accounting, financial reporting, treasury operations, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), and investor relations.
Mr. Hagopian received both an MBA and an MS in Accounting from the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College and a BS in Economics and Finance, Summa cum laude, from the Silberman College of Business at Farleigh Dickinson University.
About Annovis Bio, Inc.
Headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Annovis Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage, drug platform company developing transformative therapies that treat neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and other chronic and acute neurodegenerative diseases. The Company believes that it is the only company developing a drug that inhibits more than one neurotoxic protein, improves the information highway of the nerve cell, known as axonal transport, reduces inflammation and protects nerve cells from dying in chronic and acute neurodegeneration. Annovis conducted two Phase 2 studies: one in AD patients and one in both AD and PD patients. In the AD/PD study, buntanetap showed improvements in cognition and memory in AD as well as body and brain function in PD patients.
For more information on Annovis Bio, please visit the Company's website www.annovisbio.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Moms nationwide share Black daughters’ reactions to ‘The Little Mermaid’ clip
(Gray News) – After Disney released its first teaser trailer for the upcoming live action “The Little Mermaid” starring a Black actress as Ariel, parents shared their young Black daughters’ emotional reactions to seeing the mermaid for the first time.
Disney released the clip last week showing 22-year-old Halle Bailey as Ariel. The decision to cast a Black actress in the role has caused some uproar, with some arguing that Ariel in the original “The Little Mermaid” animated film is white with red hair.
But parents of young Black girls are taking to social media to show the positive impact a Black Ariel has already made on their daughters.
One Oregon mom shared a video on TikTok of her daughter watching the trailer for the first time, with the girl enthusiastically shouting, “She’s Black! Mama! She’s Black!”
Another mom in North Carolina shared a TikTok video of her daughter’s reaction, with the caption, “This made my whole entire day; she loves Ariel!!!” Her daughter watches the trailer with her jaw dropped and immediately says she wants to see the movie.
A mom in Georgia shared a TikTok video of her daughter saying, shocked, “She’s Black!” when seeing the clip for the first time.
Hundreds of similar videos have been shared, with comments on TikTok reading, “That right there is the reason ours babies need to see representation! That was such a beautiful moment for her!” and “I’ve been waiting my entire life for a little mermaid that looks like me.”
“The Little Mermaid” hits theaters May 26.
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Topeka gearing up to host first statewide Pride Festival
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Later this month, Kansas will host its first-ever statewide Pride festival in Topeka.
The day-long celebration will take place on Saturday, September 24th, with festivities including a rally outside the Kansas Capitol and a celebration downtown with several national activists in attendance.
“I am proud to help kick off this historic event in Topeka,” said Topeka Mayor Mike Padilla. “It’s our mission to become a leading city for inclusivity. Most recently, our Municipal Equality Index Score -- demonstrating how cities support the LGBTQ+ people who live and work there -- received the highest total in the state, tying only Overland Park.
The festival will include a foot procession through downtown Topeka and a celebration at Evergy Plaza. There will also be comedy acts, food trucks, and a beer garden on location. The celebration will conclude with an inaugural Pride Kansas Drag Night at the Topeka Performing Arts Center.
“Pride Kansas is committed to showing the world the true character of our state and the people who live here, said Shawn Zarazua, director of Pride Kansas. “Kansas is filled with activists, politicians, and entrepreneurs who are dedicated to creating a destination full of acceptance and love. This celebration will further enhance LGBTQ+ pride in our community and hopefully snowball into future events, initiatives, and resources for underrepresented groups.”
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Mixed reaction following suspension of state attorney by Florida governor Ron DeSantis
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Governor Ron DeSantis suspending the 13th Judicial Court State Attorney on Thursday saying he was ignoring the law. This after he says Andrew Warren had issues regarding the state’s abortion laws and gender affirming therapy laws.
“Most recently the legislature enacted and I signed protections for unborn babies at three-and-a-half months,” said DeSantis. “And when they are aborted, it’s typically done through a dismemberment procedure which is really inhumane. Nevertheless that is what the legislature has enacted, it’s not for him to put himself above that.”
The governor’s actions on Thursday upsetting many groups including pro choice organizations.
“What’s most concerning to us is the fact that both of these legislations is already covered in our Florida constitution,” said Kate Danehy-Samitz, Founder of Women’s Voices of SW Florida.
Ed Brodsky, State Attorney for the 12th Judicial Circuit says this news catching everyone by surprise, saying it was a stunning revelation.
“As state attorneys, our duties are to enforce the laws that are put on the books by the legislature,” said Brodsky. “And if we carte blance or clearly announce that we’re not going to follow the law, we’re going to disregard the law, I think that’s when you are going to come into the crossfires of the governor.”
When Roe v. Wade was overturned, Warren signed a letter stating that he would not enforce laws protecting right to life. DeSantis says that Warren also signed a letter last year that he would not enforce any prohibitions on sex change operations for minors.
“What we’re seeing is Governor DeSantis starting to tread into authoritarian territory versus the governorship in which he started,” said Danehy-Samitz.
DeSantis has temporarily appointed Susan Lopez to serve as state attorney during Warren’s suspension period.
Here’s the official statement ABC7 had received from Women’s Voices of SW Florida:
Governor DeSantis continues his journey from Governor to Dictator - He has issued suspension to Hillsborough County’s State Attorney, Andrew Warren. The suspension serves as consequence for signing onto two specific letters, with other prosecutors, in refusal to enforce bills that were signed into law after this year’s annual legislative session. Direct quotes from the letters that were mentioned in the Governor’s proclamation:
“Enforcing abortion bans runs counter to the obligations and interests we are sworn to uphold. As such, we decline to use our offices’ resources to criminalize reproductive health decisions and commit to exercise our well-settled discretion and refrain from prosecuting those who provide or support abortions.”
“We are committed to ending this deeply disturbing and destructive criminalization of gender-affirming care and transgender people.”
Women’s Voices of SW Florida stands in solidarity with State Attorney Warren for his dedication to the defense of reproductive freedom and transgender existence and for faithfully upholding our Florida Constitution.
The right to bodily autonomy is clearly established in Article 1, Section 23 of our state constitution. We thank State Attorney Warren for defending every Floridian’s natural right to be let alone and free from government intrusion into our private lives and medical decisions - this includes every person’s right to reproductive freedom and gender-affirming healthcare.
We continue to rise in support of our state’s legislative champions, and fight alongside them as we defend Florida’s most marginalized communities and our most fundamental American rights - OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE.
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Memorial Services for Mildred Olene Lamb, 88, of Belton, will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at First United Methodist Church of Belton with Pastor Jeff Miller officiating.
Mildred Olene Lamb died on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at her home residence.
Mildred Olene (Butts) Lamb was born on February 24, 1934 to Marvin Truman Butts and Opal Dorene Brand in Quanah, Texas. She graduated from high school and then attended junior college in Waxahachie, Texas. She transferred to North Texas State College where she obtained her bachelors of science then she started teaching in Dallas. She furthered her education for her master’s degree at North Texas State University in 1962. She met in the fall of 1962 the love of her life, Mr. John Fabyan Lamb Jr., then married in 1964. She had a passion for teaching and taught both at a night school teaching College Algebra at Paris Junior College 93-96. She taught Math and Computer Science in Commerce Independent School District from 1980 to 1995 till her retirement. Hobbies included gardening, sewing, cooking, and crocheting. She spent her time enjoying traveling, cruises, and grandchildren. She was a member of the United Methodist Women, and a membership chairman. She will be remembered for her homemade bread.
She is preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Melvin Butts, and a son-in-law Elbert Eugene Boss; and a brother-in-law, James B. Lamb
She is survived by her husband, 58 years, John Lamb Jr., three sisters, Francis Hanks, Oleta Hamby, Jeanette Redwine; two daughters, Brenda Boss, Margaret Bachand and husband Charles, six grandchildren, Elbert Eugene Boss Jr, Jessica Brewer, James (Matt) Haley, Tristan Boss, Kristen Bachand, Kathryn Bachand; and ten great grandchildren; Alexis Wade, Jocelyn Brewer, Jeremiah Wade, Elyse Boss, Kevonta Skinner, Kiara Skinner, Ethan Arendall, Elijah Plummer, Zander Haley and Steven Haley.
In lieu of flowers please consider making a memorial donation to the First United Methodist Church 205 E. 3rd Ave. in Belton, Texas 76513.
A special thank you to the First United Methodist Church for their care and prayers
Arrangements are under the direction of Sabrina N. Young of Young’s Daughters Funeral Home and Bereavement Center.
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Teacher sentenced to 50 years for sexually assaulting 7-year-old student, conspiring to kill him
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A former teacher was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old student in 2015 and then conspiring to kill the child and his mother.
Authorities say Deonte Taylor, 39, committed three acts of statutory sodomy against a boy student in his office at Lusher Elementary School on Nov. 13, 2015, and knowingly exposed the child to HIV. Investigators found Taylor’s DNA on the boy and his underwear.
Court documents say Taylor was charged with conspiring with another man to kill the 7-year-old victim and his mother. A witness told investigators Taylor offered John White $20,000 to kill them. He later pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit murder.
“These were despicable acts committed against an innocent child who was placed in this predator’s care, followed by the cowardly and cruel effort to have the victim and his mother killed,” said St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell. “Now that this predator stands convicted of all charges, I hope the victim and this family find closure and healing.”
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PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Radiate Holdco, LLC ("Radiate") announced today that it will hold a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2022 results at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 26, 2022. The dial-in information for the call will be posted to Radiate's secure investor website. During the conference call, representatives of Radiate will discuss and answer questions concerning the company's business and financial matters.
Access to the financial results and conference call will be limited to holders and beneficial owners of the Notes, qualified prospective investors in the Notes, holders of Radiate's term loan, and certain security analysts and market makers. Radiate will post all of its reports required to be furnished pursuant to the Indenture governing the Notes on its secure investor website maintained by Intralinks. Reports will also be posted to Syndtrak for term loan holders. If you meet one or more of the criteria set forth above and would like to access, but have not yet been granted access to, the secure investor website, please contact Radiate's contact below.
Contact details:
Radiate Contact: Jamie Hill, SVP Finance & Treasury
Telephone: 301-531-2720
Email: James.Hill@rcn.net
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of TG Therapeutics, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TGTX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: January 15, 2020 to May 31, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) clinical trials revealed significant concerns related to the benefit-risk ratio and overall survival data of the Company's therapeutic product candidates, Ublituximab and Umbralisib; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Umbralisib marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma New Drug Application, the Biologics License Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, the supplemental New Drug Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, or the Ublituximab relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis Biologics License Application in their current forms; (iii) as a result, the Company had significantly overstated Ublituximab and Umbralisib's clinical and/or commercial prospects; and (iv) therefore, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 16, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tg-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31372&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of TGTX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 16, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm 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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NPSx draws on Bain & Company's decades of industry leadership in developing the most capable customer experience leaders
BOSTON, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bain & Company today launches NPSx, the first customer experience (CX) training and certification by the leader and inventors of the Net Promoter Score and the Net Promoter System (NPS). NPSx is a new Bain venture to help companies create leading customer experiences through world-class CX technology and training.
NPSx courses reflect Bain & Company's extensive client experience, including over 1,600 Net Promoter System and CX projects across regions and industries, and the best of Bain's learning approach. Each of the CX courses are online, self-paced, on-demand and interactive and take a few hours to complete. After the successful completion of a minimum of five core courses and a certification exam, participants can register to become a Bain-certified CX practitioner.
NPSx's courses enable organizations and individuals to develop deep expertise in the most critical CX disciplines including:
- CX and Net Promoter Score fundamentals
- Customer insights and analytics
- Earned growth and customer economics
- Customer experience design
- CX build and execution
As a course participant and Bain-certified practitioner, participants also get access to an extensive online community of peers and expert practitioners. These communities help participants to solve real customer challenges with the support of other CX leaders from Bain and beyond.
"We want to provide customer-obsessed individuals and brands with the very best in innovative CX and NPS training, empowering our customers to deliver great experiences for their own customers," said Darci Darnell, a Bain & Company partner and global head of its Customer practice. "Our content builds on decades of Bain's best practice cross-industry experience and follows on the tremendous success of our recent book, Winning on Purpose: The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers."
"In today's world, customer expectations are changing rapidly and the CX function is evolving at the same pace," said Stanford Swinton, executive vice president and the founder of NPSx. "We want to enable practitioners and organizations to stay ahead of competition and drive growth through customer and employee advocacy. Our courses help companies build a purpose-led culture, set the right corporate standards and develop the most capable customer experience leaders in the industry."
Editor's Note: For questions or to arrange an interview, please contact Kirstin Simons at kirstin.simons@bain.com or tel. +31 20 708 6712.
NPSx offers standard or customizable packages for your teams or individual practitioners who are looking to upskill or fully certify their organization. To learn more about NPSx's Training and Certification program and register for the courses, visit NPSx.com or contact us at customersuccess@npsx.com.
NPSx is the latest digital venture from Bain & Company's Customer Experience practice. Other ventures include NPS Prism, a CX benchmarking platform that provides actionable insights and analysis to guide the creation of game-changing customer experiences.
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world's most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today's urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a gold rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 2% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ALNA, LEVI, ZOM, EVFM, and FFIE.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- ALNA: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=ALNA&prnumber=070820221
- LEVI: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=LEVI&prnumber=070820221
- ZOM: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=ZOM&prnumber=070820221
- EVFM: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=EVFM&prnumber=070820221
- FFIE: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=FFIE&prnumber=070820221
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InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alerts are based on our proprietary scoring methodology. Each stock is evaluated based on short-term technical, long-term technical and fundamental factors. Each of those scores is then combined into an overall score that determines a stock's overall suitability for investment.
InvestorsObserver provides patented technology to some of the biggest names on Wall Street and creates world-class investing tools for the self-directed investor on Main Street. We have a wide range of tools to help investors make smarter decisions when investing in stocks or options.
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How to track your tax rebate
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — Idahoans who qualify for the 2022 tax rebate can track their payment online at tax.idaho.gov/rebate.
To get the status of your rebate, you’ll need your Social Security number and either your Idaho driver’s license, state-issued identification number, or your 2021 income tax return.
The rebate tool is available 24 hours a day and is the fastest way to find a rebate’s status. It shows the same information the Idaho State Tax Commission can give over the phone. Taxpayers should keep checking the tool because it updates the status as the agency gets closer to sending their rebate.
The rebates automatically go to people who were full-year Idaho residents for 2020 and 2021 and who filed income tax returns for those years. This includes those who filed grocery-credit refund returns.
The Tax Commission is issuing rebates to taxpayers in the order it received 2021 income tax returns, with about 25,000 going out weekly. Taxpayers need to file the required tax returns by December 31, 2022, to be eligible for the rebate.
The Tax Commission expects to send more than 800,000 rebates totaling up to $350 million by the end of the year.
For more information about the tax rebates, visit tax.idaho.gov/rebateinfo. | https://localnews8.com/news/idaho/2022/04/19/how-to-track-your-tax-rebate/ | 2022-04-19T23:04:57Z |
PITTSBURGH, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Sanitization has become a major concern for citizens and I believe that high-foot traffic areas need to be sanitized in a timely manner," said the inventor from Napoleonville, La. "I created this invention in order to provide a device that will distribute sanitation in a timely manner to high populated areas."
He invented the patent-pending AUTOMATIC U V PROTECTION that ensures all surfaces within a specified area would not transfer surface-contact contaminants to any person. This device would be effective in the killing of microorganisms, virus's, germs, bacteria, and fungus on all surfaces. This could allow for normal human activity while keeping areas clean and safe. Additionally, this could help provide business associates with confidence by removing the risk associated with contamination of materials surfaces.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TNO-114, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK and LONDON and SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindshare, the media services company that is part of WPP, is today launching Precisely Human Intelligence (PHI) - a new suite of machine learning products that help brands better understand the motivations, mindsets and emotions that drive consumer decision-making and then buy those audiences at scale.
The PHI suite of products combines empathy and precision through a deeper understanding of human identity connected to first party data. It is built on Audience Origin, part of the Choreograph WPP data spine, which holds extensive, first party consumer data around interests, behaviours, media consumption and purchase decision-making across 74 markets.
It is the largest global consumer database of its kind and the underlying first-party, non-cookie-based records are constantly updated, enabling Mindshare to understand consumer motivations in much greater detail and for the first time making it possible to plan and buy audiences based on their motivations or emotions across digital platforms at scale.
The Precisely Human Intelligence suite consists of four core products:
PHI Culture - Delivering more relevant messaging and media activation through a more nuanced understanding of culture, using a unique combination of algorithms and large consumer data sets.
PHI Platform - Delivering better creative storytelling, through a highly scalable, globally automated analysis of consumer motivations and how they map to social media platforms.
PHI Commerce - Delivering more precise targeting, using a global cognitive science approach that gives a robust understanding of subconscious decision-making patterns.
PHI Media - Delivering significantly improved effectiveness of cross-platform media buys, using always-on, continuously updated media behavior segments paired with bespoke data from client segmentations.
Speaking about the launch, Adam Gerhart, Global CEO, Mindshare, said: "The Precisely Human Intelligence suite of products is part of Mindshare's vision to deliver Good Growth for our clients. The underlying products are already driving growth and value for clients. By shifting from third-party precision signals to a balanced first-party data approach we have seen incremental lift in performance metrics by up to 35%."
Victoria Cook, Global Chief Data Strategy & Insights Officer, Mindshare, said: ''Humans are complex. We change our identity based on our context, we have more ways to self-identify than ever before and we can hold multiple identities at once. Precisely Human Intelligence gives us a better way to understand humans and how to connect with them in media by taking empathy data and connecting it to precision data. We are unique in being able to do this because we have built our solutions on Audience Origin, Choreograph's bespoke data service available in 74 markets, which gives us access to proprietary first party data and the scale we need to plan globally. It allows us to deliver better ad experiences for consumers by finally connecting the understanding we have of real people to buying systems in media."
Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its clients in the age of transformation. Good Growth is business growth that is enduring and sustainable whilst also helping to shape society and the world for the better. We accelerate it for our clients by using media as a multiplier to drive sales and maximise marketing investments. We use Precisely Human Intelligence that combines data science and behavioural science to understand consumers and their motivations better and we act on that intelligence by planning media with intention to connect brands with consumers around their shared values. We were the first purpose built company created by WPP and today our 10,000 people operate in 116 offices in 86 countries, helping to drive Good Growth for our clients, our people, the industry and the world.
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Florida park reopens after ‘aggressive gator’ sighting
MOUNT DORA, Fla. (WWSB) - It’s gator nesting season and Florida Fish and Wildlife wants everyone to remember that gator parents-to-be can become hyper protective of its mate or nests.
This is what is believed to have happened at Palm Island Park in Mount Dora according to a Facebook post. The park was closed Sunday after an alligator was spotted. A sign posted by police read “aggressive 10-foot-plus alligator to be relocated.” Officials walked through the park and couldn’t find the gator, but warned individuals that if they come to the park’s boardwalk, that you are taking a risk.
An alligator is deemed a nuisance if it is at least 4 feet long and if it is a threat to people, pets or property. Always call FWC if you believe that someone is in danger.
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Limiting abortion access is bad for the economy
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business
Reproductive rights activists are worried about women losing abortion access in parts of the United States. Economists are worried, too, because restricting reproductive freedom comes at an economic cost to the nation.
The US Supreme Court may be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling as soon as next month, as indicated by a recently leaked draft opinion. Thirteen states have trigger laws that would immediately ban abortions if the ruling was overturned.
The decision is widely thought to be more ideologically and politically motivated, rather than driven by an attempt to protect women from worse outcomes. Those might include financial hardship, restricted ability to attain a higher education and move up the socio-economic ladder, as well as overall poorer health outcomes for women reliant on clinics for preventative care. All of this would affect the state of the workforce, economic output and increase the need for government support, economists say.
The consequences are likely so extensive and far-reaching that it is hard to quantify them, said Jason Lindo, professor of economics at Texas A&M.
It also comes at a time when the share of women in the labor force, which dropped dramatically during the Covid recession, has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
The economic burden
Taking away a woman’s right to choose if and when she has a child has serious consequences for her career and economic circumstances, Lindo told CNN Business.
Last week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmarkers during a hearing that restricting women’s reproductive rights would have “very damaging effects on the economy.”
“Roe v. Wade and access to reproductive health care, including abortion, helped lead to increased labor force participation,” Yellen said. “It enabled many women to finish school. That increased their earning potential. It allowed women to plan and balance their families and careers.”
Last year, after Texas lawmakers moved to effectively ban abortion in the state, 154 economists filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of maintaining reproductive freedoms in the United States so that women can realize their full economic and educational potential.
Data from the prominent Turnaway Study from the University of California San Francisco, shows that household finances are a major driver of the decision to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. An analysis of the data by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that the majority of women seeking to terminate a pregnancy near the gestational limits had incomes below the poverty line.
Women who were denied an abortion, meanwhile, had higher rates of poverty, higher unemployment and greater need for government assistance. This, in turn, affects the economic well-being and prospects of their children, according to economists.
“There is a huge [body of] literature showing long-run effects of the economic circumstances of the household in which a child grows up. On educational attainment, adult earnings, use of social assistance programs, involvement in crime, etc. The list goes on and on,” said Lindo.
Health and safety
Economists are also worried that overall female health care will suffer as a result of restricting or prohibiting abortions. For many women, clinics that offer family planning services are often also the local option for preventative care, including cancer screenings and pap tests. Having easy access to these clinics plays a crucial role in their health care.
“When distance to the nearest clinic increases, rates of preventative care go down,” said David Slusky, associate professor of economics at the University of Kansas. And that can lead to worse health outcomes.
“If a woman of childbearing age dies, it has enormous economic consequences,” he added. “It’s someone who society has invested in and who has many productive economic years ahead of them.”
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CHADDS FORD, Pa., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arora's service offerings have expanded beyond systems engineering to emphasize the criticality of asset data and the technology and processes that connect systems infrastructure and improve operations for our clients. In an effort to provide asset data solutions more seamlessly for our customers, we are excited to announce the reorganization of our technology divisions— Electronic Data, Inc. (EDI), Arora Technology Group, LLC (ATG), and Arora's Geospatial Practice into one consolidated division, Arora's Enterprise Solutions Group. This reorganization of our existing divisions is a natural progression to break down internal silos and create a cohesive group encompassing all of our asset data experts to help our customers navigate the future of design, construction, and operations.
The group is led by our Vice President, Steve Bisch who has over three decades of experience in the design and implementation of enterprise asset management systems (EAM), GIS, software development and facilities maintenance and manufacturing operations management for large organizations.
The sole mission of Arora's Enterprise Solutions Group is to provide asset data expertise to guide our clients in generating and leveraging the data created during design and construction for more efficient operations and maintenance and prepare them for the implementation of modern automation technologies such as virtual reality or a Digital Twin. Our core services include GIS, enterprise asset management implementation/management, mobile integrations, cloud migration, and work order management services for clients in sectors ranging from aviation to life sciences and everything in between. Our services help clients to increase revenue, maintain safety, and achieve overall operational efficiency, all while complying with local, state or federal regulations.
We understand the challenges organizations face to acquire, assimilate and organize the data required to properly operate and maintain their facilities through accelerated complex design and construction projects, and we have the experience and expertise to help our clients leverage technology to establish world-class operating and maintenance procedures and accelerate their return on investment through our innovative Data Interoperability (DI) process.
Arora's DI services are led by our Subject Matter Expert, Scott Yates, who has decades of experience in facilities maintenance and asset management. Our approach to DI begins with developing a roadmap unique to our each of our clients' organizations to define standards and processes. These standards ensure the data generated throughout the design and construction process is in the correct format to allow our clients to harness the asset data created on large capital projects. This asset data is often lost in the handover from design and construction teams to owners who rely on that data to operate and maintain these expensive facilities.
Our team works closely with project owners and design and construction teams to establish data, GIS, BIM and handover specification standards to help bridge the gap between the capital project acquisition process and facilities management to ensure our clients' facilities are ready to go on day one with all the data needed to run a world-class operation – all while saving millions of dollars over the life of the project and the facility compared to the traditional method.
The result is an owner's dream: a complete, accurate, and structured set of Location and Asset data, plugged into real-time conditions and performance monitoring representing the facility, supported with a navigable 3D model, to be used for managing the operation and maintenance of the facility.
Imagine having a report of a plumbing problem in a specific room and being able to float, on screen, through a 3D model of the piping to isolate, identify and attach the components that need to be added to a work order simply by clicking on them. Also imagine being a technician assigned to address the problem and, instead of having a text-based narrative of where the problem might be, you have a 3D drawing of exactly where the impacted assets are and how they connect/relate to each other. This is just one of the many EAM use cases that is significantly enhanced by harnessing the power of data interoperability.
Visit https://www.edatai.com/services/data-interoperability/ for more information.
Contact: Christine Furey
Phone: (610) 459-7900
E-mail: cfurey@aroraengineers.com
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Schmidt brings high-level litigation background to lead growing firm's Dallas office
DALLAS, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilgers Graben PLLC is excited to announce the addition of seasoned Dallas trial lawyer Grant Schmidt as its first Dallas Managing Partner.
The addition bolsters a deep bench of experienced attorneys from major firms including Gibson Dunn, Winston & Strawn, and Fish & Richardson. Hilgers Graben also boasts numerous former federal appellate and district court clerks, as well as firm CEO and former three-time general counsel Sterling Miller.
"Grant is a perfect fit to lead our Dallas office and provide the sophisticated and results-oriented representation that makes this firm stand out in a crowded field," said firm co-founder Mike Hilgers. "He will be key to our continued growth in North Texas and nationally."
Before joining the firm, Mr. Schmidt was a partner in the Dallas office of Winston & Strawn. He was part of high-profile trial teams that recently secured the only acquittal in a health care fraud prosecution involving 21 separate defendants and, in a real estate dispute, won a complete defense verdict and nearly two million dollars in attorneys' fees.
"Grant is a superstar, and any firm in the country would be lucky to have him leading their efforts," said Andrew Graben, the firm's national head of litigation. "Our firm's growth has been built with great stand-up trial lawyers, innovative thinkers, and tremendous people with a heart to serve. Grant is all of those things and more, and having him lead our Dallas office is a game-changer for the firm in Texas and around the country."
Mr. Schmidt's background includes a clerkship with U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and a current role as President of the Federal Bar Association's Dallas Chapter. He has earned repeat peer recognition in D Magazine's Best Lawyers Under 40 and Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars.
"I am eager to lead this office, where we will work strategically and tirelessly on our clients' behalf with an approach that is collegial yet tenacious," said Mr. Schmidt. "We have an opportunity to build upon the firm's nationwide client base and sophisticated litigation practice while providing services at a fraction of the cost given the firm's efficiencies from top to bottom."
About Hilgers Graben PLLC
With offices in Nebraska, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Miami and West Palm Beach, St. Louis, San Diego, and Washington D.C., Hilgers Graben PLLC is an elite national litigation boutique specializing in complex commercial disputes, intellectual property litigation and discovery counsel services. The firm leverages low-cost locations and innovation to provide top-notch legal services while significantly driving down costs for clients. The firm has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the U.S. four times and has been honored among the Best Law Firms by U.S. News – Best Lawyers.
For more information, visit www.HilgersGraben.com.
Contact:
Mark Annick
mark@androvett.com
800-559-4534
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L.A. City Councilmember Paul Koretz Introduces Opposition Resolution
LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of Los Angeles Drug & Alcohol Policy Alliance (L.A. DAPA), California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) and Alcohol Justice, along with Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz, demonstrated at a City Hall rally yesterday to oppose California SB 930. The "gut & amend" bill, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assembly Member Mark Haney (D-San Francisco) is the 5th attempt since 2013 to disrupt the protections of California's statewide uniform last call.
"The LA City Council has spoken out against 4 a.m. bar bills again and again and again, and I am here to tell you that we will not allow Sacramento to endanger our public safety, our lives, at any cost and we refuse to pay dearly for it without a fight," stated L.A. City Councilmember Koretz. "And that is why I'm heading into the City Council meeting this morning to introduce the resolution in opposition and I'm letting my colleagues know that we cannot get fatigued now and give up after years of fighting. This bill is built to be fast tracked and Jerry Brown isn't there to stop it this time if it gets to the Governor's desk. The time is now for Californians to tell Sacramento we will not stand by and let the 4 a.m. bar bill endanger the lives of our citizens."
SB 930 would allow closing times for on-sale retailers to be extended from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. as part of a dangerous "pilot program." The experiment would take place in 7 cities: San Francisco, Oakland, West Hollywood, Fresno, Cathedral City, Coachella, and Palm Springs. It has been estimated that it will cost the state at least $3-4 million per year to administer, mitigate the harm, and clean the blood off the highway while costing cities and towns in surrounding "Splash Zones" millions more.
While the authors of the bill frame it as a "local control" issue, there is no local control when it comes to alcohol because danger doesn't stay in the district where the drinking occurs. If this bill becomes law, Los Angeles will be surrounded by late night drinkers -- drivers traveling drunk back through the district in the early morning commute hours.
"It takes time for people to sober up after drinking," said Dr. Marielle Reataza, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA). "With last call being extended to 4 a.m. and so close to morning rush hour, this poses dangers for other commuters, including neighboring small businesses that do not have capacity to mitigate situations with potentially violent customers. Lastly, I worry that extending last call will continue to push the limits of our already overextended healthcare system. Extending last call poses concern for increased admissions into emergency rooms."
Studies show that sleep deprivation can impair driving as severely as alcohol intoxication. This means that sleep-impaired drivers can be severely impaired even with a BAC under the legal limit of .08. Because alcohol's euphoric effects can create feelings of stimulation as BAC increases, the fatigue can be masked. Drivers can already be on the freeway before exhaustion sets in.
"This should not be called the Weiner bill, it should be called the madman bill," stated Ruben Rodriguez, Executive Director of Pueblo y Salud, and spokesperson for L.A. DAPA. "Who in their right mind thinks someone needs another drink after 2 a.m. in the morning? Only a few bars and restaurants that want to make a few more dollars at the expense of the health and safety our community."
There is consensus among public health and safety advocates that SB 930 disregards 40 years of peer-reviewed, public health research on the dangers of extending last call and ignores the existing annual catastrophe of alcohol-related harm in California.
"All previous attempts to extend last call until 4 a.m. have failed and for good reason, it's a terrible public policy change for California," stated Cruz Avila, Executive Director at Alcohol Justice. "Today we are here together, to say NO to SB 930 and NO WAY to creating a dangerous new class of late night, bar hopping commuters. We are also here today to state that it's time to end the false narrative that this is a "local issue" and that because of COVID, the only way to save small nightlife businesses is by allowing 2 more hours of alcohol sales and consumption. SB 930 does nothing but subsidize and reward late-night alcohol-sellers at government and tax-payer expense."
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), California currently suffers more annual alcohol-related harm than any other state: 11,000 alcohol-related deaths, $35 billion in total costs, $18.5 billion in state costs. The CDC also identifies maintaining existing last call times as one of the 10 key policies for reducing the harms from reckless drinking and from alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths.
"The idea of extending hours for bars and restaurants until 4 a.m. in the morning with the promise of improving the economy is not only a false message but a dangerous one," said Jorge Diaz, HIV Prevention Activist. "Think about the impact that this will have on mental health, emotional intelligence and self-esteem of LGBTQ people in our Latino community. We already have enough challenges and social barriers and don't need to add more."
" As a mental health professional working with vulnerable families, I have seen the impact of alcohol use in increasing domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, unemployment, and mental health issues," stated Janis Reid, Board Member, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Network of Southern California. "The intent of SB 930 is to sell more alcohol. Having increased access to alcohol will increase exposure to our vulnerable children. As many as one in twenty babies are born with neurodevelopment disabilities due to prenatal exposure to alcohol. Alcohol is the substance that most easily passes the brain-blood barrier while the child is in utero. People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are over-represented in our mental health systems, criminal justice systems, homelessness, under and unemployment, child protection systems, and welfare systems. Having increased access to alcohol will increase exposure to our vulnerable children."
"I am here today representing thousands of mothers across Los Angeles County that fight for their kids day-in and day-out in a society that has much to learn from us - the mothers that fight to raise their kids to get ahead even when our laws and resources are not in our favor," stated Aracely Ocampo, spokesperson for California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA.) "We have enough harms related to alcohol in California, more than any other state in the country, SB 930 doesn't make sense. THAT'S ENOUGH!"
"A link between alcohol misuse and gun violence has been widely established in medical research through numerous studies," said Alec Foster, spokesperson for Women Against Gun Violence (WAGV). "The data is clear and this is why we must prevent the 4 a.m. bar bill from taking effect in Los Angeles and in California. The alcohol lobby should not be more powerful than the need to keep our communities safe."
"Here's the SB 930 bottom line: Extending hours of on-site alcohol sales into the wee hours of the morning will benefit a few bar, restaurant and nightclub owners, as well as alcohol producers and distributors, while increasing alcohol-related harms and costs at great public expense," added Avila. "The policy change is a prescription for increased harm. Doctors take a solemn oath to "first do no harm." Our legislators should be held to the same standard. They can start by VOTING NO on SB 930!"
Alcohol Justice encourages the public to TAKE ACTION to STOP SB 930: Text JUSTICE to 313131 or visit: https://alcoholjustice.org/take-action/stop-sb-930-no-late-last-calls-in-ca-not-now-not-ever
CONTACT:
Mayra Jimenez 323 683-4687
Michael Scippa 415 548-0492
Alison Simard 213 473-7005
213 505-7467
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PARTNERSHIP AIMED AT INTEGRATING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY INTO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ECOSYSTEM
MADRID and LONDON and NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE: AB), a leading global asset management firm, and Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds (AMS: ALLFG) specialized in blockchain technology, have announced a collaboration to adapt AB's asset services activities to the blockchain ecosystem.
Allfunds Blockchain's dedicated funds technology offers the possibility to transform operational processes in the fund industry value chain and provide legacy platforms with efficiency, agility, accuracy, and the increased safety blockchain technology delivers. AB will connect its global operational activity with the Allfunds platform to Allfunds Blockchain, where it will enjoy all the benefits of the solution, as well as Allfunds' global scale and growing offering. The collaboration will offer Allfunds Blockchain solutions across AB's EU domiciled-global platform.
Ronit Walny, Head of AllianceBernstein's Investment Innovation Center, added, "Across multiple departments at AB and in partnership with Equitable Holdings, we underwent a deep exploration of the value that the blockchain technology unlocks. We anticipate that this technology will be transformative to the asset management industry, uncovering significant transactional efficiencies and enhanced transparency as well as operational agility that makes investment solutions available to a broader investor base. We are committed to delivering solutions that our clients prefer today and in the future Allfunds Blockchain brings extensive fund industry experience and insightful and integrated solutions, and we look forward to partnering with them in our journey to offer solutions across our EU domiciled global-platform."
Karl Sprules, Global Head of Technology and Operations at AllianceBernstein, added, "Our interest in blockchain was born out of an internal, innovative ideation workshop, hosted jointly between AB and Equitable Holdings for employees. In 2021, more than 100 colleagues across both organizations participated in the program, working to increase firmwide knowledge of disruptive technologies and closely examine how blockchain and cryptocurrency can be used in the financial services industry. A year later, we are excited to announce this integrative collaboration between AB and Allfunds Blockchain, which we believe is an important step forward for the future of our firm – and across the industry."
Rubén Nieto, Managing Director of Allfunds Blockchain, said: "We are very excited to collaborate with one of the leading global asset management firms and deliver our bespoke solutions to such a renowned household name like AB. This emphasizes our clear strategy to team up and help to understand the incredible benefits of the technology and our value proposition to all the actors of the fund industry. It is about the future of the industry vs. the industry of the future."
About AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional investors, individuals, and private wealth clients in major world markets. As of May 31, 2022, AllianceBernstein had $687 billion in assets under management. Additional information about AB may be found on our website, www.alliancebernstein.com.
Allfunds Blockchain is a standalone company within the Allfunds Group. Allfunds Blockchain develops a revolutionary technology with features that have not been available on the market to date, which generate a unique environment of security, privacy and data governance among financial institutions and enables new capabilities for programming and automating processes through smart contracts.
Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG) is one of the leading B2B WealthTech platforms for the funds industry, offering fully integrated solutions for both Fund Houses and Distributors. Allfunds, founded in 2000, has built and continues to evolve an ecosystem that covers the entire fund distribution value chain and investment cycle. It remains the sole fully integrated one-stop-shop in the industry. As of 31.03.2022 its assets under administration were of nearly €1.4 trillion.
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Empowering Utilities to Serve Customers Better
PHOENIX, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today Advanced Utility Systems, a Harris Computer company launched its Infinity Customer Information System (CIS) Browser at the 46th CS Week Conference. It is a modern, cloud-based customer information and billing software platform that is a core component of transforming customer service and billing, customer experience and field workforce management for utilities.
As utilities digitally transform their customer experience, the integration of Advanced's Infinity CIS is meant to improve their customer service and engagement initiatives. It has unmatched functionality available to help utilities meet all their needs and more. With Infinity CIS, utilities can improve first-call resolution; access and provide timely information to customers; and support multiple working environments.
Additionally, Customers today are used to accessing key information at their fingertips instantaneously. The Infinity CIS platform supports utilities and empowers customers with the information they need at their own convenience. It also, enables utilities to effectively locate, manage, automate and optimize mobile field workers and their task for improved field management and customer experience.
To learn more, please visit us at www.advancedutility.com or book a demo here.
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"For 25 years, Advanced has been part of the journey of small and large municipal utilities and cooperatives – helping them digital transform their customer information and billing management. During this journey, we have grown to be one of the largest billing software providers, making the lives of millions easier, better and smarter. As utilities have evolved, we have grown with them over time."
- Cameron Mahbubian, CTO for Harris Utilities
"With Infinity CIS, we are taking the digital transformation into the cloud. Our innovative cloud solution integrates with existing systems seamlessly and in real-time, providing our clients access to information at anytime, anywhere on any device."
- Hari Subramaniam, EVP, Advanced Utility Systems
Advanced Utility Systems is a subsidiary of Harris Computer Systems, providing Customer Information and Billing solutions exclusively to municipal, investor owned, and cooperative utilities established in 1997. With more than 150 successful customer deployments across North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, Advanced has the experience required to deliver a successful implementation of your mission critical CIS.
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Discussing INDOPACOM warfighting foundational intelligence at the 2022 USGIF GEOINT Symposium in Denver, CO
DENVER, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP) (OTCQX: ITMSF) ("Intermap" or the "Company"), a global leader in geospatial content development and intelligence solutions, is presenting today at the 2022 USGIF GEOINT Symposium to discuss solutions for foundational military intelligence at scale.
Intermap's commercial and government solutions leverage one of the most extensive commercial archives of geospatial data to provide answers directly into workflows. It is changing the way geospatial intelligence is created and delivered, ensuring the right information is in the hands of warfighters worldwide, specifically INDOPACOM. The Intermap team aims to help operationalize the USAF Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept, the US Marine Corp Force 2030 restructuring and support the broader Joint All Domain Command and Control vision for US DOD. Intermap is presenting jointly alongside its leading industry partners from Oracle and FGS to deliver operationally relevant, easy to assimilate and 3D precision accurate military intelligence at scale. As most recently demonstrated in Ukraine, the power of utilizing commercial partnerships is to dominate the cognitive domain in a crisis. OSINT has become a critical component of GEOINT at the tactical edge.
Attendees of the 2022 USGIF GEOINT Symposium can attend the presentation session on April 25 at 2:30 pm MT at the Aurora Exhibit Hall, Booth 2215.
Military services are fielding smaller, more agile, incremental improvements across warfighting domains to accelerate change in the DOD's new integrated deterrence strategy. The USAF is reorganizing to employ expeditionary forces faster and more lethal under the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept and the USMC Force 2030 is restructuring from a counterterrorism role to peer/near-peer adversaries focusing on INDOPACOM. The Intermap team concept is to support these initiatives by enhancing traditional models of force projection and employment that historically have been underwritten by legacy foundational military intelligence (FMI), causing sub-optimization of warfighting lethality in an era of shrinking and delayed budgets.
Building on lessons from its prime contract with USAF, the Intermap team approach leverages government, industry and academia to yield higher 3D FMI at scale for force projection/protection, course of action development, countering asymmetrical attacks (e.g., small drones) and employing lethal weapons in contested, degraded and operational limited (CDO) environments. By harnessing airborne, cloud and edge technologies while introducing low latency collection to orthorectify foundational intelligence (e.g., ability to depict horizontal offsets and Digital Terrain Modeling to achieve 3D precision accuracy), leveraging unmatched expertise and edge technologies can enhance FMI for planners and warfighters thus holding adversary weapon systems at risk in CDO settings.
Essential to executing this concept are high-performance analytics enabling on-the-fly 3D production and precision targeting coordinates surpassing legacy digital point position database production. Analysis, integration and production of this data are critical.
Learn more about Intermap's government solutions visit https://www.intermap.com/government-regulated-industries.
Certain information provided in this news release constitutes forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate", "expect", "project", "estimate", "forecast", "will be", "will consider", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Although Intermap believes that these statements are based on information and assumptions which are current, reasonable and complete, these statements are necessarily subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Intermap's forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to, among other things, cash available to fund operations, availability of capital, revenue fluctuations, nature of government contracts, economic conditions, loss of key customers, retention and availability of executive talent, competing technologies, common share price volatility, loss of proprietary information, software functionality, internet and system infrastructure functionality, information technology security, breakdown of strategic alliances, and international and political considerations, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed Intermap's Annual Information Form and other securities filings. While the Company makes these forward-looking statements in good faith, should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary significantly from those expected. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits that the Company will derive therefrom. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Intermap or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as at the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the forward-looking statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities law.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intermap (TSX: IMP; OTCQX: ITMSF) is a global leader in geospatial intelligence solutions. The Company's proprietary 3D NEXTMap® elevation datasets and value-added geospatial collection, processing, analytics, fusion and orthorectification software and solutions are utilized across a range of industries that rely on accurate, high-resolution elevation data. Intermap helps governments build authoritative geospatial datasets and provides solutions for base mapping, transportation, environmental monitoring, topographic mapping, disaster mitigation, smart city integration, public safety and defense. The Company's commercial applications include aviation and UAV flight planning, flood and wildfire insurance, environmental and renewable energy planning, telecommunications, engineering, critical infrastructure monitoring, hydrology, land management, oil and gas and transportation. For more information, please visit www.intermap.com.
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Heart Diagnostics, part of the Eurofins network of companies, announces the launch of LipidSeq™, a revolutionary genetic test for cardiovascular disease. This saliva-based NGS test identifies the most common genetic causes of lipid and lipoprotein disorders. These disorders are associated with premature cardiovascular, pancreatic, kidney, and neurological diseases.
When patients have very high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, or plasma sterols and/or very low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, there is a likelihood of a genetic mutation. Conditions detected by this 23-gene test include familial forms of hypercholesterolemia, lysosomal acid lipase deficiency, sitosterolemia, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, dysbetalipoproteinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and HDL deficiency states including ApoA-I deficiency, Tangier disease, and LCAT deficiency, as well as other disorders. If there is a genetic basis for the patient's condition, understanding the specific mutation and associated disease can help guide treatment considerations, educate the patient about health risks, and encourage relatives to seek testing to determine if they, too, may be at risk. Boston Heart is the only commercial laboratory able to test biochemical and genetic contributors when diagnosing inherited disorders of lipid metabolism (Reference: Schaefer EJ, Geller AS, Endress G. The biochemical and genetic diagnosis of lipid disorders. Current Opinion in Lipidology 2019; 30:56-62.)
Testing of appropriate patients can be done at any age, which favors early identification and treatment of genetically influenced lipid and lipoprotein disorders. Early diagnosis and precision treatment can save lives, and have a significant clinical impact for practitioners, patients, and their families.
LipidSeq was developed in collaboration with Eurofins laboratory partner Clinical Enterprise, which performs the genetic sequencing, and in consultation with Dr. Robert A. Hegele of Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario.
Healthcare providers may access this testing for their patients by signing up for an account with Boston Heart. The Boston Heart Customer Care department is available at 877.425.1252 or customercare@bostonheartdx.com.
Boston Heart Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA), is transforming the treatment of cardiovascular disease and related conditions by providing healthcare providers and their patients with novel, personalized diagnostics and integrated customized lifestyle programs that have the power to change the way clinicians and patients communicate about disease and improve health. For more information on Boston Heart Diagnostics, please visit www.BostonHeartDiagnostics.com
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GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man faces animal cruelty charges after 183 dead dogs, rabbits, birds and other animals were found in a freezer, including some that were apparently frozen while alive, officials said.
Mohave County deputies and animal control officers found the animals in a garage freezer April 3 after a woman reported that Michael Patrick Turland, 43, hadn’t returned snakes she’d lent him for breeding, the Sheriff’s Office said Thursday in a statement. The deep freezer was at a home that Turland previously rented in Golden Valley, a rural community in far western Arizona.
The frozen animals included dogs, turtles, lizards, birds, snakes, mice, rats and rabbits, the statement said. “Several of the animals appeared to have been frozen alive due to their body positioning.”
The home’s owner reportedly discovered the frozen animals while cleaning after Turland and his wife vacated the property. The owner then contacted the woman who notified the Sheriff’s Office, the statement said.
Turland was arrested at the home Wednesday when deputies were told he had returned to the property, the office said.
“When interviewed, Turland eventually admitted to placing some of the animals in the freezer when they were still alive,” the statement said.
Court records didn’t list an attorney who could comment on behalf of Turland, who was arrested on 94 counts of animal cruelty. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/arizona-man-arrested-after-183-dead-animals-found-in-freezer/ | 2022-04-15T07:38:32Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — As a big leaguer, Joe Pignatano had a career that was more noteworthy than notable: He played in the last game at Ebbets Field, he homered off three future Hall of Famers and he hit into a triple play with his final swing in the majors.
It was out in the bullpen at Shea Stadium, where he tended relief pitchers and tomatoes for the 1969 Miracle Mets, where Pignatano’s legacy really grew.
“He was fairly committed to taking care of his tomatoes,” former Mets pitcher Jim McAndrew told The Associated Press.
“It was Joe’s thing,” he said. “A lot of love and effort and TLC.”
Pignatano, who reached the majors as a catcher with his hometown Brooklyn Dodgers and became a longtime coach, died Monday at 92.
The New York Mets said Pignatano died in Naples, Florida, at a nursing home. He had been suffering from dementia.
Pignatano had been the last living coach from the 1969 Mets, who made a remarkable run under manager Gil Hodges to reach the World Series and then startled Baltimore and the baseball world for their first championship.
He remained as their bullpen coach through 1981.
“To me, he was Uncle Joe. He loved the city and loved talking about his days with the Dodgers and with Gil. He was a baseball lifer,” former Mets star Lee Mazzilli said.
Pignatano made his major league debut with Brooklyn in 1957. On Sept. 24, he took over for future Hall of Famer Roy Campanella and caught the final five innings in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh. It was the Dodgers’ last home game before bolting Brooklyn for the West Coast.
In 1959, Pignatano got his biggest hit. In the second game in a best-of-three playoff against Milwaukee for the NL pennant, his two-out single in the bottom of the 12th at the Coliseum set up the winning run scored by Hodges as Los Angeles earned a World Series spot.
The Dodgers went on to win the championship, and Pignatano had a brief appearance behind the plate in the six-game win over the Chicago White Sox.
After stints with the Kansas City Athletics and San Francisco Giants, he joined the 1962 expansion Mets in midseason. The Mets were awful, setting a modern major league record for losses in going 40-120, and they wrapped up their season in inglorious fashion.
In their final game of the season, at Wrigley Field against the Cubs, they trailed 5-1 when Sammy Drake led off the eighth inning with a single and took second on a single by Richie Ashburn.
Pignatano was up next and sent a liner toward right field — “that ball was labeled base hit from the moment it left the bat” is how it was described on Mets radio.
Instead, Chicago second baseman Ken Hubbs went back and caught the ball and threw to first baseman Ernie Banks, who relayed to shortstop Andre Rodgers for a triple play.
It was Pignatano’s last at-bat in the majors.
A career .234 hitter, he played 307 games and hit 16 home runs. Among the pitchers he tagged for homers were Robin Roberts, Warren Spahn and Jim Kaat, all of them Hall of Famers.
In 1965, Hodges was managing the Washington Senators when he asked Pignatano to join his coaching staff. In 1968, Pignatano went with Hodges to the Mets.
During the 1969 season, Pignatano discovered a stray tomato plant growing in the right field bullpen at Shea and kept it healthy. As the Mets continued to win, the plant became something of a good-luck charm and Pignatano’s garden took root.
“It was his home away from home,” McAndrew recalled Monday. “He had five or six hours a day down there with his tomatoes. He really took care of them. When we were on the road, the grounds crew helped out. They had the water.”
Over the years, the ripe, red tomatoes grew and so did the stories about Pignatano’s green thumb. He was always glad to talk about his garden.
But letting others enjoy his harvest? Nope, McAndrew said he never got to taste a single juicy tomato.
“He didn’t share them. They were just for him,” McAndrew said with a laugh. “He was going to reap the fruits of his bounty.”
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Kerber outlasts Juvan in Strasbourg final for 14th title
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Former No. 1 Angelique Kerber outlasted first-time WTA finalist Kaja Juvan 7-6 (5), 6-7 (0), 7-6 (5) over more than three hours in the Strasbourg International final. Kerber’s 14th career singles title was her first on clay in more than six years. Juvan upset Kerber at the 2020 French Open, and in her first career final put up a remarkable fight. But Kerber prevailed in the longest final of the year. The three-time grand slam winner came to Strasbourg with only two match wins this year, and surprised herself with her daily improvement. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/21/kerber-outlasts-juvan-in-strasbourg-final-for-14th-title/ | 2022-05-21T23:50:49Z |
HANGZHOU, China, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading privacy-preserving computation service provider – Hangzhou Nuowei Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Nuowei Tech) announced the official release of its new product, NVX®all-in-one platform, in collaboration with Ant Group, one of the biggest financial technology enterprises in China.
NVX®all-in-one platform is a self-contained and fully controllable one-stop privacy-preserving computation solution, which takes advantage of hardware and software fusion solutions, allowing out-of-the-box use. It aims to deliver secure and efficient data sharing among different data owners. Typical application scenarios include, but are not limited to, biomedicine, finance, and government affairs.
NVX®all-in-one platform supports domestically produced CPU and hardware. It is optimized by the privacy-preserving computation framework from Nuowei Tech and the trusted-native solution from Ant Group, with built-in privacy protection computing accelerator, self-contained and fully controllable trusted execution environment (TEE), accelerator hardware for Chinese National Standard Cipher algorithm and trusted technology stack. By using NVX®all-in-one platform, users can exchange data-value with external partners through a secure and controllable manner. During this process, data are connected to NVX®all-in-one platform through data interfaces, such as file system, database, APIs, etc.
Dr. Shuang Wang, the founder and chairman of Nuowei Tech stated that " One of the future directions for privacy-preserving computation would be a hardware and software combined all-in-one machine that can protect privacy and improve computing performance at the same time. We are delighted to collaborate with Ant Group to push forward the technology development and application of privacy-preserving computation. We hope that NVX®all-in-one platform will enable more industries to gain access to privacy-preserving compution in a more efficient, cost-effective and convenient manner."
Dr. Chenggang Qin, Director of Trusted Native Technology of Ant Group, said, "The combination of software and hardware is the development trend of the privacy-preserving computation industry. Ant Group's trusted native base can provide application acceleration, self-contained and fully controllable TEE and a trusted technology stack through self-developed chips, acceleration cards, TEE, etc. Nuowei Tech is a very important partner for us and we hope that this all-in-one product will take the privacy-preserving computation industry to the next level."
Privacy-preserving computation is a collection of a series of technologies and solutions, covering trusted execution environment (TEE), secure multi-party computation (MPC), federated learning (FL), security federated learning (SFL), homomorphic encryption (HE), etc. It can provide data processing, analysis, modeling, verification, etc. on the premise of data privacy protection. Therefore, it ensures secure and efficient data value sharing and supports collaborative application for various types of data.
During the past two years, we witnessed the rapid development of privacy-preserving computation industry, such as the continuous iteration of technologies and products, the gradual implementation of laws and regulations, and the increasing market demand. Gartner lists privacy-preserving computation as one of the top strategic technologies for 2022, and predicts that by 2025, half of the world's large organizations will use at least one privacy-preserving computation related technology. In the 2021 Privacy Computing Industry Research Report, KPMG pointed out that in three years, the revenue of China's privacy-preserving computation service market is expected to reach 10-20 billion RMB. Meanwhile, there is a great chance that the revenue for platform operation will reach 100 billion RMB.
The market demand has been continuously rising for a while, and more and more top-level investors are betting on privacy-preserving computation. According to the research report of iResearch, the cumulative financing amount of Chinese privacy-preserving computation companies from 2016 to 2022 Q1 (as of March 9) exceeded 3 billion RMB. Notably, the amount in 2021 accounts for more than 60% of this number.
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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 Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: November 3, 2021 to May 3, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 15, 2022
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Learn more about your recoverable losses in TUP:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Tupperware Brands Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Tupperware was facing significant challenges in maintaining its earnings and sales performance; (ii) accordingly, Tupperware's full-year 2022 guidance was unrealistic and/or unsustainable; (iii) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Tupperware's financial condition; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Tupperware you have until August 15, 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 Tupperware 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 TUP lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/tupperware-brands-corporation-loss-submission-form-2?id=29473&from=4.
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New Board Will Help Bridge Traditional and Digital Efforts for Greater Scale & Impact
BOWIE, Md., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Epilepsy Foundation recently selected Jeff Parent as chair of its governing Board of Directors; Mr. Parent succeeds Bradley P. Boyer, Esq., who served as chair for two years. In addition, the Foundation elected nine new board members. Together with the Foundation's staff leadership, the board will advance the organization's efforts to expand its national network of services and support through enhanced digital infrastructure to better connect people with epilepsy to care and resources wherever they are.
"I am thrilled and humbled to have this opportunity to serve on the Epilepsy Foundation's Board of Directors," said Mr. Parent, president, and general manager, Gulf States Toyota in Texas. "As both a person with epilepsy and the father of a child with epilepsy, I am excited to work with the existing and new board members to continue to effect positive change for our community. As chair, I am honored to help the Foundation leverage cutting-edge technology and traditional marketing strategies to reach and engage everyone impacted by the epilepsies."
The Epilepsy Foundation's board plays an important role in driving the organization's strategic vision, and each member brings a wealth of expertise and personal connection to improving the lives of individuals with epilepsy:
- Abraham M. Glaser, CFM, senior financial advisor, Silverleaf Financial: Mr. Glaser brings 20 years of extensive professional expertise in finance and advocacy, as well as first-hand knowledge of living with epilepsy.
- Josh Golden, chief marketing officer, Quad: Mr. Golden has more than two decades of experience in marketing, branding, media, and content, including past president and publisher of AdAge. He has lived with epilepsy since he was 13 years old and recently started exploring how he can apply his marketing acumen to address the stigma associated with it.
- Ali Heron, chief technology officer, Petal: Ms. Heron brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry; she has a child with epilepsy.
- Wasim Q. Malik, Ph.D., managing partner, Iaso Ventures: Dr. Malik has more than 20 years of experience in life sciences, management, and academic research. He is closely involved in investing in, and mentoring many, epilepsy-related start-ups.
- Michael T. McDonnell, III, managing partner, Kutak Rock LLP: Mr. McDonnell is an attorney with vast experience representing nonprofit organizations that provide services to disabled persons. He has a son with focal epilepsy.
- Angelica Roiz, audit partner, Not-for-Profit & Higher Education Practices, Grant Thornton, LLP, U.S.: Ms. Roiz brings extensive nonprofit expertise in accounting and finance, as well as federal grant compliance issues. Her desire to volunteer for an organization dedicated to neuro-research and helping impacted families is what led her to the Epilepsy Foundation.
- Mark Theeuwes, chief executive officer and president, Receptor Life Science: Mr. Theeuwes has vast experience in biopharma, including the FDA regulatory approval pathway for developing and bringing new therapies to market. Receptor Life Science is developing therapies for central nervous system disorders, including epilepsy. He and his wife, Michelle, have a daughter with epilepsy.
- Matt Tifft, former NASCAR driver and current co-owner, Live Fast Motorsports: Mr. Tifft brings years of business, fundraising, and brand marketing experience. He is a person with epilepsy and the youngest co-owner of a Cup Series team. He was also recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2022.
- Mary Weldon, freelance producer, and casting agent: Ms. Weldon has years of experience in the finance and entertainment industries. She spent more than a decade in equity sales and trading; she has also served on several nonprofit boards. She has a child, two siblings and mother with epilepsy.
"We are honored and grateful to this amazing group of successful and seasoned business and professional executives who are joining our board," said Laura Thrall, president and CEO, Epilepsy Foundation. "Their professional expertise and personal epilepsy journeys are valuable to the Epilepsy Foundation as we further scale our impact to deliver on our mission efficiently and directly to our community."
For a full list of board members, please visit epilepsy.com/about/leadership.
According to the World Health Organization, epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder worldwide, with no age, racial, social class, national or geographic boundaries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) estimates that 3.4 million people in the United States are affected by epilepsy, or approximately 1 in 26 people. Epilepsy is the underlying tendency of the brain to produce seizures, which are sudden abnormal bursts of electrical energy that disrupt brain functions. In addition to those diagnosed with epilepsy, one in ten people will have a single seizure in their lifetime.
With a network of partners throughout the United States, the Epilepsy Foundation is leading the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy. The Foundation connects people to treatment, support, and resources; leads advocacy efforts; funds innovative research and the training of specialists; and educates the public about epilepsy and seizure first aid. For more than five decades, the Epilepsy Foundation has shone a light on epilepsy to promote awareness and understanding, and to advocate for laws that matter to people with epilepsy, while also funding epilepsy research and supporting epilepsy investigators and specialists in their early careers. In partnership with the CDC, the Epilepsy Foundation has helped to improve access to care for people with epilepsy, expanded its digital reach and online resources in homes across the country, and trained more than 600,000 people in seizure recognition and first aid. The Epilepsy Foundation has also assisted more than 140,000 people through its 24/7 Helpline, and continues to focus on innovation, new therapies, community services, advocacy and education as key priorities. To learn more visit epilepsy.com or call 1.800.332.1000. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPS).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Digital Turbine between August 9, 2021 and May 17, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Digital Turbine, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) the Company's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a newly published forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, the radio access network (RAN) market remains on track for a fifth consecutive year of growth in 2022 and global revenues are projected to stay above $40 B by 2026.
"Even with the unusual uncertainty surrounding the economy, the war in Ukraine, the supply chains, and China's zero-Covid-19 policy, the baseline scenario assumes that risks have changed but the underlying fundamentals remain healthy," said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President and analyst with the Dell'Oro Group. "Consequently, the more optimistic and pessimistic projections have been modified, but we have not made any major adjustments to the baseline scenario with global RAN expanding further over the near term before decelerating in the outer part of the forecast period, resulting in a flat CAGR in nominal USD terms between 2021 and 2026," continued Pongratz.
Additional highlights from the Mobile RAN 5-Year July 2022 Forecast Report:
- Cumulative 2022-2026 RAN Revenue projections have been adjusted upward, partly due to revised 5G projections in China and North America.
- RAN excluding China is projected to increase while the Chinese RAN market is expected to peak in 2022 before decelerating in the outer part of the forecast period.
- RAN investments in the North America region are also expected to peak in 2022 and give up some gains in the outer part of the forecast period.
- Slower mmWave growth in 2021 is not materially impacting the forecast – mmWave is still projected to account for 2 percent to 4 percent of the 2022-2026 RAN market.
- Global Massive MIMO growth prospects are projected to slow somewhat, reflecting challenging comparisons in some of the advanced Massive MIMO markets.
- Small cell RAN revenues are projected to grow at a 6 percent CAGR, underpinned by healthy 5G growth.
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Dell'Oro Group's Mobile RAN 5-Year Forecast Report offers a complete overview of the Mobile RAN industry by region – North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific, China, and Caribbean & Latin America, with tables covering manufacturers' revenue and unit shipments for 5GNR, 5G NR Sub 6 GHz, 5G NR mmW and LTE pico, micro, and macro transceiver base stations. The report also covers Open RAN, Virtualized RAN, small cells, and Massive MIMO. To purchase this report, please contact by email at dgsales@delloro.com.
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Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications, enterprise networks, data center infrastructure, and network security markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.delloro.com.
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CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago that starts Monday is in many ways a do-over of his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted the singer on charges that he produced a video of himself when he was around 30 having sex with a girl no older than 14.
There’s one big difference: This time, prosecutors say, she will testify.
Kelly, 55, goes into Chicago federal court already sentenced by a New York federal judge to a 30-year prison term for a 2021 conviction on charges he parlayed his fame to sexually abuse other young fans.
Among the most serious charges the Grammy Award winner faces at his federal trial is conspiracy to obstruct justice by rigging the 2008 trial, including by paying off and threatening the girl to ensure she did not testify.
Testimony by the woman, now in her 30s and referred to in filings only as “Minor 1,” will be pivotal. The charges against Kelly also include four counts of the enticement of minors for sex — one count each for four other accusers. All are also slated to testify.
Even just one or two convictions in Chicago could add decades to Kelly’s New York sentence, which he is appealing. With the New York sentence alone, Kelly will be around 80 before qualifying for early release.
Prosecutors at the federal trial plan to play the same VHS tape that was “Exhibit No. 1″ at the 2008 trial. While it was the only video in evidence 14 years ago, at least three other videos will be entered into evidence at the federal trial.
Prosecutors say Kelly shot the video of Minor 1 in a log cabin-themed room at his North Side Chicago home between 1998 and 2000 when she was as young as 13. In it, the girl is heard calling the man “daddy.” Federal prosecutors say that she and Kelly had sex hundreds of times over the years in his homes, recording studios and tour buses.
Before the 2008 trial, Kelly carried a duffle bag full of sex tapes everywhere he went for years, but some tapes later went missing, according to court filings. In the 2000s, bootleg copies of some videos appeared on street corners across the U.S.
Kelly, who rose from poverty on Chicago’s South Side to become a star singer, songwriter and producer, knew a conviction in 2008 would effectively end his life as he knew it.
On June 13, 2008, Kelly shut his eyes tight and bowed his head as jurors returned from deliberations. As a court official read the jury’s decision and it became clear Kelly would be acquitted on all counts, tears streamed down his cheeks and he said over and over, “Thank you, Jesus.”
Two Kelly associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants in Chicago. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial, while Brown is charged with receiving child pornography. Like Kelly, they have also denied any wrongdoing.
Double jeopardy rules bar the prosecution of someone for the same crimes they were acquitted of earlier. But that shouldn’t apply to the Chicago federal trial because prosecutors are alleging different crimes related to Minor 1, including obstruction of justice for fixing the 2008 trial.
Minor 1 first met Kelly in the late 1990s when she was in junior high school. She had tagged along to Kelly’s Chicago recording studio with her aunt, a professional singer working with Kelly’s music. Soon after that meeting, Minor 1 told her parents Kelly was going to be her godfather.
In the early 2000s, the aunt showed the parents a copy of a video she said depicted their daughter having sex with Kelly. When they confronted Kelly, he told them, “You’re with me or against me,” a government filing says.
The parents took it as a threat.
“Minor 1’s mother did not want to go up against Kelly’s power, money, and influence by not following what he said,” the filing adds.
Kelly told the parents and Minor 1 they had to leave Chicago, paying for them to travel to the Bahamas and Cancun, Mexico. When they returned, prosecutors say Kelly sought to isolate Minor 1, moving her around to different hotels.
When called before a state grand jury looking into the video, Minor 1, her father and mother denied it was her in it. Prosecutors say an attorney for Kelly sat in on their testimony and reported back to Kelly what they said.
Prosecutors from the Cook County state’s attorney’s office chose to push ahead with charges and to take the case to trial in 2008 despite what they knew was a major hurdle: their inability to call the girl in the video to testify.
Any confidence Kelly may have had of beating similar charges a second time were likely dashed when he learned Minor 1 was now cooperating with the government. With more resources, federal prosecutors also boast conviction rates of more than 90% compared to around 65% for their state counterparts.
In 2008, his lawyers argued the man in the VHS video who appeared very much to be Kelly was not Kelly. They showed jurors that Kelly has a large mole on his back, then played excerpts of the video in which no mole was visible on the man.
One of Kelly’s attorneys, Sam Adam Jr., told jurors during closings that no mole on the man’s back meant one thing: “It ain’t him. And if it ain’t him, you can’t convict.”
Some 2008 jurors told reporters after the trial that they weren’t convinced the female in the video was who state prosecutors said she was.
That shouldn’t be an issue at the Chicago federal trial. Prosecutors say both the girl and her parents will testify.
What defense Kelly’s legal team will present this time isn’t clear.
The defense is likely to say Kelly’s accusers are misrepresenting the facts. Kelly was more blunt in a 2019 interview with Gayle King of “CBS This Morning,” saying about the women: “All of them are lying.”
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UScellular Customers Can Call and Text 988 for Free Mental Health Support
CHICAGO, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline short code is now widely available for dialing through land lines, cell phones, and voice-over-internet devices in the United States. This new three-digit number makes it easier for people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress to connect with trained mental health counselors in real-time.
In 2020, Congress designated the 988 dialing code to be operated through the existing Lifeline and set a goal date of July 16, 2022, for it to be available nationwide. UScellular activated 988 dialing in 2020 and added texting functionality in 2022.
The importance of having the 988 number available cannot be overstated. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in 2020 alone, the U.S. had one death by suicide about every 11 minutes—and for people aged 10 – 34 years, suicide is a leading cause of death. Additionally, from April 2020 to 2021, over 100,000 individuals died from drug overdoses.
"Suicide is a serious public health crisis that impacts people of all ages, so ensuring this service was available for our customers was a priority," said Narothum Saxena, vice president of technology strategy and architecture at UScellular and executive sponsor of the company's associate resource group focused on mental health awareness. "By making it easier and faster to access help at critical times, our hope is that those in need take advantage of the mental health support available, and more lives can be saved."
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, now called the 988 Crisis and Suicide Lifeline, is a national network of over 200 local, independent crisis centers equipped to help people in mental health-related distress or experiencing a suicidal crisis, via call, chat, or text. The Lifeline provides free and confidential support to people in suicidal crisis or mental health-related distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the U.S. Calls to the Lifeline are routed to the nearest crisis center, and there is no cost for dialing the number.
SAMHSA, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Veterans Affairs worked to make 988 a reality, which is more than just an easy-to-remember number. It's a direct connection to compassionate, accessible care and support for anyone experiencing mental health-related distress – whether that is thoughts of suicide, mental health or substance use crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress. People can also dial or text 988 if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.
People can also contact the Lifeline by calling 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK) or by accessing 988lifeline.org/chat or veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/chat. The 988 Crisis and Suicide Lifeline is funded by SAMHSA and has been administered by Vibrant Emotional Health since it began in 2005.
UScellular is the fourth-largest full-service wireless carrier in the United States, providing national network coverage and industry-leading innovations designed to elevate the customer experience. The Chicago-based carrier provides a strong, reliable network supported by the latest technology and offers a wide range of communication services that enhance consumers' lives, increase the competitiveness of local businesses and improve the efficiency of government operations. To learn more about UScellular, visit one of its retail stores or www.uscellular.com. To get the latest news, visit newsroom.uscellular.com. Connect with UScellular on social media at facebook.com/uscellular, twitter.com/uscellular, instagram.com/uscellular, YouTube.com/uscellularcorp and linkedin.com/company/uscellular.
For more information, contact:
Katie Frey
773-317-0002
katie.frey@uscellular.com
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMGA) ("Omega"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the first systematic approach to use mRNA therapeutics as a new class of programmable epigenetic medicines by leveraging its OMEGA Epigenomic Programming™ platform, today announced that management will participate in a fireside chat at the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference on Monday, September 12, 2022, at 10 a.m. ET.
A live webcast of the fireside chat will be available on the Investors & Media section of the Company's website at www.omegatherapeutics.com. An archived replay of the fireside chat will be available on the same website for approximately 90 days.
Omega Therapeutics, founded by Flagship Pioneering, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the first systematic approach to use mRNA therapeutics as a new class of programmable epigenetic medicines. The company's OMEGA Epigenomic Programming™ platform harnesses the power of epigenetics, the mechanism that controls gene expression and every aspect of an organism's life from cell genesis, growth, and differentiation to cell death. Using a suite of technologies, paired with Omega's process of systematic, rational, and integrative drug design, the OMEGA platform enables control of fundamental epigenetic processes to correct the root cause of disease by returning aberrant gene expression to a normal range without altering native nucleic acid sequences. Omega's modular and programmable mRNA medicines, Omega Epigenomic Controllers™, are designed to target specific epigenomic loci within insulated genomic domains, EpiZips, from amongst thousands of unique, mapped, and validated genome-wide DNA-sequences, with high specificity to durably tune single or multiple genes to treat and cure diseases through Precision Genomic Control™. Omega is currently advancing a broad pipeline of development candidates spanning a range of disease areas, including oncology, regenerative medicine, multigenic diseases including immunology, and select monogenic diseases, including alopecia.
For more information, visit omegatherapeutics.com, or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding our participation in upcoming events and presentations and expectations regarding our business strategy and product candidate pipeline, including efficacy, trial design, regulatory submissions, approvals and timing thereof, and initiation of preclinical studies and advancement of multiple preclinical development programs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: the novel technology on which our product candidates are based makes it difficult to predict the time and cost of preclinical and clinical development and subsequently obtaining regulatory approval, if at all; the substantial development and regulatory risks associated with epigenomic controller machines due to the novel and unprecedented nature of this new category of medicines; our limited operating history; the incurrence of significant losses and the fact that we expect to continue to incur significant additional losses for the foreseeable future; our need for substantial additional financing; our investments in research and development efforts that further enhance the OMEGA platform, and their impact on our results; uncertainty regarding preclinical development, especially for a new class of medicines such as epigenomic controllers; the fact that our product candidates may be associated with serious adverse events, undesirable side effects or have other properties that could halt their regulatory development, prevent their regulatory approval, limit their commercial potential, or result in significant negative consequences; the impact of increased demand for the manufacture of mRNA and LNP based vaccines to treat COVID-19 on our development plans; difficulties manufacturing the novel technology on which our OEC candidates are based; our ability to adapt to rapid and significant technological change; our reliance on third parties for the manufacture of materials; our ability to successfully acquire and establish our own manufacturing facilities and infrastructure; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers for lipid excipients used in our product candidates; our ability to advance our product candidates to clinical development; and our ability to obtain, maintain, enforce and adequately protect our intellectual property rights. These and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and our other filings with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.
Media contact:
Jason Braco
LifeSci Communications
646.751.4361
jbraco@lifescicomms.com
Investor contact:
Kevin Murphy
Argot Partners
212.600.1902
ArgotOmega@argotpartners.com
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ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (SHLI), with support from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., a leader in mental health, today released the executive summary for The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report. SHLI looked at a four-year period (2016-2020) and found, at minimum, nearly 117,000 lives and approximately $278 billion could have been saved. The full report will be released and available for download in the coming days.
"Investing in mental healthcare saves lives and dollars — we have known this for decades, but until now did not fully understand the monumental impacts of neglecting to act," said Daniel Dawes, professor and executive director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and author of the Political Determinants of Health. "For the first time, there is tangible evidence demonstrating how decades of systemic health inequities have yielded significantly worse outcomes for racial and ethnic minoritized, marginalized, and under resourced populations."
SHLI also found that national estimates chronically underrepresent the actual burden of mental healthcare inequities, which has crippling implications on policies, funding, access to care and resources. To put this into perspective, nearly six million Americans are not accounted for in national reporting estimates regarding mental healthcare.
This comprises individuals who are often most vulnerable to mental illness including the incarcerated, nursing home residents, those living in assisted living facilities, the homeless/unhoused, active military, and those who are institutionalized in psychiatric facilities. Furthermore, SHLI found that excess costs due to mental illness and substance use disorder among the incarcerated and unhoused alone amount to an additional $63 – $92 billion annually.
The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report suggests a series of solutions that stem from three key pillars to guide, and ultimately impact, policy decision making:
- Make sustainable, long-term investments into mental and behavioral health systems, including programs, treatments, supports, and interventions that will advance mental health equity
- Develop socio-culturally tailored approaches to mental and behavioral health services and programs
- Address the social and political determinants of health inequities
"The Satcher Health Leadership Institute leads the way in demonstrating the health inequities that minority populations face, which is magnified in The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report," said Tarek Rabah, president and CEO, Otsuka North America Pharmaceutical Business. "Otsuka is committed to igniting conversations that will help every stakeholder fully appreciate that mental illness is a chronic, not acute, or temporary condition, and should be resourced and treated as such by policymakers and all stakeholders in the mental health community continuum."
To read the executive summary, please visit: https://satcherinstitute.org/research/ebmhi/
About Satcher Health Leadership Institute
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) aims to be the leading transformational force for health equity in policy, leadership development and research. Rooted in the legacy of its founder, the 16th U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. David Satcher, SHLI's mission is to create systemic change at the intersection of policy and equity by focusing on three priority areas: the political determinants of health, health system transformation, and mental and behavioral health. In conjunction with key strategic partners, SHLI enhances leadership among diverse learners, conducts forward-thinking research on the drivers of health inequities and advances evidence-based policies, all in an effort to contribute to the achievement of health equity for all population groups. Learn more at https://satcherinstitute.org; https://healthequitynetwork.org.
About Morehouse School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), located in Atlanta, Ga., exists to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce and address primary health care through programs in education, research and service, with emphasis on people of color and the underserved urban and rural populations in Georgia, the nation and the world. MSM is among the nation's leading educators of primary care physicians and has twice been recognized as the top institution among U.S. medical schools for its dedication to the social mission of education. The faculty and alumni are noted in their fields for excellence in teaching, research and public policy, and are known in the community for exceptional, culturally appropriate patient care. Morehouse School of Medicine is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award doctorate and master's degrees.
About Otsuka
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a global healthcare company with the corporate philosophy: "Otsuka–people creating new products for better health worldwide." Otsuka researches, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative products, with a focus on pharmaceutical products to meet unmet medical needs and nutraceutical products for the maintenance of everyday health.
In pharmaceuticals, Otsuka is a leader in the challenging areas of mental, renal, and cardiovascular health and has additional research programs in oncology and on several under-addressed diseases including tuberculosis, a significant global public health issue. These commitments illustrate how Otsuka is a "big venture" company at heart, applying a youthful spirit of creativity in everything it does.
Otsuka established a presence in the U.S. in 1973 and today its U.S. affiliates include Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC) and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OAPI). These two companies' 2,000 employees in the U.S. develop and commercialize medicines in the areas of mental health, nephrology, and cardiology, using cutting-edge technology to address unmet healthcare needs.
OPDC and OAPI are indirect subsidiaries of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The Otsuka group of companies employed 47,000 people worldwide and had consolidated sales of approximately USD 13.6 billion in 2021.
All Otsuka stories start by taking the road less traveled. Learn more about Otsuka in the U.S. at www.otsuka-us.com and connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter at @OtsukaUS. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s global website is accessible at www.otsuka.co.jp/en.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has agreed to continue humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria for six months — not a year, as many U.N. Security Council members, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and more than 30 nongovernmental groups want.
Russia proposed amendments to a draft resolution by Ireland and Norway reducing their year-long time frame for deliveries. Council diplomats said consultations were continuing late Wednesday to see if a compromise could be reached.
The Security Council scheduled a vote for Thursday morning. If no compromise appeared, the draft resolution by Ireland and Norway to extend cross-border deliveries for 12 months would be voted on first. If it failed to get nine votes, or was vetoed by Russia, the Russian resolution with a six-month extension would then be put to a vote.
In early July 2020, China and Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have maintained two border crossing points from Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to Idlib. Days later, the council authorized the delivery of aid through just one of those crossings, Bab al-Hawa. That one-year mandate was extended for a year on July 9, 2021, and expires this Sunday.
The Russian proposal called for increased efforts to ensure “full, safe and unhindered” deliveries of humanitarian assistance across conflict lines within Syria, according to the Russian draft obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
It also would authorize the establishment of “a special working group” comprising concerned council members, major donors, interested regional parties and representatives of international humanitarian agencies “in order to regularly review and follow-up on the implementation of this resolution.”
Neither of those proposals were in the Ireland-Norway draft resolution.
Northwest Idlib is the last rebel-held bastion in Syria and al Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is the strongest insurgent group in the region. The U.N. said last week that the first 10 years of the Syrian conflict, which started in 2011, killed more than 300,000 civilians — the highest official estimate of civilian casualties.
In a letter to Security Council ambassadors obtained Wednesday by the AP, former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo warned that by approving cross-border deliveries to northwest Syria, council members “could find themselves materially supporting a U.N.-designated terrorist organization.”
He said northwest Syria “is controlled by Al Nusra, a U.N. designated terrorist organization affiliated with al Qaida and currently called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.”
Any support to a “terrorist organization, including humanitarian assistance,” is prohibited by previous U.N. Security Council resolutions, Ocampo said.
To avoid a “flagrant violation” of its resolutions, he said the Security Council should have the operation monitoring cross-border deliveries confirm that the al Qaida-linked groups “are not involved in implementing humanitarian aid” or remove Al Nusra-Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from the “terrorist” list. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/russia-proposes-6-month-cross-border-aid-renewal-for-syria/ | 2022-07-07T17:31:58Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc.
Shareholders who purchased shares of OM during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and /or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/outset-medical-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31090&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of OM during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm 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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Ottawa woman killed in Osage Co. accident
Published: Jul. 7, 2022 at 9:13 PM CDT|Updated: 9 minutes ago
OSAGE CO., Kan. (WIBW) - An Ottawa woman was killed Thursday morning in a single-vehicle accident.
According to the Osage County Sheriff’s Office, Velma Kissinger, 64, was travelling northbound on I-35 in a Dodge Caravan when she left the roadway for an unknown reason. Officials say the vehicle rolled into a tree line before coming to a stop.
Kissinger was transported to an Overland Park hospital in critical condition by Osage County EMS.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Yext, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of YEXT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: March 4, 2021 to March 8, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Yext's revenue and earnings were significantly deteriorating because of, among other things, poor sales execution and performance, as well as COVID-19 related disruptions; (ii) accordingly, Yext was unlikely to meet consensus estimates for its full year fiscal 2022 financial results and fiscal 2023 outlook; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 16, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/yext-class-action-lawsuit/?id=29743&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of YEXT during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 16, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm 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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Netguru announces its new publishing initiative, promoting under-represented pioneers from the history of software, and authored by Steven Johnson
We tend to worship great business leaders, but there are thousands of innovators whose ideas — from tiny features to complicated algorithms — have made our lives easier, healthier, safer, and more convenient. Meet Hidden Heroes, a new publication designed to tell their stories and pay them the tribute they deserve.
NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Did you realize that the core principles of social media were invented while Mark Zuckerberg — the symbol of the social media age — was still in kindergarten? You rely on stable digital networks every day, but do you know the woman whose brilliant design several decades ago made reliable networks possible?
"In the technology industry, there are a number of success stories of well-known tech CEOs who make billions of dollars. But there are many stories of pioneers who solved important problems but who worked outside of traditional tech startups or public companies: open source new architects, academic researchers, independent software designers. It's all a much more diverse mix of people as well. This series is going to finally give them the credit they deserve." — Steven Johnson.
Hidden Heroes is the new publication created by Netguru and written by Steven Johnson, the well-known science and technology author, television host, and TED speaker. The series consists of eight stories paying tribute to those who shaped technology. Each story will reveal a Hidden Hero, carefully analyzed and described by Steven Johnson.
The first story, presented today, reveals the Belgian-born computer scientist and renowned MIT professor Pattie Maes, and her contribution to laying the groundwork for the online social networks we know today. "From HOMR and collaborative filtering to the remembrance agent, her work is a powerful story that can inspire many generations to come. I'm excited that Pattie Maes is the first Hidden Hero we get to reveal to the world." — Steven Johnson.
Marek Talarczyk, CEO at Netguru, the publisher of Hidden Heroes: "There are hundreds of thousands of tech individuals who, at some point, made a breakthrough invention. Their only problem was that they were not shiny enough to get noticed. They are the hidden heroes. We want to thank them by telling their stories to the world."
Each month, one Hidden Heroes story will be revealed at hiddenheroes.netguru.com and available for free without any limits. Steven Johnson and Netguru hope that Hidden Heroes will help people better comprehend the society we live in, and connect the past with the future to inspire new generations of innovators, technologists, and software engineers.
About Netguru
Netguru is a leading global innovation consultancy company. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Poznań, Poland, Netguru operates globally, employing more than 900 people from all over the world. The brand has delivered more than 1,000 projects across 50+ countries over the last 14 years.
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Counseling made available after death of Lebo High School student
LEBO, Kan. (WIBW) - Counselors will be available Tuesday at Lebo High School following the recent death of a male student, KVOE Radio reports.
Lebo-Waverly Unified School District 243 officials hadn’t released the student’s name as of Tuesday morning.
Lebo High School staff members and students were informed about the situation before classes were dismissed on Monday, KVOE reported.
The school district’s Crisis Response Team met Monday afternoon. The school counselor and school psychologist spoke with students either in their classrooms or individually.
A team of trained counselors will be at Lebo High School on Tuesday.
Additionally, the school district reported that both churches in Lebo are opening their buildings for students, staff members and parents who need to talk.
Lebo High School Principal Duane Ford is encouraging parents to talk with their children and let them express their feelings about the situation, KVOE said.
Patrons with additional questions or concerns may call Lebo High at 620-256-6341.
Ford’s letter to parents and patrons is available here.
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GUANGZHOU, China, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MINISO Group Holding Limited (NYSE: MNSO) ("MINISO", "MINISO Group" or the "Company"), a global retailer offering a variety of design-led lifestyle products, today announced that the notice (the "AGM Notice") of the upcoming annual general meeting (the "AGM") and form of proxy for the AGM have been published on the Company's website at https://ir.miniso.com/. The AGM Notice, to which the form of proxy is attached and made a part, contains details of the proposed resolutions for shareholder consideration and approval at the AGM and other additional information regarding the AGM. The Board of Directors of the Company fully supports the proposed resolutions listed in the AGM Notice and recommends that shareholders and holders of the Company's American depositary shares ("ADSs") vote in favor of the resolutions set out in the AGM Notice.
As previously announced, the AGM will be held on July 11, 2022 at 9 a.m. (local time) at 16F, Building A, M Plaza, No. 109, Pazhou Avenue, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, the People's Republic of China. The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on June 16, 2022 (New York time) as the record date (the "Record Date") for determining the shareholders entitled to receive the notice of the AGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of record of the Company's ordinary shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of ADSs representing the Company's Class A ordinary shares at the close of business on the Record Date who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Class A ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company's ADS program, The Bank of New York Mellon.
MINISO Group has filed its annual report on Form 20-F, including its audited financial statements, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. MINISO Group's Form 20-F can be accessed on the Company's website at https://ir.miniso.com/, as well as on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
About MINISO Group
MINISO is a global retailer offering a variety of design-led lifestyle products. The Company serves consumers primarily through its large network of MINISO stores, and promotes a relaxing, treasure-hunting and engaging shopping experience full of delightful surprises that appeals to all demographics. Aesthetically pleasing design, quality and affordability are at the core of every product in MINISO's wide product portfolio, and the Company continually and frequently rolls out products with these qualities. Since the opening of its first store in China in 2013, the Company has built its flagship brand "MINISO" as a globally recognized retail brand and established a massive store network worldwide. For more information, please visit https://ir.miniso.com/.
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Community Heritage Financial, Inc. Reports Earnings for the Second Quarter of 2022
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
MIDDLETOWN, Md., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Heritage Financial, Inc. ("the Company") (OTC PK: CMHF), the parent company of Middletown Valley Bank ("MVB" or the "Bank"), announced today that for the six months ended June 30, 2022 the Company earned net income of $3.89 million or $1.73 per share, an increase of $1.39 million or 55.6% compared to net income of $2.50 million or $1.11 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Second quarter 2022 net income was $2.07 million or $0.92 per share, an increase of $250 thousand compared to first quarter 2022 net income of $1.82 million and an increase of $1.18 million compared to $892 thousand for the second quarter of 2021.
The Company continued its controlled growth strategy during the second quarter which resulted in an ending balance sheet of $872.6 million in total assets as of June 30, 2022, up $27.0 million for the second quarter and up $54.7 million from December 31, 2021. Deposit growth of $20.6 million for the second quarter of 2022 and $54.1 million on a year-to-date basis has funded the overall growth in the balance sheet. The deposit growth includes $10 million in brokered deposits, which were added late in the second quarter of 2022. The deposit growth, as noted, has also funded robust loan growth over the same period. Loan balances were $692.8 million as of June 30, 2022, up $48.9 million from March 31, 2022 balances and up $82.3 million for the year. As of June 30, 2022, all loan balances under the Paycheck Protection Program ($13.3 million outstanding at December 31, 2021 and $3.6 million outstanding as of March 31, 2022) have been forgiven and remaining balances paid to zero. Excluding the PPP balances as noted above, core loan growth for the second quarter of 2022 was $52.5 million and $95.6 million year-to-date for 2022. The strong loan growth has increased the earning asset base resulting in net interest income of $6.93 million for the second quarter of 2022, up $518 thousand compared to $6.41 million for the first quarter of 2022 and up $984 thousand compared to the second quarter of 2021. To support the loan growth as noted above, the Bank added $217 thousand to the loan loss provision for the quarter, up from $10 thousand in the first quarter of 2022. The additional provision brings the allowance for loan losses to total loans ratio to a level of 1.03% as of June 30, 2022, up slightly from 1.01% as of March 31, 2022. Operating expenses increased by approximately 4.6% during the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2022 as the Company continues to invest in employee assets, training and technology in support of the balance sheet growth. In summary, strong earning asset growth, controlled funding costs and controlled operating expenses led to overall net income for the first six months of 2022 of $3.89 million, which represents the highest first half earnings in the history of the Company.
Subsequent Events:
As of December 31, 2021, the Bank converted from the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) for regulatory capital reporting to the Basel III Risk Weighted Capital guidelines. Upon further evaluation, management has determined that a portion of the first lien residential mortgage portfolio, which had been risk weighted at 100% for the December 31, 2021, and March 31, 2022, reporting periods, were eligible for 50% weighting under Basel III guidelines. The adjustment will have a favorable impact on the Risk Based Capital position at the Bank. Amended Call Reports will be filed for December 31, 2021, and March 31, 2022, to update the capital schedules. All current financial reports as of June 30, 2022, and future financial reports reflecting historical data will reflect the change.
Quarterly Highlights – 2Q22 vs 1Q22
Tangible book value per share increased by $0.73 or 3.3% to $22.67 per share at June 30, 2022, from $21.94 at March 31, 2022. The tangible book value increase was due to earnings of $2.07 million along with minimal adjustments to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the second quarter.
Cash balances decreased on a linked-quarter basis by 55.4% or $19.2 million. The decrease in cash balances was due to the strong loan growth in the second quarter totaling $48.9 million.
Gross loans increased by $48.9 million or 7.6% at June 30, 2022 compared to March 31, 2022. PPP loan forgiveness was completed during the second quarter and generated interest and fee income of $96 thousand during the second quarter of 2022 compared to $320 thousand for the first quarter of 2022.
Overall deposits grew $20.6 million, or 2.7%, during the second quarter of 2022. Non-interest-bearing deposits grew $7.1 million and interest-bearing deposits grew $13.5 million. While short-term interest rates in the market increased dramatically during the second quarter, the Bank's cost of interest-bearing deposits for the second quarter increased by only 3 basis points to 0.31% compared to the first quarter of 2022 at 0.28%. The increase was due mainly to an increase in rate on a small portion of the money market accounts, which are indexed to short-term treasury rates.
Strong loan growth and controlled funding costs led to an increase in the Bank's net interest margin of 10 basis points to 3.45% in the second quarter of 2022 from 3.35% in the first quarter of 2022.
The allowance for loan losses to total loans ratio was 1.03% at June 30, 2022, an increase of 2 basis points from 1.01% at March 31, 2022. The increase in the allowance for loan losses to total loans coincides with the additional provision for loan losses of $217 thousand in the second quarter compared to $10 thousand for the first quarter of 2022.
Quarterly Highlights – 2Q22 vs 2Q21
Tangible book value per share of $22.67 at June 30, 2022 decreased by $0.82 or 3.5% from $23.49 at June 30, 2021. The tangible book value decrease was due to an increase in the accumulated other comprehensive loss of $8.95 million at June 30, 2022, from a gain of $54 thousand at June 30, 2021.
Net loans of $685.7 million as of June 30, 2022 were up $121.6 million or 21.6% compared to June 30, 2021, which includes PPP loan forgiveness of $31.6 million during the time period. Excluding PPP loans, core loan growth on a year-over-year basis was $153.2 million or 28.7%.
Deposits grew $139.9 million or 21.5% during the 12 months ended June 30, 2022. The majority of the growth was in demand deposits ($60.9 million), low-cost money market deposits ($49.7 million), and savings deposits ($12.4 million).
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Bank's overall cost of funds increased to 0.20% from 0.19% for the three months ended June 30, 2021. This increase resulted from increased money market rates, additional borrowings and brokered deposit purchases during the second quarter of 2022.
The loan loss provision for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 was $217 thousand compared to $1.43 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The second quarter of 2021 included increased provision expense associated with an isolated Covid related charge-off.
Non-interest income for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 decreased by $430 thousand or 24.7% compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The mortgage activity and secondary sales income decrease of $436 thousand accounted for the majority of the decrease.
Non-interest expense during the quarter ended June 30, 2022 increased by $326 thousand compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The increase was directly related to the growth of the balance sheet (19%) as staffing has increased to support such growth. Salary and benefits expense during the second quarter of 2022 increased 6.5%. Operating expenses in the second quarter of 2022 also included increased occupancy and equipment expense related to the opening of a new branch in Franklin County, PA in May 2021 to expand our market area.
Dividend
A dividend of $0.04 per share was declared by the Board of Directors on July 15, 2022, for stockholders of record as of July 29, 2022, and payable on August 5, 2022.
Community Heritage Financial, Inc. Robert E. (BJ) Goetz, Jr. President & Chief Executive Officer 301-371-3055
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Tune in during the month of May for special programming, new stations, podcast episodes and exclusive commentary spotlighting the AAPI community
NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of May's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), SiriusXM, Pandora and Stitcher are spotlighting special programming, new stations, podcast episodes, and exclusive commentary that celebrates the rich AAPI culture, traditions, and history.
SiriusXM will spotlight special programming throughout AAPI Month on K-Pop Radio, Steve Aoki's Remix Radio, Raw Dog Comedy, Comedy Central Radio, Disney Hits and 88rising Radio:
K-Pop Radio will take over channel 104 beginning May 18th through May 24th and highlight the genre's global superstars, including BTS, BLACKPINK, IU, SEVENTEEN, ITZY, (G)I-DLE, Big Bang, Girls Generation, Red Velvet and more. K-Pop Radio is also available throughout the year on the SXM App.
Steve Aoki's Remix Radio will air on channel 104 beginning May 25th through May 31st and will include a new exclusive mix from Aoki featuring all Asian artists MONSTA X, BTS, Lay Zhang, WARZ, Ghost & ZUSHI and more, along with guest DJ appearances from Elephante, JVNA, and more to be announced. The channel will feature music from influential electronic artists from the AAPI community, including ZHU, Autograf, BEAUZ, DRUU, Florian Picasso, Henry Fong, LICK, Qrion, Wax Motif, and others. Fans can also tune in for an encore presentation of Aoki's conversation with SOSUPERSAM from 88rising Radio. Steve Aoki's Remix Radio is also available throughout the year on the SXM App.
Disney Hits (ch. 302) has tapped Topher Ngo of 4*Town, the breakout boy band from Disney Pixar's acclaimed family film Turning Red, to host a special AAPI Extra Magic Hour. The show will focus on songs from Disney's rich catalog of AAPI animated films, including Moana, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and more. The episode premieres on Monday, May 9th at 12 pm EST and repeats throughout the week.
88rising Radio (ch. 305), the first ever all-Asian music radio station, has invited all-star talent from all corners of the AAPI including Stephanie Poetri, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Tiffany Day to take over the channel and run the entire month. Guest hosts will spread love, offer wisdom, and select songs to celebrate AAPIHM and inspire the next generation of Asian creators.
SiriusXM's comedy channels will celebrate the month with stand-up from comedians including Aziz Ansari, Steve Byrne, Margaret Cho, Joy Koy, Russell Peters, Ali Wong, and more. The special programming will air on SiriusXM Raw Dog Comedy (ch. 99) on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2pm and 10pm ET throughout the month, and on Comedy Central Radio (ch. 95) at 5pm ET throughout the week of May 16th.
On May 1st, Pandora launched a new station, Pan-Asian United, that showcases and elevates the influence and impact that the AAPI community has on popular music. Pan-Asian United will feature a range of genres, spotlighting tracks from Asian-American and Pacific Islander artists such as Raveena, Steve Aoki, Kolohe Kai, Mitski, Dominic Fike, and H.E.R.. Rounding out the sound will be hits by international artists including BTS, BLACKPINK, Fiji, Stray Kids, Tesher, and Sons of Zion. Listen to Pan-Asian United on Pandora here.
Stitcher will celebrate AAPI Heritage Month by featuring a playlist on its app that highlights several AAPI-centric and AAPI-hosted podcasts. The shows cover a wide range of interests, from pop culture and comedy, to news and history, including Hidden Brain, in which host Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. The full collection of shows is available by clicking here.
SiriusXM is available to subscribers in their car, on their phone and connected devices at home with the SXM App. Streaming access is included for most subscribers. Go to https://www.siriusxm.com/ways-to-listen to learn more.
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.
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Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.
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Smashes previous Prime Day 2021 record with over 100% sales increase year over year
Company sold more than 1 million units over the two-day event
WALPOLE, Mass., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thrasio, the next-generation global consumer goods company, announced today its best Amazon Prime Day ever, with an over 100% sales increase year over year. On a like-for-like adjusted basis, including the prior year's sales of newly acquired brands, overall sales increased by 60%.
"For years, Prime Day has been a platform for Prime members to discover highly-rated products and great savings on things they really want, and it's clear they want Thrasio goods," says incoming CEO Greg Greeley. "Since the company's launch, our family of brands has delighted millions of happy customers all over the world. Whether it's a Subscribe & Save for Angry Orange pet deodorizer or unique gifts like the Perfect Practice putting mat, Thrasio connects Prime members with truly great products all year long."
This Prime Day, records were broken across the Thrasio portfolio, with the home, outdoor, and beauty categories being particularly successful – no surprise as this week's event comes at the heart of summer entertaining, vacation, and wedding & party season.
Thrasio's best-performing products were from both brands recently added to the portfolio and brands that have delighted customers for years:
- ChomChom Roller – the cult-favorite pet hair roller seen all over TikTok was also seen all over Amazon's homepage as a No. 1 Trending Deal and No. 1 for the entire pet category, with tens of thousands of rollers getting into the hands of pet owners needing relief from the incessant shedding of their beloved pets;
- Nippies – the retail darling, which boasts placement in brick & mortar Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Anthropologie, and other stores, maintained its spot as No. 1 Best Seller in the fast-growing category of nipple covers and had its biggest day ever on Amazon, achieving a nearly 150% increase in sales year over year;
- Becky Cameron Home – the best-selling bedding brand achieved 474% year-over-year sales growth and Amazon homepage placement as well as key editorial endorsements in publications like People, Forbes, and Southern Living. Becky Cameron Home pillows are a favorite of creators and influencers all over the internet, and during the two-day event, over 450,000 pounds of pillows were purchased, ensuring some very lucky Prime members will have a truly restful weekend;
- Dots for Spots – the vegan, cruelty-free acne patch brand achieved its best day ever on both Amazon's UK and US marketplaces. The brand was expanded into the US marketplace just four months ago and already made up 34% of the brand's sales during Prime Day;
- Green Bulldog Bags – the foldable, washable, reusable grocery-bag brand shipped 73x the average daily units sold and grabbed the No. 1 Best Seller Badge, replacing over 100,000 plastic bags and reducing shoppers' environmental impact with each grocery run;
- Hotel Sheets Direct – standing out from the thousands of sheet sets on the Amazon marketplace is no small feat, but this brand provides unparalleled quality at an incredible value. Prime Member enthusiasm for Hotel Sheets Direct drove nearly 600% growth year over year and Amazon featured the brand on its Lightning Deals homepage;
- Enerplex – the best-selling air mattress brand, which Thrasio's Product Development team recently expanded to include more sizes of mattresses, went on to grow sales more than 70% year over year during the two-day event;
- Beard King – the men's grooming product you didn't know you needed did 755% more in sales than during Prime Day 2021 and earned a Best Seller distinction by Amazon;
- Wise Owl Outfitters – the world got wind of next week's National Hammock Day in the U.S. and geared up with purchases of the brand's hammocks & outdoor camping gear, driving a 23% increase in sales over last year's record-breaking Prime Day and earning two new Best Seller Badges.
"The secret to Amazon Prime Day success is of course having great products, but it's also about operational excellence and great team execution,'' explains Thrasio COO Stephanie Fox. "At Thrasio, the prep for Prime Day is just as significant as the actual event, and it's an organization-wide effort. Even in a challenging year where market headwinds and supply chain disruptions dominate the news, our focus remains on how best to serve customers with our powerful data-driven approach, and no one does that better than our experienced and energized team of Thrashers."
"Prime Day is our favorite global holiday at Thrasio," says Brandon Hendrix, SVP Marketing. "With thousands of Lightning Deals and Prime Exclusive Deals planned in 12 countries, Prime member response to our offerings achieved a 55% increase in Best Seller Badges for products throughout the portfolio, which creates a nice ripple effect of sales for the weeks to come. For publishers, creators, influencers and the like, if you weren't part of our partner network for this Prime Day, it's not too late to get in on the action for the remainder of the summer and upcoming holidays."
Thrasio is the next-generation consumer goods company reimagining how the world's most-loved products become accessible to everyone. We use a deep understanding of rankings, ratings, and reviews to identify and acquire quality brands selling beloved goods and help them reach customers around the globe. With every brand we grow, item listing we improve, or product we develop, our goal is to help people everywhere make the most of every moment. Thrasio operates more than 200 brands and a portfolio of products including Angry Orange pet deodorizers and stain removers, Beckham Hotel Collection bedding, and Dots for Spots vegan acne patches. In an internet-sized sea of choices, we ensure what gets delivered to your door delivers. Thrasio was founded in 2018 by Joshua Silberstein and Carlos Cashman and was named a CNBC Disruptor in 2021 and 2022. How Goods Become Great™ thrasio.com.
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—Bloomwell Group Examines U.S. Cannabis Consumers'
Perceptions of European Cannabis Market in New Survey—-
PLUS: 8 in 10 Americans Say the U.S. Should Export Cannabis to Europe
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "green rush" in Europe has commenced, and Americans are ready to invest their time, travel plans and money into the cannabis market across the pond, according to a new study.
Today, Bloomwell Group, a Germany-based holding company for medical cannabis companies, released the results of its 'European Cannabis Market Survey,' which examined American cannabis consumers' expectations for, and opinions of, this burgeoning sector abroad, including the demand for cannabis tourism, investment opportunities, trade and more.
SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
The vast majority of respondents – 80 percent – agreed that "cannabis companies are attractive investment options," while 61 percent shared that they "would invest in European cannabis stocks."
Respondents also reported positive sentiments regarding cannabis tourism, an evolving issue in Germany, which only recently legalized adult-use cannabis after several years of expanding its medical market. Experts predict adult-use cannabis to come online by 2024, but regulators have not yet determined tourism policies. However, more than 66 percent of the Americans surveyed said they "would visit a cannabis dispensary or social consumption lounge" in Germany.
THE STATE OF EUROPEAN CANNABIS
The European cannabis industry has made unprecedented strides in the past year: Luxembourg decriminalized cannabis ownership and is hoping to legalize the market; Malta has decriminalized possession; the Netherlands launched Europe's first-ever commercial cannabis cultivation pilot program; and Switzerland is also running a pilot project.
But the crown jewel of European cannabis is Germany, which is celebrating its medical market's 5-year anniversary while paving the way to becoming the adult-use capital of Europe. According to a BDSA report from this month, international sales will exceed ~$10 billion in 2026. The bulk of that new legal spending will be driven by Germany (contributing ~$3 billion by 2026).
"Germany has 82 million inhabitants – that's more than Canada and California, two of the current biggest cannabis markets on the globe. Therefore, when Germany opens up for adult-use cannabis, it will become the biggest market in the world," said Bloomwell Group CEO and Co-founder Niklas Kouparanis. "The future language for cannabis will be German."
THE AMERICAN CONNECTION
The survey also addressed how the U.S. can potentially benefit economically from licensed cannabis markets in Europe. According to renowned economist Justus Haucap, Germany will have a demand of 400 tons of cannabis annually after legalization. To help meet that dramatic demand, 80 percent of Americans polled say that the "U.S. should export cannabis to Europe," a practice that would potentially increase domestic revenue.
Additional key survey findings include:
- Awareness: More than half of respondents (52 percent) said they are "aware that Germany will most likely become the largest legal cannabis market within the next three years."
- Travel: 65 percent of Americans surveyed said they "would travel to a city or country to experience its licensed cannabis market," while 44 percent said that they would travel to Germany specifically for cannabis tourism. As a bonus, nearly 75 percent polled said Pretzels, a Deutschland specialty, are a "satisfying 'munchies' food."
- Global Legalization: An overwhelming majority – 87 percent – said that cannabis should be legalized worldwide.
The promising survey results coincide with recent Bloomwell Group milestones that also illustrate global confidence in the European and German cannabis markets: the company closed a seed funding round of over $10 million USD; Curaleaf's Boris Jordan is a lead investor and board member.
METHODOLOGY
This survey was conducted online using Survey Monkey among a national sample of 845 people spanning across U.S. geographic regions and income levels. All of the respondents identified as cannabis consumers. The survey sample was weighted to reflect the gender distribution and the age distribution across the 18-60+ age brackets in the U.S.
About Bloomwell Group
Frankfurt-based Bloomwell Group acts as a holding company for medical cannabis businesses, and is also positioned to hold and oversee companies in Germany's upcoming licensed adult-use cannabis market. It is the largest cannabis company in Germany with more than 240 employees. Bloomwell Group's mission is to build, acquire and invest in ESG healthcare and cannabis companies along the entire value chain, excluding cultivation. In doing so, Bloomwell Group relies on patient and/or consumer-centric direct approaches to set up a strong and revolutionizing streamlined patient and consumer journey. The company is poised to transform healthcare, as well as cannabis consumption and cannabis-enhanced lifestyles for the better. The combination of natural medicines, cannabis and digitization is a journey that combines historic roots with 21st century tools. The green revolution in healthcare and a new international cannabis regulatory regime starts now and Bloomwell is leading the charge. For more information, visit: www.bloomwell.eu
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Stuver perfect in net, Urruti scores; Austin beats Minnesota
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Brad Stuver delivered a two-save shutout while Maximiliano Urruti scored a pivotal goal in Austin’s 1-0 victory over Minnesota United. Austin improved to 3-1-2 and United fell to 2-2-2. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/10/stuver-perfect-in-net-urruti-scores-austin-beats-minnesota/ | 2022-04-11T03:44:00Z |
Oconee Financial Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results
Published: Aug. 4, 2022 at 3:01 PM CDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
WATKINSVILLE, Ga., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oconee Financial Corporation ("Oconee") (OTCQX: OSBK) is pleased to report results for the second quarter of 2022. Unaudited net income for the three months ending June 30, 2022, was $1,229,477 or $1.37 per common share. This compares to $812,417 or $0.91 per common share for the second quarter of the prior year, an increase of 51.3%. The increase in net earnings for the second quarter was mainly attributable to an increase in SBA loan related income of $639,000. Net interest income decreased $284,000 for the second quarter 2022 compared to the same period of 2021. This was mainly due to the decline in loan fees from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $687,000 versus the second quarter of 2021. Interest income on investments increased $97,000 due to the investment of excess funds into available-for-sale investments securities. In addition, interest expense on deposits and borrowings decreased $102,000, primarily due to lower interest rates on deposits. Excluding an after-tax gain on sale of bank premises in the second quarter of $167 thousand, net earnings for the second quarter were $1,062,293, or $1.18 per share.
Unaudited net income YTD as of June 30, 2022 was $1,819,853, or $2.03 per common share. This compares to $1,636,638 or $1.83 per common share for YTD as of June 30 of the prior year. This represents an increase of 11.2% in net earnings YTD June 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021. Excluding an after-tax gain on sale of bank premises in the second quarter of $167 thousand, net earnings YTD June 30, 2022 were $1,652,669, or $1.84 per share.
Total assets as of June 30, 2022, were $505.9 million, compared to total assets of $571.1 million as of December 31, 2021, a decrease of 11.4%. Total loans were $293.9 million and total deposits were $464.4 million as of June 30, 2022. This compared to total loans of $298.0 million and deposits of $519.7 million at December 31, 2021. As of June 30, 2022, total loans decreased 1.4% and total deposits decreased 10.6% versus December 31, 2021. Excluding the effect of paydowns on PPP loans that has continued into 2022, loans decreased $625 thousand, or 0.2%. Book value per share at June 30, 2022 was $32.91 versus $43.88 at December 31, 2021. The decrease in book value per share during the first half of the year was due to recording $10.9 million of unrealized losses in the Bank's investment portfolio.
Neil Stevens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Oconee, commenting on the second quarter's results noted, "We had an excellent second quarter, with strong earnings improvement over last quarter and versus the second quarter of last year. Our team is doing an excellent job of improving earnings, especially in light of replacing almost $700,000 of PPP loan fees we had in the second quarter a year ago."
Oconee Financial Corporation is headquartered in Watkinsville, Georgia and operates four full-service financial centers and one loan production office. In February 2022, Oconee State bank celebrated 62 years of service and continues to be the only locally owned and operated community bank headquartered in Oconee County. Oconee State Bank has proudly served the local community, providing an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, innovative products and solutions, and strives to bring exceptional value to our customers through local ownership, involvement, and decision-making. We continuously strive to create remarkable experiences that significantly mark the lives of others.
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally House is eager to branch out with new stores in fresh markets, which is why the company is delighted to announce a new location in West Des Moines, IA. Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek joins one other existing Rally House store in the area, giving fans another dependable source for outstanding sports apparel, college gear, and localized merchandise.
Rally House strives to deliver an unmatched selection of clothing, accessories, and gifts so that fans can easily flaunt their team and hometown pride. "We're excited to bring another Rally House store to the Des Moines metro area! Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek will have an even larger assortment of merch for collegiate and pro teams from the Midwest, along with local favorites like the Iowa Cubs and Drake University," says Senior Store Manager Jeremy Treichel. "This is the friendly store that fills the gaps of what this community is craving!"
There's a wide-ranging assortment of teams available at Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek, including the Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State Cyclones, Drake Bulldogs, KC Chiefs, and Green Bay Packers, to name a few. Plus, patrons can shop confidently, as this store carries high-quality products from esteemed brand names like Nike, Mitchell & Ness, New Era, and '47.
The team at Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek also wants to assist residents and tourists in boasting their love for all things Iowa and Des Moines. That's why there's an array of locally inspired products to browse, with legendary designs from the acclaimed RALLY Brand™.
Customers will appreciate the straightforward and fun shopping environment at this new Rally House store near Des Moines. Still, tons of products are available online at www.rallyhouse.com that can ship to all states.
To remain caught-up on store news, Rally House recommends that customers visit www.rallyhouse.com/rally-house-plaza-jordan-creek or follow Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek on Facebook (@RallyJordanPlaza) and Instagram (@rallyjordanplaza).
About Rally House
Rally House and Sampler Stores Inc. is a family-owned specialty boutique that offers a large selection of apparel, hats, gifts and home décor representing local NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS teams in addition to locally inspired apparel, gifts and food. Proudly based in Lenexa, Kansas, Rally House operates 100+ locations across 13 states.
CONTACT:
Megan Otto, District Manager
motto@rallyhouse.com
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We Americans have long grappled with a basic legal and philosophical problem: how to reconcile the fundamental right of individuals to live full and independent lives with the right of society to limit those freedoms in the interest of the general health and welfare.
What makes this balancing act so complicated is that both concepts — personal liberty and community benefit — represent invaluable virtues. This is not a question of Good versus Evil. It’s a question of how to preserve and protect both interests, especially when they come into conflict.
The goal of this reconciliation process often has been described as “ordered liberty,” a phrase that pays respect to both virtues. As legal historian John Patrick has written, “Ordered liberty is the desirable condition in which both public order and personal liberty are maintained. But how can liberty and authority, freedom and power, be combined and balanced so that one does not predominate over the other?”
This is not a question confined to law school classrooms or judicial courtrooms. It poses enormous real-world consequences. Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion, which would cancel abortion rights and reverse a half-century of settled law, trashes the “desirable condition” of “ordered liberty” and makes no attempt to reconcile, or even recognize, conflicting interests.
Instead, he flatly denies that access to abortion is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution. And therefore, state legislatures, “the people’s elected representatives,” should have complete control over the law in this area, no matter the adverse impact on individual lives. If Alito’s opinion becomes law, it would represent a triumph of disordered non-liberty.
That does not mean the opposite view should prevail, the arguments voiced by some extremists who oppose virtually any restrictions on abortion rights. The Supreme Court got it right in the Casey case of 1992 when it upheld the principle of individual choice but permitted limitations that did not impose an “undue burden” on women seeking to end their pregnancies.
In fact, the court upheld four of the five restrictions passed by the Pennsylvania legislature, including parental consent requirements when the mother is a minor and a 24-hour waiting period. The Casey decision reflected an honest attempt to follow the framework of “ordered liberty” — to reconcile “freedom and power” in a workable compromise.
What makes this debate even more confusing is that few parties on either side are consistent in their views. They often change principles depending on the outcome they hope to achieve.
Take the issue of guns. Conservative supporters of gun rights say they are defending a fundamental principle, enshrined in the Constitution, and thus they oppose virtually any restriction on their freedoms. They were thrilled by the Heller decision of 2008 that struck down gun control measures enacted by the District of Columbia, even though it mirrored the same reasoning used by the court to enshrine abortion rights revered by liberals in the Roe decision of 1973.
“Ordered liberty” can only flourish in a society where all sides have a decent respect for the spirit of compromise, and for each other. No value is more sacred in the Western tradition than the primacy of the individual, a value enshrined in the Declaration of Independence itself: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Yet even “unalienable rights” have limits. As Justice John Marshall Harlan wrote in 1905, upholding a mandate that citizens get vaccinated during a smallpox outbreak: “But the liberty secured by the Constitution of the United States to every person within its jurisdiction does not import an absolute right in each person to be, at all times and in all circumstances, wholly freed from restraint. There are manifold restraints to which every person is necessarily subject for the common good.”
The reverse argument is also true. Our democratic system rightly gives enormous power to the people, to a voting majority in an election or a legislature. But democracy does not “import an absolute right” to pass laws that violate individual liberty. James Madison warned darkly about the “tyranny of the majority,” and a quote often attributed to Benjamin Franklin states that in its most dangerous form, “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what they are going to have for lunch.”
Justice Alito’s opinion mandates the power of the wolves to outvote, and override, the rights of the lamb. And in a system of “ordered liberty,” that’s wrong. | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/steve-roberts-wolves-lambs-and-rights/article_5b898550-d522-11ec-b8d7-03dc6282adba.html | 2022-05-16T23:13:10Z |
Report Includes New Insights, Statistics Regarding the Rapid Growth in Development, Technology, Equity, Jobs and More in National Landing
ARLINGTON, Va., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Landing Business Improvement District (BID) today released the National Landing Market Impact Study which includes compelling data and findings defining the area of Pentagon City, Crystal City and Potomac Yard as one of the nation's leading innovation districts. Defined as a dynamic, cohesive downtown, National Landing offers a balanced mix of people, place and program assets to be a premier innovation district. Rivaling successful areas such as Kendall Square in Cambridge, South Lake Union in Seattle, National Landing possesses these key assets, fostering an equitable and successful urban district teeming with opportunities in technology and modernization.
"National Landing is an area that is rapidly evolving – we are a story of innovation, equity, sustainability and competitive advantage," said Tracy Gabriel, President and Executive Director, National Landing BID. "As this region continues to grow, our goal is to continue collaborating with our outstanding partners in development, tech, education and more to maintain a well-balanced and competitive district here in National Landing. We are proud to release the compelling data included in this study that speaks to the incredible progress and achievements of our area as well as the bright future ahead."
Developed over the past six months by HR&A Advisors, the National Landing Market Impact Study breaks down each of the pillars of an innovation district - people, place and program - to showcase the region's exciting progress in attracting two major tech anchors with Amazon and Virginia Tech, top workforce talent, investing in significant transportation and digital infrastructure, creating equitable economic development opportunities and more.
Some of the key findings from the study include:
- National Landing is emerging as a leading compact, mixed-use downtown with more jobs and residents per square mile than its regional competitors.
- National Landing is anticipated to soon become the fastest growing area in the region, eclipsing a position that Capitol Riverfront has held for the last ten years.
- With 8 million square feet of Class A office in the pipeline, National Landing also offers a significant supply of affordable Class B/C office space that innovation districts need to accommodate growing startups.
- Innovation districts are typically 25-50% residential. National Landing has a 1.1 ratio of daytime workers to residents and 47% residential space.
- National Landing offers employers a talented and diverse workforce within a short commute and is well-positioned to support equitable growth and expanded opportunities for people of color. National Landing is also located in a leading County for women in tech in the United States.
- With Amazon's commitment to create at least 25,000 jobs by 2030, National Landing is positioned for a strong job growth trajectory and a resilient recovery in light of COVID-19.
- Through a partnership between JBG SMITH and AT&T, National Landing will become the first 5G-enabled connected city at scale, offering an intelligent, seamless and secure digital experience of the future.
The National Landing Market Impact Study is free and available to the public. To access the study and learn more about the recent and projected growth in National Landing, click here.
About National Landing Business Improvement District
The National Landing Business Improvement District (BID) is a public-private partnership established to promote and activate the area's business, retail, restaurant and residential community through placemaking, public art, transportation, economic development, events, marketing and promotion. This dynamic, mixed-use urban center encompasses the vibrant Crystal City, Pentagon City and Potomac Yard-Arlington neighborhoods, and includes more than 26,000 residents, over 12 million square feet of office space, approximately 5,500 hotel rooms and over 450 restaurants and shops. Already Virginia's largest walkable downtown, National Landing is in the midst of an exciting transformation driven by billions of dollars in public and private investment that will deliver new and enhanced housing, offices, parks, transportation and infrastructure in the coming years. The National Landing BID is helping to steer this growth in ways that are sustainable and enhance the area's diversity and livability. For more information, visit NationalLanding.org.
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FORNEBU, Norway, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Second Quarter Highlights
- Net capital employed of NOK 5.6 billion and equity of NOK 4.3 billion, corresponding to NOK 15.7 per share
- HMH delivered underlying growth in revenues and EBITDA quarter-on-quarter. Positive outlook driven by increased rig activity and continued strong level of service orders
- AKOFS Offshore delivered good operational performance. Aker Wayfarer selected for a new four-year contract with expected commencement mid-2023, however with formal documentation remaining.
- Net interest-bearing debt was NOK 1 329 million per end of period
Akastor CEO Karl Erik Kjelstad comments:
"We are glad to see that the positive momentum within oil services continued into the second quarter, demonstrated by increasing activity level across most of our portfolio companies. HMH increased its revenues and margin compared to the first quarter, and outlook into the second half remains strong. AKOFS Offshore delivered a good quarter, with Seafarer successfully completing the first monohull riser-based coiled tubing operation on the NCS. Going forward, Akastor will continue its key focus on realization of assets with the target of reducing debt and increasing liquidity."
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- Revenue increased 72% to $71.3 million from $41.5 million in prior year
- Virtual Sports Revenue increased 71% year-over-year to a record quarterly level - $14.0 million
- Net Income increased to $7.5 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, from a Net Loss of $43.8 million in prior year
- Adjusted EBITDA1 increased 227% to $26.1 million from $8.0 million in prior year
- Secured long-term strategic partnership with William Hill for UK gaming estate
- Since announcing its share repurchase program, Inspired has repurchased 734,349 shares of common stock for $7.1 million (average price of $9.73 per share) as of August 9, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspired Entertainment, Inc. ("Inspired" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: INSE), a leading B2B provider of gaming content, technology, hardware and services, today reported unaudited financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2022.
- Total Revenue increased 72% year-over-year for the three months ended June 30, 2022 on a reported basis2 and 91% in functional currency. The results reflect a continuation of the trends seen in the last quarter, including growth in the Company's aggregate online business, which includes the Virtual Sports and Interactive segments, and ongoing strength in the Gaming and Leisure segments.
- Virtual Sports Revenue increased 71% year-over-year to a record $14.0 million on a reported basis (90% in functional currency), with Online Virtual Sports Revenue increasing 99% year-over-year in functional currency. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, DC Lottery became the second North American lottery to launch Inspired's Virtual Sports, both in retail and online.
- Interactive Revenue was flat year-over-year on a reported basis (increased 12% in functional currency), with growth in business volumes primarily driven by North America and Greece. Results in the UK were impacted by many of our UK operator customers enhancing protections for players in advance of the proposed UK Gambling Act review. During the quarter, we went live with seven operators in Ontario and Rush Street in Pennsylvania with several additional customer launches in these new jurisdictions expected throughout the remainder of 2022. Early indications from these new markets (Adjusted EBITDA grew 15% in June versus prior year in functional currency) suggest future growth opportunities driven by geographic expansion of iGaming into new North American markets as well as enhancements to our technology, content and product offerings.
- Gaming Revenue increased 57% on a reported basis (75% in functional currency) and Leisure Revenue increased 130% year-over-year on a reported basis (157% in functional currency), as recurring revenues returned to pre-COVID-19 performance levels and Leisure benefited from a strong local holiday business. Strength in the Gaming and Leisure businesses continues as major UK contracts/extensions were signed with William Hill, Greene King and Mitchells & Butlers.
- Net Income improved to $7.5 million, or $0.28 per basic share and $0.26 per diluted share, from a net loss of $43.8 million, or $(1.94) per basic and diluted share, in the prior-year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA increased 227% year-over-year on a reported basis (262% in functional currency). Adjusted EBITDA Margin1 improved to 37% in second quarter 2022 compared to 19% in second quarter 2021.
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"This quarter's underlying performance is a testament to the resiliency of our diversified business model as well as what we perceive to be the continued strength in consumer spending across our segments – notwithstanding ongoing macro trends," said Lorne Weil, Executive Chairman of Inspired. "Virtual Sports was, once again, the standout in the quarter, producing its fourth record-setting Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA quarter in a row, with online Virtual Sports doubling year-over-year versus strong comparatives, speaking to our strong product development and increased market penetration. Interactive revenue increased year-over-year on a functional currency basis as we increased our footprint through numerous integrations. In our land-based business, we're delighted to see that customer gross win per unit in betting shops and holiday parks was ahead of pre-COVID levels as consumers continue to frequent betting shops and pubs and are staying local for holidays."
Weil continued, "We are very excited about the current trends in our business and what's to come, including our recent Interactive launches in Ontario and particularly in Pennsylvania, where we are witnessing strong results with only one customer live and we have several additional customer launches to follow in the year, and the launch of Virtual Sports with the DC Lottery, our second North American lottery. We have also successfully negotiated a long-term strategic partnership/extension with William Hill on the Gaming front and signed key contract extensions with customers in the UK pub industry, including Greene King and Mitchells & Butlers. In addition, we have an exciting pipeline of new products and further enhancements to our existing Virtuals products. We are making Virtuals history with the first ever women-led virtual soccer product and we have signed baseball legend Mickey Mantle, in addition to our previously announced signing of Babe Ruth, for our Home Run ShootOut™ game, which is expected to launch in early 2023."
"The long-term fundamentals and health of the business are the strongest they have been in my tenure. The growth dynamics of our markets remain compelling as a wider audience engages with online betting and gaming and new jurisdictions open up, creating further opportunities. With the return of our retail customer base, we remain confident that our diversification and proven ability to grow our business will enable us to deliver further progress against our strategy," Weil concluded.
Stewart Baker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, stated, "We are particularly pleased with our second quarter results, given the prevailing perception of headwinds from the macro-economic environment as well as the impact from foreign exchange rates. Given our ongoing strong performance in the face of these headwinds, the long-term outlook of the Company and the strength of our balance sheet, we have utilized our board-approved share buyback program to repurchase nearly 750,000 shares of Inspired common stock, as of August 9th, at an average price of $9.73 per share (before trading expenses). Moving forward, we see continued pressure from FX rates, however our underlying business has maintained the same trend. We will continue to be disciplined in our approach to capital deployment, while also focused on executing on our strategic plan to deliver profitable growth, increase cash flows and maximize shareholder value."
Recent Highlights (as of August 9, 2022)
Corporate
- Share Repurchase Program – Inspired purchased 485,848 shares of its common stock for $5.1 million in the second quarter and 248,501 shares for $2.0 million in third quarter 2022 (through August 9, 2022). The timing and amount of future repurchases will be subject to the discretion of Inspired based on market conditions and other opportunities that Inspired may have for the use or investment of its cash balances.
- Moody's Upgrade – Subsequent to the end of the quarter, Moody's Investors Services upgraded Inspired's corporate rating to B2 with a positive outlook from a previous rating of B3 with a stable outlook.
Interactive
- New Jurisdictions – In second quarter 2022, Inspired went live with seven operators in Ontario and Rush Street in Pennsylvania. Inspired expects to launch with additional customers in Pennsylvania throughout the remainder of 2022.
- New Customers – During the quarter, Interactive content was launched with fifteen operator brands, including six new customers, one of which was the Netherlands Lottery. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, Interactive content was launched with FanDuel in Ontario.
- New Content – Twelve new games were launched during second quarter 2022 across the estate, including Big Wheel Bonus™ and Catch of the Day™, as well as a number of operator and brand specific titles. This was an increase from eight games launched in first quarter 2022.
- iLottery – Loto Quebec launched Inspired's first iLottery title, Pharaon Reaction™, in June 2022. The game was among the Top 5 Loto Quebec iLottery games in the second quarter 2022.
Virtual Sports
- North American Deployments – In the second quarter, we launched a new and improved Race2Riches®, a tailored lottery variant of Inspired's V-Play Horses 2.0™ product, with DC Lottery in approximately 120 retailers throughout DC and on DC Lottery's website and mobile app, via Intralot's multi-streaming platform as part of its current contract with the DC Lottery.
- Retail and Online Virtual Sports Agreements – During second quarter 2022, we extended our contract with Goldbet covering the provision of Virtual Sports into both their retail and online channels in Italy. We also signed long-term extensions to our contracts with BetFred, covering the provision of Virtual Sports into retail betting shops in the UK, as well as Bet Victor and Niké (Slovakia) and additional territories were added to our contract with Kaizen Gaming Betano.
- New Products – Inspired is making Virtual Sports history with the first-ever, female-led virtual soccer product, V-Play Women's Soccer, which was launched ahead of England winning the 2022 European Women's Football Championship. Women's Virtual Soccer is exclusively available from Inspired as the first and sole supplier of a women's virtual sports event. Inspired also continues to add more history-making players to its Home Run Shootout™ Virtual Sports experience, signing Mickey Mantle in the second quarter, in addition to the previously announced Babe Ruth.
Gaming
- Long-term Strategic Partnership with William Hill – Inspired has successfully negotiated a 12-month extension with William Hill in line with its existing managed services agreement. In conjunction with this extension, Inspired has signed a five-year exclusive contract, to commence following the extension period and subject to a successful trial of the Vantage® cabinet, to supply hardware, content and operational services to William Hill's retail gaming platform.
- 52 Valor® Sales in Illinois – The sale of 52 units in Illinois brings total Valor terminal sales in Illinois since launch to 816. The Company has commitments for a higher number of units in Illinois in third quarter 2022 than reported in second quarter 2022.
- New Content in UK LBO Estate – Inspired rolled out new content across the UK LBO estate in second quarter 2022, which has resulted in sequential growth in our customers' gross win per unit per day from first quarter 2022 to second quarter 2022.
Leisure
- New Pubs Contracts – We successfully renewed our contract with Greene King for a further three years and increased our share of the estate. Greene King is the country's leading pub retailer and brewer, running over 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland. This new contract will utilize Inspired's innovative server-based solution for the pub sector and incorporate the new Vantage® cabinet, which is launching in early 2023. This intelligent operating system and digital cabinet provides added functionality and remote access capabilities not previously available to pub operators. We also signed a three-year extension with Mitchells & Butlers, one of the largest operators of restaurants, pubs and bars in the UK.
- Holiday Parks – During second quarter 2022, we added five new parks to our holiday parks portfolio and benefited from some parks opening early for the Easter and summer half-term holidays.
- New Pubs Content – Space Invaders®, Cops 'N' Robbers Bank Buster™ and Scorpion King™ were deployed across the pub estate during second quarter 2022, demonstrating the commitment to leverage Inspired's leading game portfolio for the pub sector.
Overview of Second Quarter 2022 Results Versus Second Quarter 2021 on a Reported Basis
Total Revenue increased 72% year-over-year to $71.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $41.5 million in the prior-year period, reflecting strength in the Gaming and Leisure segments following customers' retail venues reopening after COVID-19 lockdowns and continued growth in the online business.
Gaming Service Revenue increased $6.8 million year-over-year due to Inspired's retail recurring revenues exceeding pre-COVID-19 performance levels in second quarter 2022 and the addition of the Company's newly acquired lottery systems contract in the Dominican Republic ($1.3 million). The strong results are driven by the removal of final COVID-19 restrictions across our geographies in May 2022 and the introduction of new content, which has resulted in growth. Gaming Product Revenue increased by $2.5 million driven by higher sales in the UK from the sale of Flex™ and Sabre Hydra™. Gaming Segment Operating Income increased to $4.8 million from a loss of $2.7 million in the prior-year period due to the increased revenue and decreased depreciation and amortization from software being fully amortized, partly offset by increased costs as all staff returned from furlough. Gaming Adjusted EBITDA increased to $9.5 million from $3.5 million in second quarter 2021.
Virtual Sports Revenue increased to a record $14.0 million from $8.2 million in the prior-year period, primarily due to Online Virtuals revenue doubling year-over-year, driven by growth from existing customers, and an increase in Retail Virtuals of $1.0 million, due to retail venues being open for the whole of the period compared to the prior-year period. Virtual Sports Segment Operating Income was $11.1 million, which compares favorably to $4.2 million in second quarter 2021 primarily due to the increase in revenue. Virtual Sports Adjusted EBITDA increased to $12.0 million from $6.4 million in second quarter 2021.
Interactive Revenue of $5.8 million was flat year-over-year and grew 12% in functional currency, driven by growth in North America and Greece. Results in the UK grew year-over-year but were impacted by many of our UK operator customers enhancing protections for players in advance of the proposed UK Gambling Act review. During the quarter, we went live with seven operators in Ontario and Rush Street in Pennsylvania with several additional customer launches expected throughout the remainder of 2022. Interactive Segment Operating Income was $2.2 million, a 13% decrease year-over-year primarily due to the increase in cost of sales and third-party platform provider costs as well as an increase in SG&A expenses driven by the investment in the segment to help drive revenues and staff returning from furlough. Interactive Adjusted EBITDA was $3.1 million, a 12% year-over-year decrease on a reported basis but flat in functional currency, from a record $3.6 million in the prior-year period.
Leisure Revenue increased to $26.0 million from $11.3 million in the prior-year period when our customers' retail venues were closed for part of the quarter and then ramping back up. Revenue from pubs, holiday parks and motorway services was higher as a result of increased travel within the UK, which we believe resulted in (i) a significant number of holiday park locations opening early for the Easter and summer half-term holiday and (ii) increasing volume of road transport, which lead to a strong second quarter for our MSA segments. Revenue generated in second quarter 2022 from holiday park customers was $11.3 million, MSA customers was $3.8 million and pub customers was $8.5 million. Digitization of the pub estate has continued with further digital machines placed in the quarter taking digital penetration to 81%. Leisure Segment Operating Income improved to $4.1 million, from a loss of $4.4 million, due to the increased revenue as venues reopened and restrictions were removed. Leisure Adjusted EBITDA improved to $7.7 million from a loss of $0.2 million in second quarter 2021.
Total Company Selling, General and Administrative expenses increased to $29.3 million from $25.1 million in the prior-year period. This $4.2 million increase was driven by all staff returning from furlough and return to full pay for the whole period ($6.4 million) and favorable currency movements ($3.5 million), partly offset by a $1.2 million cost in the prior period from the provision of additional taxes due, relating to historic periods, which is excluded from Adjusted EBITDA.
Net Income during the quarter increased to $7.5 million, compared to a net loss of $43.8 million in the prior-year period, primarily due to the increase in net operating income ($23.1 million), driven by higher revenue and a decrease in depreciation ($2.1 million), the change in fair value of warrant liability in the prior-year period ($10.5 million) and a decrease in net interest expense ($16.1 million), driven by the refinancing and write off of debt fees in the prior-year period.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates impacted our results in the quarter. Foreign currency exchange negatively impacted Total Revenue by $8.1 million ($2.9 million in Gaming, $1.5 million in Virtual Sports, $0.7 million in Interactive and $3.0 million in Leisure). Net Operating Income was negatively impacted by $1.6 million ($0.5 million in Gaming, $1.2 million in Virtual Sports, $0.4 million in Interactive and $0.5 million in Leisure, offset by $1.0 million in Corporate). Adjusted EBITDA was negatively impacted by $2.9 million ($1.1 million in Gaming, $1.3 million in Virtual Sports, $0.3 million in Interactive and $0.9 million in Leisure, offset by $0.7 million in Corporate).
Total Company Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities Less Capital Expenditures during the quarter was an outflow of $0.3 million due to a six-monthly interest payment of $11.5 million and $5.1 million of share repurchases in the second quarter. This was an improvement from an outflow of $18.2 million in the prior-year period driven by events surrounding COVID-19-related closures and interest expense timing associated with refinancing.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, to analyze our operating performance. We use these financial measures to manage our business on a day-to-day basis. We believe that these measures are also commonly used in our industry to measure performance. For these reasons, we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide expanded insight into our business, in addition to standard U.S. GAAP financial measures. There are no specific rules or regulations for defining and using non-GAAP financial measures, and as a result the measures we use may not be comparable to measures used by other companies, even if they have similar labels. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. You should consider our non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with our U.S. GAAP financial measures.
We define our non-GAAP financial measures as follows:
EBITDA is defined as net loss excluding depreciation and amortization, interest expense, interest income and income tax expense.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss excluding depreciation and amortization, interest expense, interest income and income tax expense, and other additional exclusions and adjustments. Such additional excluded amounts include stock-based compensation U.S. GAAP charges where the associated liability is expected to be settled in stock, and changes in the value of earnout liabilities and income and expenditure in relation to legacy portions of the business (being those portions where trading no longer occurs) including closed defined benefit pension schemes. Additional adjustments are made for items considered outside the normal course of business, including (1) restructuring costs, which include charges attributable to employee severance, management changes, restructuring, dual running costs, costs related to facility closures and integration costs, (2) merger and acquisition costs and (3) gains or losses not in the ordinary course of business. This does not include any adjustments related to COVID-19.
We believe Adjusted EBITDA, when considered along with other performance measures, is a particularly useful performance measure, because it focuses on certain operating drivers of the business, including sales growth, operating costs, selling and administrative expense and other operating income and expense. We believe Adjusted EBITDA can provide a more complete understanding of our operating results and the trends to which we are subject, and an enhanced overall understanding of our financial performance and prospects for the future. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of liquidity or cash flows from operations or a measure comparable to net income or loss, because it does not take into account certain aspects of our operating performance (for example, it excludes non-recurring gains and losses which are not deemed to be a normal part of underlying business activities). Our use of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to the use by other companies of similarly termed measures. Management compensates for these limitations by using Adjusted EBITDA as only one of several measures for evaluating our operating performance. In addition, capital expenditures, which affect depreciation and amortization, interest expense, and income tax benefit (expense), are evaluated separately by management.
Functional Currency at Constant rate. Currency impacts shown have been calculated as the current-period average GBP:USD rate less the equivalent average rate in the prior period, multiplied by the current period amount in our functional currency (GBP). The remaining difference, referred to as functional currency at constant rate, is calculated as the difference in our functional currency, multiplied by the prior-period average GBP:USD rate, as a proxy for functional currency at constant rate movement.
Currency Movement represents the difference between the results in our reporting currency (USD) and the results on a functional currency at constant rate basis.
Reconciliations from net loss, as shown in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, to Adjusted EBITDA are shown below.
Conference Call and Webcast
Inspired management will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast at 9:30 a.m. ET /2:30 p.m. UK on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 to discuss the Company's financial results and general business trends.
Telephone: The dial-in number to access the call live is 1-888-550-5864 (US) or 1-646-960-0275 (International). Participants should ask to be joined into the Inspired Entertainment call.
Webcast: A live audio-only webcast of the call can be accessed through the "Events and Presentations" page of the Company's website at www.inseinc.com under the Investors link. Please follow the registration prompts.
Replay: A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website at www.inseinc.com.
About Inspired Entertainment, Inc.
Inspired offers an expanding portfolio of content, technology, hardware and services for regulated gaming, betting, lottery, social and leisure operators across retail and mobile channels around the world. The Company's gaming, virtual sports, interactive and leisure products appeal to a wide variety of players, creating new opportunities for operators to grow their revenue. The Company operates in approximately 35 jurisdictions worldwide, supplying gaming systems with associated terminals and content for approximately 50,000 gaming machines located in betting shops, pubs, gaming halls and other route operations; virtual sports products through more than 32,000 retail venues and various online websites; interactive games for 170+ websites; and a variety of amusement entertainment solutions with a total installed base of more than 16,000 terminals. Additional information can be found at www.inseinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our ability to bring certain of our products to customers in the various markets in which we operate and execute on our strategic plan, statements regarding expectations with respect to potential new customers and statements regarding our anticipated financial performance. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "expect," "estimate," "plan," "will," "would" and "project" and other similar expressions that indicate future events or trends or are not statements of historical matters. These statements are based on Inspired management's current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside of Inspired's control and all of which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Inspired's views as of any subsequent date. You are advised to review carefully the "Risk Factors" section of Inspired's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which are available, free of charge, on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov. Inspired does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Contact:
For Investors
IR@inseinc.com
+1 646 565-6938
For Press and Sales
inspiredsales@inseinc.com
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Simone Leigh’s sculptures are making a monumental impression at the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition.
The first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the international show, the American sculptor installed a monumental 24-foot sculpture outside the Palladian-style brick building, which she topped with a thatched raffia roof on wooden columns.
Leigh also sets the tone for the main Biennale exhibition. Her towering “Brick House,” a bronze bust of a Black woman, presides at the entrance of the Arsenale. Such double citations are rare at the 127-year-old art fair, the world’s oldest and most important, opening its 59th edition on Saturday.
Leigh titled her exhibition of bronzes and ceramics at the U.S. Pavilion “Sovereignty.” The name, she said, came out of a desire “to point to ideas of self-determination” while tapping commonalities in Black feminist thought.
“One thing we all agree on, the real purpose of Black feminist thought is our desire to be ourselves. And to have control over our own bodies,’’ the artist said during the official opening on Thursday.
To that end, another bronze sculpture set in a reflecting pool, “Last Garment,” depicts a laundress at work. Leigh was inspired by a 19th century photograph of a Jamaican woman washing clothes in a river; the U.S. Pavilion exhibition notes say the photo represents the imagery that at that time supported stereotypes of the Caribbean.
In this way, Leigh reappropriates a portrait initially depicted through a lens of colonialism, literally recasting it in bronze.
The works in the pavilion refer specifically to the African diaspora. The raffia-topped façade covers the Palladian-style pavilion and its neo-classical columns, redressing an architectural style that recalls both Jeffersonian notions of freedom and the plantation homes of slaveowners.
The shaggy roof and wooden columns imposed over the colonial style building were inspired by the Cameroon-Togo Pavilion at the 1931 International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, an event meant to display cultures under European colonial rule.
“One doesn’t obscure the other. It’s really about their adjacency. It’s about bringing together their two histories, problematic, troubled, and creating new meaning,” curator Eva Respini said.
The works from the U.S. Pavilion will follow Leigh back to the United States, where they will appear in Leigh’s first museum survey, set for next year at the ICA Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
This is just some of the recognition heaped on Leigh, 54, after two decades as an artist.
Leigh also won the Studio Museum in Harlem’s $50,000 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize in 2017 and the prestigious $100,00 Hugo Boss Prize, which included a solo show at New York’s Guggenheim museum the following year.
“It is overdue like so much, and it is an overdue recognition of Black creativity,’’ said ICA director Jill Medvedow, commissioner of the U.S. Pavilion.
The main exhibition, which features a preponderance of female artists, is curated by Cecilia Alemani, who originally commissioned “Brick House” for The High Line park in New York City. The 5-meter (16-foot) sculpture of a woman whose torso is in the form of West African architecture originally overlooked Manhattan’s 10th Avenue; it was installed in Venice two days before the Biennale opened for previews.
“She stands there with such majesty, and such beauty. She does not have eyes, but she has this very strong gaze,” Alemani said. ”I am very happy to have that sculpture in the show and for Simone to finally get the deserved merit at the U.S. pavilion.
The Venice Biennale runs through Nov. 27. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/us-artist-leigh-recasts-colonial-imagery-at-venice-biennale/ | 2022-04-21T21:48:39Z |
VANCOUVER, BC, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Wildpack Beverage Inc. (TSXV: CANS) (OTCQB: WLDPF) ("Wildpack") announced that the webcast during which CEO, Mitch Barnard, Chief Growth Officer, Thomas Walker, CFO, Ryan Mason and COO, Chuck Zadlo will discuss Wildpack's year-end 2021 financial results and outlook for 2022, will now take place at 8:30am Eastern Time ("ET") on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
Re-scheduled Presentation Details:
Date: May 3, 2022
Time: 8:30am ET (5:30am Pacific Time)
Registration: Online Registration
HAVE QUESTIONS? Management will be available to answer your questions following the presentation on the webinar platform. You may submit your question(s) beforehand in the registration form or by email: invest@wildpackbev.com.
Per: "Mitch Barnard"
Mitch Barnard
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Advisors
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP is the legal advisor to Wildpack Beverage Inc.
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Wildpack is engaged in beverage manufacturing and packaging, operating in the middle market by providing sustainable aluminum can filling, decorating, packaging, and sleeve and label printing services to brands throughout the United States. Wildpack currently operates indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiaries and out of facilities in Baltimore, Maryland, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Atlanta, Georgia, Longmont, Colorado, Sacramento, California and Las Vegas, Nevada with a focus on digital innovation and green ready-to-drink packaging. Wildpack commenced trading on May 19, 2021, on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "CANS" and commenced trading on February 23, 2022, on the OTCQB® Venture Market under the symbol "WLDPF".
This news release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including, but not limited to, statements with respect to Wildpack's plans, financial performance and operating performance, anticipated growth in co-packing business, the estimation of revenue, the timing and targets of M&A activity, costs, future capital expenditures, and the success of integration. Forward-looking statements are based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive risks including but not limited to: risks related to the successful integration of acquisitions; risks related to operations; risks related to general economic conditions and credit availability, ability to obtain sufficient and suitable financing, actual results of current production and decorating, fluctuations in prices of aluminum; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes, title disputes, claims and limitations on insurance coverage and other risks of the co-packaging industry; delays in the completion of capex activities, changes in national and local government regulation of manufacturing operations and labour laws in light of the current COVID pandemic, tax rules and regulations, and political and economic developments where Wildpack operates. These statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "may", "should", "will", "could", "intend", "estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "believe" or "continue", or the negative thereof or similar variations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause future results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements and the forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements expressed or implied by Wildpack are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and conditions, many of which are outside of Wildpack's control, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Although Wildpack has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties related to Wildpack's business, including that Wildpack's assumptions in making forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect; delays in filing of financial information; adverse market conditions; risks inherent in the beverage manufacturing and packaging sector in general; that future results may vary from historical results; and competition in the markets where Wildpack operates. Except as required by securities law, Wildpack does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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SOURCE Wildpack Beverage Inc. | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/05/02/wildpack-changes-date-time-its-year-end-2021-financial-results-webcast/ | 2022-05-03T01:25:56Z |
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As career opportunities in automotive service, parts and sales continue to grow due to increased customer demand, Leith Automotive Group is looking to hire hardworking car enthusiasts to fill vacancies throughout the company.
The demand for skilled automotive technicians, especially, is expected to increase over the next several years nationwide. According to the United States Department of Labor, the transportation industry needs to fill nearly 100,000 technician job openings on average annually, between now and 2029.
With a forecast like that, Leith is looking for innovative ways to attract new, qualified applicants, and one of the strategies the company has employed involves teaming with one of the largest, year-round car shows in the region, Morrisville Cars and Coffee. It's a free event to the public that features all makes and models of vehicles. It takes place the first Saturday of the month from 8-11 a.m. at 5425 Page Road in Durham.
By going to where car enthusiasts go, Leith is hoping to find people who not only love cars, but who are also willing to work hard for a company that offers many great benefits to the right candidate. New Leith hires will find competitive starting pay, profit sharing, paid training, employee discounts and a full benefits package, just to name a few.
"Our goal is to find other like-minded car enthusiasts that have a passion for the automotive industry like we do and are looking for a place to have a career, not just another job," said Rodney Britt of Leith Toyota in Raleigh.
Leith also recruits heavily from Wake Tech Community College, NASCAR Tech/Universal Technical Institute and the automotive program at Chapel Hill High School.
LeithCars.com is one of the largest automotive groups in North Carolina. A family business created in Raleigh, Leith Cars has been serving the Triangle community for over 50 years, incorporating over 1,900 North Carolinians into its family. The number one place to buy vehicles in the Raleigh metro area for five years running, according to a Marshall Marketing Survey, the auto dealer has 39 franchise locations throughout the state. For more information, visit www.leithcars.com.
Media Contact:
Lora Johnson
919-832-3232
lora.johnson@leithcars.com
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SOURCE LeithCars.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/08/19/leith-automotive-teams-up-with-morrisville-cars-coffee-boost-job-recruitment/ | 2022-08-19T13:02:19Z |
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