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LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During these extraordinary times of rising gas prices, wartime uncertainty, inflation and overall increasing costs, recent dental school graduates and associate dentists are feeling the squeeze. While the future of dentistry remains strong as an industry, continued mastery of skills is without question needed to compete and/or fast track building a profitable dental career. The demand for dental implants continues to grow. For dentists not mastering these skills, they will likely struggle to thrive.
The business of dentistry is often misunderstood as a profession. While dentists are eager to start or buy a practice, they often lack the hands-on skills, business acumen, or confidence needed to compete with more established names. Once a dentist begins working continually, skill development can take a back seat to pressing workplace obligations. The sooner a dentist can master their dental implant placement skills the better.
Influential dentists are always mastering new skills. "Dentists who want to leverage their influence must invest time into skill mastery both clinically and in business. Dentists without a clear plan, tend to let money and confidence slip through the cracks. When this happens, burnout follows," says Julieanne O'Connor, Influence Coach for High-Achieving Dentists.
With scholarships up for grabs and free dentistry offered to patients, Restored Smiles is meeting an important need for doctors looking to build a successful dental career. Dentists interested in taking advantage of the available scholarships currently offered for upcoming courses as soon as April 22nd and 23rd, 2022, can contact Restored Smiles at RestoredSmilesCourses.com.
"It's an honor to serve the doctors and practices who are looking to improve their clinical skills and provide better care to all they serve," remarks Dr. Jedediah Huss.
Restored Smiles along with the help of some amazing supporters including but not limited to Nobel Biocare; W&H Group; Meisinger USA; and A. Titan Instruments have been able to help hundreds of patients and place over two thousand implants. Together they have donated well over five million dollars in implant dentistry to those in need.
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REAL SIMPLE to Host Its First-Ever Consumer Weekend Experience Featuring Exclusive Access to the REAL SIMPLE HOME and Special Events Throughout the Surrounding Beach Community
NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dotdash Meredith's REAL SIMPLE today announces that it will debut the brand's fifth annual REAL SIMPLE HOME in the Rosemary Beach Community in Inlet Beach, Florida, this fall. To correspond with the home, REAL SIMPLE has created the Time for You Weekend, its first-ever immersive consumer experience to be held in the Rosemary Beach Community September 15–18, featuring an itinerary of events, including special access to the REAL SIMPLE HOME. The 2022 REAL SIMPLE HOME will be unveiled in the October issue, available September 16. Tickets for the inaugural Time for You Weekend are now available at realsimpleweekend.com.
"In our current world, unwinding is more important than ever! The sunny, gorgeous Rosemary Beach Community in Inlet Beach, Florida, is the perfect spot for our fifth annual REAL SIMPLE HOME. Our coastal home will be packed with color and pattern, easy DIY decor and, of course, plenty of organization tips you can use to make your own space beautiful and functional. We're also excited to welcome passionate brand enthusiasts to the area with our first-ever Time for You Weekend, giving them some time to unwind with an exclusive look inside the new REAL SIMPLE HOME," said Lauren Iannotti, REAL SIMPLE Editor in Chief.
For the first time, REAL SIMPLE is bringing its popular REAL SIMPLE HOME to a coastal setting. The Rosemary Beach Community in Inlet Beach, Florida, is a scenic Gulf Coast community offering pristine beaches, a charming Town Center, and uniquely designed homes that celebrate the intersection of indoor and outdoor living. This year's overall design will pay homage to its locale with an elevated coastal theme flowing throughout each room, including unique features, such as a multi-function loft, outdoor porch, and summer kitchen. Leading up to the full reveal in September, REAL SIMPLE will document the renovation process from mood boards to final touches across several issues of the magazine, on RealSimple.com, Instagram, and TikTok.
To curate the home, REAL SIMPLE has teamed up with a roster of esteemed interior designers and tastemakers. The team includes: Clara Jung, Banner Day Interiors; Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, The Home Edit; Dabito, Old Brand New; Erin Wheeler, Sunny Circle Studio; Gina Gutierrez, Gina Rachelle Design; Kelly Finley, Joy Street Design; Erica Finamore, REAL SIMPLE Home Director; Katie Holdefehr, RealSimple.com Senior Editor; and Leslie Corona, REAL SIMPLE Senior Home Editor. REAL SIMPLE HOME sponsors include American Standard® Heating and Air Conditioning, Bio-Oil® Skincare, CURÉL® Ultra Healing® Lotion, Elkay®, Minted, and Valspar®.
The Time for You Weekend event offers attendees the opportunity to relax, rest, and get inspired through curated, REAL SIMPLE-branded experiences. Events include tours of the 2022 REAL SIMPLE HOME, panel discussions hosted by REAL SIMPLE editors, walking tours of the Rosemary Beach Community, morning yoga, guided bike tours, welcome cocktail reception, and other experiences. Accommodations are now available for booking through the Rosemary Beach Cottage Rental Company at RosemaryBeach.com. Sponsors of the Time for You Weekend include Evereve, NOW Foods, and Pure Leaf ® Iced Tea.
Get a first look at the inspiration behind the 2022 REAL SIMPLE HOME at RealSimple.com/rshome22. To purchase tickets for the Time for You Weekend, visit realsimpleweekend.com.
REAL SIMPLE provides practical and useful solutions for simplifying every aspect of a modern woman's busy life. By tightly curating the best advice, products and services to make decisions simple, REAL SIMPLE delivers a judgment-free guide for life, leaving her lighter, more accomplished, and in control. As the number one women's lifestyle magazine at newsstand and on Apple News+, REAL SIMPLE reaches an audience of 22 million every month through print, digital, podcasts, licensed products, brand experiences, and more. REAL SIMPLE is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — An Annandale man chose the top prize ticket in a Virginia Lottery game with a payout of $1 million.
Jose Velasquez thought he was redeeming a $600 winning ticket. When Virginia Lottery staffers at the customer service center in Woodbridge saw it, however, they quickly discovered the ticket was worth a lot more.
Velasquez had stopped after work to pick up a pack of soft drinks at the Safeway on Little River Turnpike in Fairfax County when he decided to buy what would end up being the winning “20X the Money” ticket.
Virginia Lottery presented Velasquez with the choice of either taking the full $1 million prize over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $759,878 before taxes. He chose the cash option. Safeway on Little River Turnpike also received a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Velasquez told Virginia Lottery officials that he is planning to use his winning to take care of his family and possibly start his own business.
This is the second top prize to be won in the latest version of the 20X the Money game, meaning that there is one unclaimed top prize remaining. The chance of winning the top prize is 1 in 1,754,400. The chance of winning any prize in the game is 1 in 3.65. | https://cw33.com/news/virginia-man-wins-1-million-in-virginia-lottery-game/ | 2022-09-09T16:09:46Z |
US strike on al-Qaida leader shows Afghanistan still terror base
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is holding out the CIA operation that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri as a monumental strike against the global terror network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001. But there’s a downside, too.
The drone strike also is putting into stark relief the mounting evidence that after 20 years of America’s military occupation — and then sudden departure — Afghanistan has once again become an active staging ground for Islamic terror groups looking to attack the West.
The operation, carried out over the weekend after at least six months spent monitoring movements by al-Zawahri and his family, came just weeks before the one-year anniversary of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the country.
The Biden administration is making the case that the operation shows Americans at home and allies abroad that the United States hasn’t lost focus — or the ability to strike terrorists in the region — and validates its decision to end two decades of fighting in Afghanistan with its withdrawal.
Announcing the strike from the White House, President Joe Biden said Monday night that “justice” had been exacted on a leader who in recent weeks had recorded videos calling for his followers to attack the United States and allies. And the White House on Tuesday framed the operation was an enormous counterterrorism win.
“The president has made good on his word when we left. He said the United States did not need to keep sending thousands of American men and women to fight and die in Afghanistan,” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on NBC’s “Today” show. “After 20 years of war to keep this country safe, he said we would be able to continue to target and take out terrorists in Afghanistan without troops on the ground. And over this weekend, with this swift and decisive action that he ordered, he delivered on that promise.”
But as details of the operation continue to emerge, the administration has also revealed troubling evidence of al-Qaida’s presence and of the Taliban once again offering refuge to the group that was behind the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
White House officials believe that senior members of the Haqqani Network, an Islamist terror group with strong ties to the Taliban, were aware that al-Zawahri was in Kabul. Sullivan said that while al-Zawahri wasn’t involved in day-to-day planning at the time of his killing, he continued to play an active role in directing al-Qaida and posed “a severe threat” against the U.S. and American citizens.
Concerns about al-Qaida efforts to regroup inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are hardly new.
Before the strike, U.S. military officials, including Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had said al-Qaida was trying to reconstitute in Afghanistan, where it faces limited threats from the now-ruling Taliban. Military leaders have warned that the group still aspired to attack the U.S.
Al-Qaida leadership has reportedly played an advisory role since the Taliban returned to power in the leadup up to the U.S. withdrawal, according to a U.N. Security Council report last month.
The U.N. report also noted that ISIS-K — the group that carried out a massive attack that killed 13 U.S. troops and dozens of Afghans near the Kabul International Airport just days before the U.S. completed its withdrawal last year — has become increasingly active in northern and eastern Afghanistan. That’s a worry for the West though ISIS-K and the Taliban espouse different ideologies and interests, with ISIS-K carrying out a bloody insurgency against the Taliban and religious minorities across Afghanistan.
“Zawahri’s presence in post-withdrawal Afghanistan suggests that, as feared, the Taliban is once more granting safe haven to the leaders of al-Qaida – a group with which it has never broken,” said Nathan Sales, ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism during the Trump administration who is now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. “Zawahiri was living in a safehouse in the heart of Kabul, which only happens with the Taliban’s approval.”
That al-Zawahri was living in a Kabul neighborhood and not in rural Afghanistan as previously believed, “tells you that he got really comfortable” under the protection of the Taliban, said Colin Clarke, director of research at The Soufan Group, a global intelligence and security firm.
“These entities work hand in glove,” Clarke said of the Taliban and al-Qaida. “There’s not the separation that others would have you believe.”
The Taliban had promised in the 2020 Doha Agreement on the terms of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan that they would not harbor al-Qaida members or those seeking to attack the U.S.
The Taliban were quick to condemn the U.S. strike as a “a clear violation of international principles and the Doha Agreement,” though they did not acknowledge that al-Zawahri was killed. The U.S. gave no forewarning to the Taliban government, which the United States does not recognize, that it was carrying out the operation.
“Such actions are a repetition of the failed experiences of the past 20 years and are against the interests of the United States of America, Afghanistan, and the region,” the Taliban statement said.
Whether the United States takes any further action against the Taliban for harboring al-Zawahri remains to be seen. Sullivan told NBC that the U.S. had already “engaged” with the Taliban about al-Zawahri’s presence following Sunday’s strike, but he wouldn’t preview any specific steps the administration might take.
The Taliban remain sanctioned by the U.S. government for its role harboring al-Qaida before the 9/11 attacks. After the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul last summer, the Biden administration froze billions of dollars in assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to prevent the assets from falling under Taliban control. Some of that money has since been freed for humanitarian aid to address the country’s dire hunger crisis.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was quick to congratulate Biden on the operation, but also made the case that it “further indicates that Afghanistan is again becoming a major thicket of terrorist activity following the president’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces.”
“Killing al-Zawahri is a success, but the underlying resurgence of al-Qaida terrorists into Afghanistan is a growing threat that was foreseeable and avoidable,” McConnell said. “The administration needs a comprehensive plan to rebuild our capacity to combat it.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/08/02/us-strike-al-qaida-leader-shows-afghanistan-still-terror-base/ | 2022-08-02T20:19:00Z |
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency declarations as 20 wildfires continued to burn Sunday in nearly half of the state’s drought-stricken 33 counties.
One wildfire in northern New Mexico that started April 6 merged with a newer fire Saturday to form the largest blaze in the state, leading to widespread evacuations in Mora and San Miguel counties. That fire was at 84 square miles (217 square kilometers) Sunday and 12% contained.
An uncontained wind-driven wildfire in northern New Mexico that began April 17 had charred 81 square miles (209 square kilometers) of ponderosa pine, oak brush and grass by Sunday morning north of Ocate, an unincorporated community in Mora County.
Meanwhile in Arizona, some residents forced to evacuate due to a wildfire near Flagstaff were allowed to return home Sunday morning.
In Nebraska, authorities said wind-driven wildfires sweeping through parts of the state killed a retired Cambridge fire chief and injured at least 11 firefighters.
Winds and temperatures in New Mexico diminished Saturday but remained strong enough to still fan fires. Dozens of evacuation orders remained in place.
Fire officials were expecting the northern wildfires to slow Sunday as cloud and smoke cover moves in, allowing the forests to retain more moisture. But they added that the interior portions of the fires could show moderate to extreme behavior, which could threaten structures in those areas.
More than 200 structures have been charred by the wildfires thus far and an additional 900 remain threatened, Lujan Grisham said.
Fire management officials said an exact damage count was unclear because it’s still too dangerous for crews to go in and look at all the homes that have been lost.
“We do not know the magnitude of the structure loss. We don’t even know the areas where most homes made it through the fire, where homes haven’t been damaged or anything like that,” said operation sections chief Jayson Coil.
Some 1,000 firefighters were battling the wildfires across New Mexico, which already has secured about $3 million in grants to help with the fires.
Lujan Grisham said she has asked the White House for more federal resources and she’s calling for a ban of fireworks statewide.
“We need more federal bodies for firefighting, fire mitigation, public safety support on the ground in New Mexico,” she said. “It’s going to be a tough summer. So that’s why we are banning fires. And that is why on Monday I will be asking every local government to be thinking about ways to ban the sales of fireworks.”
Wildfire has become a year-round threat in the West given changing conditions that include earlier snowmelt and rain coming later in the fall, scientist have said. The problems have been exacerbated by decades of fire suppression and poor management along with a more than 20-year megadrought that studies link to human-caused climate change.
In Arizona, two large wildfires continued to burn Sunday 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Prescott and 14 miles (22 kilometers) northeast of Flagstaff.
Coconino County authorities lifted the evacuation order Sunday morning for residents living in neighborhoods along Highway 89 after fire management officials determined the Flagstaff-area wildfire no longer posed a threat.
The fire near Flagstaff was at 33 square miles (85 square kilometers) as of Sunday with 3% containment. It forced the evacuation of 766 homes and burned down 30 homes and two dozen other structures since it began a week ago, according to county authorities.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declared the fire a state of emergency Thursday for Coconino County to free up recovery aid to affected communities.
The wildfire near Prescott began last Monday and was at 4.8 square miles (12.4 square kilometers) and 15% contained as of Sunday morning as helicopters and air tankers dropped water and retardant to slow the fire’s growth.
The cause of the wildfires in New Mexico and Arizona remain under investigation.
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency officials said John P. Trumble, of Arapahoe, was overcome by smoke and fire after his vehicle left the road Friday night because of poor visibility from smoke and dust.
Trumble, 66, was working with firefighters as a spotter in Red Willow County in the southwestern corner of the state and his body was found early Saturday, authorities said.
Wildfires were still burning Saturday night in five Nebraska counties. The Nebraska National Guard deployed three helicopters and several support trucks to help battle the blazes. | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/emergency-declaration-for-multiple-wildfires-in-new-mexico/ | 2022-04-25T05:32:10Z |
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LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. ("Axsome" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AXSM).
Class Period: December 30, 2019 – April 22, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 12, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Axsome's CMC practices were deficient with respect to AXS-07 and its manufacturing process; (2) as a result, Axsome was unlikely to submit the AXS-07 NDA on its initially represented timeline; (3) the foregoing CMC issues remained unresolved at the time that the FDA reviewed the AXS-07 NDA; (4) accordingly, the FDA was unlikely to approve the AXS-07 NDA; (5) as a result of all the foregoing, Axsome had overstated AXS-07's regulatory and commercial prospects; and (6) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Upstart, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPST) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: March 18, 2021 to May 9, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 12, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in UPST:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Upstart, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Upstart's AI model could not adequately account for macroeconomic factors such as interest rates that impact the market-clearing price for loans; (2) as a result, Upstart was experiencing a negative impact on its conversion rate; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to use its balance sheet to fund loans; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Upstart you have until July 12, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Upstart securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the UPST lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/upstart-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29460&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monkeypox is an increasing worldwide problem recently declared a public health emergency in the United States. Among classical symptoms that include fever, muscle aches, lymph node swelling and rash are oral lesions present in up to 70% of cases.
"This disease is not as easily transmitted as COVID 19," said Dr. Jeffrey Jahre, St. Luke's senior vice president of Medical and Academic Affairs and section chief emeritus of Infectious Diseases. "Early recognition by all healthcare providers including dentists can potentially bring the spread of this disease to a halt."
Dr. Jahre said St. Luke's is calling on the dental community to be alert for monkeypox because Network doctors have begun seeing oral monkeypox symptoms.
The American Dental Association has said that the standard infection control precautions used by dentists for decades, including the enhanced protocols that have been implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, continue to keep both patients and staff safe during the monkeypox emergency.
Monkeypox is transmitted most commonly through direct contact with body fluids or lesions of the body of someone who has the disease. Less commonly it can also spread through materials that have touched these skin lesions or sores. Close contact with respiratory droplet secretions may be another uncommon mode of spread though the exact frequency is unknown.
"It is very important at this time that oral care programs, such those that train dental hygienists and other dental professionals, are aware of and alert to oral monkeypox symptomology and understand how to handle cases," said Dr. Wayne Saunders, DMD, Chief of St. Luke's Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
The facial lesions can vary in number and location including lips and can be papules, pustules, clear vesicles, or open sores with or without scab formation. The intraoral lesions are equally diverse and could be present anywhere in the mouth including gums, tongue, cheeks, palate and throat. These lesions can resemble other well-known conditions such as cold sores (herpes simplex), canker sores, lesions of hand-foot-mouth disease, or trauma.
A search of a Google images of monkeypox facial and oral lesions can provide a useful guide.
The importance of taking into consideration patients' medical history to try and ascertain the etiology cannot be over emphasized. Currently more than 95% of the monkeypox cases involve men who have sexual relations with men who have multiple sexual partners. However, the disease is expanding beyond this group, so symptoms in others cannot be ignored.
When suspicious lesions are present, the patient can be referred to primary care providers or urgent care centers for conclusive testing, advised Dr. Saunders.
Founded in 1872, St. Luke's University Health Network is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 18,000 employees providing services at 14 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $3 billion, the Network's service area includes 11 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke's is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.
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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
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE: TMHC) ("TMHC") today announced that its subsidiary, Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc. (the "Issuer"), has commenced a tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 6.625% senior notes due 2027 (the "Notes").
In connection with the Tender Offer, the Issuer is also soliciting (the "Consent Solicitation") from holders of the Notes consents (the "Consents") to proposed amendments to the indenture, dated as of February 10, 2020, by and among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto (the "guarantors") and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") (the "Indenture"), to (i) shorten the minimum notice period for optional redemption of the Notes by the Issuer from "at least 15 days but not more than 60 days" to "at least three Business Days and no more than 60 days" and (ii) eliminate certain covenants and events of default (collectively, the "Proposed Amendments"). The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation are described in an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated June 13, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement"). The following table summarizes the material pricing terms of the Tender Offer.
The Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation will expire at Midnight, New York City time, at the end of July 12, 2022, unless extended or earlier terminated by the Issuer (such time and date, as the same may be extended, the "Expiration Date"). No tenders submitted after the Expiration Date will be valid. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, holders that validly tender their Notes and validly deliver their Consents and that do not validly withdraw such Notes and Consents on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 27, 2022 (such date and time, as it may be extended, the "Early Tender Deadline") and whose Notes are accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will be eligible to receive the Total Consideration set forth in the table above, which includes the Early Tender Payment set forth in the table above. Holders that validly tender their Notes and validly deliver their Consents after the Early Tender Deadline and on or prior to the Expiration Date will only be eligible to receive the Tender Offer Consideration set forth in the table above, which is the Total Consideration less the Early Tender Payment.
The consummation of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation are subject to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions described in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement.
In addition, holders of all Notes validly tendered along with Consents and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will receive accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from the last date on which interest has been paid to, but excluding the applicable settlement date.
In order for the Proposed Amendments to be adopted with respect to the Notes, Consents must be received in respect of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (excluding any Notes owned by the Issuer or any guarantor, or by any person directly or indirectly controlled by the Issuer or any guarantor) (the "Requisite Consents"). Assuming receipt of the Requisite Consents from holders of the Notes, the Issuer and the guarantors expect to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture") to the Indenture to be entered into by and among the Issuer, the guarantors and the Trustee promptly following the receipt of such Requisite Consents. The Supplemental Indenture will become effective upon execution, but will provide that the Proposed Amendments will not become operative until the Issuer accepts for purchase the Notes satisfying the Requisite Consents in the Tender Offer.
Tendered Notes may be withdrawn and Consents may be revoked at any time at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline. Any Notes validly tendered and Consents validly delivered at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline that are not validly withdrawn or validly revoked at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline may not be withdrawn or revoked thereafter, except as required by law. In addition, any Notes validly tendered and Consents validly delivered after the Early Tender Deadline may not be withdrawn or revoked, except as required by law.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. No offer, solicitation, or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. is the dealer manager and solicitation agent (the "Dealer Manager") in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been retained to serve as both the depositary and the information agent (the "Depositary and Information Agent") for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. Questions regarding the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation should be directed to the Dealer Manager at (800) 558-3745 (toll-free) or (212) 723-6106 (collect). Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement and other related materials should be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at (212) 430-3774 or (866) 470-4200 (toll free) or by e-mail at contact@gbsc-usa.com.
None of TMHC, its board of directors, the Issuer, the guarantors, the Trustee, the Dealer Manager or the Depositary and Information Agent, makes any recommendation as to whether holders of the Notes should or should not tender any Notes or deliver Consents in response to the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. The Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation are made only by the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement. The Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation are not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation are required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation will be deemed to be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Dealer Manager or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
About Taylor Morrison
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison is one of the nation's leading homebuilders and developers. We serve a wide array of consumers from coast to coast, including first-time, move-up, luxury, and 55-plus active lifestyle homebuyers under our family of brands—including Taylor Morrison, Esplanade, Darling Homes Collection by Taylor Morrison, and Christopher Todd Communities built by Taylor Morrison. From 2016-2022, Taylor Morrison has been recognized as America's Most Trusted® Builder by Lifestory Research. Our strong commitment to sustainability, our communities, and our team is highlighted in our latest Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report on our website.
For more information about Taylor Morrison, please visit www.taylormorrison.com.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SOFX is excited to announce partnership with Gatorz Eyewear, Radical Firearms and Recoil Magazine in a Special Operations Themed giveaway featuring premium products and merchandise.
The giveaway will feature two grand prize drawings, one for a Special Operations Forces Conference in-person winner, and one winner located anywhere not prohibited by law. Both winner drawings will be held at the 2022 Special Operations Industry Conference (SOFIC) trade show floor in Tampa, Florida and will be celebrating recent approval of Gatorz Eyewear Products on the United States Special Operations Command, Special Operations Eyewear Approved Eyewear (SOEP) List. Currently, the Magnum MILSPEC Ballistic glasses are approved for use in Special Operations.
The drawings will be held at Booths (#2139 & #2137) where Gatorz and SOFX are co-located on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 at SOFIC, Tampa Convention Center.
Sam Havelock, former Navy SEAL, CEO of SOFX, and Gatorz Advisory Board Member stated, "We can't wait to get down to Tampa and see our friends from the Special Operations community who have been so instrumental growing the Gatorz brand over 30 years across SOF. Our friends at Recoil Magazine and Radical Firearms have generously added gifts to ensure that whoever wins our American made, super durable eyewear will win additional professional tools to bring to the range."
HOW TO ENTER
Two winners receive prize packages worth over $1,500:
- 1 Radical Firearms AR-15 Rifle
- 1 Gatorz Eyewear MILSPEC Ballistic Magnum and 1 Specter
- Gatorz Ammo Can Case
- Recoil Annual Subscription
- SOFX Apparel
There is no cost to enter. Anyone wishing to enter the drawing may do so by entering at
Persons attending SOFIC are invited to stop by SOFX and Gatorz booths to enter via QR code or enter additional daily drawings for eyewear, and complimentary copies of Recoil Magazine.
This offer void where prohibited by law. Winners may select a cash award for the value of the firearm if they are prohibited or wish not to accept the firearm component of the prize package.
About SOFX:
SOFX Inc., is the publisher and operator of www.sofx.com and the SOFX Newsletter. The SOFX newsletter is world's largest free newsletter covering global Special Operations and personal empowerment. People from all walks of life are invited to subscribe and learn about the people of special operations. SOFX Inc. pledges to never rent, sell or share subscriber data. SOFX generates revenue by helping companies find and hire the world's best talent… not by selling data
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AP Source: Bahrain-based investor in talks to buy AC Milan
By ROB HARRIS
AP Global Soccer Writer
A person with knowledge of the process says a Bahrain-based private equity firm is in exclusive talks to buy seven-time European champion AC Milan and become the Italian league’s first Middle East investor. The buyout by Investcorp could see the Serie A leader sold for around 1 billion euros, the person told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details of the exclusive talks which began this month. The U.S.-based hedge firm Elliott Management has owned Milan since 2018. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/15/ap-source-bahrain-based-investors-in-talks-to-buy-ac-milan-2/ | 2022-04-15T17:38:14Z |
Magistrate Judge applicants for Caribou County
CARIBOU COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) - The Sixth Judicial District Magistrate Commission will be selecting a magistrate judge to replace the Honorable David R. Kress, who will be retiring effective June 30.
The Magistrate Commission asks you for your help in the appointment by providing your comments on the following nine applicants:
- David Wayne Cousin - Bingham County Chief Dep. Prosecuting Attorney - Idaho Falls, ID
- Monte Christopher - Gray Asst. General Counsel, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes - Pocatello, ID
- Samuel Criss - James Private Attorney - Soda Springs, ID
- Jeffrey Lind - Phillips Prosecuting Attorney, Owyhee County - Homedale, ID
- Tawnya Rawlings - Fremont County Chief Dep. Prosecuting Attorney - St. Anthony, ID
- Dustin W. Smith - Malad City Attorney and Attorney-Advisor for U.S. Air Force - Malad City, ID
- Randy W. Smith - Deputy Public Defender IV, Canyon County - Middleton, ID
- Eric Edgecomb Wannamaker- Tech. Licensing Assoc. & Ret. Navy Judge Advocate - Moscow, ID
- Steven Douglas Wood - Private Attorney, Partner with Spinner, Wood & Smith and Caribou County Prosecuting Attorney - Soda Springs, ID
Evaluation questionnaires on the applicants will be sent to attorneys statewide. Evaluation forms for public comment may be obtained from the Sixth District Trial Court Administrator’s Office, 624 E. Center, Room 220, Pocatello, Idaho 83201 or your local county courthouse. You can call 208-236-7379 or request a questionnaire by email at: kerryh@bannockcounty.us
Any individuals with personal knowledge regarding the qualification of the applicants are urged to complete the evaluation form. Evaluations on the magistrate judge applicants should be returned to the Trial Court Administrator’s Office at 624 E. Center, Room 220, Pocatello, Idaho, or by email no later than April 19, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. | https://localnews8.com/news/idaho/2022/04/05/magistrate-judge-applicants-for-caribou-county/ | 2022-04-05T17:28:19Z |
8 hurt, some critically, in July 4 Minneapolis park shooting
Published: Jul. 5, 2022 at 9:46 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eight people were wounded, some critically, in a shooting in a Minneapolis park during unofficial Fourth of July celebrations.
Police say the shooting took place about 11:30 p.m. Monday at Boom Island Park.
Kaayla Laanaee says she and others were watching people light fireworks when she heard a series of gunshots.
First responders converged on the park and police began investigating. Minneapolis Park Police say there was no formal July Fourth event or fireworks at the park, but that people had gathered there to celebrate the holiday.
Police say no one is in custody. Authorities have not released details about the eight who were taken to hospitals.
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Which toddler bedsheets are best?
Once your child is ready to transition from a crib to a toddler bed, it’s time to go in search of the perfect toddler bedsheets. Not only are they necessary for practical reasons, but appealing sheets can also encourage toddlers to transition to a new bed and bedtime routine.
Think about what items of bedding your toddler needs and, like anything for kids, whether they’re soft and easy to clean. Carter’s Four-Piece Toddler Sheet Set is a versatile choice with several designs available.
What to know before you buy toddler bedsheets
Sheet set contents
While you can buy sheets to fit toddler beds individually, most are sold in sets. Three-piece and four-piece sets are the most common options.
- Three-piece sheet sets: These contain a fitted sheet to go over the mattress, a flat sheet for your toddler to sleep underneath and a matching pillowcase. This type of set is good for summer use, buyers who already have a toddler-size comforter and toddlers who don’t like to sleep under heavy blankets.
- Four-piece sheet sets: In a four-piece sheet set, you’ll get everything you’d find in a three-piece set, plus a comforter. This is a good choice for use in the cooler months when a flat sheet isn’t enough to keep your child warm at night.
Design
Although plain toddler bedsheets are available, many have designs that are geared toward young children. The right design could mean the difference between your toddler being excited to sleep in their own bed and them refusing to go to bed or ending up sleeping in with you.
You’ll find a huge range of designs, featuring dinosaurs, unicorns, trains, stars and rocket ships, woodland animals and Disney characters, to name just a handful of the available options. Consider what your child likes before buying or ask them what they’d like on their sheets.
Fabric
The main choice is between natural materials and synthetic materials, both of which have their pros and cons.
- Natural materials: Cotton is the most common option, but you can also find bamboo bedsheets. These materials are naturally breathable and better for the environment than synthetics, but they cost more and take longer to dry.
- Synthetic materials: Synthetics, such as microfiber and polyester, are affordable and dry quickly, often with minimal wrinkles. However, they’re not as breathable.
What to look for in quality toddler bedsheets
Ease of cleaning
It’s likely that your toddler will have a nighttime accident or spill juice in their bed at some point, so it’s important their sheets are easy to wash and dry. Almost all toddler sheets are machine-washable, but ideally, they should be suitable for tumble drying.
Colors
As well as the design, pay attention to the background color. White and other pale hues are prone to staining in the case of spills or accidents.
Double-sided
Some flat sheets, comforters and pillowcases have double-sided designs, with a different design on the other side for the sake of variety.
How much you can expect to spend on toddler bedsheets
Expect to spend anywhere from $10-$80. Four-piece sets with comforters cost more than three-piece sets and individual sheets.
Toddler bedsheets FAQ
What size sheets do you need for a toddler bed?
A. The fitted bottom sheet for a toddler mattress measures approximately 28 inches wide by 52 inches long, while the flat top sheet measures around 45 inches wide by 60 inches long. Toddler mattresses are the same size as crib mattresses, so you can also use sheets designed for crib mattresses.
Can toddlers sleep with pillows?
A. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, babies up to 1 year old shouldn’t sleep with a pillow due to the risk of suffocation. After this point, children are highly unlikely to suffocate from loose bedding, so it’s safe for toddlers to sleep with pillows. That said, many people wait until their child reaches around 18-24 months to introduce a pillow.
Are fitted sheets and blankets safe for toddlers?
A. The same AAP advice on pillows applies to blankets, comforters and fitted sheets, so once your child reaches toddlerhood, they can safely sleep with a loose covering.
What are the best toddler bedsheets to buy?
Top toddler bedsheets
Carter’s Four-Piece Toddler Sheet Set
What you need to know: This four-piece set comes with a comforter and works well for both warm and cooler nights.
What you’ll love: You can choose from 10 designs, including trucks, floral print and woodland creatures. It’s machine-washable and suitable for tumble drying on low. The microfiber material is soft to the touch.
What you should consider: The comforter is thin, so an additional blanket may be needed at the height of winter.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top toddler bedsheets for the money
Everyday Kids Three-Piece Toddler Sheet Set
What you need to know: Featuring a pillowcase, fitted sheet and flat sheet, it’s great for warm-weather use or for buyers who already have a comforter.
What you’ll love: The sheets are easy to care for, as they’re machine-washable and dryable. There are a variety of solid colors and prints, including a space design and a llama design.
What you should consider: These sheets must be washed on a cold cycle and with similar colors.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Wildkin Four-Piece Toddler Bed-in-a-Bag
What you need to know: Containing all the bedding you need, this is a versatile choice that can be used with or without the included comforter.
What you’ll love: The colors are vibrant and don’t fade easily if you follow the washing and drying instructions. You can choose from five designs, including dinosaurs, mermaids and horses. The comforter feels soft and plush.
What you should consider: The pillowcase fits a standard pillow, so it’s large for a toddler-size pillow, if your child uses one.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Dear Annie: I was in an abusive relationship for over seven years, still legally married but separated with a four-year restraining order. I have been with my current boyfriend for over three years. The first two years we lived together, and then COVID-19 struck, and we have been living apart for over a year.
My problem is that his father, sister and brother are so against our relationship that we have to hide it.
I have never shown any type of disrespect or done anything that I am aware of that has caused their hatred of me. When I visited his father’s residence, I was told that if I ever stepped on his property again, he would call the police and have me removed.
His sister lives right next door; it’s a duplex, and she has called their father to report that I was there. When we visited his mother, his brother said that if I were to continue to be brought there, he would have his name taken off the lease and move out. I get along with his mom and don’t want to put any more strain on her.
I love my boyfriend, but this is becoming ridiculous that we have to sneak around. I’m 49, and he is 38. The only explanation I’ve gotten is that I make them on edge. I have never tried putting them on edge, but I’ve also heard their negative opinions of me and seen how they treat my boyfriend.
Help — we don’t know what to do anymore.
— Unaccepted by His Family
Dear Unaccepted: If your boyfriend is not sticking up for you to his parents, then this might not be the right relationship for you. He is 38 years old. I’m not really sure why he needs his family’s approval of you, but it sounds like he does and that they don’t approve. So, either he makes that right, or you find a new boyfriend. | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/advice_columns/article_921f0054-f6e7-11ec-b05e-0f42008a2073.html | 2022-06-29T10:22:12Z |
2-year-old dies after falling into septic tank, coroner says
GAFFNEY, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A toddler died Tuesday after he fell into a septic tank in South Carolina, officials said.
Dispatchers received a call at 11 a.m. for a child that was stuck in a septic tank in Gaffney, along the state’s northern border.
The Cherokee County Coroner’s Office said 2-year-old Hawkins Abercrombie of New York died after he was rushed to the hospital.
Hawkins was visiting friends in South Carolina with his mother and two siblings. The coroner said his mom noticed he was missing, and during a search of the home, they found the lid on the septic tank upside down.
Hawkins’ pacifier was floating in the water when they removed the lid.
The boy was recovered from the septic tank and CPR was started, but he was pronounced dead at Cherokee Medical Center.
“This is such a tragic event,” coroner Dennis Fowler said. “This family needs our prayers.”
The incident remains under investigation.
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Highlights of the report:
- Value of digital payments in India to increase three-fold from US$3 trillion today to US$10 trillion by 2026
- Digital payments will constitute nearly 65% of all payments by 2026, up from 40% today
- UPI adoption will surge from 35% in FY 21 to 75% in the next five years
- 7x growth in digital merchant payments - from US$ 0.3-0.4 trillion today to US$ 2.5-2.7 trillion by 2026
BENGALURU, India, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PhonePe, India's leading digital payments company, in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), today unveiled a report titled, "Digital payments in India: A $10 trillion opportunity". The report leverages BCG's industry expertise in payments and the fintech domain, along with PhonePe's deep insights and expertise as the market leader in Indian digital payments and its extensive Pulse database to look at top digital payments trends in India.
India's digital payments landscape has witnessed a phenomenal growth over the past five years. As per the report, India's digital payments market is at an inflection point and is expected to increase more than threefold from the current US$3 trillion to US$10 trillion by 2026. As a result of this unprecedented growth, digital payments (non-cash) will constitute 2 out of 3 payment transactions by 2026.
The report also talks about how the digital payments ecosystem has been positively disrupted by the entry of multiple new players with diverse offerings driving digital payments adoption at scale. Leading global and Indian fintech players have been key drivers of UPI adoption in India among end users, aided by buildout of a large QR-code based merchant acceptance network, and further supported by user-friendly interfaces, innovative offerings and an open API ecosystem.
The report goes on to list the levers for further growth of digital payments in India which include - simplified customer onboarding, continued push for consumer awareness, expanding merchant acceptance, merchants getting greater access to credit, infrastructure upgrades and the setting up of a financial services marketplace driving growth in underpenetrated regions. It also talks about how IoT, 5G & CBDC will provide further impetus to growth.
Commenting on the launch, Karthik Raghupathy, Head of Strategy, and Investor Relations, PhonePe, said, ''We are excited to partner with BCG to release Digital payments in India: A $10 trillion opportunity. The report is an in-depth commentary on the growth of digital payments in India and looks at factors and enablers that will help unlock the massive growth potential going forward. This report is part of the PhonePe Pulse initiative, which was launched last year, in our effort to give back to the Fintech ecosystem. PhonePe Pulse has been very well received by all the key stakeholders in the ecosystem and has emerged as India's go to destination for insights and trends on digital payment in the country.
Karthik further added, "'As India's largest Fintech platform we have seen the growth of UPI over the last few years. UPI has supercharged India's transition to non-cash payments when it comes to both person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions. Not surprisingly, UPI saw about 9x transaction volume increase in the past 3 years, increasing from 5 billion transactions in FY19 to about 46 billion transactions in FY22: accounting for more than 60% non-cash transaction volumes in FY22. This indicates that digital payment has truly gained ubiquitous acceptance across the country. While Tier 1-2 cities have witnessed high acceptance of digital payments, penetration in Tier 3-6 cities shows headroom for growth. The next wave of growth will now come from Tier 3-6 locations, as evidenced in the past two years wherein Tier 3-6 cities have contributed to nearly 60-70% of new customers for PhonePe."
Prateek Roongta, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group said, "India is set to become a digital payment economy as source of payments invert with 65% transactions being done digitally by 2026, as opposed to 40% transactions today. Merchant payments will emerge as the most powerful driver of this growth, especially in the offline segment due to growing QR code deployments. We expect that merchant payments will soon outpace person-to-person fund transfers."
Prateek further added, "We will increasingly observe digital payments get embedded in all forms of commerce, we will also witness the progression from embedded payments to embedded finance. As more and more merchants begin to accept digital payments, it will unlock a significant change in access to credit for small merchants due to the creation of a digital transaction trail."
To download the report, visit: pulse.phonepe.com or https://www.bcg.com/en-in/publications/2022/future-of-digital-payments-in-india
About PhonePe:
Founded in December 2015, PhonePe has become a homegrown success story, with its meteoric growth powered by India's emerging digital ecosystem, particularly in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) space. The company builds products and offerings tailored for the Indian market and has emerged as India's largest payments app, enabling digital inclusion for consumers and merchants alike. With 380 million registered users, one in four Indians are now on PhonePe. The company has also successfully digitized over 30 million offline merchants spread across Tier 2,3,4 and beyond, covering 99% pin codes in the country. PhonePe is proud to help lead India's country-wide digitization efforts and believes that this powerful public-private collaboration has made the Indian digital ecosystem a global exemplar.
About PhonePe Pulse - Trends and insights on digital payments in India:
To demystify data on the Indian digital payments landscape and in an effort to give back to the ecosystem, PhonePe Pulse was launched in September 2021. Pulse is a novel interactive platform that is India's go-to destination for accurate and comprehensive data on digital payment trends. As the market leader in Indian digital payments, PhonePe's data is representative of the country's payment habits. With its rich repository of trends, insights, and in-depth analysis, Pulse showcases India's beat of progress in the digital payment landscape.
About Boston Consulting Group (BCG):
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fuelled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative medical technology solutions, announced today the first commercial treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) in Canada using the minimally invasive iTind™ procedure.
Dr. Dean Elterman, a urologist at University Urology Associates and a faculty member in the University of Toronto's Division of Urology, is the first physician in Canada to perform the iTind procedure to treat BPH, also known as an enlarged prostate.
BPH is a common problem as it will affect 50% of men between the ages of 51 and 60 and up to 90% of men over the age of 80.1 The minimally invasive iTind procedure offers a treatment option beyond medication, surgery or permanent implants.
"Too often, men will stay silent about the symptoms they are experiencing from an enlarged prostate that hamper their day-to-day lives, such as the urgent need to urinate or sleepless nights because they are frequently waking up to pee," Dr. Elterman said. "I'm thrilled to offer patients the option of the minimally invasive, relatively low-risk iTind procedure that can be performed in an office setting and provide quick and effective relief from symptoms."
Dr. Elterman is a paid consultant for Olympus.
Mario Elia, 69, said he'd experienced a weakened urine stream since his 40s due to what physicians deemed a "lazy urethra." Mario, who lives in Toronto, said for years it was little more than a nuisance he learned to live with, and that he became accustomed to waking up once or twice a night to use the bathroom.
"But when it got to the point where it became three, four, even five times a night that became a catalyst for me to look for treatment options," Mario said, adding that the urgency to go also became more pronounced.
After trying two rounds of prescription medications, the results of which he ultimately found unsatisfactory, Mario said his research into BPH therapy eventually led him to the iTind procedure. He said that he was immediately interested given the minimally invasive nature of the procedure and the prospect of not needing a catheter following treatment.
Mario described his procedures to insert and remove the iTind device as simple and relatively quick with minimal discomfort. In the weeks following the procedure, he reported an improved urine stream and more restful nights. As with all medical procedures, results may vary. The statements of Mario's are his own and should not be used as advice given by a physician.
"I'm getting up once a night, that's a victory," Mario said.
Treatment with the iTind procedure takes a week and works by gently reshaping the prostate. The device's three nitinol (nickel titanium alloy) struts gradually expand while the temporary implant is in place, creating channels through which urine can flow. Once the device is removed, most men go home without the need of a catheter, and the procedure does not limit patients to any future treatment options.
Placement and retrieval can be done in a hospital, ambulatory surgery center, or medical office setting, and this flexibility in the site of care means the iTind procedure can be offered by physicians almost anywhere, including smaller, rural facilities.
The iTind procedure is indicated for men 50 years and older and does come with the possibility of side effects, including pelvic discomfort, blood in the urine and painful or urgent urination. In rare cases, the device may cause urinary tract infection or a sudden difficulty to urinate.
For more information about the iTind procedure, visit bphtherapy.com/itind.
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About Olympus
Olympus is passionate about creating customer-driven solutions for the medical industry. For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling by helping to detect, prevent, and treat disease; and furthering scientific research.
As a leading medical technology company, Olympus uses innovative capabilities in medical technology, therapeutic intervention, and precision manufacturing to help healthcare professionals deliver diagnostic, therapeutic, and minimally invasive procedures to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall costs, and enhance the quality of life for patients and their safety. Olympus' Medical portfolio includes endoscopes, laparoscopes, and video imaging systems, as well as surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services, and a wide range of endotherapy instruments for endoscopic and therapeutic applications. For more information, visit medical.olympusamerica.com.
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Massachusetts Launches "Your Massachusetts" Campaign to Inspire Regional Travel
BOSTON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- However you "summer" – with friends or family, in cities or at beaches, seeking relaxation or an adrenaline rush – you can do it here in Massachusetts. As the go-to destination in New England offering excitement, emotional connection, and new experiences, Your Massachusetts is waiting.
As part of the recently launched Your Massachusetts campaign, the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism has released several sample itineraries for regional travelers.
Here are a few examples by region of summer activities and events that await you:
- Cape Cod and the Islands: The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard recently added two new stops: The "Nameless Trail" (site #32), which was created by students at Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School, and "Esther's Story" (site #33), which recounts the bravery of an enslaved woman who escaped from the sloop Endeavor in Edgartown Harbor.
- Central Massachusetts: The City of Worcester, which was first established as a town on June 14, 1722, will hold events throughout the year to celebrate its 300th anniversary.
- Greater Boston: The Summer in the City Entertainment Series is back for its 23rd season at Boston's Harborwalk Terrace and Rowes Wharf Sea Grille. Tuesdays through Thursdays, different bands perform nightly on the hotel's floating barge stage. On Fridays, you can see Movies by Moonlight for the first time since 2019.
- North of Boston: Set in Amesbury's historic Upper Millyard, Amesbury Carriage Museum's new Industrial History Center celebrates the city's rich industrial heritage.
- South of Boston: The newly created South Shore Irish Heritage Trail highlights the contributions Irish and Irish-Americans made to life on the South Shore. The trail extends through nine towns: Weymouth, Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, Scituate, Marshfield, Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth.
- Western Massachusetts: Tanglewood in Lenox is home once again this summer to The Boston Symphony Orchestra, which will celebrate the 90th birthday of one of its most beloved figures, John Williams, in a special program on August 22.
(Check out what else is going on in Massachusetts this summer and beyond: What's New in 2022.)
"Massachusetts holds a deep personal meaning for many potential visitors in the region, and we want to remind them that there are many more memories to make here," said Keiko Matsudo Orrall, executive director for the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. "We know that there's greater spontaneity and less long-term planning when it comes to traveling these days, and we want Massachusetts to be top of mind, especially when it comes to longer stays and repeat visits."
There's also a new Massachusetts Sports Trail, which takes sports fans on a journey through the state's long and storied sports history. Visitors can cheer our championship sports teams from Greater Boston, and travel the trail all the way to Western Massachusetts, where they can celebrate the birthplace of two popular American sports. You can also up your game by trying out our trails, rivers, tracks, fields, and greens for yourself.
As part of the Your Massachusetts campaign, a mix of digital, radio, TV, and out-of-home ads are currently running through September 2022 in the following markets: New York City; Albany, N.Y.; Burlington, Vt.; Hartford, Conn.; Portland, Maine; and Providence, R.I. Ads are also featured on 160 regional Amtrak trains, more than 500 taxis in New York City, and in Grand Central Station throughout the summer.
The Your Massachusetts campaign is being led by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism in conjunction with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development. Campaign ads and additional assets are available to view and download at https://www.visitma.com/media-industry-portal/.
About the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism:
The Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) promotes the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a travel destination for domestic and international visitors. MOTT highlights Massachusetts' culture, history, cuisine and outdoor resources, working closely with 16 regional tourism councils across the state and with larger tourism alliances such as Discover New England and BrandUSA.
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- With Arc XP platform, we significantly improved the performance of the website, including an upgrade in reliability and faster page loading speeds.
- foxsports.com.mx is a site that complements the great content of Fox Sports Mexico's television channels.
MEXICO CITY, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the objective of enriching the user experience for all its followers, FOX Sports Mexico relaunches its completely renovated website and responsive to the current needs of digital consumers who are looking for more and better interactive content through a friendly and intuitive interface.
The new FOX Sports Mexico site will offer a wide range of sports news so fans can keep up to date on sporting events, with the most up to date and relevant information, statistics, audiovisual content, expert opinions from industry leaders and broadcasters from Fox Sports in Mexico.
foxsports.com.mx is a site that complements the great content of Fox Sports Mexico's television channels, its hallmark is the diversity of content and unique approach, not only to understand what happens in the world of sports, but also why it happens.
The new website architecture will also result in great benefits for our commercial partners as well, as the new model will allow us to operate more effectively advertising campaigns, with a higher segmentation level, a significant increase in traffic and a truly renewed entertaining user experience.
"With the Arc XP platform, we improved the performance of the website, including a significant upgrade in reliability and faster loading speeds, resulting in better user experience for our users, which will drive them to spend more time browsing the site," commented Cristina Ruiz de Velasco, Business Development Director of Grupo Lauman.
"Partnering strategically with our customers to support their digital transformation ambitions is the core of Arc XP. We are excited to continue this journey with Grupo Lauman as they relaunch FOX Sports Mexico to become the go-to source for sports news in the region," said Miki King, president of Arc XP.
About Fox Sports Mexico
FOX Sports Mexico is the leading multiplatform brand in the Mexican territory, operating pay TV channels FOX Sports, FOX Sports 2, FOX Sports 3 and FOX Sports Premium with a reach of more than 15 million homes in Mexico. Through its portfolio, FOX Sports Mexico offers sports entertainment 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including live and exclusive events, sports news, talk shows, entertainment and other original content. In terms of sports rights, FOX Sports broadcasts Liga MX, Liga MX Femenil, Expansion MX, Bundesliga, CONCACAF Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, NFL, MLB, boxing matches, UFC, Budo Sento, WWE, Formula 1 and NASCAR, which are among its most outstanding programming. FOX Sports Mexico's content is available digitally through the FOX Sports App and at www.foxsports.com.mx.
About Arc XP
Arc XP is a cloud-based digital experience platform that helps enterprise companies, retail brands and media and entertainment organizations create and distribute content, drive digital commerce, and deliver powerful multichannel experiences. A division of The Washington Post, Arc XP has powered the digital transformation of customers across the globe, currently serving over 1,900 sites in more than 25 countries that serve nearly 2 billion unique visitors monthly.
Contact: Molly Gannon, molly.gannon@washpost.com
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Digital Turbine, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of APPS 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: August 9, 2021 to May 17, 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 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.
DEADLINE: August 5, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/digital-turbine-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28883&from=4
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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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SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ENZU, the "Born in the Cloud" provider of private cloud, infrastructure, and managed services and home of the TruCloud platform, is excited to announce the launch of its new ENZU EDGE portfolio to help clients quickly and affordably reach end-users in nearly any market around the world with high-performing and reliable cloud and infrastructure services!
ENZU EDGE is built on bare metal technology and is geared for workloads that require the use of an entire server, when a custom hypervisor is needed, and a high-performance experience is critical. Our TruCloud portal also provides complete insight, visibility, and control of the entire ENZU EDGE hardware platform.
ENZU's dedicated cloud solutions can replicate your data across multiple instances around the corner, or around the world, creating a high-performance, always-available, secure solution that delivers the best possible experience for end users no matter where they are.
"The Edge is where everything is happening. Companies are looking for ways to get their content and services closer to their end users in a secure and effective way while not sacrificing reliability or control. Many of today's applications and workflows don't achieve the performance expected. Much of that is based on where they live and how the services are configured. Our job is to help create an environment that enables optimum performance, high levels of security, multiple layers of redundancy, and at a price point that doesn't break the budget" said Art Schloerb, California-based EVP of Global Sales at ENZU.
Don't need an Edge solution ? That's OK. ENZU also offers a Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) option that can be fully managed, co-managed, or even self-managed by the client and can include full access and control of each device through their TruCloud portal.
ENZU's Cloud solutions are all dedicated, optimized for the best performance, provisioned in a highly-redundant manner, have predictable and affordable flat rate pricing, and come with basic security services included as well as an Industry Leading 100% SLA (Service Level Agreement)!
ENZU offers other services such as Disaster Recovery (DRaaS), Backup and Storage, Advanced Security, and a portfolio of managed and professional services. All of which support critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives as well as technical and financial transformation within your business.
Contact an ENZU Cloud Consultant today for an expert review of your current services/billing and the value/savings an ENZU solution will bring to your organization at Sales@Enzu.com or 877.378.3769.
ENZU, home of the TruCloud® Platform, fuels growth and innovation for organizations by delivering expert capabilities in Bare-Metal, Edge Computing, Private and Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Disaster Recovery, and Security. The TruCloud® Platform is a user-friendly console that provides IT leaders visibility and control from any device, anywhere they are in the world, to scale business needs quickly, with multiple layers of security and redundancy built in. With a presence in more than 40 data centers globally and availability in over 300 more, ENZU provides services when and where you need them.
ENZU, Born in the Cloud, is driven by a passion for helping companies make intelligent technology decisions to accelerate their business growth and transformation while understanding the unique challenges that companies face throughout their cloud journey. ENZU services are purpose-built to deliver flexible, scalable, and affordable Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions for your individual needs. All backed by our premium customer support with unmatched SLAs.
ENZU is Built for Performance, Engineered for Reliability, Designed for Scalability, Configured for Security, and Powered by a Global Content Delivery Network.
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Shania Twain is showing fans everything in her new documentary "Not Just A Girl," released on Netflix July 26.
The legendary singer says music saved her from a violent father in Timmins, Ont., but that her mother fully supported her dreams, taking her to local bars to sing when her father was asleep.
"Growing up in a violent household was horrible but I locked myself away with music to block out everything else so that all I could see, hear, think and imagine was music," Twain explains. "Probably hearing my mother saying, 'You can make it, you're going to make it,' I felt like that was going to save us somehow, if I made it, and it was more of a responsibility to be a performer, to do it as a career."
In 1987, Twain's parents both died in a car crash. She signed her first recording contract in 1992, and once she started making music videos, she says she felt more in control creatively.
"That was the moment that I grabbed on to creatively and it was liberating," Twain said.
Twain also reveals that she thought at one point she would never sing again as a result of a Lyme disease infection.
"My symptoms were quite scary because before I was diagnosed, I was on stage, very dizzy, I was losing my balance, I was afraid I was going to fall off the stage," she said. "I was having...millisecond blackouts, but regularly, every minute or every 30 seconds. My voice was never the same again. It just went into this strange flanging, lack of control... I thought I lost my voice forever, I thought that was it, I would never, ever sing again."
While battling the effects of Lyme disease she found out her husband, music producer and song writer Mutt Lange, was having an affair with her best friend.
"In that search to determine what was causing this lack of control with my voice and this change in my voice, I was facing a divorce, my husband leaves me for another woman," Twain said, adding, "Now I'm at a whole other low and I just don't see any point in going on with a music career."
She continued: "When I lost Mutt I guess I thought, I was thinking that the grief of that was, it was similarly intense to losing my parents and it was like death,...a permanent end to so many facets of my life, and I never got over my parents' death. So I'm thinking, s**t, I'm never going to get over this... So all I can do is determine how I'm going to carry on from there."
Twain meanwhile had become a feminist icon, with hits like "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "Man! I Feel Like A Woman."
"During that time,...I just enjoyed singing with attitude, singing about being a strong woman," Twain said. "It's just part of my personality, it really is my genuine personality, I have my point of view, I want to get it across, I expect to get it across, but I'm not out to piss anybody off in the process."
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HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO) previously announced the following monthly distribution on June 7, 2022:
Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid, in part or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Fund's aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Fund's assets and will constitute a return of the shareholder's capital. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Managed Distribution Plan.
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Information regarding the Fund's performance and distribution rates is set forth below. Please note that all performance figures are based on the Fund's NAV and not the market price of the Fund's shares. Performance figures are not meant to represent individual shareholder performance.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
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Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. A multi-asset approach based on fundamental research is employed, dynamically allocating to attractive segments of a company's debt and equity in order to offer an attractive risk/reward profile. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Voya Investment Management is its subadviser.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ: COWN)'s sale to TD Bank Group for $39.00 per share. If you are a Cowen shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Sierra Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR)'s sale to Semtech Corporation for $31.00 per share. If you are a Sierra shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN)'s sale to Pfizer Inc. for $148.50 per share in cash. Biohaven common shareholders, including Pfizer, will also receive 0.5 of a share of New Biohaven, a new publicly traded company that will retain Biohaven's non-CGRP development stage pipeline compounds, per Biohaven common share. If you are a Biohaven shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Galata Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: GLTA)'s merger with Marti Technologies Inc. If you are a Galata shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), the lead Democratic negotiator on the Respect for Marriage Act, which passed the House overwhelmingly in July, announced Thursday that the Senate will postpone action on the bill until after the midterm elections.
“After the election,” she said, when asked about when the bill will come to the floor.
Baldwin had said earlier this week that she wanted the legislation to come to the floor next week, even though it wasn’t assured that it would have enough votes to overcome an expected GOP filibuster.
Baldwin’s announcement came shortly after retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a key vote, said the bill would be much more likely to get 10 Republican votes to overcome a filibuster if it were considered after Election Day.
“If I wanted to pass that and I was the majority leader and I wanted to get as many votes as I could possibly get, I’d wait until after the election to have the vote,” Blunt told reporters.
A bipartisan group of negotiators met Thursday morning to make a decision on whether to release the text of an amendment designed to respond to the concerns of GOP lawmakers who feared the legislation could put churches and other religious institutions at legal risk if Congress voted to codify same-sex marriage rights.
The legislation passed by the House would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and would require states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
The Supreme Court defended the right to same-sex marriage in its landmark 2015 decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled that the 14th Amendment protected the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged the court to review that decision and others relying on the concept of substantive due process under the 14th Amendment in his concurrence to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion rights case, earlier this year.
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Together the organizations will deliver powerful data integration that enhances efficiency while delivering quality patient care.
DALLAS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KanTime, the fastest growing post-acute EHR software provider, has partnered with Medline, an industry leader in medical supply manufacturing and distribution. This partnership includes a data integration that helps post-acute care agencies save time and money by enhancing their efficiency when ordering medical supplies needed to deliver quality care.
Medline's clinical and supply chain data will integrate with the KanTime system, allowing customers to track inventory, spend less time updating patient information, and access data reporting. This system integration is a huge step in growing customers' profitability while improving patient care.
Michael Froning, President of Pinnacle Home Care, stated: "As a Medline customer, this integration enables us to seamlessly bring our Medline ordering data into our current patient status records within KanTime, delivering a far more efficient process when ordering medical supplies for our patients."
KanTime's Chief Executive Officer, Sundar Kannan, shared his thoughts on the integration: "There are a significant number of our customers also partnering with Medline. We are excited to bring this integration into KanTime to help our mutual customers deliver quality care."
Allison Molnar, Vice President of Sales at Medline, said: "Now more than ever, our customers are looking for ways to save time, reduce costs, and create operational efficiencies, all while providing the best possible care to their patients. Through Medline's partnership with KanTime, we will be able to do just that. We look forward to collaborating with the KanTime team to continue serving our customers and evolving within the homecare market."
KanTime Healthcare Software is an American-based healthcare technology company that is the fastest-growing post-acute software provider in the nation, with over 900,000 patients, 210,000 users, $12.9B in processed claims, and 70M annual visits. We provide cloud-based enterprise software to home health, hospice, pediatric, private duty, and consumer-directed services agencies. KanTime helps agencies improve clinical compliance, increase operations efficiency, and achieve financial success.
KanTime works seamlessly on any point of care device, be it iOS, Android, or Windows-based, both online and offline. Additionally, KanTime offers robust business intelligence tools that allow upper-level management to drill down into various clinical, financial, and operational KPIs and act accordingly.
Medline is a healthcare company, manufacturer, distributor, and solutions provider focused on improving the overall operating performance of healthcare. Partnering with healthcare systems and facilities across the continuum of care, Medline provides the clinical and supply chain resources required for long-term financial viability in delivering high-quality care. With the scale of one of the country's largest companies and the agility of a family-led business, Medline can invest in its customers for the future and rapidly respond to a dynamically changing market with customized solutions. Headquartered in Northfield, Ill., Medline has 30,000+ employees worldwide and does business in more than 125 countries and territories.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LaunchNotes, the personalized, automated, and secure way to connect your teams and users to your product development lifecycle, today announced it has raised a $15M Series A round led by New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners, with participation from Atlassian Ventures, The New Normal Fund, Essence VC, and existing investors Cowboy Ventures and Bull City Venture Partners. This funding will support the expansion of LaunchNotes from a product change communication solution to a full platform for Product Success.
With a suite of tools for targeted announcements, feedback collection, roadmap sharing, and more, LaunchNotes helps product teams keep their customers, colleagues, and other key stakeholders connected to the product development cycle, ultimately creating happier, stickier customers. LaunchNotes is helping fuel the success of leading product teams across the SaaS industry, including Loom, Hopin, Drata, Flatfile, Amplitude, MURAL, and many others.
"Our growth trajectory over the past two years has come with a rapid pace of execution," said Brian Elmi, VP of Product at Drata. "At such a crucial time, when engaging with existing customers could easily fall through the cracks, LaunchNotes has allowed us to 4X our cadence of relevant updates and delight customers with targeted, meaningful communication."
In just two years LaunchNotes has achieved breakout traction with its initial product offerings. Last year, the business reported 650% revenue growth and 300% new customer growth. Additionally, LaunchNotes-powered product updates are now reaching over 500,000 users per month.
"Our ultimate goal is to provide everything product teams need to succeed and excel in the modern world," said Tyler Davis, LaunchNotes' Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
"We're going to be laser focused on unlocking Product Success by modernizing the product development cycle for teams everywhere. We're excited to deliver a Product Success Platform that connects the core parts of the development cycle — such as comms, feedback, and planning — into a unified customer experience. By creating this seamless loop and removing the most common pain points, we will enable the product teams of today to build the great technologies of tomorrow."
Ryan Polk, Insight Partner's Head of Product, joined LaunchNotes' Board of Directors as a part of the fundraise. "As a former Chief Product Officer, I have led many product teams over my career, and I am very familiar with the pain points the LaunchNotes team is solving. Dramatically increasing the ability of product teams to engage and interact with their customers is one of the most potent opportunities in today's software-driven economy. We're excited to partner with LaunchNotes on this ambitious mission."
LaunchNotes' CEO Tyler Davis and COO Jake Brereton, co-founded the company after working at Atlassian in senior roles across Engineering, Product, and Marketing.
"Tyler and I had the opportunity to work with thousands of software development teams in our time at Atlassian, and it became clear to us that the tools powering engineering teams were far outpacing those available to the rest of the product organization," said Brereton. "We saw a massive opportunity for a Product Success Platform to close this gap."
"It's rewarding to partner with Atlassian alumni and support their success," said Matt Sonefeldt, Head of Atlassian Ventures. "In LaunchNotes, Tyler and Jake empower teams to strengthen bonds between users and products. This is an exciting example of channeling Atlassian's innovation culture to impact our 200,000+ cloud customers."
"Given that Atlassian is the industry leader in software collaboration, having the support of Atlassian Ventures is not only incredibly validating to our mission, but also a significant advantage as we continue to win the hearts and minds of software teams everywhere," highlighted Brereton.
To learn more about LaunchNotes, visit their website at https://www.launchnotes.com.
About LaunchNotes
LaunchNotes provides a Product Success Platform to modernize the product development cycle for the next generation of software-powered companies. With a full suite of tools for targeted announcements, feedback collection, shareable product roadmaps, and more, LaunchNotes helps teams keep their customers, colleagues, and other key stakeholders securely connected to the product development lifecycle. The platform is trusted by some of today's leading technology companies, including Loom, Hopin, Drata, Flatfile, Amplitude, MURAL, and many others. LaunchNotes' leadership team has a successful track record of running product, engineering, and go-to-market teams at some of Silicon Valley's most successful companies, including Atlassian, Autodesk, and Mozilla. To date the company has raised over $16 million from top investors. To learn more, visit launchnotes.com.
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TOKYO (AP) — As millions of Ukrainians fled their country, a longtime Tokyo resident did the opposite. Sasha Kaverina left her life in Japan and rushed to Ukraine to rescue her parents after a Russian missile hit their apartment building.
Kaverina’s main goal in returning was to get her parents out of their hometown of Kharkiv, the second-largest city in battered eastern Ukraine, to a safer place in western Ukraine. But Kaverina, who had organized fund-raising and antiwar rallies in Japan for her homeland, also delivered medicine, first-aid kits and other relief goods.
Like many Ukrainian expats around the world, the war in her homeland has upended her life. Despite reports of horrendous Russian attacks, she said she is not afraid for herself, but for her parents and relatives.
Because of her antiwar and pro-Ukraine activities in Japan, she fears that the Russians could persecute or kill those close to her if they return to Kharkiv, which is now under fierce attack and may fall under Russian control.
“A lot of Ukrainians are worried (that) if Russians occupy us, pro-Ukrainian people would be killed,” as they were in Bucha and other cities, she said in an online interview from Chernivtsi, a city in southwestern Ukraine near the border with Romania where she took her parents.
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Since then, more than 4 million Ukrainians have fled the country and millions more have been displaced internally.
Kaverina’s parents narrowly survived in early March when a Russian missile badly damaged their eighth-floor apartment in a 16-story building and forced them to evacuate to their relatives’ home in the suburbs.
After nearly two days on planes and buses, Kaverina made it to Chernivtsi, where she reunited with her parents, who had driven across the country from Kharkiv to meet her.
She is renting an apartment in Chernivtsi for her parents while she does remote work for her job at an IT company in Japan, where she intends to return, and volunteers as an aid worker with the help of her parents.
Ukrainian officials have urged residents in eastern Ukraine to evacuate to the west. But even in Chernivtsi the family can hear air-raid warning sirens at night, though they haven’t experienced actual bombings, she said.
Some people go to shelters every night, and the place may not be safe any more, Kaverina said.
Whenever a door bangs or they hear footsteps, her parents immediately jump, apparently because of trauma from the missile attack on their apartment.
Kaverina worries about more Russian atrocities.
“If Kharkiv is occupied, people who have been mentioned in the media or known for their pro-Ukrainian positions, they may be targeted. I have no problem … but I’m worried about my parents,” she said, requesting anonymity for her parents. “My parents will be targeted for being with me and for their pro-Ukrainian activities.”
Several times a day, her parents call their relatives, friends and colleagues in Kharkiv to make sure everyone is safe and alive. They worry whenever anyone is unreachable.
One of her father’s acquaintances was taken to “a filtering camp” where Russians forced residents to remove their shirts to look for any tattoos indicating a pro-Ukrainian stance, Kaverina said.
Her father can’t leave the country because of local laws, she said, and she hasn’t been able to persuade her mother to fly back to Tokyo with her. Her parents want to return as soon as possible to their hometown, where her father’s 89-year-old mother has stayed behind because of old age.
“My parents ask me every day when they can go back to Kharkiv, and I say, ‘No, you cannot,’” she said. “They want to go back to get their photos, not TV, money or documents. … It’s so sad and maybe stupid, but for them it’s their whole life.”
Kaverina said their apartment in Kharkiv is uninhabitable, but her parents, like many others, still hope to rebuild. To her, their determination seems linked to Ukraine’s strong resistance to the Russians.
Kaverina, who has been in Japan for five years, said she has seen a lack of tolerance for foreign residents and diversity in Japan. So she was surprised by Tokyo’s quick pledge to accept displaced Ukrainians, even though Japan does not expect many will come. Rather than going to a faraway, unfamiliar Asian country, most Ukrainians are turning to Europe, hoping to return home at some point.
About 400 war-displaced Ukrainians have arrived in Japan, where a number of municipalities and companies are offering to provide housing, language lessons and jobs.
The biggest hurdle for many Ukrainians is to get plane tickets to Japan, she said, because they have lost their jobs, homes and money since the invasion.
Japan was quick to join the United States and other leading economies in imposing sanctions against Russia and providing support for Ukraine. Tokyo has also sent nonlethal defense equipment such as helmets and bulletproof vests to Ukraine as an exception to its arms equipment transfer ban to countries in conflict.
Japan can also contribute to disaster relief, including sending construction equipment, Kaverina said. Because many people died under rubble while awaiting rescue, Kaverina said that she plans to reach out to Komatsu or other Japanese construction machine makers for help.
“I had been just an ordinary long-time resident in Japan until a month ago, but what happened changed not only the lives of Ukrainians (in the country) but also the lives of Ukrainians abroad,” she said. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ukrainian-in-japan-returns-home-to-help-parents-country/ | 2022-04-13T14:31:00Z |
Harvey Weinstein to be charged in UK over assault claims
LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Wednesday they have authorized police to charge ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996.
The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that “charges have been authorized” against Weinstein, 70, following a review of evidence gathered by London’s Metropolitan Police.
Police said the alleged offenses against the woman, now in her 50s, took place in during July and August 1996.
After revelations about Weinstein emerged in 2017, British police said they were investigating multiple allegations of sexual assault against Weinstein that reportedly took place between the 1980s and 2015.
Unlike many other countries, Britain does not have a statute of limitations for rape or sexual assault.
Weinstein is serving a 23-year sentence for rape after his 2020 conviction in New York for offenses against two women.
He is jailed in California, where he was extradited last year, and is awaiting trial on charges he assaulted five women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2013.
Weinstein, the co-founder of the Miramax entertainment company and The Weinstein Company film studio, was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, having produced films such as “Pulp Fiction” and “The Crying Game.”
The announcement in England on Wednesday came two weeks after U.K. prosecutors authorized police to charge actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men. The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and one in western England in April 2013.
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- PTC Therapeutics to launch first gene therapy directly administered into the brain -
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) today announced that Upstaza™ (eladocagene exuparvovec) was granted marketing authorization by the European Commission. Upstaza is the first approved disease-modifying treatment for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency and the first marketed gene therapy directly infused into the brain. It is approved for patients 18 months and older.
"Today's approval from the European Commission for Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency is momentous for patients, for PTC, as well as for the larger gene therapy community," said Stuart W. Peltz, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, PTC Therapeutics. "We are proud to bring this innovative therapy to the marketplace so that patients may benefit. Upstaza is the first and only approved disease-modifying treatment for patients living with AADC deficiency. We are ready to deliver this long-awaited treatment to patients as soon as possible."
During Upstaza clinical studies, patients went from not achieving any developmental motor milestones to demonstrating clinically meaningful motor skills from as early as three months following treatment, with transformational improvements shown to continue up to ten years after treatment. In addition, cognitive skills improved in all treated patients.1,2 Upstaza also reduced symptoms that cause potentially life-threatening and morbid complications.
"Before treatment, our daughter had not met any development milestones. She suffered from oculogyric crises that evolved into hours of pain, and we were told she would be bedridden for life," said patient organization Teach RARE founder, Richard Poulin, whose daughter was treated as part of a clinical trial. "After receiving Upstaza, she is now speaking, walking, running, and even riding horses. We're thrilled with the EMA approval and the hope that this milestone brings to other children and families impacted by AADC deficiency."
The marketing authorization is applicable to all 27 European Union member states, as well as Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.
Upstaza is a one-time gene replacement therapy indicated for the treatment of patients aged 18 months and older with a clinical, molecular, and genetically confirmed diagnosis of aromatic L‑amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency with a severe phenotype. It is a recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (AAV2)-based gene therapy, containing the human DDC gene.1 It is designed to correct the underlying genetic defect, by delivering a functioning DDC gene directly into the putamen, increasing the AADC enzyme and restoring dopamine production.2,3
The efficacy and safety profile of Upstaza has been demonstrated across clinical trials and compassionate use programs.1 The first patient was dosed in 2010. In clinical trials, Upstaza demonstrated transformational neurological improvements. The most common side effects were initial insomnia, irritability and dyskinesia.
Administration of Upstaza occurs through a stereotactic surgical procedure, a minimally invasive neurosurgical procedure used for the treatment of a number of pediatric and adult neurological disorders. The Upstaza administration procedure is performed by a qualified neurosurgeon in centers specialized in stereotactic neurosurgery.
AADC deficiency is a fatal, rare genetic disorder that typically causes severe disability and suffering from the first months of life, affecting every aspect of life – physical, mental and behavioral. The suffering of children with AADC deficiency may be exacerbated by: episodes of distressing seizure-like oculogyric crises causing the eyes to roll up in the head, frequent vomiting, behavioral problems, and difficulty sleeping.
The lives of affected children are severely impacted and shortened. Ongoing physical, occupational and speech therapy, and interventions, including surgery, also are often required to manage potentially life-threatening complications such as infections, severe feeding and breathing problems.
PTC is a science-driven, global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated medicines that provide benefits to patients with rare disorders. PTC's ability to innovate to identify new therapies and to globally commercialize products is the foundation that drives investment in a robust and diversified pipeline of transformative medicines. PTC's mission is to provide access to best-in-class treatments for patients who have little to no treatment options. PTC's strategy is to leverage its strong scientific and clinical expertise and global commercial infrastructure to bring therapies to patients. PTC believes this allows it to maximize value for all its stakeholders. To learn more about PTC, please visit us at www.ptcbio.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter at @PTCBio.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this release, other than statements of historic fact, are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding: the future expectations, plans and prospects for PTC, including with respect to the expected timing of clinical trials and studies, availability of data, regulatory submissions and responses and other matters; expectations with respect to Upstaza, including the timing of commercial availability; PTC's expectations with respect to the licensing, regulatory submissions and commercialization of its other products and product candidates; PTC's strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs; and the objectives of management. Other forward-looking statements may be identified by the words, "guidance", "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "target," "potential," "will," "would," "could," "should," "continue," and similar expressions.
PTC's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements it makes as a result of a variety of risks and uncertainties, including those related to: the outcome of pricing, coverage and reimbursement negotiations with third party payors for PTC's products or product candidates that PTC commercializes or may commercialize in the future; expectations with respect to Upstaza and other programs within PTC's gene therapy platform, including potential commercialization, any regulatory submissions and potential approvals, manufacturing capabilities and the potential financial impact and benefits of its leased biologics manufacturing facility and the potential achievement of development, regulatory and sales milestones and contingent payments that PTC may be obligated to make; significant business effects, including the effects of industry, market, economic, political or regulatory conditions; changes in tax and other laws, regulations, rates and policies; the eligible patient base and commercial potential of PTC's products and product candidates; PTC's scientific approach and general development progress; and the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of PTC's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as any updates to these risk factors filed from time to time in PTC's other filings with the SEC. You are urged to carefully consider all such factors.
As with any pharmaceutical under development, there are significant risks in the development, regulatory approval, and commercialization of new products. There are no guarantees that any product will receive or maintain regulatory approval in any territory, or prove to be commercially successful, including Upstaza.
The forward-looking statements contained herein represent PTC's views only as of the date of this press release and PTC does not undertake or plan to update or revise any such forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in plans, prospects, assumptions, estimates or projections, or other circumstances occurring after the date of this press release except as required by law.
References:
- Tai CH, et al. Long-term efficacy and safety of eladocagene exuparvovec in patients with AADC deficiency. Mol Ther. 2022;30(2):509-518.
- Chien et al. AGIL-AADC gene therapy results in sustained improvements in motor and developmental milestones through 5 years in children with AADC deficiency. Poster presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Charlotte, NC, USA, Oct 23-26, 2019.
- Chien YH, et al. Efficacy and safety of AAV2 gene therapy in children with aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency: an open-label, phase 1/2 trial. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2017;1(4):265-273.
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LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 11, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the American Depositary Receipts ("ADR's) of Tuya Inc. ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA) pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO").
All investors who purchased the ADR's of Tuya Inc. and incurred losses are urged to contact the firm immediately at classmember@whafh.com or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may obtain additional information concerning the action or join the case on our website, www.whafh.com.
If you have incurred losses in the ADR's of Tuya Inc., you may, no later than October 11, 2022, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class. Please contact Wolf Haldenstein to learn more about your rights as an investor in the ADR's of Tuya Inc.
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Tuya offers a purpose-built "Internet of Things" cloud platform that delivers a suite of offerings including Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, and Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, to business and developers. The Company's proprietary products and services enable "smart devices," e.g., household items and appliances connected to the internet, to communicate and interact with end users and online information and services.
Approximately 20% of Tuya's customers sell products online through e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon.com. In order to maintain the integrity of its platform, Amazon.com has long prohibited the practice of sellers compensating review writers for their reviews in most instances. Despite this prohibition, in April 2019, the consumer website Which? published a report claiming that Amazon had been "flooded by fake five-star reviews," and that sellers were listing products that carried tens of thousands of unverified reviews.
In August 2020, a USC/UCLA research paper analyzed the market for fake reviewed products on Amazon.com. The paper found that the "vast majority" (84%) of sellers benefitting from fake reviews were located in China.
In September 2020, The Financial Times published an article entitled "Amazon deletes 20,000 reviews after evidence of profits for posts." The article stated that Amazon had deleted 20,000 product reviews written by 7 of its top 10 UK reviewers.
On March 1, 2021, a data security organization, Safety Detectives, obtained access to a data server located in China that contained 7GB of data and over 13 million records appearing to be linked to a widespread fake review scam.
Leading up to the IPO, Tuya claimed to be experiencing phenomenal growth. In 2020, the Company claimed that its technology powered over 116.5 million smart devices in more than 1,100 product categories sold in over 220 countries and regions globally. Tuya claimed to be the "largest IoT PaaS business in the global market of IoT PaaS in terms of the volume of smart devices powered" and stated that its "business ha[d] scaled rapidly in recent periods," growing revenue by 70% YOY to $179.9 million in 2020.
On February 26, 2021, Tuya filed a registration statement on Form F-1, which after amendments on March 12 and 16, 2021, was declared effective on March 17, 2021. On March 19, 2021, the Company filed a prospectus for the Initial Public Offering ("IPO") on Form 424B4, which incorporated and formed part of the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement was used to sell over 45 million Tuya ADR's at $21 per ADR, generating over $946 million in proceeds.
On May 11, 2021, an article on techcrunch.com revealed that "several top Chinese sellers disappeared from Amazon." The report stated that over 13.1 million records documenting a massive fake review scam had been uncovered involving more than 200,000 Amazon accounts. Two months later, on July 9, 2021, verdict.co.uk reported that Amazon had "closed 340 online stores of one of its largest Chinese retailers in the first half of this year" as it cracked down against paid reviews and other violations of Amazon terms of service. According to the report, Amazon banned hundreds of Chinese brands across thousands of sellers' account, many of which were clients of Tuya, citing repeated and significant violations.
Then on August 18, 2021, Tuya issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for 2Q 2021. The release guided the Company's outlook for 3Q 2021, which stated Tuya expects revenue to be in a range of just $83 million to $86 million, which surprised and disappointed analysts and investors.
During the earnings call on that same day, management revealed that the reason for the low 3Q revenue forecast was that "our customers face a series of challenges, including Amazon's strict execution of the seller policy."
By August 2022, Tuya ADR had declined below $2 per ADR – 90% below where Tuya ADR's were sold to the investing public in the IPO.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
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Patient-Focused Health Network, SaludVIP, Opens New Clinic in Four Corners, Providing First Class Primary Care to Spanish-Speaking Community
TAMPA, Fla., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SaludVIP, a patient-focused primary care network based in Florida, is excited to announce the opening of their new local clinic in Four Corners.
The new clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies allowing patients to receive all the care and services they need under one roof.
"It is very rewarding being able to open the doors to a new revolutionary healthcare facility that will provide first-class primary care services to the Spanish-speaking Medicare Advantage community of Four Corners," Dr. Lidzoe Correa of SaludVIP said. "We're excited to meet our new patients and help guide them on their healthcare journey."
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, SaludVIP has successfully and safely maintained a continuity of care to their patients with both preventive and routine care. In addition, they continue to demonstrate their ability to provide the highest quality of care even during the most challenging of times.
In efforts to make care accessible to all patients, SaludVIP helps to eliminate potential health care burdens by offering services including same-day appointments, transportation assistance to and from clinics, and virtual visits when needed.
SaludVIP uses a model that puts quality time spent between a doctor and patient at the forefront. They believe in quality, not quantity. Physicians at SaludVIP clinics see only 10 to 15 patients a day, allowing them to give more thorough diagnoses and treatments than possible in the traditional quick trip to the doctor. Patients are encouraged to see their physicians often where highly specialized care is tailored to them and their specific needs.
The new SaludVIP primary care clinic, located at 101 Divine Dr, Ste 1, Davenport, FL, is now accepting patients who receive Medicare Advantage plan benefits. Those interested can call 863-356-1077 or visit saludvip.com to learn more.
About SaludVIP
Serving growing Hispanic communities throughout Florida, SaludVIP is part of the larger health network brand VIPcare. Together they operate over 49 clinics that provide care to Medicare Advantage patients utilizing a high-touch population health management approach that prioritizes spending quality time with the physician. By focusing on a senior care model and increasing access to high-quality care, SaludVIP's model is at the forefront of the future of healthcare. SaludVIP patients are encouraged to see the doctor often instead of only when they are sick, contributing to their success towards patient outcomes.
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Expanded benefit program partners include virtual behavioral healthcare company Talkspace and healthcare firm Aetna
Participation extends to all of the nearly 2,300 Advisor Group employees and families
PHOENIX, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advisor Group, the nation's largest network of independent wealth management firms, today announced the launch of a comprehensive wellness program to provide physical, mental and financial health support to its employees and their families. The new program features partnerships with leading virtual behavior healthcare company, Talkspace and healthcare firm Aetna.
All of the nearly 2,300 employees from Advisor Group's network of firms — FSC Securities, Royal Alliance Associates Inc., SagePoint Financial, Securities America, Triad Advisors and Woodbury Financial Services — are eligible for the new wellness program.
Advisor Group's President and Chief Executive Officer Jamie Price said, "The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on all our mental and physical health, and recent market volatility and economic uncertainty has only exacerbated this toll. Experts designed this program to enable our employees to address all aspects of healthy life so that they are best positioned to continue delivering outstanding service to our network of financial professionals."
Highlights of the new programs include:
- Mental health support provided by Talkspace, a New York-based online and mobile therapy company that matches individuals with licensed therapists.
- Attain by Aetna, a mobile app that rewards participants for staying active and healthy.
- Advisor Group Athlete Program reimburses participants for fitness event entrance fees and provides other incentives.
Jeffrey Green, Senior Vice President, Total Rewards & Systems, said, "Advisor Group's wellness program is tailored to provide innovative offerings to help our employees to be their best selves, at work and beyond. Working closely with Talkspace, we have created an easy-to-use and confidential way for our employees to address often overlooked aspects of their health that, if addressed, can enhance the lives of our employees, their families and communities. The entire program integrates best practices from health and wellness leaders across the country, and we are proud to provide our employees with these choices that will enhance their physical, mental and financial health."
About Advisor Group
Advisor Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Reverence Capital Partners, is the nation's largest network of independent wealth management firms, serving approximately 9,700 financial professionals and overseeing approximately $515 billion in client assets*. The firm is mission-driven to support the strategic role that financial professionals can play in the lives of their clients. Cultivating a spirit of entrepreneurship and independence, Advisor Group champions the enduring value of financial professionals and is committed to being in their corner every step of the way. For more information visit https://www.advisorgroup.com.
Securities and investment advisory services are offered through the firms: FSC Securities Corporation, Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., SagePoint Financial, Inc., Triad Advisors, LLC, and Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, and members of FINRA and SIPC. Securities are offered through Securities America, Inc., a broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC. Advisory services are offered through Arbor Point Advisors, LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management, Inc., Securities America Advisors, Inc., and Triad Hybrid Solutions, LLC, registered investment advisers. Advisory programs offered by FSC Securities Corporation, Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., SagePoint Financial, Inc., and Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., are sponsored by VISION2020 Wealth Management Corp., an affiliated registered investment adviser. Advisor Group, Inc. is an affiliate of these firms. 20 E. Thomas Rd., Ste. 2000, Phoenix, AZ, 85012. 866.481.0379.
*Based on end of year 2021 data
About Talkspace
Talkspace is a leading virtual behavioral healthcare company enabled by a purpose-built technology platform. As a digital healthcare company, all care is delivered through an easy-to-use and fully encrypted web and mobile platform, consistent with HIPAA and other state regulatory requirements.
Today, the need for care feels more urgent than ever. When seeking treatment, whether it's psychiatry or adolescent, individual or couples therapy, Talkspace offers treatment options for almost every need. With Talkspace, members can send their dedicated therapists text, video, and voice messages anytime, from anywhere, and engage in live video sessions.
For more information about Talkspace commercial relationships, visit https://business.talkspace.com/. To learn more about online therapy, please visit https://www.talkspace.com/online-therapy/. To learn more about Talkspace Psychiatry, please visit https://www.talkspace.com/psychiatry.
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TORRINGTON, Conn., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Therap Services, the leading provider of Electronic Health Records (EHR) software solutions for service providers in Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and broader human services settings, introduces a new Biometric Authentication feature for Therap iOS and Android Mobile Applications. This new feature allows users to log into the Therap Mobile App by verifying their fingerprints or face identity instead of having to type in their login credentials. This feature adds an additional layer of security while assisting users to swiftly gain access into the Therap system and ensures that their privacy remains secure at all times.
The Biometric Authentication feature allows Therap users to choose between logging into the software manually and using one of the biometric authentication options. To activate this Biometric Authentication feature, users will need to enable the required options within their Therap web and mobile applications and complete all the necessary steps for setup. Additionally, users will need to have biometric authentication enabled natively on their phone which means that they will need to have fingerprint or face recognition already configured on their phone. Users will need to verify their fingerprints by touching the fingerprint sensor on their phone. Alternatively, users may choose to verify their face identity by looking at their device's screen (front camera).
Therap Mobile Applications provide real-time service documentation in HCBS and LTSS settings. Therap's mobile app features allow professionals in the Human Services field to view data recorded remotely at the point-of-service, from various locations. This connects members of the team in an agency to the data collection, improving the quality of service. Service providers can enter progress notes, communicate with the broader team, enter goals and services, and record medication administration using the app. Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) is available in the mobile app for providers to meet the 21st Century Cures Act requirements, providing accountable and verifiable service delivery.
For more information on Therap Mobile Applications Solutions, visit https://www.therapservices.net/products/mobile-apps/
Therap's comprehensive and HIPAA-compliant software is used in human services settings for documentation, communication, reporting, EVV and billing.
Learn more at www.therapservices.net.
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Will support program to process nearly 100,000 Merchant Mariner credential applications annually.
HERNDON, Va., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Akima today announced that its subsidiary, RiverTech, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to provide technical and administrative support at the USCG National Maritime Center (NMC) in Martinsburg, WV. The contract has a value of $7.6 million over three years if all options are exercised.
"Akima remains a committed partner of both the Coast Guard and the National Maritime Center," said Duncan Greene, President of Akima's Mission Systems, Engineering & Technology Group. "We are proud to continue our support to the NMC delivering quality services in support of U.S. Coast Guard and commercial mariner records maintenance modernization initiatives."
The contract was awarded under the OASIS Small Business Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Pool 1 contract. RiverTech will support the NMC's entire maritime credentialing process – including receiving applications and supporting documentation from applicants, evaluating the applications against documented standards, and issuing appropriate credentials and medical certificates or denying an application.
The NMC is the Merchant Mariner Credentialing Authority for the USCG under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security. The mission of the NMC is to issue credentials to fully qualified mariners in the United States maritime jurisdiction.
RiverTech is an SBA certified 8(a) Alaska Native Corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Akima. At RiverTech, we are dedicated to bringing innovative solutions to our customers' complex operational and mission challenges. Our teams deliver wide-ranging services from mission support to enterprise IT services, enabling information and communications dominance and superior command and control of forces across the globe. To learn more visit www.rivertechllc.com.
Akima is a global enterprise with more than 8,000 employees, delivering agile solutions to the federal government in the core areas of facilities, maintenance, and repair; information technology; logistics; protective services; systems engineering; mission support; furniture, fixtures & equipment (FF&E); and construction. As a subsidiary of NANA, an Alaska Native Corporation owned by more than 14,000 Iñupiat shareholders, Akima's core mission is to enable superior outcomes for our customers' missions while simultaneously creating a long-lived asset for NANA consistent with our Iñupiat values. In 2022, Akima ranked #29 on Washington Technology's Top 100 List and #63 on Bloomberg Government's BGOV200 List of top federal contractors. To learn more about Akima, visit www.akima.com.
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PyTorch Foundation to foster an ecosystem of vendor-neutral projects alongside founding members AMD, AWS, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft Azure, and NVIDIA
DUBLIN , Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, a global nonprofit organization enabling innovation through open source, today announced PyTorch is moving to the Linux Foundation from Meta where it will live under the newly-formed PyTorch Foundation. Since its release in 2016, over 2400 contributors and 18,0000 organizations have adopted the PyTorch machine learning framework for use in academic research and production environments. The Linux Foundation will work with project maintainers, its developer community, and initial founding members of PyTorch to support the ecosystem at its new home.
Projects like PyTorch—that have the potential to become a foundational platform for critical technology—benefit from a neutral home. As part of the Linux Foundation, PyTorch and its community will benefit from many programs and support infrastructure like training and certification programs, research, and local to global events. Working inside and alongside the Linux Foundation, PyTorch will have access to the LFX collaboration portal—enabling mentorships and helping the PyTorch community identify future leaders, find potential hires, and observe shared project dynamics.
"Growth around AI/ML and Deep Learning has been nothing short of extraordinary—and the community embrace of PyTorch has led to it becoming one of the five-fastest growing open source software projects in the world," said Jim Zemlin, executive director for the Linux Foundation. "Bringing PyTorch to the Linux Foundation where its global community will continue to thrive is a true honor. We are grateful to the team at Meta—where PyTorch was incubated and grown into a massive ecosystem—for trusting the Linux Foundation with this crucial effort."
"Some AI news: we're moving PyTorch, the open source AI framework led by Meta researchers, to become a project governed under the Linux Foundation. PyTorch has become one of the leading AI platforms with more than 150,000 projects on GitHub built on the framework. The new PyTorch Foundation board will include many of the AI leaders who've helped get the community where it is today, including Meta and our partners at AMD, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and NVIDIA. I'm excited to keep building the PyTorch community and advancing AI research," said Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO, Meta.
The Linux Foundation has named Dr. Ibrahim Haddad, its Vice President of Strategic Programs, as the Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation. The PyTorch Foundation will support a strong member ecosystem with a diverse governing board including founding members: AMD, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA. The project will promote continued advancement of the PyTorch ecosystem through its thriving maintainer and contributor communities. The PyTorch Foundation will ensure the transparency and governance required of such critical open source projects, while also continuing to support its unprecedented growth.
Member Quotes
AMD
"Open software is critical to advancing HPC, AI and ML research, and we're ready to bring our experience with open software platforms and innovation to the PyTorch Foundation," said Brad McCredie, corporate vice president, Data Center and Accelerated Processing, AMD. "AMD Instinct accelerators and ROCm software power important HPC and ML sites around the world, from exascale supercomputers at research labs to major cloud deployments showcasing the convergence of HPC and AI/ML. Together with other foundation members, we will support the acceleration of science and research that can make a dramatic impact on the world."
Amazon Web Services
"AWS is committed to democratizing data science and machine learning, and PyTorch is a foundational open source tool that furthers that goal," said Brian Granger, senior principal technologist at AWS. "The creation of the PyTorch Foundation is a significant step forward for the PyTorch community. Working alongside The Linux Foundation and other foundation members, we will continue to help build and grow PyTorch to deliver more value to our customers and the PyTorch community at large."
Google Cloud
"At Google Cloud we're committed to meeting our customers where they are in their digital transformation journey and that means ensuring they have the power of choice," said Andrew Moore, vice president and general manager of Google Cloud AI and industry solutions. "We're participating in the PyTorch Foundation to further demonstrate our commitment of choice in ML development. We look forward to working closely on its mission to drive adoption of AI tooling by building an ecosystem of open source projects with PyTorch along with our continued investment in JAX and Tensorflow."
Microsoft Azure
"We're honored to participate in the PyTorch Foundation and partner with industry leaders to make open source innovation with PyTorch accessible to everyone," Eric Boyd, CVP, AI Platform, Microsoft, said. "Over the years, Microsoft has invested heavily to create an optimized environment for our customers to create, train and deploy their PyTorch workloads on Azure. Microsoft products and services run on trust, and we're committed to continuing to deliver innovation that fosters a healthy open source ecosystem that developers love to use. We look forward to helping the global AI community evolve, expand and thrive by providing technical direction based on our latest AI technologies and research."
NVIDIA
"PyTorch was developed from the beginning as an open source framework with first-class support on NVIDIA Accelerated Computing," said Ian Buck, General Manager and Vice President of Accelerated Computing at NVIDIA. "NVIDIA is excited to be an originating member of the PyTorch Foundation to encourage community adoption and to ensure using PyTorch on the NVIDIA AI platform delivers excellent performance with the best experience possible."
Additional Resources:
- Visit pytorch.org to learn more about the project and the PyTorch Foundation
- Read Jim Zemlin's blog discussing the PyTorch transition
- Read Meta AI's blog about transitioning PyTorch to the Linux Foundation
- Read this blog from Soumith Chintala, PyTorch Lead Maintainer and AI Researcher at Meta, about the future of the project
- Join Soumith Chintala and Dr. Ibahim Haddad for a fireside chat on Thursday, September 15, at 3pm GMT / 11am ET / 8am PT
- Learn more about PyTorch training opportunities from the Linux Foundation
- Follow PyTorch on Facebook, LinkedIn, Spotify, Twitter, and YouTube
About the Linux Foundation
Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation and its projects are supported by more than 3,000 members. The Linux Foundation is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world's infrastructure including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, Hyperledger, RISC-V, PyTorch, and more. The Linux Foundation's methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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Essential-Nature of Leading Battery Retailer Affords Franchise Partners Confidence in Brand's Market Viability
HARTLAND, Wis., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After having been riddled by economic disruptions on a near-constant basis for the past two years, experts anticipate the struggles of the American marketplace to come to a head in the very near future. And while expectations for a possible recession appear to be rising by the day, a handful of brands and industries have found themselves well-positioned to withstand such calamity. They're considered recession-proof businesses, a term that Batteries Plus, the nation's largest and fastest-growing battery, light bulb, key fob and phone repair franchise, credits for their uninhibited expansion and current projections for continued development.
In an increasingly battery-powered world, the product lines and services made available by the 700+ locations in the Batteries Plus system have become all the more integral to the communities they call home. Severe economic downturns or otherwise, the reality of that remains unwavering. It's the brands proven track record of riding out market volatility that has attracted an ongoing stream of new franchise prospects and made 2022 a record-breaking year for the Batteries Plus team thus far.
More significant still is the deep roster of experienced industry executives leading the advancement and providing system-wide guidance to the franchise. Coupled with the collaborative culture that franchisees hold with one another, every location is fortified with a support system primed to share insights, best practices, and business advice meant to help any and all franchise partners in keeping their doors open, their shelves stocked, and operations consistent.
"Economic roadblocks have been a very real factor this year for most businesses, and there's yet to be any signs of that subsiding. Quite the opposite, in fact," said Joe Malmuth, Vice President of Franchise Development and Relations. "But the insulation of the Batteries Plus brand has left it on continued track for another record-breaking year of growth in 2022. A clear indicator for the franchise's resilience and safety of investment."
The brand's products and services are adaptable by nature, and as technology evolves, so does Batteries Plus, and its continuous, consistent training makes it possible for all franchisees and employees to keep up. Partnerships with top-of-the-line product providers like Duracell and X2Power are just one of the ways the brand stays ahead of the curve, ensuring its customer base is given access to the latest upgrades available on the market. And as technology continues to advances amid even the most tumultuous of times, such practices are what have and will continue to make Batteries Plus recession-proof.
Looking toward the future, obstacles may surface, but it's nothing the franchise hasn't faced before. Batteries Plus has been in operation since 1988, with the brands franchise opportunity having been in place since 1992—that's more than 30 years of experience running a business that has only grown over time. The franchise, as well as its individual franchisees, has remained profitable through multiple recessions and has shown itself to be more than capable of withstanding whatever may come next.
To learn more about Batteries Plus, including information on the franchise opportunity or tour a store virtually, visit batteriesplusfranchise.com.
ABOUT BATTERIES PLUS:
Batteries Plus, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Hartland, WI, is a leading omnichannel retailer of batteries, specialty light bulbs and phone repair services for the direct-to-consumer and commercial channels. The retailer also offers key programming, replacement and cutting services. Through a nationwide network of stores, the company offers a differentiated value proposition of unrivaled product selection, in-stock availability and customer service. Batteries Plus is owned by Freeman Spogli, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles and New York City. To learn more about one of Forbes®' Best Franchises to Buy in America, visit https://www.batteriesplusfranchise.com.
MEDIA CONTACT: Conner Gossel, Fishman Public Relations, cgossel@fishmanpr.com or 937-545-9812
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HAIKOU, China, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the second China International Consumer Products Expo ("CICPE" or "Hainan Expo") welcomes 2,800 boutique brands from 61 countries and regions, Sanya, the popular resort city on Hainan Island's southern tip, showcased the city's possibilities and potential as a tourism destination combined with fashionable elements through its theme day on July 28 at the largest consumer boutique exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Sanya Day event was organized by the Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development (Hainan IEDB) and co-organized by the Sanya Tourism Promotion Board (STPB). It aimed to cultivate new businesses and promote culture exchange for tourism consumption while encouraging international partners to explore the potential of this "tourism + culture" destination in China.
Fashion show brings Hong Kong designer brands to a top tourist destination
Hainan Expo provides unlimited business opportunities for international brands to explore the Chinese market, while introducing China's fashionable products to consumers across the globe. The Sanya Day event, which was an important part of the Hainan Expo Fashion Week, featured three debut shows from Hong Kong boutique and pioneering designer brands, including Ribyeung, BronzeLucia, and KINGWEN, with elements covering leisure, vacation, youth, and nature.
The cooperation with the Hong Kong designers echoes Sanya's commitment to expanding this business and establishing a long-term collaboration mechanism with international premium and emerging brands with the ambition of bringing travelers more fashion experiences.
While promoting Sanya as a fashionable and trendy tourism option, the show also presented Sanya as an open and diverse international destination and called for mutual cooperation with Hong Kong and the international community.
Fashion as a new approach to discovering the best of Sanya
At the event, STPB and Hainan IEDB signed a strategic cooperation agreement on the fashion sector, leveraging resources to land brand debuts and introduce the fashion cluster to Sanya. The signings will explore opportunities in Sanya's tourism market and future development opportunities in supporting future brand debuts and designer events as well as launching premium conferences and exhibitions.
An internationally renowned tourist destination, Sanya is undoubtedly the best medium for brands to enter the Chinese market given its diversified customer base. It is also an ideal option for travelers who would like to add more fashion-related experiences to their business or leisure trips, as Sanya keeps enhancing its competitiveness against the backdrop of the integrated free trade port policy and the popularity of tourism and leisure consumption scenarios.
"Sanya has been committed to developing partnerships and enriching its offering to serve the demands of various visitors. The idea of achieving win-win cooperation and deepening mutual exchange is the original intention of our participation in the Hainan Expo, as we hope to extend more possibilities of Sanya," said Albert Yip, director general of the STPB. "Building on the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Hainan Free Trade Port and taking the second Hainan Expo as an opportunity, we would like to extend an invitation to visitors from Hong Kong and other places across the world to explore the enormous potential in Sanya, to enjoy the unique experience here with a fashionable taste."
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BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ucommune International Ltd (NASDAQ: UK) ("Ucommune" or the "Company"), a leading agile office space manager and provider in China, today announced that at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company (the "Initial Meeting") held at 10 A.M. on August 19, 2022, Beijing time (10 P.M. on August 18, 2022, U.S. Eastern time), its shareholders approved the adjournment of the Initial Meeting to 10 A.M. on August 24, 2022, Beijing time (10 P.M. on August 23, 2022, U.S. Eastern time) ("Adjourned Meeting"), to be held in the same office at Floor 8, No.2 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. The purpose of the Initial Meeting and the Adjourned Meeting is the same and is to amend the Company's Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association currently in effect (the "Current M&A") to change the voting power of the Class B ordinary shares, par value of US$0.002 each, of the Company (the "Class B Ordinary Shares") from fifteen (15) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share to thirty-five (35) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share. Pursuant to the Current M&A, the Company obtained the ordinary resolutions of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares to approve the proposed variation of rights of Class B Ordinary Shares set forth in the notice of the Meeting on August 2, 2022. The Company has established the close of business on August 2, 2022, Eastern time (the "Record Date"), as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
Dial-in details: https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/ilrnykQyOJ5T
Copies of the notice of the Meeting and the form of proxy are available on the Company's corporate investor relations website at https://ir.ucommune.com.
About Ucommune International Ltd
Ucommune is China's leading agile office space manager and provider. Founded in 2015, Ucommune has created a large-scale intelligent agile office ecosystem covering economically vibrant regions throughout China to empower its members with flexible and cost-efficient office space solutions. Ucommune's various offline agile office space services include self-operated models, such as U Space, U Studio, and U Design, as well as asset-light models, such as U Brand and U Partner. By utilizing its expertise in the real estate and retail industries, Ucommune operates its agile office spaces with high efficiency and engages in the urban transformation of older and under-utilized buildings to redefine commercial real estate in China.
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BOSTON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capstone Partners ("Capstone" or "the firm"), a leading middle market investment banking firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of several leadership positions across the firm. Following the firm's merger with Huntington National Bank earlier this year, the appointments are being rolled-out to support growth and acquisitions, and ensure the firm remains navigational as it continues to expand in both scale and scope.
Commenting on the expanded leadership team, Capstone Founder & President, John Ferrara, shared, "Despite the current market volatility, we remain aggressive and are pushing forward with aspirational organic growth plans as well as strategic acquisitions. We have an incredible group of leaders that are being elevated to lead the charge on both fronts. They are the future of this firm."
The leadership appointments will span twelve industry groups and four specialized service practices, which collectively provide a full suite of services to business owners, investors, and creditors.
- Aerospace & Defense Industry Group Head - Ian Cookson
Cookson has over 25 years of investment banking experience and has advised on more than $5 billion in transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, and refinancings.
- Building Products & Services Industry Group Head - Darin Good
Over the past 25+ years, Good has led business owners and their board of directors through successful transactions over 70 times, and the team currently has 15 active deals in the market.
- Business Services Industry Group Head - Bob Balaban
Balaban has over 25 years of experience and has served as the lead banker on over 75 merger and acquisition transactions primarily in the business services marketplace. The team is currently working on over 20 active mandates.
- Consumer Industry Group Head – Ken Wasik
Wasik remains Head of the firm's Consumer Investment Banking Group, which has nearly 40 active mandates in process. Wasik was brought on to lead the Group after several years of explosive growth in Consumer.
- Education & Training Industry Group Head – Jacob Voorhees
Voorhees continues to lead the firm's Education & Training Investment Banking Group, which has completed over 60 transactions since 2010 and has 15 active mandates currently in market.
- Energy & Power Industry Group Head – Ted Kinsman
Kinsman has over 20 years of investment banking experience within various energy sectors, and throughout his career has closed transactions totaling over $2 billion in value.
- Fintech & Financial Services Industry Group Head – David Francione
Francione has over 25 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience and the Group collectively has over 15 active mandates in market and a historic transaction average of nearly $200 million in valuation.
- Healthcare Industry Group Co-Heads – David Baker and Eric Williams
Over the span of their investment banking careers, Williams has successfully completed more than 100 transactions in the space and Baker has represented $4 billion+ in total transaction value.
- Industrial Technology Industry Group Head – Peter Nam
Nam will continue to lead the firm's Industrial Technology Investment Banking Group, as recently announced. The Firm remains very bullish on the industrial technology market and is pursuing an aggressive expansion plan for the Group.
- Industrials Industry Group Co-Heads - David Bench and Ted Polk
With over 55 years of collective experience, Bench and Polk are currently leading over 20 active engagements and have earned 17 industry awards for distinct advisory work.
- Technology, Media & Telecom Industry Group Head - David Michaels
Michaels will continue to lead the firm's Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking Group, which has already closed four deals thus far in 2022 and is currently leading over 20 active mandates.
- Transportation & Logistics Industry Group Head - Burke Smith
Smith has over 20 years of experience and is a recognized industry expert, having advised more than 45 transactions with a combined value in excess of $40 billion.
In addition to the firm's twelve industry groups, Capstone has appointed Group Heads to lead their four specialized service groups that offer a full suite of corporate finance solutions. Those groups include:
- Financial Advisory Services (FAS) Group Head - Jim Calandra
Calandra has more than 25 years of experience in turnaround management consulting, interim management, fraud and forensic accounting, mergers and acquisitions, and recapitalizations. Brian Davies will continue serving as Managing Partner of FAS, and Jamie Lisac will serve as the Head of the Group's Special Situations Investment Banking Team.
- Debt Advisory Services Group Head - Kent Brown
Brown will continue as Head of the Debt Advisory Group, contributing over 30 years of corporate debt placement and advisory experience through his 100+ closed corporate debt transactions.
- Capital Advisory Services Group Heads - Chris Bluse, Matt Huebner and Bill Sprague
Bluse and Huebner, named Co-Heads of the Firm's Equity Capital Advisory Group, bring 50+ years of combined experience and have advised on capital formation transactions that exceed $3 billion in aggregate financing value.
Sprague, named Head of the firm's Infrastructure Finance Services Group, has successfully completed over 40 M&A transactions during his career, totaling in excess of $7 billion of transaction value.
ABOUT CAPSTONE PARTNERS
For over 20 years, the firm has been a trusted advisor to leading middle market companies, offering a fully integrated range of investment banking and financial advisory services uniquely tailored to help owners, investors, and creditors through each stage of the company's lifecycle. Capstone's services include M&A advisory, debt and equity placement, corporate restructuring, special situations, valuation and fairness opinions, and financial advisory services. Headquartered in Boston, the firm has 175+ professionals across the U.S. With 12 dedicated industry groups, Capstone delivers sector-specific expertise through large, cross-functional teams. Capstone is a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN). For more information, visit www.capstonepartners.com.
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SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MG Properties, a private San Diego-based real estate investor, owner, and operator purchased Eleanor Apartments, a 333-unit community Milpitas, CA for $193 million.
The community is in a premier Bay Area location defined by strong employment growth and desirability. Eleanor is a transit-oriented mixed use community with 10,000 sf of ground floor retail, completed in 2021. This luxury community has an attractive contemporary design and robust set of common area amenities, and residents can easily access a variety of walkable dining and entertainment options surrounding the property.
"We are pleased to be further growing our long-term presence in the Bay Area, a market that has strong potential for recovery after the impacts of the Covid crisis", said Jeff Gleiberman, MG Properties' President.
The sellers, SummerHill Apartment Communities, The Resmark Companies, and Kennedy Wilson, were represented by Philip Saglimbeni, Stanford Jones, Salvatore Saglimbeni, and Alexander Tartaglia from Institutional Property Advisors. Financing was provided by Fannie Mae and arranged by Brian Eisendrath and Cameron Chalfant of Institutional Property Advisors.
To learn more visit: www.exploreeleanor.com
MG Properties is a privately owned, fully integrated real estate company specializing in the investment, redevelopment, and management of multi-family assets. Headquartered in San Diego, California, MG was founded in 1992 by Mark Gleiberman with the mission to enrich communities. MG's current portfolio is comprised of over 28,000 rental homes in California, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Oregon, including 90 communities. For additional information, visit www.mgproperties.com.
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Using Conversica's Powerfully Human Conversational AI Digital Assistants, the Integration Gives CS Teams Unlimited Capacity for Proactive Communication with Customers Triggered by Data from Gainsight
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Conversica, Inc., the leading provider of Conversational AI solutions for enterprise revenue teams, announced a new integration with leading customer success platform Gainsight. With the new capability, Customer Success (CS) teams will be able to deploy AI-powered Digital Assistants to drive customer health and experiences, all triggered by data from Gainsight. The integration will empower Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to offload the necessary but time-consuming conversations to a digital assistant, including driving product adoption, initiating early renewals, and ultimately creating customer advocacy, giving CSMs more freedom to focus on more strategic, revenue-generating activities.
Today's buyers expect brands to get it right, from onboarding to renewals, and the margin for error is getting thinner. According to 451 Research's Voice of the Enterprise: Customer Experience & Commerce Report, 80 percent of businesses state they are likely to end a relationship with a company due to a poor customer experience.
Modern Customer Success teams recognize the importance of keeping customers engaged with high-touch, personalized attention to boost customer outcomes and improve retention and growth. However, capacity constraints often leave CSMs stretched too thin, each with too many customers to service, making it impossible to deliver a great experience consistently across their entire portfolio. With the average CSM managing more than 50 accounts, CSMs often get stuck in a cycle of reacting to problems rather than getting ahead of potential issues and proactively strategizing with customers to improve outcomes.
Conversica's Conversation Automation solution gives CS teams their own personalized assistants who deliver unlimited capacity for proactive communication with customers, closing the gap between what CSMs can accomplish manually and what it actually takes to deliver the experience buyers need for retention and growth.
With the new Conversica and Gainsight integration, CS teams will benefit from a digital team member that can automatically take action and conduct many of the time-consuming but necessary actions CSMs must perform manually today, including:
- Onboarding new customers,
- Acting on usage trends to drive product adoption,
- Setting up regular business reviews,
- Starting renewal, upsell, and cross-sell motions,
- Collecting critical customer feedback, and
- Obtaining customer referrals
Conversica's AI Assistants use Gainsight data such as customer health score and contract data to automatically initiate two-way conversations that are action-oriented, increasing customer satisfaction and net retention.
"This strategic integration with Conversica is a game-changer for Gainsight users," said Karl Rumelhart, Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President at Gainsight. "Using Conversica's AI Assistants to automate the follow-up on Gainsight data enables Customer Success teams to more effectively act on insights, proactively respond to customer needs across multiple accounts, and drive durable, efficient growth through renewals and expansion."
- Take the Routine out of Renewals: Conversica AI Assistants use key renewal data such as type of contract and client status to automatically tailor an outreach campaign well ahead of the renewal date, setting the groundwork for more successful outcomes.
- Automatically Address Early Signs of Poor Customer Health: Low product usage and health scores automatically trigger the AI Assistant to proactively work to resolve issues. It does this by setting up a meeting with the CSM, sharing best practices or collecting feedback for the CSMs to address.
- Harness Advocates to Drive Growth: the AI Assistant leverages health score, adoption rates and NPS data to identify and engage successful customers to participate in a case study, share an online review, initiate an upgrade discussion, and more.
"Conversica and Gainsight together empower the customer success industry to do more with less," said Jim Kaskade, CEO of Conversica. "Which CS organization doesn't want their teams to have unlimited scale? Our robust conversation automation solution leverages Gainsight data to not only tailor every conversation, but with real-time triggers that engage customers at the right time. And, thus, it does so in a proactive way that improves the health of the customer relationship, drives revenue, and allows CSMs to do what they do best. This is a must for digitally-driven organizations that are recession-proofing their businesses for future success."
Gainsight's innovative platform helps companies of all sizes and industries drive durable growth through customer-led and product-led strategies. It offers a powerful set of customer success, product experience, and community engagement solutions that together enable businesses to scale efficiently, create alignment, and put the customer at the heart of innovation. With Gainsight, it's never been easier to drive acquisition, increase product adoption, prevent churn, and grow with renewals and expansion. Learn how leading companies such as GE Digital, SAP Concur, and Box use Gainsight at www.gainsight.com.
Jordan Sher
Vice President, Corporate and Brand Marketing
jsher@gainsight.com
Conversica's AI-powered Digital Assistants supercharge revenue teams for growth. They enable Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to acquire untapped revenue through perfectly structured conversations. With billions of human interactions spanning more than a decade, Conversica's AI Assistants have learned to influence and persuade customers and prospects throughout the customer journey lifecycle. Unlike chatbots, they are powerfully human and can hold meaningful conversations at every touchpoint. They fuel the conversations that create brand loyalty and maximize every revenue opportunity. They know how to say just the right thing at just the right time to help grow revenue, improve customer experience, reduce costs, increase operational efficiencies, and build brand awareness. Conversica's Conversation Automation platform is used by leaders nationwide to get the conversation going and build the workforce of the future, today.
To learn more, visit conversica.com and follow the company on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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conversica@msrcommunications.com
(415) 989-9000
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The climate crisis is devastating the world's glaciers. As they melt, ecosystems are destroyed and local industries are ravaged — and perhaps most critically, a major source of fresh water vanishes.
For the first time, researchers have used historical imagery to reconstruct a visual timeline of Switzerland's glaciers, which they found lost half of their volume between 1931 and 2016. In the past six year's alone, they lost another 12% of their volume.
And in the 85 years ending in 2016, Switzerland's glaciers lost an area the size of Manhattan every ten years.
The before-and-after imagery is stunning.
The analysis, conducted by scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, resulted in a striking visual contrast between Switzerland's glaciers today and what they looked like nearly a century ago.
Given the record-high temperatures that enveloped vast swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, Daniel Farinotti, a glaciologist and co-author of the study, told CNN that he expects this year's glacier loss will be the worst.
"The year 2022 is extreme — not only have we had a very snow-poor winter, we also had an extremely warm summer, and this combination is truly the worst case," Farinotti said. "We expect this year's losses to be larger than the ones experienced in 2003, which so far was the 'record year,' in the negative sense, for glacier mass loss."
Glacier loss causes ecoystem loss across plants and animals. It also affects the landscape's appearance and impacts local tourism. And, importantly, glaciers are a critical source of fresh water for drinking and agriculture that disappears as the ice recedes.
"If glaciers were to disappear entirely, various regions might face issues related to water supplies — especially during summers such as we have had and are still having this year," said Farinotti.
Farinotti said researchers expect to see another 60% loss in glacier mass by the end of the century — even if the world meets the climate targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
"If climate change were to continue unabated, we might well find ourselves with European Alps that are virtually ice-free," Farinotti warned.
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Utah-based pest control company credits employee commitment and consumer trust as key growth contributors
LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Pest Control announced today that for a second consecutive year the company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list, a prestigious ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing, privately-owned businesses in America. Thanks to its impressive three-year revenue growth of more than 250 percent and the addition of more than 450 team members between 2017 and 2020, Fox Pest Control ranks No. 2333 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list.
"Securing a spot on the Inc. 5000 List is a huge accomplishment for the entire Fox team," explained Mike Romney, co-founder and co-CEO of Fox Pest Control. "To be honored for a second-consecutive year is incredibly humbling and a testament to the hard work and dedication of all of our team members."
Founded in 2012 by brother-in-laws, Mike Romney and Bryant White, Fox Pest Control has become one of the leading pest control companies in the country. While the company is headquartered in Logan, Utah, Fox Pest Control operates more than 30 different branches, bringing superior pest control services to homeowners in 13 states. Today, the company employs more than 900 individuals and has helped more than 385,000 homeowners eliminate and protect their home against pests.
"When we started Fox Pest Control, securing a spot on the Inc. 5000 list wasn't even in our wildest dreams," explained Romney. "And while recognitions like this are to be celebrated, we know this is only another step in our journey, not our final destination. We're excited to keep up the momentum and continue growing, employing the best and exceeding customer expectations."
The impressive growth of Fox Pest Control has secured the company several other prestigious recognitions. Earlier this year, Fox Pest Control moved into the No. 13 spot on the list of Top 100 Pest Control Companies compiled annually by Pest Control Technology Magazine. Additionally, Fox Pest Control ranked No. 40 on Inc. Magazine's third annual Inc. 5000 Regionals Rocky Mountain list, a ranking of the 60 fastest-growing private companies based in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
Bryant White, co-founder and co-CEO, credits Fox Pest Control's continued success and recent accolades to a combination of employee commitment and consumer trust.
"We have the absolute best team. Each day, everyone comes to work ready to live our core values of Relationships First and Extreme Ownership. And our focus is always on the customer, yielding a positive customer experience that serves as a catalyst for retention and referrals," explained White.
Fox Pest Control is always looking for outstanding talent to join its sales and customer service teams. Details on job openings and information on how to apply are posted on Fox Pest Control's career page.
More information about Fox Pest Control is available on the company's website, and complete results of the Inc. 5000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Fox Pest Control operates more than 30 branches in 13 states, bringing superior pest control services to homeowners. The company currently ranks #13 on Pest Control Technology's Top 100 Pest Control Companies in 2022 and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 List for the past two years. Learn more about Fox Pest Control at fox-pest.com.
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Life in prison: Former nurse receives life sentence for husband’s murder
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF/Gray News) - A woman convicted of poisoning her husband was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.
Officials said former registered nurse Nikki Cappello was sentenced to life in jail for the murder of her husband, Jim Cappello.
“The sentence is life, life in prison,” Prosecutor Tim Douthit said after the sentencing. “Theoretically, in a few decades, you might have a chance to get parole, but it’s life.”
WAFF reports Jim Cappello was a well-known private investigator who was reported missing in September 2018 before he was found dead of insulin poisoning.
“It’s surprisingly rare that we run into truly evil people, truly unrepentantly evil people in this world,” Douthit said. “This is one of those cases. I’m happy to get up every morning and fight that.”
Attorney Will League said the criminal phase is complete, and a civil suit could also continue.
“We will now proceed with the civil suit to try and get restitution, money and compensation damages for the estate, which is for the minor child,” League said.
Several friends and family members of Jim Cappello attended Thursday’s sentencing.
Jim Cappello’s sister, Jamie Weist, has permanent custody of the former couple’s daughter Ryleigh. After the sentencing, she reflected on the day her brother’s body was found.
“She almost got away with it, except her family was coming over,” Weist said. “I think she panicked and knew she had to get the body out. And at that point, she was calling a friend to help. We were hours away, but I am a pit bull. I was going to find him. Determined to find him. I was packed and ready.”
The family said Ryleigh’s health and safety would continue to be their top priority after Jim Cappello’s death and her mother in jail for his murder.
“She just fit right into our family. Her cousins welcomed her in, and her cousins refer to her as their sister,” Weast said. “At the end of it all, I want her [Nikki Cappello] to be in jail for life, and I want to adopt Ryleigh because she’s ours.”
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Advances long-term strategy by providing platform for growth in value-based care
WOONSOCKET, R.I., DALLAS and NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS) and Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) ("Signify") have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Signify Health for $30.50 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $8 billion.
Signify Health is a leader in Health Risk Assessments, value-based care and provider enablement. With a network of more than 10,000 clinicians across all 50 states and a nationwide value-based provider network, combined with its proprietary analytics and technology platforms, Signify Health is improving patient engagement, patient outcomes and care coordination for stakeholders across the health care system. Signify Health's clinicians and providers can have an even greater impact by engaging with CVS Health's unique collection of assets and connecting patients to care how and when they need it.
"Signify Health will play a critical role in advancing our health care services strategy and gives us a platform to accelerate our growth in value-based care," said CVS Health President and CEO, Karen S. Lynch. "This acquisition will enhance our connection to consumers in the home and enables providers to better address patient needs as we execute our vision to redefine the health care experience. In addition, this combination will strengthen our ability to expand and develop new product offerings in a multi-payor approach."
Signify Health's network of clinicians – physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants – utilize home-based visits to identify a patient's clinical and social needs, and then connect them to appropriate follow-up care and community-based resources in order for the patient to have a more connected, effective care experience. In 2022, Signify Health's clinicians expect to connect with nearly 2.5 million unique members in the home, both in-person and virtually, and on average they spend 2.5 times longer with a patient in the home than providers spend in the average primary care office visit.
Notably, since acquiring Caravan Health in March 2022, Signify Health has further expanded its focus on value-based care and population health. Today, Caravan is already a partner to over 170 providers participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs) serving Medicare beneficiaries with a focus on improving the health of underserved communities. Signify Health recently announced that its ACOs generated more than $138 million in gross savings in 2021, and in 2023 the Caravan business is expected to serve ACOs representing over 700,000 people – rivaling many standalone platforms. As part of CVS Health, Signify Health will continue to advance its extensive primary care enablement capabilities, including turnkey analytics, network, and practice improvement solutions, to help providers transition to value-based reimbursement and improve quality of care.
"Signify Health's mission is to build trusted relationships to make people healthier by using actionable intelligence to understand what's really impacting outcomes and cost today," said Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Signify Health. "As we carefully considered our long-term strategic options, we determined that CVS Health is the ideal partner, given its focus on expanding access to health services and helping consumers navigate to the best sites of care. We are both building an integrated experience that supports a more proactive, preventive and holistic approach to patient care, and I look forward to executing on our shared vision for the future of care delivery."
"We formed Signify Health and recruited Kyle and the team to build a strategic innovation platform focused on leveraging technology as a catalyst for connecting key health care stakeholders to drive better patient outcomes," said Matt Holt, Chairman of the Board, Signify Health and President of Private Equity and Managing Director at New Mountain Capital, which owns a majority stake in Signify Health. "Together with CVS Health, Signify is uniquely positioned to continue to lead the transformation to value-based care. We look forward to the significant impact this transaction will make on health care for years to come."
Following the close of the transaction, Kyle Armbrester will continue to lead Signify Health as part of CVS Health. Signify Health's extensive network of over 50 health plan clients and their members will further augment CVS Health's longstanding and leading offering of payor-agnostic solutions for a diverse set of health plan and employer clients.
Transaction details
CVS Health will acquire Signify Health's stock for $30.50 per share. CVS Health expects to fund the transaction with existing cash from its balance sheet and available resources and is committed to maintaining its current credit ratings. The transaction was approved by the Board of Directors at each of the respective companies. It is subject to approval by a majority of Signify Health's stockholders, receipt of regulatory approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Private equity funds affiliated with New Mountain Capital, which owns approximately 60% of the common stock of Signify Health, have agreed to vote the shares they own in favor of the transaction, subject to customary exceptions. CVS Health and Signify Health anticipate that the transaction will close in the first half of 2023.
"This is a major step as we continue to execute on our strategy," said CVS Health Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Shawn Guertin. "We expect the acquisition to be meaningfully accretive to earnings and, as a result, are increasingly confident we can achieve our long-term adjusted EPS goals as outlined at our Investor Day in December 2021."
Joint Conference Call and Webcast
CVS Health and Signify Health will hold a joint conference call for analysts and investors on September 6, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET. An audio webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously on the Investor Relations portion of the CVS Health website at investors.cvshealth.com where it will be archived for a period of one year.
Advisors
BofA Securities is serving as financial advisor to CVS Health. CVS Health was advised on legal matters by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Dechert LLP, and McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are serving as financial advisors to Signify Health. Ropes & Gray LLP is acting as Signify Health's legal advisor.
About CVS Health
CVS Health® is the leading health solutions company, delivering care like no one else can. We reach more people and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and over 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that's managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day. Follow @CVSHealth on social media.
About Signify Health
Signify Health is a leading health care platform that leverages advanced analytics, technology, and nationwide healthcare provider networks to create and power value-based payment programs. Our mission is to build trusted relationships to make people healthier. Our solutions support value-based payment programs by aligning financial incentives around outcomes, providing tools to health plans and healthcare organizations designed to assess and manage risk and identify actionable opportunities for improved patient outcomes, coordination, and cost-savings. Through our platform, we coordinate what we believe is a holistic suite of clinical, social, and behavioral services to address an individual's healthcare needs and prevent adverse events that drive excess cost, all while shifting services towards the home.
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Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of CVS Health Corporation ("CVS Health") or Signify Health. Statements in this press release that are forward looking include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the benefits of the proposed acquisition of Signify Health and the associated integration plans, expected synergies and revenue opportunities, anticipated future operating performance and results of CVS Health, the expected management and governance of Signify Health following the acquisition, and the expected timing of the closing of the proposed acquisition and other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. By their nature, all forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and/or quantify. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the right of CVS Health or Signify Health or both of them to terminate the merger agreement, including circumstances requiring a party to pay the other party a termination fee pursuant to the merger agreement; failure to obtain applicable regulatory or Signify Health stockholder approval in a timely manner or otherwise; the risk that the acquisition may not close in the anticipated timeframe or at all due to one or more of the other closing conditions to the transaction not being satisfied or waived; risks related to the ability of CVS Health and Signify Health to successfully integrate the businesses and achieve the expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected timeframes or at all and the possibility that such integration may be more difficult, time consuming or costly than expected; risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of CVS Health and Signify Health's common stock, credit ratings or operating results; the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of CVS Health and Signify Health to retain customers and maintain relationships with each of their business partners, suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally; the risk of litigation and/or regulatory actions related to the proposed acquisition; and other business effects, including the effects of industry, market, economic, political or regulatory conditions. Also, CVS Health's and Signify Health's actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements for a number of additional reasons as described in our respective Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section and under the heading "Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements" in our respective most recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K, our respective Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for our respective second quarters of 2022 and our respective Current Reports on Form 8-K.
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Former CIA officer Mike Castiglione leads group to bridge public/private sectors on critical blockchain national security issues
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) and Eventus today announced that ADAM has just appointed Eventus Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Mike Castiglione as Chair of its new National Security Working Group. ADAM created the working group to serve as a bridge between the public and private sectors by acting as a go-to resource for the executive and legislative branches to interface with industry experts on blockchain national security issues.
The ADAM Board of Directors approved Castiglione's selection based on his broad national security experience and Eventus' industry-leading technology in trade surveillance, risk monitoring and transaction monitoring for digital assets.
ADAM CEO Michelle Bond said: "We are very excited to have Mike as the Chair of our National Security Working Group. ADAM has a very deep bench, and we know Mike will add to this, leveraging his experience to guide the working group. He will enable us to continue public-private information sharing to the utmost degree, and we're looking forward to working with him."
Joseph Schifano, Eventus Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, said: "Mike has delivered clear, objective insights on national security challenges during a 15-year career in the U.S. federal government. Eventus is proud to play a role in this working group – which will be a key resource to government and the industry alike – and to collaborate with other experts throughout ADAM's membership to ensure digital asset markets are safe and trusted."
ADAM's National Security Working Group aims to leverage private sector knowledge and expertise to empower policymakers and regulators with insights on anti-money laundering (AML) capabilities and to ensure blockchain technology promotes global growth, open markets, and stability.
"Public-private partnerships are a cornerstone of sound regulation that encourages rapid adoption of emerging technologies. ADAM members are positioned to learn from each other and to build the next suite of products that advances digital assets," Castiglione said.
The ADAM National Security Working Group builds on previous ADAM efforts in the national security space, including its recent comments to FinCEN on Bank Secrecy Act modernization and its testimony to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy.
About the Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM)
The Association for Digital Asset Markers is a private, non-profit, membership-based association of firms operating in the digital asset markets and is a standards-setting body and self-governing association committed to promoting market integrity and best practices. ADAM works with leading financial firms, entrepreneurs and regulators to develop industry best practices that facilitate fair and orderly digital asset markets. In this vein, ADAM's objectives are to: (1) protect market participants from fraud and manipulation; (2) provide clear standards for efficient trading, custody, and the clearing and settlement of digital assets; (3) encourage professionalism and ethical conduct by market participants; and (4) increase transparency and provide information to the public and governments about digital asset markets. In furtherance of this, ADAM released a principles-based Code of Conduct in late 2019 that sets certain standards of professional conduct for ADAM members.
ADAM consists of a broad-based industry group that includes a wide variety of market participants, including trading platforms, custodians, investors, asset managers, traders, liquidity providers, brokers, and service providers. ADAM members are firms that are active in digital asset markets or seek to participate in those markets. ADAM members include: Anchorage Digital, N.A.; BitGo; BitOoda; BlockFi; BTIG; CMT Digital; CoinFund; Cumberland; Crowe LLP; Digital Asset Council of Financial Professionals; Dunamis Trading; Eventus; Fireblocks; FTX.com; FTX.us; Galaxy Digital; Genesis; Grayscale; GSR; HRT; Hxro Foundation; Jane Street Capital; Multicoin Capital; Oasis Pro Markets; Parataxis; Paxos; Robinhood Crypto; Sarson Funds; Solidus Capital; Solidus Labs; Symbiont; Symphony; WisdomTree; and XBTO. ADAM law firm partners include Anderson Kill; DLA Piper; DLx Law; Mayer Brown LLP; Morgan Lewis; and McGonigle, P.C.
About Eventus
Eventus is a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions. Its powerful, award-winning Validus platform is easy to deploy, customize and operate across equities, options, futures, foreign exchange (FX), fixed income and digital asset markets. Validus is proven in the most complex, high-volume and real-time environments of tier-1 banks, broker-dealers, futures commission merchants (FCMs), proprietary trading groups, market centers, buy-side institutions, energy and commodity trading firms, and regulators. The company's rapidly growing client base relies on Validus and Eventus' responsive support and product development teams to overcome its most pressing regulatory challenges. For more, visit www.eventus.com.
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America's CEOs made 324 times more than the workers at their companies last year, according to a new report from one of the nation's top union groups. S&P 500 CEOs on average got a roughly 18% bump in compensation -- about $18 million each -- while many of their workers struggle with wages that can barely keep up with inflation.
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1.Trump
Georgia prosecutors are moving closer to possible criminal charges against those involved in former President Donald Trump's "fake electors" scheme. In an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, Trump campaign officials tried to subvert the Electoral College process by installing fake GOP electors in seven swing states. The Trump backers then signed fake certificates proclaiming their votes for president and vice president. Court documents filed late Tuesday revealed all 16 of the individuals who signed the unofficial certificates may be indicted in the ongoing probe. Separately, concerns are being raised about Trump's 24 Secret Service personnel during the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. The DHS inspector general had requested a month's worth of records from the Secret Service to get a closer look at Trump's actions and behavior during the riot. But the Secret Service has only provided a single text exchange, according to a letter to the House select committee investigating the riot.
2. Mall shooting
New details have been revealed about the armed bystander who killed the shooter at an Indiana mall when the gunman opened fire on a food court Sunday evening, killing three people and wounding two others. Elisjsha Dicken, who was shopping with his girlfriend at the mall in Greenwood, Indiana, did not hesitate to use the Glock handgun he was legally carrying to "neutralize" the gunman within two minutes, police said. "Many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of the shooting," Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said on Monday. As far as investigators know, Dicken "has no police training and no military training," Ison said, adding he was able to fire at the shooter "from quite a distance" very proficiently.
3. Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan lawmakers today elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit country. He received 134 votes from a possible 223. This move will likely anger protesters who have been demanding his removal from office for weeks. The key ally of Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa won a parliamentary ballot after his predecessor fled the country amid escalating protests over an economic crisis marked by dire shortages of essentials such as fuel, medicine and food. Many demonstrators have said only a complete overhaul of the government will satisfy their demands, and some pledged they would stay on the streets until that happens.
4. Extreme weather
As an oppressive heat wave spreads across the US -- and shows no sign of slowing until the weekend -- local leaders across the country are urging extreme caution. The scorching heat that has already settled across much of the south-central US and prompted numerous heat warnings and advisories in the region is now beginning to extend into the Northeast today, bringing "steamy temperatures into the 90s" that will probably feel even higher, the National Weather Service said. Several states on the East Coast have declared heat emergencies or hot weather protocols today. And it's not just the US: The climate crisis has been pushing weather to the extreme all over the world, with a searing heat wave also sweeping through Europe this week.
5. Marriage equality
The Democrat-led House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass a bill to protect same-sex marriage. The bill is an effort to counter the conservative majority on the Supreme Court and would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law. It also includes federal protections for interracial marriages. The bipartisan final vote was 267 to 157 -- with 47 Republicans joining with Democrats. It's not clear, however, whether the bill can pass the Senate where at least 10 Republicans would need to join with Democrats to overcome the filibuster's 60-vote threshold. The bill comes amid fears among Democrats that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court could take aim at same-sex marriage in the future after the high court overturned Roe v. Wade in a reversal of longstanding legal precedent.
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$630 million
That's how much the Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to after no winner matched all six numbers on Tuesday. The night's $555 million jackpot was the fifth largest in the lottery's history. The next drawing will be on Friday, with a cash option estimated to be around $360 million.
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"We simply cannot understand how you could agree to accept money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's golf league to host their tournament at your golf course, and to do so in the shadows of Ground Zero in New Jersey, which lost over 700 residents during the attacks."
-- Families of 9/11 victims in a letter sent to former President Donald Trump urging him to cancel the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey later this month. The families are outraged by the partnership because they say Saudi Arabia was complicit in the 2001 terrorists attacks. Fifteen of the 19 al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four planes on 9/11 were Saudi nationals, but the Saudi government has denied any involvement in the attacks.
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The Story of the Little Tree Car Air Fresheners
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WURI Accolades Minerva's Innovative Learning Methodologies & Industrial Applications
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Minerva University, an independent, non-profit, U.S. accredited institution of higher education with a transformational approach to experiential learning in immersive global settings, is ranked the #1 Most Innovative University in the World by World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI) in its 2022 report. Minerva first joined the WURI rankings in 2020 and has continuously earned top rankings for its groundbreaking, high-quality education, moving from #5 in 2020 to now, #1 in 2022.
In addition to receiving the overall most innovative ranking—the utmost ranking allotted in WURI's 2022 report—Minerva also ranked #1 in the "Industrial Application" category which acknowledges the University's active learning pedagogy and technically innovative learning platform.
"We're honored to receive this recognition, as it touts everything Minerva stands for, and has strived for, during its years of continuous innovation," said Mike Magee, President of Minerva University. "This accomplishment speaks volumes for Minerva's now proven scalability, amid a global pandemic. As the world is changing, Minerva is a step ahead of the curve, building the most global, immersive, ethical and purposeful university in the world, during the most complex and challenging years we have seen. Our most important years of innovation and growth remain ahead of us, as we further implement our mission to nurture critical wisdom for the sake of the world— an ongoing endeavor we owe to our world's future leaders."
A not-for-profit program, WURI is the first global innovative university ranking created to stimulate and evaluate universities' flexible and innovative efforts to foster a workforce that meets the demand of industry and society. WURI is organized by the Institute for Policy and Strategy on National Competitiveness (IPSNC) and is supported by four other organizations including the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). While traditional higher education ranking systems focus on the total number of faculty, campus life or majors offered, the WURI ranking evaluates the university's real contributions to society, highlighting creative and innovative approaches of universities' research and educational programs based on the following six categories: Industrial Applications; Value-Creating; Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Integrity; Student Mobility and Openness; Crisis Management; and Progress during the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Minerva University offers a reinvented university experience for the brightest, most motivated students from around the world. Minerva's undergraduate offering combines a pathbreaking cross-contextual interdisciplinary curriculum, the highest academic standards, an accomplished faculty versed in the science of learning, a global, immersive residential experience that traverses seven countries, and a cutting-edge digital learning environment that produces deep and long-lasting learning. Minerva University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges/Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). The groundbreaking creation of Minerva is detailed in the book Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education (MIT Press.)
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Gift to the LifeNet Health Foundation will support recruitment of a female scientist-leader, organ- and tissue-donor registration initiatives and donor family-support programs
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A gift from philanthropist Joan Brock will enhance organ and tissue donation programs, as well as donor-family support initiatives, at LifeNet Health, a global leader in regenerative medicine and life sciences headquartered in Virginia Beach.
The $100,000 gift, made in honor of LifeNet Health's 40th anniversary, is one of the largest-ever one-time donation to the LifeNet Health Foundation. It also will support the creation of an endowed fund to recruit a female scientist-leader that will support LifeNet Health's innovative research programs.
"This extraordinary gift will positively impact lives today and for years to come," said Jean Neubauer, Executive Director of the LifeNet Health Foundation. "Mrs. Brock's generosity will support our efforts to save more lives through donation, to meet the needs of our donor families, and to relentlessly pursue discoveries in transplantation and cellular therapies — while also helping increase representation of women in the scientific field."
LifeNet Health President and CEO Rony Thomas said the newly created Joan P. Brock Women in Sciences Endowment at LifeNet Health will focus on recruiting a female scientist specializing in research and development. "While there are more women than ever working in scientific and technical fields," he said, "they continue to be significantly underrepresented in the STEM workforce, holding just 27 percent of such jobs in the U.S., according to federal data."
Brock noted the importance of the ongoing progress for women in the scientific field and how it can help further LifeNet Health's mission. "We have come a long way in science," she said. "Today, women can pursue whatever they dream of."
LifeNet Health will honor Brock for her contribution at its 2022 Celebration of Life Gala, benefitting the LifeNet Health Foundation, to be held in November.
About LifeNet Health
LifeNet Health helps save lives, restore health, and give hope to thousands each year. It is the world's most trusted provider of transplant solutions — from organ procurement to bio-implants and cellular therapies — and a leader in regenerative medicine, while always honoring the donors and healthcare professionals who enable healing. For more information about LifeNet Health, go to www.lifenethealth.org.
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GÖTEBORG, Sweden , July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Volvo Group continued to perform well in Q2 2022 with strong growth and improved profitability. We increased our net sales by 31% to SEK 118.9 billion with good momentum both in the sales of vehicles and in the service business. The adjusted operating income rose to SEK 13.7 billion (9.7) and we achieved an adjusted operating margin of 11.6% (10.7). Also in this quarter, we have had extra costs related to supply chain disruptions as well as higher costs for material and have continued to work proactively and successfully with price management to mitigate these effects. Our return on capital employed reached 26.8% (23.4)," says Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO.
- In Q2 2022, net sales increased by 31% to SEK 118.9 billion (90.6). Adjusted for currency movements the increase was 20%.
- Adjusted operating income2 amounted to SEK 13,745 M (9,730), corresponding to an adjusted operating margin of 11.6% (10.7).
- Reported operating income amounted to SEK 13,745 M (11,384).
- Currency movements had a positive impact on operating income of SEK 2,769 M.
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK 5.14 (4.38).
- Operating cash flow in Industrial Operations amounted to SEK 7,199 M (5,932).
- Return on capital employed in Industrial Operations of 26.8% (23.4).
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The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers' uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. The Volvo Group is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, employs almost 95,000 people and serves customers in more than 190 markets. In 2021, net sales amounted to SEK 372 billion (EUR 37 billion). Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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Domino's teams up with Netflix to launch first-of-its-kind mind ordering app, prior to the season four premiere of 'Stranger Things'
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What if you could order pizza with your mind? Now you can, thanks to Domino's new mind ordering app. Domino's Pizza Inc. (NYSE:DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world, is teaming up with Netflix to introduce the latest strange thing to come out of Hawkins National Lab.
Domino's mind ordering app is a new immersive experience which places "test subjects" inside Hawkins National Lab in Hawkins, Indiana – transporting them to the center of "Stranger Things" in 1986. Users can explore the lab, uncover Easter eggs, use their telekinetic powers to gain control of certain objects and place a Domino's Easy Order. How? Domino's mind ordering app uses facial recognition and eye-tracking technology to allow test subjects to use their "powers" to order pizza by making certain facial expressions and head movements.
"Is mind ordering real? At Domino's – it absolutely is," said Kate Trumbull, Domino's senior vice president of brand and product innovation. "Domino's customers and 'Stranger Things' fans can now channel their inner Eleven by using telekinetic powers to order pizza with their mind."
To place an order using Domino's mind ordering app, test subjects must have a Pizza Profile with an existing saved Easy Order. Don't have a Domino's Easy Order? No problem! Test subjects can choose to explore Hawkins National Lab for fun, without placing an order.
"We're geeked to launch this first-of-its-kind mind ordering app, just in time for the premiere of 'Stranger Things' new season," said Trumbull. "Now hungry customers and 'Stranger Things' fans across the U.S. will get a taste of what it's like to be Eleven, and they may find some hidden surprises along the way, such as the Noid or Demogorgon."
How did Domino's mind ordering app come about? Scientists at Hawkins National Lab made a mind-bending discovery, and things didn't go exactly as planned. Watch "Stranger Things" characters Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) witness a series of events that led to Domino's mind ordering app at dominosmindordering.com.
Domino's new mind ordering app is available for download from the App Store or on Google Play. Have a taste for pizza and nostalgia? Domino's is rolling out a retro 1980s pizza box for medium and large pizzas (excluding Handmade Pan pizzas) for a limited time at stores across the U.S., while supplies last. Season four of "Stranger Things" premieres on Netflix on May 27 (volume one) and July 1 (volume two).
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world, with a significant business in both delivery and carryout pizza. It ranks among the world's top public restaurant brands with a global enterprise of more than 19,000 stores in over 90 markets. Domino's had global retail sales of nearly $17.8 billion in 2021, with over $8.6 billion in the U.S. and over $9.1 billion internationally. In the first quarter of 2022, Domino's had global retail sales of over $4.0 billion, with over $1.9 billion in the U.S. and nearly $2.1 billion internationally. Its system is comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for 98% of Domino's stores as of the end of the first quarter in 2022. Emphasis on technology innovation helped Domino's achieve more than half of all global retail sales in 2021 from digital channels. In the U.S., Domino's generated more than 75% of U.S. retail sales in 2021 via digital channels and has developed several innovative ordering platforms, including those for Google Home, Facebook Messenger, Apple Watch, Amazon Echo, Twitter and more. In 2019, Domino's announced a partnership with Nuro to further its exploration and testing of autonomous pizza delivery. In mid-2020, Domino's launched a new way to order contactless carryout nationwide – via Domino's Carside Delivery®, which customers can choose when placing a prepaid online order.
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Trilogy Metals Inc. (TSX: TMQ) (NYSE American: TMQ) ("Trilogy" or the "Company") is providing an update on the Ambler Access Project ("AAP") – the proposed 211-mile industrial-use-only road from the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects to the Dalton highway. Yesterday, the United States District Court (the "Court") granted the United States Department of the Interior's (the "DOI") motion for voluntary remand without vacatur. The DOI had requested the voluntary remand of the previously issued Joint Record of Decision ("JROD") that authorized a right-of-way across federally managed lands for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority ("AIDEA") and the AAP. Importantly, Judge Gleason also ruled that the Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter, and the Court is requiring that the DOI file a status report with the Court within 60 days from the date of the order and every 60 days thereafter. In addition, any party involved in this action may move for a status conference upon a showing of good cause.
The DOI had indicated that the remand was necessary because the DOI had identified deficiencies in their analysis of impacts to subsistence uses under ANILCA Section 810 and their consultation with Tribes pursuant to NHPA Section 106.27. They requested a remand in order to supplement the administrative record in these regards.
Now that the remand request has been granted by the Court, the Company will continue discussions with its partners, including NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., AIDEA, the Northwest Arctic Borough, the State of Alaska and South32 Limited to determine the impact of the above decision on AIDEA's proposed plan and budget for the 2022 summer field season activities that were previously announced.
Tony Giardini, President and CEO of Trilogy, commented, "Now that the Court has ruled to remand and not, as requested by the Plaintiffs, vacate the JROD, we can focus on the upcoming exploration field season at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects and AIDEA's field program for the AAP. We want to acknowledge the strong show of support that the AAP has received from the Native villages in the Upper Kobuk Region and the Northwest Arctic Borough, that have passed resolutions in favor of the AAP. In a recent opinion piece published in the Anchorage Daily News, Tribal Presidents representing two federally recognized tribes from Northwest Alaska stated that "It is critical that the department (DOI) clearly identify the additional tasks and have specific timelines to complete further analysis of subsistence, environmental, religious and cultural impacts of the Ambler Access Project. And we believe certain fieldwork should be allowed to continue so we do not lose the short season for that work to be done." We are hopeful that the Court's decision to retain jurisdiction over this matter and its stipulation requiring regular status reports to be filed will result in the additional analysis being completed in a prompt time period. Lastly, we recognize that subsistence is a key factor not just in the development of the road but in the development of the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects which we believe will have significant positive impacts on the local economy through the provision of high paying stable jobs for Native Alaskans, and the production of green metals, such as copper and cobalt which are critical for the decarbonization of the planet."
For more information on the motion by the DOI, please go to DOI documents.
Trilogy Metals Inc. is a metal exploration and development company which holds a 50 percent interest in Ambler Metals LLC which has a 100 percent interest in the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects ("UKMP") in Northwestern Alaska. On December 19, 2019, South32, a globally diversified mining and metals company, exercised its option to form a 50/50 joint venture with Trilogy. The UKMP is located within the Ambler Mining District which is one of the richest and most-prospective known copper-dominant districts in the world. It hosts world-class polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide ("VMS") deposits that contain copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver, and carbonate replacement deposits which have been found to host high-grade copper and cobalt mineralization. Exploration efforts have been focused on two deposits in the Ambler Mining District – the Arctic VMS deposit and the Bornite carbonate replacement deposit. Both deposits are located within a land package that spans approximately 181,387 hectares. Ambler Metals has an agreement with NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation that provides a framework for the exploration and potential development of the Ambler Mining District in cooperation with local communities. Trilogy's vision is to develop the Ambler Mining District into a premier North American copper producer.
This press release includes certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including, without limitation, statements relating to the permitting and construction of the AAP, the timing and benefits of the AAP and the merits of the UKMP are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "potential", "possible", and similar expressions, or statements that events, conditions, or results "will", "may", "could", or "should" occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include the uncertainties involving whether the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority will build the AAP; the results of the additional supplemental work on the FEIS resulting from the voluntary remand; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; success of exploration activities, permitting timelines, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, environmental risks, prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services, uncertainties involved in the interpretation of drilling results and geological tests, unexpected cost increases and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2021 filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities and with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and in other Company reports and documents filed with applicable securities regulatory authorities from time to time. The Company's forward-looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change, except as required by law.
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'We don't want to go through this no more.' North Canton struggles in flood's wake
NORTH CANTON – Judy Meade was in Zanesville Saturday evening when her husband, Randy Grishaber, called, telling her she needed to hurry back home — the basement was rapidly filling with water.
“[He] said, 'Judy, it's coming up like a geyser.' He said you’ve got to come home," the 63-year-old Meade said. "So I called his son, he got over there, and everything's just floating in the basement. My husband said it was like the Titanic."
Saturday night flooding:North Canton area recovering after intense rain, hail storm
Several areas in North Canton saw flash flooding Saturday as heavy rainfall and hail overwhelmed the city's stormwater system. The National Weather Service said between two and four inches of rain fell in a short period of time in some parts of the city. North Canton Director of Administration Patrick DeOrio said the number of homes and businesses impacted by the flooding is “in the hundreds.”
By the time the rain stopped, the water in the Meades' basement had risen to four feet high. Their belongings — including a brand new washer, two dryers, hot water tank, furnace, deep freezer full of $400 in groceries and countless personal and sentimental items — were all submerged in brackish water that Meade says was full of sewage.
"I have to pay for a new furnace, a new hot water tank," she said. "We're seniors, we’re living on a budget; where do we get the money?"
Flooding a persistent problem for some North Canton residents
While this most recent flood was certainly the worst, Meade said she's seen her basement flood at least six times in the eight years she's lived at her home just off North Main Street.
In at least two of the previous times, she said, the city paid for plumbers to come and address the issue of sewage flowing into her home. Unfortunately, the fixes they made didn't hold up against Saturday night's flooding.
Meade said her insurance will cover only up to $5,000 in damage, and she's still in the process of calculating just how much was lost. With her hot water out and the smell of sewage still strong in the house, she said she's headed to a hotel while cleanup takes place. She's concerned about paying for it.
She's hoping the city will look into issues with the sewer lines or find some way to prevent this.
"This flood might've took my things, memories and stuff that me and him did, but it won't take it out of my heart," Meade said. "We just have to buy new and start over. Seventy and 63 years old. He even told me he'd rather be dead. We don't want to go through this no more."
'Our street storm sewers can only handle so much volume.'
Current plumbing standards require sanitary sewage lines to be separate from storm sewers, meaning in a storm event like Saturday's flood, sewage shouldn't be able to get caught up in the rain water. Historically, that wasn't the case, and in many homes, the sanitary drainage connected to the same lines as the storm water systems.
DeOrio said he could not say what happened at any particular home in the city, but that through the city's history of annexing neighborhoods that may have had different plumbing standards, there's a chance there are still areas with these combined sewers.
"Over the decades since that, the sanitary sewer treatment plants are saying, 'Listen, hey, way too much stuff coming down here in this water and it's costing us a fortune to treat it when we don't need to treat it, it's good old fashioned rainwater,'" DeOrio said. "So we try to keep that out of the system. So over the years, we have been replacing those lines where they were combined, but there are still some out there."
Looking ahead, North Canton Mayor Stephan Wilder said that with all the debris that the flood likely washed into sewers, the city may need to send crews out with cameras to check the storm lines for blockages.
"I know we continue to make improvements on our storm sewers, but in that kind of velocity of water coming down our streets, our street storm sewers can only handle so much volume, and I saw areas in the city that had never in my 40-year career here, that had never flooded," Wilder said.
Wilder said he reached out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Stark County Emergency Management Agency to see what, if any, financial assistance might be available for impacted residents, but came up empty. Disaster assistance requires a disaster declaration, a decision made at the state and federal level when a natural disaster is large enough.
"We're at the mercy of Mother Nature. I mean, how do you prevent high winds? How do you prevent the hail from coming down?" Wilder said. "And I think people just need to be cognizant as to where they buy and where they live. I don't mean to be that cruel in saying that."
'This is because of the city sewers.'
The extent of the damage that the flooding caused to individuals remains to be calculated. In the days after the flood, residents were busy calling repair and plumbing companies to pump water out of their basements and beginning the process of cataloguing their belongings to get as much covered by insurance as they can.
Just up the street from Meade, neighbors Candice Cavender and Dan Schoenberg were also among those impacted by the flood.
Cavender is a teacher currently taking time off to parent. She was out of the house Saturday night when the flooding started. Her teenagers were playing video games with friends when the water started bubbling up through the family’s recently renovated basement. But with their headphones on, they didn’t hear the alarm warning them.
"It didn't stop until midnight and it took until 2 a.m. to go down," Cavender said. "And then all of this black dark stuff is human feces and whatever else was in our sewer systems."
Due to the basement renovation, much of the family's belongings were already out of the flood zone ahead of time, but they still lost hundreds of dollars of food in the deep freezer and baskets of laundry. She said the kids don't know yet, but the family isn't able to afford any sort of summer trip anymore.
"I don't know if any of my baby stuff was in there, like baby books and stuff like that," Cavender said. "They want me to go down before they come back tomorrow to finish up and I don't know if I have the heart to go down and look at the stuff and go, 'Oh my God, look what happened.'"
She said she called the city and left a message when there was no answer. City officials say they've been working through hundreds of calls in the last several days.
Cavender said her family has sunk a lot of money into their home — from the basement renovation to repairing the roof to recovering from an electrical fire to replacing the plumbing. Even if they could sell the house, which Cavender said would never make them back the money they've put in, they love North Canton. They just don't want to deal with flooding anymore.
"This isn't because of my basement," she said. "This is because of the city sewers, their system."
At Schoenberg's house next door, the story is similar. He's in his 60s, and lives on disability assistance due to a series of injuries. When the flooding started, he rushed to his basement to carry out what he could — paintings that belonged to his father, photos, electronics, wood furniture that would be destroyed by water — but with his injuries he struggled to save much of his stuff.
He's also seen flooding in his basement twice before, but thought he had mitigated the issue with some recent sealing work.
"This one was a lot worse because it was pure brown poop sewage water," Schoenberg said. "You can smell it. I can't even eat upstairs. The kitchen is right there. I can't cook in that stuff."
He, like other residents, is hoping the city will look into the sewer system. The water that poured out of his basement shower and soaked through his carpeting was brown, and smelled like sewage, and many of his belongings he's simply throwing away because of the damage.
"I don't know where I'm gonna get the money," Schoenberg said. "I'm gonna have to put all my credit cards on."
If you are a North Canton resident dealing with the aftermath of the flood, please reach out to Sam Zern at szern@cantonrep.com.
What to do when your house floods
Understanding your risk is an important part of flood mitigation: use FloodSmart.gov to assess your home’s risk for flooding and your potential needs. You may consider purchasing flood insurance or adding an endorsement for water backup to your homeowners insurance, depending on the type of water damage you may be at risk for.
When a flood occurs
- Never wade through flood water. It can contain hazardous materials or may even be energized due to interaction with an electrical system.
- Shut off your gas and electricity before beginning water abatement.
- Remove as much water as you can, whether through a wet vacuum or with the help of a plumber or water mitigation team.
- Dry out the area to prevent mold growth using fans and dehumidifiers
- Assess the damage to belongings and contact your insurance company for guidance on your policy | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/north-canton/2022/05/17/flooding-north-canton-leaves-residents-asking-city-help/9793472002/ | 2022-05-17T18:24:00Z |
As a retired educator, I want to compliment you on the wonderful Backroads article on the front page of Monday’s newspaper. The subtitle was “Segregated 1911 Temple students celebrated graduation in different ways.”
It reminded me of how I felt as a white student in the 1950s and wondered why black students attended a different school than white students. My parents were not racists and wisely taught me that all people should be regarded as equals.
Thank you for a reminder of how different life was for the 1911 students. Thankfully, our nation has improved greatly since then.
Dr. Karen Clemons
Belton | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/letters_to_the_editor/article_a5e752ba-de25-11ec-adbf-57e7009b98c0.html | 2022-05-31T12:31:27Z |
BEIJING, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CellUranics has completed tens of millions RMB of angel financing, which was jointly invested by Sequoia China Seed Fund and Asia Green Fund (AGF). The fund will be mainly used for team expansion, follow-up R&D, and international patent applications.
Founded in 2020, the products of CellUranics can help the plastics industry achieve carbon neutrality. The founding and consultant team have professional backgrounds in science and technology, and deep industry experience. So far, its main products are glucaric acid, FDCA and PEF made from glucose.
The long-term goal of CellUranics is to build an industrial chain: "biomass→ glucose→FDCA→polymer materials". Neng Guo, Founder of CellUranics, once worked in the USA branch of BP's downstream business and accumulated rich experience in the chemical industry that spans across R&D and business. He said, "My team has rich experience in the industry. With this experience, we can achieve a seamless connection from test to industrial production. We look forward to contributing to the realization of China's '3060' dual carbon goal."
Kuan Huang, Executive Director of AGF, said that: "CellUranics has an international team that has rich experience in R&D and large-scale plant engineering in the field of materials. Its unique high-conversion technology together with the team's skills and experience is expected to quickly reduce the cost of FDCA and PEF as well as other downstream products to a level that can compete directly with traditional petroleum-based products."
About Asia Green Fund：
Asia Green Fund (AGF), founded in 2016, is a private equity fund focusing on green impact investment in China, with approximately RMB15 billion in assets under management, focusing on equity investment of outstanding growth portfolios in the fields of Clean Energy, New Materials, Green Advanced Manufacturing, Green Low-carbon Transportation, Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection, etc., driven by green technology and digital technology.
AGF is an early private equity fund in China institutionalizing ESG policy and quantitatively evaluating the green impact of an investment. It adheres to the mission of "Invest · Greenergize China · Impact Asia" and helps portfolios with new green impact through enabling technological innovation and pursuing a win-win situation of financial returns and environmental benefits. With good investment performance and market influence, AGF has been rated as a private equity fund with "The Most Green Impact" and "The Best ESG Institution in China" by authoritative organizations.
For further information, please visit http://www.asiagreenfund.com/html/en_index/
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Construction progress continues with major milestone
ATLANTA, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta Gas Light today announced the placement of its second LNG storage facility rooftop August 2 at its liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in Cherokee County. Weighing 444 tons, or as much as 11 humpback whales, the domed roof is approximately 200 feet in diameter and 36 feet in height. The air raise of the roof took approximately 4 hours to complete. Construction of the inner LNG containment shell within the outer wall will begin in the coming months. Once complete, the new LNG tank will store an additional 2 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas onsite to meet Atlanta Gas Light natural gas supply needs.
Construction of the LNG storage facility has been underway since November 2021 and will be completed in phases over the next three years.
"Placement of the LNG storage tank roof is a major milestone for the project, reflecting the hard work and dedication of our team as we transition this facility closer to operation," says Atlanta Gas Light President and CEO Pedro Cherry. "This LNG project is critical natural gas infrastructure necessary to continue providing fuel to our customers safely and reliably in the decades when demand is at its highest."
The project will allow Atlanta Gas Light to double the facility's capacity, store gas when it is most affordable and then have access to that supply during periods of peak demand in the county and surrounding regions.
Liquefied natural gas is natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid state, at about -260 degrees Fahrenheit, for shipping and storage. The volume of natural gas in its liquid state is about 600 times smaller than its volume in its gaseous state in a natural gas pipeline. While stored as LNG, it's returned to its gaseous state, or regasified, for use by customers.
This facility is part of Atlanta Gas Light's first-ever Integrated Capacity Development Plan (i-CDP), which was approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission in November 2021. The i-CDP provides insight into the company's long-range plans for initiatives that will enable it to meet increased demand and deliver superior customer service while continuing to serve the energy needs of the state safely and reliably.
Check out Atlanta Gas Light's YouTube channel for video of the roof placement.
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About Atlanta Gas Light
Atlanta Gas Light is one of four natural gas distribution companies of Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). Atlanta Gas Light provides natural gas delivery service to approximately 1.7 million customers in Georgia. In operation since 1856, the company is one of the oldest corporations in the state. For more information, visit atlantagaslight.com.
About Southern Company Gas
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), America's premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.3 million natural gas customers through its regulated distribution companies in four states with approximately 666,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural gas. Other businesses include investments in interstate pipelines and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
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SAN MATEO, Calif., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), a leader in Business Spend Management (BSM), today announced that Kanika Soni has been elected to its Board of Directors.
Soni currently serves as the Chief Commercial Officer at Tripadvisor, with prior leadership roles at The Walt Disney Company, Tesla Motors, Gilt Groupe, and McKinsey & Company.
"We're excited to welcome Kanika to Coupa's Board of Directors," said Rob Bernshteyn, Coupa's chairman and CEO. "Her broad strategic and operational experience will benefit our company's continued innovation agenda in the market. I'm looking forward to engaging with her as we take our strategic vision of amplifying community value to new heights."
"I'm excited to be part of the Coupa Board and the strong global community they've built," Soni said. "Coupa's core value of ensuring customer success is a value around which I've built my career. I'm looking forward to engaging with the team and seeing what we can achieve together."
About Kanika Soni
A results-driven executive with a focus on growth and transformation, Kanika Soni has 20 years of management experience at some industry-leading brands. In her current role as Chief Commercial Officer at Tripadvisor, she leads the Sales, Product, and Marketing efforts across the B2B businesses, including Hotels Meta Auction, Hospitality Solutions, and Media Solutions & Advertising.
Kanika started her career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and then took on management roles at Gilt, Disney, and Tesla — taking each one a major step forward through digital innovation.
She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Delhi.
About Coupa
Coupa is the cloud-based Business Spend Management (BSM) platform that unifies processes across supply chain, procurement, and finance functions. Coupa empowers organizations around the world to maximize value and operationalize purpose through their business spend. Learn more at coupa.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOX), (Nasdaq: FOXA) will discuss fourth quarter and full year financial results for the 2022 fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, via a live audio webcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
Results will be released at approximately 8:00 a.m. ET / 5:00 a.m. PT on August 10, 2022.
A live audio webcast of the presentation, and the archived webcast, will be available at investor.foxcorporation.com.
Fox Corporation produces and distributes compelling news, sports, and entertainment content through its primary iconic domestic brands, including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment and FOX Television Stations, and leading AVOD service Tubi. These brands hold cultural significance with consumers and commercial importance for distributors and advertisers. The breadth and depth of our footprint allows us to deliver content that engages and informs audiences, develop deeper consumer relationships, and create more compelling product offerings. FOX maintains an impressive track record of news, sports, and entertainment industry success that shapes our strategy to capitalize on existing strengths and invest in new initiatives. For more information about Fox Corporation, please visit www.FoxCorporation.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The offensive line for the Dallas Cowboys got a boost Thursday night after the NFC East division champs chose offensive tackle, Tyler Smith, out of Tulsa. It’s actually a sort of coming home for the first-rounder as he played high school football in Fort Worth.
Thursday night Smith excitedly said, “It’s indescribable, man. Being able to come home after all this time and be able to play for America’s Team is a dream come true. I grew up watching this team.”
Smith was a redshirt sophomore at Tulsa and is 6’5″, 324 lbs and was graded as a 6.33 prospect, meaning he, “Will eventually be plus starter.”
NFL analyst Lance Zierlein projected Smith as a second-rounder and described him as, “Power merchant who plays the game with a field demeanor that can work in his favor on one play and against him on the next snap. Smith is able to displace defenders as a run blocker despite lacking proper hand usage for leverage. He’s explosive and athletic but struggles to sustain and finish what he starts. He’s too quick to discard any semblance of technique in favor of bear-hugging the opponent and drawing a penalty. A move from tackle to guard would allow teams to feature his downhill power in the rushing attack while reducing exposure in pass protection. The holes in his game can all be filled if he accepts coaching and brings it to the field on Sundays.”
The Cowboys say that fixing penalty issues will be top of mind for the rookie who was flagged 16 times in his last season at Tulsa. Coach Mike McCarthy said that his mistakes could be from how aggressive Smith plays, “Those are the ones…you’d rather be dealing with combative one that he can learn from.”
Pro Football Focus tweeted out Thursday night that Smith garnered a 93.9 run-blocking grade in 2021 which was the highest by an AAC tackle ever. PFF touted the tackle’s ability in the run game, “Smith’s run-blocking tape is a sight to behold. Neither Neal nor Ekwonu led the FBS in big-time blocks last season; it was Smith. He likely ends up at guard and is a work in progress as a pass protector, but you can’t teach his power.” | https://cw33.com/sports/who-is-dallas-cowboys-first-round-draft-pick-tyler-smith/ | 2022-04-29T16:32:04Z |
Investment in leadership and technology innovation positions the company to redefine anti-money laundering and combating financial fraud
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consilient, a fintech innovator aiming to transform financial crime compliance, today announced it has secured a private $3 million seed funding round that will help the company's vision to become the leader in the development of next-generation machine learning technology to detect and prevent illicit activity within financial ecosystems. Consilient was founded through a partnership between K2 Integrity and Giant Oak.
The seed round will provide working and growth capital to accelerate client pilots, make further investment to speed up the rapid build program expanding product design and deployment capabilities, as well as augmenting the existing teams. Consilient's federated machine learning technology enables organizations to discover and manage financial crime risks dynamically and effectively, while preserving privacy. It enables enterprises to gain insights across the industry without moving sharing or moving data.
"Criminals adapted during the pandemic and continue to evolve. But recent innovations in technology can empower those individuals and teams engaged in combatting financial crime," said Gary Shiffman, CEO and co-founder of Consilient. "Current detection and prevention systems simply do not work, in spite of massive investments made each year. As an industry, it is critical that we implement the next generation anti-money laundering solution. It is our goal to solve this fundamental challenge."
Consilient is poised to reshape the way the financial system prevents financial crime," said Juan Zarate, chairman and co-founder of Consilient. "Consilient elegantly solves at once the bedeviling problems affecting the AML/CFT system globally: inefficiency, ineffectiveness, concerns for data privacy and security, and the decentralization of the financial system. To manage financial crime risk and sanctions exposure in the 21st century, Consilient will need to be a fundamental part of the solution for banks, payment providers, the crypto industry, and regulators."
Consilient has two technology patents pending for an adaptive transaction processing system and the orchestration techniques for adaptive transaction processing. The company also expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of Laurence Hamilton as chief commercial officer and Christina Schott as head of customer success. Hamilton and Schott follow the hire of Shawn Holtzclaw as Consilient's president & chief legal officer.
Hamilton joined Consilient after helping launch a UK-based digital bank, JN Bank UK, as its chief commercial officer. He has spent over two decades leading international data and analytics companies, developing international market strategies and new product development for credit, fraud and anti-money laundering solutions. Schott joined Consilient from BMO Harris Bank, where she served as manager of fraud operations strategy and was responsible for the department's transformation. She brings over 18 years of technology experience, implementing flexible, scalable solutions for fraud, identity and authentication risk mitigation with a focus on the customer experience.
Learn more about Consilient here.
About Consilient
Founded through a partnership between K2 Integrity (www.k2integrity.com) and Giant Oak (www.giantoak.com), Consilient is the 21st century answer for best-in-class anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance solutions.
Consilient's solution is a behavioral-based, machine learning-driven utility and governance model design that enables financial institutions to more effectively share information about risks and illicit actors in real time, while adhering to privacy protections and data localization restrictions. Consilient uses federated learning, which allows financial institutions to access and interrogate data sets in different institutions, databases, and even jurisdictions to discover previously unknown but existing risks.
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New Chromebook Delivers Powerful Performance in a Thin-and-Light, Durable Design
Editor's Summary
- The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (CP514-3H) provides exceptionally powerful performance with the latest AMD Ryzen™ 5000 C-Series processors and AMD Radeon™ graphics
- Immersive visuals on the 14-inch Full HD display with 100% sRGB color range[1] and superior audio for conferencing, classes, entertainment, games and more
- Thin-and-light design is convertible and boasts military-grade MIL-STD 810H durability to take on more in a range of settings
TAIPEI, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acer today debuted its new high-performance Acer Chromebook Spin 514 convertible and durable Chromebook, powered by new AMD Ryzen™ 5000 C-series processors based on AMD "Zen 3" architecture and AMD Radeon™ graphics, also launched today.
"Acer's continued partnership with AMD has resulted in award-winning Chromebooks that deliver the latest in powerful performance in thin-and-light designs," said James Lin, General Manager, Notebooks, IT Products Business, Acer Inc. "Acer Chromebook customers have pushed the boundaries for what they do with their Chromebook, and can do even more with the new Ryzen-powered Acer Chromebook Spin 514."
"We're proud to partner with Acer to introduce the new AMD processor-powered Acer Chromebook Spin 514," said Saeid Moshkelani, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Client Business Unit, AMD. "With the leadership performance of Ryzen 5000 C-Series processors, Acer's latest Chromebook is equipping consumers with technology that is putting collaboration and efficiency at the forefront of every classroom, office and creative space."
Powerful AMD Ryzen Performance with an Immersive Display
The new Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (CP514-3H) makes multi-tasking a breeze with the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 C-Series processors based on AMD's "Zen 3" architecture. From tackling personal finances to running the latest productivity apps, the new Acer Chromebook Spin 514 can handle it all. AMD Radeon graphics contribute to smooth visuals when playing cloud games and streaming the latest content on the Chromebook's 14-inch Full HD multi-touch IPS display. Made with Corning Gorilla Glass, the display is protected from scratches and dings. Plus, attention will stay on the immersive images thanks to the display's vibrant 100% sRGB color range[1] and ultra-narrow 6.1mm (0.24 in) side bezels.
Hybrid workers and students will experience superb video on conference calls and online classes using the Acer Chromebook Spin 514's Full HD webcam with flare-reducing technology. Rich audio completes the conferencing solution with dual microphones and two upward-facing speakers sharing. A camera shutter protects privacy when calls and classes are done.
Military-grade MIL-STD 810H durability [2,3] pairs with the aluminum top and bottom covers to give customers the protection they need to use the device wherever work, classes and fun takes them. The Chromebook Spin 514's convertible design features 360-degree hinges, enabling its touchscreen display to be used in four different modes: display mode for presenting, tablet mode for entertainment, clamshell mode for keyboard input and tent mode to make the most of small spaces. An all-day 10-hour battery life[4] keeps users productive in all modes on the go.
The new Acer Chromebook Spin 514 is packed with functional features including fast Wi-Fi 6 that provides reliable performance and connectivity as well as two USB Gen 2 Type-C ports and optional HDMI for connecting to peripherals, charging devices and transferring data. Navigation is smooth and accurate on the durable Corning Gorilla Glass touchpad, and the optional backlit keyboard boosts productivity in a range of lighting conditions.
Acer Chromebook Enterprise Spin 514
For enterprise users, the Acer Chromebook Enterprise Spin 514 features the business capabilities of Chrome OS to provide employees with a modern experience and devices that stay fast, have built-in security, deploy quickly, and reduce the total cost of ownership. Acer Chromebook Enterprise devices free IT from mundane administrative tasks, facilitate collaboration, and secure access to data and apps for the cloud workforce.
Chrome OS and App Support
Acer Chromebooks are built on Chrome OS, delivering fast boot times, ease of use, security, and longer battery life. Acer Chromebooks support web-based apps as well as installed apps through Google Play, so users can access all their favorite apps for productivity, school, creativity and more.
Pricing and Availability
The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (CP514-3H) will be available in Q3 in North America starting at USD 579.99; and in EMEA starting at EUR 749.
The Acer Chromebook Enterprise Spin 514 (CP514-3H) will be available in Q3 in North America starting at USD 899.99; and in EMEA starting at EUR 849.
Exact specifications, prices, and availability will vary by region. To learn more about availability, product specifications and prices in specific markets, please contact your nearest Acer office via www.acer.com.
About Acer
Founded in 1976, Acer is one of the world's top ICT companies with a presence in more than 160 countries. As Acer evolves with the industry and changing lifestyles, it is focused on enabling a world where hardware, software and services will fuse with one another, creating ecosystems and opening up new possibilities for consumers and businesses alike. Acer's 7,500 employees are dedicated to the research, design, marketing, sale, and support of products and solutions that break barriers between people and technology. Please visit www.acer.com for more information.
© 2022 Acer Inc. All rights reserved. Acer and the Acer logo are registered trademarks of Acer Inc. Celeron, Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, and/or service marks, indicated or otherwise, are the property of their respective owners. All offers subject to change without notice or obligation and may not be available through all sales channels. Prices listed are manufacturer suggested retail prices and may vary by location. Applicable sales tax extra.
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New approval of disinfectant expands Neogen's Canadian biosecurity portfolio
LEXINGTON, Ky., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neogen® Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that the Natural and Non-Prescriptive Health Products Directorate Branch of Health Canada has granted approval for the distribution of Neogen® Viroxide Super™ in Canada.
Neogen Viroxide Super is a peroxygen-based powder disinfectant that offers rapid broad-spectrum disinfection as part of a comprehensive biosecurity program. Neogen Viroxide Super can be used for the disinfection of animal housing and equipment, boot baths, vehicles, and other hard, non-porous surfaces.
"We are pleased to be able to offer this biosecurity solution to our Canadian customers, demonstrating our commitment to providing a comprehensive biosecurity program for our global community," said John Adent, Neogen's President and CEO. "This solution is ideal for use in production and companion animal facilities, farm premise, and aquaculture environments, helping to protect animals, food, and people from bacteria and viruses."
Neogen Viroxide Super's active ingredients are potassium peroxymonosulfate and sodium chloride. It has been proven effective against multiple industry-relevant bacteria and viruses, including COVID-19 and avian influenza. The product is efficacious in hard water, and its preparation is simplified by a color change to green that indicates it is ready to use. In addition to Neogen Viroxide Super, Neogen offers a comprehensive suite of cleaners and disinfectants for a wide variety of biosecurity applications.
Health Canada's approval for the distribution of Neogen Viroxide Super joins the approvals of other global regulatory agencies, including the U.S. EPA, for the use of the disinfectant to help in the fight against the spread of disease.
Neogen's comprehensive suite of biosecurity products, including sanitizers, apparel, cleaners, and disinfectants, was primarily developed for use in Neogen's agricultural markets, but many would prove useful to stop the spread of disease, wherever it exists.
About Neogen
Neogen Corporation develops and markets comprehensive solutions dedicated to food and animal safety, operating with the intention to "Every day, protect the people and animals we care about." The company's Food Safety segment markets dehydrated culture media and diagnostic test kits to detect foodborne bacteria, natural toxins, food allergens, drug residues, plant diseases, and sanitation concerns. Neogen's Animal Safety segment is a leader in the development of genomic solutions along with the manufacturing and distribution of a variety of animal healthcare products, including diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, veterinary instruments, wound care, and disinfectants, as well as rodent and insect control solutions.
CONTACT:
Katlyn Connelly, Animal Safety Product Manager
800.621.8829 (U.S./Canada) or 859.254.1221, KConnelly@Neogen.com
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US Together refugee assistance effort gets help from local Jewish, Mennonite communities
Local religious organizations and Stark County residents are helping a Cleveland-based refugee organization by collecting and donating items to help new arrivals get resettled.
Temple Israel in Canton, the Mennonite Central Committee Gift & Thrift store in Hartville and other groups help US Together, a program founded in Cleveland in 2003.
More:Hartville Thrift Shoppe donates $1 million gift to Mennonite ministry
US Together is one of nine national nonprofit refugee resettlement agencies in the country that work directly with the federal government, said Community Engagement Manager Lee Columber II.
Over the past year, the agency has helped 300 to 400 refugees resettle in the Cuyahoga County area. Most of those being helped are Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
"With the Afghanistan crisis, through the phase one of the emergency response, we resettled 165 individuals in the Cleveland area," he said. "And we're anticipating 40 more during phase two."
The agency has primarily served refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo and east Syria.
US Together also has served people from Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, former Soviet Union, Iraq, Somalia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepali/Bhutanese, Pakistan Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, El Syria, Tanzania and Uganda.
Columber said they were helping a few Ukrainians already in the pipeline before war broke out in February. The Biden administration has granted Ukrainian war refugees who arrive in the U.S. "humanitarian parolee" status for up to two years.
"We're still waiting on the Ukrainians to come in," he said.
US Together operates under the auspices of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society, one of the world's oldest refugee resettlement organizations. HIAS was founded in New York in 1881 to help resettle Jews escaping the pogroms, government-sponsored attacks on Jewish communities in Russia and eastern Europe.
Working in partnership with faith-based groups, Columber said, "has been our bread and butter."
US Together's goal:120 Days to self-sufficiency
US Together uses a wraparound approach by helping refugees secure food, housing, clothing, furniture, health screenings, transportation, workforce redevelopment, school registration and secure any government benefit for which they may qualify, Columber said
The goal, he said, is 120 days to self-sufficiency.
The agency also works with Americans in poverty.
"We always want to support as many people as possible," Columber said. "It's not a pick-and-choose. It is building these resources and the capacity to build a community to help out these people who are being persecuted. Many are fleeing their country, not because they want to. They have a distinct fear for their life if they stay where they are."
Columber said he's heartened that the Biden Administration has committed to welcoming 125,000 refugees, plus 100,000 Ukrainians.
"The prior administration only allowed 15,000, and they did even meet that mark" he said.
Columber said most new arrivals are families, "women and children especially."
"Sometimes we see a lot of trauma," he said.
Canton connection to US Together
In Canton, Rita Schaner has spearheaded donations of household items at Temple Israel. Schaner said the Canton Jewish Federation decided to adopt and support US Together in November.
They created a flyer containing a wish list of needed items, and reached out to churches and Muslim community leaders, Schaner said.
Canton's Jewish community helped resettle refugee families from the USSR in 1991.
"This whole process is familiar to the Federation," she said. "We knew we could do it, and that why we reached out to the rest of the community. We felt this was really an opportunity to develop collaboration among the entire Stark County community, not just one silo. Who could have anticipated Ukraine in November, but the fact that the mechanism's in place give us an opportunity to respond."
Dr. E. James Witmer, a retired pediatrician in Louisville, said he reached out the Mennonite Central Committee to make arrangements for storage. Items dropped off at Temple Israel are transported and stored in Hartville before they're dispersed in Cleveland.
"We want to acknowledge the value of the Mennonite community in working with us because without them, we'd never have access to the storage, which is critical," Schaner said. "They have a very sophisticated system."
Witmer said at least one local business, Grove Appliance TV & Mattress in Alliance, has committed to donating bedding as its needed.
Schaner also recruited Jeff Sklar, a Canton business owner and community volunteer who oversees the collection and delivery logistics between Canton and Hartville.
"I'm very happy to help out, but I am a very small part of this project," Sklar said. "I'm fascinated by the depth of this program and am willing to help out Rita or whatever anybody needs."
The Temple Israel Brotherhood is donating 15 homework desks they recently built to US Together.
Helping others in need is not just a "mitzvah," or good deed, it is at the heart of the faith, Temple Israel Rabbi David Komerofsky said.
"Judaism reminds us many times to welcome the stranger since we were strangers in the land of Egypt," he said. "It's at the heart of the Exodus story. Embracing the causes of the vulnerable is at the heart of our mission to leave the world better than we found it."
Columber said US Together is in constant contact with other agencies so it can help as many people as possible.
Columber said he is excited about a new Biden Administration initiative "Community Sponsorship Hubs," which allows individuals and groups to oversee and cosponsor different aspects of the refugees' arrival and resettlement needs. He said he'd like to see groups who will sponsor six months of housing.
"We really want to build that capacity right now," he said. "The humanitarian parolees will be coming in soon."
The new initiative also allows for a wider geographic area to accept refugees, which includes Stark County.
The group stressed that everyone is welcome to help.
"It takes a village," Columber said.
To learn more about the Community Sponsorship Hub program, contact Columber at 216-456-9630 or by email at : lcolumber@ustogether.us or visit https://www.ustogether.us/
To contact Schaner call 330-327-3890.
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Which Marmot backpacks are best?
Avid outdoor enthusiasts will recognize Marmot as a winter-focused brand first and foremost. However, you’d be missing out if you didn’t give their backpacks their due. Whether you want something for school, the trails or anything in between, Marmot backpacks hold their own in a competitive outdoor market. For the best all-around option, consider the Marmot Tool Box 26L Backpack.
What to know before you buy a Marmot backpack
Size
Marmot makes backpacks as small as 14 liters and as large as 42. While this will accommodate most needs, backpackers who like to be gone for a week or more may want to opt for something in a larger size than Marmot offers at the moment. Though they offer smaller sizes, their prices are fairly competitive in what tends to be an expensive outdoor space.
How will you use it?
If you just want a casual pack to take to school or the office, Marmot has you covered. Day hikers and weekend warriors will appreciate their offerings as well. While this covers most people, those who demand the most out of their backpacks over longer trips may want to opt elsewhere.
Weight
Marmot’s smaller packs are efficient in balancing features with weight. The Marmot Tool Box 30L Backpack comes in at just over 2 pounds and has all the features you need to go from the office to the trailhead. Even the more robust Eiger 42L Pack weighs just over 3 pounds.
What to look for in a quality Marmot backpack
Packed with features
Each Marmot pack offers features efficiently. If you want a pack with a laptop sleeve, padded pockets and an internal organizer system, Marmot has you covered and then some. More outdoor-focused, larger packs have a system that allows you to strip the pack down to the bare essentials or be fully loaded depending on your trip’s goal.
Efficient use of space
Even with the wealth of features, most users will find that Marmot packs are moderately sized as far as outdoor packs go and can be easily brought to the office or the airport. Most top-tier Marmot backpacks feature a wide main zipper, so you can access all of your gear quickly and at once.
Multi-sport options
Maybe backpacking isn’t your thing, but you love to rock climb, mountaineer or backcountry ski. Marmot has packs specifically made for things other than backpacking, as they were initially a mountaineering brand, so you can pursue whatever your passion is.
How much you can expect to spend on Marmot backpack
Depending on the size and features you want, you can spend anywhere from $40-$200 in most cases.
Marmot backpack FAQ
What is a good size for a casual or school backpack?
Most people will find that 20 to 30 liters is a good size for a school or office backpack. You’ll likely also want to look for features like a laptop sleeve, large main pocket and water bottle pockets.
What should I look for in a Marmot backpack for hiking?
This mainly depends on how long you’re out for. You probably want something around 25 liters for day hiking. Anything longer than that and you’ll want to look for something closer to 35 or 40 liters. You’ll likely want water bottle pockets or a hydration bladder pocket, as well as a sturdy hip belt and waterproof materials.
Can I take a Marmot hiking backpack with me for mountaineering or backcountry skiing?
While the simple answer is yes, most serious adventurers will want a pack more specific to their sport of choice. While a lightweight, 35-liter or so backpack (like the Marmot Graviton) will fulfill most backcountry needs, as you progress, you’ll likely want to get more specific with your gear.
What’s the best Marmot backpack to buy?
Top Marmot backpack
What you need to know: If you want a jack-of-all-trades backpack, the Marmot Toolbox 26L is as at home on the trail as it is in the office.
What you’ll love: At 26L, you have plenty of room for snacks and layers when out hiking. Those preferring this for the office or school will enjoy the padded laptop sleeve. Rugged, water-resistant material keeps all of your belongings protected.
What you should consider: Those using it for school or work should note that the laptop sleeve accommodates most 15-inch laptops. Anything 16 inches or larger may not fit.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Backcountry
Top Marmot backpack for the money
What you need to know: While ironically the most expensive option on this list, users will be hard-pressed to find a better backpacking backpack under $200 than this offering from Marmot.
What you’ll love: Unlike most Marmot packs, this comes in men’s-specific and women’s-specific fit options. The main pocket opens wide enough to see all of your gear at once and get what you need quickly. For a pack of its price, the suspension system carries nicely.
What you should consider: Users with shorter torsos may feel that this pack is a bit long. Unfortunately, this is a one-size pack.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon in women’s and men’s styles
Worth checking out
What you need to know: For users who travel often, this backpack-style weekender bag has a 28-liter capacity to complement its modern styling.
What you’ll love: Although a compact backpack, you still have a wealth of storage options. With two large main compartments and two smaller outside zippers, everything you need is quickly accessible.
What you should consider: Like the Marmot Tool Box, the laptop sleeve accommodates most 15-inch laptops at maximum. Travelers who prefer larger laptops will find the sleeve too small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WHY: New York, N.Y., May 31, 2022. Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM) between December 30, 2019 and April 22, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 12, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Axsome securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Axsome class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2221 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 July 12, 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 made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Axsome's chemistry, manufacturing, and control ("CMC") practices were deficient with respect to AXS-07 and its manufacturing process; (2) as a result, Axsome was unlikely to submit the AXS-07 New Drug Application ("NDA") on its initially represented timeline; (3) the foregoing CMC issues remained unresolved at the time that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") reviewed the AXS-07 NDA; (4) accordingly, the FDA was unlikely to approve the AXS-07 NDA; (5) as a result of all the foregoing, Axsome had overstated AXS-07's regulatory and commercial prospects; and (6) as a result, Axsome's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Axsome class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2221 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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NEW Perlick Mobile Tap is the mobile beverage solution on wheels that bartenders and homeowners alike will want to host guests with ease
MILWAUKEE, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Perlick is excited to announce the launch of their brand new Perlick Mobile Tap beverage dispensing solution on wheels. Designed with agility in mind, this portable beverage dispensing system can be easily transported between entertaining spaces and comes equipped with the elements needed to dispense your beverages from the unit itself. Perlick will offer both a commercial and residential model, so bartenders and homeowners alike can now pour drinks for guests, wherever and whenever they need, with ease.
Unlike most stationary beverage dispensing systems for the commercial or home bar, the Mobile Tap can go wherever you need it to go. This means bars, restaurants, and event spaces can dispense beer and wine on the patio for the cocktail hour rush, and then transition the unit indoors with ease for the dinner crowd. Homeowners can now dispense perfectly chilled drinks while entertaining guests in their backyards during the day and then wheel the party inside when the sun goes down.
"We saw a need for bar and restaurant owners, as well as homeowners who enjoy entertaining, to have a complete beverage dispensing and refrigeration solution that is compact, easy to move, and designed with durability in mind to move effortlessly throughout venues and homes," said Erin Geiger, Product Marketing Manager, Perlick.
Our new Perlick Mobile Tap beverage dispensing units are available in four dispensing combinations. Choose from units that dispense beer and wine, nitro coffee and cold brew coffee or wine, or two varieties of either wine or beer. Perlick's new turnkey beverage dispensing solution makes it easy for users to get up and running (or pouring!) quickly, and the added durability in these new units make them ready to roll wherever you need them to go.
"Beverage dispensing encompasses so much more than just beer, which is why it was important to us that we made a product that would give bars and home entertainers options for what they want to serve. Wine and nitro coffee dispensing are taking the industry by storm, and we're excited to provide these options in this new ultra mobile dispensing system," Geiger said.
Family owned since 1917, Perlick Corporation is a national manufacturing leader in customizable food and beverage storage and serving solutions. Perlick's commercial line includes custom bar and beverage and refrigeration equipment, innovative underbar items, industry-leading beverage dispensing equipment and time-tested brewery fittings. The company's award-winning, luxury residential product line features indoor and outdoor undercounter refrigerators, column refrigerators, wine reserves, freezers, freezer and refrigerator drawers, ice makers, and beer dispensers. A Milwaukee-based manufacturer, Perlick is dedicated to providing precision-engineered, quality, customizable food and beverage storage and serving solutions. To learn more, visit www.perlick.com or call 800-558-5592.
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Earth Day campaign to scale verified sustainability efforts through reforestation solicits veritree's corporate community, including new partners Jeep, Vega, and Herbaland.
VANCOUVER, BC, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- veritree, a data-driven, restorative platform that connects nature-based solutions with mission-driven companies, today announces its 10 Million Verified Tree Challenge, uniting 30 corporate partners to invest in restoration projects in critical habitats this year.
Designed to empower brands with a vehicle for real, measurable impact, the program will leverage veritree's technology to monitor, manage, verify and track the regenerative impacts of restoration projects in partnership with planting organizations from the ground up in Canada, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, and Senegal.
"Our 10 Million Verified Tree challenge allows brands to become an important part of the restorative economy and bring their consumers straight to the heart of climate action," said veritree CEO Derrick Emsley. "When we started the tree-planting apparel company tentree, our sister brand, we wanted to build a brand that gives back to the planet more than it takes; a decade later, I'm proud to be scaling that impact through the veritree platform, connecting a community of partners and their stakeholders with real and meaningful action."
Companies leading the challenge by supporting the planting of 50,000 trees or more include: Samsung, Northland Properties, Herbaland, Mogo, Cardano, Jeep, Creator.co, Vega, 101 Cider, Krystal, Alive Publishing, Accelerate Financial, Promosapien, Jiminy's, Monstercat, Save-on-foods, and Earn with Drop.
The collective effort targets habitats around the world where planting projects can maximize positive impact. In Canada's Cariboo region, veritree's planting partners will restore lands destroyed by recent wildfires; restoration in the province of New Brunswick will focus on ecosystems impacted by the commercial logging industry; and in Kaffrine, Senegal, veritree will empower the planting of diverse "forest gardens" to mimic natural woodland ecosystems and support sustainable agroforestry. Projects in Madagascar, Indonesia, and Kenya will focus on restoring the coastal mangrove population, providing primary habitats for thousands of species and breeding and nursery grounds for many fish and invertebrate species.
With a goal to plant over 1 billion verified trees by 2030, veritree leverages technology to drive greater transparency and enhances credibility of nature-based solutions. "We invite all business leaders to get involved and help drive the transformation to a low carbon and nature positive future," Emsley said. "With 30 like-minded companies already behind us, we're making a verifiable impact this Earth Day. But it's going to take more than 30 of us to transform the world."
The full community of partners joining the 10 Million Verified Tree Challenge to-date includes Samsung, Mogo, Cardano, Jeep, Vega, 101 Cider, Krystal Hosting, Alive Publishing, Herbaland, Accelerate Financial, Promosapien, Jiminy's Pet Food, Monstercat, Earn with Drop, Parade, Poshmark, Leopold's Tavern, Kitsch Wines, EcoChit, C-PAC of Canada, Operto, Traction on Demand, Vivobarefoot Canada, Whitepaper Solutions, Winscape IT, Boundary, Rise, E.pop, Hahn Air, Mala the Brand, PROPetual RIET.
For more information on 10 Million Verified Tree Challenge partners and the potential for nature-positive impact, please visit veritree.com.
ABOUT VERITREE
veritree is a data-driven, restorative platform that connects nature-based solutions with mission-driven companies ready to lead the restorative economy. With on-the-ground monitoring and blockchain verification, veritree improves transparency and trust through data and tools that revitalize ecosystems, strengthen communities, and build climate solutions.
The success behind tentree's planting program, veritree scales consumer-centric programs between planting organizations and corporations around the world. veritree's mission is to restore the planet - planting and verifying one billion trees within the decade. For more information, visit veritree.com.
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The megarich are getting richer. A new billionaire was minted nearly every day during the pandemic, according to a new report. At the same time, data shows growing levels of inequality and rising food prices could push as many as 263 million people into extreme poverty this year.
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1. Biden in Asia
On his first trip to Asia since taking office, President Joe Biden said today that the United States would respond militarily if China tries to take Taiwan by force. "That's the commitment we made," he told reporters in Tokyo. The President's statement caught several of his top administration officials off guard, CNN was told by multiple aides. However, this is not the first time Biden has gone further than longstanding US public policy toward the self-governing island. The US provides Taiwan defensive weapons, but has remained intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack. Following Biden's remarks, the White House issued a statement that said the US' official position remained unchanged.
2. Ukraine
Tomorrow marks three months since Russia launched its assault on Ukraine. Since then, a staggering 8 million people in the country have been displaced, the UN Refugee Agency said today. Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a "historic" joint customs control with Poland yesterday, stressing "unity of Ukrainians and Poles is a constant that no one will break." Zelensky also signed a decree introducing a new award to thank cities of partner countries that have helped Ukraine the most -- and the Polish city of Rzeszow became the first to be added to the list. On the ground, tensions remain high and Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Saturday he has ruled out a ceasefire with Russia, emphasizing Kyiv would not accept any deal with Moscow that involved ceding territory.
3. Baby formula
A shipment of 35 tons of baby formula arrived yesterday in Indiana on a US military aircraft from Germany to address the nationwide shortage -- but none of it will land on store shelves in the US, a Biden administration official told CNN. The recent batch of formula is a specialized prescription and will be fed to babies intolerant of protein in cow milk, the official said. The shipment will provide enough formula for 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. As for more upcoming shipments, the White House announced yesterday that additional flights to import formula from abroad will "take place in the coming days." Biden announced Operation Fly Formula last week. His administration said the total amount of formula in the first round equals up to 1.5 million doses of eight-ounce bottles.
4. Brooklyn Half Marathon
A 32-year-old runner died Saturday after finishing a half marathon in Brooklyn where 15 others were injured, officials said. The marathoner was found unconscious, lying on the pavement, having collapsed after crossing the finish line just before 9 a.m. in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood, an NYPD detective said. An official cause and manner of death have not been released. The runner immediately received attention from on-site medical staff, but was pronounced dead at the hospital approximately 45 minutes later, officials said. Fifteen other individuals were transported to local hospitals from the race and at least four were in serious condition. During the marathon, temperatures ranged from the low 60s to the high 70s Fahrenheit and the relative humidity was between 96% and 97%, according to the National Weather Service.
5. Gas prices
The White House is exploring the possibility of tapping into an emergency diesel reserve to ease the spike in gas prices, a senior White House official said. The emergency declaration under consideration would enable President Biden to release diesel from a rarely used stockpile, but the reserve is relatively small and will only serve as a temporary solution to buy time. The national average price for diesel stood at $5.56 a gallon as of yesterday, just shy of the record of $5.58 set last week, according to AAA. Diesel is a vital fuel for the US economy, powering not only farm and construction equipment but the trucks, trains and boats that move goods across the country. Skyrocketing diesel prices often get passed down to consumers.
BREAKFAST BROWSE
'SNL' says goodbye to Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson
"Saturday Night Live" closed out its 47th season with a funny, yet emotional episode. Grab a tissue... your eyes may get a little sweaty when you watch their goodbye moments.
Justin Thomas wins 2022 PGA Championship
Another tee-rific victory for 29-year-old golf star Justin Thomas. If you ask me, he's the best by par.
Manchester City produces stunning comeback to secure English Premier League title
That game goes down in history as one of the most exciting championship Sundays EVER. Talk about a dramatic ending!
Netflix released the first 8 chilling minutes of 'Stranger Things'
Season 4 will air in two parts with the first seven episodes dropping this Friday. Oh, the suspense.
A Wisconsin couple survived after a bear charged through their window and attacked them
Panic mode: activated. What would you do in this heart-racing situation?
TODAY'S NUMBER
100
That's around how many confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in 12 countries, including the US, the World Health Organization announced Saturday. Monkeypox is a rare virus transmitted to humans from animals with symptoms very similar to those previously seen in smallpox patients. President Biden today said he doesn't believe an outbreak of monkeypox is as risky as the Covid-19 pandemic, tempering comments he made yesterday that people should be "concerned."
TODAY'S QUOTE
"Maybe I would've died. But psychologically, they never would've broken me."
-- Trevor Reed, recounting the horrifying conditions of his detention in Russia, as well as the prisoner swap that ended a nearly three-year ordeal for him and his family. Reed, an American citizen and former Marine, was sentenced to nine years in prison in July 2020 after being accused of endangering the "life and health" of Russian police officers in an altercation the previous year. He and his family have denied the charges against him. In his first television interview since returning to the United States, Reed told CNN he's feeling a little better each day since coming home less than a month ago.
TODAY'S WEATHER
AND FINALLY
Rise and shine, Monday is calling you
It's time to plug in and get started with your week. Check out this short video of a man who owns thousands of cell phones -- and all of them still work! (Click here to view)
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‘Pod living’ sees 14 people living in one home for cheaper rent
PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) - As rent in parts of the United States becomes out of reach for some, a new concept in California is gaining traction. “Pod living” allows for multiple people to share one home.
The rent for a three-bedroom, two-bath house in Palo Alto, California, could easily run $6,000 to $8,000. But the 14 residents are only paying $800 per month. While they share the kitchen and other spaces, each resident sleeps in a pod a bit larger than a twin bed.
“Our pods are actually eight feet tall, so it gives enough room for bigger people and also some wiggle room, so they’re not like the Japanese capsules. They’re a little bit larger,” said Christina Lennox, the co-founder of Brownstone Shared Housing.
She designed the pods and said she can cocoon in one all day. Each pod is outfitted with a temperature-controlled fan, lighting, a fold-down desk and any personal touches an individual wants to add.
Lennox and co-founder James Stallworth wanted to address the need for affordable housing. They tried to do this in New York but ran into objections. However, Palo Alto doesn’t set a limit on renters in a single-family house. They also found a cooperative landlord.
“We told them about our concept and the benefits of it and how it would help people, and the landlord was interested,” Stallworth said.
The residents are all in their 20s, getting started in their careers or doing internships.
Luis Alsonso, a resident from Peru, loves having access to the kitchen. He says sleeping in a pod is fine.
“For me, I don’t need a big space. Every night, when I go to sleep, I need just one bed,” he said.
In a year, the idea for pod living went from a concept to affordable housing for 20 at two sites, financed mostly by savings and family.
“I don’t mind depleting my savings like this, as long as I’m able to bring this to the world. That’s all I really care about,” Lennox said.
The shared housing company is also operating in Bakersfield. They’re hoping to take their concept nationwide.
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. ("Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LILM) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between March 30, 2021 and March 14, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
LILM investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Lilium materially overstates the design and capabilities of the Lilium Jet, an electric vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft for use in a new type of high-speed air transport system for people and goods; (2) Lilium materially overstates the likelihood for the Lilium Jet's timely certification; (3) Lilium misrepresents its ability to obtain or create the necessary batteries for the Lilium Jet; (4) the special purpose acquisition company merger would not and did not generate enough cash to commercially launch the Lilium Jet; (5) Qell Acquisition Corp. did not engage in proper due diligence regarding its merger with Lilium GmbH; and (6) as a result, Defendants' public statements and statements to journalists were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. during the relevant time frame, you have until June 17, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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North Korea has named a top nuclear negotiator as the nation's first female foreign minister, state media reported Saturday, amid warnings from the US that Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a nuclear test.
Career diplomat Choe Son Hui was appointed at a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea from June 8-10, overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, state-run outlet KCNA said.
Her appointment comes at a time of tension on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea aggressively ramps up its weapons testing program in defiance of United Nations sanctions.
On Tuesday, US Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim warned that Washington believes North Korea is preparing to conduct a seventh nuclear test -- which would be its first since 2017.
The International Atomic Energy Agency also said Tuesday that North Korea is "readying their nuclear test site," warning the situation surrounding Pyongyang's nuclear program "is quite concerning because we have seen a fast-forward in every line," based on the activity at the Punggye-ri site.
North Korea has conducted 17 missile launches this year alone, including two successful tests of presumed intercontinental ballistic missiles.
South Korea and the US put on an aerial show of force to North Korea on Tuesday, flying 20 fighter jets over waters west of the Korean Peninsula in response to Pyongyang's recent missile tests.
It came a day after the two allies fired eight missiles into nearby waters, which they said demonstrated that "even if North Korea provokes with missiles from multiple locations, (South Korea and the US have) the ability and readiness to immediately strike with precision."
The KCNA report of the plenary meeting Saturday made no mention of North Korea's nuclear capability, missile tests, the US or South Korea.
However, Kim reaffirmed the principle of "power to power," which "will not yield a single inch," in defending national sovereignty, and presented military tasks for North Korea's forces and defense research department, KCNA said.
Who is Choe Son Hui?
Born in 1964 in Pyongyang, Choe is the daughter of former North Korean prime minister Choe Yong Rim, according to South Korean Unification Ministry data.
She first appeared in the media in 1997 as the interpreter for North Korean delegates in four-party nuclear negotiations with its neighbors. She again joined the negotiation during six-party talks in the 2000s.
Choe played a key role during North Korea's summits with the US, leading an aggressive negotiation effort aimed at the US leadership of former President Donald Trump. Her statements published on North Korean state media alternated between threatening a "nuclear showdown" to offers of dialogue.
She accompanied North Korean leader Kim for summits in Singapore in 2018 and Hanoi a year later, sitting alongside him at the negotiation table.
In her latest statement in March of last year, she demanded the US cease its "hostile policy" against North Korea, including its joint drills with South Korea.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A British journalist and an Indigenous affairs official are still missing in a remote part of Brazil’s Amazon as authorities say they are expanding search efforts in the area, which has seen violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers and government agents.
Dom Phillips, who has been a regular contributor to the British newspaper the Guardian, and Bruno Araújo Pereira were last seen early Sunday in the Sao Rafael community, reported the Univaja association of people in the Vale do Javari Indigenous territory, for which Pereira has been an adviser.
The pair was returning by boat from the Vale do Javari and bound for the city of Atalaia do Norte, about an hour away, but never showed up.
Pereira is one of the Brazilian Indigenous affairs agency’s most experienced employees operating in the Vale do Javari area. He oversaw the agency’s regional office and the coordination of isolated Indigenous groups before going on his current leave. He has received a stream of threats from illegal fishermen and poachers, and usually carries a gun.
Univaja said the two had been threatened during their reporting trip. On Saturday, while they were camped out, two men traveled by river to the Indigenous territory’s boundary and brandished a firearm at a Unijava patrol, the associaiton’s president, Paulo Marubo, told The Associated Press.
Phillips, who has reported from Brazil for more than a decade, has been working on a book about preservation of the Amazon with support from the Alicia Patterson Foundation, which gave him a yearlong fellowship for environmental reporting that ran through January.
The pair disappeared while returning from a two-day trip to the Jaburu Lake region, where Phillips interviewed local Indigenous people, Univaja said. Only the two were on the boat.
The place where they went missing is the primary access route to and from the Vale do Javari, Brazil’s second-largest Indigenous territory that is bigger than Maine, and where several thousand Indigenous people live in dozens of villages. People from the area say that it is highly unlikely the men would have gotten lost in that sector.
“He is a cautious journalist, with impressive knowledge of the complexities of the Brazilian environmental crisis,” Margaret Engel, the Alicia Patterson Foundation’s executive director, wrote in an email. “And he is a beautiful writer and a lovely person. The best of our business.”
Brazil’s federal public prosecutors said in a statement Monday that they had opened an investigation and that the Federal Police, Amazonas state’s civil police, the national guard and navy had been mobilized. The navy, which prosecutors described as coordinating the search, said it sent a search-and-rescue team of seven and would deploy a helicopter Tuesday.
The army’s footprint and manpower is far greater than the navy’s in the region, and there was no indication from officials on why it wasn’t included in the initial search efforts. But late Monday, a spokesperson for the army’s Amazon division told AP it had since received orders to deploy a search mission.
Phillips has also contributed to the Washington Post and New York Times. He currently resides in Salvador, a city in Brazil’s Bahia state, with his wife, Alessandra Sampaio, who shared a series of messages on Twitter through a friend.
“I can only pray that Dom and Bruno are well, somewhere, prevented from continuing on for some mechanical reason, and that all of this becomes just one more story in a life replete with them,” Sampaio wrote. “I know, however, the moment the Amazon is going through and I know the risks that Dom always denounced.”
The Vale do Javari region has experienced repeated shootouts between hunters, fishermen and official security agents, who have a permanent base in the area, which has the world’s largest population of uncontacted Indigenous people. It is also a major route for cocaine produced on the Peruvian side of the border, then smuggled into Brazil to supply local cities or to be shipped to Europe.
In September 2019, an employee of the Indigenous affairs agency was shot dead in Tabatinga, the largest city in the region. The crime was never solved.
“It is extremely important that Brazilian authorities dedicate all available and necessary resources to the immediate realization of searches, in order to guarantee, as soon as possible, the safety of the two men,” Maria Laura Canineau, the director of Human Rights Watch in Brazil, said in a statement Monday.
Journalists working for regional media outlets in the Amazon have been slain in recent years, though there have been no such cases among journalists from national media nor foreign media. However, there have been several reports of threats, and the press has limited access to several areas dominated by criminal activity, including illegal mining, landgrabbing and drug trafficking.
“I hope they are found soon, that they are well and safe,” former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva posted on Twitter. President Jair Bolsonaro had not commented by late Monday.
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WASHINGTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ferguson Group, a leader in federal advocacy, consulting, and grants today released its first Letter from the CEO, Roger Gwinn. The Letter can be viewed and downloaded here on TFG's website.
This letter highlights the following:
- July 2022 marks TFG's 40th anniversary!
- TFG is growing. TFG brought on more staff to new positions this year than ever before.
- TFG prioritizes an inclusive work environment. TFG proudly offer competitive wages, extensive health and life insurance benefits, a strong retirement savings package, tuition stipends, and a combination of remote and in-person work scheduling that is highly flexible to staff needs. The firm also annually budgets funds for staff to spearhead their own firm innovation ideas.
- Stephanie Missert, TFG Principal, graduated from Johns Hopkins University with her Master of Arts in Government conducting her thesis research on the federal grant making process from the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
- TFG represented more public agencies in Washington, DC than any other advocacy firm in the nation for the second year in a row.
- Our clients won over $37 million in federal grant funding in Fiscal Year 2021 and secured over $54 million in FY22 earmarked funding for specific projects.
Roger Gwinn, TFG CEO, wrote to clients:
I'm excited to introduce TFG's Letter from the CEO where I will provide regular updates so you can get to know us better, see where our clients are achieving significant wins in their communities, and learn more about what we do. This first edition highlights the firm's greatest asset—our staff!
July 2022 marks our 40th anniversary! Since 1982, we've seen the communities we work with advance remarkably. I'm proud to see our team expand and am eager to show you what's in store for TFG and our clients going forward. Thank you for an incredible forty years!
P.S. Don't forget to visit our website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
We hired more staff to new positions this year than ever before. Our new team members come from a wide breadth of backgrounds and their fresh perspectives are of enormous value to our work.
- Janet Atabansi
Executive Assistant - Chris Cummins
Legislative and Policy Director - Lane Dickson
Principal - Wyatt Fritz
Research Assistant - Kristen H. Long
Grants Analyst - Evan Sarnor
Intern - DeAndre' Smith
Grants and Technology Project Coordinator - Alexandra Yiannoutsos
Communications Director
Our staff is our best asset. I highly value the contributions our staff make at the firm and in the communities where we work every day. Over two-thirds of our management and stockholders are women and individuals from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. It is my priority to create a work environment at TFG that is inclusive of broad backgrounds, expertise, and experiences at all levels. Doing so brings in varied perspectives and ideas firmwide, helps us better serve our diverse client base, and is the right thing to do.
For all our staff, we proudly offer competitive wages, extensive health and life insurance benefits, a strong retirement savings package, tuition stipends, and a combination of remote and in-person work scheduling that is highly flexible to staff needs. TFG provides maternity and paternity leave, and it has been a privilege to see many members of our staff start and grow their families throughout the years. TFG also works to create a platform for growth and advancement. We not only encourage new ideas, but annually budget funds for staff to spearhead their own firm innovation ideas.
Every member of our team seeks out learning opportunities in a variety of ways and I'm pleased to highlight one of our member's Master's degree program completion in the last year! Congratulations, Stephanie!
Stephanie Missert
TFG Principal
Stephanie graduated from Johns Hopkins University with her Master of Arts in Government conducting her thesis research on the federal grant making process from the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Not only did Stephanie graduate with Highest Distinction from the program for receiving an A or better in all coursework and honors on her thesis, but she was also awarded the William F. Clinger, Jr. Award, which is presented annually to a student for an outstanding thesis in the topic of institutional or representative government.
"I learned so much during my time studying at Johns Hopkins. Being well into my career, I used my knowledge and experience and applied it to the academic study of democratic governance in a real and meaningful way. It gave me an opportunity to analyze and investigate critical issues affecting public entities, like issues in the federal grantmaking system, and produce academic studies highlighting challenges that are currently overlooked by the legislative and executive branches of government. Now, I get to apply everything I learned from some of the nation's leading academics in political science and government to my work, which is incredibly exciting." ~ Stephanie Missert
One of our greatest achievements over the last forty years as a firm has been retaining our staff while fostering an environment conducive to new talent and growth. Seven members of our team have been with us for over fifteen years! It has been an honor to not only see them grow professionally and into positions of leadership, but also celebrate their engagements, welcome their children, toast their new homes, and delight over their new pets.
Most importantly, TFG has worked hard to maintain decades-long relationships with our clients, leveraging our networks on Capitol Hill and constantly innovating our strategies to be ahead of the curve. For the second year in a row, we represented more public agencies in Washington, DC than any other advocacy firm in the nation. Notably, our clients won over $37 million in federal grant funding in Fiscal Year 2021 and secured over $54 million in FY22 earmarked funding for specific projects. Along with legislative and regulatory accomplishments on behalf of our clients, this funding will have a direct impact on communities across the country.
Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact our nation and local communities over the past year. As the challenges continued, we worked with our clients to address their needs and understand the support coming from Washington. In response to the historic opportunity presented by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed in November 2021, we successfully advocated for the inclusion of client priorities in the package to ensure our clients have as much direct access to that funding as possible. Furthermore, we responded to this new opportunity by more than doubling our grants team and continue to recruit to meet the rising need.
I look forward to highlighting the incredible work our clients are doing in their communities in the next edition my letter. Thank you for joining me!
Contact: Alexandra Yiannoutsos, The Ferguson Group, Phone: (202) 331-8500, ayiannoutsos@tfgnet.com
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Facility will expedite innovation of state-of-the-art RF satellites and geospatial intelligence
HERNDON, Va., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced today the grand opening of its Advanced Technology and Development Center in Herndon, Virginia. The 19,000 square-foot data processing, software development, and satellite manufacturing facility continues HawkEye 360's investment in Fairfax County to support U.S. government and allied government needs.
The facility enables HawkEye 360 to have end-to-end responsibility to manufacture its commercial RF-sensing satellites for gathering geospatial intelligence. Full control of the development chain from space to ground will streamline integration, accelerate the introduction of new capabilities, and provide stronger security to satisfy the rigorous requirements for serving defense and intelligence customers.
"Our new Advanced Technology and Development Center provides our growing team of brilliant staff a dedicated facility in which they can thrive, centralizing all our data engineering and satellite manufacturing in-house," said HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini. "This gives us more flexibility to adapt and innovate our commercial RF GEOINT technology. Our customers will benefit through our discoveries, as we place more sophisticated RF-sensing satellites into orbit and build algorithms that extract value from this important data. We are proud to be investing in the local economy with these high-paying, mission focused jobs that make a global impact."
HawkEye 360's new facility will house up to 70 employees and host constellation operations, data processing, software development, payload development, and satellite assembly. The company has built a customized clean room and electronics lab for advanced RF technology and smallsat manufacturing. This investment boosts HawkEye 360's commitment to the Commonwealth of Virginia as it continues to seek and hire advanced manufacturing, space systems, data engineering, RF engineering, software engineering, and electronics engineering employees.
HawkEye 360 is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the new facility July 22 at 10:00 AM with expected government attendees including Representative Jennifer Wexton, Representative Don Beyer, District Director Marlon Dubuisson from Representative Gerry Connolly's office, Virginia Assistant Secretary of Transportation Duncan McGaan, Virginia State Delegate Irene Shin, Herndon Mayor Sheila Olem, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey McKay, Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust, and other distinguished guests.
HawkEye 360 anticipates launching a sixth cluster of three satellites before the end of the year, which will bring its total constellation to 18 satellites to support timely defense, humanitarian, environmental, and commercial applications.
For more information on HawkEye 360, please visit https://www.he360.com/.
About HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence to those working to make the world a safer place. The company operates the first-of-its-kind commercial satellite constellation to detect, characterize, and geolocate a broad range of RF signals. This unique RF data and analytics equip our global customers with high-impact insights needed to make decisions with confidence. HawkEye 360 is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
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NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost a third of employees think their employer lacks a sufficient commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), and there is a direct connection between DE&I concerns and intent to quit, according to a new survey from Buck, an integrated HR, pensions, and benefits consulting, technology, and administration services firm.
Buck's 2022 Wellbeing and Voluntary Benefits Survey used data analysis to measure employee attitudes towards their employer to identify factors that impact employee retention. The findings indicate that employees are less likely to be looking for a new job if they have a positive perception of their employers' commitment to DE&I. Among millennials, 60% expect an employer to demonstrate commitment to DE&I, significantly higher than among older employees.
"Employer benefit offerings — including voluntary benefits — play a central role in supporting wellbeing, and the perception among employees of their company's commitment to supporting an inclusive workplace culture," says Tom Kelly, a Principal in Buck's Health practice and co-author of the report. "Our findings show that DE&I is an important metric for employees, in addition to a comprehensive benefits plan, and support for holistic wellbeing for themselves and their dependents."
- Interest in employers providing a strong commitment DE&I directly correlated with age: The younger the employee, the more likely they are to be interested in DE&I
- 32% of employees said their company lacked diverse benefits for diverse populations; this was higher for Black employees (35%) and female employees (35%)
- There is a direct correlation between employees and their likelihood to want to leave the organization if they think diversity in cultures and backgrounds are not respected, their company is not committed to DE&I, or their company does not provide diverse offerings for a diverse workforce
- With 54% of employees living paycheck-to-paycheck, financial wellbeing is a top priority for employees and differs by ethnicity; this is significantly higher for Black (66%), Hispanic or Latino (56%), and other/native Americans (60%) employees
- Desire for expanded wellbeing resources also varies by ethnicity; Overall 72% of employees want more work/life balance resources; but the need for support is more prevalent among of Black (76%), Asian (78%) and Hispanic or Latino (78%) employees
- 55% of millennials surveyed would change jobs for better benefits and wish they had a better understanding of their benefits compared to only 15% of boomers
"The challenge for employers is to really understand the needs of the workforce, and then to develop a benefit package that includes appropriate voluntary options that meaningfully address their physical, emotional, social, and financial needs," said Ruth Hunt, a Principal in the Engagement practice and co-author of the report. "The survey findings show that recruiting and retaining talent will be significantly more challenging if employers don't continue to take meaningful steps to offer benefits that support the diverse needs of a diverse workforce."
To download a copy of the report, visit the Buck website.
These findings are reported in Buck's 2022 Wellbeing and Voluntary Benefits Survey, a biennial study that tracks how organizations use voluntary benefits to support employee wellbeing, enhance benefit programs, and attract and retain talent. This edition's research was supplemented with a parallel employee survey, allowing comparison of differences between employer and employee responses, ranging from current wellbeing to feedback on offerings versus employee needs.
Survey responses were collected from 218 employer participants and 683 employees in November 2021. Both the employer and employee samples are representative of large U.S. employers. The employer sample is representative of Bureau of Labor Statistics data in terms of number of employees, industry, annual revenue, entity type, global location, and regions of the U.S. The employee sample is representative in terms of gender, race, age, presence of children, marital status, role, and household income.
Buck is an integrated HR, pensions, and employee benefits consulting, technology, and administration services firm. Founded more than 100 years ago as an actuarial consultancy, we've evolved to serve organizations and trustees across the health, wealth, and career spectrum.
With the ultimate goal of securing the futures of our clients' employees and members, we develop tech-enabled programs that engage individuals and drive organizational performance. Our award-winning engagement solutions and people-first approach empower the world's most forward-thinking organizations to protect the physical and financial wellbeing of their employees and members and improve how their people work and live. For more information, visit www.buck.com.
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Lumina Communications for Buck
Michael Gallo
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ICEYE's SAR technology will be a key data collector for BAE's multi-domain satellite cluster known as Azalea™
HELSINKI, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with radar satellite imaging, is partnering with BAE Systems to provide advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology as part of BAE Systems' new multi-sensor satellite cluster launching in 2024.
Known as Azalea™, this group of Earth sensing satellites will use a range of instruments to collect visual, radar and radio frequency (RF) data and use on-board machine learning and edge processing to analyze and quickly deliver the resulting intelligence to tactical or strategic users anywhere in the world --directly from low earth orbit.
The Azalea™ cluster will contain four satellites that between them deliver SAR, optical, RF signals and analysis. The cluster will provide high assurance security and resilience through inter-craft space links and allow for the simultaneous execution of multiple customer applications through a fully re-configurable system.
ICEYE's SAR technology provides high resolution imagery of the Earth's surface, day or night and in any weather conditions. This persistent monitoring makes it easier to detect any physical changes, such as the movement of ships or aircraft, quickly and accurately. Timely, clear, actionable intelligence is essential for defense operations which move and change at a rapid pace.
"The Azalea™ satellite cluster will process data in space to provide swathes of digital intelligence wherever it's needed," said Dave Armstrong, Group Managing Director of BAE Systems' Digital Intelligence business. "We understand how important space-based intelligence is to every domain, whether that's informing strategic command, alerting an in area warship, or providing real-time intelligence to forces on the ground. The launch of Azalea™ in 2024 will be a major step forward for the UK's sovereign space capability."
"Bringing various types of high-trust satellite imaging technologies under the operational control of one company, like BAE Systems, means better intelligence delivered quicker than ever," said Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and Co-founder of ICEYE. "With the Earth watchable 24/7, Azalea™ will prove that most defense remote sensing requirements can be satisfied by commercial capabilities. BAE Systems became a strategic investor in ICEYE earlier this year and we are now seeing the fruits of this important and growing relationship."
ICEYE owns and operates the world's largest constellation of SAR satellites and the company has successfully launched 21 satellite missions since its first spacecraft was placed into orbit only four years ago. Last May, the company successfully launched two satellite missions for the Brazilian Air Force and in December 2021, ICEYE announced the company will supply a SAR satellite for MDA's next generation commercial Earth observation mission called CHORUS.
ICEYE closed a 136M Series D funding round last February and BAE Systems was included as a new strategic investor. ICEYE has raised a total of $304M in financing since 2015.
ICEYE delivers unmatched persistent monitoring capabilities for any location on earth. Owning the world's largest synthetic-aperture radar constellation, the company enables objective, data-driven decisions for its customers in sectors such as insurance, natural catastrophe response and recovery, security, maritime monitoring and finance. ICEYE's data can be collected day or night, and even through cloud cover. For more information, please visit www.iceye.com.
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Freeman hits 1st HR for Dodgers vs Braves in reunion game
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman arrived at Dodger Stadium and headed to the visiting clubhouse for an emotional reunion with his former Atlanta Braves teammates. Once the game began, he reminded them of what they’re missing by slugging his first home run for his new team. Kenley Jansen showed up and promptly got lost trying to find his way to the Braves’ side after 12 years as the Dodgers’ closer. Two players who had spent their entire careers with one team were on opposite sides Monday night in the opener of a three-game series between the defending World Series champion Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers — a rematch of the last two NL Championship Series. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/18/freeman-jansen-on-opposite-sides-in-braves-dodgers-series/ | 2022-04-19T03:57:24Z |
- The agreement expands on the existing collaboration between the two parties to reinforce the position of Abu Dhabi as a life sciences and innovation hub
- G42 Healthcare and AstraZeneca aim to strengthen local research, oncology diagnostics and innovation in the Emirate
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- G42 Healthcare, an Abu Dhabi-based leading health tech company and subsidiary of G42, an artificial intelligence and cloud computing company located in Abu Dhabi has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with global biopharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, in presence of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the emirate of Abu Dhabi aiming to expand their collaboration into the domains of diagnostics and clinical research, providing access to innovative solutions and treatments for patients in the United Arab Emirates and beyond.
Witnessed by Dr. Asma Al Mannaei, Executive Director, Research and Innovation Centre at DoH, Hicham Mirghani, Corporate Affairs Director GCC at AstraZeneca and Dr. Fahed Al Marzooqi, Chief Operating Officer at G42 Healthcare, the agreement was signed by Ghaleb Al Ahdab Government Affairs, Associate Director Gulf at AstraZeneca, and Francesco Redivo Senior Director at G42 Healthcare during the BIO International Convention held in San Diego, California.
G42 Healthcare and AstraZeneca initially signed a Declaration of Collaboration in December 2021. This agreement further expands on their partnership to build local research capabilities, conduct RWE / clinical trials in UAE and localize Oncology biomarkers testing in UAE.
Ashish Koshy, CEO of G42 Healthcare, said, "We value collaboration and believe the strategic partnership with AstraZeneca will yield incredible growth for the healthcare ecosystem. We are proud to align ourselves with these organizations to generate new treatments and technologies to solidify the UAE's place as a global hub for life sciences, medical tourism and innovation."
Hicham Mirghani, Corporate Affairs Director GCC, AstraZeneca said, "We are excited about expanding our existing partnership with G42 Healthcare to further advance the healthcare sector in the country and region. There is no doubt that innovation is key to healthcare advancements, and we are eagerly looking forward to collaboratively exploring greater possibilities in clinical research and diagnostics, enabling us to together create a more patient-centric healthcare offering in the UAE."
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Ankura to offer its multidisciplinary services to support clients as the Firm expands its presence and capabilities in the Asia Pacific region
SHANGHAI, China, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ankura Consulting, LLC ("Ankura"), a leading global expert services and advisory firm, today announced the establishment of its wholly foreign owned enterprise, Ankura Management Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Limited in Shanghai, China. The expansion to Shanghai establishes Ankura's presence in the mainland and alongside its Hong Kong office, further bolsters the Firm's footprint in China.
Ankura's presence in Shanghai enhances its ability to help clients navigate a complex business landscape with a tailored, on-the-ground approach, enabling them to deliver support for market entry strategies, international joint ventures, data and forensic technology, and issues related to major capital and infrastructure projects, with best-in-class teams and first-rate expertise and advisory capabilities. Ankura now employs a team of experienced professionals across mainland China and Hong Kong.
Han Lai has been appointed as Senior Managing Director at Ankura in Shanghai and brings more than two decades of comprehensive cybersecurity and digital forensic investigation experience to the business and will be working closely with the Hong Kong and Global teams. Prior to joining Ankura, Lai held several senior roles at professional services firms across mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom.
Kevin Lavin, Chief Executive Officer at Ankura, said: "We are pleased to further our global expansion with another office opening in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, a key pillar of Ankura's growth strategy. There is significant demand in Shanghai for our strong local presence and Ankura is well-equipped to bring our collaborative culture, unique approach, and robust capabilities to the domestic market to meet client demands across the country and globally."
Han Lai, Senior Managing Director in Ankura's Data & Technology practice in Shanghai, said: "I am delighted to be joining Ankura and this critical office in Shanghai at such an exciting time of growth. There is significant and unmatched demand for Ankura's comprehensive suite of services and expertise in mainland China - for domestic as well as international companies. Ankura's agile and tailored approach will place us in an excellent position to support clients on cross-border mandates."
Simon Michaels, Chairman for EMEA and APAC at Ankura, added: "Our presence in Shanghai is an important next step in Ankura's global expansion. We are looking forward to supporting our clients as they navigate an increasingly complex business landscape. Under the excellent leadership of Han Lai in Shanghai, our team of talented experts and advisers will be able to drive local solutions and business impact while building on our global best practices."
The announcement follows a number of recent office openings for Ankura in Mumbai and Gurgaon, India, Frankfurt, Germany and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – as well as the launch of a European restructuring practice in London in 2021.
About Ankura
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 1,700 professionals serving 3000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative lateral thinking, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivaled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create and Recover Value. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.
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XIAMEN, China, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qudian Inc. ("Qudian" or the "Company") (NYSE: QD), a consumer-oriented technology company in China, today announced that the Company has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange's ("NYSE") continued listing standard for share prices as confirmed by a notification letter from the NYSE on May 2, 2022.
On February 7, 2022, the NYSE notified the Company of its non-compliance with the exchange's continued listing standards because the average closing price of its American depositary shares ("ADSs") had fallen below $1.00 over a period of 30 consecutive trading days.
On May 2, 2022, the NYSE confirmed to Qudian that a calculation of the average closing price of the Company's ADSs over the 30-trading day period ended April 29, 2022 indicated that such price exceeded the NYSE's minimum requirement of $1.00. Accordingly, the Company is no longer considered below the $1.00 continued listing criterion.
About Qudian Inc.
Qudian Inc. ("Qudian") is a consumer-oriented technology company in China. The Company historically focused on providing credit solutions to consumers. The Company is exploring innovative consumer products and services to satisfy Chinese consumers' fundamental and daily needs by leveraging its technology capabilities. In March 2022, it launched a ready-to-cook meal business catering to working-class consumers in China.
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Veteran Miami DEA agents charged in bribery conspiracy
(AP) - A current U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a former supervisor in the agency were charged Friday with leaking confidential law enforcement information to defense lawyers in Florida in exchange for cash and gifts.
A five-count bribery-conspiracy indictment unsealed in New York charges the agent, John Costanzo Jr., with accepting bribes to provide sensitive information about pending investigations to Manny Recio, a former Miami supervisor who retired from DEA more than two years ago to work as a private investigator for local defense attorneys. Federal prosecutors allege Recio sought the information to help recruit new clients.
“The conduct alleged in the indictment violates the core duty of law enforcement officers to protect and serve the public, rather than to use their access to sensitive information to enrich themselves,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.
The DEA and an attorney for Recio did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Costanzo’s attorney, Marc L. Mukasey, said in an email that “the theory of this case is misguided and he will be vindicated.”
In interviews with FBI agents in 2019, Costanzo and Recio both denied ever exchanging anything of value as part of the alleged scheme. Such actions would have been a flagrant violation of the DEA’s standards of conduct.
The charges are the latest black eye for the DEA, which has been beset by repeated misconduct scandals that have landed a growing list of former agents behind bars. Just last week, another former DEA agent in Arkansas was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for taking thousands of dollars in bribes from a drug trafficker.
The latest charges have also sent a chill through South Florida’s close-knit, fiercely competitive narco-defense circles because of Recio’s strong ties to federal law enforcement and private-sector lawyers.
The charges stemmed from a long-running federal investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, which more than two years ago took the unusual step of wiretapping Recio as part of an inquiry into the flow of information between the DEA and Miami lawyers representing narcotraffickers and money launderers from Colombia.
The FBI wiretapped Recio for at least three months while he worked in his post-retirement job as a private investigator for defense lawyers.
As part of the shady dealings, he at one point wrote a $2,500 check to a company co-owned by an unnamed member of Costanzo’s family, according to court documents. The payment appears to have been used by Costanzo to repair a Porsche he owned, according to an email exchange about the vehicle between the DEA agent and an unnamed defense attorney Recio was working with as a private investigator.
In 2019, the same family member received $50,000 from a company owned by a local Florida police detective. The funds were used by Costanzo for a down payment on a condominium, according to the indictment.
Recio’s defense attorney, Phil Reizenstein, previously told AP that Recio’s work on cases had been “impeccable.”
“I have no concerns that he did anything that was close to being illegal,” he said at the time. “He devoted his career to the DEA. He has held himself to the highest standards and the same law-abiding ideals in his private work.”
Recio finished his more than two decades with the DEA as an assistant special agent in charge of the DEA’s Miami field division, specializing in cases involving illicit finances. Immediately after retiring, he launched a Miami-based business called Global Legal Consulting, which according to its website provides private investigations, anti-money laundering solutions and other legal services.
Recio once supervised highly-sensitive money laundering investigations involving Jose Irizarry, a former standout DEA agent in the Miami office who was sentenced in December to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel and using badge to build a lavish lifestyle of expensive cars, parties on yachts and Tiffany jewelry. Before being locked away, Irizarry blamed the DEA for fostering a culture of corruption and gift taking that he said desensitized him to the implications of violating the law.
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Sapiens Reinsurance solution will improve efficiency and enable auditable processing to better serve partners
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced today that AEGIS, a leading mutual insurance company, has selected Sapiens ReinsurancePro to enhance their internal controls processes, automated calculations and reporting. Sapiens ReinsurancePro replaces AEGIS' complex combination of disparate custom applications and spreadsheets to streamline and optimize processes.
"Implementing Sapiens Reinsurance solution will help us manage the increasing volume and complexity of our ceded reinsurance strategy and quickly respond to new reinsurance offerings," said Scott Schenker, AEGIS Senior VP & CIO. "Sapiens' solution stands out in the industry for its proven ability to automate complex reinsurance requirements and improve efficiency. The solution will expand our capabilities to manage complex structures and total capacity, within a competitive cost structure."
"We are very pleased to empower AEGIS in their quest for full financial control of the reinsurance processes and to enable them to increase efficiency by streamlining the process," said Jamie Yoder, Sapiens North America President & General Manager. "Our platform enables AEGIS to take ownership of their data and proactively conduct analysis on that data instead of relying on IT or external parties, so they can better serve their customers."
Sapiens ReinsurancePro supports all types of reinsurance processing, regardless of volume, in one comprehensive and powerful reinsurance system, empowering insurance companies to manage and automate the underwriting and administration of reinsurance, including treaty and facultative, ceded, assumed and retroceded reinsurance.
About AEGIS
AEGIS is a leading mutual insurance company that provides liability and property coverage, as well as related risk management services, to the energy industry. Its policyholders represent virtually the entire energy infrastructure in North America, including electric and natural gas utilities, related energy companies, oil & gas exploration and production companies, water utilities, and transmission & distribution companies. For more information, visit www.aegislink.com/
About Sapiens
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative, and agile. Backed by 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers' compensation and life markets the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management. For more information, visit www.sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and still has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls at an Alabama church 59 years ago, and she’s still waiting on the state to compensate her for those injuries.
Gov. Kay Ivey sidestepped the question of financial compensation two years ago in apologizing to Rudolph for her “untold pain and suffering,” saying legislative involvement was needed. But nothing has been done despite the efforts of attorneys representing Rudolph, leaving unresolved the question of payment even though victims of other attacks, including 9/11, were compensated.
Rudolph will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House for a summit about combatting hate-fueled violence on Thursday, the anniversary of the bombing.
Rudolph, known as the “Fifth Little Girl” for surviving the infamous attack, which was depicted in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary “4 Little Girls,” has been rankled by the state’s inaction.
Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Rudolph said then-Gov. George C. Wallace helped lay the groundwork for the Ku Klux Klan attack on 16th Street Baptist Church with his segregationist rhetoric, and the state bears some responsibility for the bombing, which wasn’t prosecuted for years.
“If they hadn’t stirred up all that racist hate that was going on at the time I don’t believe that church would have been bombed,” said Rudolph.
Rudolph said she still incurs medical expenses from the explosion, including a $90 bill she gets every few months for work on the prosthetic she wears in place of the right eye that was destroyed by shrapnel on Sept. 15, 1963. Anything would help, but Rudolph believes she’s due millions.
Ishan Bhabha, an attorney representing Rudolph, said the state’s apology — made at Rudolph’s request along with a plea for restitution — was only meant as a first step.
“She deserves justice in the form of compensation for the grievous injuries, and costs, she has had to bear for almost 60 years,” he said. “We will continue to pursue any available avenues to get Sarah the assistance she needs and deserves.”
Five girls were gathered in a downstairs bathroom at 16th Street Baptist Church when a bomb planted by KKK members went off outside, blowing a huge hole in the thick, brick wall. The blast killed Denise McNair, 11, and three 14-year-olds: Carole Robertson, Cynthia Morris, also referred to as Cynthia Wesley, and Addie Mae Collins, who was Rudolph’s sister.
Three Klan members convicted of murder in the bombing years later died in prison, and a fourth suspect died without ever being charged. The bombing occurred eight months after Wallace proclaimed “segregation forever” in his inaugural speech and during the time when Birmingham schools were being racially integrated for the first time.
The church itself has gotten government money for renovations, as has the surrounding Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, formed by President Barack Obama in 2017 in one of his last acts in office. “But not me,” Rudolph said.
Ivey, at the time of the apology, said in a letter to Rudolph’s lawyer that any possible compensation would require legislative approval, said press secretary Gina Maiola.
“Additionally, in attorney-to-attorney conversations that ensued soon after, that same point was reiterated,” she said.
No bill has been introduced to compensate Rudolph, legislative records show, and it’s unclear whether such legislation could win passage anyway since conservative Republicans hold an overwhelming majority and have made an issue of reeling in history lessons that could make white people feel bad about the past.
While the Alabama Crime Victims’ Compensation Commission helps victims and families with expenses linked to a crime, state law doesn’t allow it to address offenses that occurred before the agency was created in 1984.
Rudolph has spent a lifetime dealing with physical and mental pain from the bombing. Despite her injuries and lingering stress disorders, Rudolph provided testimony that helped lead to the convictions of the men accused of planting the bomb, and she’s written a book about her life, titled “The 5th Little Girl.”
Rudolph’s husband, George Rudolph, said he’s frustrated and mad over the way his wife has been treated. Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks were compensated, he said, as were victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
“Why can’t they do something for Sarah?” he said.
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BOSTON, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It is announced today that Boston Hemp Inc., one of the nation's top retailers of premium hemp products has partnered with Herb.co to promote their brand on a national level. Herb is one of the top websites in the world and is focused on delivering robust content specifically related to the world of Cannabis.
Through this partnership, Boston Hemp Inc. is working with Herb's development team to create rich content that focuses on the features of Boston Hemp Inc.'s wide variety of premium hemp products including hemp flower infused with potent cannabinoids such as Delta-8 THC, HHC or THC-O, wax/dabs, edibles and vapes.
Herb is an online cannabis community that seeks to breakdown the stigma around weed by acting as a thoughtful curator of cannabis products, experiences and culture. They help users discover the best products, new products, information on strains, how-to guides and experiences in their cities through content and community.
Through this partnership Boston Hemp Inc. hopes to further amplify their growing brand to a community of like-minded individuals. Through strategic marketing exposure they hope to increase site traffic and acquire new customers.
Boston Hemp Inc. is one of the nation's top retailers of premium hemp products. They have a wide variety of hemp flower strains that can be infused with additional cannabinoids such as Delta-8 THC, HHC or THC-O, gummies that are filled with fruity flavor and pack a punch, concentrates, tinctures and vapes. They sell their products all over the world. Their products are available for sale on-line at www.BostonHempInc.com and at their retail location in Hanover, Massachusetts. Wholesale inquiries are welcome and can be made by emailing Kevin@BostonHempire.com
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Real America's Voice to air special, sponsored by the Informing America Foundation, on Thursday, August 4 at 7pm EDT
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A major TV special, Who Pays the Price for America's Open Border?, hosted by veteran journalist Ed Henry and sponsored by the Informing America Foundation, will air on Real America's Voice Thursday, August 4 at 7pm EDT. The special will examine the inherent threats that come with an open border with Mexico, both for Americans and those trying to cross it.
"The question of the border crisis is more than just the question of illegal immigration, and the negative consequences of that border crisis are felt far beyond the states on the border themselves," said Real America's Voice CEO Howard Diamond. "Who Pays the Price for America's Open Border? will examine every facet of the border crisis and show that every town in America is a border town," he said.
Who Pays the Price for America's Open Border? will air on Real America's Voice on Thursday, August 4 at 7pm EDT, and will feature interviews with:
- Ben Bergquam, Real America's Voice correspondent
- Jackie Siegel, Co-Founder, Victoria's Voice Foundation and "Queen of Versailles"
- Lisa Daftari, Editor-in-Chief, The Foreign Desk
- Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes
- Steve Cortes, Former Advisor to President Donald Trump
- Gelet Martinez Fragela, Executive Editor of ADN América
WATCH Who Pays the Price for America's Open Borders? on Thursday, August 4 at 7pm EDT at https://realamericasvoice.com or by downloading the app on Apple or Android. Real America's Voice is also available on DISH Network, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, and Roku.
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Expands white wine portfolio with classically styled, everyday Pinot Grigio
NAPA, Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bread & Butter Wines a 4-time Impact Hot Brand Award winner announces the launch of its inaugural Pinot Grigio. With domestic Pinot Grigio wines representing 66% of the total Pinot Grigio segment, Bread & Butter is well positioned to help uncomplicate a consumer's choice in this competitive arena. Bread & Butter Pinot Grigio is on shelves nationwide at a suggested retail price of $15.99.
Balanced and bright, this classically styled wine leads with notes of white floral and fresh citrus. Bread & Butter Winemaker Linda Trotta says, "This is a beloved example of Pinot Grigio from California. It will stand-up in taste and quality and pairs perfectly with crisp salads, light pasta dishes or frankly anything you want. With its aromatic accents alone, this classic California Pinot Grigio is a real crowd pleaser."
In an increasingly complicated world, Bread & Butter Wines' marketing campaign continues to reassure wine lovers it's okay to keep it simple by leaning in to one piece of advice – "Don't Overthink It." Like the portfolio's other varietal wines, this Pinot Grigio offers a reassuring choice to wine lovers as they pick-up a bottle of Bread & Butter wine.
"We are excited to launch our first-ever Pinot Grigio, a natural fit to our already thriving Bread & Butter white wine portfolio" says Jeff Ngo, Senior Vice President of Marketing for WX Brands. "This latest innovation is just another example that unlocks the simplicity people want – and a beloved example of Pinot Grigio from California meant for people to enjoy all year long. It's a standout."
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At Bread & Butter, we believe good things shouldn't be complicated. Good things should just be Good. Honest. Simple. And the same goes for our wine. We make good, honest, delicious wines meant to simply be enjoyed. We know that a good bottle of wine is an easy, thoughtful thing in a world that's usually neither. So, if life doesn't suddenly get easier (and it won't), we are here to help you. All you need to do is pour a glass, sit down, and don't overthink it. As our award-winning veteran winemaker Linda Trotta says, "A good wine is a wine you like." It's time to leave the complexity to us and enjoy our classically-styled wines.
Bread & Butter Wines is a four-time IMPACT Hot Brand winner. The wine brand's portfolio includes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Rosé, and Prosecco.
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AGRX, PTE, BBBY, TELL, and PHIO.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
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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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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Missfresh Limited ("Missfresh" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MF).
Class Period: June 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 12, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its Registration Statement; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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2021-2022 Civil Grand Jury Publishes "Shovel Ready: Best Practices and Collaboration to Improve San Francisco's Capital Construction Program"
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2021-2022 San Francisco Civil Grand Jury today released its report on best practices and collaboration to improve San Francisco's capital construction program. The Jury's interest in investigating this subject stemmed from its desire to follow up on recommendations made in prior Jury reports, including San Francisco's City Construction Program: It Needs Work (2015) and Van Ness Avenue - What Lies Beneath (2021), which City leaders agreed to adopt, but have yet to implement.
San Francisco relies on contractors for most of its capital construction projects, budgeted at $39 billion for the 2020-2029 period. To ensure the greatest chance of success, these projects require relevant experience, use of construction best practices, and close collaboration between the City and contractors.
One recommendation from the 2015 report focused on the need for City departments charged with managing capital construction projects to create and adopt a contractor performance evaluation database. The purpose was to find the best contractor for the job, by requiring these City departments and contractors to evaluate each other's performance during and after a construction project, thus ensuring accountability, transparency and two-way communications. The Mayor, Board of Supervisors and head of each applicable department all agreed the database would have a meaningful and positive impact on project quality, budgets and timelines.
"Six years after the City decided to create this database, and two years after it was developed, the database remains unused," said Michael Hofman, Jury Foreperson. "No department has entered data since February 2020. As a result, there is little contractor information in the database, and since the database isn't being populated with evaluations, it's unlikely to be used in selecting contractors. The City is failing to benefit from lessons learned on construction projects, and given the high stakes nature of the City's capital construction projects, we want to see this change."
The database, however, is only one example of a construction best practice. The Jury's report finds that the City misses opportunities to benefit from other construction best practices too.
About the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury
The Superior Court selects 19 San Franciscans to serve year-long terms as Civil Grand Jurors. The Jury has the authority to investigate City and County government by reviewing documents and interviewing public officials and private individuals. At the end of its inquiries, the Jury issues reports of its findings and recommendations. Agencies identified in the report must respond to these findings and recommendations within either 60 or 90 days, and the Board of Supervisors conducts a public hearing on each Civil Grand Jury report after those responses are submitted.
Civil Grand Jury reports may be viewed online at https://civilgrandjury.sfgov.org/
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CLINTON, Maine, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peaks Renewables (Peaks), a subsidiary of Summit Utilities, Inc. (Summit) focused on investing in innovative technologies to decarbonize thermal energy, broke ground on Maine's first renewable natural gas (RNG) dairy digester on July 6, 2022, in Clinton, Maine.
State officials and local leaders joined project partners, farmers, and friends of the project to witness the historic groundbreaking.
"It truly was an exciting day for Peaks, Summit, and the state of Maine," said Kurt Adams, Summit's President and CEO. "Since announcing our intent to build the anaerobic dairy digester, our teams have worked tirelessly to make it come to life. I am thrilled that we've been able to invest our resources to create green, renewable jobs right here in Maine and appreciative of the incredible support for the project we've received from the state, local community, and farming industry."
"This groundbreaking is a historic step forward for Summit, Peaks and all of our project stakeholders," said Angus King, President of Peaks and Chief Strategy Officer for Summit. "Renewable fuels like RNG have a critical role to play in reducing emissions and transitioning to a low carbon future. We created Peaks to drive innovation within Summit, and it has opened the door for the company to be a leader in the development of zero carbon fuels and drive innovation in the energy sector. For that, I am truly grateful."
The project was first announced in 2019 by Summit, with the goal of supporting the local economy and family farms while also reducing emissions by creating home-grown renewable natural gas that can be used to warm homes and fuel industry. To develop the project, the company is working with six Maine-based, family-owned dairy farms to generate homegrown RNG.
Located at Flood Brothers' farm in Clinton, the project will receive dairy manure from the Floods and from Gold Top Farm, Somerset Farm, Wright Place Farm, Taylor Dairy Farm, Heifer Haven Farm, and other farms. Once in the digester, the manure will be heated and decomposed, creating biogas. The gas will then be cleaned to make it pipeline quality.
Renewable energy credits will be sold to third parties who need them for their own decarbonization requirements. The gas itself will be purchased by Peaks' affiliate company, Summit Natural Gas of Maine (SNGME), and used to provide reliable gas service to its thousands of customers throughout the state. To put the project into perspective, it will produce the equivalent of about 45 percent of SNGME's residential demand.
Carbon beneficial RNG is functionally identical to traditional natural gas and can be used for heating, cooking, and other processes.
Peaks estimates that the facility will avoid emissions equating to 28,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. That's the equivalent of taking 6,500 cars off the road for every year it operates. In addition to generating pipeline-quality, carbon-negative renewable natural gas, the facility will also produce animal bedding and fertilizer that will be returned to the local dairy farms participating in the project to use in their daily operations. This unique manure-only project is first of its kind in Maine and joins a number of projects across the country that are already using this technology to remove emissions and create RNG.
RNG, also known as biomethane, is derived from the decomposition of naturally occurring organic waste from landfills, waste treatment plants, industrial sites and farms. Unless captured and reused, much of the emissions created from the organic waste at these facilities would be released into the atmosphere in the form of methane – one of the most potent greenhouse gasses.
"With Peaks Renewables' RNG project, we have an energy company teaming up with Maine's dairy industry to create a clean energy source our state can be proud of. This facility will help dairy farmers achieve greater efficiency and will deliver clean energy to homes and businesses in Maine, further proof that rural Maine can be a leader when it comes to energy innovation." – Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02)
"Maine is the most heating-oil dependent state in the country, with more than 60 percent of households reliant on oil to heat their homes in the winter months. This project has the potential to move Maine towards greater energy independence while reducing emissions and providing additional support for Maine's dairy farmers. This effort is a promising example of the creativity, innovation, and collaboration present across Maine that will help the state achieve its clean energy and climate targets." – Dan Burgess, Director of the Maine Governor's Energy Office
"As an organic farmer who has made addressing the climate crisis a top priority in Congress, I proudly fought to secure the federal funding to help bring this project to life, showing our farmers can be part of the climate solution. Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases that's released into the atmosphere, which is why farmers are vital in our collective fight against climate change. Today's groundbreaking is an exciting step forward in creating a sustainable energy future, and yet another example of how Maine farmers can partner with companies like Peaks Renewables and Summit Utilities to lead the way in reducing their carbon footprint and provide home-grown, renewable natural gas." – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
"Renewable fuels will play a critical role in helping the state meet its emission reduction goals and our collective energy needs now and into the future. That's why projects like Peaks' dairy RNG digester here in Clinton are an exciting step forward and a precursor to what the future will look like. It's particularly impressive that Peaks Renewables and Summit have found a way to partner with a heritage industry like Maine's dairy community to create these clean fuels." – Dana Connors, Maine State Chamber of Commerce
"For family farms like ours, the challenges of navigating the dairy industry in the 21st Century while balancing the challenges of climate and change mean finding new and sustainable ways to protect our land for future generations, care for our animals, and produce fresh, quality milk for our neighbors. This project is very important to our family and the future viability of our farm. Having the opportunity to collaborate with Peaks Renewables and other Maine farms to create renewable natural gas from the resources on our farm makes it possible for us to honor our commitment to care, concern, and community and enhance our sustainability efforts." – Jenni Tilton-Flood, Flood Brothers Farm
"We are thrilled to see Peaks Renewables break ground on this project. We are firm believers in all the benefits that RNG has to offer—from the carbon reduction benefits to the ability for farmers to reimagine reusable resources—it all makes RNG the sustainable energy source of our time. We are proud to stand behind companies like Peaks who invest in their communities through RNG dairy digesters and are honored to have been selected to work with Peaks on the design and construction of this facility." – Bryan Van Loo, Vice President of Regenis
"We applaud Maine dairy farms for their legacy of stewardship and drive for sustainability. As a century-old dairy co-operative with more than four-dozen Maine family farms as members, Agri-Mark is pleased to see several of them engaged in this project. Just as our dairy farmers are proud to own the award-winning Cabot brand of cheddar cheese and other dairy products, so are we, collectively as their co-op, proud of our member farms who are striving with Peaks to create a world-class, home-grown renewable energy solution." – Jed Davis, Director of Sustainability, Cabot Creamery
"We are so pleased to see this project coming to fruition. The collaboration between several Maine dairy farms and Summit is exciting to say the least. Nationally, the dairy industry has pledged to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050, and it is innovation like this that is going to make it a reality. We are so proud to see that Maine dairy farmers, with the help of Summit, will be able to make such a huge contribution towards that goal." – Jami Badershall, Communications Manager, Maine Dairy Promotion Board/Maine Dairy & Nutrition Council
Peaks Renewables is a renewable energy development company specializing in the development of low carbon, carbon-neutral, and carbon-negative fuels like renewable natural gas and green hydrogen. Our goal is to help states, communities, utilities, homeowners, and industries reduce emissions while creating economic growth and providing access to clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy solutions.
Peaks is a subsidiary of Summit Utilities, Inc. and an affiliate of Summit Natural Gas of Maine.
To learn more, visit: www.peaksrenewables.com
Summit Utilities, Inc. owns natural gas distribution and transmission subsidiaries that operate in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company provides safe, clean and affordable natural gas to businesses and residents in six states through Arkansas Oklahoma Gas, Colorado Natural Gas, Summit Natural Gas of Maine, Summit Natural Gas of Missouri, Summit Utilities Arkansas, and Summit Utilities Oklahoma. Each of Summit's natural gas distribution and transmission subsidiaries constructs and installs natural gas distribution systems with the goal of supporting economic development by providing clean-burning, safe and reliable natural gas to residential and commercial customers through exceptional customer service and commitment to community. Overall, Summit entities serve approximately 625,000 customers and operate more than 23,400 miles of pipeline.
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Justina Pimentel
207-449-5080
jpimentel@summitutilities.com
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NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Unilever American Depositary Receipts between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 15, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Unilever PLC made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: a) in July 2020, the board of Ben & Jerry's, one of Unilever's marquee brands, passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" ; and b) this boycott decision risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Unilever 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 Unilever 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 UL lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/unilever-plc-loss-submission-form?id=29704&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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‘Succession’ star glues hand to Starbucks counter in protest
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist James Cromwell has gone from “Succession’s” Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin’ — pasting his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain’s extra charge for plant-based milk.
The 82-year-old Oscar nominee, known for “Babe: Pig in the City” and “L.A. Confidential,” channeled his role as the crotchety, anti-capitalist brother of a billionaire media mogul for the protest organized by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Cromwell sat on the Starbucks counter wearing a “Free the Animals” T-shirt and read a statement denouncing the surcharge for vegan milk alternatives.
“When will you stop raking in huge profits while customers, animals and the environment suffer?” he demanded as fellow activists streamed the protest on Facebook.
Cromwell glued his hand to the counter, then later used a knife to scrape it off. Police said there were no arrests.
Starbucks outlets in the United States charge 50 cents to a dollar more for drinks made with plant-based milks.
“Customers can customize any beverage on the menu with a non-dairy milk, including soymilk, coconutmilk, almondmilk, and oatmilk for an additional cost (similar to other beverage customizations such as an additional espresso shot or syrup),” a Starbucks spokesperson said in a statement. “Pricing varies market by market.”
The spokesperson said Starbucks respects customers’ right to voice their opinions “so long as it does not disrupt our store operations.”
Cromwell, nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the farmer in “Babe,” is a veteran protester who was charged with trespassing in 2017 for interrupting an orca show at SeaWorld in San Diego.
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AUSTIN, Texas and CHICAGO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Profound Commerce, an acquirer and operator of e-commerce brands, announces the acquisition of FBA Capital Management's portfolio of e-commerce marketplace brands.
"We are excited to acquire FBA Capital Management's portfolio of brands, join forces with the FBA Capital Management principals and extend our reach into new categories," said Matt Howitt, CEO and founder of Profound Commerce. "We have been buying and growing marketplace brands for more than four years, and our strategy remains simple and effective: do the basics exceedingly well and lay a strong foundation for brand durability. As we have grown through the recent turbulence in e-commerce, our track record has attracted notice from e-commerce entrepreneurs and fellow brand platform operators, like FBA Capital Management. Collectively, the two teams share the belief that the strongest operators and brand builders will win. We believe that there will be many more opportunities to acquire portfolios of brands and even entire aggregators in the future. Profound Commerce intends to facilitate this trend."
Adam Gerchen, CEO of FBA Capital Management, echoes these sentiments. "From the start, we believed that the combination of scale and best-in-class operations would ultimately determine this ecosystem's winners. Successful growth and execution requires global coordination, creativity, tenacity, and an incredible degree of organization. Profound Commerce and FBA Capital Management share these core principles, and we believe that the brands and teams will create value and synergies as a combined platform. We look forward to partnering with Matt Howitt and his team to take these brands to new heights."
With this acquisition, Profound Commerce continues the recent wave of consolidation in the aggregator and brand-holding company space. This acquisition doubles Profound Commerce's topline revenue and contribution margin, and brings significant operating leverage to the Profound Commerce portfolio.
"Since our investment in 2021, Profound Commerce has proven its expertise in acquiring and managing marketplace native brands," said Matthew Spiro, Managing Director of Atalaya Capital Management LP, Profound Commerce's first and largest institutional investor, and a Profound Commerce board member. "We are very excited about what Matt Howitt and his team are building. This transaction represents a significant leap forward for Profound Commerce both in terms of scale and in introducing a top new investment partner into the business. FBA Capital Management has significant deal and capital markets experience, as well as strong relationships across the industry, which Profound Commerce can leverage."
Under the terms of this transaction, FBA Capital Management will obtain a minority stake in Profound Commerce. Brian Gutman, COO of FBA Capital Management, will join the Profound Commerce board of directors. Brian Gutman and Foley Schmidt, FBA Capital Management partners, will join the Profound Commerce leadership team.
Jones & Spross, PLLC acted as legal counsel to Profound Commerce. Levenfeld Pearlstein, PLLC acted as legal counsel to FBA Capital Management. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP acted as legal counsel to Atalaya Capital Management LP.
Profound Commerce is a privately held, fast-growing brand holding company that buys, launches, and operates a next generation portfolio of consumer products brands. Profound Commerce leverages brand building, audience development, product development and operational excellence to grow its brands. Profound Commerce brands benefit from a superior marketing, operations, and finance platform with seasoned e-commerce hands at its helm. Profound Commerce is headquartered in Austin, TX and has an additional presence in Cebu City, Philippines. For more information, visit www.profoundcommerce.com.
FBA Capital Management is a private investment firm focused exclusively on marketplace-native e-commerce brands. FBA Capital Management acquires and partners with ambitious, category-leading brand owners, service providers and brand holding companies in the third-party marketplace selling ecosystem. For more information, visit www.fbacap.com.
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-- Christian Genetski Promoted to the Role of President –
-- Mike Raffensperger Appointed as Chief Commercial Officer –
-- New Executive Structure Provides Long-Term Leadership Continuity –
NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FanDuel Group, the premier online gaming company in North America, has announced two appointments reflecting each executive's contributions to the success of the business. Effective immediately, Christian Genetski has been promoted to the role of President, FanDuel Group and Mike Raffensperger has been named to the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer. Both executives will continue their long tenures with FanDuel, during which they have helped steward the company's explosive growth. The promotions of Genetski and Raffensperger provide FanDuel with important leadership continuity, with each executive having separate and direct reporting lines into Amy Howe, Chief Executive Officer.
"It cannot be overstated how seminal both Christian and Mike have been to not only the success of FanDuel but to the industry more broadly," said Howe. "Each have helped nurture and evolve FanDuel from innovative upstart to the dominant market leader in sports betting and i-gaming. I am delighted to expand their roles as we continue into the future." Howe added, "Keeping Christian's deep institutional knowledge within FanDuel was critically important to me. In his expanded role, Christian's expert voice will impact decisions that are vital to creating a sustainable long-term business, while providing critical continuity for FanDuel to thrive in the future. Similarly, Mike's leadership of our revenue producing commercial units and marketing is a structure we believe best positions us for growth and reflects how important his performance has been to our success."
As President, Genetski will oversee all of FanDuel's business development, partnership, corporate strategy, and government affairs units. He will also be responsible for driving FanDuel's vision and execution of strategic partnerships and new business initiatives to extend the company's leadership position. Previously FanDuel's Chief Legal Officer, Genetski has played a historic role working with legislators, regulators and industry counterparts across the United States to unlock sports betting in the U.S., build the regulatory framework operators follow, and do so in a manner that positioned FanDuel for success. Genetski navigated the company and the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) industry through a series of existential regulatory challenges, most notably when he brokered an agreement with the New York State Attorney General that paved the way for New York to legalize and regulate DFS along with more than 20 additional states. It was his work that helped build a bridge for the company's entry into sports betting and i-gaming following the repeal of PASPA by the United States Supreme Court in 2018. Since 2018, he has led industry efforts to open mobile sports betting in 15 states and put mobile sports betting on the ballot in California this November. Genetski's tenure is also highlighted by his leadership in securing FanDuel's market access footprint, including ground-breaking market access partnerships with professional sports franchises, as well as the official partnerships the company enjoys with the NBA, NFL, NHL and PGA TOUR.
Raffensperger has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing revenue generation across FanDuel's sportsbook, casino, racing, daily fantasy and free-to-play platforms. The new position significantly expands Raffensperger's duties to include commercial leadership, which had previously been run by Howe. In addition, he will also assume oversight for FanDuel's content and programming assets including the company's broadly distributed cable network - TVG. Previously FanDuel's Chief Marketing Officer, Raffensperger will continue to steer both the marketing and now commercial units, forming a more cohesive structure that better positions the company for success into the future. During his tenure as CMO, Raffensperger's leadership has helped fuel the explosive growth and market share dominance FanDuel enjoys today. In that time, the company has surpassed its competitors in nearly every major market despite significantly less marketing investment while delivering far superior unit economic performance. This success has been powered by an agile customer acquisition strategy, disciplined approach to media and a keen eye for disruptive talent that has seen the company smartly leverage the popularity of Pat McAfee and others to enormous commercial success. Raffensperger has made FanDuel a leading advocate for responsible gambling launching bespoke advertising and signing a historic agreement with Craig Carton to serve as the company's first Responsible Gaming Ambassador.
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the United States, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers. The company is based in New York with offices in California, New Jersey, Florida, Oregon, Georgia and Scotland. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and a constituent of the FTSE 100 index of the London Stock Exchange.
Contact: Kevin Hennessy / FanDuel Group / press@fanduel.com
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New Mexico wildfire advances in Rocky Mountains foothills
(AP) - The largest wildfire burning in the United States was heading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Wednesday, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to prepare to evacuate as the fast-moving fire picks up momentum.
Fire officials said the blaze was racing up slopes and along exposed ridge lines while tossing embers into the air that were carried ahead of the fire by gusting winds. After growing more than 50 square miles in a single day, the fire has now charred more than 370 square miles of tinder-dry forest since it started last month.
Two more days of windy and dangerously bone-dry conditions are predicted before the winds are expected to ease on Friday. The winds have often made it too dangerous for aircraft to dump water on the fire and lay retardant to slow its advance through extremely dry Ponderosa pine forests in the Rocky Mountains foothills.
“This is tough firefighting business right here,” fire Incident Commander Dave Bales said in a briefing. “This is not easy, especially in the fuel types were in, in the Ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, even down into the grass. When we can’t fly aircraft, when we can’t get people on the direct edge of the fire, when it’s spotting over us, that’s a huge concern for us.”
Crews were mostly concerned about the potential for the massive fire to spread farther north toward small villages in the Rincon Mountains and rural towns that include the skiing and outdoor resort communities of Angel Fire and Taos.
Firefighters were working to protect buildings overnight around the towns of Mora and Holman, where Highway 518 north to Taos was closed because of smoke and fire danger. Authorities stressed there was no immediate threat to communities near Taos but new alerts for evacuations were issued for some locations.
“Coming up toward Taos, Black Lake, Angel Fire, there is the possibility with the models we are running that those areas are going to see fire,” Todd Abel, a fire operations chief, said Tuesday evening.
Crews have been trying to direct flames around homes on the northern and southern ends of the fire — bulldozing firebreaks, putting up sprinklers, clearing trees and raking pine needles. More than 1,800 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to the blaze.
A federal disaster already has been declared because of the blaze, which is partly the result of a preventative fire that escaped containment after it was set in early April to clear brush and small trees so they could not serve as wildfire fuel. That fire merged with another wildfire several weeks later.
Crews also were battling smaller fires elsewhere in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Associated Press writer Scott Sonner contributed to this report from Reno, Nevada.
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BEIJING, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This is an opinion piece by Ong Tee Keat, Chairman of the Center for New Inclusive Asia, Malaysia, for Beijing Review:
Chinese President Xi Jinping's Global Security Initiative (GSI) is no doubt a timely call that provides the world with an alternative to the escalating geopolitical tension.
The initiative evolved from President Xi's proposal at the Fourth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Shanghai in 2014 and calls for a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security model. It was first directed at Asia, but now is becoming increasingly relevant globally.
The GSI raises the principle of indivisible security. It seeks to forbid any country from strengthening its own security at the expense of others, echoing a 1999 charter signed by members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes the United States and Canada.
Be that as it may, in reality, no single charter could ever make an effective deterrent to military conflicts if only the narrow unilateral gains of a nation were to be pursued. Legitimate security concerns of all conflicting nations involved have to be addressed even-handedly to minimize differences, if full-blown conflicts are to be averted.
While acknowledging the current global vulnerability to military conflicts, it is not too far-fetched to envision that risks of potential military clashes could be minimized considerably if economic dividends could be reaped jointly through the promotion of development, notably through the connectivity of trans-border development where economic interests of neighboring countries in the region are all set to intertwine.
In this context, the GSI should not be read and interpreted in isolation. Much less should it be deemed a spontaneous response to any specific existing security pacts. It must be read in conjunction with such preceding proposals of China as the Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to boost connectivity along and beyond the ancient Silk Road routes, the ideal of building a community with a shared future for humanity and the Global Development Initiative. In short, it is part of the holistic strategy China offers to the international community in its bid as a responsible rising power to make the world a safer home for humanity, one that is more inclusive and sustainable.
This by itself is a timely and relevant public good that warrants global attention and common sense across the political spectrum. Amid the growing existential threats compounded with the increasing vulnerability to military clashes, any hegemonic moves to maintain one's geopolitical primacy at the expense of global peace and solidarity are nothing but myopic and despicable moves that deserve global disdain.
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