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Maritime and cultural tourism exhibition features giant, eye-popping installations at five prominent locations in Macao                                                                

MACAO
, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sands China held an opening ceremony Wednesday at the Macao Science Center waterfront to celebrate world-famous pop art masterPhilip Colbert’s colourful maritime and cultural tourismart exhibition, Coastal Fantasia: The Lobster King’s Vacation in Macao, which features massive installations of his iconic Lobster cartoon persona.

From now until mid-March, local residents and visitors can enjoy the exhibition at five concurrent locations in Macao, crafted by the world-renowned British contemporary pop artist to highlight Macao’s unique coastal beauty. Some of the works were exclusively designed for this special exhibition.

Free to visit, this enriching, accessible art series is brought to Macao by Sands China with the support of the Marine and Water Bureau, Municipal Affairs Bureau, Macao Government Tourism Office, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Public Security Police Force and Macao Science Center.

Sands China hopes that the innovative, city-wide pop art installation will further expand Macao’s maritime tourism offerings, enrich the cultural experience of locals and tourists in Macao, support the development of new tourism products to attract domestic and international visitors, and showcase Macao’s multicultural charm.

Dr. Wilfred Wong, executive vice chairman of Sands China Ltd., said: “Sands China is delighted to partner with globally acclaimed British contemporary pop art master Philip Colbert to bring his iconic Lobster back to the city in this new year with Coastal Fantasia: The Lobster King’s Vacation in Macao. Macao is a port city located on the coast of the South China Sea, naturally endowed with significant geographical advantages. With its unique blend of East meets West culture spanning over four centuries, the peninsula possesses characteristics that are truly one-of-a-kind in the world. By introducing internationally renowned masterpieces to Macao, we aim to boost Macao’s coastal tourism offerings and promote the beauty of the city’s coastline – while further enriching Macao’s distinctive tourism and cultural atmosphere and enhancing its international reputation through this newly launched maritime and cultural art exhibition. Additionally, this exhibition’s installations showcase both the classic and new look of Colbert’s Lobster to highlight the importance of preserving the ocean and ecological environment – some of which are even making their global debut.

“Macao’s exhibition of this globally recognised artist once again highlights the city’s unique integration of Chinese and Western cultures and its cultural charm. This mega-event demonstrates Sands China’s ongoing support for the government’s vision to promote Macao’s diversification, ushering in a new chapter for the city’s cultural and arts industries. We express our heartfelt gratitude to the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR and the bureaus and departments of the Macao SAR government for their unwavering support, and to Colbert and his professional team for bringing amazing pop art works to Macao.”

Philip Colbert
 has earned a global fanbase with his Lobster character and his hyper-pop history paintings. Full of energy, his paintings are a fusion of themes from old master paintings, contemporary art, and everyday symbols of mass culture. His bright artistic vision comes to life in his well-known Lobster character and its immense installations.

The exhibition’s larger-than-life installations and themed sculptures are concurrently showcased at five different locations in the city, including Macao Science Center waterfront, ‌‧ART Space at Macao Cultural Center, The Venetian Macao outdoor lagoon, and two Sands China’s revitalisation areas: the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory and Taipa Houses.

Colbert has held over 50 solo exhibitions around the world since 2014, many of them in Asia, including China, Japan, and Korea. He last visited Macao for Sands China’s exhibition for Art Macao 2023. For the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, he held a public exhibition of his giant Lobster sculptures at Station F.

Colbert said: “I’m so excited to be back to Macao and it’s such an honour to be the biggest artist takeover in the city’s history. I’m so grateful to the bureaus and departments of the Macao SAR government and Sands China for having a great ambition to help bring my artistic works to life on such a big scale. Macao is a city I have been inspired by from the first time I came. I really believe that Lobster would feel right at home in the city, and it is excited that we are going to unveil three permanent sculptures in the city – may Lobster’s dream live on in Macao forever!”

Coastal Fantasia: The Lobster King’s Vacation in Macao

From now until March 16, the Macao Science Center waterfront features a new 15-metre-high inflatable installation, Lobster Submarine, as well as four thematic art sculptures along the shore that accentuate the beauty of Macao’s distinctive coastline. At The Venetian^®Macao, visitors are greeted by an enormous, eye-catching 7-metre-high Lobster Flamingo, featuring The Lobster King floating in a bright pink flamingo ring in the waters of the outdoor lagoon.

Philip Colbert’s Solo Exhibition: “The Journey to the Lobster Planet Macao”

In order to expand Colbert’s artistic footprint into neighbouring community areas, Philip Colbert’s Solo Exhibition: “The Journey to the Lobster Planet Macao” is running now untilFeb. 15 at‧ART Space at Macao Cultural Center 1F. Co-organised by Sands China, the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Colbert, the renowned artist’s inaugural solo exhibition in Macao has unveiled a collection of over 20 newly created artworks, ranging from oil paintings and sculptures, letting visitors discover the vibrancy of pop art in a museum ambiance.

Sands China’s Community Revitalization Series: “Philip Colbert’s Macao Art Tour”

Finally, residents and visitors can head to the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory and Taipa Houses to see Colbert’s artworks illuminate the historic sites fromnow untilMarch 16 in Sands China’s Community Revitalization Series: “Philip Colbert’s Macao Art Tour.” Among the seven sculptures on display are a Lobster Firecracker and Lobster Cockerel specially crafted by Colbert by drawing inspiration from these two historic locations. This lively showcase is supported by the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Macao Government Tourism Office.

In order to enhance the Lunar New Year ambiance for visitors during the festive season, Sands China is providing free lobster-themed fai chun by an on-site calligrapher and Chinese instrumental music performances at Iec Long for a limited time. Additionally, Sands China will host a sharing session for Macao art students to learn from Colbert Jan. 16 at‧ART Space.

Guests of honour at Wednesday’s opening ceremony at Macao Science Center waterfront were Bai Bing, deputy director-general of the Department of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR; Leong Wai Man, president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR; Cheng Wai Tong, acting director of the Macao Government Tourism Office; Mok Ian Ian, president of the Board of Directors of Macao Science Center Limited; Colbert; Dr. Wong; Dave Sun, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sands China Ltd. and managing director of Venetian Macau Limited; Wong Chio Fat, head of the shipping and seafarers department of the Marine and Water Bureau of the Macao SAR; Sou Hoi Chi, acting head of the department of cultural and recreational affairs and civic education of the Municipal Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR; and Chan Weng Hei, acting head of the marine enforcement department of the Macao Customs Service.

Meanwhile, Philip Colbert’s Solo Exhibition: “The Journey to the Lobster Planet Macao” was inaugurated Wednesday at ‧ART Space, with an opening ceremony attended by Bai, Leong, Cheng, Colbert, Dr. Wong, and Sun.

For more details about Philip Colbert’s Coastal Fantasia: The Lobster King’s Vacation in Macao, visit https://en.sandsresortsmacao.com/sands-lifestyle/events/king-lobster-vacation-2025.html.

About Sands China Ltd.

Sands China Ltd. (Sands China or the Company) is incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx: 1928). Sands China is the largest operator of integrated resorts in Macao. The Company’s integrated resorts on the Cotai Strip comprise The Venetian^® Macao, The Plaza^® Macao, The Parisian^®Macao and The Londoner^® Macao. The Company also owns and operates Sands^® Macao on the Macao peninsula. The Company’s portfolio features a diversified mix of leisure and business attractions and transportation operations, including large meeting and convention facilities; a wide range of restaurants; shopping malls; world-class entertainment at The Venetian Arena, The Londoner Arena, The Venetian Theatre, The Parisian Theatre, the Londoner Theatre and the Sands Theatre; and a high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service between Hong Kong and Macao. The Company’s Cotai Strip portfolio has the goal of contributing to Macao’s transformation into a world centre of tourism and leisure. Sands China is a subsidiary of global resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS).

For more information, please visit www.sandschina.com.

About Philip Colbert

Living and working in London, Scotland-born Colbert is often referred to as the “godson of Andy Warhol.” He has attracted a global following for his cartoon lobster persona and his masterful hyper-pop history paintings. His works powerfully explore the patterns of contemporary digital culture and its relationship to a deeper art historical dialogue. “I became an artist when I became a Lobster,” he famously said.

With his energetic approach to painting and pop theory, his paintings cross high art themes from old master paintings and contemporary art theory with everyday symbols of mass contemporary culture, all narrated through the eyes of Colbert’s cartoon Lobster alter ego. He has been championed as a contemporary pop art master by art world figures such as Charles Saatchi & Simon De Pury.

Colbert famously staged an artistic intervention in 2022 ahead of the opening week of the 59th Venice Biennale with an inflatable lobster sculpture that floated along the Grand Canal. Since 2014, Colbert has held more than 50 solo exhibitions worldwide, having frequently appeared in Asia, including various cities in China, Japan, and Korea. Colbert paid his last visit to Macao for Sands China’s exhibition for Art Macao 2023. For the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, he held a public exhibition featuring his giant sculptures at Station F.

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Corporate Communications, Sands China Ltd.
Mabel Wu
Tel: +853 8118 2268
Email: [email protected] 

Jesse Chiang

Tel: +853 8118 2054
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BOSTON
, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) will release its fiscal 2025 first quarter results on Wednesday, February 5^th after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Wednesday, February 5^th at 5 pm Eastern Time. The earnings press release, accompanying earnings presentation, and financial data tables will be accessible prior to the conference call and webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at PTC Investor Relations.

Please note that statements made on the conference call and webcast are as of the date of the conference call and webcast and PTC does not assume any obligation to update any statements made live or the archived call. Matters discussed may include forward-looking statements about PTC’s anticipated financial results and growth, as well as about the development of products and markets, which are based on current plans and assumptions. Actual results in future periods may differ materially from current expectations due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those described from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC’s most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.

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PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) is a global software company that enables industrial and manufacturing companies to digitally transform how they design, manufacture, and service the physical products that the world relies on. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, PTC employs over 7,000 people and supports more than 30,000 customers globally. For more information, please visit www.ptc.com.

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SAN DIEGO
, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ —Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces that purchasers or acquirers of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) securities between October 31, 2023 and September 2, 2024, inclusive (the “Class Period”), have until Monday, February 24, 2025 to seek appointment as lead plaintiff of the Transocean class action lawsuit.  Captioned Gábor v. Transocean Ltd., No. 24-cv-09964 (S.D.N.Y.), the Transocean class action lawsuit charges Transocean and certain of Transocean’s top current and former executives with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

If you suffered substantial losses and wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Transocean class action lawsuit, please provide your information here:

https://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases-transocean-ltd.html
 

You can also contact attorneys J.C. Sanchez or Jennifer N. Caringal of Robbins Geller by calling 800/449-4900 or via e-mail at [email protected].

CASE ALLEGATIONS: Transocean, together with its subsidiaries, provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells worldwide.  According to the complaint, Transocean marked its Discoverer Inspiration and Development Driller III rigs as “idle,” which means that the rigs were being held between contracts and readily available for operations.

The Transocean class action lawsuit alleges that defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Discoverer Inspiration and the Development Driller III were considered non-strategic assets; (ii) Transocean’s recorded asset valuations were overstated; and (iii) as a result, Transocean would take nearly twice the vessels’ sale price in impairment if sold.

The Transocean class action lawsuit further alleges that on September 3, 2024, Transocean announced that “as part of [Transocean]’s ongoing efforts to dispose of non-strategic assets” it had agreed to sell the Development Driller III and the Discoverer Inspiration and associated assets for an aggregate of $342 million.  According to the complaint, Transocean further announced that the sales would result in an estimated third quarter non-cash charge of up to $645 million associated with the impairment of said assets.  On this news, the price of Transocean stock fell nearly 9%, the Transocean class action lawsuit alleges.

THE LEAD PLAINTIFF PROCESS: The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased or acquired Transocean securities during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the Transocean class action lawsuit.  A lead plaintiff is generally the movant with the greatest financial interest in the relief sought by the putative class who is also typical and adequate of the putative class.  A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the Transocean class action lawsuit.  The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the Transocean class action lawsuit.  An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff of the Transocean class action lawsuit.

ABOUT ROBBINS GELLER: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is one of the world’s leading law firms representing investors in securities fraud cases.  Our Firm has been #1 in the ISS Securities Class Action Services rankings for six out of the last ten years for securing the most monetary relief for investors.  We recovered $6.6 billion for investors in securities-related class action cases – over $2.2 billion more than any other law firm in the last four years.  With 200 lawyers in 10 offices, Robbins Geller is one of the largest plaintiffs’ firms in the world and the Firm’s attorneys have obtained many of the largest securities class action recoveries in history, including the largest securities class action recovery ever – $7.2 billion – in In re Enron Corp. Sec. Litig.  Please visit the following page for more information:

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HAIKOU, China
, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — JX Luxventure Group Inc. (Nasdaq: JXG) (the “Company”), a technology company engages in integrated tourism services, including tourism, duty-free cross-border goods, and comprehensive e-commerce technology solutions, today announced that, on January 13, 2025, Jinxuan (Hainan) Holding Group Co., Ltd. (“JX Hainan”), a subsidiary of the Company, entered into and executed a 2025 Strategic Annual Cooperation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with  Hainan Cross-border E-Commerce Association (“HCEA”).  We anticipate that this Agreement will start a long-term strategic partnership collaboration between the parties, and that HCEA will  meet its target of selling US$20,000,000 worth of cross-borders products within one year, as stated in the Agreement.

Ms. Sun “Ice” Lei, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented: “Hainan Free Trade Port has created remarkable opportunities for the cross-border e-commerce industry. We believe that this $20 million procurement order marks just the beginning for the Company to implement such an opportunity. Through technological innovation, resource integration, and compliance support, we will empower more small and medium-sized enterprises to access global markets, achieve sustainable growth, and bring new energy to the global trade ecosystem.”

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Group Inc.

Headquartered in Haikou, China, JX Luxventure Group Inc. is a technology company engages in integrated tourism services, including tourism, duty-free cross-border goods, and comprehensive e-commerce technology solutions.  To learn more about the Company, please visit its corporate website at https://www.jxluxventure.com/en/. 

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INDIANAPOLIS
, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Calumet, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLMT) (the “Company,” “Calumet,” “we,” “our” or “us”) provided an update on its recent financing activity, including the pricing by its wholly owned subsidiaries, Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) and Calumet Finance Corp., of their private placement of $100 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.75% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes Offering”) and registration its $65 million at-the-market equity program (the “ATM Program”).

“Yesterday’s successful bond pricing was a targeted piece of refinancing,” said Todd Borgmann, CEO.  “In conjunction with the notes offering, Calumet registered a small ATM equity facility.  While we do not envision a need to issue equity, the flexible program provides a controllable, and fully optional, tool to prudently manage maturities. These financings, alongside our recently closed DOE loan and expected free cash flow provide a clear, robust, and flexible path to removing our 2026 notes, allowing us to focus on our strategic objectives of executing the MaxSAF project and deleveraging our balance sheet with a continued focus on shareholder value creation.”

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About Calumet

Calumet, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLMT) manufactures, formulates, and markets a diversified slate of specialty branded products and renewable fuels to customers across a broad range of consumer-facing and industrial markets. Calumet is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and operates twelve facilities throughout North America.

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