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Cboe Lists for Trading Four Active Non-Transparent ETFs from Invesco

– Invesco’s first active non-transparent ETFs are now trading on Cboe BZX Exchange

– With these four ETFs, Cboe lists a total of 21 ETFs from Invesco

– Cboe is the leading exchange for listing and trading of new generation of actively managed ETFs

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CHICAGO, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a market operator and global trading solutions provider, today announced it has listed for trading four active non-transparent ETFs from Invesco Ltd.: the Invesco Focused Discovery Growth ETF (Ticker: IVDG), Invesco Select Growth ETF (Ticker: IVSG), Invesco Real Assets ESG ETF (Ticker: IVRA), and Invesco U.S. Large Cap Core ESG ETF (Ticker: IVLC).

Unlike traditional exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which disclose portfolio holdings on a daily basis, semi-transparent ETFs, also referred to as “non-transparent” ETFs, allow asset managers to deliver their actively managed investment strategies in an ETF vehicle, without the disclosure requirements of traditional ETFs. These ETFs typically enable asset managers to take advantage of the liquidity and tax-advantage benefits of the ETF structure, while keeping their strategy hidden to protect shareholders.

With the new listings from Invesco, Cboe BZX Exchange continues to maintain its position as the leading exchange for this new generation of actively managed ETFs, with products listed on its exchange accounting for approximately $370 of the $550 million in total assets under management for this ETF category. The addition of these four ETFs also brings the total number of Invesco ETFs listed on Cboe BZX Exchange to 21.

Laura Morrison, Global Head of Listings at Cboe Global Markets, said: “We are pleased to assist Invesco in bringing their latest ETF innovation to the market and look forward to supporting their continued success. Cboe has been laser focused on the evolution of this new class of active ETFs and is committed to providing best-in-class market quality and liquidity in the space.”

Cboe BZX Exchange boasts the tightest average quoted spread for all actively managed, semi-transparent ETFs industry-wide, outranking other listing exchanges by 14 basis points. As a result of this strong market quality, Cboe has accounted for roughly 68% of on-exchange trading volumes in this category of ETFs in 2020.

Anna Paglia, Global Head of ETFs and Indexed Strategies at Invesco, said: “We are excited to collaborate with Cboe Global Markets as Invesco breaks new ground with the launch of our non-transparent active ETFs.  Invesco has high conviction that our new ETFs will provide a unique investor solution that combines the strength of Invesco’s active managers within an ETF wrapper.”

The new Invesco active non-transparent ETF suite will utilize innovation from Invesco’s proprietary active non-transparent ETF model and Fidelity’s active equity ETF methodology. Detailed information about Invesco’s active non-transparent ETFs was announced in its press release earlier today. In addition to Cboe BZX Exchange as the primary listing venue, Citadel Securities has been named the lead market maker for these ETFs.

As of December 2020, Cboe BZX Exchange is the second largest primary listings venue for exchange-traded products (ETPs) in the U.S. Cboe BZX is home to more than 400 ETPs, representing approximately $370 billion in total assets under management from more than 50 unique issuers in the U.S.  In Europe, Cboe lists more than 60 ETPs from nine unique issuers. For the year to date, Cboe BZX has captured 35 percent of all new ETP launches in the market. For additional information on the Cboe Listed Marketplace, visit CboeListings.com.

About Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE) provides cutting-edge trading and investment solutions to market participants around the world. The company is committed to defining markets through product innovation, leading edge technology and seamless trading solutions.

The company offers trading across a diverse range of products in multiple asset classes and geographies, including options, futures, U.S., Canadian and European equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), global foreign exchange (FX) and volatility products based on the Cboe Volatility Index® (VIX® Index), recognized as the world’s premier gauge of U.S. equity market volatility.

Cboe’s subsidiaries include the largest options exchange and the third largest stock exchange operator in the U.S. In addition, the company operates one of the largest stock exchanges by value traded in Europe, and owns EuroCCP, a leading pan-European equities clearing house. Cboe also is a leading market globally for ETP listings and trading.    

The company is headquartered in Chicago with a network of domestic and global offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia, including main hubs in New York, London, Kansas City and Amsterdam. For more information, visit www.cboe.com.  


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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. and its affiliates do not recommend or make any representation as to possible benefits from any securities or investments, or third-party products or services. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. is not affiliated with Invesco Ltd, Fidelity or Citadel Securities. Investors should undertake their own due diligence regarding their securities and investment practices. This press release speaks only as of this date. Cboe disclaims any duty to update the information herein.

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Infortrend Wins Storage Awards Again This Year

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TAIPEI, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495), the industry-leading enterprise storage provider, is honored to announce that two years in a row, overcoming Tier 1 storage vendors, it receives two prestigious awards from Storage Magazine in UK: “Editor’s Choice – Company” and “Cloud Product of the Year” for EonStor GS Gen2. 

Due to the extraordinary circumstances of 2020, this year’s Storage Awards ceremony was held virtually, attracting storage industry vendors, resellers, and distributors. The awards are voted for by 20,000+ Storage Magazine readers and websites visitors. “The ‘Editor’s Choice – Company‘ award this year goes to the company that we have covered a lot over the last twelve months in the magazine in terms of not just product announcements, but the growth of the company itself – Infortrend… And just as a proof of what I have just been saying, literally singing the praises of this company’s products, the winner of ‘Cloud Product of the Year‘ award is Infortrend’s EonStor GS Gen2,” said David Taylor, the editor of Storage Magazine.

The winning product, EonStor GS Gen2, is a high availability hybrid cloud solution exclusively designed for enterprises. It integrates SAN and NAS services as well as Cloud Gateway to connect on-premises storage to various cloud storages. Enterprises can synchronize their file and block-level data between the GS and cloud with desired frequency, so that remote colleagues can get access via common protocols and effortlessly collaborate on the same files and applications.

“We are excited to announce that this year we won two awards from Storage Magazine again! It is a big honor to receive such a prestigious recognition of our efforts, and both awards (‘Editor’s Choice – Company‘ and ‘Cloud Product of the Year‘) confirm that we are moving in the right direction developing EonStor GS as a comprehensive hybrid cloud solution for enterprises,” said Frank Lee, Senior Director of Product Planning.

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EonStor GS Gen2

About Infortrend

Infortrend (TWSE: 2495) has been developing and manufacturing storage solutions since 1993. With a strong emphasis on in-house design, testing, and manufacturing, Infortrend storage delivers performance and scalability with the latest standards, user friendly data services, personal after-sales support, and unrivaled value. For more information, please visit www.infortrend.com

Infortrend® and EonStor® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Infortrend Technology, Inc.; other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Phunware Releases “Healthy Spaces” Mobile App Update for Android on Google Play

Phunware Releases “Healthy Spaces” Mobile App Update for Android on Google Play

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) (the “Company”), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced a new release of its mobile application software, Healthy Spaces, on Google Play for Android so individuals and businesses can easily schedule gatherings and enable contactless check-in to screen attendees before or upon arrival at venues and facilities.

Healthy Spaces allows users to build and maintain health profiles to include tracking, recording and evaluating key medical activities, habits and symptoms. Mobile application users can then create, manage and join groups across their professional and social networks for easy monitoring and check-ins. The mobile application user profiles help to maintain healthy spaces by making key health attributes such as daily temperature easily accessible for review, prior to safely gathering or interacting with larger groups of people.

“People are excited to be social again and businesses need tools like Healthy Spaces that will allow them to operate in a safer and more responsible manner,” said Randall Crowder, COO of Phunware. “With this latest release, any individual or business can use Healthy Spaces to seamlessly screen people before an event, a day at work or even a well-deserved night out.”

In addition to being available as a stand-alone mobile application portfolio, Healthy Spaces will soon be available for integration into existing iOS and Android mobile applications using a proprietary Software Development Kit (SDK). Existing Phunware customers will be able to leverage the Healthy Spaces SDK and access additional features through the Company’s Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) cloud platform for mobile, enabling safer returns to work for businesses, returns to campus for academic institutions and returns to being social for other groups and organizations.

Capabilities of MaaS, with the addition of the Healthy Spaces SDK, will include, but will not be limited to:

  • Providing individuals and groups with pre-screening guidelines and questions upon arrival at a location
  • Tracking important health, habits and risk information among individuals and groups through user profiles
  • Scheduling, reviewing and determining if an individual or group is approved to gather based on health attributes and their associated potential risks
  • Managing and enforcing social distancing and health protocols, including proactive and reactive messaging, reminders and notifications
  • Monitoring and tracing movements and activities (subject to both facility readiness and the integration of Phunware’s MaaS Location Based Services SDK)

Click here to learn more about how Healthy Spaces can help businesses and individuals be together apart and safely together. Healthy Spaces is also available for download on the Apple App Store for iOS as well. The Company expects to release this new update for iOS users by the end of the month.

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The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. Future developments affecting us may not be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other filings that we make with the SEC from time to time. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. These risks and others described under “Risk Factors” in our SEC filings may not be exhaustive.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. In addition, even if our results or operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this press release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.

About Phunware, Inc.

Everything You Need to Succeed on Mobile — Transforming Digital Human Experience

Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), is the pioneer of Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS), an award-winning, fully integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides companies the products, solutions, data and services necessary to engage, manage and monetize their mobile application portfolios and audiences globally at scale. Phunware’s Software Development Kits (SDKs) include location-based services, mobile engagement, content management, messaging, advertising, loyalty (PhunCoin & Phun) and analytics, as well as a mobile application framework of pre-integrated iOS and Android software modules for building in-house or channel-based mobile application and vertical solutions. Phunware helps the world’s most respected brands create category-defining mobile experiences, with more than one billion active devices touching its platform each month. For more information about how Phunware is transforming the way consumers and brands interact with mobile in the virtual and physical worlds, visit https://www.phunware.com, https://www.phuncoin.com, https://www.phuntoken.com, and follow @phunware, @phuncoin and @phuntoken on all social media platforms.

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Pfizer Invites Public to View and Listen to Webcast of February 2 Conference Call with Analysts

Pfizer Invites Public to View and Listen to Webcast of February 2 Conference Call with Analysts

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) invites investors and the general public to view and listen to a webcast of a conference call with investment analysts at 10 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The purpose of the call is to provide an update on Pfizer’s results, as reflected in the company’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Performance Report, to be issued that morning.

To view and listen to the webcast and view the Performance Report, visit our web site at www.pfizer.com/investors. Information on accessing and pre-registering for the webcast will be available at www.pfizer.com/investors beginning today. Participants are advised to register in advance of the conference call.

You can also listen to the conference call by dialing either (866) 662-3198 in the United States and Canada or (918) 922-6130 outside of the United States and Canada. The password is “Fourth Quarter Earnings”.

Visitors to www.pfizer.com/investors will be able to view and listen to an archived copy of the webcast of the conference call.

About Pfizer: Breakthroughs That Change Patients’ Lives

At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products, including innovative medicines and vaccines. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, we have worked to make a difference for all who rely on us. We routinely post information that may be important to investors on our website at www.Pfizer.com. In addition, to learn more, please visit us on www.Pfizer.com and follow us on Twitter at @Pfizer and @Pfizer News, LinkedIn, YouTube and like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/Pfizer.

Disclosure Notice:The webcast may include forward-looking statements about, among other things, our anticipated operating and financial performance; business plans and prospects; expectations for our product pipeline; in-line products and product candidates, including anticipated regulatory submissions, data read-outs, study starts, approvals, revenue contribution, growth, performance, timing of exclusivity and potential benefits; manufacturing and product supply; our efforts to respond to COVID-19, including our vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and our investigational protease inhibitor; our expectations regarding the impact of COVID-19; our ability to successfully capitalize on growth opportunities and prospects; plans for and prospects of our acquisitions and other business development activities, including the combination of Upjohn with Mylan N.V. to create a new global pharmaceutical company, Viatris; and plans relating to share repurchases and dividends, among other things, that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. A description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in Pfizer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and in its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q, including in the sections thereof captioned “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results”, as well as in its subsequent reports on Form 8-K, all of which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov and www.pfizer.com.

The forward-looking statements in the webcast speak only as of the original date of the webcast. Pfizer assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in the webcast as the result of new information or future events or developments.

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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Declined in December

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NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® declined in December, after decreasing in November. The Index now stands at 88.6 (1985=100), down from 92.9 in November. The Present Situation Index – based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions – decreased sharply from 105.9 to 90.3. However, the Expectations Index – based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions – increased from 84.3 in November to 87.5 this month.  

The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®, based on a probability-design random sample, is conducted for The Conference Board by Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers buy and watch. The cutoff date for the preliminary results was December 14.

“Consumers’ assessment of current conditions deteriorated sharply in December, as the resurgence of COVID-19 remains a drag on confidence,” said Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board. “As a result, consumers’ vacation intentions, which had notably improved in October, have retreated. On the flip side, as consumers continue to hunker down at home, intentions to purchase appliances have risen. Overall, it appears that growth has weakened further in Q4, and consumers do not foresee the economy gaining any significant momentum in early 2021.”

Consumers’ assessment of current conditions declined in December. The percentage of consumers claiming business conditions are “good” decreased from 18.8 percent to 16.0 percent, while those claiming business conditions are “bad” increased from 34.9 percent to 39.5 percent. Consumers’ assessment of the labor market was also less favorable. The percentage of consumers saying jobs are “plentiful” declined from 26.3 percent to 21.8 percent, while those claiming jobs are “hard to get” rose from 19.4 percent to 22.0 percent.

Consumers, however, were moderately more optimistic about the short-term outlook. The percentage of consumers expecting business conditions will improve over the next six months increased from 26.5 percent to 29.0 percent, while those expecting business conditions will worsen decreased from 22.5 percent to 21.9 percent. Consumers’ outlook regarding the job market also improved. The proportion expecting more jobs in the months ahead increased from 25.0 percent to 27.5 percent, however those anticipating fewer jobs increased marginally from 21.6 percent to 22.2 percent. Regarding their short-term income prospects, the percentage of consumers expecting an increase rose marginally from 16.0 percent to 16.8 percent, while the proportion expecting a decrease declined marginally from 14.5 percent to 14.3 percent.

Source: December 2020Consumer Confidence Survey®
The Conference Board / Release #8001

The Conference Board publishes the Consumer Confidence Index® at 10 a.m. ET on the last Tuesday of every month. Subscription information and the technical notes to this series are available on The Conference Board website: https://www.conference-board.org/data/consumerdata.cfm.

About The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what’s ahead. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States. www.conference-board.org.

About NIELSEN
Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and buy. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services for all devices on which content — video, audio and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry’s only global view of retail performance measurement. By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen also provides its clients with analytics that help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries, covering more than 90 percent of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.   

 

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Brave New Coin Launches Maker Vault Index and Blockchain Interoperability Index on Digital Asset Exchange BTSE

BNC’s latest institutional-grade products are now available on BTSE, with additional exchanges to follow

AUCKLAND, New Zealand / BVI, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (via Blockchain Wire) Digital asset data infrastructure company Brave New Coin (https://bravenewcoin.com/) today announced two new indices on the multi-currency spot and futures trading platform BTSE: the Maker Vault Index and the Blockchain Interoperability Index. Both institutional-grade products are available on BTSE starting December 23, 2020 and will be made available on additional BNC partner exchanges in the near future. 

Maker Protocol is one of the largest decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain, and is governed by MakerDAO, an open-source project and decentralized autonomous organization created in 2014. Brave New Coin’s Maker Vault Index is a rules-based sector index designed to measure the growth of crypto assets used as collateral and locked in the Maker Vaults. It tracks the real-time market performance of the top eight largest assets in the Maker Vaults. Methodology for this index can be found here.

Blockchain interoperability is emerging as an important sector, as it aims to allow different blockchains to easily communicate with one another without intermediaries. Brave New Coin’s Blockchain Interoperability Index is designed to measure the growth of interoperability projects in the cryptographic asset marketplace. This index tracks the market performance of the 10 largest blockchain interoperability digital assets in real time, including Polkadot (DOT) and Cardano (ADA). The constituent asset weightings are rebalanced every three months. Methodology for this index can be found here. 

Earlier this year, BTSE extended its partnership with Brave New Coin to provide institutional indices that track real-time market performance of digital assets. The partners launched a DeFi index as well as additional perpetual swap derivatives products. 

“2020 has been a landmark  year for the institutionalization of Bitcoin and other digital assets. Our suite of tradable BTSE-BNC indices provide a cost-effective and convenient way for traders and institutional money managers to express their views in crypto sectors,” said Brian Wong, Co-founder of BTSE Exchange. “The combination of BTSE’s institutional trading engine and BNC’s indexing methodology creates a powerful index product suite to power the growth of digital assets.”

BTSE offers futures and spot trading as well as multi-fiat on-ramps and off-ramps, combining proven technologies from the institutional investing industry with cutting-edge blockchain-based features to facilitate a secure, efficient trading experience for traders of all levels.

Brave New Coin is a leading provider of market data services and institutional grade indices that are designed to track the most liquid areas of the cryptocurrency markets. Founded in 2014, BNC has built a reputation for independence, objectivity, robust processes and technical innovation.  BNC provides data and index solutions for several partners including Refinitiv, Amazon Alexa, Dow Jones Factiva, NASDAQ, and many more. When you ask Amazon’s Alexa for the price of any cryptocurrency, her answer comes from Brave New Coin’s data engine. Regular announcements regarding BNC Indices can be found here.

About Brave New Coin

Brave New Coin (https://bravenewcoin.com/) (BNC) is a Financial Data Infrastructure company focused on the blockchain and cryptographic assets industry. Founded in 2014, BNC provides benchmark administration services and infrastructure as well as data, analysis and research to a global network of market participants. Brave New Coin supplies spot-pricing, index solutions, research and news both aggregate and proprietary, via partners such as Amazon Alexa, Dow Jones Factiva, NASDAQ, Refinitv, RapidAPI and dozens more. The company’s experience and expertise make us the leading provider of standard and non-standard institutional grade, highly compliant, data solutions. 

About BTSE

BTSE is a financial technology company that empowers users to take control of their financial freedom by offering a simple and secure way to trade digital assets. As part of a suite of financial services designed to introduce innovative digital assets to the traditional finance landscape, BTSE’s developments include spot and derivatives trading, OTC, lending services, and the BTSE Elite membership which features the BTSE Debit Card.



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BMWYY & ZSAN Deadlines: Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Reminds Shareholders of Class Actions and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Advertising — Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against the following publicly-traded companies. You can review a copy of the Complaints by visiting the links below or you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Investor Relations Analyst, Yael Hurwitz of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC at 212-697-6484. If you suffered a loss, you can 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. A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
(
OTC: BMWYY, BAMXF
)

Class Period: November 3, 2015 – September 24, 2020
Deadline: December 28, 2020
For more info:www.bgandg.com/bmwyy
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and specifically failed to disclose that: (1) BMW kept a “bank” of retail vehicle sales that it used to meet internal monthly sales targets regardless of when the sales actually occurred; (2) BMW artificially manipulated sales figures by having dealers register cars as sold when the cars were still in inventory; (3) as a result, BMW’s key operating metrics were inaccurate and misleading; and (4) as a result, defendants’ statements about BMW’s business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

Zosano Pharma Corporation
(NASDAQ: ZSAN)

Class Period: February 13, 2017 – September 30, 2020
Deadline: December 28, 2020
For more info:www.bgandg.com/zsan
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company’s clinical results reflected differences in zolmitriptan exposures observed between subjects receiving different lots; (2) pharmocokinetic studies submitted in connection with the Company’s New Drug Application (“NDA”) included patients exhibiting unexpected high plasma concentrations of zolmitriptan; (3) as a result of the foregoing differences among patient results, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) was reasonably likely to require further studies to support regulatory approval of Qtrypta; (4) as a result, regulatory approval of Qtrypta was reasonably likely to be delayed; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants’ public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. 

Contact:
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC
Peretz Bronstein or Yael Hurwitz
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Retail Business Services Commits $100,000 to the National Minority Supplier Development Council Business Consortium Fund Inc. to Support Black-owned Businesses

Ahold Delhaize USA’s services company announces new partnership with the National Minority Supplier Development Council Business Consortium Fund Inc. to expand supplier diversity

QUINCY, Mass., Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Retail Business Services, the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, today announced that the company will become a National Corporate Member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), joining over 400 United States corporations. In addition, Retail Business Services will be making a $100,000 donation to the NMSDC’s Business Consortium Fund Inc. (NMSDC BCF), America’s most comprehensive financing and technical support organization exclusively serving NMSDC-certified businesses.

The impact of COVID-19 on business owners has been drastic and destructive. According to data from the National Bureau of Economic Research, the number of active business owners in the United States quickly plummeted in the early stages of the pandemic by 3.3 million or 22 percent, with minority-owned businesses being hit especially hard. Since then, Black-owned businesses have continued to struggle, experiencing a 41 percent drop in active businesses.

Retail Business Services’ $100,000 donation to the Business Consortium Fund will be administered as low interest loans to NMSDC-certified, minority-owned businesses, with specific designation to support these Black-owned businesses significantly compromised by the pandemic.

“It is a priority to support suppliers and partners during this exceptionally difficult time, just as they have supported customers and local communities,” said Roger Wheeler, President, Retail Business Services. “Through our partnership with organizations like NMSDC, Retail Business Services is committed to uplifting minority-owned businesses as they continue to navigate today’s changing realities.”

NMSDC plays a crucial role in advancing opportunities for businesses that have been underserved by the greater lending community. Whether a small minority-owned organization or a billion-dollar enterprise, NMSDC is committed to helping solve the growing need for supplier diversity.

Retail Business Services is currently a member of four of NMSDC’s 23 regional affiliates. This new $100,000 donation to the organization comes as part of a previous $5 million commitment to support racial equality that Retail Business Services made in collaboration with other Ahold Delhaize USA companies in June. As part of that commitment, the companies of Ahold Delhaize USA are continuing to work with associates and community partners to support education, advocacy and business development within the Black and African American community.

“We hold ourselves accountable for lasting change where we work and live,” added Wheeler. “This is just one small part of our ongoing journey to support equity and inclusion.”

About Retail Business Services 

Retail Business Services, LLC, is the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, currently providing services to five East Coast grocery brands, including Food Lion, The GIANT Company, Giant Food, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Retail Business Services leverages the scale of the local brands to drive synergies and provides industry-leading expertise, insights and analytics to local brands to support their strategies with services including Information Technology, Merchandising, Marketing & Sourcing Services, Private Brand Products, Pharmacy Services, Not for Resale, Store Services, Financial Services, Legal Services, Communications, Supply Chain and People Systems and Services. For more information, visit www.retailbusinessservices.com.

About Business Consortium Fund

The National Minority Supplier Development Council Business Consortium Fund, Inc. (NMSDC BCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and a US Treasury Department certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).  For more than 30 years has remained committed to funding the capital needs of NMSDC certified minority businesses, including women of color businesses that supply goods and services to the nation’s largest corporations.  NMSDC BCF is the only lending organization that is singularly focused on this national market segment. For more information, visit www.bcfcapital.com.

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Christy Phillips-Brown

704-310-2221

Erin DeWaters

704-310-3884

 



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AGRIS Co-operative donates $10,000 to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign across Southwestern Ontario

CHATHAM, Ontario, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AGRIS Co-operative board President John Nooyen announced today that the co-operative is giving back to the communities in which they serve with a $10,000 donation to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign.

It is important to the AGRIS board of directors that the money raised stays in the communities in which it is given, and the $10,000 donation will be dispersed equally across the Salvation Army zones that are located in our trading area.

Jim Anderson, AGRIS ownership committee chair, stated, “The board did not hesitate when wanting to give back to the communities where we farm, work and raise our families. This year especially because of COVID-19, we knew people were having a tough time, and we wanted to help.”

AGRIS Co-op, despite the pandemic, had a good year. In March the company was ready with warehouses full of the products needed for farmers to get seeds into the ground. There was no time to waste and AGRIS being farmer-owned, knew the consequences of what COVID-19 could mean to food production. As farming goes, pandemic or not, there’s no stopping the planting season. Farmers must do it.

AGRIS Co-op’s general manager, Jim Campbell, is proud of what it took to serve farmers in 2020. “This year was unlike any other. The COVID-19 pandemic hit us and the world with challenges at every turn. I am proud to say that as a team, we got through the spring and harvest safe and healthy, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of our staff and customers; and this is certainly a year to give back.”

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is a 100 per cent farmer-owned grain marketing and farm-input supply company that serves more than 1,000 farmer owners in 14 locations in Essex, Kent, Elgin, Middlesex and Lambton Counties. It is a leader in precision farming technology, seed, agronomy and petroleum services. The co-operative is a partner of Great Lakes Grain, a grain merchandising company. AGRIS Co-operative is a member-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.

Visit https://agris.coop and https://fssystem.com for more information.

Media contact:

Jim Campbell
General Manager
AGRIS Co-operative Ltd.
Phone: 519-380-2371
Email: [email protected]

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CareDx Celebrates the Long-Awaited Passage of the Immuno Bill

Partners with large transplant coalition to expand access to lifesaving medications for kidney transplant patients

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers, applauds Congress on today’s passage of the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019 (Immuno Bill).

Immunosuppressive medication compliance is a critical component of the long-term success of any kidney transplant. This bipartisan legislation will extend Medicare’s Part B coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients beyond the current three-year limit, allowing patients to more easily maintain access to their treatment and prevent graft failure, costly dialysis treatments, and retransplantation.

“Our fight to ensure the Immuno Bill was passed during this Congress is an extension of CareDx’s mission to improve the long term outcomes of patients,” said Peter Maag, Executive Chairman of CareDx. “This landmark victory is a testament to our close collaboration with the transplant ecosystem and the advocacy of dedicated patients and physicians around the country who made their voices heard along the way.”

In March 2019, driven by our dedication to serving patients and caregivers, CareDx launched the Honor the Gift Coalition – a national patient-centered campaign focused on rallying the kidney community for the passage of the Immuno Bill.

With 32 member organizations across the transplant space, including the National Kidney Foundation, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and Donate Life America, the Honor the Gift Coalition successfully united and encouraged nearly 10,000 advocates from all 50 states to write their legislators and demand their support for this critical legislation.

“Immunosuppression medication coverage reforms are long overdue and I could not be more thankful to all those who helped make it possible,” said Mary Baliker, patient advocate and four-time kidney transplant recipient from Wisconsin. “I know what it’s like to wonder how you’re going to afford your anti-rejection medications at the end of the month—passing the Immuno Bill means that patients will get to breathe a little easier once the law is enacted.”

“Medicare’s limitation on immunosuppressive drug coverage was never able to be justified medically, economically or ethically, and I am thankful Congress has finally taken action on this much-needed reform,” said Marwan S. Abouljoud, MD, FACS, MMM, president of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. “The American Society of Transplant Surgeons is proud to stand with CareDx and the entire Honor the Gift Coalition as we celebrate the correction of this long-standing, short-sighted policy.”

To learn more about CareDx’s work to extend Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive medications for kidney transplant recipients, visit HonorTheGift.org.

About CareDx

CareDx, Inc., headquartered in South San Francisco, California, is a leading precision medicine solutions company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers. CareDx offers testing services, products and digital healthcare solutions along the pre- and post-transplant patient journey and is the leading provider of genomics-based information for transplant patients. For more information, please visit: www.CareDx.com.

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Sasha King
Chief Marketing Officer
415-287-2393
[email protected] 

Investor Relations
Greg Chodaczek
347-620-7010
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