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Casper, Wyoming, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As you start planning your next vacation and daydreaming about travel, a destination with wide-open spaces, room to roam and a commitment to responsible travel may be at the top of your list. Filled with valleys that turn into mountainous peaks, other-worldly hot springs and endless landscapes as far as the eye can see, the opportunities to visit Wyoming on your 2021 road trip are endless.

And while the world’s first national park may be why you plan a trip to Wyoming, it shouldn’t be the only thing on your bucket list. From kayaking between the rose-colored cliffs of Fremont Canyon to casting a fishing line on the blue-ribbon waters of the North Platte River and walking through history on the Oregon Trail, Casper, Wyoming is the perfect stopping point on The Road to Yellowstone. 

“As we look ahead to 2021, the outdoors will continue to be a major draw for visitors,” said Brook Kaufman. “And with one person per every 111 acres in Wyoming, there’s plenty of room to spread out, explore and soak up everything Wyoming has to offer.”

Casper sits along Interstate 25 and is an ideal stopping point for travelers heading to Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of the state. Plus, planning a trip to Yellowstone National Park is easy when using Visit Casper’s The Road to Yellowstone trip planning kit. The free kit includes a travel guide, a Wyoming road trip itinerary with things to do and a QR code for the perfect Wyoming road trip playlist. (Order yours at www.visitcasper.com/plan-your-trip/the-road-to-yellowstone/.)

While traveling through Wyoming, be sure to add these must-do Casper activities to your list:

• Take the short hike to Garden Creek Falls on Casper Mountain
• Visit Register Cliff, stand in ruts left by wagons on the Oregon Trail and walk around Independence Rock
• Set out on a horse-drawn wagon ride on the Oregon Trail with Historic Trails West
• Rent bikes and ride the Platte River Trails in Casper or hit the miles of mountain biking trails on Casper Mountain
• Book a guided fly-fishing trip with experienced guides and outfitters on the North Platte River
• Stroll downtown Casper, with stops that include Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters, Backwards Distilling Company, David Street Station, The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Frontier Brewing and Donells Candies 
• See a wooly mammoth and real T-rex at the Tate Geological Museum in Casper
• Rock climb, kayak or jet ski at Fremont Canyon, one of Wyoming’s best-kept secrets

Casper, and other Wyoming destinations, are working diligently to minimize risks to keep visitors and locals safe in the Cowboy State. Travelers are encouraged to help in this effort by wearing masks, practicing good hygiene and participating in social distancing, as the health, safety and well-being of both visitors and residents remain the highest priority.

Order your free Yellowstone trip planning kit here; learn more about Casper, Wyoming at VisitCasper.com.

About Visit Casper

Visit Casper is the official destination management organization for Natrona County and is dedicated to enhancing the county’s economic base through tourism. Casper is known for world-class fly-fishing on the North Platte River; is the annual host for the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR); and has been named one of the top mountain towns in the country by Men’s Journal. More information can be found at www.VisitCasper.com. 

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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Virbela, a virtual world for work, education, and events, has launched a new live entertainment venue, The Virbela Speakeasy. With immersive 3D spaces that provide the presence and emotional connection of being together in person, Virbela enables organizations to transform online events into engaging and realistic social experiences. Ideal for group events and large gatherings, The Virbela Speakeasy can accommodate thousands of attendees, while offering a virtual setting for live music, comedy shows, social events, and more.

“The world has changed in so many ways this past year, highlighting the need for remote solutions that address real-world challenges. We’re thrilled to expand our virtual environment with The Virbela Speakeasy, giving people new ways to connect, while enabling more human, realistic interactions online,” said Alex Howland, president and co-founder of Virbela. “As remote technology continues to gain adoption, more organizations are looking to bring community-driven culture and events to the online world. Virtual environments, like The Virbela Speakeasy, are a perfect solution.”

The Virbela Speakeasy is a unique and interactive social environment that brings the in-person experience of attending a concert or event to life online. To attend an event, participants create and customize their own avatar in Virbela, which allows them to explore, socialize, and enjoy the event with other attendees — just as they would in the real world.

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• An expansive, multi-level entertainment venue: The Virbela Speakeasy includes a large stage and multiple screens for viewing live performances, a dance floor, balcony, retractable roof, lighting options, and a VIP backstage area.
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• Private volume areas: Avatars can step into smaller, private chat areas for 1:1 or smaller group conversations.

“Events are an experience — whether it’s a conference, a business meeting, a party, or an awards gala. Just because we can’t gather in the real world doesn’t mean we can’t have unforgettable events online,” said Ryan Costello, co-founder and CEO of Event Farm. “As a Virbela partner, we had the opportunity to test the new venue early with the launch of our Fatigueless concert series. We were able to give attendees a fun, highly social, and engaging way to enjoy our concerts online, and we look forward to partnering with Virbela to bring even more revolutionary, virtual event experiences to market.”

Virbela has become the industry go-to for hosting large-scale virtual events, business conferences, and online educational programs. Easy-to-use, with no VR headset required, the platform is accessible to anyone with Wi-Fi and provides an all-in-one virtual venue with expo halls, auditoriums, and social spaces for people to explore and stay engaged.

On December 17, Virbela will host a virtual holiday party featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff to officially open the doors to The Virbela Speakeasy. The event is an opportunity for Virbela partners, customers, and prospects to experience the venue with a live DJ set, connect with colleagues, make new contacts, as well as test out their new virtual dance moves to close out the year. To learn more about the event, visit https://future.virbela.com/virbela-holiday-party-2020.

About Virbela

Virbela builds engaging virtual worlds for work, learning, and events. Founded in 2012 by a team of behavioral psychologists, Virbela’s mission is to help organizations and people thrive at work and play from anywhere. With immersive 3D spaces that are deeply social and collaborative, Virbela brings business and in-person experiences to life online, while enabling teams to be more connected and productive.

Virbela is owned by eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI). To tour our virtual offices, classrooms, event spaces, and more, visit virbela.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — License Globalmagazine, the leading news publication for the licensed consumer product industry, today released the 2020 edition of “The Influentials” report, which uniquely highlights the brands that captured the spotlight of pop culture globally throughout the past 10 years and those in position to influence the business of brand licensing in the decade ahead.

Honoring brands that have undoubtedly influenced and changed how consumers communicate, shifted shopping behaviors and have spawned prolific licensed consumer product programs, the fourth annual report published by License Global features powerhouse brands such as Adidas, Grumpy Cat, Patrick Starrr, “Paw Patrol,” Rihanna, “Stranger Things,” Supreme, The Smiley Company and many more. To access and download the full report, please visit here.

Licensing programs drive pop-culture and disrupt consumer purchasing habits. Each brand featured on the 2020 The Influentials report contributes to the $292.8 billion in global sales revenue generated by licensed merchandise and services by introducing a new offering that society cannot live without. Speaking to the impact of each Influentials nominee, Amanda Cioletti, content director of License Global, said: “This year we chose to chronicle the past 10 years of the brand licensing industry and shine a light on who to watch in the upcoming decade. The Influentials report honors brands that impacted people across the globe by extending more deeply into consumers’ lives and for the brilliant ways they connect with, drive cultural conversations and engage consumers. Amid such a challenging point in history, we are pleased to also spotlight brands that have risen to the forefront and will positively shape the future of consumerism and retail.”

License Global collected nominations from its readership and thought leaders for the final report. In some categories – such as anime, social influencers and preschool content, for example – more than one brand emerged as equally crucial elements that moved the needle, affected consumer trends and altered the licensing landscape. For those categories, License Global recognized each brand for their contributions, rather than selecting one.

2010s Top Brands of the Decade include:

• Adidas
• Cartoon Network’s “Adventure Time”
• BTS
• Grumpy Cat
• Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games”
• Social Influencers (JoJo Siwa, Ryan’s World, Bethany Mota, Patrick Starrr, and LaurDIY)
• L.O.L. Surprise!
• Tyler “Ninja” Blevins
• Preschool animation (“PJ Masks,” “PAW Patrol,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” “Octonauts,” and “Doc McStuffins”)
• UEFA Champion’s League
• Netflix’s “Stranger Things”
• Luxury fashion brands for the masses (Gucci, LVMH, Supreme, Off-White, and Moschino)
• Marvel’s “The Avengers” franchise
• Rihanna
• The Kardashians
• The Smiley Company

2020s Future Top Brands include:

• Anime Brands (Funimation, Toei Animation’s “Dragon Ball Z,” and Crunchyroll)
• J Balvin
• Mobile apps (Headspace, Calm, Postmates, and DoorDash)
• Disney+
• Shopify
• “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout”
• Quick-service food (KFC, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Cheetos)
• Cause-related brands (Patagonia, Seventh Generation, REI, and Warby Parker)
• Peloton
• Plant-based powerhouses (Impossible and Beyond)
• The NBA
• Athleisure (Champion, FILA, Lululemon, and Uniqlo)
• Spotify
• Tesla
• TikTok
• Zoom

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FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — ADM Endeavors, Inc. (OTCQB: ADMQ) is pleased to announce that it has added three additional cities as the primary vendor for work uniforms. In July, the Company announced it had been awarded the annual contract by Tarrant County, a major county in the state.  That put ADM Endeavors on the bid list for an additional 525 Texas government entities that could piggyback on the pricing.

The new cities are Justin, Haltom City and Mansfield.  This brings a total of seven cities or entities that have contracted with ADMQ following the Tarrant County contract.

“This brings significant new revenue,” said ADM Endeavors CEO Marc Johnson.  “The original contract and the add-ons have far exceeded our expectations.”

In other Company news, Mr. Johnson said topical CBD products have arrived to their warehouse ready for custom labeling.  On December 1 ADMQ announced the Company entered into a strategic supplier agreement with U.S. Standard Hemp Inc. https://www.usstandardhemp.co to exclusively distribute and sell CBD balms, roll-ons and creams. Companies can now order CBD products to include custom labels with their logo, slogan, phone number or other branded design. Minimum quantity orders can start at 10 and are intended for companies to either sell directly to their customers or have as giveaways/gifts. 

In addition ADM Endeavors announced that shareholders have begun a Facebook page where investors can discuss ADMQ issues. To join as a member, visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/admqshareholders

ABOUT ADMQ: Since 2010, our wholly owned subsidiary, Just Right Products, Inc., has been consistently profitable, with sales topping $3.8 million in 2019.  The Company sells “Anything With A Logo” on its website, JustRightProducts.com, developing products ranging from unique business cards to coffee cups, T-shirts to boots, with tens of thousands of other unique products from which to select. The Company operates a diverse vertical integrated business in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, consisting of a retail sales division, screen print production, embroidery production, digital production, import wholesale sourcing, and uniforms.

Forward Looking Statement:

This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements,” as defined in the United States PSLRA of 1995, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and the actual results and future events could differ materially from management’s current expectations. The economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors identified in the Company’s previous filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements in this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: ADM Endeavors, Inc.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Lipid Association announced today that it will feature three key late breaking scientific abstract presentations at its 2020 Virtual Scientific Sessions starting today. The late-breaker abstracts include:

• First Human Trial of a Loading Dose of Icosapent Ethyl in Patients with COVID-19: Primary Results of the VASCEPA COVID-19 CardioLink-9 Randomized Trial, presented by Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• Reductions in lipoprotein(a) with inclisiran– Analysis from ORION-10 and ORION-11, presented by Frederick Raal, FRCP, FCP(SA), Cert Endo, MMED, PhD of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa
• EPA Levels and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl–Intervention Trial (Encore Presentation), presented by Michael Miller, MD, FACC, FAHA of the University of Maryland

Late-Breaker Session Details

Date: Saturday, December 12, 2020
Time: 4:30 – 5:20pm CST

“I am very excited to present the first human trial of a loading dose of icosapent ethyl,” stated Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. “If this approach is found to be safe and well-tolerated, it could serve as a prelude to future trials of this drug that utilize a loading dose at the time of a heart attack or stroke, as well as in patients undergoing urgent procedures such as stenting and bypass surgery. Additionally, at a time when there is a global pandemic raging, this trial is the first one assessing the potential impact of icosapent ethyl on inflammation and on symptom burden in outpatients who are COVID positive.”

Additional information on the Late-Breaker Presentations at the 2020 National Lipid Association Virtual Scientific Sessions and registration information can be found at lipid.org/sessions.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL LIPID ASSOCIATION

The NLA is a multidisciplinary specialty society focused on prevention of cardiovascular disease and other lipid-related disorders. The NLA’s mission is to enhance the practice of lipid management in clinical medicine, and one of its goals is to enhance efforts to reduce death and disability related to disorders of lipid metabolism in patients. Members include physicians (MDs and DOs) and other health care professionals from an array of disciplines including PhDs researchers, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, exercise physiologists, and dietitians.

To stay up-to-date on NLA and its activities, visit lipid.org or follow us on Twitter (@nationallipid), Facebook (facebook.com/nationallipid/) and Instagram (instagram.com/nationallipid/)

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NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StitcherAds, the leading platform for ad solutions and shopping experiences that drive incremental sales on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat, today announced Boaz Cohen as the company’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, Paige DeLeon as Vice President, People and Dave Donnelly as VP of Sales. The company is also announcing the appointment of Daniel King as a Strategic Advisor. 

“For years, StitcherAds has been ahead of the market on creating the best ad solutions and shopping experiences to drive incremental sales across some of the world’s largest social platforms,” said Declan Kennedy, Co-Founder and CEO of StitcherAds. “These four exceptionally intelligent and highly skilled individuals and their extensive backgrounds in marketing, people, and more, makes them great additions to the StitcherAds family. We look forward to their stewardship as we continue to create growth and value across the industry.” 

Boaz Cohen brings over 20 years of experience in media and advertising technology to StitcherAds. With a special focus on the impact of creative and media on advertising performance in programmatic, social and TV, Cohen is leading business development, sales and marketing efforts at StitcherAds. 

Prior to joining StitcherAds, Cohen served as Chief Product Officer and Head of Business Development at Clinch. Earlier, he was the General Manager of Advanced TV & Social at video advertising company, Eyeview, which was acquired by Aki Technologies in January of 2020. Cohen also served as Vice President of Product Management at TiVo, Noise and AnyClip and held senior positions with Rosetta, Amazon and Hot Telecom. 

Daniel King is an executive leader with more than 20 years technology company and start-up experience in senior management roles with a focus on Retail and eCommerce technology, Big Data, Analytics, SaaS platforms, Digital and Online Media, Audience Measurement and Market Research. King sits on the board of a number of companies in the public and private sector. He advises and works with many startups and is also a Venture Partner at Seedcamp, a European-wide seed fund focusing on pre-seed and seed stage opportunities. 

As an operator, advisor and investor, King has extensive knowledge in investing, fund raising, and scaling high-growth companies including international expansion. With that, King is lending his expertise to StitcherAds as their newest strategic advisor.

As Vice President, People at StitcherAds, Paige DeLeon oversees talent acquisition, employer branding, diversity/equity/inclusion, performance management, training and policy administration. She works with the executive team to implement and evaluate HR systems and programs that foster employee engagement.

Before joining StitcherAds, DeLeon led the People & Culture team at Adlucent, a digital marketing agency in Austin. Prior to her years working in HR, DeLeon worked in the nonprofit sector focusing on volunteer engagement at the Texas Regional Food Bank and the American Cancer Society. She started her career in advertising in New York followed by time at the James Beard Foundation.

An accomplished leader in the digital sales industry, Dave Donnelly brings over 20 years of relevant experience, with a focus on video, programmatic media, social, OTT, personalization, first-party data, and delivers marketing outcomes for leading CPG and Retail accounts. At StitcherAds, Donnelly will be leading Sales efforts, focusing on strategic retail accounts in the U.S. region.

Prior to joining StitcherAds, Donnelly served as SVP of Sales at Eyeview as well as VP, Sales at CVS Media Exchange. During his time at Eyeview, the company was the leading video platform that delivered incremental sales by creating and delivering data driven personalized videos. Earlier, he was the VP, Sales at Auditude (which was acquired by Adobe in 2011).  Donnelly also served 10 years at AOL, where he held various sales and management positions. 

StitcherAds technology helps advertisers to scale full-funnel performance marketing campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat. The company has empowered some of the largest advertisers including Calvin Klein, Macy’s, Finishline, Saks Fifth Avenue, Meijer, Apartments.com, JOANN Fabrics & Crafts, Total Wine & More and agencies including 360i, McCann, iProspect, Mindshare, Spark, worldwide using data-fueled automation to drive sales online and in-store. 

For more information about StitcherAds, visit www.stitcherads.com

About StitcherAds

Founded in 2009, StitcherAds is a Facebook Marketing Partner helping advertisers and agencies scale full-funnel performance marketing campaigns on Facebook & Instagram. Since conception, StitcherAds has empowered some of Facebook’s largest advertisers for eCommerce, retail, travel, and real estate businesses worldwide, using data-fueled automation to increase the revenue impact of their ad spend. The company works on a hybrid service model, onboarding clients from fully managed service to self-serve to ensure long-term success with their software. As the first partner to launch dynamic ads and dynamic ads for travel on Facebook, StitcherAds has been a leader in both speed and achievement in direct response innovation. For more information about StitcherAds, please go to www.stitcherads.com. 

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SAN DIEGO, CA, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) (the “Company”), the first-ever publicly traded cannabis company in the United States that launched the world’s first-ever cannabis-derived nutraceutical products, brands and supply chain, announced today that its subsidiary Kannaway® has officially entered the European cannabigerol (CBG) market with the release of its Kannaway® Premium CBG made with Organic Hemp Seed Oil.

“Since launching in Europe in 2018, Europe has become one of our best revenue-generating markets as consumers have responded very positively to Kannaway’s wide range of cannabidiol (CBD) products,” said Medical Marijuana, Inc. CEO Dr. Stuart Titus. “Similar to CBD, CBG is non-psychoactive, meaning it does not cause intoxicating effects. Researchers have conducted and are currently conducting many interesting studies on CBG. We are excited to broaden our product offerings with CBG and are confident the market will be as well.”

Each bottle of Kannaway® Premium CBG made with Organic Hemp Seed Oil contains 500 mg of CBG and 200 mg of CBD. The cannabinoids used in the product are derived from organic European hemp and quality certified through the Company’s Triple Lab Testing® process to deliver the potential natural benefits of hemp-based cannabinoids.

“As CBD continues to grow in acceptance around the world, the market for cannabinoids like CBG also expands,” said Kannaway CEO Blake Schroeder. “Our company intends to continue to be at the forefront of expanding access to cannabinoids just as we have been with CBD.”

To learn more about these products, please visit www.kannaway.com.

About Kannaway®
Kannaway® is a network sales and marketing company specializing in the sales and marketing of hemp-based botanical products. Kannaway® currently hosts weekly online sales meetings and conferences across the United States, offering unique insight and opportunity to sales professionals who are desirous of becoming successful leaders in the sale and marketing of hemp-based botanical products.

About Medical Marijuana, Inc.

We are a company of firsts®. Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA) is a cannabis company with three distinct business units in the non-psychoactive cannabinoid space: a global portfolio of cannabinoid-based nutraceutical brands led by Kannaway® and HempMeds®; a pioneer in sourcing the highest-quality legal non-psychoactive cannabis products derived from industrial hemp; and a cannabinoid-based clinical research and botanical drug development sector led by its pharmaceutical investment companies and partners including AXIM® Biotechnologies, Inc. and Kannalife, Inc. Medical Marijuana, Inc. was named a top CBD producer by CNBC. Medical Marijuana, Inc. was also the first company to receive historic import permits for CBD products from the governments of Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Paraguay and is a leader in the development of international markets. The company’s flagship product Real Scientific Hemp Oil has been used in several successful clinical studies throughout Mexico and Brazil to understand its safety and efficacy. 

Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s headquarters is in San Diego, California, and additional information is available at OTCMarkets.com or by visiting www.medicalmarijuanainc.com. To see Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s corporate video, click here.

Shareholders and consumers are also encouraged to buy CBD oil and other products at Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s shop.

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Medical Marijuana, Inc. does not sell or distribute any products that are in violation of the United States Controlled Substances Act.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TigerGraph, the only scalable graph database for the enterprise, today announced that NewDay, a leading specialist financial services provider and one of the largest issuers of credit cards in the UK, will use TigerGraph’s advanced graph analytics to prevent and preempt financial fraud. NewDay, with TigerGraph, will transform how the company accesses and views potential customer data. NewDay specialists will now be empowered to identify and prevent fraudsters from joining their network by checking data against known and new fraud syndicates. NewDay, whose revenues exceed $1B, counts eight million customers on its growing roster, across some of the UK’s best-known credit cards and some of the largest online retailers.

“NewDay has always had a ‘customer-first’ mindset, and it is this dedication to empowering and protecting customers that fueled our signing on with TigerGraph,” said Danny Clark, head of fraud prevention, NewDay. “We had looked into other graph analytics companies after we upgraded our data platforms, yet none provided the forward-looking technology, ease of use, training or support that TigerGraph did. In our ever-changing world with increasingly interconnected data, we needed to uplevel our technology offering. At the same time, we wanted to enable our Fraud Investigation team to act autonomously – without relying on developers – to tune queries in near real-time with ‘train-of-thought’ analysis and speed.”

Financial services organizations are often a prime target for fraudsters and cybercriminals — and fraud numbers have escalated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, according to the LexisNexis Risk Solutions 2020 True Cost of Fraud Study, mid/large digital financial firms saw an increase of 39.48 percent in successful attacks since before the shutdown, while mid/large digital lending firms experienced a 27.56 percent increase. Fraud detection and prevention requires understanding connections and identifying anomalies in links among people, transactions, payment methods, locations, devices, times and more — and working with massive datasets to do this in real time. Forward-looking financial services organizations are turning to advanced analytics in graph, and applying it to connecting otherwise siloed datasets to stay one step ahead of fraud. Graph analytics allows you to “drill down” into complex interrelationships among organizations, people and transactions. One technique involves applying graph analytics to machine learning to find data connections between “known fraud” credit card applications and new applications. Organizations can then identify questionable patterns, expose fraud rings and shut down fraudulent credit card applications quickly. The result: Millions of dollars saved and – in NewDay’s case – an anticipated reduction of fraud across all its portfolios.

“NewDay works with millions of customers, each with billions of rows of valuable account data that we can use to disrupt criminals. Traditional relational databases could not scale to analyze the volume of interconnected data or any potential connection to organized crime that we wanted to find,” said Jamie Burns, senior fraud strategy and analytics manager, NewDay. “Our recent developments with Python and AWS have allowed our fraud prevention team to really utilize these new data science tools to truly take the lead in the fraud prevention space.”

The investigations and fraud prevention team needed the ability to view customers’ online behavior in a simple, real-time interface; this would help specialists guide customers to make better credit decisions while checking for potential fraud. Enter TigerGraph.

“NewDay’s teaming with TigerGraph further validates our strength in the financial services fraud detection and prevention sector,” said Martin Darling, general manager for EMEA at TigerGraph.“We have worked to deliver meaningful data insights with graph – insights that translate to measurable business impact. NewDay has a strong footprint in the subprime credit card market, and with that comes increased fraud risk. Powered by TigerGraph’s advanced graph analytics, NewDay can now uncover and prevent fraudsters from joining their credit card network immediately – and without development team involvement. That means fraud detection and customer protection are immediate and preemptive.”

NewDay selected TigerGraph for its simple implementation and ease-of-use. TigerGraph GraphStudio integrates all phases of graph data analytics into one graphical user interface, providing a single customer view available to operational, technical and business stakeholders. NewDay will also use TigerGraph Cloud, the industry’s first and only distributed native graph database-as-a-service that helps companies quickly and easily build and run applications that work with highly connected and complex datasets. TigerGraph Cloud enables teams to use the cloud vendor of their choice, including support for Amazon Web Services (AWS). NewDay will run TigerGraph Cloud with the AWS virtual machine configuration. NewDay will next add TigerGraph to its real-time transactional fraud detection efforts as well as to its call center and anti-money laundering (AML) division.

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About
TigerGraph
TigerGraph is the only scalable graph database for the enterprise. TigerGraph’s proven technology connects data silos for deeper, wider and operational analytics at scale. Four out of the top five global banks use TigerGraph for real-time fraud detection. Over 50 million patients receive care path recommendations to assist them on their wellness journey. 300 million consumers receive personalized offers with recommendation engines powered by TigerGraph. The energy infrastructure for 1 billion people is optimized by TigerGraph for reducing power outages. TigerGraph’s proven technology supports applications such as fraud detection, customer 360, MDM, IoT, AI, and machine learning. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA. GetTigerGraph, start free with tigergraph.com/cloud or download TigerGraph Enterprise Free License. Follow TigerGraph on Twitter at @TigerGraphDB.

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Cathy Wright
Offleash PR for TigerGraph
[email protected]
650-678-1905

MORRISVILLE, N.C., Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Syneos Health^® (Nasdaq:SYNH), the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Synteract, a leading full-service CRO focused on the rapidly growing, emerging biopharma segment.

Alistair Macdonald, Chief Executive Officer, Syneos Health, said, “With Synteract, we are answering the strong demand we are seeing in the small- to mid-sized space, fueled by near all-time high funding. The specialized Synteract team will maintain their laser-focus on partnering with emerging biopharma companies, while benefiting from the scale and horsepower of Syneos Health. We welcome Synteract employees and customers to the Syneos Health family and look forward to collectively expanding our impact for patients.”

Synteract will maintain its brand, operating as a Syneos Health Business Unit and will be led by a strong management team, including Synteract President, Steve Powell.

About Syneos Health

Syneos Health^® (Nasdaq:SYNH) is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization. The Company, including a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Commercial Organization (CCO), is purpose-built to accelerate customer performance to address modern market realities. We bring together approximately 24,000 clinical and commercial minds with the ability to support customers in more than 110 countries. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies and apply advanced business practices to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients. To learn more about how we are Shortening the distance from lab to life^®, visit syneoshealth.com or subscribe to our podcast.

About Synteract

Synteract^®, a Syneos Health^® company, is a leading full-service CRO focused on the emerging biopharma segment. The Company’s multidisciplinary teams support biotech and pharmaceutical companies across all phases of drug development, providing deep expertise in oncology, dermatology, general medicine, infectious disease and vaccines, neuroscience, pediatrics, and rare and orphan diseases. Synteract has conducted nearly 4,000 studies on six continents in over 62 countries. To learn more about how Synteract is Bringing clinical trials to life™ by transforming insights to action and making therapies a reality, visit synteract.com and connect on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Looking Statements

Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations, and assumptions contained in this press release are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results might differ materially from those explicit or implicit in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: reliance on key personnel; principal investigators and patients; general and international economic, political, and other risks, including currency and stock market fluctuations and the uncertain economic environment; any failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Synteract; risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic; the company’s ability to adequately price its contracts and not overrun cost estimates; any adverse effects from the company’s customer or therapeutic area concentration; the company’s ability to maintain or generate new business awards; the company’s ability to increase its market share, grow its business, and execute its growth strategies; the company’s backlog not being indicative of future revenues and its ability to realize the anticipated future revenue reflected in its backlog; fluctuations in the company’s operating results and effective income tax rate; risks related to the company’s information systems and cybersecurity; changes and costs of compliance with regulations related to data privacy; risks related to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union; risks related to the company’s transfer pricing policies; failure to perform services in accordance with contractual requirements, regulatory requirements and ethical considerations; risks relating to litigation and government investigations; risks associated with the company’s early phase clinical facilities; insurance risk; risks of liability resulting from harm to patients; success of investments in the company’s customers’ business or drugs; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with acquired businesses, including the ability to integrate acquired operations, products, and technologies in our business; risks related to the company’s income tax expense and tax reform; risks relating to the company’s intellectual property; risks associated with the company’s acquisition strategy; failure to realize the full value of goodwill and intangible assets; restructuring risk; potential violations of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws; risks related to the company’s dependence on third parties; downgrades of the company’s credit ratings; competition in the biopharmaceutical services industry; changes in outsourcing trends; regulatory risks; trends in the company’s customers’ businesses; the company’s ability to keep pace with rapid technological change; risks related to the company’s indebtedness; fluctuations in the company’s financial results and stock price; and other risk factors set forth in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 as updated by the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, and other SEC filings, copies of which are available free of charge on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. The company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Contacts
Investor Relations:	Press/Media:
Ronnie Speight	Danielle DeForge
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations	Vice President, External Communications
+1 919 745 2745	+1 202 210 5992
[email protected]	[email protected]

 

TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bragg Gaming Group (TSXV: BRAG, OTC: BRGGF) (“Bragg” or the “Company“) announces today that the Company intends to raise up to an aggregate of $3 million in one or more closings (the “Offering“). The placement is being offered exclusively to Bragg employees and Board members. Board Chair Richard Carter has committed to subscribe to the offering and all other Board Members are also anticipated to subscribe.

The Offering will comprise of up to 2.5 million common shares in the capital of the Company (“Common Shares“) at a price of $1.21 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $3 million. Finder’s fees will not be paid in connection with the Offering.

The Offering is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV“) and all securities issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a hold period expiring four months from the applicable closing date. Proceeds of the Offering will be used by the Company for general working capital purposes and to develop and commercialize new products.

Richard Carter, the chairman of the board of directors of the Company, and other members of the executive team will subscribe for up to $2 million worth of Common Shares under the Offering. Certain other senior officers and directors of the Company are expected to participate in the Offering for the remaining $1 million. Any subscriptions by insiders will be considered to be related party transactions within the meaning of TSXV Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (“MI 61-101“). The Company intends to rely on the exemptions from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(b) and 5.7(a) of MI 61-101 in respect of such insider participation.

About Bragg Gaming Group

Bragg Gaming Group Inc. is a next generation gaming group with cutting-edge technology, leading brands and world-class management expertise, developing into a global gaming force. Formed by a team of gaming industry experts, Bragg’s main portfolio asset is ORYX Gaming, an innovative business-to-business gaming technology platform and casino content aggregator.

Through this brand and targeted acquisitions, Bragg is focused on becoming a leader within the evolving global gaming industry. Learn more at https://www.bragg.games.

For Bragg Gaming Group, contact:

Yaniv Spielberg, CSO, Bragg Gaming Group
+1-647-800-2282
[email protected]

For investor inquiries, please contact:

Tim Dawson, Bragg Gaming Group
+1-289-276-1167
[email protected]

For US investor inquiries, please contact:

Laine Yonker, Edison Group
+1-646-653-7035
[email protected]

The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be offered or sold In the United States or to, or for the account of benefit of, US persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

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This news release may contain forward-looking statements or “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws (“forward-looking statements”). Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or describes a “goal”, or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved.

All forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the statements were made. Actual results or events may differ from those predicted in these forward-looking statements. All of the Company’s forward-looking statements are qualified by the assumptions that are stated or inherent in such forward-looking statements, including the assumptions listed below. Although the Company believes that these assumptions are reasonable, this list is not exhaustive of factors that may affect any of the forward-looking statements. The key assumptions that have been made in connection with the forward-looking statements include the following: the impact of COVID-19 on the business of Bragg; the countercyclical growth of the business of Bragg; the regulatory regime governing the business of Bragg; the operations of the Company; the products and services of the Company; Bragg’s customers; acquisition opportunities; the growth of Bragg’s business, which may not be achieved or realized within the time frames stated or at all; the successful completion of the Offering; and the anticipated size and/or revenue associated with the gaming market globally.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following: risks associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; future legislative and regulatory developments; the inability to access sufficient capital on favorable terms; realization of growth estimates, income tax and regulatory matters; the ability of Bragg to implement its business strategies; competition; economic and financial conditions, including volatility in interest and exchange rates, commodity and equity prices; the estimated size of the gaming market globally; changes in customer demand; disruptions to the Company’s technology network including computer systems and software; natural events such as severe weather, fires, floods and earthquakes; and risks related to health pandemics and the outbreak of communicable diseases, such as the current outbreak of COVID-19.

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.