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Machine-to-machine (M2M) Connections Market worth $5.3 billion units by 2029 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Friday, February 9, 2024

The short range wireless technology machine-to-machine (M2M) connections segment is expected to account for the largest share of the machine-to-machine (M2M) connections market in 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The short range wireless technology machine-to-machine (M2M) connections segment is expected to account for the largest share of the machine-to-machine (M2M) connections market in 2024.
  • The short-range segment is a significant market for machine-to-machine (M2M) connections.
  • The Automotive & Transportation segment is expected to account for the largest share of the machine-to-machine (M2M) connections market in 2024.
  • The Asia Pacific market is expected to witness the highest CAGR in the machine-to-machine (M2M) connections market during the forecast period.

Universal Declares Regular Cash Dividend & Announces Earnings Dates

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Universal will issue a press release reporting its fourth quarter 2023 results after the market closes on Thursday, February 22, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Universal will issue a press release reporting its fourth quarter 2023 results after the market closes on Thursday, February 22, 2024.
  • The company will host a conference call on Friday, February 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.
  • Once registration is completed, participants will be provided with a dial-in number containing a personalized conference code to access the call.
  • An online replay of the call will be available at universalinsuranceholdings.com/investors shortly after the investor call concludes.

Tachyum Democratizes AI for All with $5000 Prodigy ATX Platform

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Tachyum ®, creator of Prodigy®, the world’s first Universal Processor, today released a white paper that details how its Prodigy ATX Platform will democratize AI for those who may not normally have access to sophisticated AI models.

Key Points: 
  • Tachyum ®, creator of Prodigy®, the world’s first Universal Processor, today released a white paper that details how its Prodigy ATX Platform will democratize AI for those who may not normally have access to sophisticated AI models.
  • The Prodigy ATX Platform allows everyone to run cutting-edge AI models for as low as $5,000.
  • Since the Prodigy ATX Platform is intended to leverage pre-trained models and focus on inference, Tachyum reviews the assumptions for the memory footprint required for inference.
  • This architecture provides Tachyum with increased yield for 96-core devices, lowering platform costs and helping make the Prodigy ATX Platform even more affordable.

BullseyeEngagement Welcomes Marketing Expert Betty Gower to Advisory Board

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

BullseyeEngagement LLC , leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software solutions, today proudly announces the appointment of Betty Gower to its esteemed Advisory Board.

Key Points: 
  • BullseyeEngagement LLC , leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software solutions, today proudly announces the appointment of Betty Gower to its esteemed Advisory Board.
  • With a distinguished career marked by successful leadership and expertise in marketing for both B2C and B2B companies, Ms. Gower brings a wealth of experience and strategic vision to BullseyeEngagement.
  • To BullseyeEngagement, Ms. Gower brings expertise in crafting impactful brand messaging, developing effective content marketing, and building efficient growth pipelines.
  • Expressing her enthusiasm, Ms. Gower stated, "I am delighted to have joined BullseyeEngagement’s advisory board.

AXS Names Marc Ruxin Chief Strategy Officer

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

AXS, a global leader in ticketing, today announced the addition of Marc Ruxin as Chief Strategy Officer.

Key Points: 
  • AXS, a global leader in ticketing, today announced the addition of Marc Ruxin as Chief Strategy Officer.
  • Ruxin will report directly to AXS CEO, Bryan Perez and will work closely with business leaders around the world.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240206907926/en/
    AXS Names Marc Ruxin Chief Strategy Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
    "As the live event business continues to experience unprecedented global growth across sports, music, and festivals, AXS, and the AEG family, are perfectly positioned to become the most consumer-friendly and fan-forward business in the world,” said Ruxin.
  • He has held positions as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of the music streaming service Rdio (acquired by Pandora) and Chief Innovation Officer at Universal McCann and McCann Erikson where he played a pivotal role in driving their digital transformation.

CoolSys Appoints Richard “Rich” Wyckoff as President and Chief Executive Officer

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Rick Frier, who has served as Interim CEO and President since February 2023, will remain involved with the business in his role as Chairman of the CoolSys Board.

Key Points: 
  • Rick Frier, who has served as Interim CEO and President since February 2023, will remain involved with the business in his role as Chairman of the CoolSys Board.
  • Mr. Wyckoff is a seasoned executive with more than 30 years of experience leading high-quality service and manufacturing businesses.
  • From 2019 to 2023, Mr. Wyckoff was President and CEO of Arctic Glacier, a leading provider of premium ice products and related services.
  • With the support of Rick, Ares, and the entire CoolSys team, I am energized to help capture the tremendous growth opportunities ahead.”

Blackwells Capital Files Definitive Proxy Statement for Disney’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Releases Letter to Fellow Shareholders

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackwells Capital, LLC (“Blackwells”), a shareholder of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney” or the “Company”) (NYSE:DIS), filed its definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with its nomination of Jessica Schell, Craig Hatkoff and Leah Solivan for election to the board of directors of Disney (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders, and released a letter which can be found below, and at www.TheFutureOfDisney.com.

Key Points: 
  • Shareholders are faced with three competing candidate slates at the 2024 Annual Meeting: Disney’s, Blackwells’ and Trian’s.
  • Our campaign website will also include materials for shareholders to evaluate and help make the best voting decisions.
  • Disney Shareholders – Please vote your proxy today on the GREEN universal proxy card “FOR” each of the Blackwells nominees and the Blackwells proposal.
  • If you have any questions about voting your proxy or need replacement proxy materials, contact:
    +1 (203) 658-9400 (call collect for banks, brokers, trustees and other nominees)

Universal Stainless to Present at TD Cowen's 45th Annual Aerospace/Defense & Industrials Conference on February 14th

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Monday, February 5, 2024

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa., Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAP) announced today that Christopher M. Zimmer, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the TD Cowen 45th Annual Aerospace/Defense & Industrials Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, in Arlington, VA on Wednesday, February 14th, from 9:15 - 9:55 AM (Eastern).

Key Points: 
  • BRIDGEVILLE, Pa., Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAP) announced today that Christopher M. Zimmer, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the TD Cowen 45th Annual Aerospace/Defense & Industrials Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, in Arlington, VA on Wednesday, February 14th, from 9:15 - 9:55 AM (Eastern).
  • TD Cowen will host a live webcast of the Company’s presentation, which can be accessed at https://wsw.com/webcast/cowen153/usap/2031885 and in the investor relations section of the Universal Stainless website at www.univstainless.com.
  • A replay of the event will be available on the Company’s website approximately three hours after the live event and accessible for ninety days.

How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can guide governments through the turmoil of 2024

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Monday, February 5, 2024

In a landscape of seemingly increasing global crises, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrated its 75th anniversary in December 2023.

Key Points: 
  • In a landscape of seemingly increasing global crises, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrated its 75th anniversary in December 2023.
  • However, 75 years on, the world is facing major human rights challenges again.
  • Human rights violations are being regularly reported in conflicts, most recently in Ukraine and Gaza.

What is the UDHR?

  • While not legally binding, the document aims to provide a “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”.
  • It has proved significant in the intervening decades, laying down provisions that have informed the binding international human rights treaties, subsequently enacted by the UN.
  • This was also the case for global security as well as environmental and financial crises in the 1990s and 2000s.
  • Over the years, the UDHR has been consistently referred to as a steadfast cornerstone of human rights internationally.

The UDHR today

  • As in earlier decades in times of emergency, conflict and global change, states do not always fully implement the rights contained in the UDHR.
  • The fundamental protections outlined in this document, adopted in 1948, still have an enduring and guiding role, although significant challenges to these protections remain.


Kathryn McNeilly has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust.

Does Yang Hengjun have any legal hopes left after receiving a suspended death sentence in China?

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Monday, February 5, 2024

The Chinese-Australian academic and writer, Yang Hengjun, has been detained in China for five years on suspicion of spying for Australia.

Key Points: 
  • The Chinese-Australian academic and writer, Yang Hengjun, has been detained in China for five years on suspicion of spying for Australia.
  • A secret trial was held in 2021 with no family, friends or Australian consular officials permitted in the courtroom.
  • Today, his fate has finally been made clear: Yang received a suspended death sentence which can be commuted to life in prison after two years of good behaviour.

Yang’s background

  • Yang was born in China and previously worked in the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of State Security.
  • He later moved to Australia, where he became a citizen in 2002, and then to the US where had been a visiting scholar at Columbia University from 2017.
  • Yang had been detained in China previously in 2011, but was quickly released ahead of a visit to China by then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

How frequently is the death penalty used in China?

  • China has a notorious record of imposing the death penalty for a number of different offences.
  • While there has been a downward trend in the number of countries that retain the death penalty and actually carry out executions, reliable data on China is impossible to attain.
  • As such, Amnesty no longer includes any Chinese figures in its annual Global Death Penalty reports.

Does Yang have any rights left under international law?

  • Yang can still appeal his sentence through the Chinese legal system, which effectively provides him with certain levels of protection until his appeals have been exhausted.
  • Diplomatically, though, this would be a basis for Australia to continue to advocate for his release on humanitarian grounds.

Is there anything Australia can do for Yang now?

  • This is significant as convictions for a capital offence in China are typically followed quickly by an execution.
  • Yang’s Australian citizenship will have no doubt have been taken into account in this instance.
  • Any formal efforts by Australia to provide Yang with diplomatic protection under international law are constrained while his legal case is still playing out.

Has China treated Yang with procedural fairness?

  • Australia had very few options to ensure Yang was being afforded these rights in China.
  • China has respected some of the minimum entitlements under this agreement, which has enabled consular staff to meet with Yang and monitor his wellbeing, though China restricted access during the peak periods of the COVID-19 lockdown.
  • And as Amnesty International notes, China has not put forth any evidence to support its assertion that Yang was, indeed, a spy.


Donald Rothwell receives funding from Australian Research Council