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Wicker Elected to American Bankers Association Board of Directors

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --K. Wayne Wicker, chairman and CEO of South Atlantic Bank, was elected today to serve on the American Bankers Association (ABA) board of directors.

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  • MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --K. Wayne Wicker, chairman and CEO of South Atlantic Bank, was elected today to serve on the American Bankers Association (ABA) board of directors.
  • Members attending the ABA annual convention elected new ABA officers and directors for the 2022-2023 association year.
  • "I congratulate our newly elected officers and board members who will play an essential role in leading ABA's work on behalf America's banks over the next year," said Rob Nichols, ABA president and CEO.
  • He serves on the South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutionsand as immediate past chairman of the South Carolina Bankers Association.

NaaS Technology Inc. Announces Management Change

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Friday, September 30, 2022
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NaaS also announced the appointment of Mr. Alex Wu as interim chief financial officer and has commenced a formal search for a permanent replacement.

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  • NaaS also announced the appointment of Mr. Alex Wu as interim chief financial officer and has commenced a formal search for a permanent replacement.
  • "I would like to thank Mr. Lei Zhao for his contribution to NaaS and wish him the best in his future endeavors," stated Ms. Yang Wang, chief executive officer of NaaS.
  • Mr. Wu has extensive experience in corporate finance, technology and management matters and currently serves as executive vice president and a member of the Asian Pacific Portfolio Group of Bain Capital Private Equity.
  • NaaS Technology Inc. is one of the largest and fastest growing EV charging service providers in China.

Honda Prize 2022 Awardee: Dr. Hidetoshi Katori, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

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Friday, September 30, 2022
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TOKYO, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Honda Foundation, the public-interest incorporated foundation established by Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro and currently led by President Hiroto Ishida, is pleased to announce that the Honda Prize 2022 willbe awarded to Dr. Hidetoshi Katori, Professor, the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Chief Scientist and Team Leader, RIKEN), for inventing an optical lattice clock that is 1,000 times more precise than conventional atomic clocks.

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  • The Honda Prize, established in 1980 and awarded annually, is an international award recognizing the work of individuals or groups generating new knowledge that will drive the next generation from the standpoint of ecotechnology (*1).
  • Dr. Katori invented in 2001 a novel optical atomic clock that uses a large number of atoms trapped in an optical lattice to provide an ultra-high-precision time and frequency standard.
  • The improvement in accuracy of one second is expected to have an immeasurable impact on mankind.
  • The Prize will be awarded to Dr. Katori for this groundbreaking invention, which is worthy of the highest recognition.

The Augustine Institute announces The Chosen season one is available on FORMED.org

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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The Augustine Institute seeks to guide Catholic viewers through The Chosen, as part of its mission to help Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.

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  • The Augustine Institute seeks to guide Catholic viewers through The Chosen, as part of its mission to help Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.
  • Available exclusively on FORMED.org, this supplemental content will feature professors from the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology sharing their expertise and accompanying viewers through the series.
  • Season one of The Chosen is now available on FORMED.org, with season two coming in early 2023.
  • About The Augustine Institute: The Augustine Institute is a Catholic educational apostolate based in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

NCI NCORP-designated LSU Health New Orleans and ConcertAI Advance Multi-Year Collaboration Addressing Diversity in Clinical Trials

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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NEW ORLEANS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCI NCORP)-designated Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans and ConcertAI, LLC (ConcertAI) announced a five-year partnership to improve the diversity of clinical trials and ensure broader clinical trial access throughout the Gulf South region.

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  • "LSU Health New Orleans and ConcertAI believe addressing disparities starts with a foundation of data and a diversity of clinical settings that explicitly assure the broadest representativeness and generalizability.
  • A $5.6 million grant from the NCI helped LSU Health New Orleans establish a clinical trials network throughout the Gulf South region.
  • LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans (LSU Health New Orleans) educates Louisiana's health care professionals.
  • LSU Health New Orleans faculty have made lifesaving discoveries and continue to work to prevent, advance treatment or cure disease.

Federal Realty Investment Trust Announces Changes to Its Board of Trustees

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Monday, September 26, 2022
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NORTH BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) today announced that Mr. Thomas A. McEachin will be joining its Board of Trustees on October 1, 2022, replacing Mark S. Ordan who has resigned from the Board effective as of September 30, 2022.

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  • NORTH BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) today announced that Mr. Thomas A. McEachin will be joining its Board of Trustees on October 1, 2022, replacing Mark S. Ordan who has resigned from the Board effective as of September 30, 2022.
  • "We look forward to welcoming him onto the Federal Realty Board of Trustees."
  • Federal Realty has increased its quarterly dividends to its shareholders for 55 consecutive years, the longest record in the REIT industry.
  • Federal Realty is an S&P 500 index member and its shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbol FRT.

BRG APPOINTS LEADING COMPETITION EXPERT AS VICE-CHAIRMAN

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Immediately prior to joining BRG, he was president of a leading global economic consulting firm.

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  • Immediately prior to joining BRG, he was president of a leading global economic consulting firm.
  • Sunding has consulted and testified in cases related to competition in industries such as software applications, credit cards and agricultural products.
  • Sunding's initial focus at BRG will include growing the firm's successful international competition economics offering into a world-leading practice.
  • Twelve of its experts are profiled in Who's Who Legal Competition , and the firm is ranked in the Global Competition Review 100, Global Competition Review Economics 23 and as Band1 in Chambers Litigation Support: Economic Analysts.

Zest AI Partners with WithClutch to Expand Inclusive Financing and Refinancing Options for Credit Union Members

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zest AI, the leader in expanding access to credit through better scoring and winner of NACUSO's CUSO of the Year Award, and fellow CUSO WithClutch, a technology company focused on building digital experiences for credit unions, today announced their partnership to offer fairer finance and refinance rates through credit unions.

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  • Through this partnership, WithClutch seamlessly enables credit unions' leverage of Zest AI's underwriting technology.
  • Zest AI's technology is informed by broader, higher-value data tailored to individual borrowers as well as the community a credit union serves.
  • Zest AI's automation power also gives credit unions the ability to monitor and respond to shifts in market conditions keeping credit unions agile and responsive to members during fluctuations in the economic cycle.
  • Credit unions that utilize Zest AI and WithClutch's joint offering will be able to offer new options for financing and refinancing to more members, all while increasing decisioning speed and reducing friction in the member experience.

FROM MODERN ELDER ACADEMY (MEA) AND THE FOUNDERS OF DEATH OVER DINNER COMES THE LAUNCH OF GENERATIONS OVER DINNER (BETA EDITION)

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Modern Elder Academy (MEA)—the world's first midlife wisdom school—and the founders of Death Over Dinner—the program that has gathered over one million participants—announce the launch of Generations Over Dinner, a program intended to inspire meaningful conversations across generations by modeling and creating an experience that connects and values all perspectives across the age continuum. Generations Over Dinner is a decentralized model which encourages thousands of hosts to gather their friends, family, and even strangers at both physical dinner parties and virtual gatherings to discuss key topics through the unique lens of each generation. In addition to Modern Elder Academy (MEA), Generations Over Dinner is launching with a growing list of partners including the Association for Growth and Education (AGE), Stanford Center on Longevity, Esalen Institute, Encore.org, Old Dominion University, University of Denver, Soho House, and more.

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  • Similar to the intergenerational wisdom we encourage and cultivate at Modern Elder Academy (MEA), we hope that Generations Over Dinner helps to drive meaningful conversations that shift perspectives on aging."
  • During its first month, Generations Over Dinner kicks off "The Generation Challenge," a goal to bring 10,000 people of all ages together for dinners across the world.
  • "We saw such immense success with Death Over Dinner and Drugs Over Dinner that we knew it couldn't stop there," says Michael Hebb, Creator of Death Over Dinner, Drugs Over Dinner, and Generations Over Dinner.
  • Generations Over Dinner will also launch several pilot enterprise programs with leading companies to encourage cross-generational conversations and mutual understanding in a professional setting.

University of Sharjah and the BSV Blockchain's Association signs an R&D agreement to develop blockchain-based platform to preserve the UAE's Culture and Heritage in the Metaverse as NFTs

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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We will use the Smart Contracts to govern the transfer of these inheritance without third-party involvement in an automated & fully decentralized environment.

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  • We will use the Smart Contracts to govern the transfer of these inheritance without third-party involvement in an automated & fully decentralized environment.
  • The University of Sharjah has brought very strong use
    case to utilize the powerful features of the BSV blockchain.
  • We are confident that we will see numerous engagements between BSV Ecosystem, and the University of Sharjah soon."
  • BSV Blockchain Association is theSwitzerland-basedglobal industry organisation that works to advance business on the BSV blockchain.