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Yum! Brands Annual Citizenship & Sustainability Report Showcases Progress around People, Food and Planet Pillars

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) released its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, highlighting the Company’s progress on key issues that include less carbon, better packaging and more equality.

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  • Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) released its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, highlighting the Company’s progress on key issues that include less carbon, better packaging and more equality.
  • The Company has a long history of strategic investment when it comes to the socially responsible growth, risk management and sustainable stewardship of its three priority pillars of People, Food and Planet, what Yum!
  • It showcases progress against the Company’s existing public commitments and covers its citizenship and sustainability strategy.
  • Brands’ new Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report visit www.yum.com/citizenship .

Puloli Secures Investment from Artemis Energy Partners, Welcomes Bobby Tudor to the Board

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Bobby Tudor, the CEO and founder of Artemis Energy Partners has joined Puloli's Board of Directors, offering invaluable insights, support, and thoughtful guidance.

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  • Bobby Tudor, the CEO and founder of Artemis Energy Partners has joined Puloli's Board of Directors, offering invaluable insights, support, and thoughtful guidance.
  • Artemis Energy Partners Invests in Puloli, Welcomes Bobby Tudor to the Board, Propelling Growth to New Heights
    With the launch of Paradigm M-Series™ IoT Solutions-as-a-Service (SaaS), a 24x7 continuous methane monitoring service for energy producers, Puloli is making a strong entry into energy verticals.
  • "Bobby brings a tremendous amount of credibility and energy industry insight to Puloli and complements what Jodi Jahic and Aligned Partners bring to Puloli.
  • "It's a true pleasure to welcome Bobby Tudor to the Puloli Board," said Jodi Jahic, Managing Partner at Aligned Partners.

NFL Alumni Health and Paradigm anticipate touchdown for unmet osteoarthritis pain

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

NFL Alumni Health aimed to provide their community of players, former players, and their families with dedicated information about predominant medical issues affecting this group.

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  • NFL Alumni Health aimed to provide their community of players, former players, and their families with dedicated information about predominant medical issues affecting this group.
  • The two-hour health symposium was chaired by two-time Super Bowl winner and Co-President of NFL Alumni Health, Billy Davis.
  • NFL Alumni Health hopes to raise awareness about the importance of addressing osteoarthritis in NFL players and the wider community.
  • In addition to osteoarthritis, Dr Marc Taormina, who works closely with the NFL Alumni in Kansas City, discussed gastrointestinal challenges faced by current and former NFL players.

Tixr Expands C-Suite, Naming Irene Hedges Chief Strategy Officer

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tixr, the largest, fastest-growing privately-held primary ticketing and event commerce marketplace, has named veteran entertainment executive Irene Hedges Chief Strategy Officer at the company. In this newly created role, Hedges will lead the company's strategic growth initiatives including new business verticals, corporate development, and international expansion efforts.

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  • Tixr, the largest, fastest-growing privately-held primary ticketing and event commerce marketplace, has named veteran entertainment executive Irene Hedges Chief Strategy Officer at the company.
  • SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tixr, the largest, fastest-growing privately-held primary ticketing and event commerce marketplace, has named veteran entertainment executive Irene Hedges Chief Strategy Officer at the company.
  • In this newly created role, Hedges will lead the company's strategic growth initiatives including new business verticals, corporate development, and international expansion efforts.
  • Hedges brings over 15 years of experience working in various leadership positions in the entertainment industry.

Talaris Therapeutics and Tourmaline Bio Announce Merger Agreement

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

BOSTON and NEW YORK, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Talaris Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TALS) (“Talaris”) and Tourmaline Bio, Inc. (“Tourmaline”), a late-stage clinical biotechnology company developing transformative medicines to dramatically improve the lives of patients with life-altering immune diseases, today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Tourmaline will combine with Talaris in an all-stock transaction (the “Merger”). The combined company will focus on advancing Tourmaline’s lead program, TOUR006, a potentially best-in-class anti-IL-6 antibody, for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Upon completion of the Merger, the combined company will operate under the name Tourmaline Bio, Inc. and trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “TRML.” In addition, Talaris anticipates making a cash dividend of up to approximately $64.8 million to its stockholders prior to the closing of the Merger.

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  • Upon completion of the Merger, the combined company will operate under the name Tourmaline Bio, Inc. and trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “TRML.” In addition, Talaris anticipates making a cash dividend of up to approximately $64.8 million to its stockholders prior to the closing of the Merger.
  • Tourmaline previously completed a $112 million Series A financing in 2023 that was co-led by Deep Track Capital, Cowen Healthcare Investments, and TCGX.
  • Tourmaline was founded in September 2021 and initially financed in May 2022 by Hydra, KVP Capital, Petrichor, and QVT Family Office.
  • “We are thrilled to be entering into this transaction with Talaris,” said Sandeep Kulkarni, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Tourmaline.

Women Mean Business: Celebrate the Wisdoms from over 100 Inspiring Leaders Andrews McMeel Publishing to release September 2023

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Women Mean Business shares over 500 wisdoms from more than 100 female change makers, who offer comprehensive guidance on the most important things women need to know about modern leadership.

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  • Women Mean Business shares over 500 wisdoms from more than 100 female change makers, who offer comprehensive guidance on the most important things women need to know about modern leadership.
  • Women Mean Business features learnings from a never-before assembled sisterhood of women dedicated to the mission of helping women achieve the most of their potential in professional and personal arenas.
  • This book shares the most inspiring revelations and wisdoms for all women to use in their professional and personal lives.
  • Women Mean Business: Over 500 Insights from Extraordinary Leaders to Spark Your Success is available for pre-order wherever books are sold.

Digital Asset Platform EDX Markets Begins Trading and Completes New Funding Round

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

“EDX’s ability to attract new investors and partners in the face of sector headwinds demonstrates the strength of our platform and the demand for a safe and compliant cryptocurrency market,” said Jamil Nazarali, CEO of EDX. “We are committed to bringing the best of traditional finance to cryptocurrency markets, with an infrastructure built by market experts to embed key institutional best practices. With the endorsement of our new and growing list of investors and customers, we’re proud to launch trading and look forward to further enhancements to our offering. Looking ahead, EDX Clearing will be a major differentiator for EDX -- and resolve an unmet need in the market – by enhancing competition and creating unparalleled operational efficiency through a single settlement process.”

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  • EDX Markets (EDX), the first-of-its-kind digital asset marketplace designed to enable safe and compliant trading of digital assets through trusted intermediaries, today announced the successful launch of its digital asset market and the completion of an investment round with new equity partners.
  • EDX also introduced a retail-only quote to the crypto markets, allowing participants the benefit of better pricing for retail-originated orders.
  • Later this year, EDX will launch EDX Clearing to settle trades matched on EDX Markets.
  • The new funding will support EDX as it continues to develop its trading platform and solidifies its market leadership position.

Altior Healthcare's Vision for Adolescent Mental Health and Access to Care

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

LOS ANGELES, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when the nation grapples with a marked lack of access to mental health services, Altior Healthcare, a dynamic entity in the health sector, brings a visionary approach to adolescent mental health care under the stewardship of Ken Kosza, CEO.

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  • LOS ANGELES, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when the nation grapples with a marked lack of access to mental health services, Altior Healthcare, a dynamic entity in the health sector, brings a visionary approach to adolescent mental health care under the stewardship of Ken Kosza, CEO.
  • Currently, the US mental health care system paints a stark picture.
  • This void has become a challenge within the adolescent space, a problem Ken is determined to solve with Altior Healthcare.
  • It is about more than just providing services; it is about paving a new path for accessible, personalized, and high-quality mental health care.

Government of Canada invests in responsible artificial intelligence research at the Université de Montréal

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Friday, June 9, 2023

Canada was closely involved in the launch of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, through which the 29 member governments work collectively to orient AI technologies toward shared values.

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  • Canada was closely involved in the launch of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, through which the 29 member governments work collectively to orient AI technologies toward shared values.
  • Through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, our government is proud to move even further ahead by investing $124 million into responsible artificial intelligence research.
  • – The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
    "The Université de Montréal is home to ground-breaking research that is key to transforming the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence.
  • Created in 2014, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) supports Canadian post-secondary institutions in their efforts to become global research leaders.

Predibase Empowers Any Engineer to Build Their Own GPT With Support for Large Language Models; Expands Series A Funding to $28M

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

In addition, the company also announced a $12.2 million expansion of its Series A funding round led by Felicis .

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  • In addition, the company also announced a $12.2 million expansion of its Series A funding round led by Felicis .
  • Predibase makes the extremely powerful but proprietary declarative ML approaches adopted by companies like Uber, Apple and Meta available to a much wider audience.
  • Teams simply define what they want to predict using Predibase’s cutting-edge large AI models and the platform does the rest.
  • Novice users can leverage recommended model architectures, while expert users can finely tune any model parameter.