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SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Shareholders with Losses on their Investment in Cassava Sciences, Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadlines – SAVA

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Cassava Sciences, Inc. (“Cassava” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SAVA).

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Cassava Sciences, Inc. (“Cassava” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SAVA).
  • To discuss this action, contact Danielle Peyton at [email protected] or 646-581-9980 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext.
  • Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
  • Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions.

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Reminds Investors That Class Action Lawsuits Have Been Filed Against Cassava, and Amylyx and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

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Sunday, February 18, 2024
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Stockholders have until the deadlines below to petition the court to serve as lead plaintiff.

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  • Stockholders have until the deadlines below to petition the court to serve as lead plaintiff.
  • The Company's lead therapeutic drug candidate is PTI-125 (or "simufilam"), a small molecule drug for the proposed treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
  • The Complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects.
  • For more information on the Amylyx class action go to: https://bespc.com/cases/AMLX

Avangrid Joins JUST Capital and PayPal’s Worker Financial Wellness Initiative

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, is continuing to prioritize their employees’ financial security and health by joining The Worker Financial Wellness Initiative by JUST Capital and PayPal.

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  • Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, is continuing to prioritize their employees’ financial security and health by joining The Worker Financial Wellness Initiative by JUST Capital and PayPal.
  • The Initiative, established in collaboration with the Financial Health Network and Good Jobs Institute, offers resources to help companies assess and improve workers’ financial health.
  • The Worker Financial Wellness Initiative will cement us as a benefits leader and help us continue to enhance our programs and resources.”
    The Worker Financial Wellness Initiative was launched in 2020 and engages directly with corporate leaders to promote the business value of financial health investment and empower them to perform worker financial health evaluations.
  • Today, the initiative includes companies such as Chipotle, Chobani, Even, Prudential Financial, Synchrony, and Verizon, representing one million American workers.

Visa and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation Launch Digital Finance for All Initiative

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Monday, February 26, 2024
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Today, Visa (NYSE: V), a leading global payments technology company, and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative, furthering Visa’s decades-long efforts to increase access to the global economy for everyone, everywhere.

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  • Today, Visa (NYSE: V), a leading global payments technology company, and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative, furthering Visa’s decades-long efforts to increase access to the global economy for everyone, everywhere.
  • While digital payments use by adults in low- and middle-income countries is up 66% from 20141, women, SHFs, NMSE owners and globally displaced individuals continue to face barriers accessing the digital economy.
  • “At Visa, we believe that digital payments are critical to including everyone in the digital economy by helping provide access to economic livelihood,” said Chiagozie Nwabuebo, Vice President of Global Growth & Social Impact, Visa.
  • “Mobile money can play a transformative role in advancing financial inclusion and resilience for the nearly 2 billion people who remain unbanked globally.

Omada Health Expands Insights Lab to Advance Industry Learnings on Long-Term Weight Health

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Monday, February 26, 2024
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Omada Health , the virtual-first healthcare provider, announced an expansion of the Omada Insights Lab to leverage its over 1 million all-time enrollments with plans to study the impact of coupling behavior change with GLP-1s for weight loss.

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  • Omada Health , the virtual-first healthcare provider, announced an expansion of the Omada Insights Lab to leverage its over 1 million all-time enrollments with plans to study the impact of coupling behavior change with GLP-1s for weight loss.
  • “The industry is burdened with unanswered questions on access, cost, and optimized duration of these medications in the real world.
  • Omada Health is a virtual-first healthcare provider that nurtures lifelong health, one day at a time.
  • Omada care teams implement clinically-validated behavior change protocols for individuals living with diabetes, hypertension, prediabetes, weight health and musculoskeletal issues.

Spyware Accountability Initiative, with seed funding from Apple and leading philanthropies, announces $4 million in grants to address the harms of spyware on civil society

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, leading philanthropies in partnership with Apple announced over $4 million in grants through the Spyware Accountability Initiative to address the harms of the global spyware industry on civil society.

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  • NEW YORK, March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, leading philanthropies in partnership with Apple announced over $4 million in grants through the Spyware Accountability Initiative to address the harms of the global spyware industry on civil society.
  • Over the next five years, the Spyware Accountability Initiative will support a growing community of researchers and advocacy organizations investigating, exposing, and bringing accountability to the global mercenary spyware trade.
  • The aim of the Spyware Accountability Initiative is to grow a global field of civil society organizations who are advancing threat research, advocacy and accountability to address the use and trade of spyware.
  • Groups supported by grants through the Spyware Accountability Initiative include:
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New Report Details Alarming Surge in Tobacco Imagery in On-Screen Entertainment Most Popular Among Youth and Young Adults

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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WASHINGTON, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tobacco imagery is surging in shows, social media, music videos and movies — including nearly every Best Picture nominee at the 2024 Academy Awards — exposing millions of young people to depictions that glamorize and normalize tobacco use. The impact of tobacco imagery is well documented, with recent peer-reviewed research showing that exposure to such images makes young people up to three times more likely to start vaping, while the U.S. Surgeon General concluded in 2012 that youth and young adults were twice as likely to smoke compared to those with less exposure. According to Truth Initiative's sixth annual "While You Were Streaming" report titled, "Lights, Camera, Tobacco? How Rising Smoking and Vaping Imagery in Top Entertainment Influences E-Cigarette Use and Fuels Nicotine Addiction Among Young Audiences," this adds up to a serious public health threat, putting a new generation at risk for a lifetime of nicotine addiction.

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  • Surgeon General concluded in 2012 that youth and young adults were twice as likely to smoke compared to those with less exposure.
  • The report reveals the number of tobacco depictions in streaming shows popular among 15- to 24-year-olds more than doubled in 2022, exposing nearly 25 million young people.
  • The rise was largely driven by Netflix's "Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," which contained a third of all tobacco depictions.
  • You can view it here: youtu.be/dXscOjP2oto
    The report illustrates how tobacco is both normalized and glamorized in today's top streaming entertainment.

1,000 Dream Fund Kicks Off Women's History Month Celebration with Twitch Charity Fundraiser in Partnership with Twitch Women's Unity Guild

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Friday, March 1, 2024
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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, 1,000 Dreams Fund (1DF), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to fueling the career goals and dreams of talented young women in need, is excited to announce the seventh year of its Streams for Dreams (#StreamsForDreams) Twitch Charity event, taking place on Twitch.tv from March 1 - March 3, in honor of Women's History Month.

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  • For the first time ever, 1DF is partnering with the Twitch Women's Unity Guild (TWG) whose members will be fundraising.
  • In honor of the partnership, 1DF is committing 50% of all funds raised during this time to TWG members to help them attend TwitchCon 2024 .
  • "I'm ready to see what dreams are made along with 1DF and Twitch Unity Guilds.
  • "It only made sense for the Twitch Women's Guild and 1,000 Dreams Fund to come together for this groundbreaking event," says TWG leader @CocoConfession .

Support for independent local journalism because you deserve to know

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Friday, March 1, 2024
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This important investment will help support the creation of original local journalism that covers the diverse needs of Canada's underserved communities.

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  • This important investment will help support the creation of original local journalism that covers the diverse needs of Canada's underserved communities.
  • These organizations provide the funds that support media organizations produce local journalism in underserved communities.
  • In our democracy, declining local journalism has negative effects on local communities and may result in less accountability.
  • The Local Journalism Initiative was launched in 2019 as a five-year, $50 million program to ensure that trusted, local perspectives are available and to encourage local community engagement.

Government of Canada announces call for proposals results to support Black communities

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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In acknowledgment of the UN Decade, the Government of Canada established the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative (SBCCI) in 2019.

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  • In acknowledgment of the UN Decade, the Government of Canada established the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative (SBCCI) in 2019.
  • This initiative aims to strengthen vibrant Black communities across Canada and support Black-led solutions to address challenges such as discrimination, bias and anti-Black racism, while also improving organizational capacity, workplaces and community spaces to better serve Black communities.
  • "Today's announcement builds on the consistent support our government has demonstrated for Black communities across Canada since endorsing the UN Decade in 2018.
  • Through it, the Government of Canada has provided the Foundation for Black Communities with an endowment of $200 million.