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THE BLACK WOMEN'S AGENDA, INC. HOSTS 46TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM TOWN HALL & AWARDS LUNCHEON

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Friday, September 22, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when suspicion, intolerance, and virulent rhetoric tear at the fabric of our society, The Black Women's Agenda, Inc. (BWA) is embracing inclusivity. At its 46th Annual Symposium Town Hall & Awards Luncheon today, the organization saluted celebrities, elected officials, and leaders in the health, education, and business arenas pursuing a more perfect union. It also encouraged more than 1,500 participants and supporters to tear down the walls of fear, doubt, and insecurity that surround themselves and their communities and open themselves up instead to opportunities to seek common ground and establish an environment where everyone can thrive. 

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  • At its 46th Annual Symposium Town Hall & Awards Luncheon today, the organization saluted celebrities, elected officials, and leaders in the health, education, and business arenas pursuing a more perfect union.
  • "The United States is the most diverse nation on earth, and that is its superpower," said BWA President Gwainevere Catchings Hess.
  • "A more perfect union requires the talents, creativity, insights, and contributions of all of its people.
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COP28 UAE President-Designate commits to put health at the center of climate discussions

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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Dr. Al Jaber appealed to the international community to support this significant event and come to COP28 ready to address the connection between climate change and health.

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  • Dr. Al Jaber appealed to the international community to support this significant event and come to COP28 ready to address the connection between climate change and health.
  • Dr. Al Jaber stressed the importance of addressing the crucial connection between climate change and health.
  • He said: "The connection between health and climate change is evident, yet it has not been a specific focus of the COP process — until now.
  • The other three focus areas include fast-tracking the energy transition, fixing climate finance, and ensuring a fully inclusive COP28.

Nanalysis to Present at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VANCOUVER 2023 on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 & 1x1 Meetings on Thursday, September 7, 2023

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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CALGARY, AB, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Nanalysis Scientific Corp. ("the Company", TSXV: NSCI , OTCQX: NSCIF , FRA: 1N1 ), a leader in portable NMR machines and MRI technology for industrial and research applications announces that it will be presenting at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VANCOUVER 2023 on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 9:30 AM PST.

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  • CALGARY, AB, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Nanalysis Scientific Corp. ("the Company", TSXV: NSCI , OTCQX: NSCIF , FRA: 1N1 ), a leader in portable NMR machines and MRI technology for industrial and research applications announces that it will be presenting at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VANCOUVER 2023 on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 9:30 AM PST.
  • CEO and Founder Sean Krakiwsky will be hosting the presentation and answering questions at the conclusion.
  • To access the live presentation, please use the following information:
    If you would like to book 1x1 investor meetings with CEO Sean Krakiwsky and to attend the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VANCOUVER 2023, please make sure you are registered here: https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/signup
    1x1 meetings will be scheduled and conducted in person at the conference venue: Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver (BC).
  • The Planet MicroCap Showcase: VANCOUVER 2023 website is available here: https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/
    If you can't make the live presentation, all company presentations "webcasts" will be available directly on the conference event platform on this link under the tab "Agenda": https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/agenda

TVO strike highlights the scourge of contract work in public service journalism

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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Workers at TVO are on strike for the first time in the public broadcaster’s 53-year history.

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  • Workers at TVO are on strike for the first time in the public broadcaster’s 53-year history.
  • I spoke to a producer who has worked at TVO’s flagship current affairs show, The Agenda, for 22 years and earns $74,000.

Wages shrinking

    • In a video posted to social media, digital journalist Daniel Kitts, who has worked at TVO for 25 years, says: “For the past 10 years we have tried to… support this organization by seeing our wages shrink basically every year thanks to inflation.
    • TVO workers say these contracts prevent them from doing the kind of rigorous, civic journalism and current affairs programming that serves communities in Ontario.

The risks of precarious work

    • People in precarious employment earn low incomes, face intermittent and insecure work, lack access to benefits and training and endure stress, social isolation and poor mental health.
    • Such pressures on individual lives shapes people’s participation in community life, and precarity becomes a burden borne by society at large.
    • Striking TVO workers are drawing attention to journalism’s precarity penalty: the consequences for robust journalism when the work of producing journalism is made precarious.

TVO’s contract workers

    • As money comes in for specific projects, workers are hired on contract.
    • TVO wants the union to give up language that enables workers on contract for two years to become full-time employees, eligible for benefits and other protections.
    • As profits decline and labour forces contract, fewer journalists are in secure positions and increasing numbers of workers are on contract or freelance.

The impact on diverse communities

    • Journalists, researchers and advocates have long been calling for increased racial and gender diversity in journalism, demanding that newsrooms represent the communities they report on.
    • Public, non-profit outlets like TVO can and should become model employers, committed to producing journalism in the public interest and providing workers, particularly those from diverse communities, with the sustainable jobs necessary to do so.
    • In this context, TVO workers’ strike for material security to do work in the public interest matters more than ever.

COP28 UAE Presidency announces priorities to drive water up the climate agenda

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Thursday, August 24, 2023
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The COP28 Presidency also announced a partnership with the co-hosts of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Netherlands and Tajikistan, who will serve as COP28 Water Champions to help lead the Agenda.

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  • The COP28 Presidency also announced a partnership with the co-hosts of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Netherlands and Tajikistan, who will serve as COP28 Water Champions to help lead the Agenda.
  • STOCKHOLM, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The COP28 UAE Presidency has launched its Water Agenda during World Water Week in Stockholm, which took place from August 20 to 24.
  • Furthermore, the COP28 Presidency announced a partnership with the Netherlands and Tajikistan to serve as COP28 Water Champions.
  • This partnership unites the COP28 Presidency, Tajikistan, and the Netherlands to deliver water policy, technology, and financing results at COP28.

Aegon publishes agenda for Extraordinary General Meetings on September 29 and September 30, 2023

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Thursday, August 17, 2023
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The Hague, August 17, 2023 - Today, Aegon N.V. has published the Agenda and Shareholder Circular for its two upcoming Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders (EGM) on September 29 and September 30, 2023.

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  • The Hague, August 17, 2023 - Today, Aegon N.V. has published the Agenda and Shareholder Circular for its two upcoming Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders (EGM) on September 29 and September 30, 2023.
  • As announced on June 30, 2023, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) informed Aegon that the BMA would become its group supervisor if Aegon were to transfer its legal seat to Bermuda.
  • The purpose of the EGMs is to, therefore, approve the decision to move Aegon’s legal seat to Bermuda to facilitate the transfer of Aegon’s group supervision.
  • The first EGM will be held at 09:30 CET on September 29 at Aegon N.V.'s head office in The Hague, the Netherlands.

CMG members at TVO in legal strike position on Friday, August 18

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2023 /CNW/ - Canadian Media Guild (CMG) members at TVO will be in a legal strike position as of Friday, August 18, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2023 /CNW/ - Canadian Media Guild (CMG) members at TVO will be in a legal strike position as of Friday, August 18, 2023.
  • These are public sector jobs that the government is trying to turn into gig work and CMG members at TVO cannot abide it.
  • CMG members at TVO have previously negotiated language to allow the employer to trial new positions for two years before making them permanent.
  • CMG members at TVO are determined to do what it takes, including job action, to resolve these issues.

DIFC continues to drive Action on global Climate Change on Path to COP28, announces Future Sustainability Forum in Dubai

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Monday, July 24, 2023
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DUBAI, UAE, July 24, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announced its first edition of the Future Sustainability Forum.

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  • DUBAI, UAE, July 24, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announced its first edition of the Future Sustainability Forum.
  • - The inaugural Future Sustainability Forum marks the Year of Sustainability in the UAE and will be held in Dubai 4-5 October 2023.
  • Arif Amiri, CEO of DIFC Authority, said: "We are thrilled to welcome the world to Dubai and the Future Sustainability Forum as part of our 'Path to COP28' programme.
  • The UAE and Dubai government have spearheaded a range of comprehensive sustainability programmes in the pursuit of a net zero future.

Oasis Announces “Kusuri No Aoki Corp Gov” Campaign to Demand Accountability for Significant Governance Abuses by Founding Family Members (Stock Code: 3549 JT)

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Monday, July 31, 2023
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The stock options were issued shortly after the Company made unusual downward revisions to forecasts, significantly depressing the stock price.

Key Points: 
  • The stock options were issued shortly after the Company made unusual downward revisions to forecasts, significantly depressing the stock price.
  • The disclosed fair value of the stock options was JPY7.256bn, but the Aoki brothers only paid JPY52.5mn to acquire the options, a 99.28% discount.
  • These instances of governance abuses make it clear that Aoki’s Board is focused primarily on the interests of the Founding Family as opposed to those of all stakeholders.
  • President Hironori Aoki and Vice President Takanori Aoki must be held accountable for these corporate governance failures.

Hepsiburada Announces 2022 Annual General Assembly

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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a “Hepsiburada”) (NASDAQ: HEPS) (the “Company”), a leading Turkish e-commerce platform, will hold its 2022 Annual General Assembly on Friday, August 25, 2023 at 11:00 İstanbul time at the Company’s headquarters at Kuştepe Mahallesi, Mecidiyeköy Yolu Caddesi, No:12 Trump Towers Kule:2 Şişli, İstanbul.

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  • ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a “Hepsiburada”) (NASDAQ: HEPS) (the “Company”), a leading Turkish e-commerce platform, will hold its 2022 Annual General Assembly on Friday, August 25, 2023 at 11:00 İstanbul time at the Company’s headquarters at Kuştepe Mahallesi, Mecidiyeköy Yolu Caddesi, No:12 Trump Towers Kule:2 Şişli, İstanbul.
  • Holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying shares must act through the depositary of the Company’s ADS program, The Bank of New York Mellon.
  • The agenda of the Annual General Assembly consists of the following items in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code (the “TCC”) and the Regulation on Principles and Procedures for General Assembly Meetings of Joint Stock Companies and Ministry Representatives in Such Meetings (the “Regulation”) governing the agenda of ordinary general assembly meetings:
    Opening of the meeting and election of the General Assembly Meeting Chairmanship;
    Authorization of the General Assembly Meeting Chairmanship to sign the minutes of the meeting;
    Reading and discussion of the Board of Director’s annual report for 2022 and reading of the independent auditor’s report, as stipulated in the Regulation on Principles and Procedures for General Assembly Meetings of Joint Stock Companies and Ministry Representatives to be Present at These Meetings (the “Regulation”);
    Reading, discussion, and ratification of the financial statements for the 2022 accounting period, as specified in the Regulation;
    Release of the members of the Board of Directors for all their respective business, transactions and activities for the 2022 accounting period, as specified in the Regulation;
    Decision on the Company’s profit for the 2022 accounting period, the use of the profit, the proportions of the profit and earnings shares to be distributed, as specified in the Regulation;
    Decision on the salary, honorarium, bonus, and premium to be paid to the members of the Board of Directors in their capacity as such and, as applicable, in their capacity as members of committees for the year 2023 under Article 394 of the TCC and the Regulation;
    Approval of the appointment of Mr. Stefan Gross-Selbeck, who was appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 363 of the TCC as an independent member of the Board of Directors to fill a seat vacated due to the resignation of Mr. Cemal Ahmet Bozer, as specified in the TCC and the Regulation;
    Appointment of the members of the Board of Directors and determination of their terms of office;
    Appointment of the independent auditor for the 2023 accounting period, as specified in the Regulation;
    Consent of members of the Board of Directors for the commercial activities and transactions referred to in Article 395 and Article 396 of the TCC;
    Approval of the renewal of the directors’ and officers’ insurance policy;
    Determination of the upper limit for the aid and donations to be made until the next Ordinary General Assembly meeting of the Company as 2 per thousands of the total net assets of the Company and approval of the authorization of the Board of Directors within this context;
    Approval of the granting of Company’s Class B shares that can be represented by ADSs (American Depositary Shares) within the scope of the Incentive Plan (HAPP), the main framework and conditions of which were established under the decision of the Company’s Board of Directors dated 24 March 2021 and numbered 2021/13, to senior executives, key employees, consultants, managers and members of the Board of Directors, as determined by the resolution of the Board of Directors dated 27 February 2023 and numbered 2023/03;
    Approval of the Revised Incentive Plan under which shares may be granted to senior executives, key employees, consultants, managers and members of the Board of Directors as set forth in the resolution of the Board of Directors dated 24 April 2023 and numbered 2023/10;
    Determining the procedures and principles of the authorization to the Board of Directors to repurchase a portion of the Company’s ADSs traded on Nasdaq, pursuant to the applicable laws of the United States by complying with the requirements and limitations in applicable law, for the purpose of granting shares of the Company that can be represented by ADS to those senior executives, key employees, consultants, managers and members of the Board of Directors, within the scope of the Revised Incentive Plan approved with the decision of the Board of Directors dated 24 April 2023 and numbered 2023/10;
    Determination of the procedures and principles of the authorization to be given to the members of the Board of Directors for the repurchase of ADSs representing Class B shares of the Company from the publicly traded portion, as specified in Article 16 of the Agenda above, in accordance with the provisions of Article 379 et seq.
  • of the TCC;
    Approval of the Remuneration Policy for the members of the Board of Directors and managers of the Company;
    Explanatory notes on the agenda items along with the copies of certain materials related to the Annual General Assembly will be made available on the Company’s investor relations website https://investors.hepsiburada.com/ as of July 27, 2023.