Intangibles

Isabel Schnabel: From laggard to leader? Closing the euro area's technology gap

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Abacus Life Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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ORLANDO, Fla., March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abacus Life, Inc. (“Abacus” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ABL), a leading buyer of life insurance policies and vertically integrated alternative asset manager specializing in specialty insurance products, today reported results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.

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  • Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023 grew 25% to $23.6 million, compared to $18.8 million in the prior-year period.
  • Adjusted net income for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $5.9 million, compared to $11.0 million in the prior-year period.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $11.0 million, compared to $11.1 million in the prior-year period.
  • Total operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $20.0 million, compared to $4.4 million in the prior-year period.

Weifang Kite and Yangjiabu Woodblock New Year Paintings Appear in San Francisco, USA

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Intangible cultural heritage inheritors Guo Hongli and Yang Naidong from Hanting District, Weifang City, held kite tying and woodblock New Year painting production exhibitions on site.

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  • Intangible cultural heritage inheritors Guo Hongli and Yang Naidong from Hanting District, Weifang City, held kite tying and woodblock New Year painting production exhibitions on site.
  • The exquisite and unique kites and antique woodblock New Year paintings attracted everyone's attention, and their superb skills received rave reviews.
  • He is a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project Weifang Kite at the provincial level.
  • Weifang kites and Yangjiabu woodblock New Year paintings have been highly praised by the local people, showcasing the unique charm of Weifang folk art and expanding the reputation and influence of the world's kite capital.

Aclaris Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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Aclaris reported positive results from its Phase 1 MAD trial of ATI-2138 in September 2023.

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  • Aclaris reported positive results from its Phase 1 MAD trial of ATI-2138 in September 2023.
  • Net loss was $1.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $27.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Total revenue was $17.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $7.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Licensing expenses were $5.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 compared to $0.6 million for the prior year period.

Isabel Schnabel: From laggard to leader? Closing the euro area’s technology gap

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Saturday, February 17, 2024
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This paper, by means of a DSGE model including heterogeneous firms and banks, financial frictions and prudential regulation, first shows the need of climate-related capital requirements in the existing prudential framework.

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  • This paper, by means of a DSGE model including heterogeneous firms and banks, financial frictions and prudential regulation, first shows the need of climate-related capital requirements in the existing prudential framework.
  • We further show that relying on microprudential regulation alone would not be enough to account for the systemic dimension of transition risk.

Bendheim Celebrates Important Distinction From UNESCO

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bendheim and its near century-old partner Lamberts® celebrated UNESCO's recent announcement recognizing handmade mouthblown and rolled glass as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

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  • UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, declared handmade glass production to be an "intangible cultural heritage of humanity."
  • Bendheim has been the North American representative and distributor for Lamberts® mouth-blown glass for more than 80 years.
  • The traditional craft of handmade glass production was nominated for the UNESCO award by Germany, France, Spain Finland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
  • The Intergovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage decides annually on the inclusion of new cultural forms on the UNESCO lists.

Motorola Solutions Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Among other things, management uses these operating results, excluding the identified items, to evaluate performance of its businesses and to evaluate results relative to certain incentive compensation targets.

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  • Among other things, management uses these operating results, excluding the identified items, to evaluate performance of its businesses and to evaluate results relative to certain incentive compensation targets.
  • Management uses operating results excluding these items because it believes these measurements enable it to make better period-to-period evaluations of the financial performance of its core business operations.
  • Motorola Solutions cautions the reader that the risks and uncertainties below, as well as those in Part I Item 1A of Motorola Solutions’ 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Part II Item 1A of Motorola Solutions’ 2023 Third Quarter Report on Form 10-Q, and in its other SEC filings available for free on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on Motorola Solutions’ website at www.motorolasolutions.com/investors , could cause Motorola Solutions’ actual results to differ materially from those estimated or predicted in the forward-looking statements.
  • Motorola Solutions undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

How international recognition of cultural practices could be a new way to protect refugees

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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In these camp communities, unique cultural practices can arise.

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  • In these camp communities, unique cultural practices can arise.
  • In other words, camps foster new and unique cultural practices.
  • But the cultural practices in the Bhutanese camps are now threatened because the refugees and their cultural practices don’t have legal protections.

Protecting remaining refugees

  • He was part of one of the world’s largest resettlement programs for refugees.
  • These refugees are sitting in limbo, with their homes, their community and their unique culture having no legal protections.
  • There aren’t many pathways to protecting refugees once the UNHCR is not involved.
  • It is necessary to think creatively to identify possible solutions to protect these remaining refugees.

Unique cultural practices

  • UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage might be a way to protect these practices and, by extension, the refugees who remain after UNHCR withdraws from a camp.
  • But UNESCO also safeguards cultural practices, such as dance, theatre, food and craftsmanship.
  • Through the intangible heritage convention, unique cultural practices and practices at risk of being lost can gain recognition.
  • The hope is recognition will support sustainable development, open up funding pathways and ensure cultural knowledge does not disappear.

Towards a fairer process

  • To be accessible to all communities, the form should be available in a variety of languages.
  • When examining the nomination process, it became clear some minority groups, refugees and stateless people will struggle to have their cultural heritage recognised.
  • The current process means refugees are subject to the whims of nations’ priorities.
  • The nomination process could be modified so communities can self-verify.


The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

CB Financial Services, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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(Comparisons to three months ended December 31, 2022 unless otherwise noted)

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  • (Comparisons to three months ended December 31, 2022 unless otherwise noted)
    Net income was $13.0 million, compared to $4.2 million.
  • Book value per share was $27.31, compared to $22.43 as of September 30, 2023 and $21.60 as of December 31, 2022.
  • Tangible book value per share (Non-GAAP) was $25.23, compared to $20.10 as of September 30, 2023 and $19.00 as of December 31, 2022.
  • Stockholders’ equity increased $29.7 million, or 27.0%, to $139.8 million at December 31, 2023, compared to $110.2 million at December 31, 2022.

Saudi Arabia designates 2024 as the Year of the Camel in celebration of the national symbol

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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The designation of the Year of the Camel recognizes the camel's central importance to the cultural heritage of Saudi Arabia.

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  • The designation of the Year of the Camel recognizes the camel's central importance to the cultural heritage of Saudi Arabia.
  • The Year of the Camel will highlight how the camel has been an integral part of Saudi culture across generations.
  • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For time immemorial, the camel has held a deep-rooted presence and unique role in the lives of Saudis and in shaping the Kingdom's cultural heritage.
  • Having traversed time as a bedrock of national identity, the camel represents a vital link between Saudi heritage, values and modern aspirations.