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Boston Globe Media, NESN Launch Weekday Program, 'Boston Globe Today'

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Globe Media and the New England Sports Network (NESN) announced the launch of Boston Globe Today, a jointly produced, in-depth news and sports program debuting across multiple platforms in Spring 2023. The half-hour show will air Monday through Friday at 5pm on NESN and will stream on the NESN 360 app, the Globe's app, and on Globe.com.

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  • BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Globe Media and the New England Sports Network (NESN) announced the launch of Boston Globe Today, a jointly produced, in-depth news and sports program debuting across multiple platforms in Spring 2023.
  • "Boston Globe Today reflects our commitment to serve our community, invest in local journalism, and for Boston Globe Media to be an innovative news leader."
  • "I'm thrilled to join the Boston Globe Today team, working on this exciting collaboration between the Globe and NESN," said Oduolowu.
  • Boston Globe Today will air from a new, state-of-the-art broadcast studio in The Boston Globe's downtown newsroom.

Globe Scientific Introduces a Line of Globe | Euromex Premium Quality Microscopes

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

MAHWAH, N.J., Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Globe Scientific, a leading producer of high-quality laboratory plasticware, glassware and bench-top equipment introduces a new line of Globe | Euromex premium quality microscopes and accessories to their extensive product portfolio.

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  • MAHWAH, N.J., Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Globe Scientific, a leading producer of high-quality laboratory plasticware, glassware and bench-top equipment introduces a new line of Globe | Euromex premium quality microscopes and accessories to their extensive product portfolio.
  • With the Globe | Euromex product line now available in America, products are stocked locally and supported by the Globe Scientific logistics team in the U.S.A.
  • Selling and purchasing microscopes and accessories is made easy with the Globe | Euromex team providing extensive VIP level pre-sales training and personal consultation.
  • "Globe Scientific is excited to add the Globe | Euromex microscope line to our already broad base of laboratory products.

CME Group to Launch Micro E-mini S&P MidCap 400 and Micro E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 Futures on March 20

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch Micro E-mini S&P MidCap 400 and Micro E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 futures on March 20, pending regulatory review.

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  • CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch Micro E-mini S&P MidCap 400 and Micro E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 futures on March 20, pending regulatory review.
  • These new contracts will complement the existing E-mini S&P MidCap 400 and E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 futures.
  • These new contracts will also expand on the company's existing Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures, which have traded more than 871 million contracts since their launch in May 2019.
  • "The S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices are two of S&P Dow Jones Indices' flagship U.S. equity benchmarks.

Globe Telecom Completes Successful Pilot Deployment of MatSing Lens Antennas

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

MatSing , the pioneer of high-capacity lens antennas, today announced that it has completed a successful pilot deployment with Globe Telecom , the leading mobile network operator (MNO) in the Philippines.

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  • MatSing , the pioneer of high-capacity lens antennas, today announced that it has completed a successful pilot deployment with Globe Telecom , the leading mobile network operator (MNO) in the Philippines.
  • The extensive pilot service leveraging MatSing’s patented multi-beam and multi-band lens antennas began in September 2021 and delivered improved network coverage, higher capacity and increased throughput.
  • Select performance metrics observed on the Globe trial network, attributable to MatSing lens antennas, included:
    "Globe is always a pioneer in adopting new technologies for its customers.
  • “MatSing is thankful to the Globe team for the opportunity to demonstrate the technical superiority of our patented lens antennas to deliver superior mobile connectivity for their user base,” said MatSing CEO Bo Larsson.

CME Group to Launch Event Contracts on Bitcoin Futures on March 13

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its suite of event contracts to include Bitcoin futures on March 13, pending regulatory review.

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  • CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its suite of event contracts to include Bitcoin futures on March 13, pending regulatory review.
  • "Our new event contracts on Bitcoin futures provide a highly transparent and less complex way for investors to access cryptocurrency markets – with the added benefit of a fully regulated platform," said Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity and FX Products at CME Group.
  • "These contracts, which track the daily price moves of our deeply liquid benchmark Bitcoin futures, offer an innovative, lower-cost way for investors to trade their views on the up or down price moves of bitcoin."
  • CME Group offers event contracts on a growing number of its benchmark futures markets, including gold, silver, copper, crude oil, natural gas, E-mini S&P 500, E-mini Nasdaq-100, E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average, E-mini Russell 2000 and euro-U.S. dollar foreign exchange futures.

CME Group Reports Record Average Daily Volume of 23.3 Million Contracts Traded in 2022, an Increase of 19%

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

CHICAGO, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its full-year, Q4 and December 2022 market statistics, showing it reached a record average daily volume (ADV) of 23.3 million contracts during the year, an increase of 19% over 2021. ADV increased 6% in the fourth quarter to 21.8 million contracts, and ADV increased 7% in December to 19.2 million contracts. Annual, quarterly and monthly market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

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  • - Interest Rate ADV up 18% annually, driven by record SOFR volume and OI
    CHICAGO, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its full-year, Q4 and December 2022 market statistics, showing it reached a record average daily volume (ADV) of 23.3 million contracts during the year, an increase of 19% over 2021.
  • ADV increased 6% in the fourth quarter to 21.8 million contracts, and ADV increased 7% in December to 19.2 million contracts.
  • CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates , equity indexes , foreign exchange , energy , agricultural products and metals .
  • In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.

Farmer sentiment rebounds at year end on stronger 2022 income

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey.

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  • The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey.
  • Notably, this was the only time in 2022 that the index was above 100.
  • When examined over the course of the last year it's clear that sentiment among producers about farmland values has shifted.
  • Photo Caption: Farmer sentiment rebounds at year end on stronger 2022 income.

CJF and The Globe and Mail launch new Black Journalism Fellowship

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is delighted to announce another Black Journalism Fellowship, this one in partnership with The Globe and Mail.

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  • TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is delighted to announce another Black Journalism Fellowship, this one in partnership with The Globe and Mail.
  • The CJF-Globe and Mail Black Journalism Fellowship is the fifth in the CJF's Black Journalism Fellowship Program, launched in 2021 to amplify Black voices, improve coverage of Black issues in the news and cultivate future Black media leaders.
  • This latest fellowship award joins the existing CJF Black Journalism Fellowships at CBC/Radio-Canada, CTV and the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB), which have helped foster the careers of seven Black journalists since 2021.
  • Our thanks to the generous support of the sponsors of the CJF Black Journalism Fellowships program:
    lululemon for the CJF-CBC/Radio-Canada Black Journalism Fellowship;
    Aritzia for the CJF-CBC/Radio-Canada Black Women's Journalism Fellowship;
    BMO Financial Group for the CJF-CTV News Black Journalism Fellowship; and
    Unifor and Gerry Gotfrit for the CJF-IJB Black Investigative Journalism Fellowship.

AT&T COO Updates Shareholders at UBS Global TMT Conference

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Jeff McElfresh, chief operating officer, AT&T * Inc. ( NYSE:T ), spoke today at the UBS Global TMT Conference where he provided an update to shareholders.

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  • Jeff McElfresh, chief operating officer, AT&T * Inc. ( NYSE:T ), spoke today at the UBS Global TMT Conference where he provided an update to shareholders.
  • He also said that he was pleased with the results from the companys pricing actions made in the first half of 2022.
  • McElfresh said that as the company continues to lap investments made over the past two years, it is realizing additional cost efficiencies.
  • He shared that benefits of cost reduction measures are increasingly falling to the bottom line and driving improvements in the companys operating leverage.

CME Group's Micro WTI Options Volume Surpasses 100,000 Contracts Traded

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

CHICAGO, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that Micro WTI options volume surpassed 100,000 contracts on December 13, 2022.

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  • CHICAGO, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that Micro WTI options volume surpassed 100,000 contracts on December 13, 2022.
  • We are pleased that our Micro WTI futures and options continue to grow as market participants increasingly seek access to our global benchmark."
  • Micro WTI Options launched in June 2022 following the successful launch of Micro WTI futures and have become some of the fastest growing products at CME Group.
  • Over 2,500 unique users from 28 firms have traded Micro WTI options since launch.