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Williams Reports Higher First-Quarter Results

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Williams (NYSE: WMB) today announced its unaudited financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

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  • Williams (NYSE: WMB) today announced its unaudited financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
  • These results proved without question that our core business is performing as designed amid volatile price cycles.
  • It’s certainly an exciting time to be at Williams, and I’m proud of all that our employees are doing across the enterprise to make Williams a leader in the responsible energy market.”
    Amounts in millions, except ratios and per-share amounts.
  • Net income amounts are from continuing operations attributable to The Williams Companies, Inc. available to common stockholders.

Opal Capital Launches, Bringing a Modern Approach to Dividend Investing

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Opal Capital, LLC (Opal), an investment management company that specializes in equity income solutions, today announces its formal launch.

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  • Opal Capital, LLC (Opal), an investment management company that specializes in equity income solutions, today announces its formal launch.
  • With a modern, focused approach, Opal Capital will seek to deliver a range of actively managed income strategies driven by dividend paying equities.
  • Opal Capital was founded by industry veteran Austin Graff, CFA, who has nearly two decades of experience in financial services, including positions at PIMCO and Goldman Sachs.
  • Opal Capital is an investment management firm headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, and focused on providing services for equity dividend financial products and ETFs.

Akoya Biosciences Launches PhenoCode Signature Panels to Accelerate Development of Predictive Biomarkers for Cancer Immunotherapy

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Monday, November 7, 2022

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoya Biosciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: AKYA), The Spatial Biology Company®, today announced the launch of PhenoCode™ Signature Panels for high-throughput spatial biomarker discovery and validation on the PhenoImager® platforms. Each of the customizable multiplex panels includes key markers for phenotyping the tumor microenvironment (TME) and immune status. When combined with the high-speed and robust imaging of the PhenoImager platforms, a rapid, quantitative, end-to-end spatial phenotyping workflow is enabled. The workflow accelerates development and validation of predictive signatures and prognostic biomarkers for immuno-oncology applications.

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  • The workflow accelerates development and validation of predictive signatures and prognostic biomarkers for immuno-oncology applications.
  • Poster presentations and a symposium describing the application of PhenoCode Signature Panels will be offered at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 37th Annual Meeting, being held in Boston, Massachusetts, November 8-12, 2022.
  • The PhenoCode Signature Panels provide our translational and clinical partners with a ready-made and customizable solution to rapidly advance their biomarker programs.
  • The PhenoCode Signature chemistry represents an important milestone in Akoyas commitment to create a suite of platform solutions from discovery to diagnostics.

Opal Pets Promotes Fresh, Plant-Based Nutrition for Dogs

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Opal Pets, a leading provider of vegan nutrition products for animals, has officially announced the launch of Perfect Powder, a complete vitamin, mineral and amino acid supplement that supports balanced plant-based nutrition for adult dogs.

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  • "Opal and Perfect Powder are here to show dog parents that it's possible to feed your pets fresh , plant-powered food instead of dry little pieces of meat cereal."
  • Formulated by experts, Perfect Powder offers the nutrients dogs need with a super-tasty savory flavor boost.
  • Each order of Perfect Powder comes with a free e-cookbook featuring simple recipes that can be prepared for dogs.
  • Opal Pets is a leading provider of balanced vegan nutrition products for animals.

Marqeta Brings Modern Card Issuing to Transit Vertical, Partnering With Mastercard Prepaid Managed Services (MPMS) to Enable Seamless Payment Experiences for Transport for NSW

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, today announced an innovative new transport partnership.

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  • Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, today announced an innovative new transport partnership.
  • Marqeta was named as the payment processor of choice for Opal Plus, the new transit program for Transport for NSW (TfNSW), in partnership with Mastercard Prepaid Managed Services (MPMS).
  • Leveraging Mastercards processing network, Marqeta will help TfNSW expand its transit program beyond its public transport network into other transit providers.
  • Marqetas modern architecture gives its customers the ability to build more configurable and flexible payment experiences, accelerating time-to-market and democratizing access to card issuing technology.

ULINK is offering free storage device testing for a limited time

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*TCG stands for Trusted Computing Group, a non-profit organization that sets industry-wide specifications for storage devices and other computer hardware.

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  • *TCG stands for Trusted Computing Group, a non-profit organization that sets industry-wide specifications for storage devices and other computer hardware.
  • And now, for a limited time only, ULINK is offering free testing of TCG Opal products with its TCG Opal Family Certification Test Suite, which typically costs $3,000 USD per device tested.
  • Better yet, if a storage device passes ULINK'sTCG Opal Family Certification Test Suite, ULINK will list the device on its ULINK Test List (UTL) webpage so that the whole world can see that the device performs well and plays well with other computing technologies.
  • ULINK Technology, Inc, headquartered in Santa Clara, California ( www.ulinktech.com ), is the world leader in providing mass storage test tools for HDD and SSD storage devices.

CIBC donates $1M to support the future of patient-centered care at the MUHC

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

An innovative app improving the patient experience at the MUHC is expanding thanks to a $1 million gift from CIBC to the MUHC Foundation.

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  • An innovative app improving the patient experience at the MUHC is expanding thanks to a $1 million gift from CIBC to the MUHC Foundation.
  • It will also provide patients the reassurance that anomalies in their health will be noticed by their health care team and addressed quickly.
  • Patients will be able to share their anonymized data with scientists to enable studies that will ultimately improve patient care.
  • The MUHC Foundation is grateful to CIBC for its generous gift to support Opal.

Opal Launches With $10M Series A Funding Round Led by Greylock to Protect Enterprises From Over-Provisioned Access

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Opal announced today that they have closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Greylock .

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  • Opal announced today that they have closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Greylock .
  • Opals platform enables enterprises to manage employee access scalably with a focus on reducing the amount of access granted.
  • By limiting access thats given permanently and making it easy to request for additional access rapidly, Opal helps organizations adopt true least privilege.
  • Opal also offers workflows for conducting company-wide access reviews to make it easier to meet compliance standards and keep access footprint down.

Experian and Black Opal Leverage Credit Decisioning Technologies to Help U.S. Immigrants Build Credit

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

This process will be used on the new Black Opal credit card, which is available now.

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  • This process will be used on the new Black Opal credit card, which is available now.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220330005306/en/
    Black Opal is dedicated to helping U.S. immigrants build credit so they can integrate into society and improve their financial health.
  • Experians capabilities will enable Black Opal to make real-time credit decisions and manage identity verification and fraud prevention.
  • Black Opal provides a range of essential services to people whove moved to the United States, namely the Black Opal credit card for expatriates.

UA Launches UAD Spark Plug-Ins and Subscription Service

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Audio Inc. (UA), a leading manufacturer of Apollo and Volt audio interfaces, UAD plug-ins, mics, and UAFX guitar products, is proud to introduce UAD Spark, a new subscription service that puts pro audio industry standard UAD plug-ins and exciting new instruments into the hands of music creators worldwide. This evolving collection runs natively on Mac ($19.99/month), with Windows coming this fall. 

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  • "With UAD Spark, we're able to extend that vision, and bring professional UA sound home for everyone."
  • Another instrument exclusive to the UAD Spark service is the Opal Morphing Synthesizer, an epic new UAD instrument that blurs the lines between analog and wavetable synthesis, with built-in UA effects and fast, record-ready presets.
  • Creating the perfect UA studio experience, all UA Volt audio interface owners get an exclusive 30-day free trial of UAD Spark, and all UAD plug-in owners get the native version of their plug-in(s) for free.
  • A professional collection of UAD plug-ins and instruments from Neve, Moog, API, Lexicon, Teletronix, UA, and more
    Runs in all major DAWs that support AU, VST3, and AAX formats
    Learn more about UAD Spark: