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Near Appoints Jon Zorio as Chief Revenue Officer to Drive Next Phase of Company Growth; Appoints Jay Angelo as General Counsel

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Jon Zorio is a senior sales and customer success executive who has successfully built and scaled fast-growing, global revenue organizations for enterprise SaaS, analytics, and identity businesses.

Key Points: 
  • Jon Zorio is a senior sales and customer success executive who has successfully built and scaled fast-growing, global revenue organizations for enterprise SaaS, analytics, and identity businesses.
  • Zorio joins Near from TransUnion, a leading provider of credit decisioning, risk, and identity solutions.
  • As General Counsel, Jay Angelo is responsible for Near's Global Legal corporate matters, including privacy, compliance, go-to-market, and commercial dealmaking.
  • This is an important time for the company, as we prepare to become a public company," said Jay Angelo, General Counsel at Near.

Google for Education Partners with Instructure to Simplify Integration and Extend Digital Classroom Capabilities

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure, the maker of Elevate Data Sync, has entered into an agreement with their partner, Google,  that bridges the integration gap for Google Classroom users with a robust and comprehensive solution. With the integration, educational institutions can now keep course data and rosters synchronized between their student information systems (SIS or MIS) and Google Classroom. This means that educators no longer must set up their courses manually or have students use a join code. Teachers can now simply click "accept" when their course is automatically created. 

Key Points: 
  • With the integration, educational institutions can now keep course data and rosters synchronized between their student information systems (SIS or MIS) and Google Classroom.
  • This automated and adaptable integration can hopefully save teachers, students and the professionals who support them significant amounts of time.
  • "Education data integration is a complex problem, so we wanted an enterprise-class partner with deep expertise and a cloud-based platform that supports multiple standards and integration methods."
  • Schools can request more information about Google Workspace for Education Plus if they don't have a subscription already.

Lumen invests in its sixth on-net subsea route across the Atlantic

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

DENVER, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) established a new subsea fiber route between the U.S. and France, the company is again significantly increasing network capacity and diversity. Lumen is now investing in a fiber pair on Grace Hopper, a subsea cable system spearheaded by Google, between New York and Bude, Cornwall in the U.K. The Grace Hopper system will use Lumen landing station and infrastructure services at both locations.

Key Points: 
  • Lumen is now investing in a fiber pair on Grace Hopper , a subsea cable system spearheaded by Google, between New York and Bude, Cornwall in the U.K.
  • The bandwidth explosion across continents is real and we're meeting it head on by investing in new subsea cables," said Laurinda Pang, Lumen president of global customer success.
  • Lumen has owned and operated global subsea networks for more than 20 years.
  • The company has a comprehensive trans-Atlantic subsea portfolio with six on-net diverse fiber routes, including Dunant, a Google subsea system.

Lumen invests in its sixth on-net subsea route across the Atlantic

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

DENVER, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) established a new subsea fiber route between the U.S. and France, the company is again significantly increasing network capacity and diversity. Lumen is now investing in a fiber pair on Grace Hopper, a subsea cable system spearheaded by Google, between New York and Bude, Cornwall in the U.K. The Grace Hopper system will use Lumen landing station and infrastructure services at both locations.

Key Points: 
  • Lumen is now investing in a fiber pair on Grace Hopper , a subsea cable system spearheaded by Google, between New York and Bude, Cornwall in the U.K.
  • The bandwidth explosion across continents is real and we're meeting it head on by investing in new subsea cables," said Laurinda Pang, Lumen president of global customer success.
  • "The Grace Hopper system is part of Lumen and Google's long history of collaboration.
  • The company has a comprehensive trans-Atlantic subsea portfolio with six on-net diverse fiber routes, including Dunant, a Google subsea system.

Coeptis Therapeutics Enters Exclusive License Agreement with University of Pittsburgh for Rights to SNAP-CAR, a "Multi-Antigen" CAR T Technology

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

WEXFORD, Pa., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC PINK: COEP) ("Coeptis" or "the Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer, today announced entry into an exclusive license agreement with the University of Pittsburgh for the rights to a chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) technology – SNAP-CAR – designed to target multiple antigens simultaneously and potentially address a range of hematologic and solid tumors, including breast and ovarian cancer. Completion of the exclusive license agreement for SNAP-CAR follows Coeptis' entry into an option agreement with the University of Pittsburgh announced in May 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Completion of the exclusive license agreement for SNAP-CAR follows Coeptis' entry into an option agreement with the University of Pittsburgh announced in May 2022.
  • This approach has proven effective in certain cancer types but limits the applicability of those CAR T therapies.
  • SNAP-CAR is designed to be a "universal" CAR T cell therapy platform that can be adapted to different cancer indications.
  • "SNAP-CAR represents a potential breakthrough in CAR T approaches and a significant addition to Coeptis' expanding cell therapy product portfolio," said Dave Mehalick, President and CEO of Coeptis Therapeutics.

eToro introduces ESG scores as study reveals three in five retail investors consider ESG before buying stocks

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

"ESG scores provide our customers access to information about companies not typically accounted for in traditional financial analysis.

Key Points: 
  • "ESG scores provide our customers access to information about companies not typically accounted for in traditional financial analysis.
  • Slightly fewer (22%) say concerns over greenwashing are a barrier, while 20% worry about the lack of standardization in ESG scores.
  • Our new partnership with eToro will enable more investors to access high-quality ESG scores for better decision-making, helping to align capital to more sustainable outcomes."
  • Calculated by ESG Book, the ESG scores combine the most up-to-date market news, NGO signals and company-reported information.

Global Graphite Supplier, Graphex Group Entered into an Agreement with Jixi Mashan Government in China to Support its Continued Expansion

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

ROYAL OAK, Mich., Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the global supplier of graphite Graphex Group Limited (NYSE American: GRFX | HKSE: 6128), announced it has entered into an agreement with the Jixi Mashan Government on a project for a new production facility located in the Jixi (Mashan) Graphite Industrial Park (the Project).

Key Points: 
  • ROYAL OAK, Mich., Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the global supplier of graphite Graphex Group Limited (NYSE American: GRFX | HKSE: 6128), announced it has entered into an agreement with the Jixi Mashan Government on a project for a new production facility located in the Jixi (Mashan) Graphite Industrial Park (the Project).
  • The agreement will allow Graphex to increase its annual production of graphite while establishing a graphite deep processing and production facility.
  • Within the Jixi (Mashan) Graphite Industrial Park, the new factory for Phase I of the Project will feature five workshops across 270,000 square feet, an office building, and employee accommodation areas.
  • Under the MOU, the Jixi Mashan Government will provide Graphex with the right to purchase the factory premise, while providing green electricity sources such as wind and solar to operate the facility.

XPO Logistics and Planned Spin-off RXO Named to the FreightTech 100 by FreightWaves

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

GREENWICH, Conn. , Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO), a leading provider of freight transportation services, has been named to the 2023 FreightTech 100 by FreightWaves, a global source for supply chain market intelligence.

Key Points: 
  • GREENWICH, Conn. , Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO), a leading provider of freight transportation services, has been named to the 2023 FreightTech 100 by FreightWaves, a global source for supply chain market intelligence.
  • RXO, the planned spin-off of XPOs tech-enabled brokered transportation platform, was also named to the list.
  • Were honored to be recognized by FreightWaves for our technological innovation as we move XPO closer to becoming a pure-play less-than-truckload business.
  • XPO Logistics, Inc.(NYSE: XPO) is a leading provider of freight transportation services, primarily less-than-truckload (LTL) and truck brokerage.

Matinas BioPharma Announces Chairman Succession Plan

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Mr. Conrad, the founding Chairman of Matinas will remain on the Board as an independent director of the Company.

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  • Mr. Conrad, the founding Chairman of Matinas will remain on the Board as an independent director of the Company.
  • This change is representative of the progress we have made as a Company, commented Herbert J. Conrad, Chairman of Matinas .
  • I am honored to be appointed as the next Chairman of the Board at Matinas, stated Eric J. Ende .
  • Matinas BioPharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the intracellular delivery of nucleic acids and small molecules with its lipid nanocrystal (LNC) platform technology.

OTC Markets Group Welcomes Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. to OTCQX

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. (OTCQX: STRW), a Real Estate Investment Trust specializing in buying and leasing senior healthcare facilities, has gone public on the OTCQX Best Market.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. (OTCQX: STRW), a Real Estate Investment Trust specializing in buying and leasing senior healthcare facilities, has gone public on the OTCQX Best Market.
  • Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol STRW.
  • About OTC Markets Group Inc.
    OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities.
  • OTC Link ATS, OTC Link ECN and OTC Link NQB are each an SEC regulated ATS, operated by OTC Link LLC, a FINRA and SEC registered broker-dealer, member SIPC.