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R&D Spending Increases Exponentially for Higher Standard of Breast Cancer Drug Treatments

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

The R&D spending from companies like Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Celgene Corporation; Pfizer, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline plc; Sanofi; and AbbVie, Inc. has increased exponentially.

Key Points: 
  • The R&D spending from companies like Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Celgene Corporation; Pfizer, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline plc; Sanofi; and AbbVie, Inc. has increased exponentially.
  • Early detection of breast cancer is a key to effective management of the disease.
  • HER2 inhibitors is identified as the most lucrative segment of the breast cancer drugs market.
  • Growing incidence of HER2 positive breast cancer is the major factor attributed to the growth of this segment.

R&D Spending Increases Exponentially for Higher Standard of Breast Cancer Drug Treatments

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

The R&D spending from companies like Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Celgene Corporation; Pfizer, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline plc; Sanofi; and AbbVie, Inc. has increased exponentially.

Key Points: 
  • The R&D spending from companies like Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Celgene Corporation; Pfizer, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline plc; Sanofi; and AbbVie, Inc. has increased exponentially.
  • Early detection of breast cancer is a key to effective management of the disease.
  • HER2 inhibitors is identified as the most lucrative segment of the breast cancer drugs market.
  • Growing incidence of HER2 positive breast cancer is the major factor attributed to the growth of this segment.

Goodfood Accelerates the Scaling of its Micro-Fulfilment Network Plan to Further Fuel the Growth of its On-Demand Grocery and Meal-Solutions Strategy with a $30 Million Bought Deal Offering of Convertible Unsecured Debentures

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Monday, January 24, 2022

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Goodfood Market Corp. ("Goodfood" or the "Company") (TSX: FOOD), a leading online grocery company in Canada, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Desjardins Capital Markets and National Bank Financial Inc., as co-lead underwriters and joint bookrunners, together with a syndicate of underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase for resale, on a bought deal basis, $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible unsecured debentures of the Company (the “Debentures”) at a price of $1,000 per Debenture (the “Offering”). The Debentures will have a coupon of 5.75% per annum, and a conversion price of $4.60 per Goodfood common share (a "Common Share"). The Company has granted the Underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional $4,500,000 aggregate principal amount of Debentures on the same terms, exercisable in whole or in part at any time up to the 30th day following the closing of the Offering.

Key Points: 
  • The Debentures will have a coupon of 5.75% per annum, and a conversion price of $4.60 per Goodfood common share (a "Common Share").
  • The significant acceleration of our on-demand strategy will enable Goodfood to gain outsized market share of the rapidly growing online grocery market, accelerating our growth profile.
  • The Debentures will not be redeemable by the Company prior to March 31, 2025.
  • Certain assumptions were made in preparing the forward-looking information concerning the availability of capital resources, business performance, market conditions, and customer demand.

Brookfield Infrastructure Completes Offering of $300 Million of Perpetual Subordinated Notes

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Friday, January 21, 2022

BROOKFIELD, NEWS, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) (“Brookfield Infrastructure”) today announced the closing of a public offering of $300 million of fixed rate perpetual subordinated notes (the “Notes”).

Key Points: 
  • BROOKFIELD, NEWS, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) (Brookfield Infrastructure) today announced the closing of a public offering of $300 million of fixed rate perpetual subordinated notes (the Notes).
  • The Notes were issued by BIP Bermuda Holdings I Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure, and are guaranteed on a subordinated basis by Brookfield Infrastructure and certain of its other subsidiaries.
  • Investors can access its portfolio either through Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN), a Bermuda-based limited partnership, or Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BIPC), a Canadian corporation.
  • Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is the flagship listed infrastructure company of Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with approximately $650 billion of assets under management.

Digital Advertising Revenue Market Projected To Reach $460 Billion By 2024

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Friday, January 21, 2022

PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to rising internet penetration rates and the ever-expanding popularity of digital platforms around the world, digital advertising has grown to become one of the most important forms of advertising. A report from Statista projects that Nearly 356 billion U.S. dollars were spent on digital advertising in 2020. This figure is forecast to increase at a rapid pace in the upcoming years. According to the latest projections, digital advertising revenue will amount to 460 billion U.S. dollars by 2024.  The Statista report said: "The United States is the largest digital advertising market in the world, as the country had the highest revenue in the digital advertising market in 2020 – an estimated 137 billion U.S. dollars. About four out of ten dollars invested in ads in the country were devoted to digital advertising. Digital advertising spending in the U.S. is projected to grow in the next few years, as sources expect the total spending on digital advertising to reach nearly 153 billion U.S. dollars by 2024. In terms of industries, the retail industry invests the most on digital advertising in the country. As of 2019, this particular industry accounted for 22 percent of all digital advertising spending in the U.S. The automotive and the financial services industries held about 12 percent of the share, respectively."  Active companies in the markets today include:  Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOBQ), The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD), Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU).

Key Points: 
  • The Statista report said: "The United States is the largestdigital advertising marketin the world, as the country had the highest revenue in the digital advertising market in 2020 an estimated 137 billion U.S. dollars.
  • Digital advertising spending in the U.S. is projected to grow in the next few years, as sources expect the total spending on digital advertising to reach nearly 153 billion U.S. dollars by 2024.
  • The Statista report continued: "Search advertising is the most profitable and most promising digital ad format in the U.S. , accounting for the majority of all digital advertising revenue generated in the country.
  • While Google generated about 147 billion U.S. dollars in revenue through its digital advertising channels, Facebook's digital revenue stood at 84 billion U.S. dollars.

Digital Advertising Revenue Market Projected To Reach $460 Billion By 2024

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Friday, January 21, 2022

PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to rising internet penetration rates and the ever-expanding popularity of digital platforms around the world, digital advertising has grown to become one of the most important forms of advertising. A report from Statista projects that Nearly 356 billion U.S. dollars were spent on digital advertising in 2020. This figure is forecast to increase at a rapid pace in the upcoming years. According to the latest projections, digital advertising revenue will amount to 460 billion U.S. dollars by 2024.  The Statista report said: "The United States is the largest digital advertising market in the world, as the country had the highest revenue in the digital advertising market in 2020 – an estimated 137 billion U.S. dollars. About four out of ten dollars invested in ads in the country were devoted to digital advertising. Digital advertising spending in the U.S. is projected to grow in the next few years, as sources expect the total spending on digital advertising to reach nearly 153 billion U.S. dollars by 2024. In terms of industries, the retail industry invests the most on digital advertising in the country. As of 2019, this particular industry accounted for 22 percent of all digital advertising spending in the U.S. The automotive and the financial services industries held about 12 percent of the share, respectively."  Active companies in the markets today include:  Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOBQ), The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD), Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU).

Key Points: 
  • The Statista report said: "The United States is the largestdigital advertising marketin the world, as the country had the highest revenue in the digital advertising market in 2020 an estimated 137 billion U.S. dollars.
  • Digital advertising spending in the U.S. is projected to grow in the next few years, as sources expect the total spending on digital advertising to reach nearly 153 billion U.S. dollars by 2024.
  • The Statista report continued: "Search advertising is the most profitable and most promising digital ad format in the U.S. , accounting for the majority of all digital advertising revenue generated in the country.
  • While Google generated about 147 billion U.S. dollars in revenue through its digital advertising channels, Facebook's digital revenue stood at 84 billion U.S. dollars.

Talon Metals Announces $27.5 Million Bought Deal Public Offering and Concurrent Private Placement

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Talon Metals Corp. (TSX: TLO) (“Talon” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that the Corporation has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. (the “Lead Underwriter” and collectively the “Underwriters”) pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis, 38,200,000 common shares of the Corporation (the “Shares”) at a price of $0.72 per Share (the “Issue Price”) for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $27.5 million (the “Offering”).

Key Points: 
  • Concurrently with the closing of the Offering, the Corporation intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of approximately $6.4 million of Shares at the Issue Price (the "Private Placement") with Pallinghurst Nickel International Ltd. (Pallinghurst).
  • Upon closing of the Private Placement, Pallinghurst, will maintain its ownership of approximately 19% in the Corporation.
  • Closing of the Offering is not conditional upon the concurrent closing of the Private Placement.
  • Talon is a TSX-listed base metals company in a joint venture with Rio Tinto on the high-grade Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project located in central Minnesota.

Hardman & Co Research: City of London Investment Group (CLIG) - You're so special!

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

About Hardman & Co: For the past 25 years Hardman has been producing specialist research designed to improve investors' understanding of companies, sectors, industries and investment securities.

Key Points: 
  • About Hardman & Co: For the past 25 years Hardman has been producing specialist research designed to improve investors' understanding of companies, sectors, industries and investment securities.
  • Our analysts are highly experienced in their sectors, and have often been highly rated by professional investors for their knowledge.
  • Our focus is to raise companies' profiles across the UK and abroad with outstanding research, investor engagement programmes and advisory services.
  • Hardman Research Ltd, trading as Hardman & Co, is an appointed representative of Capital Markets Strategy Ltd and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority; our FCA registration number is 600843.

Brookfield to Host Fourth Quarter 2021 Results Conference Call

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

BROOKFIELD, NEWS, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield (NYSE:BAM)(TSX:BAM.A) will hold its fourth quarter 2021 conference call and webcast on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 10:00a.m.

Key Points: 
  • BROOKFIELD, NEWS, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield (NYSE:BAM)(TSX:BAM.A) will hold its fourth quarter 2021 conference call and webcast on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 10:00a.m.
  • Participants can join by conference call or webcast:
    Please pre-register by conference call: http://www.directeventreg.com/registration/event/1623487
    Upon registering, you will be emailed a dial-in number, direct passcode and unique PIN.
  • Brookfield owns and operates long-life assets and businesses, many of which form the backbone of the global economy.
  • Brookfield is listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the symbol BAM and BAM.A respectively.

Genasys Inc. Awarded $1.97 Million Public Safety Mass Notification and Emergency Warning Systems Contract from The City of Berkeley, CA

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in critical communications systems and solutions that help protect and keep people safe, today announced a $1.97 million public safety mass notification and emergency warning systems contract from the City of Berkeley, CA.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in critical communications systems and solutions that help protect and keep people safe, today announced a $1.97 million public safety mass notification and emergency warning systems contract from the City of Berkeley, CA.
  • Last year, Alameda County, CA, in which Berkeley is located, entered into a multi-year software services and evacuation management contract with Genasys' Zonehaven .
  • The Company's unified critical communications platform includes Genasys Emergency Management (GEM) software-as-a-service, Integrated Mass Notification Systems (IMNS), Zonehaven emergency evacuation resources, National Emergency Warning Systems (NEWS), LRAD long-range voice broadcast systems, and more.
  • Genasys systems are in service in more than 100 countries in a range of diverse applications, including public safety, emergency warning, mass notification, critical event management, defense, law enforcement, homeland security, and other applications.