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National Safety Council to Award Up to $260,000 to Expand Grant Programs to Solve Most Common Workplace Injury

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Friday, January 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the debut of the Research to Solutions (R2S) grant and MSD Solutions Pilot Grant in 2023, the National Safety Council is awarding up to an additional $260,000 this year through these pioneering grant programs to help uncover promising new safety solutions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs. As a key initiative of the Council's MSD Solutions Lab, a groundbreaking strategic program established in 2021 with funding from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), a total of up to $535,000 has now been committed in grants to foster innovative, transferable methods to mitigate MSDs – the most common workplace injury – across a range of sectors and workplaces.  

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  • "We are pleased to continue our partnership with NSC on the MSD Solutions Lab," said Sarah Rhoads, Vice President of Global Workplace Health and Safety at Amazon.
  • "The Research to Solutions and MSD Pilot Grant programs will advance research and create scalable MSD mitigation programs that help improve safety for employees on a global scale."
  • The R2S and MSDs Pilot Grant are two of several initiatives supported by the MSD Solutions Lab to achieve its goal of preventing MSDs.
  • To learn more about the grant programs and application requirements, click here .

Amazon Announces Buy with Prime Integration with Salesforce Commerce Cloud

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the Buy with Prime for Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the Buy with Prime for Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration.
  • Buy with Prime for Salesforce will start rolling out today as invitation only to select Salesforce merchants, and it will be available to all U.S.-based Salesforce Commerce Cloud merchants via the Salesforce AppExchange later this year.
  • “The Buy with Prime integration with Salesforce Commerce Cloud empowers merchants to offer their shoppers a new yet familiar purchasing option directly within their digital storefronts,” said Peter Larsen, Amazon vice president of Buy with Prime.
  • Here, they can learn more about the Buy with Prime for Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration and sign up for early access.

National Safety Council Releases Inaugural MSD Pledge Community Report on Workplace Injury Progress

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs, are the most common workplace injury, costing U.S. businesses in the private sector nearly $17 billion a year, according to the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. Recognizing the impact these injuries have on workers and businesses, the National Safety Council, with funding from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), established the groundbreaking MSD Solutions Lab in 2021 to solve workplace MSDs. As a hallmark initiative of the lab, the MSD Pledge was launched in June 2022 and many of the world's leading employers have joined the global effort to reduce this pervasive safety challenge. To help monitor progress along this journey of transforming workplace safety and improving the lives of millions of workers, NSC developed the MSD Solutions Index, an annual benchmarking survey, and today released the inaugural findings in the MSD Solutions Index Pledge Community Report.

Key Points: 
  • Recognizing the impact these injuries have on workers and businesses, the National Safety Council , with funding from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), established the groundbreaking MSD Solutions Lab in 2021 to solve workplace MSDs.
  • To help monitor progress along this journey of transforming workplace safety and improving the lives of millions of workers, NSC developed the MSD Solutions Index, an annual benchmarking survey, and today released the inaugural findings in the MSD Solutions Index Pledge Community Report .
  • The MSD Solutions Index provides MSD Pledge members with individualized feedback on areas of success and opportunity for improvement related to their current MSD reduction efforts and to help identify broader industry trends impacting MSD prevention efforts.
  • Recently, the Council introduced the next evolution of its industry-first call-to-action to transform workplace safety, the MSD Pledge 2.0 .

YieldMax™ ETFs Announces Monthly Distributions on MRNY (128.16%), CONY (126.19%), AIYY (84.20%), SQY (83.05%), AMDY (79.08%) and Others

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

The Distribution Rate is calculated by multiplying an ETF’s Distribution per Share by twelve (12), and dividing the resulting amount by the ETF’s most recent NAV.

Key Points: 
  • The Distribution Rate is calculated by multiplying an ETF’s Distribution per Share by twelve (12), and dividing the resulting amount by the ETF’s most recent NAV.
  • The Distribution Rate and 30-Day SEC Yield are not indicative of future distributions, if any, on the ETFs.
  • Distributions for the ETFs (if any) are variable and may vary significantly from month to month and may be zero.
  • If the Fund does make distributions, the amounts of such distributions will likely vary greatly from one distribution to the next.

GraniteShares ETFs Announces Name Change and Investment Objectives on some of its Short and Leveraged ETFs

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of -1.75 times (-175%) the daily percentage change of the common stock of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).

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  • The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of -1.75 times (-175%) the daily percentage change of the common stock of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).
  • The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of -2 times (-200%) the daily percentage change of the common stock of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).
  • The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 1.5 times (150%) the daily percentage change of the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).
  • The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage change of the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for XOM, AMZN, META, EPD, and CORT.

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YieldMax™ ETFs Announces Monthly Distributions on CONY (113.67%), SQY (103.19%), TSLY (61.88%), NFLY (52.82%), MSFO (41.63%) and Others

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

For TSLY, APLY, NVDY, AMZY, FBY, GOOY, NFLY, CONY and SQY, click here .

Key Points: 
  • For TSLY, APLY, NVDY, AMZY, FBY, GOOY, NFLY, CONY and SQY, click here .
  • The Distribution Rate and 30-Day SEC Yield are not indicative of future distributions, if any, on the ETFs.
  • Distributions for the ETFs (if any) are variable and may vary significantly from month to month and may be zero.
  • If the Fund does make distributions, the amounts of such distributions will likely vary greatly from one distribution to the next.

Axiata Selects AWS as its Primary Cloud Provider to Drive Innovation in the Telecom Industry

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), a leading Asian telco and digital group headquartered in Malaysia, has selected AWS as its primary cloud provider.

Key Points: 
  • At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), a leading Asian telco and digital group headquartered in Malaysia, has selected AWS as its primary cloud provider.
  • The cloud gives us the agility to build new business models that will differentiate Axiata now and into the future.
  • Axiata is embracing cloud technology to drive digital transformation and innovate new customer offerings to remain competitive.
  • “With AWS, Axiata can diversify and modernize their business in the cloud, while shaping the future of customer service with generative AI.

Trip.com Group Selects AWS as Its Strategic Cloud Provider to Enhance the Global Travel Experience

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Trip.com Group (NASDAQ: TCOM), an international one-stop travel service provider, has selected AWS as its strategic cloud provider to enhance the travel experience for hundreds of millions of travelers.

Key Points: 
  • At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Trip.com Group (NASDAQ: TCOM), an international one-stop travel service provider, has selected AWS as its strategic cloud provider to enhance the travel experience for hundreds of millions of travelers.
  • Earlier this year, Trip.com Group established a joint innovation lab with AWS that provides resources to help AWS and Trip.com Group experts develop next-generation applications using generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) and large language models (LLMs).
  • Trip.com Group uses AWS Graviton-powered Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, powered by custom-built AWS Graviton processors , to deliver high performance at a lower price for training LLMs.
  • In July, Trip.com Group unveiled its vertical LLM designed to offer increased accessibility, richer customer experiences, and reliable and personalized travel recommendations.

LG Empowers Global Creative Community with AWS Generative AI

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that LG AI Research (LG AI), the artificial intelligence (AI) research hub of South Korean conglomerate LG Group, has launched its AI image-to-text captioning solution on AWS.

Key Points: 
  • At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that LG AI Research (LG AI), the artificial intelligence (AI) research hub of South Korean conglomerate LG Group, has launched its AI image-to-text captioning solution on AWS.
  • LG AI also developed Tilda, an AI virtual artist that uses EXAONE to produce all-new images when given text prompts.
  • LG AI is also delivering generative AI solutions to companies across the LG Group.
  • “Generative AI is one of the most transformational technologies of our lifetime, significantly impacting productivity and creativity,” said Vasi Philomin, vice president of Generative AI at AWS.