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INROADS and Advancement of Blacks in Sports Partner to Address Career Development Gaps Faced by Black Athletes

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

INROADS, Inc.— the nation’s largest nonprofit developer of underrepresented talent — and Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS ) partner to develop solutions to improve career readiness of Black college athletes.

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  • INROADS, Inc.— the nation’s largest nonprofit developer of underrepresented talent — and Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS ) partner to develop solutions to improve career readiness of Black college athletes.
  • “Black college athletes can make lots of money during their playing years.
  • “Together with INROADS, we will create professional opportunities that inspire Black student athletes beyond sports,” said Gary Charles, CEO, and founder of ABIS.
  • Via this partnership, ABIS will connect its student athletes to pre-college programming, paid internships and entrepreneurship initiatives currently offered by INROADS.

Kaufman & Broad SA: ANNUAL RESULTS 2023

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Monday, February 5, 2024

Main elements of commercial activity (2023 vs. 2022)

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  • Main elements of commercial activity (2023 vs. 2022)
    Main financial items (2023 vs. 2022 unless otherwise specified)
    EBIT margin(c): 7.8 % vs. 7.5%
    Net cash (b) : €180.5M vs. € (67.8 ) M at 30 Nov 2022
    Main development indicators (end of Nov. 2023 vs. end of Nov. 2022)
    Kaufman & Broad SA today announces its 2023 results (from December 1st to November 30th, 2023).
  • Nordine Hachemi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kaufman & Broad, said:
    “Kaufman & Broad's 2023 results are in line with guidance.
  • In this environment, Kaufman & Broad continued to apply a rigorous policy of rapid adjustment to market conditions.
  • Last September, Fitch confirmed the Investment Grade rating of Kaufman & Broad SA, the only European developer to have this rating.

IDEMIA to supply seamless Passenger Flow Facilitation solution at Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

RESTON, Va., Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEMIA, the global leader in identity technologies, is delighted to have been awarded by the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) the deployment of its Passenger Flow Facilitation (PFF) solution in nine South African airports.

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  • RESTON, Va., Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEMIA, the global leader in identity technologies, is delighted to have been awarded by the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) the deployment of its Passenger Flow Facilitation (PFF) solution in nine South African airports.
  • Interconnected with all the major airlines in the world, South Africa is a key country when it comes to air transportation in Africa.
  • "We are thrilled to be launching a new passenger facilitation solution at our nine ACSA airports, and for the first time in Southern Africa.
  • In line with our Sustain, Grow and Digitize strategy, this solution positions ACSA as the leading airports management services company in Africa."

Kaufman & Broad SA: RESULTS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2023

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Monday, October 2, 2023

Nordine Hachemi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kaufman & Broad, said:

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  • Nordine Hachemi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kaufman & Broad, said:
    " The commercial and financial results for the 3rd quarter of 2023 are consistent with those for the 1st half of 2023.
  • The financial structure remains very solid, as evidenced by Fitch's confirmation of Kaufman & Broad SA's Investment Grade rating.
  • The take up period rate was 6.3 months as of August 31, 2023 (on a nine-month basis), up 0.9 months from the same period in 2022 (5.4 months).
  • Financial capacity amounted to €618.8 million at August 31, 2023, compared with €351.0 million at the end of November 2022.

Leidos advances Department of Defense biometrics to the cloud

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

RESTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, recently completed full cloud deployment of the Department of Defense's (DoD) Automated Biometrics Information System (ABIS).

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  • RESTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, recently completed full cloud deployment of the Department of Defense's (DoD) Automated Biometrics Information System (ABIS).
  • This is the first step and a key enabling milestone to securing fully automated biometrics capabilities in the cloud, delivering increased system availability and performance to stakeholders globally.
  • This work was performed through the Biometrics Enabling Capability, Increment One (BEC-1) contract .
  • Under the BEC-1 contract, Leidos uses advanced engineering to integrate and deliver cutting-edge cloud technologies and multiple biometric matching modalities.

Aware Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading authentication company applying proven and trusted adaptive authentication to solve everyday business challenges with biometrics, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

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  • BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading authentication company applying proven and trusted adaptive authentication to solve everyday business challenges with biometrics, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  • Generated $3.2 million of revenue, compared to $4.3 million in the first quarter of 2023 and $4.2 million in the second quarter of 2022.
  • Adjusted EBITDA loss (a non-GAAP metric reconciled below) for the second quarter of 2023 totaled $2.4 million, compared to adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2023 and adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.8 million in the same year-ago period.
  • Aware management will host a webcast today, August 1, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss these results and provide an update on business conditions.

Leading Forensic Science Facility, Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory/Montgomery County Coroner’s Office, Chooses AwareABIS™ to Solve Cases Faster and More Accurately

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

BURLINGTON, Mass., July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory/Montgomery County Coroner’s Office (OH) is a forensic science facility dedicated to assisting law enforcement agencies with criminal investigations.

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  • BURLINGTON, Mass., July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory/Montgomery County Coroner’s Office (OH) is a forensic science facility dedicated to assisting law enforcement agencies with criminal investigations.
  • “As a cloud-based solution, AwareABIS greatly alleviates our dependence on internal IT resources and physical hardware,” says Dr. Kent Harshbarger, Montgomery County Coroner.
  • “AwareABIS is easy to use, and delivers fast, accurate fingerprint and palmprint identification, for the 70-member law enforcement agencies we serve.
  • AwareABIS supports the NIST-tested Nexa™ face, fingerprint, and iris matching algorithms, as well as fingerprint algorithms from third-party providers.

Kaufman & Broad SA: 1ST HALF 2023 RESULTS

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Main development indicators (end of May 2023 vs. end of May 2022)

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  • Main development indicators (end of May 2023 vs. end of May 2022)
    Kaufman & Broad SA today announces its results for the 1st half of fiscal year 2023 (from December 1st to 31 May 2023).
  • Kaufman & Broad continued to favor bulk sales to institutional investors, which represented 76% of its reservations in volume during the 1st half, compared to 44% in the 1st half of 2022.
  • In the 1st half of 2023, the commercial property division recorded net orders of €24.5 million including VAT, compared with €28.5 million including VAT in the 1st half of 2022.
  • In the 1st half of 2023, Kaufman & Broad had 145 housing programs under marketing, representing 2,618 housing units (154 programs and 2,265 housing units in the 1st half of 2022).

Rank One Computing Expands 'ROC-star' Lineup With New CRO Benji Hutchinson

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Hutchinson connected with the team through long-time friends and colleagues, ROC.ai CEO Scott Swann and COO Tony Brown.

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  • Hutchinson connected with the team through long-time friends and colleagues, ROC.ai CEO Scott Swann and COO Tony Brown.
  • "I recognized a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in Scott's vision for the future of this organization," said Hutchinson.
  • Mr. Hutchinson lives in Park City, UT with his wife Stacey, daughter Cora, son Lincoln, and dog Sierra.
  • His appointment marks a significant milestone in ROC.ai's journey as we continue to revolutionize face recognition and computer vision technologies."

ZEISS ABIS III: Fully Automated Surface Inspection for Smart Factories

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. , June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions present the new generation of the surface inspection system ABIS. The new sensor ZEISS ABIS III, enables reliable and early inspection of the entire component surface – within cycle time – due to its objective evaluation and classification of all kinds of defects – making the fully automated system the ideal quality assurance tool for modern press shops and future-oriented body shops.  

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  • MAPLE GROVE, Minn. , June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions present the new generation of the surface inspection system ABIS.
  • The smart combination of projector, cameras, patented lighting and the new software ZEISS ABIS V20 ensures the perfect balance between maximum inspection speed, robustness, reliability and usability.
  • In quality assurance, the new surface inspection system thus constantly provides all fundamental data needed for targeted rework, quick surface analyses and process optimizations.
  • The software ZEISS ABIS V20 processes and visualizes potential component defects in pressed parts or in complete body-in-whites in real time.