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Ukrainian Art Museum to Launch Exclusive NFT Collection on Binance NFT in Support of Ukraine Cultural Heritage

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

Kharkiv Art Museum NFT Collection and auction will launch on Binance NFT marketplace on October 13.

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  • Kharkiv Art Museum NFT Collection and auction will launch on Binance NFT marketplace on October 13.
  • KHARKIV, Ukraine, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Binance NFT , the NFT marketplace of Binance , the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has today announced the NFT collection launch of Kharkiv Art Museum, which is one of the oldest and most valuable museum art collections in Ukraine.
  • As part of the launch of the "Art without Borders" NFT collection on Binance NFT, the Kharkiv Art Museum will be auctioning 15 works from its collection.
  • Together with the Kharkiv Art Museum, we will present the NFT collection which combines Web3 technology and pieces of art that the museum preserves so carefully.

Thousands Lining Up for NFTASIA Launch Event During Token2049 Singapore

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Friday, October 7, 2022

SINGAPORE, Oct. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NFTASIA, a new and fast-growing web3 event and conference brand that aims to spark the next wave of NFT and web3 breakthroughs through the unification of Asia, partnered with Polygon to host the NFTASIA Launch Event, during Token 2049 Singapore on 29 September 2022.

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  • SINGAPORE, Oct. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NFTASIA, a new and fast-growing web3 event and conference brand that aims to spark the next wave of NFT and web3 breakthroughs through the unification of Asia, partnered with Polygon to host the NFTASIA Launch Event, during Token 2049 Singapore on 29 September 2022.
  • NFTASIA Launch had caught the attention of the web3 space overnight with 2000+ invite-only attendees queuing to enter and supports from various asian NFT communities, including Kaijukingz (Singapore), Zipcy (Korea), Azuki Chinese and Singapore, Clone X Chinese, Doodles Chinese, and Bored Ape Yacht Club Singapore.
  • When we saw how hundreds were queueing up patiently to enter the event, we knew that NFTASIA was onto something big.
  • During the launch event, Yap also announced that there will be an NFTASIA conference happening in Singapore, May 2023.

Sagicor's IUL portfolio offers new interest crediting strategies linked to iShares® ETFs

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Sagicor Life Insurance Company (Sagicor) announces new interest crediting strategy options to their indexed universal life (IUL) insurance portfolio effective October 1, 2022.

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  • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Sagicor Life Insurance Company (Sagicor) announces new interest crediting strategy options to their indexed universal life (IUL) insurance portfolio effective October 1, 2022.
  • iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ,which concentrates on large- and mid-sized companies in emerging markets.
  • iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF ,which focuses on large- and mid-cap stocks of U.S. companies with positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics.
  • "The advantages of Sagicor's IUL portfolio ETF-linked crediting strategiesis that they offer built-in diversification and growth potential without exposure to market risk.

Cunard Announces The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel UK Touring Production on Queen Mary 2, Prior to West End

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

VALENCIA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Luxury cruise line Cunard in conjunction with Simon Friend Entertainment announces the performance of Deborah Moggach's The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel aboard flagship ocean liner Queen Mary 2, December 15-22, 2022 (M240).

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  • VALENCIA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Luxury cruise line Cunard in conjunction with Simon Friend Entertainment announces the performance of Deborah Moggach's The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel aboard flagship ocean liner Queen Mary 2, December 15-22, 2022 (M240).
  • The show's producer Simon Friend commented, "I am terrifically excited for our production of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel to embark on this adventure.
  • There are currently three Cunard ships, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Victoria and a fourth ship, Queen Anne, will be entering service in early 2024.
  • Cunard is based at Carnival House in Southampton and has been owned since 1998 by Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK).

Scott Armour McCrea Awarded Sixth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

VALENCIA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sixth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity was awarded to Scott Armour McCrea on Friday, September 16 at the International Congress of Maritime Museums' gala event at the Juno Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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  • International Congress of Maritime Museums in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    VALENCIA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The Sixth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity was awarded to Scott Armour McCrea on Friday, September 16 at the International Congress of Maritime Museums' gala event at the Juno Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • "This award was inaugurated in 2015 to celebrate Cunard's 175th Anniversary in the ancestral home of its founder Sir Samuel Cunard.
  • "We congratulate Mr. McCrea on being our sixth Samuel Cunard Prize Award recipient and for exemplifying the qualities for which the award was created."
  • I consider Queen's Marque an urban developer's master work that would have excited Samuel Cunard, were he alive today."

EuroDry Ltd. Announces Agreement to Sell M/V “Pantelis”, a 2000-built Panamax Bulk Carrier

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Monday, September 19, 2022

The vessel is expected to be delivered to its new owners, an unaffiliated third party, by mid-October 2022.

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  • The vessel is expected to be delivered to its new owners, an unaffiliated third party, by mid-October 2022.
  • Aristides Pittas, Chairman and CEO of EuroDry commented: Today, we are announcing our agreement to sell our M/V Pantelis, one of the eldest Panamax-size bulkers of our fleet.
  • This sale is part of our effort to focus on more modern, eco-built, fuel-efficient vessels and is consistent with our overall ESG strategy.
  • EuroDry was spun-off from Euroseas Ltd on May 30, 2018; it trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker EDRY.

New Guide from Mindtech Reveals How Synthetic Data Can Dramatically Reduce AI Annotation’s Massive Lead Times

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220915005180/en/
    Annotating a real world image for a security robot application.
  • Automating this task reduces their workload substantiallyand alleviates several other issues too, according to Chris Longstaff, VP Product Management, Mindtech Global.
  • We encourage visual AI developers to strive to vastly reduce the number of real-world training images they use by utilising many more synthetic, computer-generated images to train their machine learning networks.
  • You can read part four of Mindtechs guide on synthetic data, providing practical tips for data engineers and real-world use cases for data training, here: https://medium.com/mindtechglobal/accelerating-time-to-market-how-synthe...
    Mindtech Global is the developer of the worlds leading end-to-end synthetic data creation platform for the training of AI vision systems.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group Announces Proposed Secondary Listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Tencent Music Entertainment Group ("TME," or the "Company") (NYSE: TME), the leading online music and audio entertainment platform in China, announced on September 15, 2022 (Beijing/Hong Kong Time) the proposed secondary listing of its Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.000083 per share (the "Shares") by way of introduction on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "SEHK").

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  • SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Tencent Music Entertainment Group ("TME," or the "Company") (NYSE: TME), the leading online music and audio entertainment platform in China, announced on September 15, 2022 (Beijing/Hong Kong Time) the proposed secondary listing of its Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.000083 per share (the "Shares") by way of introduction on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "SEHK").
  • The listing document relating to the proposed secondary listing of the Shares by way of introduction on the Main Board of the SEHK (the "Listing Document") was published on the website of the SEHK on September 15, 2022 (Beijing/Hong Kong Time).
  • With respect to the proposed secondary listing on the Main Board of the SEHK, J.P. Morgan Securities (Far East) Limited and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
  • Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE: TME) is the leading online music and audio entertainment platform in China, operating the country's highly popular and innovative music apps: QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and WeSing.

Intelligent CloudCare IT Services Firm Receives Security and Cloud Certifications

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intelligent CloudCare , an IT services firm for small and medium-sized businesses and a subsidiary of Intelligent Product Solutions , today announced that its team is adding three security and cloud certifications to its credentials.

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  • HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intelligent CloudCare , an IT services firm for small and medium-sized businesses and a subsidiary of Intelligent Product Solutions , today announced that its team is adding three security and cloud certifications to its credentials.
  • These certifications include Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, providing its clients with a high level of security and cloud services expertise.
  • Beyond the security certifications, the Intelligent CloudCare team has an Azure Fundamentals certification, for a demonstrated foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.
  • These certifications further demonstrate our expertise and knowledge of security and cloud services, said Danny Aponte, Managing Director of Intelligent CloudCare.

Synthetic Data Pioneer Mindtech Global Appoints James Hill as CRO

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

Mindtech Global , the developer of the worlds leading end-to-end synthetic data creation platform for the training of AI vision systems, today announced James Hill has joined the management team as Chief Revenue Officer.

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  • Mindtech Global , the developer of the worlds leading end-to-end synthetic data creation platform for the training of AI vision systems, today announced James Hill has joined the management team as Chief Revenue Officer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220908005586/en/
    James Hill, CRO at Mindtech Global (Photo: Business Wire)
    Hills career has focused on scaling SaaS product software solutions for multiple industries and using AI technology to accelerate business growth.
  • Mindtech CEO, Steve Harris, said, "We are excited to welcome James to the leadership team as our new CRO.
  • Mindtech Global is the developer of the worlds leading end-to-end synthetic data creation platform for the training of AI vision systems.