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Nexus Community Partners Announces $50 Million Open Road Fund for Black Minnesotans and Dakotans

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Monday, June 5, 2023

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ST. PAUL, Minn., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexus Community Partners, a leading organization creating pathways to equity for communities of color in the Twin Cities and beyond, announced the $50 million Open Road Fund, a wealth-building community resource for descendants of the Atlantic Slave Trade living in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Resourced by the Bush Foundation, eligible Black residents will have access to apply for the fund starting June 19th, also known as Juneteenth.

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This $50 million resource is seen as one way to help the Black community cultivate wealth and prosperity.
"Through this $50 million Open Road Fund, Nexus has a chance to provide a return on the investment Black folks have long made to this country and create Black wealth.
To us, Black wealth-building is about creating spaces and opportunities that help all Black people to thrive," said Repa Mekha, president and CEO of Nexus Community Partners.
The opening of the application process will be celebrated with an invite-only Juneteenth event for those connected with Nexus, the creation of the Open Road Fund, community leaders and media.

AB INTL GROUP Announces Movie Theaters Business Updates

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Monday, March 20, 2023

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NEW YORK, March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AB International Group Corp. (OTC: ABQQ), an intellectual property (IP) and movie investment and licensing firm today announced its cinemas business updates.

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NEW YORK, March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AB International Group Corp. (OTC: ABQQ), an intellectual property (IP) and movie investment and licensing firm today announced its cinemas business updates.
AB’s cinemas business entity AB Cinemas NY, Inc. operations “The Mt.
Kisco Theatre New York” has been commenced official fully open on last November.
AB continues its theatre acquisition strategy, seeks successful negotiation acquire 10 locations geographically east coast total about 5,000 seats, achieve economies of scale.

What Has Four Wheels and a Side of Gravy?

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Friday, January 27, 2023

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Set to appear over a series of days, the Zellers Diner on wheels will pull into various locations and serve shoppers with some fan favourites from the fondly remembered Zellers Family Restaurant.

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Set to appear over a series of days, the Zellers Diner on wheels will pull into various locations and serve shoppers with some fan favourites from the fondly remembered Zellers Family Restaurant.
And while Zellers is tuning the engines and pumping the tires, Canadians have been tasked with building the menu.
Following the initial stops at the store locations - and if customers embrace the comeback - the Zellers Diner on wheels will gear up to head out for its cross-Canada debut.
And of course, with the launch of Zellers.ca, customers from coast to coast will have access to the Zellers experience from day one.

New Super 8® Candle Collection Smells Like an Epic Road Trip

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

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PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Road trips come and go, but lovers of the open road can rejoice this holiday season. Super 8 by Wyndham, one of the world's largest economy hotel brands and trusted roadside companion, is launching a limited-edition candle collection, Scents of the Open Road, featuring eight scented candles that smell — collectively — like a road trip.

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Super 8 by Wyndham, one of the world's largest economy hotel brands and trusted roadside companion, is launching a limited-edition candle collection, Scents of the Open Road, featuring eight scented candles that smell collectively like a road trip.
Available beginning December 1, 2022, the collection includes eight unexpected scent combinations designed to provide an experience that evokes the feelings of the open road.
Scents of the Open Road: A Super Collection of Candles features eight unique scents, available as 4oz candles in a collection.
Each candle was crafted to provide a unique sensory experience designed to conjure up scents from the open road and a welcoming stay at a Super 8hotel.

Investment Platform Scout Raises $2.6 Million Seed Round Led by Chingona Ventures to Help Young Investors 'Invest in Themes, Not Memes' and Adopt More Responsible and Recurring Investment Habits

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Scout, the investing platform with a mission to make investing fun, relatable and safe by building personalized portfolios from a set of curated themes aligned with your interests and investment goals, announced that it has raised a $2.6 million seed round led by Chingona Ventures, with participation from BDMI, OnDeck, OneTeam Partners, Reach Capital, Gaingels, Hustle Fund, Alive VC, and Broadhaven Ventures alongside several high-profile co-investors such as Phoenix Suns guard and 12-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul, NFL Legend and Super Bowl Champion Vernon Davis, early-stage investors Tim Fong, Jay Kapoor, and athletes Jimmer Fredette, and Kyle Hines.

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In conjunction with this news, Scout has emerged from its private beta program and is now available in the Apple App Store.
Upon signup, the platform prompts you to:
Step 1: Share your personal investment goals and risk tolerance.
Step 2: Select "Scout Themes" (funds) based on your interests to create a personalized, risk-managed portfolio.
The Scout Report provides insights on why our team of experts like each fund.

From Travel Blog To Pictorial Book: New Memoir A LAP AROUND AMERICA Relates One Man’s Thrilling 11,000 Mile Motor Home Journey Around The US

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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A veteran RVer, Cloutier has come a long way since his first trip traversing around Alaska in a pop-up trailer in 1964.

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A veteran RVer, Cloutier has come a long way since his first trip traversing around Alaska in a pop-up trailer in 1964.
Fast forward to 2008, when he spent five months traveling around the country in a 40-foot motor home.
In his new book A Lap Around America Cloutier offers readers a look at the journal he kept along the 2008 trip.
He has been traveling around the United States in motor homes since the early 1960s, logging over 350,000 miles.

TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS SAY REUNIONS BRING THE MOST JOYFUL SUMMER VACATIONS

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

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DALLAS, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Family and friend reunions bring the most joyful vacations during the summer months (65%), new data from Motel 6 reveals. The leader in economy lodging releases a study and new creative campaign celebrating reunions with the people and places travelers love.

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DALLAS, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Family and friend reunions bring the most joyful vacations during the summer months (65%), new data from Motel 6 reveals.
The leader in economy lodging releases a study and new creative campaign celebrating reunions with the people and places travelers love.
The poll of 2,000 adults traveling this summer revealed a majority (57%) plan to attend a family or friend reunion this summer.
Now more than ever, reunions will look and feel different than in previous years, respondents (51%) say.

Open Road Alliance Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Open Road Alliance (Open Road), the market leader in impact sector bridge financing, celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month by reflecting on achievements of the past decade and announcing a vision for the next one, including a shift in leadership to help make that vision a reality.

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Open Road Alliance (Open Road), the market leader in impact sector bridge financing, celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month by reflecting on achievements of the past decade and announcing a vision for the next one, including a shift in leadership to help make that vision a reality.
I am proud of the support that Open Road has been able to provide over the past decade to impact-first companies around the world.
Ms. Bressan has served with Open Road since 2015, most recently as Managing Director of the Open Road Impact Fund .
Currently open to outside investors, Open Road Impact Fund is the only investment fund focused on providing short-term bridge loans to impact-first companies.

Open Road Integrated Media Announces Promotions and New Hires

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Monday, October 18, 2021

NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Paul Slavin, CEO of Open Road Integrated Media (OR/M), announced a number of new hires and promotions for the company across marketing including Business Development and Publishing, Digital Marketing, Content/Owned Media, and Newsletters/Audience Development as well as Production.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Paul Slavin, CEO of Open Road Integrated Media (OR/M), announced a number of new hires and promotions for the company across marketing including Business Development and Publishing, Digital Marketing, Content/Owned Media, and Newsletters/Audience Development as well as Production.
Lisa Echenthal has joined in the newly created position of Business Development Manager, reporting to VP Business Development Heidi Sachner.
Lisa Quigley, Senior Editor, The Lineup and Murder & Mayhem joined Open Road in October, coming from Stevens Institute in New Jersey, where she was a communications coordinator.
Open Road Integrated Media is a Marketing-as-a-Service company that has built a tech-enabled, data-focused platform that provides content discovery and delivers digital experiences that entertain and inform its readers.

Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR: Genentech’s Anti-Amyloid Beta Antibody Gantenerumab Granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Friday, October 8, 2021

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This Breakthrough Therapy Designation reinforces our confidence in gantenerumab, which would be the first subcutaneous medicine for the treatment of Alzheimers disease with the potential for at-home administration.

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This Breakthrough Therapy Designation reinforces our confidence in gantenerumab, which would be the first subcutaneous medicine for the treatment of Alzheimers disease with the potential for at-home administration.
This designation for gantenerumab marks the 39th Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Genentechs portfolio of medicines.
Gantenerumab is an investigational IgG1 antibody designed to bind to aggregated forms of amyloid beta and remove brain amyloid plaques, a pathological hallmark of Alzheimers disease (AD).
GRADUATION, an open-label study to evaluate the pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of once weekly administration of gantenerumab in participants with early AD.