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Agility Robotics Appoints Peggy Johnson as Chief Executive Officer

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Monday, March 4, 2024

Agility Robotics , creator of the market-leading bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR) called Digit, announced the appointment of veteran technology leader Peggy Johnson as Chief Executive Officer, effective today.

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  • Agility Robotics , creator of the market-leading bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR) called Digit, announced the appointment of veteran technology leader Peggy Johnson as Chief Executive Officer, effective today.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240304702817/en/
    Agility Robotics appoints Peggy Johnson as CEO.
  • “I am thrilled to be joining the finest robotics team on the planet,” said Johnson.
  • With Peggy at the helm, Agility can bring robotics to new heights.”
    Throughout her career, Johnson has received extensive industry recognition for her engineering and business successes.

CODE Staffing Adds Three Members to its Board of Advisors

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Prior to his current role he served as Chief Operating Officer for a publicly traded reseller of wireless services.

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  • Prior to his current role he served as Chief Operating Officer for a publicly traded reseller of wireless services.
  • "This is an extremely strong group of advisors who will help CODE Staffing in our efforts to transform the contingent staffing industry," Griver said.
  • CODE Staffing is the IT contingent staffing arm of Houston-based The CODE Group, which was established in 1993 by Markus Egger and has grown its service offerings from publishing and distributing one of the longest-running, global software magazines (CODE Magazine), to completing multi-million-dollar projects with its CODE Consulting and CODE Training.
  • CODE Staffing provides professional software developers at a client's workplace or remotely to augment their software development team and help staff projects of any size.

February's Top 10 Celebrity Real Estate News: Billy Joel, Brad Pitt & Rod Stewart

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Friday, March 1, 2024

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- February's Top 10 Celebrity Real Estate News

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  • Billy Joel, Brad Pitt & Rod Stewart made real estate news in February.
  • A few months after raising the price to $80 million, Rod Stewart has cut the price on his LA super-mansion to $74 million.
  • Stewart bought the vacant lot in 1991 for just over $12 million and then hired architect-to-the-stars Richard Landry to build his home.
  • Before Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married, they bought a French winery worth about $500 million.

NameSilo Technologies Corp. increases investment in Ola Media Innovations

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - NameSilo Technologies Corp. (CSE: URL) (PINKSHEETS: URLOF) (the "Company"), the holding company and majority owner of Namesilo LLC, one of the largest domain registrars in the world, is pleased to announce that it has increased its investment in Ola Media Innovations Inc. ("OLA"), a leading Ride-share Advertainment service in Latin America, and now owns approximately 19.3% of OLA.

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  • VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - NameSilo Technologies Corp. (CSE: URL) (PINKSHEETS: URLOF) (the "Company"), the holding company and majority owner of Namesilo LLC, one of the largest domain registrars in the world, is pleased to announce that it has increased its investment in Ola Media Innovations Inc. ("OLA"), a leading Ride-share Advertainment service in Latin America, and now owns approximately 19.3% of OLA.
  • Over the last seven calendar quarters, OLA has continually increased number of screens deployed, its client base and geographical footprint.
  • Paul Andreola, CEO of Namesilo Technologies states "OLA is a strategic investment for us and we expect to see substantial shareholder value from this holding over the coming years.
  • We look forward to working closely with OLA to accelerate their reach and success over the coming quarters."

1stDibs Appoints Everette Taylor to Its Board of Directors

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 1stdibs.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIBS), a leading online marketplace for luxury design products, today announced the appointment of Everette Taylor to its Board of Directors.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 1stdibs.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIBS), a leading online marketplace for luxury design products, today announced the appointment of Everette Taylor to its Board of Directors.
  • Taylor is the CEO of Kickstarter , the world’s premier crowdfunding platform for creative projects.
  • Prior to joining Kickstarter, Taylor served as the CMO of Artsy , an online art marketplace.
  • “I’m thrilled to be joining the Board of 1stDibs, a business I’m personally very passionate about,” said Taylor.

AI-Powered WorkMade Is Down to File in New Valentine's Day Campaign

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Friday, February 9, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Commitment isn't for the faint of heart. But the next cutie you see on the subway or waiting in traffic is ready to take the plunge and go joint on your finances. WorkMade, your partner in financial autonomy, announces its new Down to File campaign, helping transform the way 36% of the American workforce takes on tax filing.

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  • WorkMade, your partner in financial autonomy, announces its new Down to File campaign, helping transform the way 36% of the American workforce takes on tax filing.
  • WorkMade , your partner in financial autonomy, announces its new Down to File campaign, helping transform the way 36% of the American workforce takes on tax filing.
  • The Down to File campaign features real-life freelancers and couples, with photos shot by Dylan Nelson and video by Min Soo Park.
  • The campaign will feature wheatpastes in the East Village, SoHo, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Echo Park, Silverlake, and West Hollywood.

Forbright Bank 2023 Year in Review

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Awards and National Recognition: Forbright Bank earned national recognition for its commitment to sustainability and unique workplace.

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  • Awards and National Recognition: Forbright Bank earned national recognition for its commitment to sustainability and unique workplace.
  • American Banker and the Washington Post independently named Forbright Bank as a top place to work.
  • Additionally, Forbright Bank was the first bank to receive BestCashCow’s Sustainable Bank Badge due to its commitment to financing clean energy and sustainable projects.
  • Forbright Bank is proud to have sponsored the Sustainable Investment Forum during Climate Week in New York City where Forbright leaders spoke

Veza Launches Integration for Google Drive to Secure Access to Enterprise Files

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

With this integration, Veza customers can now secure access to files like docs and spreadsheets that are stored in Google Drive.

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  • With this integration, Veza customers can now secure access to files like docs and spreadsheets that are stored in Google Drive.
  • Google Drive, which includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides, is a key component of Google Workspace, the subscription offering for businesses.
  • Using Veza’s Access Control Platform , a Google Workspace customer can quickly find over-privileged users in Google Drive and monitor for excessive access to sensitive drives and folders.
  • Veza integrations secure access to systems including AWS, Azure, Box, Google Cloud Platform, Okta, Salesforce, Slack, Snowflake, and Workday.

HiddenLayer Appoints Chloé Messdaghi as Head of Threat Intelligence

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HiddenLayer, the leading security provider for artificial intelligence (AI) models and assets, has welcomed Chloé Messdaghi as its Head of Threat Intelligence. She is focused on sharing the latest Security for AI research, building bridges between ML developers, Security Researchers, Data Scientists, and the CISO communities, and driving growth of the Security for AI category through education.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HiddenLayer , the leading security provider for artificial intelligence (AI) models and assets, has welcomed Chloé Messdaghi as its Head of Threat Intelligence.
  • Messdaghi brings with her a proven track record of advising and developing solutions and strategies that have driven vast improvements in security teams.
  • "We are thrilled to bring Chloé on to drive growth not only for HiddenLayer but the category as a whole," said Chris Sestito, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at HiddenLayer.
  • "I am incredibly excited to join HiddenLayer and expand my ability to truly impact the security for AI category," said Messdaghi.

United States Investing Championship 2023 Final Results

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Friday, January 26, 2024

The United States Investing Championship just announced the final standings for the 2023 Investing Championship.

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  • The United States Investing Championship just announced the final standings for the 2023 Investing Championship.
  • Other traders reporting significant profits are John Ward of Mystic Valley Investments + 30.6%, Timothy Langdon + 26.1%, and DeWayne Merritt + 14%.
  • Since its inception in 1983, the United States Investing Championship has attracted legendary traders, including Paul Tudor Jones, Louis Bacon, Mark Minervini, David Ryan, Dr. Edward O. Thorpe, Mark Strome, Doug Kass, Sheen Kassouf, Marty Schwartz, Frankie Joe, Tom Basso, Cedd Moses, Gil Blake, Robert Prechter, Jr., and Bruno Combier.
  • Dr. Zadeh owns a small record label called Zada Records (see zadarecords.com ) and just completed a $50,000 search for top singers.