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FE International Named a Financial Times Fastest Growing Company for Fifth Consecutive Year

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星期三, 五月 8, 2024
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NEW YORK, May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FE International , the award-winning global mergers and acquisitions advisor of technology businesses, was recognized by the Financial Times as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas .

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  • NEW YORK, May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FE International , the award-winning global mergers and acquisitions advisor of technology businesses, was recognized by the Financial Times as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas .
  • With a revenue increase of 158% from 2019 to 2022, FE International’s consistent growth is a direct reflection of its commitment to its clients’ financial pursuits during a period of volatile economic activity and uncertainty.
  • It ranked 245th overall and 24th among fintech and financial services companies.
  • FE International has completed more than 1,500 successful transactions in over $50 billion in lifetime acquisitions.

New Lithium Soil Anomalies Detected at Preissac

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星期四, 四月 11, 2024
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Three single sample anomalies (4-6) are located in the southern half of the property within the area sampled during the 2022 soil sampling program.

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  • Three single sample anomalies (4-6) are located in the southern half of the property within the area sampled during the 2022 soil sampling program.
  • All three anomalies are within the Vallée Lithium Trend, along the strike of three known, lithium-bearing pegmatite swarms.
  • Lithium soil concentrations in the Athona Anomaly range from 165 ppm Li to 348 ppm Li.
  • The Company intends to follow-up the lithium soil anomalies at Athona, Narwhal and Key West this summer with a multi-phased exploration program.

Sony 16-25mm F2.8 G Lens Introduced; Compact Ultra-Wide 16-25mm f/2.8 G Lens Preorder and More Info at B&H Photo

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星期二, 四月 16, 2024
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The lens can focus as close as 7.1" at the wide end and 9.5" at the long end, resulting in a maximum magnification of 0.2x.

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  • The lens can focus as close as 7.1" at the wide end and 9.5" at the long end, resulting in a maximum magnification of 0.2x.
  • The lens also supports Focus Breathing Compensation, making it a good option for video shooters and vloggers.
  • Physically, the lens is resistant to dust and moisture and there is a front fluorine coating that’s easy to clean and resists smudging.
  • There’s also a dedicated focus ring, tactile focus hold button, and a manual aperture ring that can be de-clicked.

Nearly 500 Trees to be Planted Across Mahoning Valley on Arbor Day Today

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星期五, 四月 26, 2024
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AKRON, Ohio, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is all set to celebrate Arbor Day today by donating nearly 500 trees to two locations in Mahoning County – Mill Creek MetroParks and Beaver Township Nature Preserve. Dozens of employee volunteers from FirstEnergy and Ohio Edison will plant 300 hardwood trees on the Mill Creek MetroParks' 402-acre farm in Canfield, while another group of company volunteers will be planting 160 trees at Beaver Township Nature Preserve in North Lima. 

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  • AKRON, Ohio, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is all set to celebrate Arbor Day today by donating nearly 500 trees to two locations in Mahoning County – Mill Creek MetroParks and Beaver Township Nature Preserve.
  • Since April 2021, FirstEnergy has donated and planted more than 67,000 trees throughout its five-state service territory.
  • Jessica Shaffer, Advanced Scientist and Green Team Leader at FirstEnergy: "Planting trees is not just about growing roots, it's about cultivating relationships.
  • This year's donation of trees to Mill Creek MetroParks complements FirstEnergy's donation of more than 1,000 trees planted at MetroParks' properties last year.

FirstEnergy Set to Plant More Than 25,000 Trees in 2024

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星期二, 四月 23, 2024
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AKRON, Ohio, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of its continued commitment to the environment and the communities it serves, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) has set a goal to plant more than 25,000 trees throughout its service territory in 2024. Nearly 17,000 trees are expected to be planted in the month of April around Earth Day and Arbor Day. The plan follows a successful 2023 in which the company reached a new high of more than 25,000 trees planted.

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  • AKRON, Ohio, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of its continued commitment to the environment and the communities it serves, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) has set a goal to plant more than 25,000 trees throughout its service territory in 2024.
  • The plan follows a successful 2023 in which the company reached a new high of more than 25,000 trees planted.
  • As part of its commitment to preserving and protecting the environment, FirstEnergy launched a tree-planting initiative in 2020 with the objective of planting 10,000 trees.
  • Since then, FirstEnergy volunteers have planted or donated more than 67,000 trees.

Sony Electronics Announces a Compact Wide-Angle FE 16-25mm F2.8 G Zoom Lens

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星期二, 四月 16, 2024
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SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics is pleased to announce the FE 16-25mm F2.8 G (SEL1625G), a large-aperture wide-angle zoom lens compatible with Sony's α™ (Alpha™) E-mount cameras. This latest addition delivers sharp imagery from 16 mm through 25 mm while maintaining a maximum aperture of F2.8 over the entire zoom range. The FE 16-25mm F2.8 G is the smallest and lightest constant F2.8 zoom lens that Sony has produced to date. The compact design is a signature feature of Sony's G lens series and makes it a highly portable lens option.

Key Points: 
  • The FE 16-25mm F2.8 G is the smallest and lightest constant F2.8 zoom lens that Sony has produced to date.
  • The compact design is a signature feature of Sony's G lens series and makes it a highly portable lens option.
  • This new addition follows the FE 24-50mm F2.8 G standard zoom lens announced February 2024, both offering many of the same characteristics including filter diameter, aperture, and compact size and weight.
  • "The  FE 16-25mm F2.8 G was designed to offer creators a wide-angle lens option that perfectly balances large-aperture, compact form factor, and high-image quality.

FirstEnergy Names John Combs Senior Vice President, Shared Services

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星期二, 四月 16, 2024
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AKRON, Ohio, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today announced John Combs has been named Senior Vice President, Shared Services, effective April 22. Reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Tierney, Combs will lead and oversee the company's IT organization – Cyber Security, Corporate Security and Information Technology, and Innovation & Digital Factory – as well as the Transformation Office, Supply Chain and Flight Operations.

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  • AKRON, Ohio, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today announced John Combs has been named Senior Vice President, Shared Services, effective April 22.
  • His proven track record of driving process improvements and collaborating on innovative solutions will help our organization more nimbly capture market opportunities."
  • Combs joins FirstEnergy from JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he served as Managing Director, General Manager and Chief Transformation Officer of Enterprise Technology Services since 2018.
  • Earlier in his career, Combs held IT positions with Telecommunication Systems, Legg Mason, Sony Electronics, and United Parcel Service.

Mutual funds and safe government bonds: do returns matter?

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星期四, 四月 25, 2024
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    Dominant currency pricing in international trade of services

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    星期四, 四月 25, 2024
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    Abstract

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      • Abstract
        We analyze, for the first time, how firms choose the currency in which they price transactions
        in international trade of services and investigate, using direct evidence, whether the US dollar
        (USD) plays a dominant role in services trade.
      • JEL: F14, F31, F41
        Keywords: dominant currency paradigm, international trade, services.
      • Related research has
        shown that the US dollar (USD) exchange rate is a major source of swings in
        global trade in goods?a ?dominant currency pricing? (DCP) phenomenon?since
        most goods traded internationally are invoiced and sticky in USD.
      • Yet it is also key to look at dominant currency pricing in international trade
        in services for several reasons.
      • First, global trade in services is big?accounting for
        about a quarter of global gross trade flows and for around 40% in terms of valueadded trade.
      • Third, and relatedly, the
        future of globalisation might be in trade in intermediate services?as progress with
        digitech lowers technological barriers to such trade across borders.
      • But perhaps the main reason is that trade in services is conceptually different
        from trade in goods.
      • Our paper is the first, to our best knowledge, that analyzes how firms choose
        the currency in which they price transactions in international trade of services and
        that examines whether dominant currency pricing differs between trade in goods
        and services using direct evidence? hitherto unavailable?on patterns of currency
        choices in international transactions in services compared to goods.
      • Work on dominant currency pricing has
        almost exclusively focused on trade in goods.
      • One reason is that data on patterns
        in invoicing currency for trade in services are ?virtually nonexistent? (Adler et al.
      • Yet it is important to look at dominant currency pricing in international trade
        in services for several reasons.
      • Using the exporter?s (or producer) currency in exports is known in the literature as producer
        currency pricing (PCP), while using the importer?s currency is known as local currency pricing (LCP)
        and using a third currency is known as vehicle currency pricing (VCP).
      • Our paper is the first, to our best knowledge, that analyzes how firms choose the
        currency in which they price transactions in international trade of services and that
        examines whether dominant currency pricing differs between international trade in
        goods and services using direct evidence ? hitherto unavailable ? on patterns of
        currency choices in international transactions in services compared to goods.
      • First,
        we rule out compositional effects, that is that differences in the use of currencies
        reflect differences in trade partners in services vs. goods trade.
      • Both in extra-EU and intra-EU trade, the EUR is the
        most widely used currency, be it on the export or import side.
      • Based
        on the framework, we stress which factors should determine currency choices in
        international trade, and to what extent one should expect differences between
        services trade and goods trade.
      • Second, it can price in the importer?s currency
        (local currency pricing, LCP).4 Third, it can use a third currency, say currency
        v (vehicle currency pricing, VCP).
      • That is,
        the currency choice problem is equivalent to determining the currency in which the
        desired price is least volatile.
      • (2022)
        provide systematic empirical evidence ? firm size and exposure to foreign currencies
        in imported inputs ? should also shape currency choices in services trade.
      • Dominant currency pricing in USD ? services vs. goods trade
        Having established that currency choice in international trade of services is an
        active firm-level decision as well as the determinants of this decision, we now

        8.

      • Services and goods exports: prevalence of different pricing strategies (percent)
        Notes: The table shows the shares (in value terms) of different pricing strategies: producer currency
        pricing (PCP), local currency pricing (LCP) and vehicle currency pricing (VCP).
      • To make comparisons with goods trade, we rely on Eurostat?s
        macro data on international trade in goods by invoivcing currency.
      • If intra-EU trade is more important in services than
        in goods trade, this could hence be an explanation for the lower prevalence of the
        USD in services trade.
      • We showed
        that while the USD is also extensively used as a vehicle currency in services trade, its
        prevalence is systematically lower than in goods trade.
      • Hence for all travel services exports
        the invoicing currency is the EUR; for travel imports it is the currency of the
        destination of travel (i.e.
      • Also for these

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        services it seems plausible that trade does not take place vis-?-vis all counterparts
        in each currency.

      • Figure B.2: Share of international trade in services in global GDP broken down by type (%)
        Notes: Authors? calculations using World Bank and World Trade Organization data.
      • An earlier version of this paper circulated under the title ?Currency choices and the role of the
        U.S. dollar in international services trade?.

    FE International Advises Acquisition of Evalart by Noosa Labs

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    星期二, 四月 2, 2024
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    FE International served as the exclusive sell-side M&A advisor on the transaction.

    Key Points: 
    • FE International served as the exclusive sell-side M&A advisor on the transaction.
    • The acquisition by Noosa Labs will enhance Evalart's offerings with new user experience and interface designs, innovative tools leveraging generative AI and tailored solutions for mid-sized and larger customers.
    • Additionally, this acquisition marks Noosa Labs' entry into both the Latin American market and the HR tech sector.
    • “The sector’s resilience and projected growth has made for attractive investment opportunities, and this acquisition was no exception.