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WIRES utilizes xMatters technology to rescue 3,300 animals—many on the endangered species list—in DecemberSAN RAMON, Calif. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xMatters (www.xmatters.com), a digital service availability platform that prevents IT issues from becoming business problems, today announced it is extending its five year relationship with WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc.), Australia’s largest wildlife rescue non-profit, by donating access to the xMatters cloud service––creating a platform for action that ensures all rescue volunteers’ talent and time is maximized for the benefit of animals imperiled or injured by record-setting bushfires. xMatters’ smart notifications and closed-loop communications capabilities ensure the right volunteers are quickly sent to the appropriate incident location and that all onsite team members as well as remote veterinarians can be updated as rescues unfold. In the past 3 weeks alone, over 505,000 device notifications were managed through the xMatters platform, resulting in 2,683 accepted rescues by WIRES.

SYDNEY & HONG KONG & LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies announced today a total donation of $4.0 million AUD to organizations providing needed assistance to victims of the wildfires in Australia. The firm's clients helped to generate $1.6 million AUD in donations through Asia Pacific trading commissions on January 22nd. Voluntary donations from Jefferies’ 3,813 employees totaled $400,000 AUD and Jefferies as a firm matched these client and employee donations with an additional $2.0 million AUD.

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cohesity today announced the appointment of Steve Coad as country manager for Australia and New Zealand. Based in Melbourne, Coad will be responsible for accelerating adoption of the company’s disruptive software that empowers enterprises to back up, manage, and extract value from their data across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. Coad will also work with local channel partners to deliver rich data management solutions to enterprises across Australia and New Zealand.

Expanding consulting practice for asset managers and superfundsHINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cutter Associates, a leading global provider of operations and technology research and consulting to asset managers and wealth managers, today announced the opening of an office in Sydney to better serve clients in Australia and New Zealand. The firm has hired Chanelle Crabtree, formerly with Deloitte, to serve as a Senior Director based in the Sydney office. Chanelle brings 30 years of investment management and superannuation industry experience and a deep operational expertise.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia Agriculture Tractors Market-Size, Trends, Competitive Analysis and Forecasts (2019-2024)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Australian agriculture is facing 2 prominent problems of climate inconsistency and increased local competition in key export markets. As a result the Australian Agriculture is adopting innovative techniques such increased use of data, automation and communication technologies. All these factors emphasize on mechanization of farms and thus maintaining a steady demand for agriculture tractors. The Australia agriculture tractors market was worth USD 1.27 billion in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.8% during 2019 to 2023.

Point of Presences near central business districts serve thousands of customers with robust connectivityAMSTERDAM & LONDON & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it has expanded its point of presence (PoP) at Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale, carrier and cloud neutral multi-customer data centers across Europe and Asia-Pacific, with highly resilient power and cooling infrastructure and sophisticated security and monitoring systems.

NEW YORK, LONDON & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies announced that today is the firm’s trading day to support relief efforts caused by the recent wildfires in Australia. Jefferies will offer investors the opportunity to join efforts to assist those affected by the devastation of this event by trading with Jefferies. As previously announced, Jefferies will donate net trading commissions from today, Wednesday, January 22 for all trading in Asia Pacific securities, including equities, fixed income and FX, by the firm’s clients globally. Simultaneously, all of the firm’s global employees will also be given the opportunity to personally donate to the relief effort. Jefferies will match all client trading commissions generated today, as well as match all employee donations from across the firm. The total contribution will then be donated to relief organizations directly involved in the rescue and recovery efforts in Australia.

New distribution partnership will extend Lifesize video collaboration portfolio to businesses of all sizes in the regionAUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$TECD #ANZ--Lifesize®, a global innovator of video collaboration and meeting productivity solutions, today announced a new distribution partnership with Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) to more effectively deliver Lifesize meeting room systems and video conferencing services to a broader portion of the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) region.

 Global catering provider completes complex migration and integration project using the SnapLogic platform following acquisition of Qantas Airways’ catering businessesSAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#API--SnapLogic, provider of the #1 Intelligent Integration Platform, today announced that dnata catering Australia has used SnapLogic’s leading cloud integration platform to support a complex system migration project following its 2018 acquisition of Qantas Airways’ catering businesses, Q Catering and Snap Fresh.

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recently AlphaWallet announced our tokenisation project with Shankai Sports. However, the nature of the relationship has been incorrectly reported by the suggestion that this project was in partnership with UEFA and related to UEFA EURO 2020(TM). The original announcement has therefore been removed.We extend our apology for any trouble this has caused UEFA and we would like to clarify what AlphaWallet is working on with Shankai Sports.

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced initiatives to support Australian bushfire relief efforts. The company will donate $50,000 USD ($72,432 AUD) to the Australian Red Cross to assist with emergency relief efforts. PPG has also committed to matching employee donations up to $25,000 USD ($36,193 AUD) for a total contribution of $75,000 USD ($108,625 AUD).Locally, PPG employees in Australia are working with retail partners to establish and support a long-term community rebuilding program for affected areas, and hosting additional fundraisers at various PPG sites.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on November 19, 2019 completed the first in a series of internally funded Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) demonstrations using a company-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The flight series will continue in 2020 and show that a GE-ER equipped with long-range sensors and Air Launched Effects (ALE) is able to Detect, Identify, Locate and Report (DILR) targetable data to support Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) systems.

Superior support empowers Hearing Australia to free up resources and enable digital transformationLAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$RMNI #HearingAustralia--Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced that Hearing Australia, the nation’s largest provider of government-funded hearing services, has switched to Rimini Street support for its mission-critical ERP system. Hearing Australia’s mission is to provide world-leading research and hearing services for the wellbeing of all Australians. The organization operates in over 600 locations across Australia, providing government-funded hearing services for children, young adults up to 26, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, pensioners and veterans. By switching to Rimini Street’s premium third-party support for its enterprise application footprint, Hearing Australia has freed up much-needed resources to enable the organization to undertake digital transformation initiatives.

Propanc to Receive Up to a 43.5% “Cash Back” Benefit from Overseas R&D ExpenditureMELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Propanc Biopharma, Inc. (OTC: PPCB) (“Propanc” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company developing new cancer treatments for patients suffering from recurring and metastatic cancer, announced today that a Certificate for Advance Overseas Finding was received from the Board of Innovation and Science Australia to receive up to a 43.5% “cash back” benefit from overseas R&D expenses. The finding relates to the planned Phase 1 clinical trial – Multiple Ascending Dose Studies of proteolytic proenzymes for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, for 2018/19 and the two following financial years.

Underutilized municipal landfill’s transformation into renewable energy producer is a win-win for CityAMESBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#energystorage--Kearsarge Energy L.P. and NEC Energy Solutions (NEC) jointly announced today the completion of one of the first Solar + Storage Projects in Massachusetts. Kearsarge developed, financed and constructed the 4.5 MW solar array combined with NEC’s 1.6 MW/3.8 MWh AC-coupled GSS

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Poker Tour® is proud to announce that WPT® Anchor Lynn Gilmartin is the most recent inductee into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame. Joe Hachem, President of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame and WPT Champion, personally presented Gilmartin with her new honor as she joined such notable past honorees as Champions Club Member Mel Judah, Tony Guoga, and Jeff Lisandro, among others.

NEW YORK & LONDON & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies confirmed that tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020, the firm will dedicate a day of trading to support relief efforts needed after the devastation caused by the recent wildfires taking place in Australia. As previously announced, Jefferies will donate net trading commissions on Wednesday, January 22 for all trading in Asia Pacific securities, including equities, fixed income and FX, by the firm’s clients globally. Simultaneously, all of the firm’s global employees will also be given the opportunity to personally donate to the relief effort. Jefferies will match all client trading commissions generated that day, as well as match all employee donations from across the firm. The total contribution will then be donated to relief organizations directly involved in the rescue and recovery efforts in Australia.

Offer open to existing and new investorsOpportunity to receive consistent and stable income stream paid via monthly distributionsNeuberger Berman to pay all fees and costs for OfferSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global investment manager Neuberger Berman today announced an offer of new Units in the NB Global Corporate Income Trust (ASX: NBI). The offer of new Units will comprise of an Entitlement Offer and a Shortfall Offer with the maximum potential raise being approximately $749 million.

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit has appointed seasoned digital executive Scott Eddington to lead the Asia Pacific business as it positions itself to help even more customers make secure, quick and affordable cross border payments. Scott will be responsible for accelerating WorldRemit’s mobile payments service in Asia Pacific, which currently allows customers to send from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced today a $250,000 USD donation to the American Red Cross from the Wells Fargo Foundation in response to the recent wildfires that continue to have a devastating impact on Australia and its residents. The donation is earmarked for the American Red Cross’s sister entity, the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which is one of the key lead organizations leading the relief effort.

MELBOURNE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto chief executive J-S Jacques said “We finished the year with good momentum, particularly in our Pilbara iron ore operations and in bauxite, despite having experienced some operational challenges in 2019. We are increasing our investment, with $2.25 billion of high-return projects in iron ore and copper approved in the fourth quarter. We also boosted our exploration and evaluation expenditure to $624 million in 2019, further strengthening our pipeline of opportunities.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coeur Mining, Inc. (the "Company" or "Coeur") (NYSE: CDE) today announced fourth quarter 2019 production of 94,716 ounces of gold, 3.2 million ounces of silver, 3.9 million pounds of zinc and 4.0 million pounds of lead. Full-year 2019 production totaled 359,418 ounces of gold, 11.7 million ounces of silver, 17.1 million pounds of zinc and 16.6 million pounds of lead. Metal sales for the fourth quarter included 95,532 ounces of gold, 3.2 million ounces of silver, 4.1 million pounds of zinc and 4.2 million pounds of lead. For the full year, metal sales totaled 367,650 ounces of gold, 11.9 million ounces of silver, 18.2 million pounds of zinc and 16.5 million pounds of lead.

Update Includes Level-Up Events and Special Events Celebrating Lunar New YearLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#maplestorym--MapleStory M, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer online mobile game for iOS and Android, is ringing in the new year with its biggest update yet - the introduction of the legendary Hero Shade with a variety of limited-time events. One of the most celebrated Heroes in Maple World,

FINDLAY, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cooper Tire announced today that its Cooper Discoverer AT3 LT™ tire in size LT275/70R17 has been selected as original equipment (OE) on the new Nissan Navara N-TREK Warrior utility vehicle. The tire is distributed through Exclusive Tyres of Australia.Nissan worked with Australian automotive engineering experts, Premcar, to develop and re-engineer the premium vehicle at Premcar’s Epping facility in Victoria, Australia. With raised suspension, unique body work, a specialized interior and a premium Cooper all-terrain tire package, the vehicle has been called the most stylish and capable Navara to date.

Braemac will broaden its scope to serve NI customers within this regionSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of a software-defined platform that helps accelerate the development and performance of automated test and automated measurement systems, today announced that Braemac is currently the primary authorized distributor of NI products in Australia and New Zealand. Braemac, an NI Authorized Distributor, will broaden its scope to serve all current NI customers in this region, a move that is expected to help NI fortify and further its business in Australia and New Zealand while helping customers ensure their long-term success.

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Digital®, the global technology and services leader to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today the release of the latest Australian Podcast Ranker. The ranker provides insight into the Top 100 Podcasts in Australia between 25 November through 22 December, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. Seventeen new entities debuted in the Top 100 Podcast ranker this reporting period, including

NEW YORK, LONDON & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies announced today, that on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020, the firm will dedicate a day of trading to support relief efforts needed after the devastation caused by the recent wildfires taking place in Australia. Specifically, Jefferies will donate net trading commissions on Wednesday, January 22 for all trading in Asia Pacific securities, including equities, fixed income and FX, by the firm’s clients globally. Simultaneously, all of the firm’s global employees will also be given the opportunity to personally donate to the relief effort. Jefferies will match all client trading commissions generated that day, as well as match all employee donations from across the firm. The total contribution will then be donated to relief organizations directly involved in the rescue and recovery efforts in Australia.

Veterinary animal welfare organizations will receive financial support to help aid family pets and other animals LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#vcafirereliefdownunder--Australia’s devastating wildfires have destroyed over nine million acres in the states of Queensland and New South Wales and have taken a severe toll on wildlife, livestock and family pets. It is estimated that up to a billion animals could be impacted. VCA Charities, along with the national network of VCA Animal Hospitals, have announced that all funds raised in January will be donated to veterinary animal welfare organizations in Australia who are working to help treat and care for pets and animals that have been rescued.

Builds mobile-first workflows in a bid to bury the desk phoneSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobile voice company Spoke Phone today announced it has raised $US4.5 million in Series A funding, in a capital raising round led by Australian venture capital firm, Marbruck Investments, with support from New Zealand-based Icehouse Ventures and Sir Stephen Tindall’s K1W1 fund. Spoke Phone is a mobile-first business phone system that offers the same powerful features and integrations available to desktop users via their mobile phones. Globally, there are more than 5,640 business phone providers offering VoIP (Voice over Internet calling) solutions, with Spoke Phone being the only solution designed specifically for mobile.