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SpeeDx announce a collaborative agreement with GSK to supply tests and technology

SpeeDx tests and technology will be used to support GSK antibiotic clinical trialsSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#PlexPCR--SpeeDx Pty. Ltd., a developer of innovative molecular diagnostic solutions, has signed a collaborative agreement with GSK, to provide a combination of existing tests and custom test development to support certain GSK antibiotic clinical trials and new product development. “We welcome this extension of the utility and application of our tests and technology,” said Colin Denver, SpeeDx CEO. “SpeeDx has a demonstrated commitment to improve patient care, and our tests currently used in clinical practice are supporting Resistance Guided Therapy, positively impacting cure rates and helping to minimise the spread of antimicrobial resistant infections.”

AXIS Re Welcomes Robert Hands as Head of Australia

PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited ("AXIS Capital") (NYSE: AXS), today announced the expansion of AXIS Re Strategic Partners with the hiring of Robert Hands as a Strategic Account Executive and Head of Australia. In this role, Mr. Hands will be responsible for leading global client relationships for Strategic Partners headquartered in Australia, as well as overseeing all client management activities.

Teijin Acquires Exclusive Sales Rights in Asia to BARLEYmax®

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teijin Limited announced today that it has reached an agreement with The Healthy Grain Pty. Limited, an Australian venture company, to acquire the exclusive sales rights in Asia to BARLEYmax® non-genetically modified barley rich in resistant starch and water-soluble dietary fiber, such as β-glucan and fructan. BARLEYmax® was developed by Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Managed Security Services Market Forecast to 2022 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Managed Security Services Market, Forecast to 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. In 2017, the MSS market in the ANZ region recorded a growth of 13.5%Australian companies are increasingly witnessing cybercrimes, making the region one of the most targeted Asia-Pacific region. Ransomware and phishing attacks are the most frequent, and governments are now looking at the growing number of cyber incidents as a major area of concern.
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Genesee & Wyoming Reports Traffic for May 2019

DARIEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) (NYSE:GWR) today reported traffic volumes for May 2019. G&W’s total traffic in May 2019 was 264,098 carloads, a decrease of 28,998 carloads, or 9.9%, compared with May 2018. G&W’s same railroad traffic in May 2019 decreased 16,250 carloads, or 5.8%, compared with G&W’s traffic in May 2018, excluding carloads from G&W’s former Continental European intermodal business (ERS), which was sold in June 2018, and short line lease expirations in Canada (Goderich-Exeter Railway (GEXR) and Southern Ontario Railway (SOR)) in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Australia Fixed Broadband Market Overview and Statistics 2019-2023 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia - Fixed Broadband Market - Overview and Statistics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Within the Australian fixed broadband market, there is a dynamic shift among customers to fibre networks, as this infrastructure is being built out by nbn (NBN Co), the company responsible for the national broadband deployment. Australia's broadband sector is making improved progress in its migration to a multi-technology NBN.

HCL Technologies Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation in Australia and New Zealand

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#ArtificialIntelligence--HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary in Australia and New Zealand with a series of events and activities across its offices and communities it serves. HCL opened its first office in the ANZ region in Sydney and since then has been investing in new-age research and technology centres across the region. Over the years the company has made significant contributions to the Australian IT market and to the local economy touching lives across various sectors with a 1,600+ strong workforce spread across 8 locations – Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra in Australia, and Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand. HCL has been delivering innovation in the areas of Digital Transformation, Design Thinking, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Cloud Native and Artificial Intelligence to over 50 clients in ANZ, including three of the top four banks in the region. HCL has won multiple awards & engaged in strategic go-to-market partnership to deliver innovative and flexible solutions to its customer base, over these years.

Axonics® Announces U.S. Food & Drug Administration Approves Use of Full-Body MRI for Pivotal Study Patients

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXNX), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel implantable sacral neuromodulation (“SNM”) devices for the treatment of urinary and bowel dysfunction, today announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved the use of full-body magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) using 1.5 Tesla MRI scanners for clinical study patients implanted with the Axonics System.

Industry grappling with AASB 16 readiness but taking ‘last mover advantage’

LeaseAccelerator survey of over 60 senior finance professionals finds AASB 16 is proving more challenging than revenue recognition standard AASB 15, with one-third of companies struggling to meet next month’s deadline. (SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LeaseAccelerator, the pioneer in the Enterprise Lease Accounting software market, has surveyed the market and discovered almost one-third of companies are behind schedule or have not started projects to meet the July 1 deadline.

Australia's Mobile Market 2019-2023: Subscribers, Revenues and Forecasts - Competition Among Operators is Having a Braking Effect on ARPU - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia - Mobile Subscribers, Revenues and Forecasts" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. In common with most mature markets, in Australia there are significantly more subscribers to mobile services than there are people. Australia's mobile market is now highly mature and developed with slow annual subscriber growth rates since 2013. Mobile penetration is now well over 100%.

Australia Internet of Things (IoT) Market Report 2019 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia - Internet of Things (IoT) Market" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. With the move towards 5G well and truly underway it is important to look at what will be the value of IoT infrastructure to the development of a network that will be dominated by sensors and devices. The infrastructure that is now being built offers a range of features such as ubiquitousness, affordability, low latency, high speed and high capacity. It will link millions of devices, such as sensors, that will enable us to manage our environment, traffic, infrastructures, and our society as a whole much more efficiently and effectively.

Technology Transformation Leader Petar Srejovic Joins GTreasury

SaaS TMS Bolsters Growth with New Tech Chiefs CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GTreasury has created two technology positions to support its continued growth, hiring technology leader Petar Srejovic as Chief Technology Officer and appointing Ashley Pater as Chief Product Officer. GTreasury, which offers corporate treasury organizations a single SaaS solution for integrated cash

Everbridge to Power Nationwide Alerting System in Australia

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVBG), the global leader in critical event management, today announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to support the deployment of Australia’s next-generation national early warning system. In combination with Australia’s major telecommunications companies, the Everbridge Public Warning

Rare Element Resources Advances Proprietary Separation Technology as Market Seeks New Sources of Critical Rare Earths

LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rare Element Resources Ltd. (“RER” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: REEMF) is pleased to announce additional significant progress on the previously announced third-party pilot scale testwork relating to its proprietary rare earth separation technology. This work is being conducted by Umwelt-und Ingenieurtechnik GmbH Dresden (“UIT”), an affiliate of Synchron, a significant shareholder of the Company. RER engaged UIT to conduct a pilot plant campaign in February 2019 to verify, at pilot plant scale, all process steps from the hydrometallurgical process already validated to the final separation of Nd/Pr oxide.

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IBSA and Alma Announce Launch of Strategic Partnership at WDC 2019

The basis of their agreement is the desire to promote a new approach to aesthetic medicine and to be understood as a path orientated towards improving people’s well-being. It is estimated that the aesthetic medicine market will be worth $26.5 billion over 5 years. The demand for injectable procedures is increasing to the detriment of surgical procedures (+ 25% by 2020)

NEC Introduces Unique, Adaptive Energy Warranty to Optimize Value for Energy Storage Customers

Company’s technology uses actual usage data to adapt warranties based on system use profiles WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES), today announced the introduction of its unique, Adaptive Energy Warranty which uses energy storage system usage data to adapt a system’s energy capacity warranty to fit a customer’s use profile. NEC’s proprietary, advanced AEROS

Private Family Photo and Video Sharing App FamilyAlbum Surpasses 5 Million Users

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#1smovie--mixi, Inc. announced today that their private family photo and video sharing app FamilyAlbum—released in April 2015 and used by many families—has surpassed 5 million registered users*1 as of June 12, 2019. *1 Total registered users from iOS/Android and browser FamilyAlbum is an app that helps parents share photos/videos of their children while keeping it all in the family. FamilyAlbum’s popularity stems from the ability to invite Grandma, Grandpa, and other family members to join in the story, events, and daily joys of childhood, unlimited storage and fun communication between family members. Its monthly subscription service, FamilyAlbum Premium, was made available for $4.99 per month starting April 2019. With a single subscription, all family members get access to 3 useful features, such as the ability to upload videos up to 10 minutes long (in contrast to 3 minutes for free users) and the ability to upload from their computers.

Macrogen Announces Strategic Investment in Australian Microbiome Company, Microba

Share subscription agreement of 4.1million AUD with Microba Microbiome database construction in Asia Pacific region within the year, followed by global service launch in early 2020 Plans to preempt global microbiome market with close business cooperation SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#KOSDAQ038290--Precision medicine and biotechnology company, Macrogen (CEO Kap-Seok Yang, www.macrogen.com

Triton Digital Announces Acquisition of Podcast Powerhouse Omny Studio

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Digital®, the global technology and services leader to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today the acquisition of Omny Studio, the creators of the world’s most advanced podcast and on-demand audio publishing platform, which Triton has been integrated with and re-selling since 2017. As a result of this acquisition, Triton Digital has acquired the technology, assets, and team of the Melbourne-based podcasting leader, and is now the exclusive provider of the industry’s most advanced, full-stack enterprise podcasting solution. The entire Omny Studio team, including co-founders Andrew Armstrong and Long Zheng, have joined Triton Digital.

AVITA Medical Announces RECELL® System Preliminary Data Focused on Vitiligo and Facial Acne Scars at the 24th Annual World Congress of Dermatology

Abstracts Showcase Research on Potential Use of RECELL® System in Regenerative Dermatology VALENCIA, Calif. & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVITA Medical (ASX: AVH, OTCQX: AVMXY), a regenerative medicine company with a technology platform positioned to address unmet medical needs in therapeutic skin restoration, announces new preliminary RECELL® Autologous Cell Harvesting Device (RECELL® System) data at the 24

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Establishes Adelaide Office, Appoints Monica Holland Underwriting Manager, South Australia

BOSTON & SYDNEY & ADELAIDE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has expanded its presence in Australia to South Australia, opening a new office in Adelaide and naming Monica Holland as Underwriting Manager. “We are pleased to expand our team and geographic reach with our new Adelaide office, which will provide our suite of specialty products to customers and brokers. Monica has extensive experience in the South Australia insurance industry, and we are pleased to have her representing BHSI. Monica’s local expertise will allow us to partner more effectively with our brokers and customers in South Australia.” said Mark Lingafelter, President, Australasia, BHSI.

Hump Day is Real: Aussies Struggle with the Wednesday ‘Mid-Week Meal Dilemma’

New research from Crock-Pot reveals that Aussies struggle with meal ideas on Wednesdays MasterChef star, Poh Ling Yeow, creates exclusive recipe series to give Aussies easy alternatives SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The hump day slump has crept into the kitchen, with Aussies feeling particularly stuck for cooking ideas on Wednesdays, according to new Crock-Pot research released today.

Melbourne, Australia Joins Dallas and Los Angeles as a First Trial City for Uber Air

Aerial ridesharing service expected to enter field trials in late 2020 or early 2021, with potential commercial launch in 2023. WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Uber--The Government of Victoria, Australia, today welcomed the announcement that its capital city, Melbourne, will join Dallas and Los Angeles as a first trial city for Uber Air, a transformational aerial ridesharing service using small, environmentally friendly electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft within major metropolitan areas. The announcement was made at the Uber Elevate Summit 2019 in Washington, DC. The summit convenes a global community of builders, investors, policy makers and government officials working toward making the vision of urban aerial ridesharing a reality.

Nanosonics Sponsors Educational Symposium on Standardizing Ultrasound Probe Disinfection Practices at APIC 2019

Showcases automated trophon2 complete reprocessing solution for optimized probe decontamination PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#APIC2019--Nanosonics (ASX: NAN), a leader in infection prevention solutions, will highlight its proprietary automated trophon®2 complete ultrasound reprocessing system and sponsor an educational breakfast symposium on standardizing ultrasound probe reprocessing during the 2019 APIC

SpeeDx Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation for ResistancePlus® GC

New diagnostic test enables antibiotic resistance testing and stewardship in gonorrhea treatment SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#ResistanceGuidedTherapy--SpeeDx Pty. Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device designation for ResistancePlus® GC* - expediting the path towards FDA clearance. ResistancePlus® GC is the first commercially available molecular test providing ciprofloxacin susceptibility and resistance information to effectively treat the sexually transmitted infection (STI)

Host Analytics Expands Into Global Markets With New International Partnerships

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Host Analytics, the leading provider of connected financial planning and close solutions, today reinforced its focus on company growth and a commitment to global markets with the announcement of new strategic partnerships in the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. Host Analytics has partnered with the best regional enterprise performance management (EPM) solution providers in those regions, including RSM

Digital Transformation of the Australian Agriculture Sector - Forecast to 2022 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Digital Transformation of the Australian Agriculture Sector, Forecast to 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Transforming from traditional farming techniques to adopting precision agriculture solutions requires substantial capital investment. This investment decreases on a year-over-year basis and at the same time, the savings per unit of production increases exponentially. Farmers adapting to modern agriculture techniques have been able to carry out farming in a more efficient way, while reducing waste. For example, a GPS-based (Global Positioning Satellite) navigation system for a tractor provides highly accurate plowing, seeding, and harvesting.

Verrency Completes $10 Million Series A Raise

Investment to turbocharge international growth strategy. Long term agreement in place with Australian neobank, Volt. Series B funding round to commence in US and Singapore in second half of 2019. MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australian payment innovation company, Verrency, today closed a AUD $10 million Series A funding round, bringing total investment in the company to over AUD $20 million.

Westwater Resources Announces Up To $10M Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$WWR--Westwater Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWR), an energy materials development company, announced today it has entered into a purchase agreement and registration rights agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), a current investor in Westwater. Under the purchase agreement, upon satisfaction of the conditions in the purchase agreement, including after a registration statement registering the resale of shares to be sold to Lincoln Park under the purchase agreement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Westwater, from time to time over a 24 month period, will have the right, in its sole discretion, to sell up to $10 million of its stock to Lincoln Park. Westwater will control the timing and amount of any sales to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to make purchases in accordance with the purchase agreement. Any common stock that is sold to Lincoln Park will occur at a purchase price that is based on an agreed upon fixed discount to the Company’s prevailing market prices at the time of each sale and with no upper limits to the price Lincoln Park may pay to purchase common stock.

Australia Mobile Communications Report 2019 - Focus on Mobile Network Operators and MVNOs - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia - Mobile Communications - Mobile Network Operators and MVNOs" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Australian mobile market is dominated by the three major mobile network operators Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone (VHA). These have been able to offer LTE services on a wholesale basis thus encouraging growth in the LTE sector.

Australia Data Centres Market Report 2019 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia - Data Centres" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. It took over 20 years for the data centre market to reach its current position. The arrival of cloud computing, Big Data, M2M and IoT allowed for a large range of new services and applications, especially aimed at small and medium organisations.

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