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New Mobile RPG KonoSuba: Fantastic Days Passes 1 Million Downloads

Embark on an all-new adventure through the world of KonoSuba!LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#KonoSubaFantasticDays--Today, Nexon announced that its newest free-to-play mobile RPG KonoSuba: Fantastic Days has reached a whopping one million downloads in just 5 days. Based on the hit comedy anime series streaming on Crunchyroll and HBO Max, the character-collector game is available now on iOS and Android

Noxopharm Phase I Clinical Trial Shows Anti-Inflammatory Response in COVID-19 Patients

Clinical Program to Expand Globally Following Positive Phase I Clinical ResultsSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Veyonda--Australian clinical-stage drug development company Noxopharm (ASX:NOX) has released preliminary top-line data from its NOXCOVID Phase I clinical trial testing the suitability of idronoxil (Veyonda®), a TBK1 (TANK-binding kinase 1) inhibitor, as an anti-inflammatory in patients with moderate COVID-19 disease. Based on initial positive results, Noxopharm has started discussions to add Veyonda to one of the global clinical trial programs looking at identifying effective anti-inflammatory therapies in COVID-19 disease.

Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. Announces the Appointment of Craig Hibbard as Chief Development Officer

Craig Hibbard joins Mawson from Iris Capital SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (OTCQB:MIGI) (“Mawson”), a digital infrastructure provider with diversified operations across bitcoin mining and digital asset management, is pleased to announce it has appointed Craig Hibbard as Chief Development Officer (CDO).Craig has over 15 years’ experience in senior executive roles across property, development and real estate sectors in Australia, having worked at Iris Capital, Property Partnership Australia (PPA) and Merivale respectively. Craig was previously responsible for the roll out of major projects including the development of Newcastle CBD’s East End, multiple mixed use and land subdivision sites along with an extensive asset portfolio recapitalization program, cumulatively valued at over $700million, and at Mawson will be responsible for project deployment across the US and Australian facilities.

Quantum Brilliance Raises $9.7 Million Seed Funding to Advance Diamond Quantum Accelerator Development and Deployment

QxBranch founders, Moelis Australia, Ultratech Capital Partners, Main Sequence back Australian start-up building diamond-based quantum acceleratorsCANBERRA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantum Brilliance, a venture-backed Australian-German full-stack quantum accelerator startup, today announced closing a USD$9.7 million seed investment co-led by the QxBranch founders’ and Main Sequence investment consortium.
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Tritium Pioneers Fast Chargers for the Mining Industry in Combination with Miller Technology’s Most Advanced Light Duty Mining Electric Vehicle

First project, launched at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance mine in Queensland, provides mining industry pathway to achieving global carbon emissions reduction goals.BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tritium, a global developer and manufacturer of direct current (“DC”) fast chargers for electric vehicles (“EVs”), and Miller Technology, a leading supplier of mobile mining equipment for safety and productivity, today announced they are providing innovative fast chargers and light duty battery EVs for the mining industry. The companies’ inaugural project at the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (“BMA”) mine in Queensland is an important milestone, supporting the BHP Group’s commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

Global Demand for Developer-centric Security Fuels Secure Code Warrior’s Continued Growth

Pioneering a ‘start left’ approach to software security has led the tech scale-up to hit a customer milestone of 400 organisations over 37 countriesBOSTON & SYDNEY & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#DevSecOps--Global secure coding company Secure Code Warrior® has announced the signing of its 400th customer and strong business performance in response to an increased demand for security-aware and security-skilled developers across all industries worldwide.

Rio Tinto and Sumitomo to assess hydrogen pilot plant at Gladstone’s Yarwun alumina refinery

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation today announced a partnership to study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone and explore the potential use of hydrogen at the refinery.The two global companies have signed a letter of intent that focuses on Yarwun as the location for a Gladstone hydrogen plant that Sumitomo has been studying. If the project proceeds, the pilot plant would produce hydrogen for the recently announced Gladstone Hydrogen Ecosystem

Workplace wellbeing culture and vaccination policies impacting Australians’ mental health

LifeWorks Mental Health Index™ indicates that more than one third of Australians want employers to implement mandatory vaccines in reopening policiesMELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LifeWorks, a leading provider of digital total wellbeing solutions, today released its monthly Mental Health Index™, revealing a negative mental-health score among Australians for the 16th consecutive month.

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Juicy Stakes Casino is giving players the chance to claim hundreds of free games on popular Betsoft slots for the entire weekMELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Juicy Stakes Casino is on a mission to deliver the most fun and entertaining experience to our players and what better way to do that than by offering them the chance to unlock 110 Free Spins on two of the most popular slots in the market right now.

2021 “Concrete in Life” Global Photography Competition Launches – Focus on Sustainability, Beauty and Versatility of Concrete

- Competition for $10,000 prize brings together professional and amateur photographers to capture images of concrete around the world – new sustainability category launched in third annual competitionLONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The third annual GCCA “Concrete in Life” photography competition has today launched with a call for amateur and professional photographers from around the world to capture the role of concrete in their lives and its role in the sustainable world of tomorrow.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Provides Progress Update on Phase 2 Clinical Trial of KVD824 for Oral Prophylactic Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema

– KVD824 Clinical Trial Regulatory Approvals in Canada, Australia, and the UK –– Response Submitted to FDA on IND Requests for KVD824 Phase 2 –CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SALISBURY, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$KALV--KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KALV), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule protease inhibitors, today provided an update on clinical trial progress for KVD824 in development for oral prophylactic treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE).

KP Sanghvi Announces Serena Williams Jewelry Collection Now Available to New Global Markets

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#SWJ--KP Sanghvi, the global licensee for Serena Williams Jewelry, is pleased to announce the international expansion of its Serena Williams Jewelry collection. Building upon its introduction in the United States this month, the brand will be vetting new global opportunities in additional markets. Gautam Begani, COO of KP Sanghvi Jewelry stated, “It has been an absolute joy working with Serena and watching her inspire new fine jewelry collections that mirror her bold, yet playful, sense of style. We’re so excited about our new retail distribution with one of the largest specialty jewelers in the US. Our major next step is taking Serena’s diamond jewelry designs to a wider audience of her fans globally.”

Key Trends and Opportunities in the Australian Construction Market (by State and Territory) to 2025 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Construction in Australia - Key Trends and Opportunities by State and Territory to 2025 (Q3 2021)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Australian construction industry is expected to register an annual growth of 2.3% in real terms in 2021 - up from a contraction of 2.3% in 2020. The sector's output this year will be supported by residential construction activity, while non-residential construction, which supported growth last year, is likely to lag.

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Altium and Fair-Rite Announce New Nexar Partnership

Expanding the Nexar Ecosystem with a Powerful New Embed for Supply Chain IntelligenceSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$ALU #altium--Nexar, an Altium business unit, is transforming the electronics industry by uniting the ecosystem of companies that provide products and services related to the design and manufacturing (realization) of electronics. Through the Nexar cloud platform, API, and associated embeddable technologies, partners can connect to the digital fabric of electronics design, vastly improving the customer experience of their products and services.

Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. Announces the Appointment of Hetal Majithia as Chief Financial Officer

Hetal Majithia joins Mawson from PwCSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (OTCQB:MIGI) (“Mawson”), a digital infrastructure provider with diversified operations across bitcoin mining and digital asset management, is pleased to announce it has appointed Hetal Majithia as Chief Financial Officer.Hetal has over 10 years’ experience as a chartered accountant, having worked previously at PwC and KPMG in Australia and the United Kingdom respectively. Hetal has an Economics degree (Honours) from the University of Southampton and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mars Growth, a Liquidity Group Fund, Provides Fusion Sport with a $5.5M Facility, with 24 Hour Due Diligence Using “DYNAMiCS” Platform

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mars Growth Capital, a fund division of the Fintech company Liquidity Capital and MUFG Fund, has announced the closing of a $5.5M financing agreement with the Australian-based sports performance tech company Fusion Sport to drive their international expansion.Mars Growth deployed Liquidity Capital’s DYNAMiCS omni corporate credit machine learning platform to perform a comprehensive due diligence process in 24 hours. Mars Growth leverages the platform to analyze high potential companies, and quickly and flexibly provide access to capital. This is the 12th transaction completed by the fund this year alone, with an average turnaround time of 14 days.

Researchers Develop COVID-19 Severity Screening Method Based on the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announces that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia have developed a rapid method for differentiating COVID-19-positive patients expected to show severe symptoms from those likely to experience only mild symptoms. The classification algorithm, published in the journal

Endace Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Donation to The Glaucoma Foundation

Corporate gift provides dollar-for-dollar matching to donations received in the 2021 TGF Art Challenge to Celebrate VisionAUCKLAND, New Zealand & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#TGF_Glaucoma--As part of its twentieth anniversary celebration and its “year of giving back,” Endace is supporting The Glaucoma Foundation’s Art Challenge to Celebrate Vision with a corporate donation of US$20,000. Glaucoma is the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness and affects an estimated 80 million people, with a projected increase to 112 million by 2040. The Glaucoma Foundation is leading the fight against the disease by promoting early diagnosis and funding vital research to identify and develop novel approaches to preserve visual function and reverse blindness caused by glaucoma.

 Carbon Streaming Joins International Emissions Trading Association

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$NETZ #NETZ--Carbon Streaming Corporation (NEO: NETZ) (FSE: M2QA) (“Carbon Streaming” or the “Company”) is pleased to confirm that it has been accepted as a member of the International Emissions Trading Association (“IETA”), whose mission is to be the trusted business voice on market-based climate solutions. Carbon Streaming’s President and CEO Justin Cochrane said: “We are thrilled to be accepted as a member of IETA. It is an organization for which we have enormous respect, and we are excited to count ourselves among such a distinguished membership with a shared mission to provide innovative, effective, and sustainable market-based climate solutions. We look forward to working in collaboration with IETA to move the global business community towards a net-zero climate goal.”

Rio Tinto and WA Government launch industry first vaccination blitz

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto is partnering with the Western Australian Government to launch a COVID-19 vaccination blitz targeting communities in the Pilbara and the fly-in fly-out workforce. Following positive discussions between Rio Tinto and the WA Department of Health, vaccination hubs will be established in the Pilbara and at a trial clinic at Perth Airport to make vaccinations more accessible.

Oscar Wylee Announces Launch Into Canadian Market

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Canada--Australian eyewear retailer, Oscar Wylee announces their expansion into Canada, with their first store set to open in West Edmonton Mall, Alberta at the end of August 2021. This comes on the back of the eyewear retailer opening 27 new stores across Australia and New Zealand since January. “We are always looking for new location opportunities to expand access to quality eye care.” said Kane Ford, the Director of Retail Operations at Oscar Wylee. The company has also announced 4 more confirmed locations in Halifax, Calgary and Toronto.

Hytera Launches New Website and Virtual Showroom to Deliver Better Customer Experience Digitally

SHENZHEN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#AugmentedReality--Hytera, the global leading provider of Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) solutions, has launched a new official website (https://www.hytera.com/en/) and virtual showroom, aiming to provide visitors with a more user-friendly digital experience and showcase of Hytera’s innovative products, solutions, and online resources, to better reach and engage with a global audience.

Smartsheet Named One of the Best Places to Work by WRK+ Australia

Recognition of Strong Company Culture Comes After Only 18 Months in Region SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smartsheet, the enterprise platform for dynamic work, has been recognised as #15 on the 2021 Best Places to Work in Australia list by WRK+ in the under 100 employees category. In addition to the listing, the award’s engagement survey found that Smartsheet employees feel a strong relationship to the company culture including the team (94%) and the organisation (92%).

MAIA Biotechnology, Inc. Appoints Joseph F. McGuire as Chief Financial Officer and Provides Corporate Update

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MAIA Biotechnology, Inc., a targeted therapy, immuno-oncology company focused on developing potential first-in-class oncology drugs (“MAIA”), announced today that it has appointed Joseph F. McGuire as Chief Financial Officer. MAIA has also provided a corporate update announcing the creation of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia to execute on its global development strategy.

Hansen Enables a New Era of Digital Agility and Automation for Germany’s wilhelm.tel

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hansen Technologies (ASX:HSN) is pleased to announce today that it has signed a new agreement with wilhelm.tel GmbH, a multi-service provider of telecommunications services in Germany. Under the terms of this agreement, Hansen will upgrade wilhelm.tel’s existing version of Hansen CCB–NavibillingCX to the latest version and replace their existing CRM system. As a result of this upgrade, wilhelm.tel will receive enhanced customer care, billing and product management capabilities, as well as improved accounting and provisioning processes.

CoreSenses Grows Business with Citrix® and Com-X

Learning specialist builds virtual education platform using company’s digital workspace solutions, doubles number of students SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#CitrixWorkspace--When millions of Australian students were plunged into lockdowns due to the global pandemic, CoreSenses saw the future of education. And the Sydney-based learning specialist turned to Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) and its partner Com-X

Akili Enters Strategic Licensing Agreement with TALi, Extending Akili Portfolio and Industry Leadership in Prescription Digital Therapeutics for Cognitive Impairments

Through their shared focus on rigorous clinical validation and high-end user experience, the companies will continue to revolutionize the treatment of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)Akili will license TALi’s technology for use in the U.S. in a deal estimated at $37.5M in future contingent milestone payments plus royaltiesBOSTON & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Akili Interactive

Working From Home Increases Cybersecurity Risks, Say Enforcement Agencies

Checking staff cybersecurity knowledge helps hybrid working teams stay safe NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Questionmark--Working from home has significantly increased cybersecurity vulnerabilities over the past two years, according to the world’s leading enforcement agencies. Employers must ensure that their staff can work safely from home as they continue with hybrid working arrangements, says online assessment provider Questionmark

JJELLYFISH Acquires The Clean Sell to Keep up With Growing Demand From B2B Startups Across India, Australia, and the U.K.

The Clean Sell marks JJELLYFISH’s first acquisition as global demand for its services and revenue growth acceleratesNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JJELLYFISH, a tech-enabled services leader in go-to-market execution for startups and Fortune 500 new ventures, announced the acquisition of The Clean Sell (“TCS”) on August 1st, 2021. Founded by Dominick Cappuccilli in 2015, TCS is a NYC-based consulting firm specializing in early-stage sales and commercialization. The acquisition is JJELLYFISH’s first as it enhances its productized go-to-market services to support organizations in their zero-to-million dollar journey and beyond.

More Than 300 Tritium Fast Chargers Expected to be Installed Across Australia by Evie Networks

BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tritium, a global developer and manufacturer of direct current (“DC”) fast chargers for electric vehicles (“EVs”), today announced it has signed a deal with Evie Networks to install more than 300 of Tritium’s new RTM 50kW fast chargers across Australia. The Tritium RTM fast chargers are expected to be deployed over the next two years at 158 different destinations, with two chargers available at each site. At 50kW, the chargers can add up to 50 kilometres (31 miles) of range to an EV in 10 minutes.

EML Announces Record Revenue of $194.2M and Underlying EBITDA Of $53.5M

Group Gross Debit Volume (‘GDV’) of $19.7 billion, up 42% on FY20;Group Revenue of $194.2 million, up 60% on FY20 and above the guidance range of $180-$190 million;Group underlying EBITDA1 of $53.5 million, up 65% on FY20 and towards the top end of the guidance range of $50-54 million;Group underlying NPATA2 of $32.4 million, up 54% over PCP; andUnderlying operating cash inflows of $46.7 million, representing 87% of underlying EBITDA

SpeeDx Expand SARS-CoV-2 Variant Analysis Pipeline

Additional research reagents to detect mutations associated with delta variant of concern now availableSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#COVID19--SpeeDx Pty. Ltd., a developer of innovative molecular diagnostic solutions, have expanded their product line of research reagents for COVID-19 variant analysis to include a mutation connected to the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant of concern (VOC). The recently launched

Altium, IPC Education Foundation, and Arduino Announce Student Electronics Design Competition

Partnering to Promote STEM Innovations for Environmental ChangeSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$ALU #AltiumLive--Altium LLC, the leading printed circuit board (PCB) software company, is partnering with the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) and Arduino to launch the first student electronics design challenge to engage, educate, and enhance printed circuit board (PCB) design capabilities while developing STEM solutions to environmental challenges.

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