The addition of 26 new utility-scale wind and solar projects in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the U.S. bring Amazon’s total number of renewable energy projects to 127Company’s total renewable energy investments to date will supply 6.5 GW of electricity production capacity — enough to power 1.7 million U.S. homes for one yearSEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects totaling 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of electricity production capacity, bringing its total investment in renewable energy in 2020 to 35 projects and more than 4 GW of capacity — the largest corporate investment in renewable energy in a single year. These new projects will make Amazon the largest-ever corporate purchaser of renewable energy.
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 as well as the Top 10 Publishers in Australia from 1 November through 30 November, 2020, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service.
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has today disclosed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) a maiden Ore Reserve and updated Mineral Resource at the 100% owned Jadar lithium-borates project in western Serbia. The Ore Reserve is 16.6 Mt at 1.81% Li2O and 13.4% B2O3The Mineral Resource underlying the maiden Ore Reserve has been updated to incorporate additional drilling which resulted in an updated geological model. Mineral Resources are reported exclusive of Ore Reserves.
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australian Consumer Lending Subscription or Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Australian Consumer Lending June 2020 report, is the latest report based on the Australian Consumer Lending report (ACLC).The ACLC is one of the publisher's many ongoing syndicated studies focused on delivering actionable insights to financial services sectors across the globe.
Questionmark appoints new leader in Australia to build on its existing client base TRUMBULL, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Australia--Questionmark, the online assessment provider, has boosted its offer in Australia and New Zealand to help employers better understand what skills their people have, and how they can be improved. With this information, employers can make more informed people decisions and so deliver stronger business performance.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$PLL #Lithium--Piedmont Lithium Limited (“Piedmont” or “Company”) is pleased to announce its intention to re-domicile from Australia to the United States via a proposed Scheme of Arrangement (the “Scheme”), subject to shareholder, regulatory and court approvals. If the Scheme is approved, Piedmont will move its primary listing from the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) to the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and will retain an ASX listing via Chess Depositary Interests (“CDIs”).
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto acknowledges the release today of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia’s interim report following its inquiry into the destruction of rockshelters at Juukan Gorge on the land of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people (PKKP) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Rio Tinto reiterates its apology to the Traditional Owners, the PKKP, and remains adamant that the destruction of the Juukan rockshelters should not have occurred. The destruction of the Juukan rock shelters was wrong; it should not have happened and it does not reflect the values that Rio TInto aspires to.
- The first action RPG using Ragnarok IP to be released within the year - Services the game in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia in the Indonesian and English - First global game launch since Neocyon changed the name to Gravity Neocyon SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#ActionRO2SpearOfOdin--Gravity Neocyon, Inc., a subsidiary of Gravity, has opened pre-orders for its new game, 'Action RO2: Spear of Odin' for the Southeast Asian region on December 8.
ROCHESTER, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OneStream Software, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) solutions for mid-sized to very large enterprises, today announced the opening of its Asia-Pacific (APAC) headquarters in Sydney, Australia. OneStream’s new Sydney office will enable the company to extend its reach in the region and provide APAC customers and partners easier access to its industry-leading solution and world-class customer service and support. OneStream’s APAC expansion comes on the heels of an impressive Q3 in which the company added sixty new customers globally and achieved record sales and revenue growth.
Morneau Shepell's Mental Health Index™ for November continues to trend below the pre-pandemic benchmark, led by declining optimism and an increase in anxiety MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morneau Shepell, a leading provider of total wellbeing, mental health and digital mental health services, today released its monthly Mental Health Index™ report, revealing a consistent trend of negative mental health among Australians for the eighth consecutive month. The findings show that pervasive feelings of anxiety and declining optimism continue to impact the wellbeing of Australians.
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN) is a leading global provider of software and services to the energy, water and communications industries. With its award-winning software portfolio, Hansen serves 550+ customers in over 80 countries, helping them to create, sell, and deliver new products and services, manage and analyse customer data, and control critical revenue management and customer support processes.
New BlastX donation reaffirms the company’s commitment to healthcare nonprofits and their patients suffering from chronic woundsJACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Next Science (ASX:NXS), an innovative medical technology company that is the leader in treating biofilm-based infections in humans, announced today that it has donated $300,000 worth of BlastX™ Antimicrobial Wound Gel to The Save A Leg, Save A Life Foundation in Ponte Vedra. The donation will support the foundation’s mission of reducing lower extremity amputations and improving wound healing outcomes through evidence-based methodology and community outreach.
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--rf IDEAS, a leading manufacturer of credential readers for logical access and authentication, and Datasec Solutions Pty Ltd, a respected supplier of authentication and encryption end-point solutions (CypherKey), today announced a partnership to bring to market a highly scalable, secure mobile credential solution portfolio based on rf IDEAS Bluetooth® Low Energy enabled WAVE ID Mobile readers and Datasec’s unique secure authentication platform.
Poor data quality and formatting, siloed data sources, and delayed analytics projects leading to data mistrust, missed revenue opportunities, and negative customer experienceSAN MATEO, Calif. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#CIO--New research published today by SnapLogic, provider of the #1 Intelligent Integration Platform, reveals that 77% of IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) don’t completely trust the data within their organization for timely and accurate decision making. With 98% of those surveyed reporting that data is reviewed and analyzed on a weekly basis by teams across the enterprise, this data distrust should be cause for concern, potentially leaving organizations open to poorly considered decisions and misguided actions.
Report reveals 68% of organizations that fell victim to an intrusion experienced an additional intrusion attempt, and traditional antivirus solutions failed in 40% of observed incidentsSUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CrowdStrike, a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and workload protection, today announced the release of the annual CrowdStrike Services Cyber Front Lines Report, which brings together the insights and observations of CrowdStrike’s global incident response (IR) and proactive services teams in 2020. The report not only provides an in-depth look into how adversaries are adapting to today’s realities but also offers recommendations for organizations to improve their cybersecurity readiness in 2021.
Creating a new connection from Sydney motorway network at St Peters interchange, to Sydney Airport, towards Port Botany and beyondLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, announced today that it has been selected to provide the civil engineering design for Sydney’s $2.6 billion Gateway Road Project, a new 5-kilometer, above ground, toll-free connection from the recently opened St Peters Interchange to Sydney airport, Port Botany and beyond.
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New AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region will be available in the second half of 2022, supporting hundreds of thousands of AWS customers with lower latency, and even greater fault tolerance and resiliency for critical cloud workloadsSEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced plans to open a second infrastructure region in Australia in the second half of 2022. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region, which will consist of three Availability Zones (AZs) at launch, will join the existing 25 Availability Zones in eight AWS Regions across Asia Pacific in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and Singapore. Globally, AWS has 77 Availability Zones across 24 geographic regions, with plans to launch 18 more Availability Zones and six more AWS Regions in India, Indonesia, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the new region in Australia. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region will enable even more developers, startups, and enterprises as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations to run their applications and serve end users from data centers located in Australia. For more information on AWS’s global infrastructure, visit: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/
Advanced automation capabilities reduce response time and phishing attack riskMELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cofense®, the global leader in intelligent phishing defense solutions, today introduced its Phishing Detection and Response (PDR) platform, a solution designed specifically for enterprise organizations. As phishing attacks continue to become more sophisticated, persistent, and adapt to legacy security defenses, demand for end-to-end phishing defense solutions is at an all-time high. The Cofense PDR platform
Production and Delivery of Unique Battery Graphite Products for Customer Testing on ScheduleCENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$WWR--Westwater Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWR), an energy materials development company, today provided an update on progress at its pilot plant operations at Dorfner Anzaplan’s facilities near Amberg, Germany, as well as at facilities in Frankfort, Germany, Chicago, Illinois, and Buffalo, New York. This combined effort is expected to produce a total of more than 10 metric tonnes of three trademarked Westwater battery-grade graphite products: ULTRA-PMG™, ULTRA-CSPG™ and ULTRA-DEXDG™, which were previously produced at a bench scale.
Leading CRO using Veeva Vault eTMF, Veeva Vault CTMS, and Veeva Vault Payments to streamline clinical trial processesSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) today announced that contract research organisation (CRO) GenesisCare Clinical CRO, founded by GenesisCare, has adopted Veeva Vault eTMF, Veeva Vault CTMS, and Veeva Vault Payments to drive efficient trial processes globally. GenesisCare Clinical CRO provides an integrated CRO model with the GenesisCare Clinical Research Site Network for faster and better designed drug development. With Veeva Vault Clinical applications unified on a secure cloud platform, the CRO can safely streamline each step of their model and trial management process as they continue to grow.
LARKSPUR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SailingStone Capital Partners (“SailingStone”), a large, long-time owner of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (“Turquoise Hill,” “TRQ” or the “Company”) (TSX:TRQ) (NYSE:TRQ), has written the attached letter to the Turquoise Hill Board of Directors: Dear Members of the Board of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.,As a large, long-time shareholder of Turquoise Hill, SailingStone Capital Partners would like to commend Turquoise Hill and the Government of Mongolia (the “Government”) for the recent collective efforts to increase transparency, improve alignment, and reduce uncertainty related to the development and financing of Oyu Tolgoi’s (“OT”) immense underground copper and gold reserves. It is in the interest of all stakeholders to bring this world-class mine into production as safely and expeditiously as possible.
Fintech will enable debit card program for Bank of Queensland and Virgin Money AustraliaBRISBANE, Queensland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, has been selected by the Bank of Queensland (BOQ) Group to deliver a card issuing and management solution that can support multiple brands and products for BOQ and Virgin Money Australia (Virgin Money).
Engineering consortium to deliver industry-wide benchmarks, best practices and datasets to speed computer vision, natural language processing, and speech recognition development for all SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, MLCommons, an open engineering consortium, launches its industry-academic partnership to accelerate machine learning innovation and broaden access to this critical technology for the public good. The non-profit organization initially formed as MLPerf, now boasts a founding board that includes representatives from Alibaba, Facebook AI, Google, Intel, NVIDIA and Professor Vijay Janapa Reddi of Harvard University; and a broad range of more than 50 founding members. The founding membership includes over 15 startups and small companies that focus on semiconductors, systems, and software from across the globe, as well as researchers from universities like U.C. Berkeley, Stanford, and the University of Toronto.
SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#clinicaltrials--Australian clinical-stage drug development company, Noxopharm (ASX: NOX), is pleased to announce that a discovery by Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature Immunology, significantly validates the novel DARRT anti-cancer treatment of its drug candidate, Veyonda®, in producing radiation-induced abscopal responses, regarded by many as the ultimate form of treatment for metastatic cancer.
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Last year, Mary Kay Inc., an international leader in corporate and social responsibility, announced the company had partnered with The Nature Conservancy to protect Texas fisheries and the Gulf of Mexico. Mary Kay is proud to announce they’ve expanded that partnership with The Nature Conservancy to impact waterways—and native species—the world over. “All life on Earth began in and depends on our oceans,” said Deborah Gibbins, Chief Operating Officer at Mary Kay. “Water is the most valuable resource on our planet, and it’s essential that we do our part to protect it. When we began scaling our partnership with The Nature Conservancy last year, we focused on the waterways surrounding our home state of Texas. But we’re a global company, and we knew the need for support stretched far beyond the Gulf of Mexico. We’re thrilled to advance ecosystems and biodiversity conservation globally.”
Title V Air Permit has been issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental QualityThe air permit allows for the construction and operations of planned 22,700 t/y lithium hydroxide plantThe permit was applied for and approved within the Company’s announced timetablePiedmont is now the only US greenfield lithium project to hold all federally regulated permitsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$PLL
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hansen Technologies is pleased to announce a product upgrade and multi-year license and support agreement with Luxembourg-headquartered M7 Group for Hansen CCB, as the leading European pay-TV operator looks to consolidate billing operations and enhance the ability to meet the demands of a new, digital era. Hansen CCB is designed to enable service providers to capitalise on new business opportunities by quickly launching attractive products for specific target markets. The scalable customer-care and billing solution, designed for today’s leading pay-TV providers, delivers the power to bring new content and OTT partner services online fast. Hansen CCB is part of Hansen’s Create-Deliver-Engage Suite
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia Oil and Gas Midstream Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecasts (2020 - 2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The market for the Australian oil and gas midstream is expected to register a CAGR of more than 2.4% during the forecast period of 2020-2025.Factors, such as increasing investment in the sector and increasing production and consumption of oil and gas, are expected to boost the demand for the Australian oil and gas midstream market during the forecast period. However, the low price of natural gas coupled with the high volatility of crude oil prices is making the industry unprofitable and thereby impeding the growth of the market.
Socionext to Provide Physical Design Services in Preparation for Production Mask Set and Wafer Fabrication at TSMCALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN), a leading provider of ultra-low power high performance artificial intelligence technology, today provides the following update on the development of the Company’s Akida™ Neuromorphic System-on-Chip. (NSoC).The Company confirms that the Register-Transfer Level (RTL) design has been completed and transferred to the Company’s manufacturing partner, Socionext America (SNA). SNA will complete the physical design of the device and all related engineering tasks required to transfer the full device files (tape-out) to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for mask creation and wafer fabrication.
Delivers immediate value and significant premium to stockholdersAccelerates transformation on behalf of clients and advisorsMacquarie Group also announced its agreement to sell Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. wealth management platform to LPL Financial for $300 million providing continuity for existing Waddell & Reed wealth management businessOVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE: WDR) today announced it has entered into a merger agreement with Macquarie Asset Management, the asset management division of Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY), under which Macquarie would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Waddell & Reed for $25.00 per share in cash representing total consideration of $1.7 billion.
