Partnership Expands GT Software’s Reach to Oceania ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#GTSoftware--GT Software, a mainframe modernization software company, announces today a strategic partnership with Sydney, Australia-based Strategic Consulting Partnerships (SCP). SCP provides customers with complete integrated business and enterprise solutions utilizing the best technology services and products, with a specialty in integrating complex hardware and software with products and services. GT Software’s partnership with SCP will allow the company to expand its reach globally to support more customers with mainframe modernization efforts.
CANBERRA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australian quantum cybersecurity leader QuintessenceLabs is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the World Economic Forum to join their Global Innovators community. The World Economic Forum’s Global Innovator’s Community is a group of the world’s most promising start-ups and scale-ups that are at the forefront of technological and business model innovation.
Amazon Project Zero now empowers brands and Amazon to drive counterfeit to zero in 17 stores worldwideSEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the expansion of Project Zero to seven new countries - Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey, and the UAE - making it available in 17 countries where Amazon has a store. Project Zero combines Amazon’s advanced technology, machine learning, and innovation with the sophisticated knowledge that brands have of their own intellectual property so we can together drive counterfeits to zero.
Extending the First End-To-End SaaS Platform for Global Life, Accident and Health InsurersDUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#EmployeeBenefits--FINEOS Corporation (ASX:FCL), the global market leader in core systems for life, accident and health insurance, has entered into an agreement to acquire Limelight Health, a leading North American provider of quoting, rating and underwriting solutions for group and voluntary employee benefits, for $75M US. The union will provide an end-to-end SaaS core product suite from quote, rate and underwrite through to billing, policy administration, absence and claims management for the global life, accident, and health industry.
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 July through 31 July, 2020, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. Seven new entities appear in the Top 100 Podcast Ranker this reporting period, including
Continued Growth Above Market and Strong ReturnsQ2 FY21 North America Guidance: Exteriors Volume of +7% to +11% and EBIT Margin of 27% to 29%Full-Year FY21 Guidance: Adjusted NOPAT between US$330 million and US$390 millionSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Quarter Highlights:Group Adjusted net operating profit ("NOPAT") of US$89.3 million, in-line with the prior corresponding period (“pcp”);
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Earnings Call Webcast to Discuss 2020 Second Quarter Financial Results and COVID-19 Updates Scheduled to Post to Corporate Website on Wednesday, August 12, 2020CULVER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDI), an internationally diversified cinema and real estate company with operations and assets in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, today announced results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2020. Reflecting the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 crisis in the jurisdictions in which we operate, the Company’s financial results have been adversely impacted by the temporary closure in March 2020 of our 60 global cinemas and three live theatres in the U.S. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted our real estate business in Australia and New Zealand to a lesser degree than our cinema business, many of our tenants in our Australian and New Zealand centers suffered revenue reductions due to the COVID-19 government-imposed restrictions, which resulted in the Company, in some cases, granting rental relief.
The tier-one Australian exchange has listed its first company, junior gold miner Torque Metals, under the new strategy announced in December last yearSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#growth--The Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX), Australia’s alternative tier-one listing venue, announced its first listing this week. CEO Michael Go welcomed junior resources company Torque Metals in a bell ringing ceremony at on Tuesday at SSX headquarters in Sydney. Mr Go said the listing was the first under the exchange’s new strategy and that several more companies were well advanced in the listing application process.
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PolyMet Mining Corp (“PolyMet” or the “company”) TSX: POM; NYSE American: PLM – today reported that it has filed its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. The financial statements have been filed at www.polymetmining.com and on SEDAR and EDGAR and have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. All amounts are in U.S. funds. Copies can be obtained free of charge by contacting the company at First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, Suite 5700, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1C7 or by e-mail at info@polymetmining.com
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CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$WWR #earnings--Westwater Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWR), an energy materials development company, today announced its results for the second quarter of 2020 and provided an update on its materials development business. Christopher M. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “In the first half of the year, the COVID-19 pandemic has not materially impacted our business activities. Even though we closed our offices, the remote use system already in place enabled our team to remain productive and to make great strides as we continued to execute our 2020 strategy. We remain focused on the health and safety of all Westwater Resources employees, on maintaining highest safety standards in all of our operations and on ensuring the safety of the communities where we live and work. To this end, we have eliminated unnecessary travel and instituted health protocols at all job sites. We also continue to make sure our team members can take time off without penalty due to illness or to care for those around them who have fallen ill. Thanks to our diligence and concern, and to the enthusiasm and industriousness of our team, we are efficiently conducting our business.”
Australian Government cloud host gains clarity and insights in IT performance in geo-resilient data centers in Canberra and Sydney by using AI-powered monitoring, analytics, and automation platform SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AUCloud’s IT infrastructure has seen a 30% savings in IT capacity and a 20% improvement in performance by implementing deep IT monitoring tools. The Australian Government and Critical National Industry Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider’s improvements in results were gained through its partnership with Virtana, a leader in enterprise hybrid cloud migration and optimization.
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia Wind Power Market Outlook to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Even as the wind power generation technology is now relatively advanced, the industry is reaching a stage of maturity in the key markets, with some other markets still evolving.In 2019, around 60.4 GW of new wind power capacity was added globally, making it the second-largest year in history and close to the largest year in 2015 (63.8 GW), bringing global cumulative wind power capacity up to 651 GW. The massive wind turbine installation was primarily the result of a strong year in both China and the US: the world's two largest markets ahead of the expiry of Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for onshore in the first country and the PTC (extended until the end of 2020 in Dec 2019) in the second.
SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#eventproduction--CG Creative Studios has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Innovation in Internal Corporate Events category for producing the signature Isagenix Celebration 2020 event for Australia and New Zealand. The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards is the only business awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace in all 29 nations of the Asia-Pacific region. The Stevie Awards are widely considered to be the world's premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement in programs such as The International Business Awards® for 18 years.
– PEA includes the known underground Mineral Resources –BACK FORTY PROJECT PEA HIGHLIGHTS: (All figures in this news release are expressed in US dollars unless indicated otherwise)Robust economics: After-tax NPV at a 6% discount rate of $176.3 million (approximately CA$235 million) with 26.1% IRR at long term consensus metal prices including $1,485 per ounce goldSignificant leverage to gold: After-tax NPV of $316.3 million at a 6% discount rate (approximately CA$422 million) with 37.8% IRR at recent spot prices including $1,998 per ounce gold with gold generating 52% of revenue
Siloed apps and data, outdated legacy tech, and slow and manual data movement are blocking success and costing organizations millionsSAN MATEO, Calif. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#AI--New research published today by SnapLogic, provider of the #1 Intelligent Integration Platform, reveals that 83% of organizations are not fully satisfied with the performance and output of their data management and data warehousing initiatives. IT leaders cite a growing number of disconnected applications and data sources, outdated legacy systems, and slow and manual data movement as reasons for their frustration, all of which are stalling progress and costing them millions.
-- Fundraise follows record-breaking second quarter as company is poised for further merchant and consumer adoption --SYDNEY & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Splitit (ASX:SPT), the only global payment platform that enables shoppers to pay installments via their credit cards, announces today it has raised $71.5 million dollars in a private placement and share purchase plan (“SPP”). The fundraise has attracted a number of top institutional investors including Woodson Capital Management, L.P.
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Messagepoint is expanding its global presence into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with the establishment of a partnership with Customer Centrics International, an Australian consultancy that helps organizations deliver simplified, personalized, digitized customer communications. The move to expand into APAC highlights the demand Messagepoint sees in this region for modern customer communications solutions, particularly by organizations in heavily regulated industries, including financial services, insurance and healthcare. Messagepoint’s AI-powered products include Rationalizer
MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#avidawards--Simonds Homes, a highly respected homebuilder operating in the housing market since 1949, has selected Avid Ratings to measure homebuyer satisfaction. Through this partnership, Simonds and Avid will transform the customer lifecycle by using meaningful data to unlock insights and enhance the customer journey. “Simonds is very excited to be working with the Avid Ratings team. With a culture heavily focused on customer experience management, we needed a partner that could provide insights and accountability throughout the customer journey. Avid’s leading technology and scalability will help us better understand how to best serve our customers and where we can improve,” said Cameron Worth, GM of marketing and technology.
RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#finance--Transaction Network Services (TNS) has appointed payments industry veteran John Tait to the newly created position of Global Managing Director for its FinTech Payments business.Based in Australia, Tait takes responsibility for TNS’ payments teams across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions, which now serve customers in over 60 countries. Tait has a strong understanding of TNS’ business having originally joined the company in 2016 as Managing Director for Asia Pacific and taking on a position on the TNS Asia Pacific Advisory Board in 2018. In 2019, Tait’s role was expanded to include management of the newly acquired ADVAM
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#MRI--Imricor Medical Systems, Inc. (Company or Imricor) (ASX:IMR) the worldwide leader in MRI-guided cardiac ablation products, is pleased to announce the first sales collaboration with Philips, a global leader in healthcare technology. The sales collaboration provides Philips non-exclusive rights to re-sell Imricor’s Advantage-MR System, along with Philips’ industry-leading MRI scanners in European countries that recognize the CE mark. This agreement is the first such agreement signed by Imricor.
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto today reiterated its determination to ensure that the destruction of heritage sites of exceptional archaeological and cultural significance, such as the Juukan rockshelters, never occurs again. In its submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into the destruction of the rockshelters at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto sets out in detail its relationship with the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people (PKKP) from 2003 to 2020 and the circumstances over this period that led to the events that occurred in the Juukan Gorge.
Popular online casino launches Realtime Gaming’s Achilles Deluxe to players from 26 August where they have chance to line up alongside the Greek hero and fight for big winsSYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PlayCroco is giving players the chance to become Greek legends by taking them back to the Trojan War where they can join warrior and hero, Achilles, as he fights for treasure and riches in the latest pokie launch from Spinlogic Gaming.
The newly introduced Croner medium-duty range in Australia will feature the Allison 3000 Series™ automatic transmission as standard across the line up, a factor that has attracted Australia’s largest registered transport fleets.INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allison Transmission, the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions for commercial and military vehicles, and UD Trucks are partnering to produce another automatic option for trucks in Australia. UD Trucks has a strong history with Allison, widely offering the automatic option in its medium-duty trucks in Australia for more than 12 years.
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GACW Incorporated (“GACW”, or the “Company”), announced today that it has signed a Supply, Service and Exclusive Agent Agreement (the “SSEAA”) with Brownfield Engineering and Maintenance Pty Ltd, a leading Australian engineering and maintenance company to market and distribute GACW’s Air Suspension Wheel (“ASW”) technology to the mining Off the Road (OTR) sector. With approximately 433 operating mines in Australia, this agreement broadens GACW market potential in one of the biggest mining countries in the world. The ASW technology is a disruptive, patented in-wheel suspension assembly. The ASW is non-pneumatic and addresses many safety and transportation logistics that large mining trucks face with traditional rubber tires. The ASW is still in its pre-commercialization stage and further field testing is expected in Q3 and Q4 of 2020.
AMERSHAM, England & MINNEAPOLIS & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare and Osprey Medical Inc. (ASX:OSP) (Osprey) today announced a strategic alliance under which GE Healthcare will exclusively distribute Osprey’s product portfolio in Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Turkey. Osprey’s DyeVert™ contrast minimization devices, complemented by GE Healthcare's range of iodinated x-ray contrast media, offer healthcare professionals a technology platform to address the rising problem of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) following interventional coronary angiograms in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australian drug development company Kira Biotech, with a mission to bring new treatment options to patients with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, has announced the appointment of Michael Grissinger as independent Chair of its Board of Directors. Michael has had a highly successful career in senior business and corporate development roles within global pharmaceutical companies. He spent 22 years at Johnson & Johnson, holding positions of Vice President and Head, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Licensing as well as Vice President and Head, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Corporate Development and M&A. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Grissinger spent 20 years in the healthcare industry with Ciba-Geigy and SmithKline Beckman.
PHOENIX, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VIQ Solutions Inc. (“VIQ” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture Exchange: VQS and OTC Markets: VQSLF) a global provider of secure, AI-driven, digital voice and video capture technology and transcription services, today reported record financial results for the second quarter 2020. Results are reported in US dollars and are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$PLL #Lithium--Piedmont Lithium Limited (ASX:PLL; NASDAQ:PLL) (“Piedmont” or “Company”) is pleased to present its June 2020 quarterly report. Highlights during and subsequent to the quarter were: Completed a pre-feasibility study (“PFS”) for Piedmont’s proposed lithium hydroxide chemical plant (“Chemical Plant”) in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA. The PFS highlighted a business model where a Piedmont built and owned Chemical Plant would convert spodumene concentrate purchased on the global market to battery-grade lithium hydroxide.
Payments Giant EML is Creating a Better Tomorrow Through its Commitment to Reducing the Use of Plastic Cards in the Communities it Serves Worldwide by 50%. BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#FinTech--EML PAYMENTS LIMITED (ASX: EML) (‘EML’) aspires to comparatively cut plastic consumption by the weight of 56 elephants, 10 humpback whales, 1,250 lions and the height of 5,000 giraffes across its global portfolio by 2023.
Combination to Create Fury Gold, a Leading Canadian Gold Developer VANCOUVER, British Columbia & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$AUG #Clearwater--Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX: AUG, NYSE American: AUG) (“Auryn”) and Eastmain Resources Inc. (TSX: ER) (“Eastmain”) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which Auryn will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Eastmain, immediately following a spin out of Auryn’s Peruvian projects to Auryn shareholders and completion of a concurrent financing (collectively, the “