Day: January 15, 2020

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eldorado Gold Corporation (“Eldorado” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the discovery of a new high-grade gold mineralization zone at its Lamaque Operations near Val d’Or, Quebec.This discovery, called the Ormaque Zone, is located in a previously undrilled area approximately midway between the historically mined Sigma Deposit and the actively mined Triangle Deposit, in close proximity to the proposed transportation decline linking the Triangle underground mine and the Sigma Mill, all included in the growing Lamaque Operations.Thirteen holes, totalling 10,096m of drill core, have been completed to target depth in the discovery area since July 2019. Assay results have now been received for seven drillholes, representing 4,424m or 44%...

COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, has released plugins for CVE-2020-0601, a critical vulnerability in the cryptographic library used in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019. The flaw would allow attackers to deliver malicious code that appears to be from a trusted entity.The vulnerability, which was disclosed by the National Security Agency (NSA), reportedly bypasses Windows’ capability to verify cryptographic trust, which would enable an attacker to pass malicious applications off as legitimate, trusted code.“This vulnerability, and the attention it’s received from various government agencies, is unprecedented. It calls into question our very trust in today’s digital world — the trust that our encoded communications are secure,”...

TORONTO, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:WIR.U) (OTCQX: WPTIF) (the “REIT”) announced today the introduction of a Canadian dollar listing of its units on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”).Effective January 17, 2020, the units will commence trading on the TSX in Canadian dollars under the symbol “WIR.UN”. The units will continue to trade in U.S. dollars under the existing symbol “WIR.U”.The units to be traded under the symbol WIR.UN will have the same CUSIP number as the units trading under the symbol WIR.U. Accordingly, the number of issued and outstanding units will not change. The REIT currently has 64,379,496 units outstanding.The REIT’s distributions will continue to be paid to unitholders in U.S. dollars for both the WIR.U...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:BCRH); (“Blue Capital”) expects to release its fourth quarter 2019 financial position after the market close on January 30, 2020.About Blue CapitalBlue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd., is currently winding down its operations.  The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, previously offered collateralized reinsurance in the property catastrophe market, leveraging underwriting expertise and infrastructure from established resources. Underwriting decisions, operations and other management services are provided to the Company by Blue Capital Management Ltd., a subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Sompo Holdings, Inc.), a recognized global specialty provider of property and...

CINCINNATI, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO), a provider of diagnostic testing solutions and life science raw materials, will report first quarter 2020 financial results Friday, February 7, 2020.Jack Kenny, Chief Executive Officer, and Bryan Baldasare, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results and answer questions. To participate in the live call by telephone from the U.S., dial (866) 443-5802, or from outside the U.S., dial (513) 360-6924, and enter the audience pass code 2496742.A replay will be available for 14 days beginning at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 7, 2020 by dialing (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 and entering pass code 2496742.  About Meridian Bioscience,...

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gladstone Commercial Corporation (Nasdaq: GOOD) (“Gladstone Commercial”) announced today that it has signed a lease with Benedictine Heath System (“BHS”) at 6499 University Avenue, Gladstone’s office property in Fridley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Construction of building improvements will begin immediately and include significant common area upgrades in addition to tenant improvements for the tenant. BHS is one of the largest Catholic senior care organizations in the United States. Benedictine owns and manages skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living communities across the upper Midwest and offers services in such areas as therapy, rehabilitation, memory care, home health care, adult day and transitional care. BHS signed a ten-year...

GULFPORT, Miss., Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Whitney Corporation (Nasdaq: HWC) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2019. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $92.1 million, or $1.03 per diluted common share (EPS), compared to $67.8 million, or $.77 EPS, in the third quarter of 2019 and $96.2 million, or $1.10 EPS, in the fourth quarter of 2018. The fourth quarter of 2019 included $3.9 million ($.03 per share impact) of final merger costs associated with the September 21, 2019 acquisition of MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. The third quarter of 2019 included $28.8 million ($.26 per share impact) of merger costs associated with the MidSouth acquisition, and the fourth quarter of 2018 included $1.9 million ($.02 per share after-tax impact) of nonoperating items.Highlights of the company’s...

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) (NYSE: BCC) announced today that Nate Jorgensen will become its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective March 6, 2020. Mr. Jorgensen will replace Tom Corrick, who will be retiring from his roles as CEO and director after nearly 37 years with Boise Cascade. Mr. Jorgensen will also replace Mr. Corrick’s seat on the Board of Directors.Mr. Jorgensen has 33 years of experience in the forest products industry, joining the Boise Cascade engineered wood products (EWP) marketing team in 2015. He was promoted to senior vice president in 2017 to lead the EWP sales and marketing organization, and was named chief operating officer (COO) in January 2019, responsible for overseeing the Wood Products and Building Materials Distribution divisions. Mr....

MORRISVILLE, Vt., Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Union Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ – UNB) today announced results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019.  Net income was $2.8 million and $10.6 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019, resulting in earnings per share of $0.61 and $2.38 for the same periods, respectively.The Board of Directors also declared a cash dividend of $0.32 per share for the quarter, and increase of 3.2% from the cash dividend of $0.31 paid in recent prior quarters, payable February 6, 2020 to shareholders of record as of January 27, 2020.The Company reported a consolidated net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2018 of $(436) thousand, or $(0.10) per share, and consolidated net income for the twelve months then ended of $7.1 million, or...

Greenwich, Conn., Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a review of strategic alternatives, including the possible sale or spin-off of one or more of XPO’s business units. Bradley Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of XPO Logistics, said, “XPO is the 7th best-performing stock of the last decade on the Fortune 500, based on Bloomberg market data. The share price has increased more than ten-fold since our investment in 2011. Still, we continue to trade at well below the sum of our parts and at a significant discount to our pure-play peers. That’s why we believe the best way to continue to maximize shareholder value is to explore our options, while remaining intensely committed to the satisfaction of our customers...