Day: March 27, 2020

TORONTO, March 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (“SmartCentres” or the “Trust”) (TSX:SRU.UN) announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) has accepted the notice filed by SmartCentres to establish a normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”) program. The NCIB program commences on March 31, 2020 and will terminate on March 30, 2021, or on such earlier date as SmartCentres may complete its purchases pursuant to a Notice of Intention filed with the TSX.  Under the NCIB program, SmartCentres is authorized to purchase up to 6,500,835 of its variable voting units (“Units”) (out of the 144,407,124 Units outstanding as at March 23, 2020) representing approximately 5% of the public float as at March 23, 2020, by way of normal course purchases effected through the facilities of the TSX and/or alternative...

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SurveyMonkey (Nasdaq: SVMK) today announced new additions to its leadership team, including Karen Budell as vice president of brand marketing, Gary Fuges as vice president of investor relations, and Amit Sethi as vice president of data. The strategic hires will bring their wealth of knowledge and help accelerate SurveyMonkey’s disruption of both the customer experience (CX) and market research markets.“Karen, Gary and Amit are veterans in their respective fields and bring a track record of building successful teams throughout their careers,” said Zander Lurie, chief executive officer at SurveyMonkey. “Their roles are crucial as we expand our enterprise product suite to provide the best-in-class customer experience and market research solutions. We are transforming the CX industry,...

KELOWNA, British Columbia, March 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Allied Corp. (“Allied” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: ALID), an international medical cannabis company focused on creating and providing targeted cannabinoid health solutions to address today’s medical issues, today announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer Mr. Ryan Maarschalk, Bsc, CPA. Mr. Maarschalk is a driven leader with multifaceted communication skills, and a proven track record of successfully working with senior leadership to achieve growth. Mr. Maarschalk uses his entrepreneurship experience to communicate financial information for real life decision making. Some of Mr. Maarschalk’s past experience includes merger and acquisition activities to successfully close the acquisition of IMPACT Radio Accessories to private equity for $23M,...

New Offerings Available to Existing Medtronic Care Management Services Customers as well as New Hospital Systems, Health Plans and EmployersDUBLIN, March 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced its Medtronic Care Management Services (MCMS) business is launching two new solutions designed to help assess, monitor, and triage support for patients who may be concerned about COVID-19 and their respiratory symptoms. It has already launched its new Respiratory Infectious Disease Health Check to existing MCMS customers, and it is now launching a new COVID-19 Virtual Care Evaluation and Monitoring solution available to U.S. health systems, health plans and employers. “With the rapid spread of COVID-19, we know that alternative approaches to screening, disease monitoring,...

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (“AnPac Bio” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ANPC), a biotechnology company with operations in China and the United States focused on early cancer screening and detection, today announced that its San Jose, CA lab has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (“CAP”). The U.S. federal government recognizes the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program, begun in the early 1960s, as being equal-to or more-stringent-than the government’s own inspection program. During the CAP accreditation process, designed to ensure the highest standard of care for all laboratory results, inspectors examine the laboratory’s records and quality control of procedures for the preceding two years. CAP inspectors also examine laboratory staff...

Tulikivi Corporation Establishes Nordic Talc oy, March 27 2020 at 2:00 pmOn 26 March 2020, the Board of Directors of Tulikivi Corporation decided to establish Nordic Talc Oy. The company’s objective is the industrial exploitation of Tulikivi’s talc deposits in the Suomussalmi mining district. In the first stage, the objective is to plan and implement a feasibility study of the Suomussalmi talc project, the purpose of which is to specify the project’s economic viability, environmental and mining plans for industrial operations. At the same time, Tulikivi is exploring opportunities to attract outside financing and investors to start and develop Nordic Talc’s operations for industrial exploitation.The Board of Directors of Tulikivi Corporation has appointed an advisory board of professionals in the field of industrial minerals...

FORM 8.3PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BYA PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORERule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)1.         KEY INFORMATION2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSUREIf there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (TSX: SGQ, HK: 1878) (“SouthGobi” or the “Company”) wishes to inform the shareholders of the Company and potential investors that, based on a preliminary review of the information and operational data of the Company currently available, the Company expects to record a net loss in the range of US$13 million to US$18 million for the three months ending March 31, 2020 (“First Quarter of 2020”), as compared to a net profit of US$2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The expected loss is primarily due to the suspension of coal export to China as a result of the temporary closure of Mongolia’s southern border crossings with China from February 11, 2020 as outlined in the Company’s announcements dated February 19, 2020 and March 3,...

Ársreikningur Veðskuldabréfasjóðs ÍV – fagfjárfestasjóðs er gerður í samræmi við lög um ársreikninga og reglur um reikningsskil rekstrarfélaga verðbréfasjóða.Hagnaður varð á rekstri sjóðsins á tímabilinu 1. janúar til 31. desember 2019 að fjárhæð 94,8 millj. kr. samanborið við 111m.kr árið 2018.Hrein eign sjóðsins nam 1.178 millj. kr. samkvæmt efnahagsreikningi og eignir námu 7.708millj.kr.Nánari upplýsingar veitir starfsfólk ÍV sjóða hf. Reikningin má finna Hér

WALL, N.J. and LAGOS, Nigeria, March 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BIO-key International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKYI), an innovative provider of biometric software and hardware solutions for strong, convenient user authentication and large scale identity, announced today it has secured a contract to provide its biometric software and hardware solutions in support of a Nigerian Ministry of Labour program to educate, empower and create employment for one million recent college graduates in Nigeria. The program also seeks to foster the creation of a secure and scalable e-commerce infrastructure to support a variety of industries across Nigeria. BIO-key expects to generate $45M in revenue from this contract over the next 18 months.The program has been developed in partnership with local consultants, Exponential Launch Africa Limited (ELA) an...