Day: June 25, 2020

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced it has exceeded its moonshot 25×20 goal set in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen™ 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times1, and offers leadership performance2 and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs. Greater energy efficiency leads to significant user benefits including improved battery life, better performance, lower energy costs and reduced environmental impact from computing.“We have always focused on energy efficiency in our processors, but in 2014 we decided to put even greater emphasis on this capability,” said Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer and executive vice president, Technology and Engineering...

HERSHEY, Pa., June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) announced today that it will release its second-quarter 2020 financial results and other related information on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET, followed by a live question and answer session with analysts at 8:30 a.m. ET on that date.In addition to the press release, Hershey will post a pre-recorded management discussion and related transcript.  The company is taking this approach to allow more time for the question and answer session. The following materials and links will be available on the company’s website at www.thehersheycompany.com/investors.Press release issued at approximately 7:00 a.m. ETLink to pre-recorded management discussion posted at approximately 7:00 a.m. ETTranscript of pre-recorded discussion posted at approximately...

NOGALES, Ariz., June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (NYSE American: APT), a leading manufacturer of products designed to protect people, products and environments, including disposable protective apparel and building products, announced today that the Company is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000® and Russell 2000® Indexes at the conclusion of the 2020 Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the US equity market opens on June 29, 2020, according to a preliminary list of additions posted on June 5, 2020. The Company is currently included in the Russell Microcap® Index.The 2020 reconstitution of the Russell indexes captures the 4,000 largest US stocks as of May 8, 2020, ranking them by total market capitalization. Membership in the US all-cap Russell 3000® Index, which remains in place for one...

VICTOR, N.Y., June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Sazerac Company, Inc., one of America’s oldest privately held distillers, to divest the Paul Masson Grande Amber Brandy brand, related inventory and interests in certain contracts for an aggregate of approximately $255 million. The deal is subject to certain purchase price and closing adjustments, requires FTC review and clearance, and is expected to close in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.Constellation has signed a separate agreement with E. & J. Gallo Winery to divest its Nobilo Wine brand and certain related assets and liabilities for $130 million, subject to purchase price and closing adjustments. The Nobilo transaction is expected to close...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Candelaria Mining Corp. (TSXV:CAND, OTC PINK:CDELF) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed a US$9 million medium term loan facility (“Facility”) with Accendo Banco, S.A. (“Accendo”). Funds advanced under the facility will be used for financing construction of the Company’s Pinos project and working capital purposes.The loan facility will be secured against the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, will bear interest at 13% per annum, and have a term of 60 months from the initial draw date.  Candelaria may draw US$1.5 million upon execution of the Facility, with the balance to be made available on completion of final loan documentation.In connection with the loan facility, Accendo will receive a cash fee from the Company of 2% of the amount of...

MONTREAL, June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Earth Alive Clean Technologies Inc. (TSXV: EAC) (“Earth Alive” or the “Company”), a Canadian soil health company that develops and manufactures advanced microbial technology products, today announced the commercial application of its proprietary EA1™ dust suppressant on a leading metal transformation group’s industrial site. This initial order follows a series of conclusive tests that were conducted on similar industrial sites in France.“While EA1™ has primarily been used on mining haul roads thus far, this is the technology’s first commercial application on an industrial site,” said Earth Alive CEO, Michael Warren. “This application of EA1™, for an initial order of C$67,000, covers approximately 30 hectares. Additionally, 40 similar sites have been identified in France alone, representing...

OMNIQ’s solution to be integrated with the corporate operations and logistics systemEnabling real-time data collection, processing and analysisSALT LAKE CITY, June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OMNIQ Corp. (OTCQB: OMQS) (“OMNIQ” or “the Company”), a provider of Supply Chain and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions, announced that it has  received purchase orders during the month of June with a total value of approximately $5.5 million  from one of the largest U.S. supermarket chains.  The orders are for the supply of mobile data collection, computing and communications equipment. OMNIQ is providing a suite of solutions that enable a more “contactless” approach to the customer’s retail and logistics operations.  The hardware OMNIQ is providing, which includes rugged handheld mobile computers and barcode printers, is designed...

MARKHAM, Ontario, June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sienna Senior Living Inc. (“Sienna” or the “Company”) (TSX: SIA) today provided the following business update.The health and well-being of residents and team members remain Sienna’s top priority in dealing with the extraordinary challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company is making good progress in implementing important measures, first announced by the Company on June 3, 2020 in its Six-Point Action Plan, to address the challenges that certain of our long-term care residences have been facing.“Earlier this month I was honoured to be appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Sienna Senior Living. I committed then to stabilizing this company and re-positioning it for success,” said Nitin Jain, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are on track and making progress....

GUILHERAND-GRANGES, France and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Conduent Transportation, a unit of Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), a business process services and solutions company, today announced that it has been selected by the Syndicat mixte des transports pour le Rhône et l’agglomération Lyonnaise (SYTRAL), the public transport authority for the Rhône department of France and Lyon urban area, to install a new ticketing system across the 73 towns of the TCL (Lyon urban area public transport) network. Currently 1.9 million trips are taken across the TCL network daily.Conduent will deploy its ATLAS® Ops ticketing system across Lyon’s multimodal bus, tram and metro network. The new system enables the use of a range of fare validation media including NFC-enabled smartphones, QR codes and contactless...