Month: September 2020

MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index® (AIMI®) fell by 0.3% in Q2 2020 after a quarterly increase (1.8%) in Q1 2020. The decline reflects the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and was largely driven by the first negative second quarter net operating income (NOI) growth (-1.2%) since 2009 and mixed property price growth. On an annual basis, AIMI rose by 6.1% as mortgage rates decreased by more than 60 bps (67 bps) for the fourth consecutive quarter.“The second quarter index is the first to reflect the negative conditions created by COVID-19 on the market. This was the first time in index history where AIMI and NOI were negative together in the second quarter,” said Steve Guggenmos, vice president of Freddie Mac Multifamily Research and Modeling. “Despite...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATESTALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (“Trulieve” or the “Company”) (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, today announced that it has closed its previously announced underwritten offering of 4,715,000 subordinate voting shares of the Company (the “Offered Securities”) at a price of C$24.50 per Offered Security, for aggregate gross proceeds to Trulieve of C$115,517,500, which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option (the ”Offering”) by the underwriters.Canaccord Genutiy Corp. acted as lead underwriter for the Offering, alongside a syndicate of underwriters, including Beacon Securities Limited, Cormark Securities Inc., Echelon...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EnWave Corporation (TSX-V:ENW | FSE:E4U) (“EnWave”, or the “Company”) announced today that it has signed a Technology Evaluation and License Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Extrx OY (“Extrx”) to evaluate the potential commercial use of the Company’s Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV™”) dehydration technology for the dehydration of a variety of wild arctic berry products in Finland.During the term of the Agreement, Extrx will rent a 10kW REV™ machine for intensive product development at its facility in Northern Finland with the assistance of EnWave’s expert food scientists. If commercially viable products are developed under the Agreement, Extrx will purchase REV™ machinery to commence commercial production in 2021.The expansion of EnWave’s global royalty-partner network...

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (NASDAQ: IEA) (“IEA” or the “Company”), a leading infrastructure construction company with renewable energy and specialty civil expertise, today announced the appointment of Morayma Da Silva as the Company’s Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion. In this new role, Mrs. Da Silva will advance IEA’s goals of achieving a more diverse and inclusive work force and lead the Company’s equal employment opportunity (EEO) and disadvantaged business enterprise compliance programs.“We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Morayma as our first Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion,” said JP Roehm, IEA’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Establishing this new role is an important step in our efforts to further cultivate diversity...

September 21, 2020Philips Azurion Lung Edition supports high precision diagnosis and minimally invasive therapy in one roomAmsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today introduced Azurion Lung Edition, an advanced 3D imaging and navigation platform to accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. The suite combines CT-like 3D images acquired at the tableside (Cone Beam CT) with live X-ray guidance and advanced tools to support image-guided lung procedures. The system is designed specifically for bronchoscopy procedures, enabling clinicians to perform both minimally invasive endobronchial biopsies and lesion ablation during the same procedure. By speeding diagnosis and treatment, Azurion Lung Edition is helping to transform lung cancer care, contributing to dramatically...

Based on user feedback, Progress Kendo UI is ranked first in app development for its multi-framework support, customization of controls, overall reliability, and moreBEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of application development and digital experience technologies, today announced that its leading web development toolkit, Progress® Kendo UI®, has been recognized with the 2020 Top Rated Award by TrustRadius in the App Development Platform category. The award is based entirely on customer reviews, submitted over the past 12 months.Leveraged by thousands of developers across the globe, Kendo UI is the ultimate collection of JavaScript UI components with libraries for jQuery, Angular, React, and Vue. With dozens of components including an advanced data grid, charts, spreadsheets,...

LONDON, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) (“VivoPower” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to acquire a 51% shareholding in Tembo 4×4 e-LV B.V. (“Tembo”), a specialist battery-electric and off-road vehicle company with customers globally in the mining, government services (armored cars, police, ambulances, inspection vehicles), game safari and humanitarian aid sectors. The purchase consideration will be USD$4.7 million and VivoPower will have the option to acquire the remaining 49% of Tembo in the future.Founded in the Netherlands, Tembo has since grown its global sales and distribution channels across four continents, with current customers in Australia, Africa, Europe, and North America. For its...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rover Metals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB: ROVMF) (“Rover Metals” or the “Company”) further to its release of September 15, 2020, the Company has completed drilling and logging of its third drill hole at its100% owned Cabin Lake gold project, NWT, Canada. The Company is pleased to announce that it has made a second successful intersection of the sulfide replacement of the Bugow Iron formation in the target zone.Cabin Lake Exploration ProgramDrilling is progressing at Cabin Lake and the third hole has been completed successfully intersecting the historic gold mineralized zone at the Bugow Iron formation in the vicinity of historic drill holes 86-10 (historically reported 9.53 g/t Au over 0.95m and 12 gpt Au over 8.84m); 86-11 (historically reported 8.22gpt Au over 4.72m);...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VerifyMe, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRME) (“VerifyMe,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”), a technology solutions provider specializing in brand protection functions such as counterfeit prevention, authentication, serialization, data mining, and track and trace features for labels, packaging and products, is pleased to announce that it has been notified that its business with a Forbes Top 50 Private Company that sells nutrition, personal care, beauty and home care products around the globe will expand beyond its initial contract which was awarded in May 2019. For security reasons, the brand owner has asked that their name not be released.The multi-billion brand owner has notified VerifyMe of its intent to expand its use of VerifyMe’s RainbowSecure® marking system on additional products in three...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), a leader in plant-based meat, continues its efforts to increase accessibility to plant-based meat with the announcement that its popular frozen Beyond Breakfast Sausage® Patties are expanding to select Kroger, Super Target, Walmart, Publix and Harris Teeter stores by the end of September.As demand for plant-based meat continues to rise, this expansion complements the company’s expansive retail presence at approximately 26,000 retail outlets across the U.S. in which consumers have made their preference for Beyond Meat clear: according to the latest 4-week SPINS data ending 8/9/20, Beyond Meat was the #1 selling brand in all refrigerated plant-based meat.“Following the initial release of our Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties at retailers earlier...