Month: September 2020

Webinar to be Moderated by Clive Cookson of the Financial Times on September 24, 2020Panelists Include Representatives from IAVI, Merck and Tonix PharmaceuticalsNEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will host a live webinar on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss the concept of two types of immune responses – antibody vs. T Cell – as well as provide an overview of the challenges of developing an effective vaccine.Participating panelists for the event will be:Swati Gupta, Vice President and Head of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Scientific Strategy, IAVI. Click HERE for full bio.Seth Lederman, M.D., Co-Founder and CEO, Tonix Pharmaceuticals. Click HERE for full...

COS COB, Conn., Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: CSSE), one of the largest operators of streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) networks, today announced that historical action-drama Robert the Bruce will be exclusively available for free on Crackle beginning Thursday, October 1.The film stars Angus Macfadyen as the title character and explores events in Scotland following the action seen in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning film Braveheart where Macfadyen first played the Scottish king. Jared Harris (The Crown) co-stars as Robert the Bruce’s nemesis John Comyn, alongside Anna Hutchison (The Cabin In The Woods), Patrick Fugit (Gone Girl), Zach McGowan (Black Sails), Gabriel Bateman (American Gothic), Talitha Eliana-Bateman (Geostorm), Emma Kenney (Roseanne), Shane Coffey...

Company Wins Awards for Best Meatball, Best Spice, Sauce or Condiment and Best Plant Based FoodEAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MamaMancini’s Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: MMMB), a marketer of specialty pre-prepared, frozen and refrigerated food products, today announced that QVC customers voted MamaMancini’s products as #1 in Best Meatball, Best Plant Based Food and Best Condiment, Spice or Sauce categories during the 2020 QVC Customer Choice® Food Awards.QVC customers cast their votes across QVC’s digital and social platforms. MamaMancini’s co-founder Dan Mancini accepted the award on behalf of the Company and featured the award-winning products during the awards show which aired on September 16, 2020.“I am pleased that we have continued to remain at the top of consumers’ minds, winning three QVC Customer...

MONTREAL, Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dominion Water Reserves Corp. (“DWR- CSE”), a holding company with water reserves and operations across Quebec proudly announces further development of its unique glacier water source as part of its strategic asset and growth strategy. This unique reserve of esker water is one of only two permitted esker reserves in Quebec, with an anticipated annual permitted volume of nearly 1 billion liters. Coupled with DWR’s 25-year water sale contract with Aquanor, DWR will be distributing and selling this exceptional quality and specialised esker water in packaging that features recyclable bags in 1.5L formats. This fully recyclable packaging, in line with DWR’s environmental consciousness, features a box containing 6 or 9 bags of 1.5L water. This packaging process unique to Aquanor results from...

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. employers are boosting efforts to meet the childcare needs of working parents of young and school-age children, according to a new survey by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. The survey, however, found that while most employers (74%) believe supporting these employees is a top priority today, less than four in 10 (39%) agree that their current programs and policies to support them are effective.Despite this apparent disconnect, more employers are taking steps to help working parents. The survey of 553 employers, conducted during the week of September 7, found that:Three in 10 employers (30%) offer access to backup childcare services; another 30% are planning or considering doing so.More than a quarter of employers...

LIMERICK, Pa., Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Victory Bancorp Inc. (VTYB), based in Limerick, PA, focused on business banking, today announced that Joseph Major, CEO & Chairman will present live at VirtualInvestorConferences.com on September 24th.  DATE: Thursday, September 24thTIME:  12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. ETLINK:   https://bit.ly/31yI3QkIt is recommended that investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates.Recent Company Highlights Include:Deposits grew to $306.3 million at June 30, 2020, from $228.9 million at June 30, 2019, a 33.8% increase. Including SBA PPP loans, total Net Loans increased 28.2% to $299.3 million at June 30, 2020, from $233.5 million at June 30, 2019, and total assets increased by $155.9 million to $414.5 million as of June 30, 2020, an increase...

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Usio, Inc. (Nasdaq: USIO), an integrated electronic payment solutions provider, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA), a technology company in the global payments industry, today announced efforts to continue to integrate Usio’s prepaid platform into Mastercard’s City Possible™ network.“What began as an introduction from Mastercard to help the Mayors Fund for Los Angeles provide direct financial assistance to Los Angeles residents whose livelihoods were hardest hit by the pandemic is now evolving into a much deeper relationship between Usio and Mastercard’s City Possible network,” said Houston Frost, Senior Vice President, Prepaid Products, of Usio. “Through Mastercard’s City Possible program and Accelerator for America, we have been able to rapidly deploy our prepaid card solutions...

Access to underground workings of the mine key to developing exploration planWALLACE, Idaho, Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Magellan Gold Corporation (OTCQB: MAGE) (“Magellan” or the “Company”), a precious metals exploration and development company, today announced that the Company has successfully reopened the main portal and emergency access portal at the Center Star Gold Mine (“Center Star”) in Idaho.In August 2020, Magellan received its permit from the U.S. Forest Service allowing the Company to reopen Center Star’s portals and posted the required bond.  Work on the project began immediately afterwards, including the rehabilitation of roads leading to the mine.“We are excited to make significant progress in advancing the development work on Center Star Gold Mine,” said Mike Lavigne, President of Magellan. ...

Logan Square Cafe Will Re-open Oct. 14TORONTO, Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Amfil Technologies Inc. (OTC: FUNN), which owns Snakes & Lattes board game cafes across North America, has purchased the Chicago Board Game Cafe and will reopen it Oct. 14 under the name Snakes & Lattes Chicago. (Photos can be downloaded here.)The cafe, located at 1965 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Logan Square (better known as the Margie’s Candies building), will be Snakes & Lattes’ seventh and largest location. Reservations will be required due to COVID-19 and will be available starting Oct. 1, 2020.  The cafe opened Feb. 14, one month and one day before the State of Illinois ordered restaurants closed.  “There was just enough time for the cafe to earn rave reviews for its food, design, and overall awesomeness, but not...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kannalife, Inc. (“Kannalife” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: KLFE), a biopharmaceutical medicinal chemistry company specializing in the research and development of potent novel monotherapeutics, announced today that it has appointed pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry veteran Dr. Tage Honoré as the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Advisors.Dr. Honoré is a world-renowned pharma and biotechnology executive, entrepreneur, and pioneer with expert knowledge in the fields of Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), anxiety, cancer immunotherapy, chronic pain, depression, epilepsy, female hormone replacement therapy (HRT), learning disorders, osteoporosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and schizophrenia. Among his many accomplishments is the discovery of the AMPA subtype...