Day: November 19, 2020

Global enterprises use Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network indoors for vital digital transformationVerizon Business announces Global Enterprise 5G Fleet Swap for iPhone 12 lineupNEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verizon Business announced today that General Motors and Honeywell will be among the first enterprise customers to install Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service inside their corporate offices to drive vital digital transformation initiatives. Built with the bandwidth and speeds to support a variety of business and industrial applications, each company will work with Verizon to develop customized use cases that speak to their needs and roadmaps. Initial deployments are happening at the new Honeywell headquarters building in Charlotte, N.C., and General Motors Factory Zero at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center.“If...

BuzzFeed Acquires HuffPost, Expanding its Slate of World-Class Media Brands With Cultural ImpactDownload logos here.What you need to know:Partnership between Verizon Media and BuzzFeed will unlock revenue for both companies through content syndication, new sales opportunities, commerce and ARBuzzFeed’s acquisition of HuffPost brings together the four best known new media brands (along with BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed News, and Tasty) to create a massive media networkVerizon Media invests in BuzzFeed, taking minority stake in companyNEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verizon Media and BuzzFeed today announced a new strategic partnership across content and advertising, the acquisition of HuffPost by BuzzFeed, and an investment that will make Verizon Media a minority shareholder in BuzzFeed. From powering new consumer shopping experiences,...

Á fundi bankaráðs Landsbankans í dag, 19. nóvember 2020, tilkynnti Hersir Sigurgeirsson að hann segði sig úr bankaráði Landsbankans. Hersir hefur ákveðið að taka að sér verkefni sem hann telur að fari ekki saman við setu í bankaráði Landsbankans.Hersir var fyrst kjörinn í bankaráð Landsbankans í apríl 2016 og hefur m.a. verið formaður áhættunefndar bankaráðs.Helga Björk Eiríksdóttir, formaður bankaráðs, segir: „Bankaráð og starfsfólk Landsbankans þakkar Hersi afskaplega góð kynni og árangursríkt samstarf á liðnum árum. Við óskum honum velfarnaðar í leik og starfi í framtíðinni.“

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of Landsbankinn hf. held today, 19 November 2020, Hersir Sigurgeirsson announced his resignation from the Board of Directors of Landsbankinn. Hersir has decided to take on a project he considers incompatible with serving on the Board of Directors of Landsbankinn.     Hersir was initially elected to the Board of Directors of Landsbankinn in April 2016 and has, among other duties, served as the Chairman of the Board’s Risk Committee.Helga Björk Eiríksdóttir, Chairman of the Board of Directors: “The Board of Directors and employees of Landsbankinn thank Hersir for a warm acquaintanceship and successful collaboration in recent years. We wish him the very best for the future, in his personal and professional life.”

DEINOVE signs an Evaluation and Technology Development License with DSMDEINOVE (Euronext Growth Paris: ALDEI), a French biotech company that pioneers the application of biodiversity from the natural environment to tackle the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance and the need for next-generation active ingredients for Health, announces the signing of an evaluation and technology development license with DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living.Under the agreement, DSM will evaluate the potential of a microbial strain from DEINOVE as a feed additive; selected and characterized during the Color-2B program. The evaluation and technology development program is undertaken and supervised by DSM. For the exclusive purpose of the performance of the collaboration activities, DSM is granted a temporary...

DEINOVE signe une licence d’évaluation et de développement technologique avec DSMDEINOVE (Euronext Growth Paris : ALDEI), société de biotechnologie française pionnière dans l’exploration et l’exploitation de la biodiversité bactérienne pour relever le défi urgent et planétaire de la résistance aux antimicrobiens, et répondre au besoin en ingrédients actifs de nouvelle génération au service de la santé, annonce la signature d’une licence d’évaluation et de développement technologique avec DSM, une entreprise internationale active dans les domaines de la nutrition, de la santé et du mode de vie écoresponsable.Dans le cadre de cet accord, DSM évaluera le potentiel d’une souche microbienne de DEINOVE en tant qu’additif alimentaire, cette souche ayant été sélectionnée et caractérisée au cours du programme...

Íslandsbanki has today issued ISK 2,700 million 3.5% fixed rate senior unsecured green bond with a maturity of 5 years. The bond was sold, in a private placement, to a wide range of domestic investors.The transaction is the first green issue by an Icelandic bank and is an important milestone in the build-up of the domestic bond market.  By issuing a green bond Íslandsbanki commits itself to lending the proceeds to environment friendly (green) projects that fall within the Bank´s, newly signed, Sustainable Financing Framework.The bond is expected to be listed on Nasdaq Iceland on 26 November 2020.  The bond is issued under Íslandsbanki´s ISK 100bn Bond Programme supported by the Bank‘s newly-signed Sustainable Financing Framework, available at: https://www.islandsbanki.is/en/product/about/fundingThe bond was placed by Islandsbanki´s Securities...

Íslandsbanki hefur í dag gefið út fyrsta græna skuldabréf bankans að fjárhæð 2,7 milljarða króna til 5 ára.  Um er að ræða almennt skuldabréf sem ber 3,5 % fasta vexti.  Viðtökurnar voru mjög góðar og voru bréfin seld í lokuðu útboði til breiðs hóps innlendra fjárfesta.Útgáfan er jafnframt fyrsta græna skuldabréfaútgáfa íslensks banka og er því jákvætt skref í þróun og uppbyggingu íslensks fjármálamarkaðar.  Með grænni skuldabréfaútgáfu skuldbindur Íslandsbanki sig til að lána út andvirði útgáfunnar í umhverfisvæn (græn) verkefni er falla undir sjálfbæra fjármálaramma bankans er kynntur var fyrir skömmu.Stefnt er að töku skuldabréfaanna til viðskipta í Nasdaq Iceland þann 26. nóvember 2020.  Skuldabréfin verða gefin út undir skuldabréfaramma Íslandsbanka í íslenskum krónum.Frekari upplýsingar má nálgast á vefsíðu bankans: https://www.islandsbanki.is/is/vara/bankinn/fjarmognun-bankansUmsjónaraðili...

Today Kvika banki hf. held closed auction for the bond series KVB 19 01 and KVB 20 01. Total accepted bids amounted to ISK 1.360 million.

Kvika banki hf. hélt í dag lokað útboð í skuldabréfaflokkunum KVB 19 01 og KVB 20 01. Samþykkt tilboð í útboðinu námu samtals 1.360 m.kr.