Day: March 18, 2021

MCLEAN, Va., March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.09 percent.“As expected, mortgage rates continued to inch up but are still hovering around three percent, keeping interested buyers in the market,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “However, residential construction has declined for two consecutive months and given the very low inventory environment, competition among potential homebuyers is a challenging reality, especially for first-time homebuyers.”News Facts30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.09 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending March 18, 2021, up from last week when it averaged 3.05 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM...

Orlando, Florida, March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA), the premier provider of influencer marketing technology, data, and services for the world’s leading brands, announced the appointment of Peter J. Biere as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective April 1, 2021. Mr. Biere will serve on the IZEA Executive Leadership Team and will report directly to Ted Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of IZEA Worldwide.Mr. Biere previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of BSQUARE (NASDAQ : BSQR) from 2017 to 2019, a technology provider of intelligent devices and software systems serving a global customer base with software and engineering services. Prior to BSQUARE, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Dreambox Learning from 2012-2016, a venture-backed EdTech SaaS provider utilized by 130,000...

Á aðalfundi Símans hf. þann 11. mars 2021 voru samþykktar tvær tillögur stjórnar félagsins um að lækka hlutfé félagsins. Samanlagt lækkar hlutafé um kr. 1.210.000.000 að nafnverði og er hlutafé eftir breytinguna kr. 7.540.000.000.Fyrri tillagan snýr að lækkun hlutafjár vegna eigin hluta. Lækkunin nemur kr. 316.145.251 að nafnverði og tekur til eigin hluta sem félagið hefur eignast með kaupum á eigin hlutum samkvæmt endurkaupaáætlun sem var samþykkt á aðalfundi félagsins þann 12. mars 2020 á grundvelli 55. gr. laga nr. 2/1995 um hlutafélög. Beiðni hefur verið send á Nasdaq og mun lækkunin verða framkvæmd föstudaginn 19. mars 2021.Seinni tillagan snýr að lækkun hlutafjár með greiðslu til hluthafa. Lækkunin nemur kr. 893.854.749 að nafnverði. Lækkunarfjárhæð sem er umfram nafnverð, eða kr. 7.106.145.251 mun verða færð til lækkunar á yfirverðsreikningi....

Philadelphia, PA, March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Pennexx (PNNX) introduces https://MaozUSA.com, a worldwide quick-serve franchise group, to its https://YourSocialOffers.com (YSO) social media marketing platform.Adding MaozUSA to the YSO platform is another accomplishment for https://YourSocialOffers.com in growing the YSO platform and introducing YSO to MaozUSA’s existing clients. Introducing successful brands like MaozUSA educates the public and merchants of our valuable YSO program to maintain current customers while bringing in new customers through social media sharing.Joe Candito, President of Pennexx, stated, “YSO can be very instrumental in helping businesses, like Maoz, bounce back from the hardship created by the COVID epidemic. YSO provides merchants the ability to inexpensively and organically...

LOS ANGELES, March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Frederator Studios, a WOW! Unlimited Media Inc. (“WOW!” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WOW; OTCQX: WOWMF) company, has secured the rights to develop and produce a brand new series based on the award-winning hit preschool show Maggie and the Ferocious Beast.The new series is created by Mickey Paraskevas and Maria Bruno, and produced by Michael Hirsh. Hirsh also produced the original show, which was based on the Simon & Shuster book of the same title, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, that was created by Betty Paraskevas and Mickey Paraskevas. The new show will focus on the adventures of the Ferocious Beast and his friend Hamilton Hocks, as they travel the world to meet Ferocious Beast’s far-reaching family members.“It’s exciting that the children who grew up with this wonderful show will...

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WOBURN, Mass., March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLIN), provider of cloud-based marketing technology software, announced a renowned Irish pharmacy will adopt Celebros to improve customer satisfaction and boost conversion rates.The company is owned and operated by two Irish pharmacists who strive to ensure their customers experience unparalleled customer service and an outstanding retail experience at all their pharmacies, both online and in-store.The pharmacy, a recent winner of the Clare Retailer of the Year award, saw first-hand how Bridgeline’s Celebros search could increase their conversion rate on their new website. Celebros’ intelligent, machine learning algorithms that understand user behavior and trends to provide customers with accurate results will streamline the customer’s journey from...

EDMONTON, Alberta, March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Visionstate Corp. (TSX-V: VIS) (“Visionstate”) is pleased to announce that due to strong investor demand the Company will raise $455,000 in a non-brokered private placement offering of up to approximately 7,000,000 units, at a price of $0.065 per Unit, subject to regulatory approval. Each Unit is comprised of one (1) common share in the capital of Visionstate Corp. (VIS) and one (1) common share purchase warrant at $0.085 cents for a period of 36 months from the date of closing.The closing of the offering is subject to certain conditions, including but not limited to, the receipt of all regulatory approvals, including the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange. The securities issued under the offering will be subject to the standard four-month hold.Visionstate intends to use the...