Day: June 16, 2021

Lehigh Valley Tech Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, Founder of Shift4 Payments, Leads $200 Million Campaign to Support Patients at St. JudeUnity Bank Donates $50,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalUnity Bank has donated $50,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as part of the Inspiration4 campaign, a $200 million fundraising initiative led by Lehigh Valley resident Jared Isaacman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift4 Payments, headquartered in Allentown, Pa. The campaign is inspired by the world’s first all-civilian mission to space.CLINTON, N.J., June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Unity Bank (NASDAQ: UNTY) donated $50,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® as part of the Inspiration4 campaign, a $200 million fundraising initiative inspired by the world’s first all-civilian mission...

Tremont Station in Charlotte’s South End Offers Convenience, LuxuryToll Brothers’ first townhome community in Charlotte, Tremont Station, is now open for sale in South End.CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toll Brothers, the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced the grand opening of its first luxury townhome community in Charlotte, N.C. Tremont Station, located in the heart of Charlotte’s vibrant South End, is now accepting appointments from its off-site Sales Center located at 307 West Tremont Avenue, Suite 200 in Charlotte.   Tremont Station offers spacious townhomes with modern interiors, all within walking distance to endless shopping and entertainment and minutes from uptown Charlotte. This low-maintenance community is comprised of 103 homes ranging from approximately 1,830...

EATONTOWN, N.J., June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wayside Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTG), a value-added information technology (IT) channel company providing innovative sales and distribution solutions for emerging technology vendors, has nominated and elected Gerri Gold to its Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Gerri Gold has nearly three decades of executive experience in the IT and equipment financing business. She is currently the senior vice president and Chief Operating Officer of HPE Financial Services, the IT asset management and financing division of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), with $13 billion in assets under management operating in over 50 countries worldwide. At HPE Financial Services, Gold is responsible for the transformation...

Wheeler to lead Trupanion’s long-term growth efforts to become global insurance leader within animal health SEATTLE, June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trupanion, the leader in medical insurance for cats and dogs, announced today that it has hired Simon Wheeler as its Executive Vice President of International Business. A 30-year veteran of the animal health industry, Wheeler joins Trupanion from Swedish-based Agria Pet Insurance LTD, the first and oldest brand in the pet insurance space. This newly created position underscores Trupanion’s commitment to expand internationally, with the goal to double its addressable market of veterinary hospitals by 2035. In his role as EVP of International Business, Wheeler will be responsible for the development of Trupanion’s international plans for growth across existing markets such as Australia...

Medical Cannabis ProductionAffinor Growers Patented Vertica Growing TechnologyVANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Affinor Growers Inc. (“Affinor” or the “Company”) (CSE: AFI OTCQB: RSSFF) is pleased to announce that it has ordered one hundred of its patented vertical growing towers for the production of strawberries and cannabis pending Health Canada licencing. Affinor’s automated, vertical farming technology is expected to yield 3-4 kg per tower, per harvest of dried cannabis every 3 months. The planned cannabis facility will have a total of 40 growing towers in 200 square meters of allowable microcultivation. The balance of 60 towers will be used to grow premium strawberries for local markets. The Abbotsford showcase greenhouse utilizes Affinor’s soil formulation, QA protocols and processes...

Premiere episode “The Fundamentals” available now WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kane Biotech Inc. (TSX-V:KNE; OTCQB:KNBIF), (the “Company” or “Kane Biotech”), goes live today with the first of a 5-part “2021 business update” video series. Meant to offer investors and other stakeholders bite-sized explainers that discuss and layout the strategies and differentiators for each of Kane’s three strategic pillars: OTC or consumer products, animal health, and wound care. Episode 1 – “The Fundamentals” features conversations with Marc Edwards, CEO and Gordon Guay, PhD, Kane’s Chief Scientific Officer. The first episode is intended to offer the viewer a sense of Kane’s market opportunity and how it is differentiating itself in its quest to solve the biofilm problem behind the various health, environmental and societal...

Tampa Bay, FL, June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KnowBe4 (NASDAQ: KNBE), the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced that CEO Stu Sjouwerman has won a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award honoring the Top CEOs in 2021.  Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites, released its annual award  recognizing the Top CEOs, which highlights top leaders that employees love working for in countries throughout North America and parts of Europe. Among chief executives recognized by employees in the U.S., Sjouwerman received an impressive approval rating based on the anonymous and voluntary reviews shared by KnowBe4 employees on Glassdoor over the past year. “Throughout my career, it has always been my goal to try to be the best boss anyone ever had,” said Sjouwerman....

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) will report second quarter 2021 earnings on Wednesday, July 21. The company will present results on a webcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Access instructions and presentation materials, including Verizon’s earnings news release and financial tables, will be available at 7:30 a.m. on Verizon’s Investor Relations website, https://www.verizon.com/about/investors. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of technology, communications, information and entertainment products and services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $128.3 billion in 2020. The company offers data, video and voice...