Month: September 2021

eXp World Holdings CEO Glenn Sanford to Match Up to $300K in Contributions SAN FRANCISCO and BELLINGHAM, Wash., Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — eXp Realty announced a joint initiative with New Story, a nonprofit that pioneers solutions to end global homelessness, to build 100 homes in the Morelos region of Mexico, which was devastated by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in September of 2017 and is still trying to rebuild after four years. eXp Realty has committed to raising funds among its employees and network of agents, and in addition, Glenn Sanford, Founder, Chairman and CEO of eXp World Holdings, has pledged to match up to $300,000 in contributions with a goal of raising $600,000. With the help of corporate and matching donations, each home averages $6,000 in construction costs and New Story works with local partners, equipped...

Verizon Public Sector builds on its support of strategic U.S. Air Force digital transformation objectives WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has selected Verizon Public Sector to deliver its 5G Ultra Wideband mobility service to seven Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) installations. The bases are located in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. The deployment will include c-band radios installed outdoors at each AFRC facility, bringing higher speeds, increased bandwidth and lower latency for the base personnel and the surrounding community. The award expands Verizon’s 5G portfolio with the federal government, and the U.S. Air Force specifically. Titled Offer to Lease (OTL) 2b, the win builds on Verizon’s OTL 1a and b win in 2019 to provide wireless...

SAN DIEGO, CA, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GreenBox POS (NASDAQ: GBOX) (“GreenBox” or the “Company”), an emerging financial technology company leveraging proprietary blockchain security to build customized payment solutions, announced it has selected Miami as its headquarters for its stablecoin spinoff company, Coyni. Miami is quickly becoming a hub for Fintech companies driven by the strong advocacy and leadership from Mayor Francis Suarez. The city hosted this year’s Bitcoin conference and is moving towards the acceptance of tax payments in Bitcoin enabling city workers to be eligible to receive part of their pay in Bitcoin. Several top financial firms and investors have recently launched startups or moved to the city including former CEO of Paypal, Bill Harris, who chose Miami for his digital bank...

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) (“Immutep” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company developing novel LAG-3 related immunotherapy treatments for cancer and autoimmune disease, is pleased to announce it will report final Overall Survival (OS) data from its Phase IIb AIPAC clinical trial evaluating lead product candidate eftilagimod alpha (“efti” or “IMP321”) in metastatic breast cancer at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting 2021. SITC 2021 is taking place in Washington, US and virtually from 10-14 November. The final OS data will be presented by Immutep at SITC 2021 as a late breaker poster presentation. Interim OS data from the trial was presented in a spotlight presentation at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December 2020. Immutep...

Dr. Rønø has developed Evaxion’s pre-clinical and early clinical oncology pipeline Newly-created Chief Scientific Officer role strengthens Evaxion’s leadership teamCOPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Evaxion Biotech A/S (NASDAQ: EVAX) (“Evaxion” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in the development of AI-driven immunotherapies to improve the lives of patients with cancer, bacterial diseases and viral infections, announced today it has promoted its Senior Director, Immuno-Oncology, Birgitte Rønø, Ph.D, to the newly-created position of Chief Scientific Officer, effective immediately. Lars Wegner, CEO of Evaxion, said: “As Senior Director of Evaxion’s Cancer Immunotherapy, Birgitte Rønø played a critical role in the development of Evaxion’s pre-clinical...

PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hill International (NYSE:HIL), delivering the infrastructure of change, announced today it was awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide construction management and inspection (CMI) services to the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) until 2026. Hill has been providing CMI support for airside, landside, and terminal projects at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Martin State Airport (MTN) since 2015. The Hill team has developed strong working relationships throughout the MAA organization and leverages these relationships to facilitate project delivery. The team has also internalized the processes, procedures, and standards governing all MAA’s construction programs. This includes a commitment to incorporating local...

Company joins the defense agency’s innovation initiative that gives its researchers greater, more simplified access to commercial technologies and tools CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announced it has joined the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Toolbox initiative that gives the organization’s researchers simplified open licensing opportunities with commercial technology vendors. Microchip’s participation will speed innovation across a variety of defense and aerospace development programs by giving qualified DARPA researchers zero-cost access to the company’s Libero® design software suite and associated intellectual property (IP) for developing systems based on its low-power FPGA product families. “As the industry’s largest microelectronics suppliers...

Executive Management Change AMSTERDAM, September 21, 2021 – Stellantis N.V. (NYSE / MTA / Euronext Paris: STLA) (“Stellantis”) announces that Mike Manley will step down from his role as Head of Americas for Stellantis to take up the role of CEO at AutoNation Inc, America’s largest automotive retailer based in Florida, from November 1, 2021. Mark Stewart (Chief Operating Officer, North America) and Antonio Filosa (Chief Operating Officer, Latin America), the Top Executive Team members with responsibility for the North American and Latin American regions, will henceforward report directly to Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares. Carlos Tavares said: “It’s been my privilege to know Mike first as a competitor, then as a partner and colleague in the creation of Stellantis, but most importantly, always as a friend. From the very earliest days...