Month: January 2022

NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XpresSpa Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XSPA), a travel health and wellness company, today announced that its Board of Directors has named current Chief Operating Officer Scott R. Milford to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. This appointment is effective January 19, 2022, and follows the resignation of Doug Satzman for personal reasons. Bruce Bernstein, XpresSpa Chairman of the Board, said, “We are pleased to congratulate Scott on his well-deserved promotion. Since joining the Company in 2019, Scott has played a crucial role in our pivot from a stand-alone airport retailer of spa services to a family of travel health and wellness brands. Scott was also responsible for the successful deployment of the CDC biosurveillance program spanning four major US airports and testing passengers...

For the ninth consecutive time, TELUS has been awarded Canada’s Fastest Mobile Network achieving a leading Speed Score of 90.18, with median download speeds of 82.44 Mbps and median upload speeds of 8.18 Mbps TORONTO, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TELUS is proud to announce that our mobile network has earned the title of North America’s Fastest Mobile Network and for the ninth consecutive time, named Canada’s Fastest Mobile Network from Seattle-based Ookla®1. Ookla compared user-initiated tests from all the major mobile carriers in Canada to determine who showed the fastest mobile network speeds. As Canadians continue to depend on a reliable and robust network to stay connected to friends and family, work and learn remotely, and watch and listen to their favourite content, TELUS continues to deliver with a Speed Score™ of 90.18...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EnWave Corporation (TSX-V:ENW | FSE:E4U) (“EnWave”, or the “Company”) announced today that Alpina Productos Alimenticios A.S. BIC (“Alpina”), a previously unnamed licensed partner of the Company, has developed and launched a new dried cheese snack brand, Alpina Snacks, in Colombia. Alpina holds an exclusive license (the “License”) to produce cheese snack products in Colombia using EnWave’s Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV™”) dehydration technology. Alpina is the third largest dairy company in Colombia with annual sales of over US $700 million and operations in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Alpina previously signed an evaluation agreement with EnWave in May 2020 and subsequently purchased a 10kW REV™ machine in July 2021. The royalty-bearing License was signed on July...

WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rogue One, Inc., a Nevada corporation (OTC Pink: ROAG) (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) disclosed that the Company is aware of the action taken by OTC Markets in downgrading our Common Stock to the Expert Market. We believe that the action taken by OTC Markets is a direct result of our failure to timely file our Third Quarter 2021 Form 10-Q for the three-month period ending September 30, 2021. This Form 10-Q should have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) no later than November 15, 2021 and it contains our first consolidated financial statements following our acquisition of Human Brands International, Inc (“Human Brands”). Our Chief Executive Officer, Joe E. Poe, Jr. noted that “Human Brands has several operating divisions in the US and...

Youku and Its Subsidiaries, Tudou and Kumiao Apps, Deliver Animated Series, Created by Legendary Stan Lee, to Millions Throughout the Region in March 2022Genius Brands’ “Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten,” Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, to Launch on Alibaba’s Youku Streaming Service and Apps Across ChinaYouku and Its Subsidiaries, Tudou and Kumiao Apps, Deliver Animated Series, Created by Legendary Stan Lee, to Millions Throughout the Region in March 2022BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Genius Brands International “Genius Brands” (NASDAQ: GNUS) announced today the launch of season one of its flagship animated children’s series, Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, Executive Produced by and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, on Alibaba Group’s (NYSE:BABA) video streaming platform, Youku, starting...

XA in Major Tourism Campaign; CMG Investment in Improving Petroleum Moving Forward CHICAGO, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — CMG Holdings Group, Inc. (OTC:CMGO) today announced that the new Magnetic Vacuum Upgrading (MVU) technology, in which it has invested, which increases the value and quality of low-grade petroleum by removing impurities, is being moved to a permanent site in southern New Jersey. “The new facility is far larger than a site we were considering in northern New Jersey.  We can place a greater number of MVU machines in the southern New Jersey site, and it gives us better access and a greater opportunity to be profitable more quickly,” said Glenn B. Laken, CMG Holding Group’s CEO. The Company also announced, in this update for shareholders, that XA, The Experiential Agency, a wholly owned...

Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trillion Energy International Inc. (“Trillion” or the “Company”) (CSE: TCF) (OTC: TCFF) (Frankfurt: 3P2N) is pleased to announce that the previously announced proposed merger and continuation to redomicile from Delaware to a British Columbia corporation has been completed and is now effective. As noted in prior releases, the Company considers the move fundamental to reducing costs and regulatory filings and is pivotal to securing a brokered financing with a Canadian investment bank to fund development of its SASB Gas field. This redomicile of Trillion to Canada will streamline the activities required to drill and produce the SASB gas field. The process to redomicile has been completed by way of (a) completion of a plan of merger from the State of Delaware into our British Columbia...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Borqs Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRQS, “Borqs”, or the “Company”), a global provider of 5G wireless solutions, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, and innovative clean energy, with operations in the U.S., India and China, today announced that an interview with Executive Director of Finance & US Operations Anthony Chan will air on The RedChip Money Report® on Bloomberg TV, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Bloomberg TV is available in an estimated 73 million homes across the United States. The RedChip Money Report® is produced by RedChip Companies Inc., an international Investor Relations and media firm with 30 years’ experience focused on Discovering Tomorrow’s Blue Chips Today™. “The RedChip Money Report®” delivers insightful commentary on small-cap investing,...

Fourth Quarter HighlightsNet income for the quarter was $7.3 million, compared to $5.1 million for Q3’21 and $4.4 million in Q4’20 Diluted earnings per share of $1.28, compared to $0.89 for Q3’21 and $0.78 per share in Q4’20. Net interest margin of 4.44%, compared to 4.39% for Q3’21 Cost of funding sources was 0.19%, compared to 0.22% for Q3’21 Total loans held-for-investment (“HFI”), excluding PPP loans, increased $70.7 million, up 6.3% to $1.2 billion Non-interest-bearing demand deposits grew $36.4 million to $682.6 million, representing 50.7% of total deposits Allowance for Loan Losses remained strong at 1.39% of total loans HFI Tangible book value per share of $22.26, up $0.99 per share or 4.7% from Q3’21 Well capitalized Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 10.63% (preliminary)2021 Full Year HighlightsNet income of $21.0 million,...

ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TOP Ships Inc. (the “Company”), an international owner and operator of modern, fuel efficient “ECO” tanker vessels, announced today the delivery of the very high-specification, scrubber-fitted, 300,000 dwt newbuilding Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) vessel M/T Julius Caesar constructed at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The vessel has commenced its previously announced time charter employment with a major oil trader for three years with two yearly extensions at the charterer’s option. The revenue backlog expected to be generated by this fixture, assuming all options are exercised, is about $68.8 million. For 2022 alone, this charter is expected to contribute $12.5 million in revenue. Sale of 2 Product Tankers The company also announced today that...