Month: January 2022

Art Basel selected to stage new contemporary art fair in ParisMCH Group Ltd., based in Basel/Switzerland, announces that Art Basel has been awarded a seven-year contract to stage a new contemporary art fair in Paris, following a public competition initiated by the “Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais” in December last year. Launching in October 2022, the new art event will take place at the temporary venue “Grand Palais Éphémère” until the restoration of the “Grand Palais” is completed in 2024. Together with the “Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais”, Art Basel will strive to create a fair truly rooted in the twenty-first century that radiates throughout the city and is firmly embedded in Paris and its cultural and creative industries. MCH Group intends to establish a new...

LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received a Notice of Intention to Grant from the European Patent Office for a pending patent application which covers MN-001 (tipelukast) and MN-002 (a major metabolite of MN-001) for hepatic ballooning. Once issued, the patent maturing from this allowed patent application is expected to expire no earlier than January 2035. The allowed claims cover the use of MN-001 or MN-002 for inhibiting hepatic ballooning. The allowed claims cover oral administration, including tablets and capsules, as well as liquid dosage forms. The allowed claims cover a wide range of dosage strengths and dosing frequencies. Kazuko...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN), a leading cloud platform provider for customer engagement automation, will announce its fiscal 2022 second quarter financial results after the close of regular market trading on Thursday, February 3, 2022, followed by an investor conference call and webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. ET). Chief Executive Officer Ashu Roy and Chief Financial Officer Eric Smit will host the call and webcast.When:        Thursday, February 3rd at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. ET).     Webcast:   A live and archived webcast of the conference call can be accessed from the investors section of eGain’s website at www.egain.com.     Dial In:   To access the live call, dial 888-204-4368 (U.S. toll free) or +1 773-305-6853 (International) and give the participant...

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lottery.com Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRY, LTRYW) (“Lottery.com” or the “Company”), a leading technology company that is transforming how, where and when the lottery is played, is excited to announce the addition of four key hires who will contribute to the support and execution of the Company’s strategic growth initiatives. In addition to the previously announced hiring of Greg Potts as Global Vice President of Affiliate Success, the following have also joined Lottery.com: Amy Lawrence joins the Company as Vice President of Compliance. She will utilize her multifaceted skills to ensure the Company’s compliance with complex multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements, while also achieving operational and growth efficiencies. Ms. Lawrence joins Lottery.com from AGS, where she most recently served...

Company Announces Increase in Regular Quarterly Dividend to $0.70 per Share, up from $0.66, and Approval of $150 Million Share Repurchase Program Full Year 2021 Financial Highlights*Record revenues of $699.0 million, up 1%; 2-year compound annual growth rate of 17% Record Emerging Markets commission revenue of $104.1 million, up 17% Operating income of $337.2 million, down 10% Operating margin of 48.2% Free cash flow of $296.7 million Diluted EPS of $6.77, down 14% from $7.85 Estimated combined U.S. High-Grade and High-Yield market share of 19.3%; approximately 92% of credit volume on the platform was executed by institutional clientsFourth Quarter Financial Highlights**Revenues of $165.1 million, down 4% Operating income of $72.6 million, down 21% Diluted EPS of $1.37, down 28% from $1.91 Estimated combined U.S. High-Grade and...

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (“BancShares”) (Nasdaq: FCNCA) reported earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. Key results are presented below:FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS                           Q4 2021 Q4 2020   Q4 2021 Q4 2020   Q4 2021 Q4 2020   Q4 2021 Q4 2020   Q4 2021 Q4 2020Net income (in millions)   Net income per share   Net interest margin   Return on average assets   Return on average equity$123.3 $138.1   $12.09 $13.59   2.58% 3.02%   0.84% 1.11%   10.96% 14.02%                           YEAR-TO-DATE (“YTD”) RESULTS                           2021 2020   2021 2020   2021 2020   2021 2020   2021 2020Net income (in millions)   Net income per share   Net interest margin   Return on average assets   Return on average equity$547.5 $491.7   $53.88 $47.50   2.66% 3.17%   1.00% 1.07%   12.84% 12.96%FOURTH...

Maha Energy AB (publ) (“Maha” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the spud of the Tie-5 Agua Grande (AG) horizontal well in Brazil. The Tie-5 well was spudded on time as per planned schedule at 0900 (GMT-3) on January 25th on the Tie field in Brazil. The well is designed as a horizontal well and will drain the northern part of the Tie field at the Agua Grande level. As communicated earlier, the Tie-4 well was completed as a vertical producer and tested 4,695 BOEPD on an Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP). The Tie-4 well is now producing through the Tie Production Facility. Jonas Lindvall, CEO of Maha Energy comments: ”In light of the very positive well performance of Tie-4, we are very excited to start drilling the Tie-5 well.  Our drilling team in Brazil have significantly improved on the Tie-4 well design and I am confident that...

Talenom Plc, Press release 26 January 2022 at 13:00 EET Change to the publication time of Talenom Plc‘s Financial Statements Bulletin 2021: the release will be published on 8 February 2022 at 9:00 EET Talenom Plc’s new publication time for its Financial Statements Bulletin for 2021 is at 9:00 EET on Tuesday 8 February 2022. The previously announced time was at 13:30 EET. The company’s CEO Otto-Pekka Huhtala will present the main points of the review in a live webcast on Tuesday 8 February 2022 at 10:00 EET. The live webcast will be in Finnish, but a recording of the event will be published also in English on Talenom’s website https://sijoittajat.talenom.fi/en The live webcast event can be viewed at: https://talenom.videosync.fi/tilinpaatos-2021 Participants will have the opportunity to present questions during the briefing...

Harmony Connect SASE now offers VPN-as-a-service, new global PoPs and security enhancements that easily adapt to emerging business requirements to converge seamless network connectivity and threat prevention SAN CARLOS, Calif., Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, announced that its enhanced Harmony Connect Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) allows:Zero-trust connectivity to corporate applications with cloud delivered VPN-as-a-service Improved connectivity speed worldwide with new global points-of-presence Increased security for your environment thanks to device posture validation for remote user devicesWith many organizations working remotely, and some even permanently shifting to hybrid or remote work models, these...