Month: May 2022

                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2022 SOCIÉTÉ BIC Annual General Meetingand Board of DirectorsAppointment of Nikos Koumettis as Independent Director and Non-Executive ChairRenewal of Gonzalve Bich as Director and Chief Executive Officer Payment of 2.15 euros ordinary dividend per share Clichy, France, May 18, 2022 – SOCIÉTÉ BIC’s Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Paris, at the Cloud Business Center and was broadcasted live. A replay of the event and presentations are available on BIC’s website. Chaired by John Glen, Chair of the Board, the meeting was also attended by Gonzalve Bich, Chief Executive Officer. All Board members also attended the meeting. All the proposed resolutions were approved and included the following:approval of the Financial Statements for 2021; payment of a...

VAL-D’OR, Quebec, May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX-V: ECR) (“Cartier” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (“Agnico Eagle”), in connection with its participation right under the Investor Rights Agreement dated December 22, 2016 between Cartier and Agnico Eagle, has entered into a subscription agreement for a non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) whereby Agnico Eagle will subscribe for 14,000,000 units (the “Units”) of Cartier at a price of $0.13 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one (1) common share of Cartier (a “Common Share”) and one half (0.5) Common Share purchase warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder to subscribe for one (1) Common Share at a price of $0.16 for a period of thirty-six (36) months following the closing date of...

At the Annual General Meeting of Kvika banki hf. (“Kvika” or the “bank”) on 31 March 2022, the shareholders approved to authorise the board of directors to buy up to 10% of issued shares in the bank, which is equivalent to up to 481,730,531 shares based on the total share capital of that day, to among other things enable the board of directors to carry out a formal buy-back programme. On the basis of that approval, the board of directors of Kvika decided on 17 May 2022 to exercise a part of that authorisation and establish a buy-back programme to carry out the purchase of shares for total consideration amount of ISK 3,000,000,000 but for no higher nominal amount than 481,730,531 shares, for the purpose of reducing Kvika’s issued share capital. Kvika does not currently own any own shares. Acro verðbréf hf. („Acro Securities“) will...

Company responds to recent pandemic-related increase in population DALLAS, May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Since the beginning of the pandemic, Texas has seen a large increase in individuals moving to the Lone Star state. Verizon is responding to Texas’ exponential and unexpected population increase by allocating an additional $97.9 million to its local capital spending to meet growing demands on the network.  From January 2020 to April of this year, more than 200,000 Verizon wireless customers have moved to Texas, and data traffic has spiked.  Since January 2020, busy-hour traffic in Dallas increased 81.3%, in Houston 84.5%, in San Antonio 74.6%, and Austin a jaw-dropping 323.2%. “The pandemic changed many things about how and where people use their Verizon service,” said Kyle Malady, EVP and President, Global Networks and Technology....

Technology has emerged as the key enabler for the adoption of the sharing economy LONDON, May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sharing economy is an economic system in which private individuals share assets and services, either free or for a charge, often using a community-based online platform. The sharing economy has enjoyed a rapid rise, particularly over the last decade. It has penetrated most industries, facilitated by improvements in the performance of digital platforms and consumers’ increasing willingness to use mobile apps that support peer-to-peer business models. Companies are now using GPS, data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) to connect consumers with owners in real-time. GlobalData expects the popularity of the sharing economy model to fuel revenue growth across several markets, including shared mobility, shared...

The insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors market size was valued at $9.78 billion in 2021 LONDON, May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The major growth driver of the diabetes care devices (DCD) market is an increase in the incidence and prevalence of diabetes which is the result of a sedentary lifestyle, obesity, and an imbalanced diet. The availability of reimbursement policies in developed countries also adds up to the growing DCD market.   The Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitors Market Research Report offered by GlobalData Plc is built to visualize quantitative market trends within diabetes care devices therapeutic area. The model discusses in detail the impact of COVID-19 on the insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors market for the year 2020 and beyond.To know more about insulin pumps and continuous glucose...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLRX), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis, today announced that the Company presented five scientific posters as part of the 2022 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference held May 13-18, 2022, in San Francisco, California. Éric Lefebvre, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Pliant Therapeutics commented: “We are very pleased with the breadth of our oral and poster presentations at this year’s ATS meeting, which reflect some of the data aimed at derisking the development of PLN-74809 as the potential new treatments for IPF.” Pliant presented the following posters as part of the 2022 ATS International Conference. Poster 419: PLN-74809,...

5G will require significant investment in telecom infrastructure, both in towers and fiber LONDON, May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Towers are the lifeblood of mobile connectivity, with more needed to support 5G coverage targets. This represents a major opportunity for towercos. Fibercos are diverse, with smaller players addressing market gaps and JV fibercos enabling shared investment costs and improved rollouts. A need for higher network capacity along with a growing 5G users base over the following years in the Americas earmark investments in network infrastructure promising. As data consumption soars, and both mobile and fixed broadband subscriptions increase, telcos will rely heavier on towercos and fibercos to provide services and expand their user base. The Americas Fibercos and Towercos Market Research Report offered by...

Infographic 1 Infographic 1Newly Discovered Surebet Zone Highlights:Fully funded 24,000 meter drill campaign totaling 85 holes from 24 separate drill pad locations with four diamond drill rigs.The 2022 campaign will include infill drilling as well as targeting the outer extremities of the known gold- silver zone down-dip to trace the extent of this extensive high grade system that remains open.100% of all 24 holes drilled during the 2021 maiden campaign totalling 5,332 meters intersected significant widths of high-grade gold-silver mineralization over 1 km of strike and confirmed 1.1 km of down dip extent:GD-21-03 intersected 6.37 gpt AuEq (4.46 gpt Au and 122.13 gpt Ag) over 35.72 meters* The average grade and width from all 24 holes assayed 6.29 gpt AuEq (4.35 gpt Au and 104.94 gpt Ag) over 5.87 meters* respectively.The...