Year: 2022

Ongoing investments in tech, talent and efficiencies remain strong CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AvidXchange (Nasdaq: AVDX), a leading provider of accounts payable (AP) automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers, today released the next report in its Middle Market Spending Trends series. This report is based on data captured from the transactions processed in Q2 2022 through the company’s AvidPay Network. Additionally, AvidXchange surveyed ~500 middle market finance professionals on why and where they are spending in response to the current economic challenges. Research shows the middle market took its largest leap in spending, both quarterly and year-over-year, since 2017. And despite general concerns about the U.S. economy, 70 percent plan to increase the...

Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Hemp Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP): On October 6, 2022, President Biden announced that he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana and will call on federal regulators to review how the drug is classified. The pardons will affect approximately 6,500 people convicted of federal offenses for simple possession from 1992 through 2021, as well as thousands of people in Washington D.C., according to senior administration officials. President Biden is also calling on governors to take similar actions. “Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit,” Mr. Biden said. “Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers...

INCA funded Phase I/II/III Study for Natrunix in Combination with Trifluridine/Tipiracil, the TASKIN Study, Launches at 20 Leading Medical Centers in France AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XBiotech (NASDAQ: XBIT) announced today the enrollment of the first patient in a multicenter, randomized clinical study for Natrunix in combination with trifluridine/tipiracil for the treatment of colorectal cancer. The much anticipated clinical study for XBiotech’s candidate cancer treatment is being funded by the French National Cancer Institute (INCA). The study is headed by renown oncologists Dr. François Ghiringhelli and Dr. Come Lepage, Professor in Medical Oncology and Director of the INSERM research team at the Georges-Francois Leclerc Cancer Centre, and Professor at the Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology,...

20221013 img1 Img120221013 img2 Img220221013 img3 Img320221013 img4 Img4Vancouver, October 13, 2022 – Leading Edge Materials Corp. (“Leading Edge Materials” or the “Company”) (TSXV: LEM) (Nasdaq First North: LEMSE) (OTCQB: LEMIF) (FRA: 7FL) is pleased to announce that the Company’s 51% owned Romanian subsidiary, LEM Romania SRL (“LEMR”), signed a General Works Contractor agreement (the “Agreement”) with Radioactive Mineral Magurele SA (“RMM”), a state owned company under the Ministry of Energy. RMM initial focus will be on the works needed to proceed with opening of historic mining galleries to enable underground exploration work over the winter season. RMM has decades of experience and expertise for exploration activities locally and has all necessary permits to perform those according to the highest technical and safety standards....

Thames Ventures VCT 2 plc (“the Company”) LEI: 21380035MV1VRYEXPR95 13 October 2022 Publication of Healthcare Prospectus   The Company has today issued a prospectus (comprising a Securities Note, Registration Document and Summary) (the “Healthcare Prospectus”) relating to offers for subscription (“Offers”) by the Company to raise up to £10 million (with an over-allotment facility for up to a further £15 million) Healthcare Shares of 0.1p each following the approval of the Healthcare Prospectus by the Financial Conduct Authority.   The maximum number of shares that may be allotted under the Offers (including the over-allotment facility and shares to be allotted to management pursuant to performance incentive arrangements) is 40 million Healthcare Shares. Smaller Related Party Transaction Under the terms of the sponsor...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yellow Corporation (NASDAQ: YELL) announced today that on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. ET, company executives will host a conference call with the investment community to discuss third quarter 2022 results. The financial results will be released the same day, Nov. 2, 2022, after the market close. The call will be webcast and can be accessed live or as a replay via the Yellow Corporation website www.myyellow.com. About Yellow Corporation Yellow operates one of the largest, most comprehensive logistics and less-than-truckload (LTL) networks in North America, providing customers with regional, national, and international shipping services throughout. Backed by a team of over 30,000 transportation professionals, Yellow’s flexible supply chain solutions and best-in-class expertise...

William T. Morrison President and Chief Executive Officer, Towne Financial Services GroupJames M. Miller President and Chief Executive Officer, TowneBank MortgageSUFFOLK, Va., Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TowneBank (the “Company” or “Towne”) (Nasdaq: TOWN) announced today the promotions of William T. Morrison to president and chief executive officer of Towne Financial Services Group and James M. Miller to chief executive officer of TowneBank Mortgage. The moves come as part of the Company’s new board-approved leadership succession plan. As head of Towne Financial Services Group, Morrison will oversee the Company’s non-banking lines of business, including residential mortgage, insurance, real estate brokerage, wealth management, and vacation property management. He also will join Towne’s Corporate Management Group, which...

Volta Finance Limited (VTA / VTAS) – September 2022 monthly report NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION, OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES ***** Guernsey, 13 October 2022 AXA IM has published the Volta Finance Limited (the “Company” or “Volta Finance” or “Volta”) monthly report for September. The full report is attached to this release and will be available on Volta’s website shortly (www.voltafinance.com). PERFORMANCE and PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY This month, the structured debt market has been significantly impacted by the “liquidity” crunch resultating in the Volta net asset value (“NAV”) declining by -7.2%, totally reversing the +7.2% NAV uplift seen in July/August. Examining the underlying sub asset classes, the monthly performances** were: +1.3% for Bank Balance Sheet transactions, -5.6% for CLO equity tranches; -8.7%...

Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international player in renewable energy, announces that it has completed the full commissioning of SSM1&2. Located in the Serra Branca cluster in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, it is now Voltalia’s largest solar project in the world with a capacity of 320 megawatts. “The commissioning of SSM1-2 is a great achievement. I would like to warmly thank all the Voltalia teams, as well as the suppliers and subcontractors, who have been working together on this 320 megawatt photovoltaic project. Their work continues with the adjacent 260 megawatt SSM3-6 project, which began in March 2022,” said Sébastien Clerc, CEO of Voltalia. The construction of the 320 megawatt SSM1-2 solar plant is finishing its final completion tests with its final works. Construction...