Month: January 2024

   Share Buyback Transaction Details January 11 – 17, 2024 January 18, 2024 – Wolters Kluwer (Euronext: WKL), a global leading provider of expert solutions, insights and services for professionals, today reports that it has repurchased 97,500 its own ordinary shares in the period from January 11, 2024, up to and including January 17, 2024, for €13.1 million and at an average share price of €133.97. These repurchases are part of the share buyback program announced on November 1, 2023, under which we intend to repurchase shares for €100 million during the period starting January 2, 2024, up to and including February 19, 2024. The cumulative amounts repurchased to date under this program are as follows: Share Buyback 2024Period Cumulative shares repurchased in period Total consideration(€ million) Average share price(€)...

SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Huize Holding Limited, (“Huize”, the “Company” or “we”) (NASDAQ: HUIZ), a leading digital insurance product and service platform for new generation consumers in China, today released its 2023 Customer Service Report and the 2023 “Xiao Ma Claim” Service Annual Review. According to the Customer Service Report, Huize achieved a 98.6% customer satisfaction rate for online customer services and a 99.5% satisfaction rate for teleservices during the year. The reports revealed that in 2023, Huize served more than one million families with coverage from 11 million insurance policies. In terms of claim settlement services, it showed that Huize provided assistance with 92,000 insurance claims, with a total claim settlement amount of RMB570 million. The two reports highlighted several key insights:...

Amsterdam and Kyiv, 18 January 2024 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services (“the Company”), announces its preliminary assessment of the financial impact of the cybersecurity incident that affected the network and services of its Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar in December 2023. The incident, which was caused by a widespread external cyberattack, resulted in a temporary disruption of Kyivstar’s network and services, interrupting the provision of voice and data connectivity on mobile and fixed networks, international roaming, and SMS services, amongst others, for Kyivstar customers in Ukraine and abroad. Working relentlessly, and in collaboration with the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, the Security Service of Ukraine and government...

Enhancements Aimed at Mobility, Energy and Healthcare VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) (“VERSES” or the “Company”), a cognitive computing company developing next-generation intelligent software systems, announced today a partnership with Analog, a company led by Alex Kipman and backed by G42, to transform Abu Dhabi’s urban landscape through smart city projects. This collaboration marks another step taken to advance smart city evolution. Driven by urbanization, efficient resource management, public safety, and energy optimization, governments are increasingly adopting smart city initiatives to address the challenges of a growing population. These efforts aim to enhance infrastructure in critical areas like mobility, utilities, safety,...

/Not for Distribution to U.S. Newswire Services or Dissemination in The United States/ TORONTO, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: MON) (“Montero” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 5,332,997 common shares of the Corporation (the “Common Shares”) at a price of $0.15 per Common Share, for gross proceeds of $799,949.55 (the “Offering”). Dr. Tony Harwood, President and CEO of Montero, commented: “We are pleased to have completed Montero’s private placement and are delighted to welcome Mr. Jeremy Raper as a new strategic shareholder.” Montero intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate and working capital purposes. 708 Capital Pty Ltd and Haywood Securities Inc. acted as finders...

Groundbreaking service enhancements for artists and songwriters can track music 50% faster LONDON, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rackspace Technology, a leading end-to-end hybrid multicloud technology solutions company, has announced it has helped enable groundbreaking service enhancements for artists and songwriters signed to music company BMG. Using Google Cloud’s advanced AI and big data capabilities, BMG can process royalty payments ten times faster and track music 50% faster. The achievement stems from Rackspace Technology’s Elastic Engineering team successfully migrating 95% of BMG’s applications and services to Google Cloud. BMG’s new cloud-based platform will also support new data tools it will use following its decision to take control of its previously outsourced distribution, striking direct deals with leading streaming...

Alstom to supply DB Regio with new high-capacity trainsOrder for 18 modern Coradia Max1 trains Combination of single and double-decker carriages for more capacity and comfort Deployment of the regional multiple units in three German federal states18 January 2024 – Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, is supplying 18 modern Coradia Max electric multiple-unit trains to DB Regio AG. The order2 comprises 9 three-car and 9 five-car trains, which will initially start operating on the highly popular regional express line RE1 between Hamburg and Rostock, in the Baltic Sea-Alster sub-network (OSTA) at the timetable change in December 2027. Following the electrification of the line between Bad Kleinen and Lübeck and the construction of a connecting curve, the trains will also run as far as Lübeck. “The mobility turnaround...

SAMPO PLC                PRESS RELEASE        18 January 2024 at 9:30 am EST Change in reference point for disaggregation of IFRS 17 discounting effects in If P&C IFRS 17 Insurance contracts, implemented on 1 January 2023, requires insurance liability cash flows to be discounted at rates consistent with observable market prices, and for the effect of this to be disaggregated between the insurance service result (ISR) and insurance finance income and expense (IFIE). Following an analysis of the application of IFRS 17 over 2023, Sampo Group has decided to change the reference point used in If P&C for disaggregation from the beginning of year to the beginning of quarter. This reflects the Group’s practice of providing financial results for individual quarters, and a desire to align more closely with common market practice and the...

CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 18 JANUARY 2024 AT 9:30 AM (EET) Cargotec’s financial statements review 2023 to be published on Thursday, 1 February 2024 Cargotec Corporation will publish its financial statements review 2023 on Thursday, 1 February 2024 at approximately 9:00 a.m. EET. The report will be available at www.cargotec.com after publication. A live international telephone conference for analysts, investors and media will be arranged on the publishing day at 10:00 a.m. EET. The event will be held in English. The report will be presented by President and CEO of Cargotec, Interim President of Kalmar Casimir Lindholm, CFO Mikko Puolakka, and President of Hiab Scott Phillips. The presentation material will be available at www.cargotec.com by the latest 9:30 a.m. EEST. To ask questions, please join the teleconference by registering...