Day: April 24, 2024

DURHAM, N.C., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chimerix (NASDAQ:CMRX), a biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to develop medicines that meaningfully improve and extend the lives of patients facing deadly diseases, today announced that it will host a live conference call and audio webcast on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. ET to report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, and to provide a business overview. To access the live conference call, please dial (646) 307-1963 (domestic) or (800) 715-9871 (international) at least five minutes prior to the start time, and refer to conference ID 1246220. A live audio webcast of the call will also be available on the Investors’ section of the Company’s website, www.chimerix.com. An archived webcast will be available on the Chimerix website approximately...

LONDON, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arqit Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQQ, ARQQW) (Arqit), a leader in quantum-safe encryption, today announced the successful trial deployment of Arqit’s Network Secure product by the Satellite Applications Catapult which works across the space sector to make use of and benefit from satellite technologies. The satellite sector is strategically important with long lived sensitive data and so is a prime target for intellectual property theft. Satellite sector organisations must ensure they are safe from both current and future cyber threats including from quantum computing. Nation states and cyber adversaries are known to be deploying “store-now, decrypt-later” attacks, stockpiling encrypted data to decrypt it with the advent of quantum computing. There is an urgent need to harden encryption for...

LIVONIA, Mich., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alta Equipment Group Inc. (NYSE: ALTG) (“Alta” or “the Company”), a leading provider of premium material handling, construction and environmental processing equipment and related services, today announced that it will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, after the U.S. markets close on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. In conjunction with this announcement, Alta management will host a conference call and webcast that afternoon at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss and answer questions about the Company’s financial results. Prior to the conference call and webcast, Alta will issue a press release and supplementary presentation slides reporting these results on the Investors portion of the Company’s website, https://investors.altaequipment.com. Conference...

New course curriculum with hands-on experiences will immerse Sage Fellows in many facets of business ownership ATLANTA, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses, has contributed $100,000 to Morehouse College, the nation’s only historically Black liberal arts institution dedicated to educating and developing men. The funds will support the launch of a new entrepreneurship course, which will train enterprising students how to succeed as business owners with a focus in technology. The goal of the initiative is to help increase the number of Black-owned businesses in the tech ecosystem. The innovative, 15-week “Micropreneurship” course, co-designed by Sage and Morehouse, will immerse students, known as “Sage Fellows,” in many...

HERNDON, Va., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Navient (Nasdaq: NAVI), a leader in technology-enabled education finance and business processing solutions, today posted its 2024 first quarter financial results. The complete financial results release is available on the company’s website at Navient.com/investors. The results will also be available on Form 8-K on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Navient will hold a live audio webcast today, April 24, 2024, at 8 a.m. ET, hosted by David Yowan, president and CEO, and Joe Fisher, CFO. Analysts and investors who wish to ask questions are requested to pre-register at Navient.com/investors at least 15 minutes ahead of start time to receive their personal dial-in access details. Others who wish to join in listen-only mode do not need to pre-register and may simply visit Navient.com/investors...

TULSA, Okla., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Matrix Service Company (Nasdaq: MTRX), a leading provider of engineering and construction services to the energy and industrial markets, announced today that it will release third quarter Fiscal 2024 results after market on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. On Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time/9:30 a.m. Central time, Matrix Service Company will host a conference call to present and discuss the Company’s financial results and forward outlook. Earnings Conference Call instructions Investors and other interested parties can access a live audio-visual webcast using this webcast link, or through the Company’s website at www.matrixservicecompany.com on the Investors Relations page under Events & Presentations. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download...

New York, NY, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Total revenue, including billable expenses, was $2.50 billion  Revenue before billable expenses (“net revenue”) was $2.18 billion, an increase of 0.3% from a year ago, with organic increase of 1.3%  Net income was $110.4 million as reported  Adjusted EBITA before restructuring charges was $205.5 million with 9.4% margin on net revenue, in seasonally small first quarter  Diluted EPS was $0.29 as reported and was $0.36 as adjustedPhilippe Krakowsky, CEO of IPG: “The first quarter results we are reporting today represent a solid start to the year, and are consistent with our 2024 targets. Our data and tech driven media offerings, healthcare marketing, and PR capabilities continued to perform strongly, driving our growth. Marketer sentiment has begun to improve relative to the...

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAP) announced today that it will report financial results for the first quarter of 2024 on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. In conjunction with the earnings release, the Company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern) on May 1st. The call will be webcast simultaneously for all interested parties. Call Dial-In Procedures: Please Click Here to register for the conference call and obtain your dial-in number and personal PIN number in advance of the call. The simultaneous webcast will be available on the Company’s website at www.univstainless.com, and thereafter archived on the website through the end of the second quarter of 2024. Please allow 5 minutes prior to the live webcast to visit the site to download and install...

Newly Created Roles Support Continued Global Cannabis Growth VANCOUVER, British Columbia and ORLANDO, Fla., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Village Farms International, Inc. (“Village Farms” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: VFF) today announced that it is expanding its executive team with the following new roles:Chief Operating Officer – Ann Gillin Lefever; President, Global Medical Cannabis – Paul Furfaro; and, General Counsel, Global Cannabis – John Harloe.“We have expanded our global cannabis business considerably over the last several years with strong, profitable growth in Canada while adding four medicinal export markets, with more to come. In the Netherlands, we are building out our initial facility as the only North American company to participate in the first major recreational cannabis market in Europe. The creation of...

Paper highlights findings on impact of a gluten-containing diet on serologic status in celiac disease BOCA RATON, Fla., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Wave BioPharma, Inc., (NASDAQ: FWBI), (“First Wave BioPharma” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of targeted, non-systemic therapies for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, today announced research generated from two previously completed Phase 2 clinical trials of latiglutenase has been published in the special issue “Recent Advances in Gluten-Free Diet and Celiac Disease” in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Nutrients. Latiglutenase, an oral biotherapeutic composed of two gluten-specific recombinant proteases, is a potentially first-in-class, targeted, oral biotherapeutic for celiac disease (CeD). The...