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The Asahi Glass Foundation: Survey on the Awareness of Environmental Issues Among the General Public (in Japan and 24 other countries)

Climate change was rated as the top issueTOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Asahi Glass Foundation, chaired by Takuya Shimamura, conducted an online survey of 13,332 people in Japan and 24 other countries in total, with 6,585 participants aged 18-24, and 6,747 participants aged 25-69. Its goal was to assess awareness and action regarding environmental issues. The survey was supervised by Professor Norichika Kanie of Keio University. Its main findings were as follows:

GE Aviation opens new Asia-Pacific Service Centre in Australia

BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation announced the opening a new state-of-the-art facility in Australia to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for customers across the Asia-Pacific region. The new $8 million Asia-Pacific Service Centre at Brisbane Airport positions GE Aviation to support more customers and expand its presence across the region.Queensland Assistant Minister to the Premier Bart Mellish MP today officially opened the facility in a ceremony at Brisbane Airport.

Gradiant Earns Top Rankings in the Real Leaders ECO Innovation and Great Place to Work Awards

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gradiant, a global solutions provider and developer for cleantech water, was named 7th in the world in the Real Leaders ECO Innovation Awards 2022 for companies creating positive environmental impact, and received a Great Place to Work award for its Singapore regional headquarters and Global Technology Labs.“Our awards from Real Leaders and Great Place to Work are a testament to the innovation culture and sustainability impact of Gradiant,” said Anurag Bajpayee, Co-Founder and CEO of Gradiant. “The culture of Gradiant is inspiring, and I couldn’t be prouder of our team for achieving this international recognition. This status reaffirms our position as an employer of choice, creating differentiation and a positive work experience for our teams across the world. We look forward to furthering our workplace culture and employee experience efforts using the data from the Great Place to Work survey.”

Azura Ophthalmics Secures Grant to Evaluate AZR-MD-001 for Improved Vision Quality Related to Contact Lens Discomfort

Funding awarded by Brandon BioCatalyst’s CUREatorTEL AVIV, Israel & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Azura Ophthalmics Ltd. (Azura), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new therapeutic class of Ophthalmic Keratolytics for ocular surface diseases, today announced that the company was awarded a grant from CUREator, Australia’s national biomedical incubator managed by Brandon BioCatalyst. The grant will support Azura’s two-stage study evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of the company’s lead clinical candidate, AZR-MD-001, in patients with contact lens discomfort (CLD) who show evidence of Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
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Have a Sweet September with Juicy Stakes’ Special Selection

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Morse Micro Raises $140M in Series B Funding to Accelerate IoT Connectivity and Revolutionize our Digital Future

Strategic Partnership with MegaChips Accompanies the Investment and Will Usher in a New Era for Wi-Fi HaLow TechnologySYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#80211ah--Morse Micro, a fabless semiconductor company reinventing Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced $140M in Series B funding. The round was led by MegaChips Corporation, a leading ASIC and SoC services company based in Japan, with participation from existing investors including Blackbird Ventures

Juniper Networks Digitally Uplifts Australia’s Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New South Wales to Transform Its Animal Welfare Experiences

The upgrade powered by Juniper’s AI-driven network, will serve as the foundation for the RSPCA NSW’s ability to offer a smarter, more secure and better digital experience on-site for its visitors, staff and the animals under its careSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Juniper--Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced it has been selected by the not-for-profit Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New South Wales (RSPCA NSW)

Westwater Resources to Present at H.C. Wainwright’s 24th Annual Global Investment Conference on September 14, 2022

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite development company, today announced management will present at and participate in H.C. Wainwright’s 24th Annual Global Investment Conference. Westwater’s Executive Chairman Terence J. Cryan and Chief Financial Officer Steven M. Cates will present on September 14, 2022, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. Management will also be available for one-on-one meetings on September 13, 2022, and September 14, 2022.

Australia Hair Removal Market to Reach $1.13 Billion by 2027 at a CAGR of 5.9% - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia Hair Removal Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Australia hair removal market reached a value of US$ 806.5 Million in 2021. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach a value of US$ 1,131.8 Million by 2027 exhibiting a CAGR of 5.90% during 2022-2027.

Australian Foreign Investment Review Board Approves Metals Acquisition Corp’s Acquisition of the CSA Copper Mine

  FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metals Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: MTAL.U):Metals Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: MTAL.U) (“MAC”) is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (“FIRB”) of its proposed acquisition of the CSA Copper Mine (“CSA”), subject to customary tax and reporting obligationsNo Objection from FIRB approval is a Condition Precedent to the acquisition of CSA from Glencore as announced by MAC on March 17, 2022

PETstock Improves Product Availability in Stores with Blue Yonder

Leading Australian pet company successfully implemented Blue Yonder’s category management solution, improving efficiency and right-sizing space allocations for its stores to provide a better shopping experienceVICTORIA, Australia & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more people working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, pet adoption increased in Australia with 69% of households now owning a pet

Zrou to Present Chinese Take on Plant-Based Food in Global Debut at Javits Center

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--YouKuai, the creators of Zrou, are the pioneers reshaping the landscape of plant-based cuisine in China. Now China’s leading plant-based meat brand plans to make its international debut at the 2022 Plant-based World Expo, held on September 8-9 at the Javits Center in New York. Chef-led movement with an Asian soulSince the brand’s conception in 2019, Zrou has been working with chefs to develop plant-based solutions at restaurants, supermarkets, canteens, and more.

Gender Equality Cannot Wait 132 Years

Statement by Julia A. Simon, Chief Legal and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Mary KayDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Below is a statement by Julia A. Simon, Chief Legal and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Mary Kay Inc., on the release of the 2022 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. According to a sobering finding from the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Gender Gap Report

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James Hardie Industries Announces CEO Appointment

Mr Aaron Erter appointed Chief Executive OfficerCHICAGO & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX; NYSE: JHX), a world leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Aaron Erter as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.Mr Erter joins James Hardie from a distinguished leadership career in large global and North American industrial, consumer and manufacturing businesses.

Smartsheet Acquires Outfit Bolstering Its Industry-Leading Digital Asset Management Platform Brandfolder

Brandfolder customers to gain best-in-class design automation and templating capabilitiesBELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smartsheet, the enterprise platform for dynamic work, has acquired brand management, templating and creative automation platform, Outfit, deepening the company’s investment into its industry-leading digital asset management (DAM) offering, Brandfolder by Smartsheet. “Digital assets are the lifeblood for many organizations. More and more we are seeing the value that collaborative work management and digital asset management platforms working together can deliver for our customers,” said Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet. “Our goal with Brandfolder is to be the leading creative automation solution on the market, and we’re strategically investing to strengthen our leadership position. Adding Outfit to our award-winning Brandfolder platform extends the content experience we can offer our new and existing customers who want to create content at scale, at speed, on brand–every time.”

CI&T Completes the Acquisition of Transpire

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CI&T (NYSE: CINT), a global digital specialist, announces today, as a complement to the market announcement of August 16, 2022, the completion of the acquisition of Transpire Technology Pty Ltd ("Transpire"), an award-winning digital product agency based in Australia. The purchase price for the acquisition was AUD 23.4 million (USD 16.4 million), which is subject to customary adjustments, such as changes in working capital and net debt position.

Demand Management Systems Drives a Healthier Supply Chain for PharmaCare Laboratories

Leading Australian consumer health manufacturer upgrades to latest generation enterprise SaaS PlatformATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#SCM--Demand Management Systems (DMS), a leading global resource for Logility’s cloud-based digital supply chain management solutions, today announced its client PharmaCare Laboratories will upgrade to the latest generation of the Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform, helping them to support strategic, operational and tactical supply chain initiatives with preeminent planning capabilities.

Valaris Announces Contract Awards and Fleet Status Updates

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL) (“Valaris” or the “Company”) announced today new contracts and contract extensions, with associated contract backlog of $149 million, awarded subsequent to issuing the Company’s most recent fleet status report on July 28, 2022. Contract backlog excludes lump sum payments such as mobilization fees and capital reimbursements.

GuideMe Solutions Goes Live with SharePoint on WalkMe's Solutions Gallery

DALLAS & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GuideMe Solutions, a leading Digital Adoption and WalkMe focused consultancy, has added its SharePoint Onboarding Process and User Onboarding solution to the WalkMe Solutions Gallery, complementing their current S/4HANA and SAP SuccessFactors solutions. GuideMe's onboarding solutions are intended to shorten end-user onboarding time, simplify and standardize procedures, enhance decision-making via deeper insights, and boost productivity at all phases of the end-user onboarding process.

Blood And Blood Components Global Market Report 2022: Growing Prevalence of Diseases and Increasing Numbers of Road Accidents and Traumas Driving Sector - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Blood And Blood Components Global Market Report 2022, By Product, By End-Users, By Application, By Blood Components" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global blood and blood components market is expected to grow from $35.63 billion in 2021 to $37.18 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4%. The market is expected to reach $44.11 billion in 2026 at a CAGR of 4.4%.

Everbridge Marks Three Years of Supporting Australia’s Largest Wildlife Rescue Organisation

Everbridge Helps WIRES (Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service) Improve Animal Rescue Response Times in AustraliaSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM) and national public warning software solutions, today announced the company is marking three years of proud support for Australia’s largest wildlife rescue organisation, WIRES (Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service)

As Work Evolves in Australia, Cybersecurity Is Booming

Demand for cybersecurity products and services is growing to support the rise of remote work, online customer engagement and cloud migration, ISG Provider Lens™ report saysSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$III #AustralianPrivacyAct--The growth of remote working across Australia in recent years has made cybersecurity increasingly important to Australian enterprises, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group (ISG

Powin and Akaysha Energy Announce 1.7 Gigawatt-Hour Energy Storage Supply Framework Agreement

The partnership with Akaysha marks Powin's official entry into Australia’s Energy MarketMELBOURNE, Australia & PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Powin LLC (Powin) a global energy storage platform provider, and Akaysha Energy, a leading Australian battery storage developer announced today a partnership framework agreement where Powin is to deploy over 1.7GWh of energy storage systems over the next two years.

Mary Kay Inc. Highlights Its Global Sustainable Strategy at the Sustainable Future International Conference in Prague, Czech Republic

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--We all have a responsibility to care for the environment and the world around us. Sustainability must be a concerted effort and a global commitment. In late June, the Sustainable Future International Conference, sponsored by Mary Kay Inc., took place at the historic Martinic Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Thought leaders, experts, businesses, and non-profit executives from several industries descended on the historical grounds to share, network, and educate audiences on innovative and sustainable standards to successfully implement in the fight to preserve the world’s precious resources for current and future generations.

C2N Diagnostics and Healius Ltd Announce Partnership to Bring PrecivityAD™ and Related Brain Health Biomarkers to Patients in Australia

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Alzheimers--C2N Diagnostics, a leader in advanced brain health diagnostics, and Healius Ltd (ASX:HLS), one of Australia's leading listed healthcare companies, today announced a partnership that will aim to bring C2N’s PrecivityAD™ blood test and related brain health biomarkers to the forefront of memory and dementia care in Australia. The partnership represents C2N’s first international country-wide agreement as it expands its offerings beyond the United States and Europe.

FXCM July Single Share & Stock Baskets Report

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), the leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, is today releasing its data of most popular instruments for the month of July in its Single Share CFD and proprietary Stock Basket product lines. FXCM offers fractional single share trading with no commission fees* on leading companies from the US, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Hong Kong and Australia. FXCM’s stock basket products combine the shares of multiple companies from one sector into a single tradeable instrument. The company currently boasts a portfolio of 16 stock baskets. The list of companies and weightings is available on FXCM’s stock basket website (https://www.fxcm.com/markets/stock-baskets/

Québec Nickel Corp Intersects 1.85% Ni, 1.65% Cu and 3.27 G/t Pt-Pd-Au Over 8.43 Metres in Step-Out Drilling at the Fortin Sill Zone, Ducros Project, Abitibi, Québec

Assay results from the summer 2022 channel sampling program of the Fortin Sill discovery outcrop returns greater than 1.50% Ni + Cu and 2.0 g/t Pt-Pd-AuVANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$QNI #nickel--Québec Nickel Corp. (CSE: QNI; FSE: 7lB; OTCQB: QNICF) (“QNI” or the "Company") is pleased to announce new assay results from step-out drilling completed at the Fortin Sill Zone, Ducros Project, located 80 kilometres northeast of Val-d’Or, Québec. Additionally, the Company also reports assay results from the Fortin Sill discovery outcrop channel sampling program that was completed earlier this summer.

Raytheon Australia Selects Pacific Defense to Deliver CMOSS/SOSA EW Systems for the Australian Army

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Defense, a leading open systems integrator delivering Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) products and mission solutions, announced today that it has signed a definitive contract with Raytheon Australia to deliver force-level Electronic Warfare (EW) systems for Australia’s LAND 555 Phase 6 program. The chassis-based EW systems will include an array of plug-in cards and mission software, including wideband Software Defined Radios (SDR) and EW application software, enabling electronic support (ES) for signal detection and electronic attack (EA) jamming techniques. The new EW systems will be fitted to Bushmaster vehicles and will be interoperable with EW systems acquired by the RAAF, Royal Australian Navy, and other members of the Five Eyes community including the US Army.

Arizona Sonoran Cactus East Drilling Illustrates Continuity of Grade and Thickness, Drills 270 ft of 1.77% TCu

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Arizona--Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) (“ASCU” or the “Company”) releases an additional 7 drill holes from the Cactus East, Cactus Mine Project infill drilling program. The current drill program is designed at 125 ft (38 m) centres to generate measured mineral resources (see FIGURES 1-7). These results support the previously defined thick and high-grade intercepts outlined within the underground Cactus East resource. Cactus East is located, at depth, immediately to the northeast of the historic Sacaton pit.

Racing and Wagering Western Australia Turns to Rimini Street for Better Support and Advanced Security for its Oracle Technology Landscape

Racing industry leader switches to Rimini Street to reduce reliance on Oracle, prepare for open-source databases, and improve securityLAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce partner, today announced that Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA), a national leader in racing and wagering entertainment, has switched from Oracle to Rimini Street for better, more responsive support and advanced security for its Oracle database and Oracle technology landscape. The move helps RWWA to achieve its strategic plan to reduce its reliance on Oracle products as cloud-native and open-source offerings become viable for the organization, providing RWWA with more deployment and usage flexibility, reduced enterprise software operating expenses and improved security.

SolidusX Is the Ideal Platform for Tapping into Global Financial Markets: Reviews

Since bursting onto the scene in March, SolidusX has won plaudits from professionals and first-time investors alike, thanks to its reasonable fees, high functionality, and broad range of easy-to-use featuresSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolidusX, an innovative trading platform rolled out by London-based Solidus Capital, allows users to trade online – day or night – in cryptocurrency, forex, corporate stocks, and other asset classes. SolidusX offers 24/7 access to global financial markets, available from the Apple and Google Play stores, ensuring that users never miss out on potentially rewarding trade opportunities.

Leading Edge Data Centres Announces Use of Schneider Electric’s Prefabricated, Certified Edge Data Centre Infrastructure

Leveraging Schneider Electric’s prefabricated data centre infrastructure, with remote access, brings power efficient, faster, and more reliable connectivity to regional AustraliaBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schneider Electric™, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced that Leading Edge Data Centres (LEDC), a company providing Regional Australian businesses and communities with greater access to distributed cloud through reliable, and cost-effective connectivity, will be utilizing Schneider Electric’s prefabricated, certified edge data centre technology to drive faster and more reliable connectivity for regional Australians.

Aussie Tech Company Helping Put Humans On The Moon Again

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#asx--Australian technology company FirstWave Cloud Technology (ASX:FCT) is pleased to announce it recently secured an extension to its role providing software to monitor NASA’s program to land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon – and eventually the first human on Mars. FirstWave’s recently acquired Opmantek business initially signed an agreement for its software to be used in the Artemis missions last year.

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