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Company Will Discuss the Coosa Graphite Project as U.S. Source of Natural GraphiteManagement Will Explain Recent Federal Ruling Regarding GraphitePilot Plant under Construction in Germany and the USACENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$WWR--Westwater Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWR), an energy materials development company, will hold a conference call to discuss its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, and the business outlook for the remainder of the year.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PolyMet Mining Corp (“PolyMet” or the “company”) TSX: POM; NYSE American: PLM – today reported it has filed its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. The financial statements are filed at www.polymetmining.com and on SEDAR and EDGAR and are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. All amounts are in U.S. funds. Copies can be obtained free of charge by contacting the company at First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, Suite 5700, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1C7 or by e-mail at info@polymetmining.com

FISCAL 2021 FIRST QUARTER KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Revenues were $2.12 billion, a 10% decline compared to $2.34 billion in the prior year, primarily driven by the sale of News America MarketingNet income of $47 million compared to a net loss of $(211) million in the prior year, which included non-cash impairment charges of $273 millionTotal Segment EBITDA was $268 million compared to $221 million in the prior year

Maralixibat Expanded Access Program now available for patients with pruritus associated with Alagille syndrome in Australia and 10 countries in Europe.FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIRM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for debilitating liver diseases, today announced it has broadened its Expanded Access Program (EAP) for maralixibat for the treatment of patients with cholestatic pruritus associated with Alagille syndrome (ALGS) to Australia and countries in Europe. The announcement follows the Company’s recent initiation

GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Novālent Biotech, Inc (‘Novālent’), a US biotechnology engineering firm, announces it is launching its patented surface disinfectant products in Australia and New Zealand.Novālent technology protects against bacteria and viruses on surfaces for up to 90 days. The antimicrobial is applied to surfaces by wiping, spraying, or fogging. Once dry, the surface remains protected even if touched or recontaminated multiple times.

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Christmas is just around the corner, and PlayCroco is getting in the seasonal spirit with the perfect gift – brand new slot Epic Holiday Party. ‘Tis the season to sleigh the slots, so join Santa and his little helpers on PlayCroco’s latest stocking filler. This glittering game comes will all the trimmings; 243 ways to win, a feast of festive features and the ability to upgrade to four different game levels – opening up different jackpots and higher payouts.

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strategic Education, Inc. (Strategic Education) (NASDAQ: STRA) today announced financial results for the period ended September 30, 2020 and closure of the acquisition of the Australia and New Zealand academic operations from Laureate Education, Inc. (Laureate) (NASDAQ: LAUR). “We are excited to announce that Strategic Education’s acquisition of Laureate’s Australia/New Zealand institutions closed on November 3, 2020. The addition of these highly-regarded academic institutions to our portfolio enhances our position as a global leader in post-secondary education and provides an additional growth platform as we pursue our mission of enabling economic mobility with education,” said Karl McDonnell, Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Education. “As our organization continues to adapt to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are encouraged by consistent performance at Capella University and in Australia/New Zealand, and are restructuring our organization to focus on areas of existing strength in our core business and new opportunities including employer initiatives, Sophia Learning, and digital enablement partnerships.”

EML's new FINLAB incubator has invested in Hydrogen, a global embedded finance platform. BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#FinTech--EML PAYMENTS LIMITED (ASX: EML) (‘EML’) has made an initial investment via its FINLAB hub in innovative embedded finance and international payments platform The Hydrogen Technology Corporation (“Hydrogen”). The partnership will see the EML and Hydrogen platforms seamlessly integrate to enable financial and non-financial organisations to offer their customers cutting-edge smart apps linked to physical and virtual payment cards.

Winning by Design launches its metrics-based Sales as a Science (SaaS) framework and remote selling approach to B2B businesses in new regions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The leader in transforming and scaling revenue organizations, Winning by Design, continues its expansion plan by appointing Charlie Wood as Managing Director, serving clients in Australia and New Zealand.Charlie Wood will lead the firm’s expansion within Australia and the Asia Pacific region. This move will expand Winning by Design’s metrics-based Sales as a Science (SaaS) framework and remote selling approach to B2B revenue optimization. Previously, this market was being served by Andy Farquharson, who has been promoted to General Manager in Europe. Existing customers in Australia include UberEats Australia, CultureAmp, Ansarada (now merged with thedocyard), and KPMG.

MELBOURNE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#congestion--59 percent of Australians are willing to limit car journeys to certain times in order to improve urban air quality. A majority of 63 percent are in favour of reducing traffic-related emissions by means of environment-friendly transport solutions – Kapsch´s TrafficCom Index 2020 survey revealed. Although a broad consensus already existed among the population, practice during the Corona crisis is proving to be at odds with expectations: Passenger numbers on local public transport have fallen dramatically. Switching to bicycles and e-bikes increased. Mobility experts advise exploiting this window of opportunity.

Winning by Design launches its metrics-based Sales as a Science (SaaS) framework and remote selling approach to B2B businesses in new regions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The leader in transforming and scaling revenue organizations, Winning by Design, continues its expansion plan by appointing Charlie Wood as Managing Director, serving clients in Australia and New Zealand.Charlie Wood will lead the firm’s expansion within Australia and the Asia Pacific region. This move will expand Winning by Design’s metrics-based Sales as a Science (SaaS) framework and remote selling approach to B2B revenue optimization. Previously, this market was being served by Andy Farquharson, who has been promoted to General Manager in Europe. Existing customers in Australia include UberEats Australia, CultureAmp, Ansarada (now merged with thedocyard), and KPMG.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australian Banking Loyalty Report 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The AWS Loyalty Multi-Client 2020 Report is a detailed report looking at the changing nature of customer relationships and determining if the main financial relationship is as important as it once was.It then delves deep into the deposits, mortgages and credit cards space to understand the impact of main financial relationships on these key product areas as well as a focus on how loyalty can be gained amongst consumers across the 3 core products

WaveLogic 5 Extreme supports growing virtual connectivity needs in Asia Pacific regionHANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The shift to more remote work, school and life in general requires reliable, low latency, and high-performance connectivity. In response to this growing trend, SUB.CO and its Australian entity APX Partners are teaming up with Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) to upgrade its Indigo submarine cable, which connects Perth and Sydney, Australia and Singapore.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#ForgeRock--ForgeRock®, the leading provider in digital identity, today announced the launch of the ForgeRock Consumer Data Right (CDR) Open Banking Accelerators. The tools give banks and financial service providers a low-cost way to build and test CDR systems, which can help them save up to 66% of the costs associated with meeting the mandatory roadmap to compliance

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia Customer Experience Outsourcing Services Market, 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Delivering effective and efficient customer experiences has become the foundation of customer-centric organizations' growth strategies.In Australia and around the world, customers are demanding engaging experiences, personalization, and on-demand, predictive, and proactive services.

EML's payment cards will be provisioned within the Interchecks platform and offered alongside Direct Deposit, Real-time Payments (RTP), Instant Deposit, Paper Check, eCheck and PayPal. BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#FinTech--EML PAYMENTS LIMITED (ASX: EML) ('EML') is delighted to confirm its strategic partnership and investment in payout start-up Interchecks Technologies, Inc. via its new FINLAB FinTech incubator. This partnership allows Interchecks to put global expansion into Europe and Australia on the table while expanding EML’s payout options in the United States.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--David Constable will step down as a non-executive director of Rio Tinto with effect from 31 December 2020. Mr Constable, who has served on the Rio Tinto Board since 2017, is stepping down in order to concentrate on his new role as chief executive officer of Fluor Corporation.Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said “I would like to thank David for his considerable contribution to the Board over the years and for his wise counsel. On behalf of the Board I wish David well for the future, particularly in his new role as CEO of Fluor.”

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After 37 years of operations and having exhausted its economic reserves, the iconic Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia has celebrated its final day of mining. Arnaud Soirat, Rio Tinto’s chief executive of Copper & Diamonds said “Fifty years ago there were very few people who believed there were diamonds in Australia – even fewer could have foreseen how the Argyle story would unfold. To arrive at this final chapter has required vision, courage and determination to overcome significant challenges to enter new territory in diamond exploration, mining and marketing.

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westpac Banking Corporation (NYSE:WBK), (ASX:WBC):FINANCIAL RESULTS SNAPSHOT1 COVID-19 DEFERRAL SUPPORT3 Statutory net profit $2,290m, down 66%Cash earnings $2,608m, down 62%Cash EPS 72.5c, down 63%NIM 2.08%, down 4 bpsROE 3.83%CET1 capital ratio 11.13%Excluding notable items2, cash earnings, $5,227m, down 34%Excluding notable items2, ROE 7.69%

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Conic Metals Corp. (“Conic” or the “Company”) (TSXV: NKL) is pleased to provide operating results for the quarter ending September 30, 2020 of the Company’s largest asset, being the Ramu Nickel-Cobalt (“Ramu”) integrated operation in Papua New Guinea. Conic currently holds an 8.56% joint-venture interest in the Ramu operation. Ramu is operated by the Metallurgical Corporation of China which, along with its partners, owns an 85.0% interest in Ramu.

#MessFreeChallenge benefits food banks across the globeMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What began as a new product launch for Old El Paso Tortilla Pockets™ in Australia has turned into a global match between leading tennis players, and the winner is local food banks. While the ball has bounced around the world, it landed in North America with the #MessFreeChallenge waged from Canadian tennis star Genie Bouchard to U.S. tennis phenom Sofia Kenin. And Kenin closed it out with a final challenge to her rival and teen sensation Iga Swiatek.

The investment will enable Zip to launch a full suite of Zip Business payment and credit productsSYDNEY & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zip Co Limited, a leading player in the digital retail finance and payments industry, announced today it has closed a A$100 million debt funding agreement with Victory Park Capital (“VPC”), a leading global alternative investment firm. Zip offers point-of-sale credit and digital payment services to the retail, home, health, automotive and travel industries. This is Zip’s second transaction with VPC, having closed a A$108 million asset-backed warehouse facility with the firm in 2015 that later grew to A$200 million, making VPC one of Zip’s earliest partners.

BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Symvivo Corporation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing a proprietary bacTRL™ gene delivery platform, today announced the enrollment and dosing of the first healthy volunteer in a clinical trial in Australia evaluating its bacTRL-Spike™ oral vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19. “We are exceptionally pleased to commence dosing of our oral DNA vaccine for COVID-19 as we continue scale-up and manufacturing activities for future clinical development,” said Eric Sievers, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Symvivo Corporation

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It is the gold standard of success in biotech, but not many Australian companies can boast it – approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) of a medicine you have researched and developed.Sydney based Pharmaxis (ASX: PXS) has reached the top biotech echelon with the US agency’s approval of its cystic fibrosis treatment Bronchitol® (mannitol).

~ Hiber launches HiberHilo, a subscription based IoT solution, as organisations operating remotely call for simple solutions amid COVID-19 pandemic ~~ A first of many out-of-the-box offerings, the Oil & Gas Well Integrity Monitoring solution will exponentially increase well safety, enabling connectivity anywhere, at any time ~~ Proven by Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) and Royal Dutch Shell, HiberHilo can monitor up to 250 wells in a 10km radius, wherever they are in the world ~

The near-shore operation will create job growth, shorten product lead time and provide supply chain diversification.SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ergomotion, part of the Keeson Technology Group and the largest manufacturer of adjustable bases worldwide, will open a 250,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, the company’s first assembly plant in North America. The expansion was fueled by the decision to increase product capabilities, oversee manufacturing functions, and ultimately to stay closer to Ergomotion’s customer base in the United States.

Quarterly revenue of $459.5 million, growth of 26% year-over-yearQuarterly IFRS operating margin of 3% and non-IFRS operating margin of 23% Quarterly cash flow from operations of $79.5 million and free cash flow of $60.6 million SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlassian Corporation Plc (NASDAQ: TEAM), a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software, today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2021 ended September 30, 2020 and released a shareholder letter on the Investor Relations section of its website at https://investors.atlassian.com

Western Power Recognized at Itron Utility Week 2020 for Smart LabLIBERTY LAKE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, awarded the second annual Itron Innovator Award to Australian energy utility Western Power for its Smart Lab in Perth, Western Australia, which was developed through Itron’s partner enablement program. The award, which was presented virtually at Itron Utility Week 2020

FNC to Present Continuous Live Coverage Surrounding the 2020 ElectionNetwork to Feature Special Programming Beginning on Saturday, October 31stNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FOX News Channel (FNC) will provide extensive special live coverage surrounding Election Day 2020 beginning Saturday, October 31st through Wednesday, November 4th. Up-to-the-minute coverage will be available on FNC, as well as across FOX News Media’s additional platforms, including FOX News Digital, FOX News Radio and FOX News International. On election night, chief political anchor and