SAN FRANCISCO: Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the appointment of Jennifer Como as Head of Investor Relations. Jennifer Como succeeds Mike Milotich who will depart Visa later this month to become chief financial officer of a publicly traded company. Ms. Como currently serves as the senior vice president of investor relations at Visa. She joined…
IMCD Brasil agrees to acquire Polyorganic Tecnologia
ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: IMCD N.V. announced that IMCD Brasil has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Polyorganic Tecnologia Ltda. “Polyorganic’s technical capabilities, market expertise and strong product portfolio are an excellent fit with IMCD and complements our growing presence in the HI&I market,” said Nicolas Kaufmann, Managing Director, IMCD Brasil. “Sanitation…
PlaySide will provide co-development services for Activision Blizzard
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: PlaySide Studios signed material fixed price work-for-hire co-development services agreement withActivision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), one of the world’s most successful interactiveentertainment companies. Playside will be providing fixed-price co-development services for Activision Blizzard. The co-development services term of the agreement will be 10 months. PlaySide CEO Gerry Sakkas said: “The Company is delighted to…
Former Rio Tinto executive joins Sovereign Metals board
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Sovereign Metals Limited (ASX:SVM) announced that highly experienced mining industry executive Mr Nigel Jones has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. From 2019 to 2021, Mr Jones was Managing Director of Rio Tinto Group’s (Rio Tinto) very large Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, west Africa. In this role, he…
ASX CEO Dominic Stevens announces plan to retire
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: ASX Limited (ASX) advises that Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dominic Stevens has announced his intention to retire this year, with the Board beginning a process for a timely and orderly transition to a new CEO. The Board congratulates Mr Stevens for successfully leading ASX through a period of significant growth…
London shares prices closed above the waterline led by travel stocks
London shares prices closed green taking their cue from solid US and Asian sessions, as investors sifted through a raft of corporate news. The FTSE 100 ended the session up 1.01% at 7,643.42, and the FTSE 250 was 1.82% firmer at 22,184.01. Sterling, meanwhile, was weaker, last trading down 0.02% on the dollar at $1.3540, and losing…
Global miner to fund metals exploration at Honeymoon
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Boss Energy Limited (ASX: BOE) has entered into an exploration earn-in agreement with global mining company First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FQM). Under the terms of the agreement, which relates to the base and precious metals rights over five tenements at Boss’ Honeymoon Uranium Project, FQM will fund an initial base and precious metals…
Astrocast partners with UnaBiz on end-to-end Satellite IoT solution
SINGAPORE: Astrocast, the most advanced global nanosatellite IoT network, announced a partnership with massive IoT service provider, UnaBiz, to develop an end-to-end IoT solution for asset tracking and monitoring. This collaboration combines Astrocast’s connectivity technologies with UnaBiz’s custom design expertise in IoT sensors and data platform services. As part of this partnership: ● UnaBiz will…
Apollon Formularies to join US OTC Market and migrate to larger exchange
LONDON, UK: Apollon Formularies plc (AQSE: APOL), a UK based international pharmaceutical company trading on the Aquis Stock Exchange, is advancing an application to join the OTCQB Market (“OTCQB”) in the United States. Apollon’s Ordinary Shares will continue to trade on the Aquis Stock Exchange under the symbol APOL. The Company decided to undertake this…
Londonmetric Property acquires logistics warehouse for £15.5 million
LONDON, UK: LondonMetric Property Plc announced the acquisition of an urban logistics warehouse in Luton from Marcol Industrial Investments for £15.5 million. The 168,000 sq ft property is located on Luton Enterprise Park, close to Luton town centre and J11A of the M1. It is let to two occupiers with a WAULT of three years….
Anglo American starts up new Aquila metallurgical coal mine
LONDON, UK: Anglo American plc announced that its new Aquila mine has achieved its first longwall shear of steelmaking metallurgical coal on schedule and on budget, marking the project’s final stages of construction and commissioning. The Aquila mine, located near Middlemount in Central Queensland in Australia, extends the life of Anglo American’s existing Capcoal underground…
Totally Plc secures contract extension worth c. £7m
LONDON, UK: Totally plc (AIM: TLY), the provider of healthcare services across the UK and Ireland, has been awarded a contract extension to deliver NHS 111 services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent for a further year. The contract extension, awarded to Vocare Limited, part of Totally’s Urgent Care division, will run from 1 April 2022 at…