SEATTLE: Cannabis information resource and commerce platform Leafly Holdings, announced General Counsel Yoko Miyashita will lead the company as its new Chief Executive Officer. As Leafly CEO, Miyashita will drive the company’s vision and strategy for continued growth as a marketplace to connect consumers with cannabis retailers and brands, as well as maintaining its position…
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Balfour Beatty has been recognized by ABC of Florida
JACKSONVILLE: Balfour Beatty has been recognized by The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Florida, First Coast Chapter with its “Project of the Year” and Eagle Award in the institutional $25 million to $100 million category for the recent completion of Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s (JTA), Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center (JRTC) at LaVilla. The annual Excellence…
Change Healthcare acquires Nucleus.io
NASHVILLE: Change Healthcare announced the acquisition of Nucleus.io, a leader in the development of advanced, fully enabled, cloud-native imaging and workflow technology. Nucleus.io’s state-of-the-art, cloud-native imaging technology, including a zero-footprint diagnostic viewer with patented streaming technology, workflow and image sharing solutions, completes Change Healthcare’s next-generation medical imaging platform. Today’s transaction supports Change Healthcare’s commitment to…
voxeljet transfers listing of its American Depositary Shares to NASDAQ
FRIEDBERG: voxeljet AG announced that it will voluntarily transfer the listing of its American Depositary Shares (ADSs) from The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to the NASDAQ Capital Market effective August 28, 2020, after market close. voxeljet AG a leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers….
Tetra Tech wins $29.7 million USAID renewable energy contract
PASADENA: Tetra Tech Inc. announced that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the Company a five-year, $29.7 million single-award contract for the continuation of its Scaling Up Renewable Energy project (SURE II). Recent advancements in renewable energy technologies and business models have made solar and wind power viable options for emerging economies. Battery…
Streamed video content dominates media and entertainment consumption
SYDNEY: Brightcove Inc., the world’s leading video technology platform, published the Brightcove Q2 2020 Global Video Index Entertainment and Media Edition, which found that OTT streaming of entertainment content continued to dominate, even as governments began loosening stay-at-home restrictions. The data suggests that consumers’ media consumption habits may be permanently shifting away from linear TV,…
Cambridge Global announces endorsement partnership with Australia-Latin America Business Council
SYDNEY: Cambridge Global Payments is selected by the Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC) board as the preferred provider of foreign currency exchange and international payments solutions for ALABC members across Australia, a news release said. Through this partnership, ALABC’s 800+ members and their respective companies, who qualify, will be able to gain access to and…
Alliance Stone joins SiteOne landscape supply
ROSWELL: Alliance Stone has joined SiteOne. Alliance Stone serves the greater Atlanta, GA market from a single location focused on the distribution of hardscapes to landscape professionals, a news release said. “Alliance Stone is a terrific addition to SiteOne with a dedicated stone center and strong hardscapes and natural stone expertise to complement our current…
Huami Corp partners with Aspen Imaging Healthcare
PLANO: Huami Corp. and Huami-USA and Aspen Imaging Healthcare announced signing a letter of intent for joint future development. Joint development is anticipated in several areas, including collaboration on product roadmaps to find areas where proprietary technologies can be shared or new solutions created; global distribution, marketing and support; and potential investment in Aspen Imaging….
Asian startups change the customer experience game with 8×8 communications APIs
SINGAPORE: 8×8 Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, announced Asian startups Janio Asia and Coda Payments are using 8×8 Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) to more effectively reach customers anywhere. 8×8, through its Wavecell acquisition, recently launched CPaaS programmable applications, APIs and delivery capabilities beyond the Asia Pacific region to organizations in the…
Pinterest appoints Andrea Wishom to Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO: Pinterest, Inc. has appointed Andrea Wishom, President at Skywalker Holdings and former Executive Vice President at Harpo Productions, to its Board of Directors, a news release said. “For the past few months, the board has been meeting with many great candidates, and Andrea stood out for several reasons,” said Ben Silbermann, CEO and…
NPC International launches sale process for Pizza Hut business
LEAWOOD: NPC International, has reached an agreement with Pizza Hut, whose parent company is Yum! Brands Inc., on the optimization of its restaurant portfolio and that it will launch a sale process for its Pizza Hut restaurants. The agreement with Pizza Hut follows an extensive analysis that the parties conducted of its entire Pizza Hut…