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TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2024 / ARway.ai ("ARway" or the "Company") (CSE:ARWY)(OTCQB:ARWYF)(FSE:E65) is an AI powered Augmented Reality Experience platform with a disruptive no-code, no beacon spatial computing solution enabled by visual marker tracking with centimeter precision announces the departure of Board member Belinda Tyldesley for personal reasons. We thank her for her service! Arway also announced the appointment of Peter Bloch, a successful entrepreneur as new BOD member replacing Mrs. Tyldesley. Bio: Peter Bloch was the Chief Executive Officer of BresoTEC Inc. Mr. Bloch was also the CEO & Chairman of Bionik Laboratories from 2012 to 2018. Mr. Bloch is a CPA, CA, with a track record of building both public and private technology companies, mainly in the life sciences industry. In these roles, Mr. Bloch has secured significant funding for both private and public companies, gained experience with initial public offerings and led a number of acquisitions and partnership transactions. His past 25 years of executive management experience includes serving as Chief Financial Officer and joint interim CEO of Sanofi Canada Inc., the Canadian affiliate of Sanofi -Aventis, a global healthcare leader; Chief Financial Officer of Intellivax Inc., a biotechnology company which was sold to GlaxoSmithKline for $1.75 billion; founder of Tribute Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company; the Chief Financial Officer of Gennum Corporation, a public semiconductor company focused on the TV and medical device market and Chief Financial Officer of Just Energy, a large public electricity and gas company . These companies have ranged in size from start-ups to companies with revenues of over $2 billion. Mr. Bloch also has substantial experience serving on the Board of Directors of both public and private companies. Mr. Bloch also serves as an advisor to Mars Discovery District, a large Canadian incubator for technology companies. Sign up for Investor News - HERE To learn more about ARway, please follow on Social Media: Twitter , YouTube , Instagram , LinkedIn , and Facebook , and visit our website: www.arway.ai About ARway.ai ARway.ai (CSE:ARWY)(OTCQB:ARWYF)(FSE:E65) is a spatial computing platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) providing an array of augmented reality (AR) experiences for indoor spaces. ARway's breakthrough no-code no-beacon IPN allows for the easy creation of navigation, tours, information sharing, notifications, advertising and gamification. ARway works seamlessly as a cross platform solution on iOS/ Android. ARway's technology is optimized for both mobile devices and AR glasses: Apple's Vision Pro, Magic Leap and Microsoft's HoloLens. ARway has unlimited use cases for augmenting physical spaces, making it a valuable tool for creators, brands and companies in various industries. The complete ARway platform includes: the Web Creator Studio, the ARwayKit Software Development Kit (SDK) and a mobile app for iOs and Android. Nextech 3D.ai On October 26, 2022, ARway.ai. was spun-out from its parent Company, Nextech3D.ai (OTCQX:NEXCF)(CSE:NTAR)(FSE:1SS). Nextech retained a control ownership in ARway.ai. with 13 million shares, or a 50% stake. Nextech3D.ai is a Generative AI powered 3D modeling Company and leading provider of augmented reality ("AR") experience technologies and 3D model services. Nextech's AI-powered 3D modeling platform, "ARitize3D" has contracts with; AMZN, KSS, CB2, Genuine Parts & many others. To learn more about Nextech3D.ai, visit www.nextechar.com For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Contact investor.relations@arway.ai ARway.ai Evan Gappelberg CEO and Director 866-ARITIZE (274-8493) Forward-looking Statements The CSE has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Certain information contained herein may constitute "forward-looking information" under Canadian securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as, "will be" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "will" occur. Forward-looking statements regarding the completion of the transaction are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. ARway.ai will not update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information that are incorporated by reference herein, except as required by applicable securities laws. SOURCE: ARway Corporation View the original on accesswire.comSprout Social CEO Ryan Barretto sells shares worth $423,474
Stock market today: Losses for Big Tech pull US indexes lowerBarclays PLC lowered its position in shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. ( NYSE:AMBP – Free Report ) by 11.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 385,653 shares of the company’s stock after selling 52,222 shares during the period. Barclays PLC owned approximately 0.06% of Ardagh Metal Packaging worth $1,454,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in AMBP. Ballentine Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Ardagh Metal Packaging during the 3rd quarter valued at $42,000. nVerses Capital LLC boosted its position in Ardagh Metal Packaging by 70.4% in the 3rd quarter. nVerses Capital LLC now owns 12,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Ardagh Metal Packaging in the 2nd quarter valued at about $45,000. Signaturefd LLC grew its stake in shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging by 23.1% during the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 18,739 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,000 after acquiring an additional 3,515 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging by 34.5% during the second quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 19,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,000 after acquiring an additional 5,009 shares during the last quarter. 16.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Ardagh Metal Packaging Stock Performance AMBP stock opened at $3.02 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $3.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $3.57. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. has a 12-month low of $2.95 and a 12-month high of $4.26. The firm has a market cap of $1.80 billion, a P/E ratio of -25.16, a P/E/G ratio of 0.78 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 124.21. Ardagh Metal Packaging Dividend Announcement The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were issued a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 13.25%. Ardagh Metal Packaging’s dividend payout ratio is currently -333.33%. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of brokerages recently commented on AMBP. Wells Fargo & Company raised Ardagh Metal Packaging from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the company from $4.25 to $5.00 in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging from $4.00 to $4.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Bank of America cut shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating and cut their price target for the company from $4.90 to $4.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Ardagh Metal Packaging currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $3.92. View Our Latest Stock Report on AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging Profile ( Free Report ) Ardagh Metal Packaging SA, together with its subsidiaries, supplies consumer metal beverage cans in Europe, the United States, and Brazil. Its products are used in various end-use categories, including beer, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, hard seltzers, juices, pre-mixed cocktails, teas, sparkling waters, and wine. Featured Articles Five stocks we like better than Ardagh Metal Packaging How to Calculate Options Profits Buffett Takes the Bait; Berkshire Buys More Oxy in December 3 Stocks to Protect Your Portfolio from the Coronavirus Contagion Top 3 ETFs to Hedge Against Inflation in 2025 Insider Trading – What You Need to Know These 3 Chip Stock Kings Are Still Buys for 2025 Want to see what other hedge funds are holding AMBP? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. ( NYSE:AMBP – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Ardagh Metal Packaging Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Ardagh Metal Packaging and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
A bid by The Onion satirical news outlet to buy Alex Jones' conspiracy theory platform Infowars returned Monday to a Texas courtroom, where a judge heard arguments on whether a bankruptcy auction was properly run as Jones alleges collusion and fraud. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston is looking into the November auction and how a trustee chose The Onion over the only other bidder — a company affiliated with Jones that offered twice as much money as The Onion. The judge said the hearing would last into Monday evening and pick up again on Tuesday afternoon. The sale of Infowars is part of Jones' personal bankruptcy case , which he filed in late 2022 after he was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in defamation lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. Jones repeatedly called the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators a hoax staged by actors and aimed at increasing gun control. Most of the proceeds from the sale of Infowars, as well as many of Jones' personal assets, will go to the Sandy Hook families to help satisfy judgments issued by juries and judges in state courts in Connecticut and Texas. Some proceeds will go to Jones' other creditors. The Onion, which wants to turn Infowars' website and social media accounts into parodies , offered $1.75 million for Infowars' assets in the auction, while First United American Companies — which runs a website in Jones’ name that sells nutritional supplements — bid $3.5 million. The Onion's bid also included a pledge by many of the Sandy Hook families to forgo some or all of the auction proceeds due to them to give other creditors a total of $100,000 more than they would receive under other bids. The trustee, Christopher Murray, chose The Onion, saying its proposal was better for creditors because they would receive more money. Joshua Wolfshohl, an attorney for Murray, told the judge Monday that no wrongdoing occurred during the auction. He called the complaints by Jones and First United American Companies unfounded. “The vast majority of their complaints are just fantastic, imagined conspiracy theories that have no basis in reality," he said. Jones' lawyer, Ben Broocks, questioned Murray's rationale for choosing The Onion and alleged that a recent deposition of the trustee showed improprieties. He also questioned the validity of The Onion's bid, saying it was technically valued at $7 million because of the incentive offered by the Sandy Hook families. An auction company executive involved in the sale testified most of the afternoon. In court filings, Jones and First United American Companies accused Murray, The Onion and the Sandy Hook families of illegally colluding on the bidding, committing fraud and violating the judge's rules for the auction. Murray, The Onion and the families deny the allegations. In his own court filing, Murray called the allegations “a disappointed bidder’s improper attempt to influence an otherwise fair and open auction process.” Up for sale at the auction were all the equipment and other assets in the Infowars studio in Austin, Texas, as well as its social media accounts, websites, video archive and product trademarks. Jones uses the studio to broadcast his far-right, conspiracy theory-filled shows on the Infowars website, his account on the social platform X and radio stations. Jones has set up another studio, websites and social media accounts in case The Onion wins approval to buy Infowars and kicks him out. Jones has said he could continue using the Infowars platforms if the auction winner is friendly to him. Jones is appealing the $1.5 billion in judgments citing free speech rights but has acknowledged that the school shooting happened . On Friday, a Connecticut appeals court reduced by $150 million the original $1.44 billion judgment against Jones in the lawsuit against him in that state, but upheld the rest of the award. Jones' lawyer said he will ask Connecticut's highest court to review the appellate ruling. Jones is also appealing a $50 million judgment in a similar Texas defamation lawsuit.Gophers football continues to restock offensive linemen for 2025Syria's de facto leader says it could take up to 4 years to hold elections
NEW YORK (WABC) -- When a film wins five Oscars, including Best Picture, any talk of a sequel is terrifying. But Ridley Scott has done what seemed impossible. Nearly 25 years after "Gladiator" became an instant classic, Ridley Scott returns to an empire built on blood and glory. But in this Rome, the stakes are higher and the battles are bigger. This sequel stars Paul Mescal as Lucius Verus, a character who appeared as a young boy in the 2000 movie starring Russell Crowe. Mescal reflected on seeing the sequel for the first time. "I was so relieved, excited, proud," Mescal says. "Just like a massive exhale, because this is the movie we set out to make, and I think it's a film that people who love the first film will really, really enjoy." He describes the world of Gladiator as, "360, it's further than your eye can see, and it's all around you all the time, it's bigger than I can describe to anyone. I think people just kind of nod and go, 'OK, so it was big.' I was like, 'No, it's huge.'" The film picks up fifteen years after the death of Maximus Meridius. His legacy lives on in Lucius, now a man and a warrior forced to fight in the arena for an empire he despises. As Lucius, Paul Mescal steps into the biggest role of his career. "This wasn't even in my wildest dreams," Mescal said, whose father loves the original movie. "It was a big moment for not just my dad, my family in general. I think they were just kind of in disbelief, and there was kind of cursing and shouting and roaring." Connie Nielsen returns as Lucilla, the heart of both films. "We were all really concerned with the responsibility that we felt to really make sure that our game was there maximum," Nielsen said. "When I walked up the hill to the old fort that I had been shooting in 25 years ago, when, at the time, I had a little young son, and now I have five children, and you kind of just see this return to this thing that is so big and so outsized in every way. And then at the end of the shoot, my heart was breaking. I just didn't want to let it go." This time, mad twin emperors reign in terror and excess, while in the shadows, a more dangerous game unfolds. That game comes from Denzel Washington's Macrinus, a new character lurking in the shadows as a political puppeteer. "I always choose roles," Washington said about his career. "I mean, they choose me. You know, Ridley Scott called me, I said, yes, Spike Lee called me for Malcolm X, I said, yes." Fred Hechinger, who appears in the movie as Emperor Caracalla, reflected on working with the legendary actor. "It's a blessing. I mean, truly, one of my favorite actors of all time," he said. "You just feel he is so in the moment of the moment of the moment." Hechinger portrays one of the twin emperors, with the other played by Joseph Quinn. "There were a lot of different inspirations, but one of them, and I swear to this, is Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head, which Sir Ridley Scott is a fan of," says Hechinger. "So, you know, sometimes we would do a scene and I would look over at Ridley, and we do the little laugh together." Washington says this is the first time he's been in a film this big, "I mean, Ridley built Rome," he said. "Gladiator II" arrives in theaters this week.The decisive victory of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra assembly elections is expected to speed up the redevelopment of Asia's largest slum Dharavi. The ambitious ₹20,000-crore urban renewal project , covering nearly 600 acres in the heart of Mumbai, was at stake as opposition parties had pledged to scrap or revise it if they won the elections. Assembly Election Results Live Updates Maharashtra Election Results Jharkhand Election Results Bypoll Election Results In November 2022, Adani Properties , the realty development company owned by Gautam Adani-led Adani Group , had emerged as the highest bidder to secure the rights to redevelop the slum. An Adani Group entity holds 80% stake in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL), while the Maharashtra government holds the balance 20%. The state holds this 20% stake in the project through DRP/Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), which is a special body formed by the government. "This is a critical project for the government and we are on track to execute the project and deliver home for everyone in Dharavi," a DRP-SRA official told ET. 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BILLERICA — The Billerica Police Department announced the recent promotions of Lt. Mark Tsoukalas and Sgts. Ryan Koles and Rocco Magliozzi to new leadership roles within the force. “The Town of Billerica is fortunate to have these three professionals working in such important roles,” Chief Roy Frost said in a press release making the announcement. “Police leadership is the foundation of a safe, supportive and flourishing community. I am confident these promotions will align well with those objectives.” • Tsoukalas, a veteran of the Billerica Police Department since 1999, was key in restarting the K-9 program in 2003 after years without it. He also served in the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council K-9 Unit from 2004 to 2024, and was its commander for a time. Promoted to sergeant in 2019, Tsoukalas oversaw the Traffic Department in 2024. He also updated the field training officer program and holds a bachelor’s from Suffolk University. In his new role, Tsoukalas will be the officer in charge of the midnight to 8 a.m. shift. • Koles, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Westfield University, has served with the Billerica Police Department since 2014 after working two years with the Dunstable Police Department. He is a longtime field training officer and part of the Billerica Police Honor Guard. Koles became a K-9 handler in 2023 and has been recognized for finding missing or suicidal individuals with his K-9 partner, Cassius. He will now serve as a patrol sergeant on the midnight to 8 a.m. shift. • Magliozzi has been with the Billerica Police Department since 2014 and became a K-9 handler in 2018. Known for his work with his K-9 partner, Skye, Magliozzi has found numerous missing or suicidal individuals and has been recognized for finding crucial evidence in serious crimes. Magliozzi, who holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, is also a field training officer and plays a big role in the department’s Community Policing and Social Media units. He will now serve as a patrol sergeant on the 4 p.m. to midnight shift. Follow Aaron Curtis on X, formerly known as Twitter, @aselahcurtis