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Paybis Widens Its Global Crypto Payment Methods to 20+ as Local Payment Rails Multiply Worldwide
LONDON, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The company adds new local payment methods across Europe, Latin America and Africa, extending a crypto exchange that already serves 180+ countries, as global demand for compliant crypto exchanges with broad local payment coverage grows. Paybis, a global crypto exchange and B2B payment infrastructure provider, today confirmed a new bench of local payment methods added to its exchange. Over the past two years, the company has steadily added region-specific
Read more →La Rosa Holdings Corp. Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Deficiency Notice and Subsequent Regaining of Compliance
Company’s filing of second quarter 2026 Form 10-Q satisfied Nasdaq periodic filing requirement; matter is now closed Celebration, FL, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- La Rosa Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: LRHC) ("La Rosa” or the "Company”), a real estate and PropTech company, today announced that it received a notification letter from the staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq”) on August 21, 2026, regarding the Company’s compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), and subsequently receive
Read more →Ninepoint Partners Announces August 2026 Monthly and Semi-Monthly Cash Distributions for its ETFs and ETF Series Securities
TORONTO, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ninepoint Partners LP ("Ninepoint Partners”) today announced cash distributions for its ETFs and ETF Series securities. The applicable distribution amounts, record dates and payment dates are detailed below. The per-unit monthly distributions for the ETF Series securities listed below have a record date of August 31, 2026, and are payable on September 4, 2026: Ninepoint ETF SeriesTickerDistribution per unitCUSIPNinepoint Global Infrastructure FundINFR
Read more →Lapid questions Acosta over 2 confidential fund recipients with his surname
MANILA, Philippines — Senator-judge Lito Lapid on Monday broke his silence after his surname appeared in acknowledgment receipts identifying recipients of confidential funds under the Office of the Vice President (OVP). During his interjection at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Lapid questioned former OVP special disbursing officer Gina Acosta about two names bearing the surname "Lapid" that appeared among the recipients of the confidential funds. Lapid raised the pos
Read more →AFP backs crackdown of China’s state-sponsored disinformation propaganda
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday expressed full support for calls of lawmakers to take a whole of government approach to countering China’s state-sponsored disinformation. "The AFP acknowledges and fully supports the call of lawmakers, led by House Spokesperson Representative Robert Ace Barbers, urging regulatory authorities to take decisive action against foreign state-sponsored malign influence campaigns,” Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trin
Read more →Societe Generale: Information regarding executed transactions within the framework of a share buy-back programme
INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTED TRANSACTIONS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A SHARE BUY-BACK PROGRAMME Regulated Information Paris, 24 August 2026 As of 21 August 2026, Societe Generale has completed 32.5% of the previously announced extraordinary share buy-back of EUR 1.5 billion1. The purchases performed2 from 17 to 21 August 2026 are described below. Press contacts: Jean-Baptiste Froville_+33 1 58 98 68 00_ jean-baptiste.froville@socgen.com Fanny Rouby_+33 1 57 29 11 12_ fanny.rouby@socgen.com Purcha
Read more →Disclosure of transactions on shares from August 17, 2026, to August 21, 2026
Nanterre, August 24, 2026 Disclosure of transactions on shares from August 17, 2026,to August 21,2026 Within the framework of the authorization granted by the General Meeting of VINCI SA of April 14th, 2026, to trade in its shares and in accordance with the regulations relating to share buybacks, VINCI SA (LEI:213800WFQ334R8UXUG83) declares the purchases of treasury shares below (FR0000125486), carried out from August 17,2026 to August 21,2026: I - Aggregate presentation by day and by market Iss
Read more →Melexis: update on the share buy-back program
Press release - Regulated Information Melexis: update on the share buy-back program Ieper, Belgium - 24 August 2026, 17.45 hrs CET Melexis reports the purchase of 3,919 Melexis shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 17 August 2026 to 21 August 2026, related to the share buy-back program announced on 10 December 2025. Trade dateTotal shares purchasedAverage price (€)Min price (€)Max price (€)Buyback amount (€)17/8/2026-----18/8/2026-----19/8/2026-----20/8/20262,53264.8864.4065.00164,28421
Read more →ASM share buyback update August 17 - 21, 2026
Almere, The Netherlands August 24, 2026, 5:45 p.m. CET ASM International N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) reports the following transactions, conducted under ASM's current share buyback program. DateRepurchased sharesAverage priceRepurchased valueAugust 17, 20264,114€ 911.30€ 3,749,076August 18, 20264,556€ 858.60€ 3,911,803August 19, 20267,759€ 834.85€ 6,477,621August 20, 20267,016€ 822.41€ 5,770,055August 21, 20266,511€ 830.83€ 5,409,524Total29,956€ 845.18€ 25,318,079 These repurchases were made
Read more →Information regarding executed transactions within the framework of a share buyback programme (outside the liquidity agreement) from 17 August to 21 August 2026
(In accordance with article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on Market Abuse Regulation and article 3(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 through regulatory technical standards concerning the conditions applicable to buyback programmes and stabilisation measures) As announced on Thursday 30 July 2026, Ayvens started on Friday 31 July 2026, an ordinary share buyback programme for a maximum amount of EUR 450 million for the purpose of shares cancella
Read more →Purdue innovation enhances multiomics workflow, eliminates sample preparation
Patent-pending automated STEi method provides a chemical heat map of small molecules and proteins of irregular surfaces Purdue University STEi innovation - 1 Jesus Ladino, a visiting scholar with the Undergraduate Research Experience Purdue-Colombia program through the Colombia Purdue Partnership, develops software for an automated surface touch extraction prototype at Purdue University’s Bindley Bioscience Center. Using the robotic system, researchers are testing different probes to evaluate th
Read more →HerbalGram Special Coca Issue: A Compelling Case to Reconsider Coca and Its Role as a Health-Promoting Botanical
ABC journal explores misunderstood South American plant and its broad cultural and therapeutic heritage, and rolls out original "On the Coca Trail” videos on HerbTV The Coca Issue ABC journal explores misunderstood South American plant and its broad cultural and therapeutic heritage, and rolls out original "On the Coca Trail” videos on HerbTV Austin, Texas, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue o
Read more →XPENG Reports Q2 2026 Results: Gross Margin Reaches 20.7%, Overseas Market Drives 25% of H1 Revenue
Second-quarter revenue totaled RMB19.74 billion. Quarterly gross margin reached 20.7%.Overseas deliveries surpassed 20,000 units in Q2, with overseas markets contributing 25% of H1 revenue.Robotics business raises over US$900 million, at a post-money valuation of over US$6.3 billion, marking the largest single-round private financing ever recorded in China's embodied AI industry.XPENG L03 secures historic order volume at launch, with oversea deliveries of L03 expected to start in Q4, driving the
Read more →RoboColiseum Launches Standardized Simulation Platform for Embodied AI Evaluation
As embodied AI enters a period of rapid model advancement, reliable evaluation standards remain in short supply. What can these models actually do well, and where do they fall short? Shanghai, China, August 24, 2026 -- Recently, RoboColiseum, a standardized simulation evaluation platform for embodied intelligence, was officially launched. The platform establishes a comprehensive, multi-dimensional evaluation framework, with simulation benchmarks designed to closely reflect real-world robot perfo
Read more →First summer vacation season after the opening of the world's highest bridge
XINYI, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 August 2026 - In September 2025, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou Province was open to traffic. This super project, "the world's highest bridge both vertically and horizontally", brought Huajiang Village, a once-quiet Bouyei ethnic village, its first full summer vacation season. Since the start of the summer vacation, the village's 15 homestays and 13 restaurants have been fully booked every day. Guizhou Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, photogr
Read more →RoboStrategy, Inc. Releases First Shareholder Letter
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RoboStrategy, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOT), a registered closed end fund providing exposure to private companies in robotics and physical AI, today released its first shareholder letter, on the Company’s website at https://robostrategy.co/news/shareholder-letter-aug-2026. The shareholder letter provides an overview of the Fund’s public listing, portfolio highlights, recent hiring developments and perspective on the evolving robotics and physical AI markets. Abou
Read more →LiveVoice Marks Ten Years of Hardware-Free Simultaneous Interpretation for International Events, Supporting 70+ Languages Worldwide
Cloud-Based Platform Combines Human Interpretation, AI Voice Translation and Live Captions as LiveVoice Reaches Five-Year Milestone Salzburg, Austria, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiveVoice, a cloud-based audio streaming platform headquartered in Salzburg, Austria, today announces a milestone marking 10 years of providing hardware-free simultaneous interpretation for international events. The platform delivers multilingual audio directly to attendees through their own smartphones, tablets,
Read more →Top Technology Executives Recognized at the 2026 Wisconsin ORBIE Awards
Leading CIOs honored for leadership, innovation, and business impact at the Wisconsin ORBIE Awards on August 21, 2026, at Brookfield Conference Center BROOKFIELD, Wis., Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2026 Wisconsin ORBIE Awards honored leading chief information officers (CIOs) from Frank, Rimerman + Co., LLP, Plexus Corp, U.S. Venture Inc., Promega, City Brewing & Beverage, and Fincantieri Marine Group for their exceptional leadership. Hosted by WisconsinCIO, one of over 50 Inspire Leader
Read more →Bosphorus Diplomacy Forum 2026 convenes youth around humanitarian diplomacy
The forum in İstanbul brought together students from 30 nationalities for crisis-focused panels and multilingual ministry simulations, while TRY 1 million was donated through the Turkish Red Crescent for delivery to Gaza. Istanbul, Turkey, August 24, 2026 /MarketersMEDIA/ -- The Türkiye-based Youth Diplomacy Association (GDD) organized the second Bosphorus Diplomacy Forum (BDF), held in İstanbul from August 10 to 16, 2026, under the theme “Humanitarian Diplomacy in the Age of Crises.” The progra
Read more →Hohhot, Inner Mongolia: Converting Prairie Winds into Computing Power
HOHHOT, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 August 2026 - On August 22, 2026, the fourth annual Green Computing Power (Artificial Intelligence) Conference was held on the picturesque Cilechuan Grassland in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Centered on the theme "Building Synergy between Computing and Electricity, Exploring New Horizons in Token Economy, and Creating the Future of Artificial Intelligence Together," the conference presented the latest research achievements, including the Green Computing Po
Read more →Amanda Demanda Urges Next Generation of Lawyers to Find Their Voice in New Above the Law Commentary
Miami Trial Attorney and Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers Founder Writes Open Letter to Incoming Law Students on Writing, Professional Growth and Becoming Better Lawyers MIAMI, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nationally recognized trial attorney Amanda Demanda, founder of Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers, is offering a message to the next generation of attorneys as a new class begins law school: start writing now. In a new commentary published by Above the Law, one of the nation’s most widely read l
Read more →Danube Properties Joins IPS 2026 as Diamond Sponsor, Spotlighting Its Expanding Real Estate Portfolio
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Danube Properties, a leading force in the UAE’s private real estate sector, joins the upcoming edition of IPS as a Diamond Sponsor, reinforcing the platform’s role in advancing global investment opportunities, fostering industry innovation, and enabling strategic cross border partnerships. Its participation as Diamond Sponsor reinforces IPS 2026’s role in connecting international investors, developers, institutions, innovators, and r
Read more →Minerals Technologies Inc. to Host 2026 Investor Day on September 22
--- Program to include a growth update, product line spotlights, and live R&D demonstrations --- NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) ("MTI”), a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company, today announced that it will host its 2026 Investor Day on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at the company’s research and development center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The event will be held in person and webcast live. The program will feature presentations
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