WHEN GOLD TURNS SILVER: BOB GOLD & ASSOCIATES CELEBRATES CHAMPIONING CLIENTS FOR A QUARTER CENTURY

Los Angeles – July 27, 2022 Bob Gold & Associates (BG&A), the internationally recognized, data-driven public relations and marketing agency, today announced its silver anniversary, having helped launch and grow nearly 250 clients ranging from hi-tech startups and associations to Fortune 500 companies over its 25 years in business.

 

Since its founding in 1997, Bob Gold & Associates has established itself as a premier communications agency for leading hardware and software tech companies alike, expanding far beyond its roots in cable TV to encompass industries including media and entertainment, streaming, IoT, AdTech, enterprise software, blockchain and communication service providers.

 

“Whether clients are on the upswing or are in trouble, we stepped up and helped shape their message and meaning to their community,” said President and Founder, Bob Gold. “For 25 years, we always put our clients’ interests first. Honesty is so rare today. We pride ourselves on pushing back, and not being ‘yes folks.’ It is the only way to ensure their company, brand and reputation meet the future head on.”

 

Bob Gold & Associates stays relevant to propel its clients’ businesses forward, providing creative solutions and highly tailored communications programs that deliver meaningful results. This not only includes offering new and much-needed services, but also creative services to support rebranding efforts and introduce disruptive technologies.

 

The firm’s experiences and clients have been extraordinary, and range from producing Charter’s first exclusive On-Demand program to hiring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi to tape a live concert and sending every customer who watched a custom thank you card, hiring John Landis to direct a series of commercials, serving as the PR lead for the West Coast Adelphia team during their bankruptcy and reorganization, and managing publicity for Ben Watkins’ Amazon Studio series Hand of God starring Dana Delaney and Ron Perlman, among many other projects.

 

Current clients include next generation smart home services, NFTs for the metaverse, AI-powered energy management, lab-made cheese, social justice campaigns, streaming channels, and highly touted individual shows.

 

Its proprietary BG&A Insight™ is a unique, data-driven approach to PR and brand management that has helped the firm meet every client’s unique needs by implementing proactive and personalized PR campaigns tackling all five pillars offered in the program.

 

A co-founder of WIN PR Group, a global network of partner hi-tech PR firms that offers local services to international clients, Bob Gold & Associates has received numerous accolades and awards. Most recently, the firm was recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best PR Agencies for 2021. The agency was also recognized as a top place to work by Cablefax Magazine in 2019. That same year, Bob Gold was named Communications Professional of the Year by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Gold was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers in 2007.

 

Gold has also served on numerous committees and boards that include the Television Academy, Alzheimer’s Association, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Foundation (SCTE), Annenberg School for Communication Alumni Board, USC Board of Governors and the Volunteer Center. He currently serves on the board of Temple Beth El in San Pedro, which is celebrating its Centennial this year.

 

About Bob Gold & Associates

Founded in 1997 by Cable TV Pioneer and Public Relations Society of America (PRSA LA) 2019 Communications Professional of the Year, Bob Gold has created an agency that specializes in the space where technology meets entertainment and enterprise utility. Recognized for its creative and comprehensive approach for its clients, Bob Gold & Associates was named to the first annual Forbes America’s Best PR Agencies List for 2021. The company was ranked among the top 100 5-star agencies nationwide.

Since its founding, Bob Gold & Associates has launched and helped grow 20 TV sports networks, numerous streaming services and worked with nearly every major Communications Service provider and industry association in the United States. A co-founder of a leading international association of independently owned hi-tech PR agencies, WIN PR Group, BG&A provides its clients with immediate international resources for one-time projects or on-going campaigns. Gold is also a published author of a popular children’s picture book, The Shiny Penny. For more information, please visit www.bobgoldpr.com.

 

 

For more information, contact:

Kelly Makepeace

Bob Gold & Associates

310-320-2010

Kelly@bobgoldpr.com

How Thinking Outside the Box can Deliver a High ROI

CHICAGO (July 26, 2022) – “In the marketing world you have to be ready to embrace opportunities that might at first seem a little outside the box,” says Rikki Lee Travolta, who piloted record news coverage as the head of public relations for Empire Today and as the head of PR and marketing for Other World Computing.

 

One outside the box marketing opportunity to take note of is to align your brand with television cooking shows. According to an article in the Hollywood Reporter by Mikey O’Connell, culinary shows are unscripted TV’s fastest growing subgenre. According to MarketingCharts.com, 8 in 10 adults watch cooking shows.

 

Take The Great British Baking Show as an example – it has been marketing gold for the companies that aligned themselves with the program early on.

 

Just as you don’t have to be British to enjoy The Great British Baking Show. Similarly, you don’t have to be Polish to enjoy the new hit program The Polish Cooking Show.

 

The Great British Baking Show features talented bakers politely competing with new baking challenges each episode. Polite is the key word for these competitors. There is no yelling and plotting to undermine each other.

 

The likability factor of The Great British Baking Show goes a long way with viewers. So, it should come as no surprise that the next sleeper television hit looks like it could be The Polish Cooking. It has a similar quiet and entertaining ambiance.

 

The Polish Cooking Show brings to life a real Polish custom that upon her son’s getting married, it is his mother duty to teach his new wife the family recipes and the traditions and history that go with them.

 

As pointed out in the article Why Do People Like Cooking Shows? by Steven Doyle about the psychology behind the popularity of cooking shows, when cooking shows first hit the airwaves in the 1940s and 1950s, they had an educational purpose. Recipes were broken down so that viewers at home could easily follow along.

 

While competition shows like Hell’s Kitchen and Top Chef drew audiences in with high pressure situations, audiences are ready for a return to friendly, instructional cooking show options. All things old become new again.

 

The pilot episode of The Polish Cooking Show drew huge ratings on PBS affiliate WTTW thanks in part to a three-act format, a catchy theme song, and the fun and knowledgeable hosts Ala Rokita and her daughter-in-law Natalie (Czupta) Rokita.

 

In each episode, our Polish mother Mama Ala teaches her new daughter-in-law Natalie a traditional recipe, as well as the cultural history that goes along with each dish. The recipes are broken down for viewers at home to follow along with ease. Each show ends with a finished product and reflections on family traditions. Throughout, Natalie’s quick wit shows off her comedic skills earned at legendary improv training ground Second City.

 

“Viewers love Natalie and Mama Ala,” says producer Travolta of his two stars. “They genuinely have fun with each other. There’s love in this kitchen.”

 

“I’ve said it before,” continues Travolta. “Love is a great seasoning.”

 

Love is no foreign topic for Travolta. He was originally brought to Chicago to headline Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding – getting married six times a week and making the show a hit. While that acting role catered to Travolta’s Italian lineage, The Polish Cooking Show capitalizes on his business talents and his Polish bloodline. He is 25% Polish and very proud of this heritage.

 

In addition to being one of the creatives on the series, Travolta is also the conduit aligning companies with The Polish Cooking Show.

 

“If you’re running a company and you have a chance to reach 17,900,000 households over 13 episodes without overwhelming your marketing budget, that’s a package you want to at least consider,” summarizes Travolta.

 

And while The Polish Cooking Show draws fan mail from a wide range of ethnicities and backgrounds, it doesn’t hurt that there are over 9.1 million Polish Americans in the US.

 

“The Polish Cooking Show is demographic gold,” advises Travolta. “The show appeals to cooking enthusiasts, newlyweds, those who enjoy learning about other cultures, and of course people interested in the food and traditions of Central and Eastern Europe. We can put companies in touch with these brand-loyal viewers. It’s definitely worth having a conversation. We’re happy to talk and present the data.”

 

Companies interested in exploring the rewards of being formally associated with The Polish Cooking Show can contact the producers via the Contact page at www.ThePolishCookingShow.com or via email at Partnerships@thepolishcookingshow.com.

 

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Contact Information

Name: Rikki Lee Travolta
Email: Rikki@thepolishcookingshow.com
Job Title: Producer

Lexis+ Enhanced with Fact & Issue Finder, Enabling Litigators to Generate Precise, Actionable, Practice-Specific Search Results

Interactive dashboard aggregates key facts, topics and issues from legal sources, practice-specific content and data-driven analytics to quickly deliver highly relevant results

 

NEW YORK – LexisNexis Legal & Professional®, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced the upcoming availability of Lexis+ Fact & Issue Finder, a powerful, practice-specific feature that empowers legal professionals to build legal strategies centered around the facts, issues and topics of their case. The new offering supports and is tuned to six practice areas – Personal Injury, Labor & Employment, Insurance, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, and Business & Commercial – with additional practice areas planned.

Developed using feedback from more than 1,000 customer interactions, Fact & Issue Finder is designed from the ground up to mimic the exact processes that legal professionals perform when researching their cases. It then greatly enhances the research experience with the use of state-of-the-art search and machine learning technologies, streamlined workflows and data visualizations.

By inputting facts, issues and topics about a case, Fact & Issue Finder gathers relevant content – including case law, practical guidance, verdicts and settlements, expert witness analytics, and unique practice specific content – all from a single search that is designed to deliver results with every interaction.

The aggregated information is displayed via an interactive dashboard that enables users to conduct extensive research on cases whose facts, issues and topics are the most similar to theirs. In doing so, Fact & Issue Finder reduces the countless hours and burden associated with having to research, compile and review data from numerous sources individually.

“Our customers asked us to help them cut through an overwhelming amount of information for every legal matter, minimize the number of searches, sources and applications they require to complete increasingly complex legal research tasks, and give them confidence that they did not miss any crucial information that would impact their case,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of LexisNexis North America, UK and Ireland. “Put simply, litigators want to find ‘cases like mine.’ We’ve built a litigation solution that places all of the relevant information they need at their fingertips, wrapped in a highly intuitive and visual user experience.”

Lexis+ Fact & Issue Finder is the only research solution on the market geared toward fact and issue specificity in litigation. Key features include:

  • Case Graph: Visually presents a case’s entire life cycle, displaying its dockets, pleadings, motions, briefs, verdicts and settlements, and cited statutes and making them available with a single click.
  • Expert Advisory Content: Increases knowledge about practice-specific issues from LexisNexis’ Practical Guidance, administrative resources, and exclusive content from Elsevier for medical, insurance, real estate, HR and IP-related sources.
  • Integrated Data and Analytics: Uses Verdicts & Settlements data to reveal trends in similar cases so attorneys can better understand the potential value of their cases, then finds expert witnesses who participated in those cases and have experience with the same facts, topics, and issues as those in their case.

“Lexis+ Fact & Issue Finder is designed to help litigators find highly relevant information aligned to specifics of a case,” said Jeff Pfeifer, Chief Product Officer, LexisNexis North America and UK. “Our goal is to supply litigators with highly curated results while alleviating the common fear of not knowing when it’s appropriate to stop researching.”

Lexis+ Fact & Issue Finder will be available in Lexis+ for subscribers starting September 1, 2022. Additional content may be necessary to power all feature capabilities. For more information, please visit https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/insights/legal/b/product-features/posts/introducing-fact-issue-finder-on-lexis.

About LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 10,500 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

Media Contacts

Dana Greenstein
Director, Corporate Communications
LexisNexis Legal & Professional
212-448-2163
dana.greenstein@lexisnexis.com

Eric Sokolsky
Plat4orm PR
908-288-7201
eric@plat4orm.com

Contact Information

Name: Dana Greenstein
Email: dana.greenstein@lexisnexis.com
Job Title: Director, Corporate Communications

Small Town America: It’s Your Move

Over the past two years, 5 million U.S. people say they have relocated because of remote work. And they’re not alone. Some estimates indicate that 19 million more Americans plan to move due to work from home (WFH).  

Remote work has disrupted a 70-year trend toward urbanization. Forbes contributor, Jack Kelly, noted, “the greater ability to work remotely is leading to new migration patterns.” For the first time in generations, people are moving to live where they want, rather than where they are employed, creating a new geography of work that will draw remote workers away from “superstar cities” to places that offer something, well, more. 

Small Town America. 

After decades of population decline, and the recent rise of remote work, the timing has never been better for a renaissance for Small Town America. In fact, it’s already starting. A Wall Street Journal analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data found that rural counties saw a net gain in population from mid-2020 through mid-2021. Add to that, there are more small towns in the U.S. than there are big cities. The 2020 Census indicates that about 76% of the approximately 19,500 incorporated places in the U.S. have fewer than 5,000 people 

Take West Lafayette in Indiana, North Platte, Nebraska, Ruston, Louisiana and Stillwater, Oklahoma. Each has fewer than 50,000 residents; each also wants remote workers to relocate there and are actively recruiting them.  

That’s a lot of real estate.  

The physical infrastructure—highways, byways and bridges, city services, and residential and commercial properties, to name a few—already exists. With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, smaller communities even have even more access to resources that will spur additional development.  

But room to grow and physical infrastructure aside, Small Town America has something else to offer, a magical It Factor: emotional infrastructure.  

There’s a certain romance associated with Small Town America: the town square surrounded by charming storefronts and bustling cafes, neighborly greetings shared with a wave or a tip of the hat, and the inevitable cast of characters who lend lovable flair. It’s all part of an undeniable sense of community—the real-life Schitt’s Creek—Small Town America has in spades. It just can’t be experienced, much less replicated, anywhere else.      

That craving for community is something we hear a lot, at least anecdotally, at MakeMyMove. (We’re an online marketplace that enables remote workers to identify and explore the communities that are incentivizing WFH employees to relocate.)  We know WFH employees miss out on the mentoring, networking and community-building opportunities offered by an in-person work environment. They’re making up for the professional sense of isolation by building richer and deeper connections to the communities in which they live.  

Shahil Shrestha is one of those remote workers. After his Manhattan-based job went remote during the pandemic and his landlord put his rental house in New Jersey up for sale, he reassessed his priorities.  

He moved to West Lafayette in January as part of MakeMyMove’s Work from Purdue program, which offers financial incentives and other benefits to attract remote workers. Sure, he enjoyed the relocation stipend, access to coworking space and open tab at the university’s student union. But within six months, he had also gained a foothold in the community that he hadn’t experienced in other environs. He plays volleyball and badminton. He practices music with a neighbor. He attends events organized for fellow Work from Purdue program participants.  

In other words, he tapped into West Lafayette’s emotional infrastructure and found a community.  

He’s not alone. Our movers have told us time and again, “The money got my attention, but the community is what sold me,” proving that even the most generous relocation package will fall flat if there isn’t a sense of community—that emotional infrastructure, again—to support it.  

Only time will tell if remote worker relocations to West Lafayette, North Platte, Ruston and Stillwater—and thousands of small towns like them—are truly part of a rural renaissance. It’s your move, Small Town America. Let’s make it a movement. 

 

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Bill Oesterle is the co-founder and former CEO of Angie’s List who now serves as Executive Chairman of MakeMyMove, an online marketplace connecting remote workers to communities across the U.S. that are incentivizing remote worker relocations.  

Contact Information

Name: Paige McCluskey
Email: pmccluskey@wordsworthweb.com
Job Title: Assistant Account Manager

When It Comes to Compensation, XpertHR Survey Shows that Employers Feel Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Survey reveals that employers know they must increase compensation but struggle to do so affordably

New York City (July 14, 2022) – According to the XpertHR Compensation Practices Survey 2022, employers believe that better employee compensation is the key to retaining and attracting talent—though making the necessary adjustments on that front presents its own financial challenges. Nearly eight in 10 (78%) of employers rated offering competitive pay as a “high” priority for attracting talent this year, but 88% said that doing so will be “somewhat” or “very” challenging.

 

Image caption: Keeping pay competitive, ensuring pay equity and balancing retention with affordability are the top priorities of employers in 2022 [left]—yet, at the same time, employers find these same goals are their top compensation challenges [right].

“The extremely tight labor market is forcing employers to reevaluate their pay structures,” says Natasha Wiebusch, Legal Editor at XpertHR. “Yet many companies struggle to free up the financial resources to do this.”

With the cost of living rising in the current economy, staying competitive with compensation is all the more challenging. Eighty-four percent of the survey respondents said that balancing retention with affordability is also “somewhat” or “very” challenging, while 67% cite inflation and cost-of-living factors among the top three challenges.

“Employers are scrambling to remain competitive with compensation while not breaking the bank,” Wiebusch added. “But the results are clear: employers who want to retain or grow their current workforce must be prepared to spend more on labor.”

Among the bright spots of the compensation survey, however, was the fact that 68% of participating organizations designated pay equity as a high priority this year. The growing effort to improve workforce representation and pay equity was among the top five diversity, equity and inclusion trends XpertHR identified for 2022.

The XpertHR Compensation Practices Survey 2022 was conducted from April 5, 2022, to April 29, 2022, using a self-administered online survey. The survey sample includes 314 employers that are located across the US. The total estimated number of employees of the responding organizations is 536,242. This survey report explores compensation practices, such as what types of pay structures are used, priorities and challenges of compensation structures, common benchmarking practices, and more. A complimentary press version of the report is available upon request.

About XpertHR:
XpertHR has been providing HR solutions since 2002, empowering organizations across the globe to build successful workforces and create a purposeful workplace for all. The platform delivers expert insight, trusted resources, data analysis and practical tools to help achieve greater efficiency, reduce risk, and increase employee engagement. XpertHR is developing smarter data analysis tools and cutting-edge technology to support future demands on HR in an increasingly digital world. To learn more, visit xperthr.com.

 

Media Contact:
Lauren Doyle
ldoyle@wordsworthweb.com
937.241.8378

The MICHELIN Guide sets its sights on Vancouver

 

 

 

    • Vancouver joins Toronto as a Canadian MICHELIN Guide destination
    • MICHELIN Guide inspectors are already in the field, finding culinary gems

 

 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 14, 2022 — Michelin and Destination Vancouver today announced the MICHELIN® Guide Vancouver, the latest expansion of the MICHELIN Guide.

 

Vancouver is home to a thriving culinary community, with both established chefs and young professionals ready to polish their skills. The city’s restaurant teams are committed to using a wide range of high-quality products, such as produce, meat and seafood sourced locally and sustainably.

 

The first MICHELIN Guide Vancouver selection will be revealed in the fall, and it will showcase outstanding restaurants and professionals receiving Michelin distinctions. The famously anonymous inspectors of the Guide award the iconic MICHELIN Stars – One, Two or Three – to unparalleled cuisine. The Guide is also renowned for its Bib Gourmand selection, highlighting restaurants that offer great quality food at good prices. The MICHELIN Green Star is given to restaurants that are leaders in sustainable gastronomy.

 

“We’re thrilled to bring the MICHELIN Guide to Canada’s west coast and shine a spotlight on all that Vancouver has to offer,” said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the MICHELIN Guides. “Our inspectors are already exploring Vancouver. They are eagerly diving into its wide variety of cuisines, prepared with high-quality products and served in warm, casual atmospheres. Vancouver is celebrated by international travelers for its artistic vibe and multifaceted identity – from impressive buildings to outdoor spaces – and we’re pleased to focus on its very promising culinary potential.”

 

Meticulous in maintaining their confidentiality, Michelin inspectors are already in the field, making dining reservations anonymously and paying for all their meals to ensure they are treated the same as any other customer.

 

“The fusion of flavors and cultures, influences from the Pacific Rim threaded through, and the abundance of the freshest ingredients from the ocean and land make the dining experience in Vancouver something very special,” said Royce Chwin, President & CEO, Destination Vancouver. “We have long enjoyed tremendous acclaim for our culinary scene and the MICHELIN Guide Vancouver further elevates the city’s reputation as a global dining destination. And we’re so delighted that Vancouver is now a culinary destination for aspiring young chefs who want to train under the guidance of a MICHELIN-Starred team.”

 

The upcoming Vancouver restaurant selection will follow Michelin’s historical methodology, based on five universal criteria, to ensure each destination’s selection equity: 1) quality products; 2) the harmony of flavors; 3) the mastery of cooking techniques; 4) the personality of the chef in the cuisine; 5) consistency between each visit (each restaurant is inspected several times a year).

 

The MICHELIN Guide is constantly observing the evolution of culinary destinations around the world. Michelin works with Destination Marketing Organizations, or tourism boards, to promote the travel industry in the respective locations; however, the MICHELIN Guide selections process remains completely independent.

 

While selections remain fully independently determined by Michelin inspectors, Michelin is working with Destination Vancouver on marketing and promotion activities only.

 

The 2022 Vancouver restaurant selection will join the MICHELIN Guide selection of hotels, which features the most unique and exciting places to stay in Vancouver and around the world. Visit the MICHELIN Guide website, or download the free app for iOS and Android, to book unforgettable hotels and make restaurant reservations through partners OpenTable, Resy and SevenRooms.

 

Michelin in Canada

Michelin opened its first North American tire production facilities in Canada in 1971 in Bridgewater and Pictou County, Nova Scotia. It’s now a major contributor to the Canadian economy in the field of sustainable mobility, with activities in the tire sector but also around and beyond tires. The company currently employs around 4,000 people in Canada. In May, the MICHELIN Guide announced Toronto as its first Canadian destination.

 

About Michelin North America, Inc.

Michelin, the leading mobility company, is working with tires, around tires and beyond tires to enable Motion for Life. Dedicated to enhancing its clients’ mobility and sustainability, Michelin designs and distributes the most suitable tires, services and solutions for its customers’ needs. Michelin provides digital services, maps and guides to help enrich trips and travels and make them unique experiences. Bringing its expertise to new markets, the company is investing in high-technology materials, 3D printing and hydrogen, to serve a wide a variety of industries—from aerospace to biotech. Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, Michelin North America has approximately 22,500 employees and operates 34 production facilities in the United States and Canada. (michelinman.com)

 

About Destination Vancouver

Destination Vancouver is the official destination marketing and management organization for the spectacular city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and represents more than 800 members in the city’s visitor economy. Destination Vancouver’s mandate is to support Vancouver’s tourism industry in developing compelling experiences and offerings for the city’s visitors and promoting Vancouver to target Canadian, U.S., and international markets. The purpose of the dedicated group of approximately 32 full-time team members (and growing), along with close to 200 visitor services volunteers, is to transform Vancouver’s communities and visitors through the power of travel. (destinationvancouver.com)

 

For more information, contact:

Andrew Festa

Michelin North America – External Communications
andrew.festa@michelin.com

Suzanne Walters

Destination Vancouver – Director, Communications
swalters@destinationvancouver.com

Contact Information

Name: Andrew Festa
Email: andrew.festa@michelin.com
Job Title: Press Officer

ALERCELL® TO DISTRIBUTE AMOY DIAGNOSTICS’ MOLECULAR CANCER TESTS IN THE UNITED STATES

BOZEMAN July 12, 2020 – Alercell® announced today that it has entered into a master distribution agreement with Amoy Diagnostics Co., Ltd (AmoyDx), a China based innovative molecular diagnostics company with shares traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE: 300685), The master distribution agreement enables Alercell® to introduce to the United States market several innovative DNA sequencing cancer tests.

The first tests to be introduced under the Agreement include: Pan Lung Cancer PCR Panel, EML4-ALK Fusion Gene Detection Kit, BRCA Pro Panel, and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Genotyping Detection Kit. These molecular diagnostic tests are all introduced as RUOs (Research Use Only) and are the most advanced next generation DNA sequencing tests in various fields to tackle, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer and Cervical Cancer screening. These tests target gene mutations/fusions and serve as cancer biomarker in several fields, part of the process includes a service giving access to AmoyDx NGS Data Analysis System (ANDAS).

ANDAS allows a fast DNA sequencing analysis and comparison with an existing database. The AmoyDx® BRCA Pro Panel is a next-generation sequencing (NGS) based in vitro diagnostic assay intended for qualitative detection and classification of single nucleotide variants (SNVs), insertions and deletions (InDels), and large rearrangements (LRs) in protein coding regions, intron/exon boundaries, some introns and UTR regions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, using DNA isolated from peripheral whole blood or formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue specimens.

The sequencing data can be analyzed by ANDAS to detect the genomic variants in the target region. It is efficient and allow access to large amount of data which benefit and speed up the diagnostic process.

“Amoy Diagnostics is a real innovator in the field of cancer biomarker detection, and we are proud to open the US market to these advanced tests. It is just the start of a long collaboration, and we are excited as some universities are already testing the products” said Frederic Scheer, Alercell® CEO. AmoyDx is a well-known biotech company that has several existing agreements with well-known players such as Astra Zeneca, Merck and other large biotech companies.

The tests are available now for distribution at Alercell corporate office in Montana.

 

About Amoy Diagnostics Co., Ltd.

Amoy Diagnostics Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 300685) is a leading biotech company which pioneered the development and commercialization of cancer diagnostics in China. It is the largest provider of molecular diagnostics products for personalized healthcare in China, as well as a service center for oncology biomarker analysis. AmoyDx has a market-leading portfolio of molecular tests and is the therapy diagnostics partner for several major multinational pharmaceutical companies offering precision therapies for cancer.

 

ABOUT ALERCELL

Alercell®, Inc is a molecular diagnostics company that provides cancer and leukemia rapid tests to diagnose life-threatening illnesses at an early stage. The company was founded with the aim of providing more accurate and timely diagnostic tools for cancer patients worldwide.  Alercell’s mission is to make a difference in the fight against cancer by providing innovative and accurate diagnostic solutions that improve patient outcomes.

The Alercell® mission is built on the foundation of “stopping it before it starts”. Our genetics-based testing is the first line of assault against cancer & leukemia and infectious diseases. Alercell® is a Biotechnology company based in Bozeman, Montana with a satellite office in New York City.

For more information, please visit: www.alercell.com

 

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this release are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Alercell ‘s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include the inability to complete the proposed business combination or the Extension; the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination; costs related to any business combination; Alercell’s ability to manage growth; Alercell’s ability to execute its business plan; the timing of revenues from existing customers, including uncertainties related to the ability of Alercell’s customers to commercialize their products and the ultimate market acceptance of these products; the uncertain impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Alercell’s and its customers’ businesses; uncertainties related to Alercell’s estimates of the size of the markets for its products; the rate and degree of market acceptance of Alercell ‘s products; the success of other competing products and services that exist or may become available; Alercell’s ability to identify and integrate acquisitions; rising costs adversely affecting Alercell’s profitability; uncertainties related to Alercell’s potential litigation involving Alercell or the validity or enforceability of Alercell’s intellectual property; and general economic and market conditions impacting demand for Alercell’s products and services. Other factors include the possibility that any proposed business combination does not close, including due to the failure to receive required security holder approvals, or the failure of other closing conditions. Alercell does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Disclaimer

This release shall neither constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 

Media Contact

Alercell, Inc.

Mr. Frederic Scheer, CEO

Email: fscheer@alercell.com

Dr. Alexandre Scheer, Chief Medical Officer

Email: ascheer@alercell.com

Tel: (406) 233-6434

PLANETSHAKERS RELEASES FIRST RADIO SINGLE OF 2022, “I KNOW YOU CAN”

 

Jordan Sapp Produces This Declarative Song Of Faith

 

Internationally recognized praise band Planetshakers globally releases its first radio single of the year, “I Know You Can,” today (July 8) from Venture3Media (V3M). Available now at all major digital and streaming outlets via https://link.brddg.co/iknowyoucan, this is a song of remembering who God is, and declaring that He can do anything.

“What great confidence we can have, knowing that God is able to do anything!” exclaims worship leader Joth Hunt, who wrote and leads the song inspired by Romans 8:28. “If we look back over history, we can see the amazing miracles and displays of His power. Even when it seemed like all hope was lost, God came through!”

Produced by GRAMMY-nominated, Dove Award-winning Jordan Sapp (Jeremy Camp, Jordan Feliz, Tauren Wells), who has nine No. 1 radio singles to his credit, “I Know You Can” is a new studio recording of the lead track from both the band’s current full-production live album REVIVAL and its more intimate Planetshakers Revival, Live At Chapel project.

 

I know You can
Nothing is too hard
Nothing is too hard for You
I know You can
There is no other
Nobody greater than You
(“I Know You Can” chorus)

 

Continuing its mission to “empower generations to win generations,” Planetshakers is sharing its new music on tour, most recently in South and Central America and later this month in Europe, including events in Romania July 16 and Hungary July 23. Planetshakers Church is also seeing huge streaming numbers online with hundreds of thousands of people from all across the globe connecting to its worship services and resources remotely.

All the latest Planetshakers music and more news can be found at Planetshakers.com, YouTube (1.33 million subscribers), Instagram (595K followers), Spotify (933.5K followers), Twitter (183.6K followers) and Facebook (over 1.6 million followers).

About Planetshakers Band:

The mandate of Planetshakers – empowering generations to win generations – is outworked globally through the ministry of Planetshakers band. The heart behind each of its endeavors is to see every generation empowered by a life-transforming personal encounter with God through the experience of authentic praise and worship.

Birthed in a youth revival in Adelaide, South Australia (2000), the band serves Planetshakers Church, founded by Russell and Sam Evans, and tours the world. Known for songs such as Nothing is impossibleThe AnthemLeave Me Astounded and Endless Praise, and having produced over 30 internationally-acclaimed albums, Planetshakers band has been privileged to be used by God to release a fresh sound of praise and worship into atmospheres internationally.

About Venture3Media:

Venture3Media is a global music label and song publisher with sales, marketing, promotional, radio, television and movie expertise. V3M provides distribution platforms across all digital channels, including, but not limited to Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon, Deezer, Tencent, 7Digital, Google Music, Facebook, Pandora, Tidal, Sirius and Rhapsody. Physical distribution includes online retailers such as Amazon, national retail chains, sub-distributors and internationally through well-established licensee’s and distributors. V3M is excited to build a global ecosystem that serves the vision and heart of Planetshakers.

FOR MEDIA ONLY:

Planetshakers press materials are available to download from: https://app.box.com/v/Planetshakers-Revival-Press.

For additional information, music, interviews, etc.,contact:Rick Hoganson, Hoganson Media Relations, 615-459-9870, Hoganson@comcast.net.

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Name: Rick Hoganson
Email: hoganson@comcast.net
Job Title: President

LexisNexis Introduces New Tools to Mitigate Environmental, Social and Governance Business Risks

The enhancements to Nexis Diligence™ include ESG company ratings and custom news searches that fit seamlessly into the holistic due diligence process

LexisNexis® has introduced several enhancements to Nexis Diligence™that allow compliance and due diligence professionals to incorporate in-depth Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk assessment into their workflow—all within a single interface. These enhancements, which include ESG ratings for individual organizations and custom news searches, address the growing need for organizations to integrate ESG factors into existing due diligence research and reporting processes.

Learn more about Nexis Diligence’s new ESG enhancements at ESG For Due Diligence Agenda | LexisNexis  

“ESG is a growing concern for all companies, and these ESG-focused enhancements to Nexis Diligence support and streamline a more complete due diligence process that can significantly reduce risk,” said Danielle McCormick, Chief Product Officer, LexisNexis. “The new features offer our users a powerful tool to manage the increasing scrutiny on sustainability efforts, as well as the emerging regulatory demands for businesses to go beyond traditional risk assessments.”

ESG Ratings

Provided by CSRHub, Nexis Diligence’s new ESG ratings are determined through an analysis of 350 million data points, from a wide-ranging collection of sources. These include data from 20 of the premier socially responsible investment analysis firms, 800+ nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, news feeds, social networking groups, smaller for-profit organizations and publishers. Each rating is broken down by category and related sub-category, offering a more complete understanding of ESG performance. The resulting ratings are extensive and updated monthly, assessing the ESG performance of 99.5% of the Russell 3000 index and over 30,000 companies in Europe, Asia, North America, and the rest of the world.

ESG Custom News Searches

Nexis Diligence’s ESG Custom News feature complements CSRHub’s ESG ratings, allowing users to dive into the impact of a company’s sustainability efforts at a moment’s notice. The Custom News enhancement facilitates quick ESG research across LexisNexis’ global collection of 40,000+ premium and web news sources.

Each search begins with a set of predefined ESG search terms which can be customized to align with preferences or specific risk concerns. These searches offer not only a valuable snapshot of ESG performance but improved risk visibility and greater operational efficiency.

Nexis Diligence ESG content empowers more confident decision-making to protect organizations and make ethical profit possible. To learn more, please visit ESG For Due Diligence Agenda | LexisNexis

 

About LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis®services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 10,500 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

 

About Nexis® Solutions

Nexis® Solutions, as part of LexisNexis and the global RELX corporate family, connects customers to market-leading data through a flexible suite of scalable solutions, including our award-winning, flagship Nexis® research platform. By enabling fast access to a vast universe of enriched data with intelligent technologies, Nexis Solutions empowers business, media, non-profit, government and academic organizations worldwide to quickly discover actionable insights that enable confident, performance-driving decisions.

 

About CSRHub

Learn more about CSRHub at csrhub.com

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Name: Magdalena Sommenvik
Email: magdalena.sommenvik@lexisnexis.co.uk
Job Title: Global Product Marketing Manager

Intetics Created the First Online IT Trends Vocabulary with Definitions and Emerging Technologies for 2022. Are You In? Contribute to the Vocabulary!

Intetics has created a Vocabulary of Emerging Technologies, which covers IT trends and definitions of all emerging technologies for analysis and reference. The Vocabulary is open for anyone willing to contribute it with definitions of the latest on tech. 

Rapid technological developments urge companies of all sizes to rethink their operations and offers. Recent McKinsey findings, for example, show that almost nine out of 10 organizations realize their business models will evolve. This means we are going to see a huge shift among industries as they build digital practices from the ground up, rather than improving existing models. 

This digital movement is not limited to IT-related markets. It is shaping the evolution of all industries. According to the IEEE survey of global technology leaders from the U.S., the U.K., China, India, and Brazil, technology will be reshaping industry sectors from manufacturing to travel and transportation to education in 2022. 

So, if you are not keeping up with the latest IT trends, you are behind the curve. Tech innovations are important for continuous education and tech development in any industry. Yet, keeping track of all of them is incredibly time-consuming. Even IT professionals spend a lot of time gathering information, as there are hundreds of expert sources and even more technologies. 

How To Stay on Top of Modern Technological Innovation 

Staying up-to-date on IT innovations lets companies improve their products, transform their business, and deliver better customer satisfaction. Knowing the latest technological advancements is a chance to stay on top of the industry and contribute to its development. This, in turn, allows to speed up innovation adoption and, eventually, deliver an enhanced user experience. 

To do so, organizations must stay on top of “what’s what” in modern technology. Companies will need to find ways to collaborate with each other to share ideas and insights to move the industry forward.  

For example, Intetics has created a Vocabulary of Emerging Technologies, which covers IT trends and definitions of all emerging technologies for analysis and reference. Crucially, anybody can contribute definitions to the dictionary. Working together as a community on projects such as this and others, organizations will be able to find the necessary collaboration strategies to understand the wide range of innovations and niches. 

Staying on top of recent technology trends also requires a time commitment from employees and direction from the organization at large. Companies must compile resources and help their teams get the support they need to understand the rapidly changing world of technology. Here are a few ways to get started with the various resources available: 

  • Subscribe to reports published by CB Insights, Gartner, and the World Economic Forum. 
  • Monitor the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. 
  • Study Global M&A reviews, the Periodic Table of Disruptive Technologies and Innovation or reports by tech communities and IT business accelerators like Tech Nation. 

 
Contribute to the Vocabulary! Add Your Tech Term 

Read the full version of the article for more useful hacks and to stay on top of tech trends. And feel free to contribute to the vocabulary with missing tech terms. 

About Intetics 

Intetics Inc. is a leading global technology company providing custom software application development, distributed professional teams’ creation, software product quality assessment, and “all-things-digital” solutions built with SMAC, RPA, AI/ML, IoT, blockchain, and GIS/UAV/LBS technologies.  

Based on proprietary pioneering business models of Offshore Dedicated Team® and Remote In-Sourcing®, an advanced Technical Debt Reduction Platform (TETRA), and measurable SLAs for software engineering, Intetics helps innovative organizations capitalize on global talent with our in-depth engineering expertise based on our Predictive Software Engineering framework. 

About the Author 

Boris Kontsevoi is the founder and President of Intetics Inc., a leading global software engineering and digital transformation company. Under his leadership, a group of software engineers developed into a truly global technology company with multiple professional certifications and industry awards, including the Global Outsourcing 100, Software 500, Inc.5000, and Global Sourcing Association best of class company.  

Boris has over 30 years of experience leading software development teams and over 40 scientific publications in the field of computer science and automation, he is a Certified Outsourcing Professional, and inventor of several business service models including Offshore Dedicated Team®and Remote In-Sourcing® 

He is an initial creator of the Predictive Software Engineering methodology, as well as TETRA, a Technical Debt Reduction Platform, for a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the quality of software products.  

He serves as a Distinguished Judge of WebAward Competition since the year 2000. Boris is a recipient of WebAward for the new Intetics.com slide-website, 2021, “Top 100 Tech Innovators and Influencers” by the Intercon 2020-2021, Entrepreneurial Excellence Award (2009) by The Business Ledger, Gamechanger Of The Year (2017) by ACQ5, Strategic Leader of the Year (2021) by GSA and a professional member and contributor of the IAOP, GSA, Forbes Technology Council, and IDG/CIO.com. 

Contact Information

Name: Irina Dubovik
Email: i.dubovik@intetics.com
Job Title: Digital Marketing Director