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The bond venue using blockchain technology to plug the leaks
Large asset managers including Fidelity have given their backing to a new corporate bond trading platform that aims to stop news of big orders leaking into the market, which can move prices against investors and increase their trading costs. LedgerEdge, which is due to launch in Europe in the third quarter of 2020, uses distributed …
Dance company moves — and brings technology along with it | Arts and Theater
Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance co-artistic director Robert Cleary carries a piece of flooring designed to absorb weight and pressure inside the dance company’s new location at 329 W. Mifflin St. The special flooring for dancers was removed from Kanopy’s former studios on State Street. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL The technology piece is …
WVU students push for changes regarding mental health services
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University students are urging officials to improve mental health services following the death of a student and related response. A rally took place Thursday outside of the Mountainlair over concerns the Carruth Center is not doing enough to provide students with counseling and other treatment options. The call for action …
ProV International Collaborates with Global Leader in Scale Technology for Better Service Management
The case study is the documentation of effective project implementation in alignment with client objectives. The ProV International team employed day-to-day field service solutions for simplifying the workload. Fairbanks Scales, the heavy-duty innovators supplies industrial vehicle scales & has been a leader in scale technology since 1830. Today, Fairbank Scales provides the largest market offering …
Integral Brings New Environmental Tools and Technology to Ocean Energy at ICOE
Bloomberg Oil Crown Jewels Are No Longer Off Limits With Deals Ramping Up (Bloomberg) — Time was when the Middle East’s petrostates recoiled from using their crown jewels to raise money from foreign investors.Not any more. In the space of a few weeks, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait have all …
Technology Aids Hospices With Value-Based Advance Care Planning Compliance
Hospices have contended with two agents of industry-wide change at the start of 2021: access to value-based payment models and a global pandemic. As hospices sought ways to balance the human touch with technology, they’ve refocused efforts around advance care planning, a key element of those value-based models. Those services are one more area in …
Local health care heroes enjoy draft day adventure
Four Baptist health care heroes are in Cleveland for draft day! It’s an all-expense-paid trip for their dedication to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. All four are big Jags fans and they have their eye on Trevor Lawrence! The Baptist employees who are now in Cleveland could NOT believe they were chosen for this …
French watchdog warns of big tech’s sway over payment services
A man uses an iPhone 7 smartphone to demonstrate the mobile payment service Apple Pay at a cafe in Moscow, Russia, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev Digital payment services developed by U.S. tech giants such as Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) risk reinforcing their market power by giving them greater sway over consumers’ data, …
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. Announces Completion of Debt Refinancing and Preferred Equity Issuance
ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTH) (“Priority”), a leading payments technology company, today announced the completion of its debt refinancing and preferred equity issuance. The new senior debt facility, which improves interest expense by 75 basis points, includes an initial term loan of $300 million used to refinance existing …
USC Researchers Develop Technology to Detect Internet Outages Around the World – USC Viterbi
Due to working remotely during the pandemic, we’ve all been highly dependent on our internet connection. While our experiences of internet outages can be frustrating, they are typically resolved within a short period of time. Mass internet outages, on the other hand, affect a large population and are often attributed to a common source. Increasingly, …
