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FDA identifies “pathways” for hemp ingredients in foods and supplements

Commissioner Gottlieb issues statement on 2018 Farm Bill and “cannabis-derived compounds” Silver Spring, MD, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — December 21, 2018 – Within an hour of the signing ceremony for the historic...

MGMWERX announces Pitch Night finalists

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MGMWERX, in conjunction with Air University’s Leadership, Education, and Development Experience (LEDx), announces the selection of finalists for Pitch Night at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 3 at...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: JT HON DY FIT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Reminds Investors of Important Class Action Deadlines

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that class actions have commenced on behalf of shareholders of the following companies. If you suffered a loss you...

Amerant Closes Initial Public Offering

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTB and AMTBB) (the “Company”) announced today the closing of its initial public offering of 6,300,000 shares of its Class...

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP is investigating potential securities fraud claims on behalf of shareholders of U.S. Xpress Enterprises

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP is investigating potential securities fraud claims on behalf of shareholders who purchased and incurred losses in shares of U.S....

The First of Long Island Corporation Announces the Election of Louisa M. Ives to the Board of Directors

GLEN HEAD, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The First of Long Island Corporation (Nasdaq: FLIC), the parent company of The First National Bank of Long Island, announced that on December 20, 2018,...

2019 will disrupt the status quo as brands redefine gender, ownership, sports, and the customer experience, according to Landor Trends Report

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The norms that have dictated how brands routinely act will be challenged in 2019. Consumers will continue to move away from ownership to subscription as a...

College of DuPage and Illinois Tech Partner on Guaranteed Admission Agreement

Agreement Offers Seamless Transfer, Scholarships to Qualified Students Glen Ellyn, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — College of DuPage and Illinois Tech announced today a Guaranteed Admission Agreement that provides COD students with a...

FSIS Highlights Accomplishments in Protecting Public Health

Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FSIS Office of Congressional and Public Affairs Press (202) 720-9113      FSIS Highlights Accomplishments in Protecting Public Health   WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2018 – The...

Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. Declares Dividend

OSWEGO, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Thomas W. Schneider, President/CEO of Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc., the bank holding company of Pathfinder Bank (NASDAQ: PBHC) (listing: PathBcp), has announced that the Company has declared...

Zendure to Exhibit Latest Products at Special CES Engagement

Many previously unannounced products will be front and center at the Venetian suite event. East Palo Alto, California, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zendure will showcase some of its newest innovations during CES...

Goal!!! Spirit Airlines Begins Service to Cali, Colombia, Gives Back to Local Youth Soccer

MIRAMAR, Fla., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — After serving the country of Colombia for a decade, Spirit Airlines has officially launched flights to its fifth Colombian destination, Cali!  Starting December 20, 2018, Spirit...

AVROBIO, Inc. Added to NASDAQ Biotechnology Index

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AVROBIO, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVRO), (“The Company”) a Phase 2 clinical-stage gene therapy company,  today announced that the Company has been selected for addition to the NASDAQ...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT – Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Notifies Investors of Class Action Against Welbilt, Inc. (WBT) and Lead Plaintiff Deadline: January 8, 2019

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Advertising — Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Welbilt, Inc. (“Welbilt” or the “Company”) (NYSE: WBT)...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT – Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Reminds Investors of Class Action Against Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM) and Lead Plaintiff Deadline: January 29, 2019

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Advertising — Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against purchasers Cheetah Mobile Inc. (“Cheetah” or the “Company”)...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT – Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Notifies Investors of Class Action Against Ribbon Communications, Inc. (RBBN) and Lead Plaintiff Deadline – January 7, 2019

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Advertising — Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Ribbon Communications, Inc. f/k/a Sonus Networks, Inc. (“Ribbon”...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT – Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Reminds Investors of Class Action Against Ryanair Holdings plc (RYAAY) & Lead Plaintiff Deadline- January 7, 2019

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Advertising Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Ryanair Holdings plc (“Ryanair” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:...

Larson Electronics LLC Releases Explosion Proof Enclosure for Flammable Work Sites

KEMP, Texas, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Industrial lighting leader, Larson Electronics LLC, announced the release an explosion proof enclosure, which supplies operators with housing for compact equipment in flammable work sites. This...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Announces Investigation of Immunomedics, Inc. (IMMU)

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Advertising — Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers Immunomedics, Inc. (“Immunomedics” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IMMU). Such investors...

PSIQ Now Expanding CBD Operations Domestically and Internationally Amid Successful Passage of 2018 Farm Bill

SUNRISE, Fla., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Profile Solutions, Inc. (OTC Pink: PSIQ) announces it is thrilled to announce the federal legalization of Hemp farming in the U.S., allowing PSIQ to aggressively expand its...

Kali-Extracts To Franchise Its Patented Cannabis Extraction Service Nationwide After President Trump Legalizes Hemp Farming

DALLAS, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via OTC PR WIRE —  Kali, Inc. (dba/Kali-Extracts, Inc.) (USOTC: KALY) (“KALY”) today announced plans to launch a hemp-derived CBD extraction franchise business following President Trump signing...

EnviroTechnologies International, Inc. (OTC: ETII) is in a good position to take advantage of the burgeoning Hemp/CBD Pet industry

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — News Commentary www.cannagreed.com In 1994, the American Pet Products Association (APPA) says Americans spent $17 billion on their pets.  By 2016 that number grew to $66.75 billion.  In 2017...

InterCloud Systems Enters into Letter of Intent to Merge with WaveTech

Company will develop proprietary technologies to address the Network Services & Energy Lifecycle Solutions Market Opportunity SHREWSBURY, NJ, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InterCloud Systems, Inc. (the “Company” or “InterCloud”) (OTC:ICLD), a leading...

EBRP, EBRF and other Global EB Charities Collaborate to Announce $1 Million Award for EB Simplex

EB Research Partnership, EB Research Foundation, the Oros Family and EB Medical Research Foundation, join together to accelerate treatments and cures for EB Simplex.  Proposals must be submitted by January 25, 2019 NEW YORK,...

Harvest Receives Santa Monica Dispensary License as Top Ranked Applicant

Harvest Adds to Growing National Footprint with Sixth License in California and More than 60 Across U.S Phoenix, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Harvest Health & Recreation, Inc. (Harvest), a vertically integrated public cannabis...

Glowpoint and SharedLabs Execute Definitive Merger Agreement

DENVER and JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Glowpoint, Inc. (NYSE American: GLOW) (“Glowpoint”), a managed service provider of video collaboration and network applications, and SharedLabs, Inc. (“SharedLabs”), a privately held software...

Employers’ New Year Resolutions for 2019 are Building Candidate Pools and Improving Candidate Experience

iCIMS End-of-Year Client Survey Identifies Recruiters’ Priorities to Fill Growing Number of Open Positions Holmdel, NJ, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Building candidate pools, improving candidate experience and using data to know the...

Apex Clean Energy Announces Sale of 202 MW Sugar Creek Wind

Charlottesville, VA, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apex Clean Energy today announced the sale of Sugar Creek Wind to a wholly owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. The advanced-stage 202 MW...

Marksmen Announces Proposed Private Placement of Debenture and Granting of Stock Option

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marksmen Energy Inc. (“Marksmen” or the “Company”) (TSX: MAH) (OTCB: MKSEF) announces that it has reached an agreement in principal to complete a non-brokered private placement...

Fortinet Recognized by Glassdoor as one of the Best Places to Work in Canada

BURNABY, British Columbia, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced it has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing...

Aptevo Therapeutics Announces Up To $35 Million Common Stock Purchase Agreement With Lincoln Park Capital

Provides Opportunistic Capital of up to $35 Million to Aptevo During the 36-month Term of the Agreement SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: APVO), a biotechnology company focused on...

Editas Medicine Announces Transition of Chief Financial Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Editas Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDIT), a leading genome editing company, today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Hack, M.D., Ph.D., will be stepping down from...

Obalon Announces FDA Approval of Obalon Navigation System

Eliminates the Need for X-Ray when Placing the Obalon Swallowable, Gas-Filled Balloon SAN DIEGO, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OBLN), a vertically integrated medical technology company with the first and...

HMS to Present at the J.P. Morgan 37th Annual Healthcare Conference

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) today announced that Bill Lucia, Chairman and CEO, will make a presentation at the J.P. Morgan 37th Annual Healthcare Conference at 11:00...

Domo Ranked #1 for Usability and TCO/ROI in Ventana Research’s 2019 Analytics and Business Intelligence Value Index

SILICON SLOPES, Utah, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Domo (Nasdaq: DOMO), provider of the leading cloud-based operating system for business, today announced it has been ranked the highest out of 15 vendors in...

Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc., (NASDAQ:GFED), the holding company (the “Company”) for Guaranty Bank, today announces a dividend per common share of $.13 for its fourth quarter...

PSB Holdings, Inc. announces semi-annual cash dividend of $0.18 per share and renews stock repurchase program

WAUSAU, Wis., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PSB Holdings, Inc. (OTCPK: PSBQ), parent company of Peoples State Bank, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular semi-annual cash dividend of $0.18...

NRC Health Trends Report Uncovers the Forces Shaping Healthcare Consumerism

Report Compiles Patient Feedback and Expert Insights; Offers Recommendations to Address 2019 Challenges LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NRC Health, the leading provider of in-depth customer intelligence in healthcare, today released...

Illinois Tool Works Inc. Recommends Stockholders Do Not Tender in Response to Mini-Tender Offer by TRC Capital Corporation

GLENVIEW, Ill., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) has been notified of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Corporation (“TRC”) to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of...

CBD and Hemp Market gets Green Light as Farm Bill Becomes Law; Tilray, Canopy Growth Corporation and Entrepreneurial Companies Blaze a New Path 

POINT ROBERTS Wash. And DELTA, B.C., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering hemp and cannabis stocks, releases a snapshot looking at the growing global opportunity in the...

IMT VISLINK RECEIVES OVER $400,000 IN ORDERS FOR AIRBORNE VIDEO DOWNLINK EQUIPMENT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE

Air to-Anywhere Design Allows Real-time Video to be Gathered, Distributed and Managed Across all Deployed Assets SARASOTA, FL, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  xG Technology, Inc. (“xG” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW),...

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Announces the Closing of the Sale of its Interest in the European Joint Venture

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST), the nation’s largest lodging real estate investment trust (the “Company”), today announced that it closed on the previously announced...

The Providence Service Corporation completes sale of WD Services

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Providence Service Corporation (“Providence”, or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PRSC) today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of substantially all of the operating...

Align Technology Receives Multiple Product Awards for iTero Element 2 and iTero Element Flex Scanners

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN) announced today that the iTero Element 2 and iTero Element Flex scanners have been honored with multiple product awards from...

NetworkNewsAudio Announces Audio Press Release (APR) on Youngevity International, Inc. Processing, Roasting and Generating Millions in Popular Coffee Market

NEW YORK , Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NetworkWire – NetworkNewsAudio announces the Audio Press Release (APR) titled “Coffee Brands See Stellar Growth in Amazon Sales,” featuring Youngevity International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI). To...

GrowLife, Inc. Announces New Market Opportunity with Passing of Farm Bill Legalizing Hemp Across the United States

Takeaways: The White House signed the 2018 Farm Bill legalizing hemp The company is experiencing increased demand for its commercial products The company provides products and services that can assist hemp cultivators who are...

West Bancorporation, Inc. to Announce Quarterly Results, Hold Conference Call

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — West Bancorporation, Inc. (Nasdaq: WTBA) (the “Company”), parent company of West Bank, will report its results for the fourth quarter of 2018, on Thursday,...

PotlatchDeltic Announces Agreement to Sell El Dorado MDF

SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PotlatchDeltic Corporation (NASDAQ: PCH) today announced an agreement to sell its El Dorado Medium Density Fiberboard (“MDF”) business to Roseburg Forest Products (“Roseburg”) for a purchase...

Insight Brings VR Holiday Experience to Children at Tampa General Hospital

Digital Innovation expert designs immersive sleigh ride with Santa for pediatric patients unable to enjoy holidays at home TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For a second straight year, Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT)...

Quest Awarded Ten-Year Contract From Better Made Snack Foods, Inc. for Comprehensive Supply Chain Solution

Quest’s State-Of-The-Art Route Edge™ Software Will Integrate Delivery Fleet and IT systems SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quest Solution, Inc. (OTCQB:QUES) (“Quest” or “the Company”), a provider of Supply Chain...

McGlinchey Stafford receives Turnaround Award for Chapter 11 Reorganization

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McGlinchey Stafford’s Creditors’ Rights, Financial Restructuring, and Bankruptcy practice has received the “Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year” Award in the $10 million – $25 million...