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Finnair adjusts its European traffic in April due to the impacts of the coronavirus

Due to the impacts of the coronavirus situation, Finnair has already cancelled approximately 1,400 flights from its network and is now further adjusting its network to the decreased demand.   Finnair is decreasing the seat capacity of its European traffic in April by over 20 percent, by cancelling altogether approximately 2,400 flights and by switching to smaller aircraft on certain routes, based on the demand outlook. The main changes to Finnair’s domestic and European network in April are: · Finnair is cancelling all flights to Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kokkola and Kemi in Finland

Shawbrook Bank re-imagines intermediary relationships for the new decade

Since appointing Glen Christie-MacAllan as Director of Intermediary Business within its Business Finance Division, Shawbrook has launched its new partnership strategy for commercial finance introducersShawbrook Bank, the specialist SME lender, has started 2020 by re-shaping its approach to working with commercial finance introducers in the asset finance market. Appointing Glen Christie-MacAllan to the role of Director of Intermediary Business, Shawbrook is shifting its focus towards closer partnerships with selected introducers as it seeks to respond to changes and direct feedback from

Helsinki Biennial 2020 Brings 40 Artists and Groups to the Finnish Archipelago for Inaugural Edition

Margaret and Christine Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. Coral Forest at Lehigh University Arts Galleries (PA).  Their new commission, The Helsinki Satellite Reef, will be presented at Helsinki Biennial 2020.Photo courtesy LUAG by Stephanie Veto. 12 June – 27 September 2020Press preview: 10 June | Vernissage: 11 June Taking place in the summer of 2020, Helsinki Biennial is thrilled to announce the 40 artists and groups of artists participating in the inaugural edition, The Same Sea. Located on Vallisaari, an island in the Baltic Sea, the biennial presents over 75%

Konecranes Goliath strides to France

Konecranes and Chantiers de l’Atlantique, a shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, have signed a contract for the delivery of a Konecranes Goliath gantry crane. It will handle large ship blocks and panels over the dry dock, playing a leading role in ship assembly at this storied shipyard. The order was booked in Q4 2019.Lasse Merenheimo, Konecranes’ Director of Shipyard Cranes, said: “We are thrilled to have received this order from Chantiers de l’Atlantique, one of the greatest shipyards in the world. When it enters service, this Goliath crane will do the heavy lifting that Chantiers needs

Important considerations for implementing ZLD for industrial wastewater treatment

Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater treatment can improve water recycling, reclaim valuable resources and eliminate contaminated wastewater discharge. But before implementing a ZLD system, you must consider several important factors.The rapid depletion of water resources in water stressed countries like India has forced many industries to reevaluate their approach to water management. In addition, widespread pollution issues have prompted Indian authorities to introduced regulation designed to improve water recycling and reduce the discharge of contaminated industrial wastewater. To

Islamic State: No Longer World’s Deadliest Terror Group, says Jane’s

LONDON (10 March 2020) ––The Taliban has overtaken the Islamic State as the world’s deadliest terror group, according to the latest report from Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC). The report from the open-source defence intelligence agency highlights a 25% decrease in the number of non-militant fatalities caused by the Islamist group’s activities. “JTIC recorded 2,381 fatalities attributed to Islamic State activity in 2019 – down from 3,151 in 2018,” said Matthew Henman, head of Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre. “The increase in Taliban activity – with an 87.6% increase

Correction to the Company Announcement Published 9 March 2020 at 5:50 PM: Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Fellow Finance Plc

FELLOW FINANCE PLC COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT 10.3.2020 AT 11:30 AMFellow Finance Plc corrects Company Announcement published earlier on 9 March at 17:50 as follows. C. Instructions for those attending the AGM Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings are entitled to attend the AGM on the basis of shares held on the record date, i.e. 24 March 2020, that would entitle them to be included in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. (AGM record date). Attendance also requires that these shareholders are included

Gladstone Institutes, University of California and PHI form joint Center of Excellence

Gladstone Institutes, University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) and Phase Holographic Imaging (PHI) recently formed San Francisco’s Center of Excellence for Holographic Imaging Cytometry. The center is an expansion of the successful Center of Excellence program between UCSF and PHI, which has resulted in several scientific papers in prominent journals[1].Supported by PHI, the center’s activities focus on bringing the benefits of holographic cytometry and machine learning based on artificial intelligence. Apart from cutting-edge research, the Center will provide training and technical

Own a piece of Entropia history and earn real money with the Ancient Greece share offering

Gothenburg, Sweden - March 10, 2020 - Next Island, a planet within the real cash economy game Entropia Universe is proud to announce an upcoming share offering for their parallel universe destination: Ancient Greece.Ancient Greece is the second destination to list shares on the Entropia Exchange. The Entropia Exchange was introduced late spring 2019 with the sale of the Crystal Palace Space Station which saw the 500,000 shares offered sell out in two days. The 750,000 available shares for Ancient Greece equal 50% of the revenue generated at the 64km2 large destination and will be sold on

Change of location for Handelsbanken’s annual general meeting

As a precautionary measure to decrease any risk of infection of the new covid-19 coronavirus, Handelsbanken’s Board of Directors has made the decision to move the annual general meeting to the Victoria Hall at the Stockholmsmässan exhibition facility, Mässvägen 1, Älvsjö, Stockholm. The meeting will now take place at 10:00 a.m. CET on Wednesday, 25 March – the same date as previously arranged. The aim is to ensure that the meeting is as short and concise as possible, in order to minimise the potential risk of contamination. The new premises will better allow attendees to enter quickly,

Optomed Oyj - Managers' Transactions

Optomed Plc - Managers' Transactions - 10 March 2020, at 11.00 EET Optomed Oyj - Managers' Transactions ____________________________________________ Person subject to the notification requirement Name: Tauriainen, Reijo Position: Member of the Board/Deputy member Issuer: Optomed Oyj LEI: 7437009IVYWGEE4S7B77 Notification type: INITIAL NOTIFICATION Reference number: 7437009IVYWGEE4S7B77_20200309130533_3 ____________________________________________ Transaction date: 2020-03-09 Venue: NASDAQ HELSINKI LTD (XHEL) Instrument type: SHARE ISIN: FI4000410881

Citi Appoints Country Head for Denmark

Citi has appointed Rudi Baxter-Warman as Citi Country Officer (CCO) for Denmark. He previously served as a senior banker in both the public sector group and consumer and healthcare group in London.Rudi replaces Andrew Man who has assumed a new role for Citi in Corporate Banking, EMEA based in London. He will report to Alexander Stiris, Nordics Cluster Head, who is also Nordic Corporate Banking Head and Country Head for Sweden. Rudi, who joined Citi in 2007, has held several senior positions in Corporate Banking in a number of geographies and has worked across a variety of sectors.

G5 once again named one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies

G5 Entertainment has been named as one of Europe’s fastest growing companies for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Financial Times FT1000 2020 report. The report, published by the Financial Times in partnership with Statista, one of the world’s leading statistics portals, lists the companies in 31 European countries that have achieved the highest annual growth rates in revenue between 2015 and 2018. “It’s a privilege to once again make it into the FT1000 list and be recognized for the tremendous growth we have achieved over the years,” said Vlad Suglobov, CEO of G5

SSAB EcoUpgraded concept benefits ILAB Container – 36 tonnes of CO2 saved per container

ILAB Container, the leading container supplier in the Nordic countries, has found SSAB EcoUpgraded to be a very useful concept when telling customers about the advantages of high-strength steels and ILAB containers. ILAB is a long-standing customer of SSAB and has been applying SSAB EcoUpgraded to their containers for several years now. ILAB designs and sells containers mainly for the Nordic markets. The containers are produced by the Polish company JK Kiedrowski. What is SSAB EcoUpgraded? The SSAB EcoUpgraded concept allows customers to upgrade to high-strength steel and

Telia Finland Acquires ESL Pro Tour Finnish Market Media Rights From DreamHack and ESL

Telia Finland’s Broadcasts to Begin in March and Continue Through 2020STOCKHOLM — DreamHack , the premier gaming lifestyle festival, and ESL , the world’s largest esports company,  have announced that Telia Finland  has acquired media rights for the ESL Pro Tour , the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) circuit, linking more than 20 tournaments and leagues. The ESL Pro Tour will feature an aggregate prize pool of more than $5 million (USD) for 2020 from competitions across five

Ingves and Breman at Riksdag Committee on Finance: The Riksbank is prepared to act

Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Anna Breman are today taking part in the year's first hearing on monetary policy at the Riksdag Committee on Finance. They will comment, among other things, on the effects of the coronavirus on the economy.The spread of this virus will unavoidably have negative effects on economic activity. But it is as yet too early to determine the extent and duration of these effects. “To avoid robust companies being closed down during this period, economic policy as a whole may need to contribute support to affected sectors and access to credit and liquidity.

The Nomination Committee’s proposal for election of Board members

The Nomination Committee of Pricer AB has decided to propose that the Annual General Meeting 2020 approve the following proposals regarding the number of Board members and election of Board members. The Nomination Committee proposes that the number of Board members be five (5). For the period until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, the Nomination Committee proposes re-election of Board members Knut Faremo, Hans Granberg, Jonas Guldstrand, Thomas Krishan and Jenni Virnes. Bernt Ingman has declined re-election. As the Chairman of the Board, a new election of Knut Faremo is

First liver cancer patient dosed in the MIV-818 phase Ib study

Stockholm, Sweden — Medivir AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: MVIR) today announced that the first patient with advanced liver cancer has been dosed in the phase Ib study of MIV-818. The MIV-818 phase I study (NCT03781934) consists of two parts: (i) the already completed phase Ia, which was a within-patient dose-escalation study, and (ii) the phase Ib between-patient dose-escalation study, a classic 3+3 dose-escalation multi-center study in patients with advanced liver cancer. The phase Ia study demonstrated a liver-cancer directed effect of MIV-818 and five out of nine patients were considered to

Carbiotix joins the Global Prebiotic Association (GPA)

Carbiotix (publ) ("Carbiotix") announces today that the company has been accepted as an Associate Member of the Global Prebiotic Association (GPA). This membership will allow Carbiotix to join a limited group of companies promoting the growth of prebiotics and demonstrates Carbiotix potential impact and recognition in the global prebiotics industry.The GPA is an association comprised of ingredient manufacturers, brand holders and retailers, focused on raising awareness of and support for the prebiotics category. The mission of the GPA is to increase public awareness about the production,

Cantargia acquires Cellerant IP on IL1RAP

Cantargia AB today announced the acquisition of a patent portfolio from Cellerant Therapeutics Inc covering aspects around the interleukin 1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP). The acquired IP includes a US patent on IL1RAP as a target for antibody therapy in leukemia. Thereby, Cantargia has broadened its IP portfolio and secured ownership of the key patents around IL1RAP as a target for cancer therapy.Cantargia develops antibody-based pharmaceuticals against the interleukin 1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP). In the most advanced program, the antibody CAN04 binds IL1RAP with high

Wallenberg Foundations grants 2019 – SEK 2.4 billion

During 2019 funding allocated to research totaled SEK 2.4 billion. Most of the funding by the Wallenberg Foundations is grants from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which focuses on basic research in medicine, science and technology. But the Wallenberg Foundations also award substantial grants in other field, including social sciences, humanities, education and archaeology.The Wallenberg Foundations is the umbrella name for 16 foundations formed by the Wallenberg family or established in memory of family members. Out of the total of SEK 2.4 billion, the three largest foundations –

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