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Coursera Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

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Monday, April 29, 2024
Education, Technology, Software, Continuing, Artificial Intelligence, Training, Consumer, Public sector, University, Total, Language, AI, Vanderbilt University, Aboitiz Power, Security (finance), Research, Bank, Campus, Business, Catalog, Disclosure, Yenepoya University, Duke University, Regulation Fair Disclosure, Virginia State University, Microsoft, Work, Heriot-Watt University, Central State University, Regulation, Adjustment, Student, Government, GAAP, Growth, IBM, Tutoring

Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

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  • Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  • Broadened access to the Coursera Coach beta program for paying Consumer learners, as well as our Coursera for Business and Coursera for Government customers.
  • We have provided a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in the financial statement tables for our historical non-GAAP financial results included in this press release.
  • As previously announced, Coursera will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2024 performance today, April 29, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).

Asteroid Institute and Google Cloud Identify 27,500 New Asteroids, Revolutionizing Minor Planet Discovery with Cloud Technology

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Cloud, University of Washington, University, Telescope, Sun, Solar System, AI, NSC, Google Cloud, Photon, GKE, Processor (computing), Partnership, DR2, Catalog, Electron, Automation, Light, Science, Google Cloud Storage, B612 Foundation, ADAM, MILL, Algorithm, Asteroid, NOIRLab, Palladium

MILL VALLEY, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, and Google Cloud today announced the most significant results of their partnership to date: identifying 27,500 new, high-confidence asteroid discovery candidates. The work, which took place over several weeks, has the potential to enable the mapping of the solar system and protect the Earth from collisions, advancing the field of minor planet discovery.

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  • In partnership with the University of Washington's DiRAC Institute, Asteroid Institute developed a novel algorithm called Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery (THOR), which runs on a cloud-based, open-source astrodynamics platform called Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM).
  • Google Cloud's Office of the CTO collaborated with Asteroid Institute to help it scale and tune its algorithms on ADAM using Google Cloud.
  • Large-scale image storage: Asteroid Institute leverages Google Cloud Storage for millions of images from NOIRLab to use in verification of asteroid discoveries, as well as durable storage for billions of data points across the asteroid discovery pipeline.
  • Asteroid Institute and Google Cloud have partnered since 2017 with the goal of transforming asteroid discovery.

Groundworks® Increases Ohio Footprint with the Acquisition of The Basement Guys

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Partnership, Better Business Bureau, Catalog, Acquisition, Nightclub

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Groundworks® , the nation’s leading foundation and water management solutions company, announces its acquisition of The Basement Guys.

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  • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Groundworks® , the nation’s leading foundation and water management solutions company, announces its acquisition of The Basement Guys.
  • With this transition, The Basement Guys will align with two existing Groundworks brands, Ohio Basement Systems and Ohio Basement Authority.
  • “Groundworks continues our Midwest expansion with the addition of The Basement Guys,” said Matt Malone, founder & CEO of Groundworks.
  • Now, Groundworks will provide the full range of services from foundation repair and basement waterproofing to basement finishing.”
    For 24 years, The Basement Guys have served homeowners in Northeastern Ohio for all of their basement needs, including waterproofing, foundation solutions, crawl space repair and basement finishing.

Kinaxis Positioned Highest on Ability to Execute in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions

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Friday, April 26, 2024
Chemicals, Plastics, Automotive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Convenience Store, Catalog, Bridal, LGBTQ+, Health, Home Goods, Nuclear, Defense, Other Transport, Trucking, Teens, Rail, Parenting, Maritime, Children, Air, Baby, Maternity, Transport, Other Technology, Telecommunications, Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Networks, VoIP, Other Energy, Internet, Mobile, Wireless, Utilities, Hardware, Other Defense, Oil, Gas, Electronic Design Automation, Contracts, Coal, Data Management, Office Products, Alternative Energy, Consumer Electronics, Energy, Technology, Other Consumer, Women, Seniors, Religion, Pets, Men, Family, Consumer, Other Retail, Wine & Spirits, Restaurant, Bar, Tobacco, Supermarket, Specialty, Automotive, Food, Beverage, Fashion, Cosmetics, Retail, Security, Satellite, Photography, Nanotechnology, Audio, Video, General Health, Online Retail, Luxury, Discount, Variety, Department Stores, General Automotive, Other Manufacturing, Textiles, Steel, Packaging, Engineering, Differentiation, MAGIC, Ecosystem, Pet, Publication, Magic, TSX, Research, Magic Quadrant, Strategic planning

Kinaxis® Inc. (TSX:KXS), a global leader in end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions.

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  • Kinaxis® Inc. (TSX:KXS), a global leader in end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions.
  • Of the 20 vendors evaluated, Gartner positioned Kinaxis highest on Ability to Execute, marking the company’s 10th consecutive Leaders Quadrant within the report, a complimentary copy of which can be downloaded here .
  • “We’re thrilled that once again, Kinaxis has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader for supply chain planning and equally proud to be recognized again as a Leader across the last ten Magic Quadrant reports,” said Andrew Bell, chief product officer at Kinaxis.
  • Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact.

Snowflake Launches Arctic: The Most Open, Enterprise-Grade Large Language Model

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Data Management, Technology, Software, Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Cloud, Cortex, Tag cloud, Hugging Face, Retrieval, Amazon Web Services, AI, LLM, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Machine learning, Partnership, SNOW, Research, Catalog, API, Amazon, EC2, Intelligence, Mistral, Family, Microsoft, Spider, NVIDIA, Azure, Multimedia, Garden, SQL, AWS, Moe, Organization, Architecture

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, today announced Snowflake Arctic, a state-of-the-art large language model (LLM) uniquely designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market.

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  • Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, today announced Snowflake Arctic, a state-of-the-art large language model (LLM) uniquely designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market.
  • The Snowflake Arctic LLM is a part of the Snowflake Arctic model family, a family of models built by Snowflake that also include the best practical text-embedding models for retrieval use cases.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240424761970/en/
    Snowflake Arctic adds truly open large language model with unmatched intelligence and efficiency to the Snowflake Arctic model family (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “This is a watershed moment for Snowflake, with our AI research team innovating at the forefront of AI,” said Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO, Snowflake.
  • Now with the launch of Arctic, Snowflake is delivering a powerful, truly open model with an Apache 2.0 license that permits ungated personal, research, and commercial use.

Valuedynamx Partnership With Expedia Group Drives 20% Growth

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Retail, Data Management, Technology, Apps, Applications, Lodging, Destinations, Travel, Online Retail, Catalog, Electronic Commerce, Specialty, Vacation, Payments, Software, Internet, Partnership, Expedia Group, Growth, Sales

Valuedynamx , a Collinson Company and leading global provider of curated, data-driven purchase rewards, celebrates the first anniversary of their global partnership with Expedia Group .

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  • Valuedynamx , a Collinson Company and leading global provider of curated, data-driven purchase rewards, celebrates the first anniversary of their global partnership with Expedia Group .
  • Through the partnership with Expedia Group, Valuedynamx has expanded its travel redemption portfolio, offering better value and increased choice in alignment with the ongoing consumer demand for travel.
  • Loyalty program customers can leverage their earned reward points for travel bookings with Expedia Group through Valuedynamx’s Travel Redemption program.
  • “We are thrilled to see such a significant increase in bookings as a result of the expansion of our travel redemption offerings through this exciting partnership with Expedia Group, a strategic move aimed at empowering our valued loyalty program partners,” said James Berry, Managing Director at Valuedynamx.

Dillard’s Launches M.G. Style for Antonio Melani

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Other Retail, Online Retail, Luxury, Department Stores, Jewelry, Specialty, Catalog, Bridal, Fashion, Cosmetics, Retail, Footwear, Home Goods, Multimedia, Shoe, Collection, Merchandising, Life, Fashion design

Style for Antonio Melani, a limited-edition capsule collection by Birmingham-based premier stylist and wardrobe consultant, Mary Glenn McElveen.

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  • Style for Antonio Melani, a limited-edition capsule collection by Birmingham-based premier stylist and wardrobe consultant, Mary Glenn McElveen.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240423981998/en/
    The MG Style for Antonio Melani Blake Set is available exclusively at Dillard's.
  • Style for Antonio Melani – all the best of summer in one collection!
  • With her signature love of neutrals as the foundation, she has artfully mixed in fascinating details and pops of warm, summer color culminating in a gorgeous presentation for our Antonio Melani clients.

Consumers Embrace Retail Automation, Reject Restaurant Robot Cooks

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Cosmetics, Retail, Other Professional Services, Legal, Finance, Consulting, Other Consumer, Professional Services, Women, Teens, Parenting, Restaurant, Bar, Men, Family, Other Technology, Telecommunications, Software, Consumer, Networks, Internet, Social Media, Home Goods, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Semiconductor, Security, Consumer Electronics, Other Communications, Technology, Public Relations, Investor Relations, Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Online Retail, Luxury, Discount, Variety, Department Stores, Mobile, Wireless, Office Products, Convenience Store, Other Retail, Catalog, Bridal, Supermarket, Specialty, Payments, Food, Beverage, Fashion, Automation, Empathy, Human, Safety, Online shopping

A majority (72%) of consumers are already loyal users of automated technologies such as self-checkout, curbside pickup, and contactless payment.

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  • A majority (72%) of consumers are already loyal users of automated technologies such as self-checkout, curbside pickup, and contactless payment.
  • Yet fewer than half have experienced the most cutting-edge retail technologies such as AI-enabled cashierless checkout and augmented reality try-on tools.
  • Consumers believe automated tech has brought speed and convenience to in-store shopping and restaurant ordering, and many are ready for more to be introduced.
  • Most consumers (67%) say human-centered customer service at restaurants is very important, while 31% say the same of retail and grocery stores.

L.L.Bean and Summersalt Launch New Limited Edition Summer Collaboration

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Men, Other Retail, Online Retail, Family, Department Stores, Consumer, Catalog, Fashion, Teens, Retail, Children, Other Consumer, Women, Foam, Cloud, Sidestroke, Woman, Teal, Blue, Heart, Pink, Love, Partnership, Collection, Black, White, Fashion design

Just in time for summer, iconic outdoor retailer L.L.Bean is teaming up with viral swimwear brand Summersalt to launch a new collection of swimwear, cover-ups, and summer-ready gear and accessories inspired by a shared love of summer and adventure.

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  • Just in time for summer, iconic outdoor retailer L.L.Bean is teaming up with viral swimwear brand Summersalt to launch a new collection of swimwear, cover-ups, and summer-ready gear and accessories inspired by a shared love of summer and adventure.
  • Each piece was co-designed with a shared focus on enhancing their customers' summer experiences and giving them the confidence to dive in and enjoy the restorative power of time outside.
  • “While many of our most well-known products were created to brave cold climates, the summer season continues to be a pivotal growth area for our business.
  • In a first for Summersalt, this collaboration extends beyond swimwear and cover-ups to include summer essentials such as hats, sandals, towels, beach chairs, and even a stand-up paddleboard, along with the iconic L.L.Bean x Summersalt Boat and Tote.

Sensormatic Solutions Showcases New, Sustainable SPX AM Label Designed to Protect Merchandise and the Environment

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Packaging, Delivery Services, Environment, Technology, Restaurant, Bar, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Specialty, Office Products, Food, Beverage, Fashion, Cosmetics, Retail, Convenience Store, Catalog, Green Technology, Supply Chain Management, Online Retail, Luxury, Discount, Variety, IOT (Internet of Things), Home Goods, Learning, Liability, Forest Stewardship Council, Sensormatic, FSC, SPX, Habit, JCI, Friction, Johnson Controls

Sensormatic Solutions , the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), today showcases a new, sustainable Acousto-Magnetic (AM) label designed to protect merchandise and the planet: the Sustainable SPX AM Label .

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  • Sensormatic Solutions , the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), today showcases a new, sustainable Acousto-Magnetic (AM) label designed to protect merchandise and the planet: the Sustainable SPX AM Label .
  • Sensormatic Solutions SPX AM Labels are making it easier for retailers to answer the call to pursue responsible practices.
  • Sustainability has always been a focus for Sensormatic Solutions, and it’s woven into its processes and facilities, products, solutions, and services.
  • To learn more about Sensormatic Solutions commitment to supporting retail’s healthier, more sustainable future, download “ Our Retail Sustainability Story” or visit sensormatic.com/about-us/sustainability .