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CMD Global Partners Expands Corporate Advisory Practice in New York and Chicago

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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CMD Global Partners (“CMD”), an independent investment banking advisory firm, announced today that Alexandre Chenesseau and Bill Fox have joined the firm as Managing Directors in its Corporate Advisory practice.

Key Points: 
  • CMD Global Partners (“CMD”), an independent investment banking advisory firm, announced today that Alexandre Chenesseau and Bill Fox have joined the firm as Managing Directors in its Corporate Advisory practice.
  • Alex is based in New York and expands CMD’s activities in the Technology, Interactive Media and Consumer sectors.
  • Bill is based in Chicago and expands CMD’s activities in the Packaging sector and Restructuring.
  • Alex joins CMD from Evercore, where he was a Managing Director in New York responsible for advising North American and European clients on cross-border transactions in Asia.

HKU holds Entrance Scholarships Award Ceremony for 2023-24

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Friday, April 26, 2024
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HONG KONG, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Hong Kong (HKU) held the HKU Entrance Scholarships Award Ceremony on April 19 (Friday) to recognise outstanding academic and non-academic achievements of students admitted to the University in the 2023-24 academic year.

Key Points: 
  • HONG KONG, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Hong Kong (HKU) held the HKU Entrance Scholarships Award Ceremony on April 19 (Friday) to recognise outstanding academic and non-academic achievements of students admitted to the University in the 2023-24 academic year.
  • The Acting President of HKU, Professor Richard Wong, gave an opening remark at the Ceremony.
  • Benefactors of the 'Hon Ping Entrance Scholarship for Nigerian Students', 'Hong Kong Jockey Club Chairman's Scholarship' and 'Hong Kong Jockey Club Striding On Scholarship', 'Lee Shau Kee Scholarships' and 'Lee Shau Kee Top Athletes Scholarship', 'M.
  • Penelope Septier, who received an HKU Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Talents, is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree at HKU as part of her dual degree programme with the French university Sciences Po.

Transgene appoints Lucie Larguier as Chief Financial Officer and Christelle Schwoerer as Chief Human Resources Officer

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Lucie contributed significantly to the smooth execution of four successful securities transactions, as well as to strengthening the external visibility of Transgene.

Key Points: 
  • Lucie contributed significantly to the smooth execution of four successful securities transactions, as well as to strengthening the external visibility of Transgene.
  • Alongside this new appointment, Transgene has promoted Christelle Schwoerer to Chief Human Resources Officer, effective from April 1, 2024, and she also joins the Executive Committee.
  • Christelle Schwoerer joined Transgene’s Human Resources department in 2013, and her knowledge of the organization, its culture and its employees are real assets in her new, expanded role.
  • Christelle Schwoerer holds a Master 1 in human resources from the CNAM Grand-Est and a Master 2 in management and human resources from the Ecole de Management de Strasbourg, which she obtained in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Ukraine recap: prospect of renewed US funding a boost for beleaguered Zelensky

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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We had just published a piece by two security analysts from the Paris-based research university Sciences Po, who had outlined three possible scenarios for the 12 months ahead.

Key Points: 
  • We had just published a piece by two security analysts from the Paris-based research university Sciences Po, who had outlined three possible scenarios for the 12 months ahead.
  • The first two options were major military setbacks for Russia or Ukraine, with major losses of troops and territory.
  • Months of bitter, attritional fighting resulted in few Ukrainian gains at a significant cost in terms of both manpower and precious materiel.
  • But, as Stefan Wolff and Tetyana Malyarenko point out, Syrskyi is also associated with the defence of Bakhmut, a battle that consumed so many lives on either side.
  • But fresh supplies of weapons and ammunition from the EU and the US began to dry up in 2023, seriously hamstringing the Ukraine army’s ability to gain the initiative on the battlefield.
  • You can also subscribe to our fortnightly recap of expert analysis of the conflict in Ukraine.
  • After months of bitter debate the bill finally passed the senate this week.
  • Read more:
    Ukraine war: what the US public thinks about giving military and other aid

Friends and enemies

  • One of Trump’s greatest allies in the media, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, sat down with Putin for a two-hour interview last week.
  • Inderjeet Parmar, an expert in US politics at City, University of London, watched the interview and gives us his verdict.
  • He concludes: “Putin’s early history of Ukraine is part of a Russian imperialist story that has been told for centuries.
  • He says more than 7,000 criminal cases have been opened accusing Ukrainians of giving aid to the enemy.
  • Others are less so: people who continued to do their jobs after their town was occupied: local government officials, garbage collectors and the like.

Project Liberty Founder Frank McCourt to Donate Proceeds from His Forthcoming Book OUR BIGGEST FIGHT to Project Liberty Foundation

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank McCourt, executive chairman of McCourt Global and founder of Project Liberty, today announced that net proceeds from his forthcoming book "OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age," will be donated to the Project Liberty Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization working to advance the responsible development of technology and ensure that tomorrow's internet is designed and governed for the common good. OUR BIGGEST FIGHT, co-authored with journalist Michael Casey, will be published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, on March 12, 2024, and is currently available for pre-sale. 

Key Points: 
  • Sales of OUR BIGGEST FIGHT will support the nonprofit Project Liberty Foundation and strengthen its global partner network.
  • OUR BIGGEST FIGHT has been selected by the Next Big Idea Club as its "must-read" book for March.
  • Project Liberty Foundation's international network of collaborators includes academic partners Georgetown University, Stanford University, and Sciences Po, as well as more than 60 civic organizations.
  • "The book offers concrete solutions to upgrade the internet and is a powerful call to advance Project Liberty Foundation's critical work."

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, and MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users and Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, and MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
LOS, Stanford University, Privacy, Social media, Partnership, Frank McCourt (executive), Sciences Po, History, Georgetown University, Big Tech, Project Liberty, Internet, DSNP, Networking hardware, Growth, Cryptocurrency

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users and Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age, a New Book by Frank H. McCourt, Jr. to be Released March 2024

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank McCourt, Executive Chairman of McCourt Global and Founder of Project Liberty, along with co-writer Michael Casey, has authored the book "OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age," which will be published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, on March 12, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • For decades, thought leaders and policy experts have weighed in with suggestions for fixing the internet's ills, mostly through top-down regulation.
  • Information is the lifeblood of any society, and our current system for accessing, engaging and sharing it is corrupted at its heart.
  • They reimagine the internet as a place where the individual can choose whether or not to share their data.
  • Americans have an opportunity—perhaps the last one we'll ever get—to lead the world out of a mess we helped create.