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October 07, 2020

How PCI brought needed tech solution to market in Singapore’s COVID-19 fight

The Singapore government made a significant announcement last month. To bring widespread contact tracing to the city-state in southeast Asia, TraceTogether tokens, which use Bluetooth technology, were distributed nationwide. The goal is to achieve 60-70% population adoption of the TraceTogether program, which comprises a smartphone app and the token, by the end of the year as the country moves slowly to ease measures aimed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. PCI Private Limited, an electronics manufacturing service provider based in Singapore, is one of two bidders who were awarded co...

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October 05, 2020

Securus Technologies Supports the American Cancer Society through the Company's eCard Program during October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

DALLAS, Oct. 5, 2020 -- Securus Technologies is proud to announce the company will be donating fifty percent of proceeds from the company's "Fight Against Breast Cancer" suite of eCards to the American Cancer Society (ACS) to help in the fight against a disease that takes thousands of lives each year.  According to cancer.org, breast cancer death rates in the U.S. are higher than those for women than any other cancer, besides lung cancer.  Donating financial support to the ACS will help to fund and conduct cancer research, support patients and spread the word about prevention. The cost...

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October 02, 2020

How Tom Gores’ call for change has assisted Detroit Pistons’ community involvement

In response to summer’s civil unrest, NBA franchise has been at the forefront of voting galvanization efforts in Detroit With the COVID-19 crisis still ongoing, voters need safe options for the upcoming election. The Detroit Pistons continue to assist those efforts. Last month, on the first day of early voting in Michigan, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey and Pistons vice chairman Arn Tellem unveiled a voting drop box that sits just outside the Henry Ford Pistons Performance Center. Starting Sept. 24, Michigan residents could submit absentee ba...

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September 29, 2020

Securus Technologies’ Unity Platform is the latest investment in the incarcerated community

The organization combined the best elements of classic JPay and Securus platforms to provide one, comprehensive software program that can integrate into any correctional facility. DALLAS, Sept. 29, 2020 -- Securus Technologies today introduced the organization's newest digital offering to the corrections industry, the Securus Unity Platform. As the pioneers of tablet technology, Securus leveraged the organization's nearly ten-years of tablet knowledge and practical in-facility experience to build a software platform that can be customized to operate in any correctional environment. The com...

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September 28, 2020

How Platinum Equity’s Small Cap team has put experience and capital to work during COVID-19 crisis

Theater goers have not exactly flocked back to movie houses in the U.S. A slow stream of new releases began in August. The month of September saw the release of Tenet, a planned summer blockbuster from noted director Christopher Nolan. The viewing public’s response was underwhelming. After months of COVID-19 forced closures, Tenet failed to earn $30 million in its first two weeks in theaters. Although theaters are still closed in the two largest markets (New York and Los Angeles), the New York Times reports 68% of the theater marker was open for Tenet, but it landed with a whimper. ...

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September 22, 2020

Statement from Platinum Equity: No intention to make an offer for AA plc (“AA”)

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION. THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.8 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE") FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 September 2020 Statement from Platinum Equity: No intention to make an offer for AA plc (“AA”) Platinum Equity announces today that discussions with the Board of AA have been terminated by mutual agreement and it does not in...

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