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First-Ever POSiBLE LA Entrepreneur Summit Brings Together The Best Minds In Business And Technology
LOS ANGELES, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Univision Los Angeles has joined forces with Wells Fargo Bank and The Adelante Movement presented by Coca-Cola to host the POSiBLE LA Entrepreneur Summit, a one-day event to empower aspiring business owners to build their ideas and grow their companies. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from LA’s top entrepreneurs and self-made professionals on how to plan, finance, structure, launch and grow a business. POSiBLE LA takes place on Saturday, May 20th at The Reef/LA Mart located at 1933 S. Broadway – 2nd Floor, Los Angeles 90007 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The event, which is curated with Angelino entrepreneurs in mind, will feature workshops from participating nonprofits, industry leader keynotes and panel conversations focused on the summit’s four zones of a business: plan it; finance; business structure; and launch & grow it. Entrepreneurs will receive access to critical resources such as training and tools.
The all-day event features keynote speakers including the “Tropical Tycoon” Nely Galán, founder of The Adelante Movement presented by Coca-Cola, financial expert Julie Stav, Julie Stav Inc. and Tina Aldatz, CEO of Savvy Travelers. Nely Galán has also partnered with the network’s top rated morning show “Despierta América” to launch Adelante América!, a new campaign to help budding female entrepreneurs or family business owners build their financial futures.
“Latinos today are central to America’s economic prosperity; in LA there are more than 500,000 Hispanic-owned businesses that generate $55.6M in sales and receipts. There’s no question that this is a powerful and growing force in LA’s local economic life,” said Luis Patiño, senior vice president and general manager of Univision Los Angeles. “Our community is hungry for information, guidance and resources that will empower them with the connections, tools and access to prosper, and POSiBLE LA offers just that.”
Representing one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. population, Hispanic Americans own 3.3 million businesses that contribute $500B to the American economy. Los Angeles is home to 65% of Hispanic-owned businesses in California. The POSiBLE LA Entrepreneur Summit raises awareness and skills of a growing and aspiring Hispanic community.
For more information about the event and how to purchase tickets please visit http://posiblela.com/. Entrepreneurs will be able to join the conversation via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and using the hashtag #POSIBLELA across all social platforms.
Source: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA Combined Statistical Area (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties). U.S. Census Bureau: 2012 Survey of Business Owners.
POSiBLE LA Entrepreneur Summit‘s founding partners are: Association of Mexican Entrepreneurs, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State University Los Angeles, Latino Business Action Network, Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Initiative, Televisa Foundation and USC Marshall School of Business.
About Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is the leading media company serving Hispanic America. The Company, a leading content creator in the U.S., includes Univision Network, one of the leading networks in the U.S. regardless of language and the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the country available in approximately 91% of U.S. Hispanic television households; UniMás, a leading Spanish-language broadcast television network available in approximately 85% of U.S. Hispanic television households; Univision Cable Networks, including Galavisión, the most-watched U.S. Spanish-language entertainment cable network, as well as UDN (Univision Deportes Network), the most-watched U.S. Spanish-language sports cable network, Univision tlnovelas, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable network dedicated to telenovelas, ForoTV, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable network dedicated to international news, and an additional suite of cable offerings – De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson and Telehit; Univision Local Media, which owns and/or operates 59 television stations and 64 radio stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; and Univision Now, a direct-to-consumer, on demand and live streaming subscription service. The Company also includes the Fusion Media Group (FMG), a division that serves young, diverse audiences. FMG includes two cable networks: news and lifestyle English-language network FUSION TV and UCI’s interest in El Rey Network, a general entertainment English-language cable network; Univision.com, the most-visited Spanish-language website among U.S. Hispanics; Uforia, a music application featuring multimedia music content; as well as a collection of leading digital brands that span a range of categories: technology (Gizmodo), sports (Deadspin), music (TrackRecord), lifestyle (Lifehacker), modern women’s interests (Jezebel), news and social justice (FUSION.net), African American news and culture (The Root), gaming (Kotaku), and car culture (Jalopnik). FMG also includes the Company’s interest in comedy and news satire brands The Onion, Clickhole and The A.V. Club. Headquartered in New York City, UCI has content creation facilities and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit corporate.univision.com.
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Mazda Extends Partnership Agreement for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
IRVINE, California, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) and the Monterey County Board of Supervisors recently reached a contract agreement for a one-year naming-rights extension for the iconic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca facility. The current partnership will extend through March 31, 2018, while Mazda works directly with the County on plans for a long-term partner relationship with the track. Mazda will retain a six-month exclusive right-of-first-negotiation to enter into a new or continued exclusive agreement with the County.
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“Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is truly our spiritual home,” said Masahiro Moro, president and CEO at MNAO. “We understand the importance that facilities like Mazda Raceway play in sports car racing, which is why we’ve remained dedicated to the facility for so many years. We look forward to working with the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on a long-term agreement that will allow the facility to thrive and remain among the world’s finest race tracks.”
While Mazda has been the primary naming partner of the race track since 2001, this is the first time an agreement has been made between MNAO and the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. Previously, all naming rights agreements have been between Mazda and The Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP).
SCRAMP will continue to manage and execute the Mazda agreement as it has for the past 16 years. In addition, SCRAMP, which has managed the Raceway since its inception in 1957, has an expanded management role, assuming all operations of the Laguna Seca Recreation Area and the associated campgrounds, not including the shooting range.
“Mazda has been an invaluable partner and continues to call Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca its home away from home,” said Gill Campbell, CEO and general manager of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. “There are sponsors, and then there are partners. Mazda falls firmly into the latter category, as they truly appreciate the relationship and invest far more than just money into ensuring this race circuit continues to be one of the world’s finest. We are pleased to have the Mazda team fully engaged with everything we do, now and hopefully into the future.”
To learn more about Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and to see a schedule of events, visit MazdaRaceway.com.
Mazda Motorsports boasts the most comprehensive auto racing development ladder system of any auto manufacturer in the world. The Mazda Road to 24 (#MRT24) program offers a number of scholarships to advance drivers up the sports car racing ladder, beginning with the Global MX-5 Cup series and culminating with the Mazda Prototype team. The Mazda Road to Indy (#MRTI) is a similar program that includes Mazda-powered categories of USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights. In grassroots road racing, more Mazdas race on any given weekend in North America than any other manufacturer. Mazda is also the title sponsor of the renowned Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Follow all of the latest news at MazdaMotorsports.com, @MazdaRacing on Twitter, and Mazda Motorsports on Instagram and Facebook.
Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, California, and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through more than 600 dealers. Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at InsideMazda.MazdaUSA.com/Newsroom.
Entrepreneur Resigns Six-Figure Healthcare Career to Grow Lucrative Real Estate Business with Twin Brother
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Recently featured in (201) Magazine, twins Gary and Greg Laterovian’s thriving Bergen County construction firm, Capnovate Construction, has been receiving widespread recognition for its success in investing in distressed properties to build beautiful homes throughout the North Jersey area.
To learn more about their current projects—or how Capnovate can add value to your home—visit Our Work
The company’s founder and CEO, Gary, recently traded in a six-figure salary as the corporate director of a healthcare firm to focus on the burgeoning business, which just became a certified 203K contractor. The twins opened their first permanent office location in Elmwood Park, earlier this year.
“We’re always innovating the home building and renovation process to make it more efficient for our customers,” Greg Laterovian said. “We stand behind our mission of infusing our renovations with innovation, and we’re thrilled to be recognized for our commitment to modern, stellar work. The most exciting thing is when the neighbors of our new homes thank us for doing something so positive for their neighborhood…and ask us to bid on a renovation project.”
The twins have been involved in the real estate industry since childhood, when they first started helping their father manage the family’s investment properties. Today, their in-demand construction company is focused primarily on real estate rehabilitations or “fix and flips”.
“Our passion and experience are what make us unique. We’re young, agile, and aggressive, and if there were no passion driving us, we’d just be another group of individuals out for a profit,” Gary Laterovian said. “Greg and I always say that our passion is beautifying homes and delivering smiles—and we live for the moment when someone walks into one of our properties and just says, ‘wow.'”
Due to their popularity and reputation within the community, some of their current projects are already under contract prior to completion.
About Capnovate Construction LLC and Capnovate LLC
Capnovate Construction LLC invests in distressed properties and builds beautiful homes with the goal of rehabilitating properties and adding value to local communities throughout Northern New Jersey. The Laterovian brothers are fully licensed and insured general contractors, and recently became certified 203K contractors.
Contact:
Gary Laterovian
[email protected]
201-380-1117
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Style And Beauty Meet Mischief On The Red Carpet As The All-New Toyota C-HR Joins People en Español’s Los Más Bellos 20th Anniversary Soiree
NEW YORK, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The spotlight captured the mischievously stylish first-ever Toyota C-HR as it made its film debut on the red carpet of People en Español’s 20th anniversary celebration, Los Más Bellos, held last night in New York City.
Toyota premiered the short film “Rapunzel” based on the Toyota C-HR commercial that will air on May 29. Press and guests were treated to a sneak peek and special Q&A session with the stars of the film, actors Diego Boneta and Lorenza Izzo.
“At Toyota, we delight in utilizing innovative ways to unveil our products and the campaigns that support them,” said John Myers, National Manager – Vehicle Marketing and Communications – Crossover Utility Vehicles for Toyota. “People en Español’s celebration lent itself beautifully to unveiling the all-new Toyota C-HR creative campaign for our Latino guests, and opened the doors for us to showcase this stylish, edgy, fun-to-drive crossover vehicle full of advanced standard safety technology that is already widely available for guests at dealerships nationwide.”
The all-new Toyota C-HR joined the red carpet action in a mirrored infinity room, providing an attention-grabbing and artistic installation that offered guests an up-close look at the vehicle while producing a cool selfie GIF shareable on social media.
Actor Ryan Guzman joined the list of this year’s ‘Most Beautiful’ and took part in the Toyota C-HR fun by helping Venezuelan magician Daniel Fernandez surreptitiously enter the invite-only event thanks to the versatility of the vehicle.
Inside the venue, an area of the party featured the highly dynamic Toyota C-HR and projections of the fun photos that were taken in the infinity room during the red carpet. Emerging from the vehicle’s roomy interior, Daniel mesmerized guests with his sudden appearance and connected immediately with the stars by sharing a few awe-inspiring magic tricks aided by the Toyota C-HR.
The 20th anniversary soiree culminated on a high note as People en Español presented their inaugural “Bellos Hall of Fame” Award to Mexican singer and actress Thalía.
“Thanks to our family of editors and readers as well as our partners like Toyota for making this evening such a special milestone for the People en Español brand,” commented Monique Manso, Vice President, Brand Sales Director, People en Español.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and North America for 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 33 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than 46,000 people (more than 36,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold almost 2.7 million cars and trucks (2.45 million in the U.S.) in 2016 – and about 85 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 15 years are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with community, civic, academic, and governmental organizations to address our society’s most pressing mobility challenges. We share company resources and extensive know-how to support non-profits to help expand their ability to assist more people move more places. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
DELIA L. LOPEZ
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424-290-4456
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AXE® Launches the Find Your Magic Initiative to Show There’s No One Way to Be “A Man”
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Man up! Quit crying! Don’t be such a sissy! These are the type of behaviors 72 percent of guys have been told make them a real man*. The pressures caused by these rigid notions of manhood result in fear, anger and frustration. Moreover, 59 percent of guys believe they should act strong even if they feel scared, and nearly half think they shouldn’t ask for help with their personal problems*. This internal struggle can contribute to bullying, violence and even suicide. As a champion of self-expression, AXE believes there’s no one way to be a man and is launching The Find Your Magic Initiative to address this important issue.
Building on the brand’s “Find Your Magic” point-of-view that self-expression is key to confidence, this initiative aims to help break the cycle of toxic masculinity by providing guys with resources to live more freely. AXE intends to reach men and women with this message of confidence and individuality to further ignite the growing cultural conversation and create a healthier, more equal world for everyone.
The Find Your Magic Initiative kicks off with a new film as part of its “Is It Ok For Guys?” campaign that highlights the tough questions with which guys privately struggle before turning to Google search for guidance. Questions like “is it ok for guys to be emotional,” “wear pink” or “wear makeup” are examples of real searches that inspire the film. AXE is also collaborating with influencers to address these topics by sharing their own experiences and answering the question #isitokforguys. These personal stories will be told by Hunter Klugkist, William Haynes, Josh Peck, Ryan McNulty, and Wes Armstrong, among others.
AXE has also partnered with three non-profit organizations – Promundo, The Representation Project and Ditch the Label – to dive deeper into the causes and effects of the issue, drive wider awareness among both men and women, and help provide young guys with tools to be their most authentic selves. Respectively, AXE:
- Commissioned a study from research experts Promundo to better understand the challenges and pressures young guys face as the result of masculine stereotypes.
- Sponsored the “Unmasked” campus tour, enabling The Representation Project to bring screenings of its film “The Mask You Live In” to young men and women across the country.
- Worked with Ditch the Label, an anti-bullying organization, to create a new digital network that supports guys struggling with toxic masculinity through a unique online community.
“Last year AXE asked guys to ‘find their magic’ and express what truly makes them an individual,” said Rik Strubel, Global Vice President, AXE. “But we can’t just tell guys to be themselves without addressing the underlying cultural issues and restrictive definitions of manhood holding them back in the first place. It not only hurts guys, it hurts everyone.”
AXE is dedicated to helping you #FindYourMagic. To learn more about the Find Your Magic Initiative, “Is It Ok for Guys?” and AXE partner activities, visit http://axe.com/us/en/is-it-ok-for-guys.html.
PRESS CONTACT
Adam Bricault
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(212) 819-4801
About AXE®
AXE, the No. 1 men’s fragrance brand in the world*, champions individuality and self-expression by encouraging guys to embrace their personal style. With a full line of grooming products including daily fragrance sprays, deodorants, anti-perspirants, shower gels, shampoos and styling products, AXE gives guys the tools to express what makes them unique, authentic and ultimately attractive to the world around them. Visit AXE at AXE.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Facebook to get access to exclusive content, special promotions, and more.
*Source Euromonitor International Limited; Beauty and Personal Care 2015ed, Men’s Deodorants & Mass and Premium Men’s Fragrances retail value sales combined, as per umbrella brand name classification, 2014; Lynx includes all AXE/Lynx/Ego sales
About Unilever United States, Inc.
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home Care, Personal Care and Refreshment products with sales in more than 190 countries and reaching 2.5 billion consumers a day. In the United States, the portfolio includes brand icons such as Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp & Hair Therapy, Country Crock, Degree, Dollar Shave Club, Dove, Good Humor, Hellmann’s, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton, Magnum, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond’s, Popsicle, Promise, Q-tips, Seventh Generation, Simple, St. Ives, Suave, Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, TIGI, TONI&GUY, TRESemmé and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies.
Unilever employs approximately 8,000 people in the United States – generating more than $9 billion in sales in 2016.
The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan commits to:
- Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being by 2020.
- Halving the environmental impact of our products by 2030.
- Enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020.
Unilever ranked number one in its sector on the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
For more information on Unilever U.S. and its brands visit: www.unileverusa.com
To connect with Unilever U.S. via Facebook visit: www.facebook.com/unileverusa
To connect with Unilever U.S. via Twitter follow: @unileverusa
About Promundo
Founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1997, Promundo works to create a world free from violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women and girls. Promundo’s offices in the United States, Brazil, and Portugal, and its affiliate in Democratic Republic of the Congo, collaborate to achieve this mission by conducting applied research that builds the knowledge base on masculinities and gender; developing, evaluating, and scaling-up gender transformative interventions and programs; and carrying out national and international advocacy to achieve social justice.
About The Representation Project
Using film and media as catalysts for cultural transformation, The Representation Project inspires individuals and communities to challenge and overcome limiting stereotypes so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, class, age, religion, sexual orientation, ability, or circumstance, can fulfill their human potential. Jennifer Siebel Newsom founded The Representation Project (a 501c3) in 2011 in response to the overwhelming public demand for ongoing education and social action in support of her first film, Miss Representation. Since then, The Representation Project has released Newsom’s second directorial film, The Mask You Live In, and become well known for creating popular campaigns such as #NotBuyingIt, and #AskHerMore. Learn more at therepresentationproject.org.
About Ditch the Label
Ditch the Label is an international anti-bullying charity and one of the leading anti-bullying charities in the UK.
Each month, the charity support thousands of young people through the Ditch the Label online community on their website. They also work with social networks and online games to help those who are being bullied and those bullying others. Experts on bullying within the digital space, Ditch the Label were one of the first anti-bullying charities in the UK to research and understand cyberbullying. They work closely with schools and colleges, producing some of the largest research papers on the topic of bullying and associated behaviours in the world.
Ditch the Label founder and CEO Liam Hackett sits on the government’s Growing Up Digital taskforce and has represented the anti-bullying sector in The White House, the UN and across other international Governments.
The charity take an innovative approach to research and interventions, focussing attention on prevention of bullying in addition to offering support to those who have been bullied.
Ditch the Label helps over 200,000 young people each year in the UK alone. They have recently extended their support service to the US and Mexico. Ditch the Label have recently launched a new digital support platform that provides instant advice and help for young people who are experiencing bullying or associated problems relating to a wide range of issues including mental health, body image, sexuality and hate crimes.
Young people, parents or guardians impacted by bullying can get support directly from Ditch the Label at www.DitchtheLabel.org.
*Source “The Man Box,” a research study by Promundo for AXE/Unilever, of just over 1,000 men age 18-30 in the U.S, U.K, and Mexico. Released in March 2017.
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Wompimeequin Wampatuck selected as Keynote Speaker at Breakfast General Session presenter at World Municipality Conference-Miami 2017
MIAMI, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — With the honor to have Mr. Larry Fisher, traditionally known to many as Wompimeequin Wampatuck, who comes from a long line of royal Chief Sachems, the Executive Committee of the Minority Chamber of Commerce continues to expand its impressive roster of premier speakers at the World Municipality Conference Miami-2017. The mission for this high-level global Mayor’s conference is to provide the keys that will unlock doors for municipalities in resources, programs, investment, environment, public service and other opportunities.
The Conference takes place at the world high class Trump National Hotel Doral, Miami Dade County, Florida, May 25-26. Mr. Fisher will present the “Process Towards Development 2017- Municipalities & Agendas for Indigenous Advancement” on Friday, May 26, during the morning general session 7:30-8:15 a.m.
“His presentation is a key addition to the line-up of speakers we have scheduled,” stated Doug Mayorga, Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Chamber Founder. “One of the priorities of this historic event is to bring a diverse group of leaders like Mr. Fisher, his expertise pertains to assessing and evaluating the social, environmental, economic, and political conditions of Indigenous communities and helping to implement new ways that provide national and international platforms for solutions.”
This exclusive conference is just one of several important presentations for the municipal leaders who attend. The overall purpose of the World Municipality Conference is to focus on a myriad of international topics, including the development of global innovative solutions for solving important issues affecting municipalities in the U.S. and beyond. To register for the event, please visit: www.worldmunicipalitiesforum.org
About Mr. Wompimeequin Wampatuck: He also serves as a strategic leader on numerous indigenous organizations that include, but are not limited to, the following: President of Sacred Fire Initiative; President of the Living Curators of the Americas for the Sunshine of the Americas Foundation; National Director for NACHP (National Association for Cultural Heritage Preservation); Founder of PGGR (Promoting Government-to-Government Relationships); Indigenous Representative for the United Nations NGO South West Native Cultures; Indigenous Youth Representative for United Nations NGO New Future Foundation; Board Director of African Views Organization in consultative status with ECOSOS Economic and Social Council; Ambassador of the United Indigenous Peoples and Tribes of the World to the World Energy Forum; and, Global Chief Organizer for Indigenous World Governments at Global Green.
About Minority Chamber of Commerce: was created in 2000 to provide a strong voice for the powerful minority businesses in the nation’s. A global membership organization the mission of which is to: promote business development and economy, technology incubators, and associated programs; facilitate the development, transfer, training, and commercialization of trade and innovations among its members, partners, industry, and government; enhance entrepreneurship teaching, research and service; strengthen micro-small-medium size companies competitiveness; and achieve technology-based economic development within a restructuring global economy. For more information: www.minoritychamber.net
The conference is not open to the public. Registration is necessary. Please register by May 18 at: [email protected] or call 786-406-2190. Official agenda ready May 18, 2017.
Empire Valuation Consultants Opens a New Office in San Francisco, CA
NEW YORK, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Empire Valuation Consultants, a leader in business, financial and intangible asset valuations, announced the opening of its fifth location in San Francisco, CA. The office, located at 555 California Street, will join existing locations in New York City, Rochester, NY, West Hartford, CT, and Boston, MA. It will be managed by Kevin Kane, CFA, ASA, and Managing Director.
According to Mr. Kane, “We believe it is important to establish an on-the-ground presence on the West coast given our robust client base in the region. The expansion of our firm in San Francisco allows us to better serve and more efficiently handle clients in the area, as well as building new relationships.”
In the trust and estate space, Empire Valuation Consultants handles gift and estate work from small to vary large companies (e.g. situations of 100 or more property interests, 30+ carried interest holdings, sports teams and complexes, large media libraries, name/likeness, etc.).
Since our founding in 1988, Empire Valuation Consultants has grown into one of the nation’s leading and most respected independent valuation firms.
We provide valuations to attorneys, accountants, business owners, private equity and hedge funds, commercial bankers, investment bankers, trust departments, insurance agents and financial planners, among others. With over 75 valuation professionals, we have prepared or managed the preparation of over 30,000 valuations in the Estate & Gift tax reporting, Fair Value financial reporting, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), fairness and solvency opinions, general business planning, and Private Equity & Hedge Fund marking, spaces.
For more information about our new San Francisco location and our firm, visit empireval.com.
Contact:
Kevin Kane, CFA, ASA
Managing Director
Empire Valuation Consultants
555 California Street, Suite 4925
San Francisco, CA 94104
415.659.1860
First center dedicated to mom and baby safety created by March of Dimes and partners
HOUSTON, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The first-ever center in the United States dedicated exclusively to improving safety for pregnant women and babies has been established through grants from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Joe Kiani/Masimo Corporation to the March of Dimes in collaboration with McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.
The first March of Dimes Perinatal Safety Center (PSC) is an innovative concept designed to serve as a blueprint for industry-leading patient safety initiatives that can be applied at hospitals across the nation.
“The March of Dimes is proud to initiate this project that helps fulfill our goal to give every baby a healthy start in life,” says Stacey D. Stewart, president of the March of Dimes. “And it’s fitting that we partner with institutions in the Texas Medical Center, where more than 25,000 babies are delivered each year.” She noted that Sabrina Midkiff, a member of the March of Dimes National Volunteer Council and a local resident, had spearheaded the effort to create the PSC.
“This gift will expand upon efforts at UTHealth and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital to establish a preeminent culture of safety in maternal and infant health care, through the development of a national model devoted to mothers and babies that can be replicated throughout the country,” says Paul E. Jarris, M.D., senior vice president for Mission Impact and chief medical officer for the March of Dimes.
The grant will support the development of evidence-based techniques and training to improve patient safety during pregnancy, labor, delivery, postnatal care and transition to home life. The PSC will also focus on ways to create, teach and assess safety culture among hospitals, especially as pertains to perinatal care.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for us and all those involved in the care of mothers and babies. Although having babies in hospitals is routine in this country, we understand that there are unnecessary risks when we enter a complex healthcare system. Patient safety has to be our No. 1 priority,” says KuoJen Tsao, M.D., lead investigator for the PSC; the Children’s Fund, Inc. Distinguished Professor in Pediatric Surgery at McGovern Medical School; and co-director of The Fetal Center at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. “The PSC, in partnership with the March of Dimes, will serve as a framework for healthcare institutions to tackle key safety issues in caring for pregnant mothers and their babies.”
Dr. Tsao is the chair of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Quality and Safety Committee. He is the vice-chair of Quality and Safety for the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGovern Medical School and led an initiative at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital that focused on establishing a culture of safety and the use of a surgical safety checklist his team created for its needs. He has been funded by the National Institutes of Health for research into safety for neonatal surgery and has led trials in resident education in patient safety. He will now take this expertise and translate it into the PSC goals.
He noted that as an international leader in maternal-infant research and initiatives, the March of Dimes is uniquely qualified to launch the PSC initiative. “And Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and UTHealth are two strong collaborators with outstanding reputations for providing high-quality care centered around patient safety. Together, the organizations make for a natural yet powerful partnership,” said Dr. Tsao.
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth is the only institution in the state and one of just nine centers in the entire United States to be members of both the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Neonatal Research Network and the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit Network.
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, a Magnet®-designated hospital that has received the prestigious international Baby-Friendly® recognition, also recently received official designation from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) as a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the most advanced distinction available. Level IV designation recognizes the capability of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, including McGovern Medical School neonatal physicians, to care for the most critically ill babies and mothers. The hospital is one of only four facilities in the state to carry the accreditation.
With funding from the grants, the March of Dimes PSC will focus on improving four clinical problem areas:
- Improving the use of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) for impending premature births. Treatment of women at risk of premature birth with a single course of corticosteroids to improve the infant’s lung function has been shown to decrease the risk of newborn death by about 30 percent. The team will use Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital’s success in administering the full National Institutes of Health-recommended ACS course to all at-risk pregnant women between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation as a model. Recommendations will be included in a perinatal toolkit created to spread the use of established best practices to clinicians and organizations across the country.
- Maximizing maternal immunization for flu and pertussis (whooping cough) to provide protection against vaccine-preventable diseases in pregnant women, fetuses and newborns. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, changes in the immune system, heart and lungs during pregnancy make pregnant women more prone to severe illness, hospitalization and even death from flu. Pregnant women with flu also have a greater chance of premature labor and delivery. New research, including a 2016 study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, has linked a higher risk of stillborn birth in mothers who were not vaccinated for flu. Maternal vaccination can help prevent more infant hospitalizations and deaths from pertussis by providing passive immunity to the child. The PSC will focus on the optimal timing of maternal vaccination and increasing flu and pertussis rates. The perinatal toolkits will include ways to help obstetrical care providers integrate immunizations into their routine practice.
- Optimizing the transition of mother and baby to home. In its statement on the hospital discharge of high-risk newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics says infants born preterm with low birth weight who require neonatal intensive care have a much higher rate of hospital readmission and death during the first year after birth compared with health babies born at term. According to research cited in a 2012 study in the journal Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, up to 27 percent of healthy preterm infants were readmitted to the hospital and up to 50 percent of high-risk infants who had spent time in the NICU had to be re-hospitalized. Even late-term premature infants – born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation – were readmitted to the hospital twice as often in the first year of life compared to full-term infants, according to a 2009 study in Pediatrics. The grant will support the development and feasibility of an educational smartphone app, including testing by a multidisciplinary team of parents, nurses, doctors and software engineers. The app will serve as a platform for designing future technologies to aid parents in the care of high-risk infants and children.
- Reducing early elective (medically unnecessary) deliveries before 39 weeks of pregnancy. Elective early delivery puts mother and baby at significant risk. Babies born between 37 and 39 weeks are at increased risk for admission into neonatal intensive care units (NICU), respiratory failure or distress, sepsis, feeding difficulties, jaundice, hypoglycemia, hypothermia, delayed brain development and death. The new center will focus on increasing awareness of the dangers of early elective deliveries through physician and patient education.
About UTHealth
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in The UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center and a growing network of clinics throughout the region. The university’s primary teaching hospitals include Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. For more information, visit www.uth.edu.
About the March of Dimes
The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. For more than 75 years, moms and babies have benefited from March of Dimes research, education, vaccines, and breakthroughs. For the latest resources and health information, visit our websites marchofdimes.org and nacersano.org. For detailed national, state and local perinatal statistics, visit peristats.org. You can also find us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
About Memorial Hermann
A fully integrated health system with more than 250 care delivery sites throughout the greater Houston area, including a nationally acclaimed Accountable Care Organization, Memorial Hermann is committed to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centered care and offers world-class clinical expertise, innovation and cutting-edge technology to all patients, including its Health Plan members. The system, with its exceptional affiliated medical staff and more than 25,000 employees, provides compassionate, superior service while advancing health in Southeast Texas. Learn more about Memorial Hermann Health System.
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MoneyGram Stockholders Overwhelmingly Approve Merger with Ant Financial
DALLAS, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) today announced that its stockholders overwhelmingly voted to approve the company’s pending transaction with Ant Financial at the Special Meeting of MoneyGram stockholders that was held today. The preliminary voting results from the Special Meeting indicate 97 percent of the shares voted were in favor of the transaction, representing more than 82 percent of all outstanding shares. The Company will file final voting results with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a Form 8-K once they are certified by the independent inspector of elections.
“We appreciate the strong support from our stockholders in connection with the compelling transaction with Ant Financial,” said Alex Holmes, Chief Executive Officer of MoneyGram. “Stockholder approval represents an important milestone on our path to completing the transaction and maximizing value for our stockholders. We are confident our transaction with Ant Financial will create more jobs in the United States, increase competition in our industry, provide new digital solutions and help more customers across the world who depend on innovative and reliable financial connections to friends and family.”
The transaction with Ant Financial will enable MoneyGram to accelerate and expand its suite of global hybrid solutions while maintaining strong security and privacy protections for our customers. Upon completion of the transaction, MoneyGram, which will remain headquartered in Dallas and continue to operate under its existing brand, will leverage Ant Financial’s global presence and existing network to serve more than 630 million users.
As previously announced on April 16, 2017, MoneyGram and Ant Financial entered into an amended merger agreement under which Ant Financial increased the offer price to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MoneyGram for $18.00 per share in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2017 upon the receipt of certain regulatory approvals.
For additional information regarding the transaction, including presentations, fact sheets and press releases, please visit www.antandmoneygram.com.
About MoneyGram
MoneyGram is a global provider of innovative money transfer services and is recognized worldwide as a financial connection to friends and family. Whether online, or through a mobile device, at a kiosk or in a local store, we connect consumers any way that is convenient for them. We also provide bill payment services, issue money orders and process official checks in select markets. More information about MoneyGram International, Inc. is available at moneygram.com.
About Ant Financial
Ant Financial Services Group is focused on serving small and micro enterprises, as well as consumers. With the vision “bring small and beautiful changes to the world,” Ant Financial is dedicated to building an open ecosystem of Internet thinking and technologies while working with other financial institutions to support the future financial needs of society. Businesses operated by Ant Financial Services Group include Alipay, Ant Fortune, Zhima Credit and MYbank. Ant Financial Services Group is privately held and its majority owners are its employees and members of the Alibaba Partnership. For more information on Ant Financial, its Board of Directors and senior management please visit our website at www.antgroup.com or follow us on Twitter @AntFinancial.
This press release contains forward-looking statements which are protected as forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are not limited to historical facts, but reflect MoneyGram’s current beliefs, expectations or intentions regarding future events. Words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “pursuant,” “target,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The statements in this press release that are not historical statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, among other things, statements regarding the likelihood of the merger with Ant Financial being consummated and the timing of any consummation of the merger. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including the risk that requisite regulatory approvals may not be obtained or that the conditions to the closing of the merger may not otherwise be satisfied, many of which are beyond MoneyGram’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements.
MoneyGram Contact
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Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Phone: 212 355 4449
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