Nike believes in the power of sport to create change and a better world. The Doernbecher Freestyle program — which returns for an in-person auction — reflects this belief through the unique partnership between NIKE, Inc. and Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Doernbecher Freestyle has raised nearly $31 million for the hospital since its inception in 2004. Each year, the program gives six OHSU Doernbecher patients the opportunity to create inspiring Nike footwear, apparel and equipment designs alongside a team of Nike Design employee volunteers. The patient-named collections are auctioned and sold to benefit the hospital as a signature…
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Grupo Presidente announced, the opening of Hyatt Place and Hyatt House Monterrey Valle / San Pedro, the first dual-branded Hyatt development in Latin America and the first Hyatt-branded properties in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, offering travelers a new level of convenience and comfort. Hyatt Place Monterrey Valle and Hyatt House Monterrey Valle / San Pedro debuts as the first dual-branded development in the select service and extended stay category in Monterrey’s San Pedro Garza García neighborhood. The hotels are located within a new all-purpose commerical complex in the San Pedro Valle Zone, one of the most…
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand further strengthened its economic efficiency in a persistently difficult environment. At almost EUR 2.5 billion, the operating result before special items for the first nine months of the current year was double the figure for the same prior-year period (EUR 1.2 billion), sales revenue rose to EUR 52 billion (prior-year period: EUR 49 billion). The net operating cash flow reached EUR 1.0 billion (prior-year period: EUR: -0.3 billion). Even though numerous customer orders could not be delivered as planned due to the persistent shortage of parts, the result was bolstered by a positive model mix…
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company has announced Amazon Neptune Serverless, a new serverless option for Amazon Neptune that automatically scales to support unpredictable and business-critical graph database workloads. Amazon Neptune is a fast, reliable, and fully managed service that makes it easy to build and run applications that need a graph database to efficiently store and query complex and highly connected datasets. Amazon Neptune Serverless includes Amazon Neptune’s advanced capabilities for high availability, performance, and resiliency. There are no upfront commitments or additional costs to use Amazon Neptune Serverless, and customers only pay for the database resources used. …
With celebrations underway in Cairo to mark 50 years of long-standing ties and a remarkable partnership between the UAE and Egypt, Emirates is highlighting its contributions to Egyptian tourism and trade flows, helping promote opportunities and foster deeper people to people connections throughout the airline’s 36 years of operations to the country between UAE and Egypt. Emirates has been operating to UAE and Egypt since its early days as an airline. Emirates began flights to and from Cairo in 1986 as its first destination in Africa. Today, Egypt is not only an important regional point, but also a major global…
Diageo has announced the launch of a new inclusive design training programme for its marketers to drive further inclusivity across its products, advertising campaigns, physical brand experiences, and the wider design and creative industry. Developed in partnership with leading design, brand, and semiotics experts, the training builds marketers understanding of inclusive design principles and empowers them with the knowledge of how to remove unconscious bias from the design process and celebrate the individual and cultural differences of the consumers they are designing for. Throughout the next 12 months, all 1,200 employees across Diageo’s Marketing and Innovation teams will complete the…
Ritchie Peng, President of Huawei 5G Product Line, delivered an opening speech on “Continuous Innovation for 5G Business Success” during the 2022 Global Mobile Broadband Forum. Peng Honghua said: “The global 5G has been accelerating, and has reached the level of development that 4G has reached in first five years, within three years. Huawei has continuously invested in basic technology innovation, architecture innovation, and algorithm innovation to build industry-leading Massive MIMO products, helping operators and users build a win-win 5G network. Massive MIMO is the cornerstone of high-quality 5G networks. Three years of Innovation for 5G Business success have developed…
The launch of a new IKEA Home smart app and DIRIGERA, a new hub for smart products, will enable a rich and intuitive experience, including new features to personalise and enhance everyday moments in the home. Imagine waking up in a bedroom with clean air, your blinds slowly going up while the lamps gradually brighten the room – all accompanied by your favourite music and the smell of fresh coffee being brewed. This moment is enabled by creating a scene in the new IKEA Home smart app. Scenes allow different smart devices to be steered individually or in groups to create automated…
MotorTrend has announced that Hyundai IONIQ 5 is the winner of its ‘Golden Calipers’ for SUV of the Year. IONIQ 5 outpaced a competitive field of 45 all-new or significantly redesigned SUVs, 25 of which were electrified. IONIQ 5 stood out from the strong competition with its sharp style, cohesion of details and user experience. “IONIQ 5 winning MotorTrend’s SUV of the Year recognizes Hyundai’s relentless focus on world-class product development, design, engineering and manufacturing,” said Jaehoon (Jay) Chang, President and CEO, Hyundai Motor Company. “This is one of the most prestigious accolades in the automotive industry and we are…
Novartis investigational oral monotherapy iptacopan demonstrates clinically meaningful superiority over anti-C5 treatment in Pivotal Phase III APPLY-PNH trial Novartis has announced the pivotal Phase III APPLY-PNH trial met its two primary endpoints, showing investigational oral monotherapy iptacopan was superior to anti-C5 therapies (eculizumab or ravulizumab) in adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) experiencing residual anemia despite prior treatment with anti-C5s. Detailed results will be presented at an upcoming medical meeting and included as part of global regulatory submissions in 2023. Topline results showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful increase in the proportion of patients treated with iptacopan (200 mg…