Autism Speaks Co-Founder Bob Wright To Step Down As Chairman Of The Board

NEW YORK, May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bob Wright, Co-Founder of Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, will step down as Chairman of the Board of Directors on May 1st.  Mr. Wright has served as Chairman since he and his wife, Suzanne, founded Autism Speaks in 2005 when their grandson was diagnosed with autism. Brian Kelly, an original member of the Autism Speaks Board of Directors and its Executive Committee, has been elected Autism Speaks Chairman of the Board. Mr. and Mrs. Wright will remain on the Board as Co-Founders. "Ten years ago, we started Autism Speaks because we were...

Mohamed Amin Africa Media Awards on the 2015 World Press Freedom Day

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- May 3rd every year is a day set aside worldwide to appreciate the need for freedom of the press. "Let Journalism Thrive!" is the main theme for this year while focusing on "Towards Better Reporting, Gender Equality, and Safety in the Digital Age". Towards better reporting is a major fundamental that Africa24 Media is keen on. It is for this reason that we have created a forum for appreciating journalism work. Through the Mohamed Amin Africa Media Awards; MAAMAs we will be able to honour outstanding pressmen and women. This is not just about the awards, there will be seminars for the participants...

United Way Silicon Valley Hosts GradNation Youth Summit Focused on Ways to Better Prepare Local Youth for Careers in Silicon Valley

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today more than 200 local teens joined forces at United Way Silicon Valley's GradNation Youth Summit to envision what a career in high tech might look like and ways to make that vision a reality. Held at East San Jose's Independence High School, the summit is part of a nationwide effort by America's Promise Alliance to ensure that young people graduate from high school prepared for success. AT&T is the premier sponsor of the national Grad Nation Community Summits campaign and participated in the local event. "We want to make sure all kids, including those in families with no...

Grupo Simec Announces Audited Results of Operations for the Twelve Month Period Ended December 31, 2014

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: SIM) ("Simec") announced today its results of operations Audited for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. Twelve-Month Period Ended December 31, 2014 compared to Twelve-Month Period Ended December 31, 2013. Net Sales Net sales increased 10% by the combination of higher shipments of finished steel products by 6% and the average sales price per ton of 3% compared the same period of 2013, the sale rose from Ps. 24,369 millions in the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2013 to Ps. 26,829 millions in the same period...

Thomas Franco Joins Virtus Investment Partners As Divisional Sales Manager for Wirehouse Channel

HARTFORD, Conn., April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), which operates a multi-manager asset management business, today announced that Thomas Franco has joined the company as managing director and divisional sales manager. Franco will lead the Western regional sales directors who support the wirehouse channel for Virtus' open- and closed-end mutual funds and separately managed accounts. John McCormack continues to lead regional directors in the Eastern region. Both report to Barry M. Mandinach, executive vice president, head of distribution. "Tom is an experienced leader who brings a proven...

Republic Bank's Pennsylvania Commercial Lending Team Continues to Grow

PHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRBK), the parent company of Republic Bank, today announced that Eric Tweer was named Vice President Commercial Lender for Pennsylvania. In this role, Tweer will develop commercial lending opportunities for Republic Bank throughout the Delaware Valley. Most recently, Tweer was a Commercial Lender at Citibank where he executed on a strategic business plan to grow portfolio assets by marketing to multi-national commercial clients. Prior to his time at Citibank, Tweer served as Vice President of Commercial Banking at TD Bank. While at TD Bank, he contributed...

ShoreTel, Ingram Micro and HP Team to Provide Unified Communications Solutions for SMBs

ORLANDO, Fla., April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- At the ShoreTel® (NASDAQ: SHOR) Champion Partner Conference today, ShoreTel, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) and HP announced they will jointly bring to market unified communications offerings for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).  The new solution sets are sold through Ingram Micro's channel partner network and will include ShoreTel cloud services and HP routers and POE switches. Ingram Micro has been selling the ShoreTel on-premises solution for four years, and is now certified to offer ShoreTel Sky®, making them both a Valued Added Distributor (VAD) and Cloud Service...

Microsoft empowers Windows, iOS, Android, Mac and Linux developers to reach billions of new customers

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced new features in Windows 10 and unveiled a set of software development kits (SDKs) to help developers bring their code for the Web, .NET, Win32, Android and iOS to Windows 10. At the company's annual Build developer conference, Microsoft also announced new Microsoft Azure data services for intelligent applications; Visual Studio and .NET tools and runtimes for Windows, Mac and Linux; and APIs that enable developers to build rich apps with Office 365. "Microsoft has bold ambitions for platforms that empower developers across Windows, Azure and...