By Eddie Bitar View the original article to see embedded media. Without a doubt, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant are the two most acclaimed forwards in the NBA right now. They are easily MVP favorites this season and are regarded as two of the top-five players in the league. As a result, many fans and media members have gone back and forth deciding who is the better player that has the most impact on the game. Kevin Durant is continuing his dominant streak following his Achilles injury and has a new rival with Giannis Antetokounmpo playing at an elite level and LeBron James getting clos…
By Eddie Bitar View the original article to see embedded media. The trade deadline is fast approaching, and there hasn’t been much movement regarding some of the top players in their positions. Rather, it has mostly been a lot of talk without action for some top contending teams including the Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Boston Celtics. But if there is one thing we are aware of, it is the fact that teams like to wait until the trade deadline is around the corner before striking their deals in order to see what else is out there and to keep their options open. While we expect to …
Max Weinberg’s Jukebox will appear at a Light of Day show at the City Winery in New York, Jan. 12. The Light of Day festival has started announcing the new dates for the postponed shows of its 2022 WinterFest, with more to come. The event had been scheduled to be taking place this week, in Asbury Park and other cities, but was postponed because of the COVID spike. Two of the January events will still take place as originally planned, though: The Max Weinberg Jukebox at City Winery in New York, Jan. 12; and the “Bettie’s Bombshells Bowie Ball Fashion Runway Rock Extravaganza,” Jan. 14 at the St…
By Ben Pickman He has amassed just a 10–23 record during his two years with the franchise. View the original article to see embedded media. The Giants appear not to be moving on from coach Joe Judge despite the team’s recent struggles. CBS Sports’ Josina Anderson reported Monday that is Judge is staying put with the franchise, at least of Monday monday. ESPN’s Jordan Raanan reported that several players and coaches are under the impression that Judge seems to be staying. Judge has amassed just a 10–23 record during his two years with the franchise. After going 6–10 during the 2020 season, New …
A Jordanian army officer was sentenced to five years in prison by a military court on Sunday over a Facebook post he made criticising the government’s handling of a public health crisis in 2021. Nidal Tarazi, a 29-year-old officer, posted on Facebook about the March 2021 Al-Salt hospital incident, in which ten Covid-19 patients died due to a lack of oxygen at the hospital causing national outcry. He was detained shortly after and kept in detention for roughly nine months until his ruling on Sunday, his brother, Moutaz Tarazi, told The New Arab. Tarazi’s prison sentence triggered outrage, with …
By Emily Leibert You remember the sad boy of the early aughts, don’t you? Whether you knew him as an emo kid, a scenester or a shitty poet, the borderline-depressed boy with straightened shoulder-length hair and saran-wrap skinny jeans was omnipresent in American middle and high schools. The sad boys I knew were living incarnations of the Tumblr aesthetic, crushing on Prozac Nation’s Elizabeth Wurtzel while Drake’s “Marvin’s Room” blared through their headphones: “I’m just saying you could do better.” Although that particular slice of melancholia is about an ex, sad boys sang it to themselves,…
LONDON, Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Best Places to Work organization announced today the top 20 Best Places to Work in Africa for 2022. The program recently compiled its annual list based on the assessment of over 500 organizations operating across the continent. Findings from this year indicated that the top performing organizations in Africa continued to invest in creating a highly-engaged workforce, with an average engagement score of 81%, compared with a market average of 69%. Additionally, 92% of top ranked organizations invested in having the right HR technology to improve productivity that could drive future success.
Topping this year’s ranking was Lundbeck, a global pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of pharmaceuticals followed by Teleperformance, a leading global service provider in Customer Interaction and Process Management. Zoetis, a global animal health company secured the third position. To be considered, companies must be identified as outstanding employers at least in one of the countries across the continent.
The ranking was determined based on feedback from employees gathered through anonymous surveys and an HR assessment evaluating the people management practices against the best workplace standards.
The top 20 list includes:
Lundbeck
Teleperformance
Zoetis
Groupe Vipp
Comdata Group
Novo Nordisk
BSH
Chaabi LLD
Ekuity Capital
STKE
SG ATS
iNova Pharmaceuticals
Somezzo
Schindler
Coface
Meridiam
Roche
Paps
Ipsen Pharma
IHS Towers
“This year’s Best employers in Africa demonstrated open communication and top team alignment, with clear differentiators of having a continuous approach across employee experience initiatives,” commented Hamza Idrissi, Program Manager for the Best Places to Work in Africa.
ABOUT BEST PLACES TO WORK PROGRAM
Best Places to Work is the most definitive ‘Employer of Choice’ certification that organizations aspire to achieve. Every year, the program certifies and recognizes leading workplaces in many countries around the world with a rigorous assessment methodology and a framework which reflects the very latest in workplace trends focusing on 8 Workplace factors including leadership, HR & people policies, compensation, benefits, teamwork & relationships, employee engagement, workplace & procedures and corporate social responsibility.
By Matt De Lima Remember when everyone was giving up on Patrick Mahomes? Please be sure to check out my Dynasty Stock Watch recap for Weeks 6 to 9; the recap for Weeks 14 to 17 will be out later this week. Let’s ring the dynasty stock watch opening bell: Week 10QB Patrick Mahomes (Win-Now: HOLD, Rebuild/Superflex: PRICE CHECK)RB James Conner (Win-Now: HOLD, Rebuild: HOLD)QB Jordan Love (Win-Now: HOLD, Rebuild: HOLD)WR Brandon Aiyuk (Win-Now: HOLD, Rebuild: BUY)WR Donovan Peoples-Jones (Win-Now: HOLD, Rebuild: HOLD)Ah, what could have been with Mahomes! After a frightful few weeks midseason, hi…
This is it. We’ve reached the pinnacle of college football. Our final prospect list of the year comes with this game but it will be a little bit different. Here, we will look at guys that will not even come close to the first round. That means no Jameson Williams, Jordan Davis, Evan Neal, or even Derion Kendrick. The players today will be guys going most likely on Day 3 of the 2022 NFL Draft. So, let’s find out who can improve their stock most with a big National Championship game. Alabama ProspectsBrian Robinson Jr. – RBRobinson went for over 200 yards on 26 carries in Alabama’s beatdown of C…
Acquisition Will Expand Cuentas’ Retail and Mobile Reach and Drive Growth in Key Target Markets
MIAMI, FL / ACCESSWIRE / January 10, 2022 / Cuentas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CUEN)(NASDAQ:CUENW) (“Cuentas”), a leading fintech provider of mobile banking and payment solutions, has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire the operations and distribution network of prepaid wireless and digital provider SDI Black 011 (SDI), as well as Mango Mobile and Black Wireless. The deal is expected to close by or before May of this year.
Cuentas previously invested in the expansion of the SDI network, and will leverage these assets to accelerate reach of the Cuentas prepaid debit card and digital wallet via retail, mobile and other channels. SDI generated more than $9 million in retail revenue in 2021.
“This acquisition will drive more recurring revenue and create new operational efficiencies for Cuentas.” said Jeff Johnson, CEO of Cuentas. “We expect SDI’s profitable assets to contribute to economies of scale across our business, and enable more solutions within the Cuentas mobile app, driving higher profits and accelerating market growth in our core fintech business.”
The SDI B2B portal serves over 30,000 US bodegas, wireless retailers and convenience stores, and will enable retailers to sell from a portfolio of hundreds of virtual products without carrying inventory, generating incremental profits in real-time.
Black011 and its brands already have hundreds of thousands of subscribers who purchase services via the SDI website and digital portal, both of which connect via API to the largest wireless companies in the world. This technology allows SDI to be one of the largest distribution channels for wireless services in the New York City metro tri-state area and nationwide.
Through this acquisition, both retailers and Black011 subscribers will benefit from access to Cuentas solutions including the Cuentas Prepaid Debit card, OMNY Transit, Amazon cash, prepaid gift cards, rebates, new offers and more.
About Cuentas
Cuentas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CUEN & CUENW) is a fintech e-banking and e-commerce service provider with proprietary technology that delivers digital financial services to the underbanked and un-banked Hispanic, Latino and immigrant population including mobile and online banking, prepaid debit, ACH and mobile deposits, cash remittance, peer to peer money transferring, and other services. The Cuentas General Purpose Reloadable (GPR) Card includes a digital wallet, discounts for purchases at major
physical and online retailers, rewards, and the ability to purchase digital content. For more information, visit https://cuentas.com
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