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NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 08/07/14 -- Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: STAF), a public company executing a global consolidation strategy through the acquisition of domestic and international staffing organizations with operations in the US and Europe, today announced the completion of a private offering of Series A 12% Convertible Bonds with total gross proceeds of $4,058,500 to approximately 70 accredited investors.
"The placement of Series A bonds represents a major milestone in our capital raising goals," stated A.J. Cervantes, Vice Chairman and President of Staffing 360 Solutions. "This financing further supports Staffing 360's proactive consolidation strategy and is a significant growth driver. The principal allocation of the proceeds provided the necessary funds to close our most recent acquisition of PeopleSERVE, which places us comfortably beyond our previously announced threshold of $100 million in revenues on an annualized basis."
The capital raise was completed in conjunction with Accelerated Capital Group, Inc., an Irvine, California-based broker-dealer, who acted as placement agent for the offering to clients of Gentry Wealth Management, LLC, a Financial Services Firm with its principal offices in Scottsdale, AZ.
"Continuing our relationship with Staffing 360 through our recent investment of $4 million provides another strong alternative investment opportunity for our clients," said Christopher Bowman, Founder of Gentry Wealth Management. "We believe strongly in Staffing 360 Solutions' management team and their proactive consolidation model as they execute on their publicly stated objective of achieving $300 million in annual revenues in the next 24 months."
The Company's sizable growth to-date has been achieved by completing five acquisitions over the past year, including companies with operations in the United States and Europe. Management believes its resulting consolidated revenues place Staffing 360 Solutions in the top 30 public staffing companies in the United States.
The Series A 12% Convertible Bond Offering included equity consideration consisting of the Company's common stock to certain accredited investors. The private placement was conducted in reliance upon exemptions from registration pursuant to the provisions of Section 4(a)(2), Rule 506 of Regulation D.
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Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: STAF) is a public company in the staffing sector engaged in the execution of a global consolidation strategy through the acquisition of domestic and international staffing organizations with operations in the US and Europe. As part of its targeted consolidation model, Staffing 360 Solutions is pursuing broad spectrum staffing companies in the finance and accounting, administrative, engineering, IT and cybersecurity industries. The Company believes the staffing industry offers opportunities to create a successful public company with a longer term objective of accretive acquisitions that will drive annual revenues to $300 million. For more information, please visit: www.staffing360solutions.com
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Edrington's Snow Leopard launched in Singapore last week
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The super premium vodka category in the region last year grew by 7%, the spokesperson added, citing IWSR figures. Snow Leopard is being made available in selected bars and premium retailers in Singapore for SGD118 (US$94) a bottle, according to Edrington.
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As it now stands, Medford television viewers continue to reap the benefits of William Smullin's obsession with building a broadcast empire. With a population of 75,000, it's home to four network affiliates, a PBS station and a Telemundo Spanish language station. The stations and the companies that own them represent a substantial generator of local wealth and jobs, while the market's viewers enjoy a free-of-charge news and programming menu usually found only in much larger markets.
Medford is considered a small broadcast market, ranking just No. 140 in the Nielsen ratings. Yet its ranking is about the same as those of Amarillo, Bakersfield and Topeka, all of which have substantially larger populations. At No. 118, Eugene ranks much higher, yet has the same number of "free TV" stations as Medford. Bend is smaller and has fewer stations.
The larger Medford TV market, estimated to include some 172,000 TV-viewing homes and as many as 500,000 viewers, is one of the biggest geographically in the nation. It stretches across 12 counties from east of Klamath Falls, west to Coos Bay, north almost to Bend, and south into northern California. Although the area is difficult to serve because of the mountains along the Oregon-California border, men like William Smullin and women like his daughter have gone to great lengths to train their signals into every town within their reach. As a result, its market ranking rivals that of, for example, Bakersfield, population 347,000.
But a shrinking of the market could be at hand, thanks in large measure to the recession and the high cost of purchasing the equipment needed to compete in today's television industry.
Kingsley Kelley, general manager for KTVL, believes "consolidation is inevitable," although he stopped short of predicting a station might go away. "I think there will be some consolidation in markets our size," says Smullin.
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"Nearly one in ten pregnant deaths caused by flu," The Daily Telegraph reports. A review into maternal deaths, which thankfully remain rare, found that conditions such as the flu and sepsis account for many of the deaths. Maternal deaths are deaths in women that occur during their pregnancy or within six weeks after the end of their pregnancy.
Other headlines prompted by the review included the Mail Online's "Half of deaths in pregnancy are 'avoidable'", pointing out that mental health and heart problems take a "heavy toll".
BBC News took a more positive approach, pointing out that "Maternal death rates 'are falling'". Maternal death rates dropped from 11 per every 100,000 women giving birth during the 2006-08 period to 10 per every 100,000 women during the 2010-12 period.
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What are the news stories based on?
The news stories are based on a report by researchers at the University of Oxford. It aimed to find the reasons for maternal deaths and illness (morbidity) between 2009 and 2012 in the UK and Ireland, and what lessons can be learned. They note that the focus is not on attributing blame, but on using these lessons to improve future maternity care. The UK's maternal death rates are now among the lowest in the world.
This is part of a programme of Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths, which has been running since 1952. The current programme, called the "Maternal Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme", is provided by the MBRRACE-UK collaboration. MBRRACE-UK stands for Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK.
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The current data covers the UK and, for the first time, the Republic of Ireland.
Data on maternal deaths is collected from various sources, including direct notification by individual maternity units, coroners, pathologists, midwives or members of the public, or though media reports. This is cross-checked with data from the Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland. The researchers also search for records of deaths in women of childbearing age, and compare these with birth records to identify any missing deaths.
The researchers send forms to the units in which the deaths occurred to find out demographic and medical details, causes of death, and provide contact details for the clinicians involved in their care. They then send questionnaires to the clinicians to ask about their views on the women's care. All of these details and copies of the women's medical records are provided to the MBRRACE-UK assessors for review, but only after any details that could identify the women are removed - so the records are anonymous.
What are the main findings and trends?
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- 357 women died during or within six weeks of the end of their pregnancy in 2009-12; this was equivalent to 10 in every 100,000 women giving birth.
- This was a significant reduction from 11 deaths in every 100,000 women giving birth in 2006-08.
- The reduction was largely due to a reduction in deaths as a direct result of a pregnancy complication such as bleeding.
- In 2009-12, one third of mothers who died did so as a direct result of a pregnancy complication.
- Two-thirds of the deaths were from medical or mental health problems that were not directly linked to pregnancy, but got worse during pregnancy.
- Three-quarters of mothers who died had pre-existing medical or mental health problems when they became pregnant.
- More than two-thirds of women who died did not receive the nationally recommended level of care during their pregnancy (antenatal care), and a quarter did not receive the recommended minimum level of care.
- Almost a quarter of women who died had a severe infection (sepsis).
- One in 11 of the mothers who died did so from flu, and more than half of these could have been prevented by a flu vaccination.
What recommendations do they make?
The report's basic recommendations are that:
- Women with pre-existing medical and mental health conditions need pre-pregnancy advice and joint care from specialists in their condition and maternity staff.
- Women with a severe infection need early diagnosis, rapid antibiotic treatment and a review by senior doctors and midwives.
- More women need to receive the seasonal flu vaccine in pregnancy.
The report expands on these to make more detailed recommendations for various groups of staff in the healthcare system and professional organisations.
This included, for example, keeping the possibility of sepsis in mind at all times, ensuring women with any symptoms or signs of ill health in pregnancy have a full set of basic observations - such as temperature, blood pressure and breathing rate - and ensuring that women get access to available care. They also recommended that any maternal deaths should be reviewed locally by a multidisciplinary group.
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Nearly one in ten pregnant deaths caused by flu. The Daily Telegraph, December 8 2014
Maternal death rates 'are falling'. BBC News, December 9 2014
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A research team working in Peru, with members from France, Peru and the U.S. has found a way to track the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) going back as far as ten thousand years. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team reports that their study of clam fossils has revealed clear patterns of the ENSO and report that it has not been increasing in intensity over the course of the Holocene as some have suggested.
People have been living on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Peru for a long time, and as they've done so, they've eaten clams, tossing the shells onto waste areas that grew to become huge mounds over thousands of years. In this new effort, the researchers dug down into several such mounds and extracted clam fossils they found, along with dirt and charcoal—remnants of ancient fires used to cook the clam meat. By taking measurements of oxygen isotopes in the clam shells, the researchers were able to calculate ocean surface temperatures at two to four week intervals throughout the lives of the individual clams, while radiocarbon dating of the dirt and charcoal revealed when the clams made their way into the mound. Examining multiple clams at different depths in the mounds allowed for creating a historical record of sea surface temperatures, and that allowed for charting the cycle of the ENSO going back ten thousand years.
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In this expanded role, Rice will continue to oversee the finance function, but also take on responsibility for the company's supply chain department, as well as focusing more on strategic issues. Rice will continue to report directly to Richard D. Fain, Chairman and CEO.
Rice has been with Royal Caribbean for over 20 years, most recently as Executive Vice President and CFO. Prior to that, Rice has served in a variety of senior management positions, including Senior Vice President, Revenue Performance, where he was responsible for revenue management, air/sea, groups, international operations, decision support, reservations and customer service. He has also served as Vice President, Market Planning and Development; and Director, Revenue Planning and Analysis.
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Richard D. Fain, Chairman and CEO said: "I am excited that these powerful leaders will further strengthen our organization and help drive our profitability into the future."
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