ROCKVILLE, Maryland, July 30 (TNSres) -- Abt Global, a consulting and research firm, issued the following news release: Abt Global is honored to be recognized as one of 33 Very High Performers in the 2024 Global Health 50/50 report, released in July. We were the only for-profit organization in the top category of this annual report, which analyzes gender equality and diversity in global health leadership across 201 organizations. The Global Health 50/50 Index rates organizations operational i  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 30 -- DLA Piper, a law firm, issued the following news: DLA Piper has advised Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd (Ping An), the largest insurer in China by market capitalisation, on its USD3.5 billion convertible bond issue. This deal was the largest Reg-S-only convertible bond, the largest convertible bond in the insurance sector, and the first offshore convertible bond ever issued by a Chinese insurance company. Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan are joint glo  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 30 -- The Maryland Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * State program helps companies promote goods, services across the globe * * * BALTIMORE, MD - Over the past year, the Maryland Department of Commerce has awarded more than 100 small and mid-sized Maryland companies with ExportMD grants to help promote their products and services in the global marketplace. The grants - awarded from July 2023 through July 2024 - help businesses finance t  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 30 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: Nusta Carranza Ko, associate professor in The University of Baltimore's School of Public and International Affairs, has been awarded the 2024 APSA Award for Teaching Innovation by the American Political Science Association. The award is given to "a political scientist who has developed an effective new approach to teaching in the discipline." Dr. Ko says she has taken a new direction in her teaching   more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, July 30 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * Maryland company develops solutions to support more efficient mental health care * * * TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $100,000 Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment in Azadi Health. TEDCO's Pre-Seed Builder Fund is housed under TEDCO's Social Impact Funds which were created to engage and invest in economically underserved founder  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 30 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: Netherlands, July 29, 2024 -- U.S. and Netherlands officials formalized a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LoA) agreement to purchase Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER). With this agreement, the Netherlands becomes JASSM's fifth international customer. "We're honored to partner with the U.S. Government to provide the Netherlands Armed Forces with the comba  more