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Pure Extract Technologies Inc. Ideally Positioned to Become Leader in White Label Market

  • Company’s Standard Processing License pending approval from Health Canada
  • After licensing approval, Pure Extracts will be launching white label production as part of core services
  • Pure Extracts facility designed to produce high-quality, high-purity formulations on a commercial scale

Pure Extract Technologies, a Canadian plant-based extraction company operating in the functional medicinal mushrooms space, is preparing to become a leading contender in the white labeling space. The Company’s Standard Processing License is currently pending approval from Health Canada; upon approval the Company will be launching white label production as part of its core services.

As an expert in the extraction field, Pure Extracts provides white label solutions based on custom formulating high-quality oils sourced from both cannabis and hemp-biomass products. In addition, the Company offers impressive expertise in designing and manufacturing consumer-ready packaging for customers.

White label products, which are products made by one company and then packaged and sold by other companies under various brand names, can provide substantial time, energy and financial savings in terms of production and marketing (http://ibn.fm/7KVnv). The practice has been steadily growing and often allows a company to offer quality products that they would otherwise be unable to provide.

As a leading extraction company, Pure Extracts is able to rapidly develop and commercialize extraction systems for plant-based medicine products. The Company has a centralized 10,000-square-foot facility built to EU-GMP standards and designed for proprietary and white label production; the facility is located in Pemberton, British Columbia. A phase 2 plan currently under development will expand the facility to 25,000 square feet and build it to EU-GMP standards, allowing the Pure Extracts to offer international distribution.

Designed with future growth in mind, the facility includes a dedicated lab that provides invaluable research and development services, is easily scalable, and offers modern CO2 and ethanol extraction capabilities and processes. The Company is designed to produce high-quality, high-purity formulations on a commercial scale.

In short, for companies licensed to sell specialized oil extracts and for CPG brands seeking licensed manufacturing partners, Pure Extracts offers a one-stop solution that ensures expert production and manufacturing resulting in top-quality products.

Pure Extracts is positioned to enter the commercial cannabis sector as an experienced producer. Led by a team of qualified experts in the space and providing cutting-edge CO2 and ethanol extraction technology, the Company is set up for long-term strategic distribution and product innovation.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.PureExtractsCorp.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Pure Extracts are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/Pure

Sustainable Green Team Ltd. (SGTM) Marks Milestone with Permit Approval for Largest Facility

  • SGTM receives approval to accept debris, manufacture mulch at state-of-the art Jacksonville facility
  • Approval latest in notable list of milestones for expanding company
  • After posting record Q2 revenue numbers, CEO predicts another positive quarter

In yet another significant moment for the growing company, Sustainable Green Team (OTC: SGTM) received permit approval to accept debris and manufacture mulch at its largest facility, located in Jacksonville (http://ibn.fm/hwtcU). SGTM is a leading provider of environmentally beneficial solutions for tree and storm waste disposal.

“Another major achievement for our team and shareholders,” said SGTM CEO and director Tony Raynor. “Not only does this approval allow us to expand our services, it allows us to open a retail mulch supply location for retail customers; the infrastructure is already in place. I look forward to sharing more about our new approved site as well as many other updates as they progress.”

SGTM’s state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot Jacksonville facility sits on 28 acres of concrete and is ideally structured for the company to continue to pursue the strategic expansion of its debris collection and grapple hauling services. Permit approval came from the Jacksonville City Council, which voted on the ordinance with no opposition.

Other milestones for the company this year have included the addition of new grapple hauling trucks to its fleet (http://ibn.fm/7T4nt); the construction completion of a dual-line mulch bagger and fully automated electric grinding screening operation at its Apopka, Florida, landfill facility (http://ibn.fm/2iHxk); and the diversification of revenue stream by receiving International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (“IPEMA”) certification and approval to manufacture tree-waste material into playground surfacing material (http://ibn.fm/zLvSr).

In addition, SGTM released impressive figures for Q2 2020, recording $12,382,491 in revenue, $3,458,164 in gross profit, and $40,710,954 in total assets, with a strong position of $7,004,807 in cash and liquid investments (http://ibn.fm/B6Xmb).

“We are very pleased with our performance and direction,” said Raynor. “The positive recorded numbers were generated prior to achieving IPEMA certification for public surfacing material, which diversified our revenue stream; prior to construction at our Waste Management landfill facility, which further increased mulch manufacturing; and prior to the addition of new grapple hauling trucks to our fleet, which increased efficiency and production. The subsequent events look to lead us to another positive quarter, and we look forward to seeing how it all unfolds.”

Sustainable Green Team, through its subsidiaries, including National Storm Recovery LLC (DBA Central Florida Arbor Care and Mulch Manufacturing Inc.), provides tree services, debris hauling, removal and bio-mass recycling, manufacturing, packaging and sales of next-generation mulch products. The company’s primary corporate objective is to provide a solution for the treatment and handling of tree debris that is historically sent to local landfills and disposal sites, creating an environmental burden and pressure on disposal sites around the nation.

To learn more about Sustainable Green Team Ltd., view the company’s investor presentation at http://ibn.fm/N785O

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGTM are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGTM

Trxade Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDS) Augments B2B Services with New Bundled, COVID-responsive Employee Wellness Package

  • Pharmaceutical supplies and services innovator Trxade Group Inc. has announced a new B2B resource that bundles telemedicine services that may prove particularly useful for companies during the ongoing pandemic period
  • Trxade Group’s new Bonum+ platform combines the power of telehealth consultation, AI-driven COVID-19 risk assessment and streamlined personal protective equipment purchasing to help manage employees’ care and performance
  • The company is an emerging web-based presence in the wellness market that builds trust and independent pharmacy purchasing power through drug pricing transparency
  • The company has achieved more than 50 percent penetration among the nation’s approximately 22,000 independent pharmacies.

Trxade Group (NASDAQ: MEDS) is expanding the B2B functionality of its supply chain trading platform through a first-of-its-kind bundled service that combines telehealth performance, a COVID-19 risk assessment tool and a personal protective equipment (“PPE”) purchasing tool to help businesses better deal with the medical needs of their internal corporate structures during an era of pandemic and beyond.

The company’s Bonum+ platform (http://ibn.fm/AAgH9) builds on the Bonum Health Hub wellness brand that has established a web-accessible medical consultation service in conjunction with an online prescription pharmaceutical presence (http://ibn.fm/D0N1Y) and the company’s app-accessible DelivMeds same-day / mail order pharmaceuticals delivery service (http://ibn.fm/wnW0S).

“This platform resolves a fundamental trust problem impacting employer’s safety and security policies, allowing companies to more effectively combat COVID-19 concerns in the workplace,” Bonum Health President Ashton Maaraba stated in the company’s most recent announcement. “Looking forward, we plan to continue to expand the breadth of services offered by Bonum Health, including adding a digital health hub with next-generation prescription concierge services.”

The Bonum+ platform centralizes communication and provides tools for COVID-19 contact tracing that helps companies assess employee risk profiles and respond as necessary with new PPE resources. The platform also offers health recommendations and connects employees with board certified physicians when needed, utilizing integrated artificial intelligence to streamline processes.

Trxade Group has distinguished itself as a web-based presence in the wellness market that emphasizes transparency in the pharmaceutical purchasing pipeline, empowering subscribers to assess drug prices and supply availability to make best product ordering decisions.

The company’s flagship platform has achieved more than 50 percent market penetration in attracting nearly 12,000 of the United States’ estimated 22,000 independent pharmacies so far, helping them to become more competitive with large pharmaceutical retail chains.

“Our platform lets these independents know that they’re receiving a fair price from competing suppliers on fair payment terms and often with next day delivery,” Founder, Chairman and CEO Suren Ajjarapu said in a recent earnings conference call (http://ibn.fm/HDLeo). “We believe this radical price transparency, economy of scale and competition amongst suppliers leads (to) up to 10% reduction in pharmacies’ total annual drug purchase costs, with a drug-level savings of up to 90% on certain pharmaceutical products.”

Trxade Group thereby saves pharmacists from labor-intensive cost comparisons between pharmaceutical distributors on a repetitive basis, profiting through a fee structure similar in nature to the ones employed by merchandising pioneers such as PayPal and Visa.

The company’s second quarter financial report notes that revenues increased 244 percent year-over-year for the quarter, and by 199 percent sequentially from the first quarter of the year.

“We believe that we are well positioned to execute upon the immense opportunity facing us today, supporting critical public health efforts nationwide,” Maaraba stated.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.TrxadeGroup.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to MEDS are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/MEDS

ISW Holdings (ISWH) Q2 Financial Report Shows 79% Increase in Sales, Continued Impressive Upward Trend

  • Recent investment article notes ISWH’s financial report shows “larger than forecast topline growth.”
  • The report represents the fifth consecutive quarter of strong growth by ISWH.
  • Strong forecast based on strong performance by company’s home health division, cryptocurrency mining joint venture.

The recent Q2 ISW Holdings (OTC: ISWH) financial report (http://ibn.fm/AwEC6), which included operational performance data for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020, “silence(d) the skeptics, with larger than forecast topline growth powered by an expanding home healthcare segment, which could be set to further advance as the company integrates its proprietary telehealth technology into the mix,” noted a recent “Oracle Dispatch” article (http://ibn.fm/OUXlm).

The report represents the fifth consecutive quarter of strong growth by ISWH, a brand-management portfolio company with a growing home health division. “According to the company’s release, revenues for the three months ended June 30 totaled $248,675, and $485,593 for six months ended June 30, representing year-over-year growth of 79% (and 244%) compared to comparable periods in 2019,” the article continued. “Gross profits for the three months ended June 30 totaled $94,692, and $134,011 for the six months ended June 30, representing year-over-year growth of 72% (and 152%) compared to comparable periods in 2019.”

Contributing to the company’s consistently strong bottom line and bright forecast is the strong performance turned in by the company’s home health division, Paradigm Home Health (“PPH”), as well as the joint venture ISWH operates with Bit5ive, a global leader in cryptocurrency mining.

“We demonstrated the continued viability of our Home Healthcare business during a tumultuous quarter beset by tremendous challenges across the country due to the pandemic health crisis,” said ISW Holdings president and chairman Alonzo Pierce. “We also set the stage for accelerating growth in the back half of the year as we look forward to continued developments in both our telehealth and crypto mining endeavors at a time when the context is very promising in both of those markets. We have shown strong topline growth now for five consecutive quarters almost solely driven by PHH. We feel we are well positioned to continue that growth and begin to see tangible returns from our crypto mining investments over coming months as well.”

Based in Nevada, ISW Holdings is a diversified portfolio company comprised of essential business lines that serve consumer product demands. The company’s expertise lies in strategic brand development and early-growth facilitation, as well as brand identity through its proprietary procurement process. Together with its partners, ISWH seeks to provide a structure that meets large scalability demands as well as anticipated marketplace needs. ISWH maneuvers its proprietary companies through critical stages of market development, which includes conceptualization, go-to-market strategies, engineering, product integration and distribution efficiency.

For more information about ISW Holdings, please visit the company’s website at www.ISWHoldings.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to ISWH are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/ISWH

Sugarmade (SGMD) Q3 Numbers Forecast to Hit $11 Million, Thanks to Investment in Cannabis Delivery Service

  • Company predicts BudCars will reach $650,000 monthly sales milestone; Q3 2020 numbers to top $11 million
  • CEO expects extremely robust growth in July, August; new records across many metrics
  • BudCars has seen steady improvement in almost every major metric

Sugarmade Inc. (OTCQB: SGMD), a product and branding marketing company investing in operations and technologies with disruptive potential, has announced that it expects BudCars Cannabis Delivery Service to hit a $650,000 sales milestone in July (http://ibn.fm/LDXLJ). The company also predicts its Q3 2020 sales numbers will top $11 million.

“We believe we have enough visibility and enough data in hand to forecast that we will continue to see extremely robust growth in July and August,” stated Sugarmade CEO Jimmy Chan. “Many of the trends we saw come together in June to drive our performance remain in place and suggest new records across many metrics are likely this month as well.”

The strong numbers are based on SGMD’s impressive growth and underlying data trends in May and June, along with even stronger numbers for the first part of July. Using the current figures as a baseline, the Sugarmade team is anticipating continued strong month-over-month sales growth of 30% in July and August, which would bring the company to $650K in July and on pace to close out September with annualized BudCars revenues reaching $11 million.

BudCars is a retail business that offers same-day delivery of top-quality cannabis. Customers choose from a variety of products, including edibles, flower, pre-rolls, vapes, tinctures and concentrate across dozens of premium brands. Once consumers complete their purchases online, they receive their order the same day via BudCars Cannabis Delivery Service.

BudCars has reported constant improvement in almost every major metric — from increasing new customers and increasing orders per customer to strong repeat business — since Sugarmade invested in the company earlier this year. This steady growth provides a high degree of confidence in the company’s forecast of continued 30% sequential monthly topline growth and the likelihood that SGMD will close out Q3 2020 with an extremely strong performance heading into year-end.

In addition, Sugarmade continues to focus on further strengthening future top and bottom-line growth through strategic expansion and verticalization plans. The company has already announced the opening of its second BudCars hub in Los Angeles, as well as the establishment of in-house cultivation and product manufacturing operations at its new 5,000 square-foot, indoor, premium-cannabis cultivation facility located near its Sacramento BudCars hub.

Sugarmade Inc. is a product and branding marketing company investing in operations and technologies with disruptive potential. In addition to its financial interest in the BudCars brand, SGMD’s brand portfolio includes CarryOutsupplies.com and SugarRush(TM).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Sugarmade.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGMD are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SUGAR

Predictive Oncology Inc.’s (NASDAQ: POAI) Exclusive Resources Provide Personal Profiling, Tools to Improve Patient Outcomes

  • POAI, Helomics builds AI-driven models that predict drug response, patient outcome
  • Company tests patient tumor, generates comprehensive picture that oncologists use to individualize therapy
  • Key to individualized insight is POAI’s Tumor Drug Response Profiling (“TDRP”) platform, NGS-based genomic profiling, unmatched cancer knowledge base

Guided by the mantra that “cancer is personal — we believe therapy should be too,” Predictive Oncology (NASDAQ: POAI) subsidiary Helomics focus on building AI-driven models that will predict drug response and patient outcome of individual tumors. With the largest tumor inventory in the world, POAI leads the way in providing a functional precision medicine approach that harnesses the power of an individual patient’s tumor to personalize their cancer treatment plan.

POAI works closely with oncologists to provide key information to help improve their patients’ odds in their fight against cancer. Helomics current clinical test platform offers a powerful, proprietary approach that tests a patient’s unique tumor, then combines drug-response profiling and genomic profiling of that tumor to generate a comprehensive picture that an oncologist can use to individualize therapy and improve positive outcomes.

Oncologists rely on these personalized profiles to help reduce the risk that a patient receives ineffective therapies as well as to identify alternatives when a typical treatment recommended for certain types of cancer cannot be tolerated.

A key component in Predictive Oncology’s ability to offer such individualized insight is the company’s Tumor Drug Response Profiling (“TDRP”) platform, which it combines with the latest NGS-based genomic profiling and POAI’s vast cancer knowledge-base of 150,000 tumors. Exclusive to POAI, these resources provide a more functional approach to precision medicine and allow an oncologist to reach beyond genomics alone in providing cancer-treatment recommendations.

In addition, every tumor tested by POAI and Helomics adds data to the company’s unparalleled D-CHIP knowledgebase, which contains anonymized molecular and drug-response profiles from more than 150,000 cancer cases. This invaluable information provides researchers in pharma, biopharma and diagnostic companies actionable insights to help discover better targeted therapies as well as contribute to key developments in clinical trials, companion diagnostics, and biomarkers.

POAI is bringing precision medicine, or tailored medical treatment using the individual characteristics of each patient, to the treatment of cancer. Through the company’s Helomics division, the company leverages its unique, clinically validated patient derived (“PDx”) smart tumor profiling platform to provide oncologists with a road map to help individualize therapy. In addition, the company is utilizing artificial intelligence and its proprietary database of over 150,000 cancer cases tumors to build AI-driven models of tumor drug response to improve outcomes for the patients of today and tomorrow

For more information about the company, visit www.Predictive-Oncology.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to POAI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/POAI

Gold Continues to Reign Supreme Amid Price Volatility: Kingman Minerals Ltd. (TSX.V: KGS) Increasing Gold Production in Anticipation of Record Highs

  • Gold continues to post record highs despite recent volatility
  • Gold price broke previous 2011 ceiling of $1921 per ounce
  • KGS plans to increase gold production at historic gold mining sites using new technologies
  • KGS entered into option agreements to obtain 100% ownership of the Mohave Project in Arizona and Cadillac East Property in Quebec, Canada

Despite negative headlines focused on recent price drops (http://ibn.fm/XCUAS), the price of gold continues to set record highs, eclipsing the effects of recent volatility. Kingman Minerals (TSX.V: KGS), a Canada-based mining company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and silver properties in North America, is planning to increase gold production in anticipation of rising prices by sourcing and developing historic mining sites for new drilling campaigns that extract the remaining wealth using innovative, safe and cost-effective technology.

The price of gold recently took a “plunge” according to experts at Forbes closing at nearly $1,900 at the time of printing. While the noted drop in the price was substantial, this level is still among the highest seen so far in 2020, and not far off from its record high of $1,921 last seen in 2011 (http://ibn.fm/um1oP). While stock markets may be experiencing extreme volatility as a result of recent economic events, the value of gold continues to endure, prompting investors to keep shifting capital into “safe haven” assets like precious metals as a measure to protect the value of their wealth amid fears of inflation, overvalued stocks and other events upending the global economy.

KGS anticipated the rising trend of gold prices long before they reached this critical point, sourcing historic mining sites throughout North America as part of its production strategy aimed at extracting the remaining gold left behind by previous generations through the use of modern technology. Two notable properties of interest include the Cadillac East Property in Quebec, Canada and the Mohave Project located in Arizona – both offering potential for the profitable production of gold, positioning KGS favorably to investors looking for stable assets that can withstand short-term price volatility.

The Cadillac East Property is located approximately 55 kilometers east of Val d’Or, a key mining and exploration hub located in Quebec, Canada. Following extensive geophysical and geological surveys, KGS recently acquired an interest in the property from an arm’s length vendor with an option agreement to earn 100% over three years. Besides its 12 lode claims, the area was also identified by Exploration Facilitation Unlimited Inc. in 2017 as having potential value in other metals that include silver, copper, zinc and nickel (http://ibn.fm/Dvp8B).

The Mohave Project, another key property in KGS’s portfolio, comprises 20 lode claims that include the historic 167-hectare Rosebud Mine. Originally discovered in the 1880s, some wealth remains, according to studies conducted in the 1980s that estimated 664,000 ounces of gold and 2,600,000 ounces of silver. The company has recently completed two underground reconnaissance and sampling programs and is in the process of verifying these estimates by commissioning a report to be completed by Burgex Inc. (http://ibn.fm/49jNP), a consulting services company that specializes in the analysis of abandoned mining sites throughout the western United States.

Based in Canada, KGS is poised to benefit from current economic conditions through its strategy of developing a diverse portfolio of high-quality, lifelong mining assets. Through its strategy focused on exploring, acquiring and developing gold and silver properties in North America, the company continues to provide value to shareholders looking to diversify their portfolios with safe investments of enduring value.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.KingmanMinerals.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to KGS are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/KGS

InsuraGuest Technologies, Inc. (TSX.V: ISGI) (OTC: IGSTF) Strengthens Presence in Vacation-Rental Sector

  • Integration of Hostfully property-management platform, InsuraGuest API completed
  • InsuraGuest books record monthly revenues in July
  • Development of new insurtech business-owner policy portal continues
  • Capital restructuring reduces debt, interest expense

Innovative insurtech leader InsuraGuest Technologies (TSX.V: ISGI) (OTC: IGSTF) appears set to bolster its presence in the vacation-rental market. The company has completed the integration of the end-to-end, property-management platform operated by Hostfully Inc. with InsuraGuest’s Application Programming Interface (“API”) (http://ibn.fm/zcaj7). The partnership allows Hostfully clients to access InsuraGuest’s hospitality products, a development that should boost revenues, already trending upwards. In July, the company’s hospitality division had its best revenue month ever despite the downturn in the sector due to the pandemic (http://ibn.fm/ZOiYb). InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability Policy is a supplemental insurance product for hotels, vacation-rental operators and similar establishments, which is enjoying increasing adoption.

Work on the new InsurTech Business Owner Policy (“BOP”) portal continues (http://ibn.fm/zW9Yk). ISGI expects to have the portal fully operational by the third quarter of 2020. Now, with a stronger balance sheet due to recent capital restructuring, InsuraGuest is closer to realizing its goal of transforming the way insurance is delivered with the revolutionary idea that insurance should be bought, not sold.

The integration of Hostfully’s property-management platform and InsuraGuest’s API allows Hostfully clients — vacation rental operators and owners — to provide their patrons with InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability coverage. After sign-up, the rental property will be able to offer the hospitality product to registered guests, along with others in the party, upon check-in. The charge for coverage will appear as a separate line item to be paid for by the guest. InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability policy provides coverage for theft of personal property while at the establishment, as well as accidental medical expenses and accidental death and dismemberment.

More partnerships like this are forthcoming. The InsuraGuest insurtech platform is capable of meshing with approximately 70 different hotel property-management systems, including Oracle Opera, Hilton-ONQ, Springer-Miller Systems, Marriot Fosse, Marriott Full Service, Agilysys and Lightspeed GPS.

However, InsuraGuest is not confining its services to the hospitality industry. The company is taking its technology to the small-business sector. Presently, ISGI is developing a new Business Owner Policy (“BOP”) InsurTech platform to serve the special needs of small-business owners. The BOP will cover over 130 class codes, including retail, wholesale, mercantile, office and business service classes. (General liability class codes are assigned by underwriters as a way of classifying and grouping businesses by risk.) Small businesses will be able to purchase the BOP online through a dedicated portal, www.InsureThePeople.com (“ITP”), which will be open to U.S. markets by the third quarter of 2020.

With strong growth continuing in the vacation-rental market, InsuraGuest is positioning itself to meet rising demand. The vacation-rental market reached $57 million in 2019 and is currently growing at a rate of 6.9 percent per annum. A recent strengthening of the balance sheet—swapping debt for shares—will certainly help (http://ibn.fm/wKu0o). The company announced the issue of 4,901,625 shares of common stock to reduce approximately $765,607.83 (CDN) of debt, incurred in connection with services the company and its wholly owned subsidiary, InsuraGuest Inc., received over the past year and half.

Of the shares to be issued, 2,271,127 shares will go to Douglas K. Anderson, a director of the company and its current CEO, while 150,000 shares will be issued to an entity controlled by CFO Logan B. Anderson, who is also a director. The debt/equity swaps will preserve cash and reduce expenses.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.InsuraGuest.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to ISGI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/ISGI

Deltec Bank & Trust Ltd. Issues Investment Research Note Upgrading Stance on Euro, European Equities

  • EU announces creation of €750bn Coronavirus recovery fund
  • Fund will be used to provide low-interest loans to 27 members of EU bloc while also disbursing grants to zone’s worst-hit economies
  • In response to united fiscal response to crisis, scale of fiscal support becomes increasingly sanguine towards European financial assets
  • Deltec Bank upgrades its stance on European Equities and Euro currency, believes these assets are set to outperform in near-and-medium term

Deltec Bank & Trust, a Bahamas-based private bank recently awarded the title of ‘Best Private Bank in the Caribbean’ in 2020 (http://ibn.fm/PS1F4), has published its latest investment research note entitled “EUreka” (http://ibn.fm/UhKNZ). The piece looks into the intricacies underpinning the European Union’s proactive fiscal response in dealing with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and its effect on Eurozone financial asset prices and the Euro.

In the early hours of July 21, the European Union announced that it would be creating a €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund, as an addendum to the Eurozone’s existing €1.1 trillion, 7-year budget. The recovery fund consists of €360 billion in low-interest loans available to all members of the block (to be repaid over a 30-year period) as well as €390 billion in grants to member states hardest hit by the coronavirus. Given that the funds disbursed through the EU’s emergency mechanism exceeded the EU’s prior budgeted payments, it was agreed that the European Commission would itself issue debt and borrow from financial markets – an unprecedented move, given that any prior capital raises have been done on a country-by-country basis.

Deltec Bank’s research team has taken a relatively benign view to the Eurozone’s fiscal measures. The team believes that the issuance of debt by a centralized body represents a further step towards European Federalization, which may subsequently open the way for the harmonization of tax regimes and other economic policies. The latter in particular has long been a contentious thorn in the Eurozone’s side, which has seen its 27 member countries adopt a homogenized monetary policy stance despite having wildly differing fiscal frameworks and benchmarks.

In the longer term, Deltec Bank believes that the EU’s actions will benefit the government bonds and economies of Europe’s weaker economies, with over-strained fiscal budgets set to be subsidized by the EU’s recovery fund mechanism. Markets have adopted a similar point of view, with the premium in Italy’s 10-year bond yields relative to German Bunds narrowing to their lowest level since March – illustrating the sharp increase in investor confidence in the southern European nation’s debt.

Nonetheless, despite the relatively transient nature of the emergency fiscal measures, investors must not dismiss the EU recovery fund’s historic importance. For years, EU voters and Northern European politicians have found themselves extremely averse to the type of fiscal transfers and debt mutualization this recovery fund represents.

In fact, it was only a few years ago in 2012 that the European Central Bank refused to accept Greek sovereign bonds as collateral, despite the dire condition of the Greek economy,  under the European Stability Mechanism (“ESM”), which was implemented in 2010 to help resolve a credit crisis brewing in the Eurozone (http://ibn.fm/OTU6j). Today, following the historic introduction of the €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund, Deltec Bank’s investment research team believe that EU’s measures will help bolster inexpensive Southern European assets—including their equity markets as a whole. Additionally, the fiscal boost to the various members’ coffers should also help bolster the value of the Euro, which has led the bank to upgrade its positive stance on the Euro and European Equities.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.DeltecBank.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Deltec are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/Deltec

ISW Holdings (ISWH) Prepared to Lead in Health-Care Revolution with New TeleCare Solution

  • ISWH’s growing home-health division ideally positioned in industry looking for change.
  • Paradigm Home Health focused on delivering health care in changing, increasingly aging community.
  • TeleCare is revolutionary technology solution designed to summon medical assistance with the push of a button.

In what some are calling the “health-care revolution,” health-care companies and providers as well as patients are looking for solutions to a complicated, cumbersome health-care process. Innovative companies in that space, such as ISW Holdings (OTC: ISWH), a brand-management portfolio company with a growing home health division, may leverage their already-strong positions in the industry to become leaders in the movement for change.

The basic gist of the revolution, observes a recent “BioPharma Journal” article (http://ibn.fm/jTs7N), is that “healthcare is not affordable for society. We try universal healthcare systems and find that quality is definitely linked to the process. Some folks try to claim this isn’t the case, but the reality should be clear: if you put more people on the same plan, the amount that can be spent on each person decreases. . . . Something needs to change in these places, especially as more and more people age into larger healthcare needs.

“One solution expected to play a part is home healthcare,” the article continued. “In the past, we have gone to hospitals and stayed there for quick access to doctors and specialized expertise and equipment. But, as telehealth and portability become more technologically possible in more places, much of that same care can happen at home. This simple shift of expanding the physical realm in play massively reduces the costs of care and makes it far more possible for something approaching high-quality universally accessible healthcare to become a reality.”

ISWH sees the potential for this to happen and is actively involved in the process. Paradigm Home Health (PHH), ISW Holding’s home health division, is focused on delivering health care in a changing and increasingly aging community. PHH aims to lead the emerging changes by offering quality services rooted in emerging technologies. An example of the company’s ability to do just that is its TeleCare service.

“This is a new technology solution we are preparing to launch as part of our home healthcare service,” said ISWH president and chairman Alonzo Pierce (http://ibn.fm/EVRkH). “TeleCare is a revolutionary technology solution designed to provide home-health patients with a simple, one-button wearable device to quickly and easily summon a visiting nurse, home-health provider, or 24/7 nurse-assist hot line anytime medical assistance is urgently needed.”

The technology works like a nurse-call button in a hospital, explained Pierce. “Our research suggests this will create tremendous additional value and enhance our clients’ lives by helping them to maintain the greatest possible level of independent existence while still having access to the supportive care they need,” Pierce said.

PHH is also developing specialized technology and tools to support health-care services outside of the bounds of specialized facilities by focusing on home-care facilities. These efforts will help shift the burden of patient care from hospitals and clinics and also streamline specific parts of the health-care process to enhance service and product distribution.

Based in Nevada, ISW Holdings is a diversified portfolio company comprised of essential business lines that serve consumer product demands. The company’s expertise lies in strategic brand development and early-growth facilitation, as well as brand identity through its proprietary procurement process. Together with its partners, ISWH seeks to provide a structure that meets large scalability demands as well as anticipated marketplace needs. ISWH maneuvers its proprietary companies through critical stages of market development, which includes conceptualization, go-to-market strategies, engineering, product integration and distribution efficiency.

For more information about ISW Holdings, please visit the company’s website at www.ISWHoldings.com.

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Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CDIO) Advancing Early Detection, Tackling Heart Disease Through AI and Biomarker Insights

May 1, 2026

Cardiovascular disease continues to place a profound burden on individuals, economies and healthcare systems worldwide, affecting millions of lives while driving substantial medical costs and resource demands. Cardio Diagnostics Holdings (NASDAQ: CDIO) is committed to reducing the impact of heart disease by developing a platform that integrates artificial intelligence and epigenetic and genetic biomarkers to deliver personalized […]

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