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Friskies® and BuzzFeed Reboot ‘Dear Kitten’ Hit Video Series after Nearly a Decade

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New video spot, “Dear Kitten: Modern Technology” finds Grey Cat and Orange Kitten all grown up and dealing with the digital age.

ST. LOUIS, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Dear reader, are you ready for adorable internet feline nostalgia?  Friskies, the popular cat food and treat brand, has launched the revival of the playful ‘Dear Kitten’ series, which took the internet by storm when it was first released nearly 10 years ago. In partnership with BuzzFeed, the new installment, titled ‘Dear Kitten: Modern Technology,’ takes a humorous look at how technology has evolved over the years through the eyes of the original wise and experienced narrator, Grey Cat, while highlighting the special bond between humans and their feline companions.

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In ‘Modern Technology,’ Grey Cat, voiced again by Ze Frank, shares valuable insights with Orange Kitten, now referred to as Orange Cat, as they navigate the rapidly changing landscape of modern devices. The video takes viewers on a comical journey, showcasing the entertaining and often perplexing situations cats experience when faced with today’s advanced technology – including another daring encounter with Vacuum.

“It’s been nearly a decade since you’ve heard from me, which I’m sure has been tough for you,” said Grey Cat. “Although I am now older, I am also even wiser – like a furry sensei. I’ve witnessed advancements in technology that have both fascinated and bewildered me, so, it is once again my duty to get Orange Cat (and you, my feline friends) up to speed on the facts about this great big, weird world. Buckle up.”

The original ‘Dear Kitten’ series, which captivated audiences with its witty storytelling, amassed hundreds of millions of views and resonated with pet lovers worldwide. The collaboration between Friskies and BuzzFeed provided an opportunity to once again create engaging and entertaining content that celebrates the unique bond between humans and their pets.

“Friskies is all about providing your cat with variety to feed their playfulness and curiosity, and with ‘Dear Kitten’, we brought that same playful spirit to life for cat lovers,” said Kelly Roberts, Purina Brand Manager. “As we approach the 10-year anniversary of the original series, it felt like the perfect time to check-in to see what life is like today for our favorite feline duo and welcome a new generation of cat lovers into the ‘Dear Kitten’ family.”

The ‘Modern Technology’ video was officially released on July 27, 2023, on BuzzFeed. The next video installment, titled ‘Day in the Life of an Influencer’ will be released later this Summer. To stay updated on the series visit BuzzFeed’s official channels or follow Friskies on social media.

About Nestlé Purina PetCare  

Nestlé Purina PetCare creates richer lives for pets and the people who love them. Founded in 1894, Purina has helped dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives by offering scientifically based nutritional innovations. Purina manufactures some of the world’s most trusted and popular pet care products, including Purina ONE, Pro Plan, Friskies and Tidy Cats. Our more than 10,000 U.S. associates take pride in our trusted pet food, treat and litter brands that feed 46 million dogs and 68 million cats every year. More than 500 Purina scientists, veterinarians, and pet care experts ensure our commitment to unsurpassed quality and nutrition.

Purina promotes responsible pet care through our scientific research, our products and our support for pet-related organizations. Over the past five years, Purina has contributed more than $150 million towards organizations that bring, and keep, people and pets together, as well as those that help our communities and environment thrive.  

Purina is part of Nestlé, a global leader in Nutrition, Health and Wellness. For more information, visit purina.com or subscribe here to get the latest Purina news.   

About BuzzFeed, Inc.

BuzzFeed, Inc. is home to the best of the internet. Across food, news, pop culture and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, buy, and obsess over next. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to making it better: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives.

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Weiser Memorial Hospital Notifies Individuals of Data Security Incident

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WEISER, Idaho, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Weiser Memorial Hospital (“WMH”) is providing notice of a recent data security incident that may have involved personal and/or protected health information. WMH takes the privacy and security of all information within its possession very seriously. WMH has sent notice of this incident to potentially affected individuals and provided resources to assist them.

On September 4, 2024, Weiser became aware of unusual network activity and immediately took steps to secure its systems. WMH engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the process. The investigation determined that certain Weiser data may have been acquired without authorization on or about September 4, 2024. As a result, WMH undertook a comprehensive review of all potentially affected files to identify individuals whose information may have been involved and gather contact information needed to provide notice. These efforts concluded on April 21, 2025, at which time WMH arranged to provide notice to potentially affected individuals with an available mailing address.

Based on WMH’s review of the potentially affected data, the following information for current and former patients may have been involved in the incident: Name; date of birth; Social Security numbers or other government ID numbers; medical diagnosis, treatment, or procedure information; and/or Medicare/Medicaid or health insurance information.

As soon as WMH discovered this incident, WMH took the steps described above and implemented measures to further enhance the security of its network environment and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future. WMH has established a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident and address related concerns. Call center representatives are available Monday through Friday from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Mountain Time and can be reached at 1-833-799-3704.

The privacy and protection of personal and protected health information is a top priority for WMH. WMH deeply regrets any inconvenience or concern this incident may cause.

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Cboe Expands Data Vantage Sales Team to Strengthen Asia Pacific Presence

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Junichi Nakagawa and Samuel Zou appointed Sales Directors for Cboe Data Vantage in Asia PacificHires reflect growing demand for data, analytics and related services in the region, facilitating access to U.S. and European marketsExpansion supports Cboe’s ongoing global growth strategy for Data Vantage

CHICAGO, May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced the continued international expansion of its Data Vantage business with the hires of Junichi Nakagawa and Samuel Zou as Sales Directors in Asia Pacific. Mr. Nakagawa will be based in Japan and focused on market data sales, while Mr. Zou, based in Singapore, will lead efforts to grow Data Vantage’s analytics and indices businesses in the region. These strategic hires reflect the growing demand from Asia Pacific investors for Cboe’s leading data and access services, particularly as they seek greater exposure to U.S. and European capital markets.

Cboe operates 27 markets across five asset classes in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific, which includes leading equity trading venues in Australia and Japan. Its Data Vantage business leverages this extensive global network of exchanges to provide market participants with a comprehensive suite of high-quality and reliable market data, analytics and index products and solutions – delivered as seamlessly and efficiently as possible to investors worldwide.

During Q1 2025, 55% of Data Vantage’s new data sales originated from clients outside the U.S, while the business has also received regulatory approval to sell its market data in China, highlighting its international expansion strategy.

“We continue to see strong demand from Asia Pacific investors for Cboe’s Data Vantage products as they seek enhanced access and exposure to global markets, demonstrating the value of our ecosystem in unlocking new opportunities for participants worldwide,” said Adam Inzirillo, Global Head of Cboe Data Vantage. “The addition of Junichi and Samuel will help enable us to build on this momentum and highlights the region’s significance to the growth of our business. We are excited to leverage their industry expertise, strong client relationships and local market knowledge to help inform our future product roadmap in the region and enhance our ability to deliver our world-class solutions to investors in Asia Pacific.”

To help meet international demand, market data from Cboe’s U.S., European and Asia Pacific equities exchanges is available through multiple channels including Cboe Global Cloud, enabling investors to access real-time data with significantly reduced infrastructure costs wherever they are based. Additionally, Cboe’s Global Indices Feed was recently made available on Snowflake Marketplace, offering a simple avenue for global customers to access high-quality market data.

In addition, to support increasing demand for expanded access to U.S. equities markets, particularly from Asia Pacific investors, Cboe recently announced plans to offer trading in U.S equities 24-hours, five-days-a-week (24×5), once regulatory approvals and industry developments are in place. As part of this initiative, Cboe plans to significantly expand distribution of its U.S. equities market data for Asia Pacific and European customers, recognising real-time pricing as a key component of the trading process.

“Increasing global access to our data benefits not only our Data Vantage business but also strengthens our trading ecosystem, as we often observe rising data consumption ahead of the implementation of new trading strategies,” Inzirillo added.

Mr. Nakagawa joins Cboe from Nasdaq, where he was responsible for market data sales in Japan, and has previously held roles at major Japanese brokerage firms including SBI Securities, Rakuten Securities and Mizuho Securities. Mr. Zou joins from Factset, where he served as a Sales Director, following senior sales roles at Refinitiv and IHS Markit.

About Cboe Global Markets
Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to people around the world. Cboe provides trading solutions and products in multiple asset classes, including equities, derivatives and FX, across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Above all, we are committed to building a trusted, inclusive global marketplace that enables people to pursue a sustainable financial future. To learn more about the Exchange for the World Stage, visit www.cboe.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” and the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. All statements that reflect our expectations, assumptions or projections about the future other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, may include projections of our future financial performance based on our growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

We operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the loss of our right to exclusively list and trade certain index options and futures products; economic, political and market conditions; compliance with legal and regulatory obligations; price competition and consolidation in our industry; decreases in trading or clearing volumes, market data fees or a shift in the mix of products traded on our exchanges; legislative or regulatory changes or changes in tax regimes; our ability to protect our systems and communication networks from security vulnerabilities and breaches; our ability to attract and retain skilled management and other personnel, increasing competition by foreign and domestic entities; our dependence on and exposure to risk from third parties; factors that impact the quality and integrity of our and other applicable indices; our ability to manage our global operations, growth, and strategic acquisitions or alliances effectively; increases in the cost of the products and services we use; our ability to operate our business without violating the intellectual property rights of others and the costs associated with protecting our intellectual property rights; our ability to minimize the risks, including our credit, counterparty investment, and default risks, associated with operating our clearinghouses; our ability to accommodate trading and clearing volume and transaction traffic, including significant increases, without failure or degradation of performance of our systems; misconduct by those who use our markets or our products or for whom we clear transactions; challenges to our use of open source software code; our ability to meet our compliance obligations, including managing our business interests and our regulatory responsibilities; the loss of key customers or a significant reduction in trading or clearing volumes by key customers; our ability to maintain BIDS Trading as an independently managed and operated trading venue, separate from and not integrated with our registered national securities exchanges; damage to our reputation; the ability of our compliance and risk management methods to effectively monitor and manage our risks; restrictions imposed by our debt obligations and our ability to make payments on or refinance our debt obligations; our ability to maintain an investment grade credit rating; impairment of our goodwill, long-lived assets, investments or intangible assets; the accuracy of our estimates and expectations; and litigation risks and other liabilities. More detailed information about factors that may affect our actual results to differ may be found in our filings with the SEC, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and other filings made from time to time with the SEC.

We do not undertake, and we expressly disclaim, any duty to update any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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McDermott Advances Scarborough EPCIC with Successful FPU Floatover

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HOUSTON, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — McDermott announces the safe, successful completion of fabrication, construction, and offshore floatover of the Scarborough floating production unit (FPU) topside and hull structures for Woodside Energy.

The contract, awarded in 2021, followed the successful delivery of front-end engineering design for the Scarborough Energy Project’s FPU and includes engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) services. McDermott is delivering design, fabrication, integration, transportation and installation of an approximately 30,000-metric-ton topside and 37,000-metric-ton hull structure, making it the largest floating production facility the company has ever designed and built, and one of the largest semi-submersible production platforms built in offshore history. 

Topsides fabrication was completed at McDermott’s joint venture yard, Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan (QMW), in Qingdao, China, while the hull was constructed by COSCO in its Qidong shipyard, also in China. The topsides have six deck levels; 169 core equipment units, including three gas turbine-driven export gas compressors and three main generators with waste heat recovery systems; more than 50,000 meters of piping; one million meters of cabling; 568 integrated subsystems and a battery energy storage system, supporting operational emissions reduction.

Earlier this month, both structures were transported offshore, and the topsides installed onto the hull via floatover off the coast of Dalian, China.

Following the successful floatover, the FPU arrived at CIMC’s Raffles yard in Yantai, China, for final integration works. From there, it is expected to sail away to Western Australia, where it will be moored at the Scarborough gas field approximately 375 kilometers offshore from the Burrup Peninsula.

About McDermott
McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach engineered to responsibly harness and transform global energy resources into the products the world needs. From concept to commissioning, McDermott’s innovative expertise and capabilities advance the next generation of global energy infrastructure—empowering a brighter, more sustainable future for us all. Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott’s locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include more than 30,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.

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