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LingoAce Celebrates Year 7 Milestone: 400,000 Young Learners Worldwide

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From Languages to Math and Music, LingoAce is Cultivating a New Generation of Global Citizens

SINGAPORE, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — LingoAce, the global leader in online education for children with award-winning learning programs in Mandarin Chinese, English, math, and music, today celebrated the company’s seventh anniversary with a new milestone. From teaching their first student in Singapore online seven years ago, LingoAce has now taught more than 400,000 young learners from more than 100 countries and regions.

Today, the company has developed a holistic education program covering world languages, Singapore math, and music. With a focus on developing skills in effective communication, cross-cultural understanding, and critical thinking, LingoAce’s team of curriculum specialists and experienced teachers has developed a series of highly effective and engaging learning programs for children. The end goal is to unlock every child’s potential, grow leadership skills, and cultivate future global citizens.

“Since the beginning, our vision has been to nurture confident children with a global worldview who can build cultural bridges through fluency in languages and cultural understanding,” says Founder and CEO Hugh Yao. “As a father, I understand deeply that education is not one-size-fits-all. That’s why we’ve designed our programs to be taught as private lessons and small group classes. We hope this personalized attention will spark a lifelong love for learning.”

Other Anniversary Highlights

November 2023: Expanded Ace Music’s online guided practice with professional teachers beyond piano and violin to include more than 30 instruments.February 2024: Integrated English language program with Reach Higher, a comprehensive English curriculum by National Geographic Learning for beginners and advanced learners.April 2024: Inked strategic partnership with Hanban International to enhance the global Chinese language certification process and make more high-quality teaching resources accessibleJuly 2024: Successfully hosted LingoAce’s first bilingual Summer Camp, a history and culture study tour, offering children and their parents an immersive language learning program in China’s Sichuan province.August 2024: Opened LingoAce’s first U.S. onsite learning center for Chinese and math enrichment programs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To learn more and book a free trial for LingoAce’s Chinese, English, Math, or Music programs, visit lingoace.com.

About LingoAce

LingoAce is a global education technology company on a mission to make learning for kids more engaging, effective, and accessible through technology. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Singapore and has global operations throughout the United States, Southeast Asia, Europe, and China. Backed by the world’s top investors, including Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India & Southeast Asia), Owl Ventures, Tiger Global, and Shunwei Capital, LingoAce has a roster of more than 5,000 professionally certified teachers and has taught more than 15 million classes to PreK-12 students in more than 100 countries. In 2023, LingoAce was named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list and to the GSV EdTech 150 list of the world’s most transformative edtech companies for the second year. Learn more: lingoace.com 

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MINTO APARTMENT REIT ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2024 CASH DISTRIBUTION

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OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 15, 2024 /CNW/ – Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (the “REIT”) (TSX: MI.UN) today announced a cash distribution of $0.04333 per REIT unit for the month of November 2024. Payment will be made on December 16, 2024 to unitholders of record as at November 30, 2024.

As previously announced, the amount of the November distribution represents a 3% increase from the prior level, resulting in an increase in the annualized amount of the REIT’s distribution from $0.505 per unit to $0.52 per unit.

About Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust

Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established pursuant to a declaration of trust under the laws of the Province of Ontario to own income-producing multi-residential properties located in urban markets in Canada. The REIT owns a portfolio of high-quality income-producing multi-residential rental properties located in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Calgary. For more information on Minto Apartment REIT, please visit the REIT’s website at: https://www.mintoapartmentreit.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of applicable securities laws) relating to the business of the REIT. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “believe”, “anticipate”, “project”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “will”, “may”, “estimate” and other similar expressions. These statements are based on the REIT’s expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and include, without limitation, statements regarding the intended monthly distributions of the REIT. The forward-looking statements in this news release are based on certain assumptions, including without limitation that the REIT will have sufficient cash to pay its distributions. They are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to control or predict. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the factors discussed and referenced under the heading “Risks and Uncertainties” in the REIT’s Q3 2024 management’s discussion and analysis dated November 12, 2024, which is available at www.sedarplus.ca. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Readers, therefore, should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Further, these forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and, except as expressly required by applicable law, the REIT assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Equinox, Inc. Provides Notification of Cybersecurity Incident

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ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Equinox, Inc. (“Equinox”), a nonprofit provider of various counseling and health services, has learned of a cybersecurity incident that involved the personal and / or protected health information belonging to certain current and former clients, and to a number of staff. On November 15, 2024, Equinox formally notified potentially affected individuals with available address information and provided resources to assist them.

On April 29, 2024, Equinox discovered unusual activity within its digital environment. Upon discovering this activity, Equinox immediately took steps to secure its systems and enlisted independent cybersecurity forensic experts to conduct an investigation. During this time, Equinox was vigilant and able to safely minimize any disruptions to its daily operations and service delivery.

As a result of an independent forensic investigation into the incident, Equinox learned that an unauthorized actor accessed and potentially acquired certain files stored within its internal systems. Following a comprehensive review of the potentially affected data, on September 16, 2024, Equinox determined that certain employee and client information may have been subject to the unauthorized access. This information varies between individuals, but may have included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, financial account information, driver’s license and/or state identification number, medical treatment or diagnosis information, health insurance information, and/or medication-related information.

Equinox has no evidence that any of the information potentially impacted in connection with this incident has been misused. Nonetheless, Equinox has implemented additional security features to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. Equinox has also reported this matter to the NYS Attorney General, NYS Division of State Police, NYS Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection, and the Federal Office of Civil Rights.

Notification letters were mailed to impacted individuals on November 15, 2024. The letters include information about this incident and about steps that potentially impacted individuals can take to monitor and help protect their personal and protected health information. Equinox has established a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident and to address related concerns. The call center can be reached at (866) 531-3185, Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Eastern time.

The privacy and protection of its clients and staff and their private information is a top priority of Equinox. Equinox deeply regrets any inconvenience or concern this incident may cause.

Equinox, Inc. is a human services agency with deep roots in the Capital Region dating back to 1947. Equinox provides compassionate services and life-enhancing opportunities to youth and adults—and their families—who are impacted by domestic violence, substance use and addictions, mental health disorders, homelessness, and the challenges of living amid poverty and violence.

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Greenberg Traurig Helps United Way Worldwide Launch Star-Studded Hurricane Relief Benefit

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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP provided a variety of legal support to United Way Worldwide in support of its Benefit for Hurricane Relief.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP provided a variety of legal support to United Way Worldwide in support of its Benefit for Hurricane Relief.

The one-hour special, a collaborative effort with Paramount Global that aired on CBS Television and CMT Nov. 2., brought together leading artists from across genres to mobilize communities and raise critically needed funds for relief and recovery efforts to support communities across the Southeast United States that were devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The televised fundraising event featured performances by acclaimed artists including Brittney Spencer, Chris Janson, Clay Aiken, Jonathan McReynolds, and Tyler Hubbard. The special also included appearances by numerous entertainment industry luminaries such as the Backstreet Boys, Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Stephen Colbert, and the Zac Brown Band, alongside community heroes Mark Starling and Tank Spencer.

The Greenberg Traurig team was led by Labor & Employment Shareholder Johnine P. Barnes in Washington, D.C., and Entertainment, Media & Sports Shareholder Paul Sarker in New York.

Learn more about the benefit event on United Way’s website.

About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 48 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2024 BTI “Leading Edge Law Firm” for delivering on client expectations for the future and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com.

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Jacob Fischler, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, +1 202.533.2373, fischlerj@gtlaw.com, https://www.gtlaw.com/en

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