The enthusiasm of those in line was not dimmed by the waiting, the marathon nature of the 10-day mourning period, or the traditionally poor British weather.
Enzolytics, Inc. (OTC PINK:ENZC) or the "Company" announces the successful conclusion, in a Delaware Federal litigation, 21-CV-01163-RGA, brought by Peter Mergenthaler against Enzolytics. Enzolytics' Motion to Dismiss was granted by the Federal District Court terminating the case. In the case, an ENZC shareholder sought to require the Company to replace 10,000,000 ENZC shares that Plaintiff claimed were allegedly stolen by third parties. The Court found "that Plaintiff has not stated a plausible claim to relief" and as a result, the Court granted Enzolytics' Motion to Dismiss. The case is now terminated.
"The Judge's decision in this frivolous case is a victory for all our shareholders," said ENZC CEO Charles Cotropia. "This lawsuit was wrongfully brought, making it necessary for the Company to defend against a meritless claim. Taking such action is necessary to protect shareholder value. We must remain diligent and defend against any such attempts that degrade shareholder value."
"While we are pleased with the relief and outcome of the litigation, our true focus and effort are on our science and technology where we are continuing to make great strides as to all therapeutic platforms," added Cotropia.
Additionally, the Company announces that it has formally engaged the accounting firm of Gries and Associates, LLC, of Denver, Colorado, upon termination of the firm MaloneBailey LLP, to complete the two-year audit for 2020 and 2021. "We are extremely pleased to have the expertise of Gries and Associates focused on our audit and to accelerate progress in completing it. Completing a full audit is a primary objective, and we are focused on achieving this goal," said CEO Charles Cotropia.
The Company also announces it has taken all action necessary to remove the "Yield" sign from its stock symbol page provided by OTC Markets. The Company is taking every step necessary to ensure future compliance with listing requirements. Enzolytics recently submitted all necessary documentation with OTC Markets to be designated as a company in the "Pink Current Reporting" tier. As a result, OTC Markets removed the "Yield" sign this week.
Vanessa Nanthakumaran was the first person to show up at the staging area across the river from Westminster Abbey, from which mourners are expected to file into the ancient building to say farewell to the only monarch most in the country will have ever known.
Nanthakumaran, 56, who is originally from Sri Lanka and now lives in London, said she arrived at the spot near Lambeth Bridge at around 11:30 a.m. local time (6: 30 a.m. ET) on Monday. At that point, the queen’s body was still being viewed by mourners in Scotland.
“I’m very happy that I’m going to be the first, but I didn’t set out to be the first,” she said. “I just wanted to pay my respects and I knew there would be a lot of people who felt the same.”
Nanthakumaran said she never met the queen, but a great uncle was a prominent politician in Sri Lanka who was knighted by Elizabeth’s father, George VI.
“That is my connection to the royal family,” she said. “I admire them greatly. And I know that when I get to the point where we say farewell, it will be overwhelming and I will thank God that I got the chance to say a last goodbye.
Annie, who is from Wales and was asked by security not to divulge her last name or age, said she arrived about five minutes after Nanthakumaran. “I was second,” she said. “It was a complete fluke.”
Trains will run through the night in and out of London from tonight to help mourners visiting the capital to pay their respects to the Queen over the coming days, with around 200 daily rail services added to timetables.
But shaky indexes and sky-high inflation have done little to stifle optimism at SALT — a New York conference hosting some of the world's top financial leaders for wide-ranging talks on money and markets.
To get a temperature-check on the convention, I caught up with Insider's Laila Maidan, our boots-on-the-ground correspondent this week.
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Operators such as Southeastern, Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway confirmed they will all run overnight services to and from London Victoria, Marylebone and Paddington stations respectively in the next few days.
And mourners waiting for the next departure in the early hours of the morning are expected to be invited to sit on stationary trains at stations such as Charing Cross, Euston, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Paddington and Victoria.
Network Rail warned visitors of 'unprecedented travel demand in the capital' while Transport for London commissioner Andy Byford said the challenge of keeping the capital moving would be 'bigger than the Olympics'.
The Queen's lying in state at Westminster Hall opens to the public later today at 5pm and up to 350,000 mourners are expected to pass through 24 hours a day until 6.30am next Monday - the day of the late monarch's funeral.
Southeastern will run overnight services every two hours from today until next Monday from Victoria to Dartford, Gillingham, Orpington and Ashford; Charing Cross to Orpington and Tunbridge Wells; and St Pancras to Ashford.
Chiltern will operate two additional overnight trains every day until Monday from Oxford to Marylebone, leaving at 1.35am and arriving at 3am; then a return journey leaving Marylebone at 3.15am and arriving at Oxford at 4.38am.
Great Western Railway said extra services in the very early morning and late evening will be laid on next Monday to take people towards London and back home again. It added that all services 'are expected to be extremely busy'.
The extra trains are now being displayed on journey planners such as Trainline, but a rail industry source warned that the limited number of overnight services means they are 'not something people should be relying on'.
There is likely to be further strain on the rail network because London Victoria Coach Station will be shut next Monday due to many of the roads around it being closed - with National Express switching services to Wembley.
The notifications were issued even as they were working to assist the new king during the accession process -- including while a thanksgiving service for his mother was under way in Edinburgh, it said. Monday will be a national holiday for the queen's funeral.
The Public and Commercial Services Union condemned the decision to announce redundancies during the mourning period as "heartless".
"While some changes across the households were to be expected, as roles across the Royal Family change, the scale and speed at which this has been announced is callous in the extreme," union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.
The Clarence House spokesman said the law required staff to be made aware of the situation at the earliest opportunity.
"Despite every effort to delay until after the funeral the advice remained the same," he said. "Any staff being made redundant will be offered enhanced redundancy payments."
No staff would be affected for at least three months, he added.
Horses, troops and military bands performed a full dress rehearsal before daybreak for the procession that will take Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Parliament’s Westminster Hall. Officials say the horses taking part have undergone special training for the Wednesday afternoon event, including how to handle mourners and flowers and flags being thrown toward the procession, according to The Associated Press.
King Charles III will lead the procession behind the carriage, which will be draped in the Royal Standard. The journey is expected to last around 40 minutes.
Once in Westminster Hall, the queen's coffin will rest on a raised platform known as a catafalque and topped with the Imperial State Crown, orb and sceptre. Each corner of the platform will be guarded 24-hours-a-day by soldiers from units that serve the Royal Household.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will conduct a short service attended by members of the Royal Family, before the Hall is opened to the public. It is expected that hundreds of thousands of mourners will be able to pay their respects in the 11th-Century building, the oldest part of the Palace of Westminster and the heart of the British government.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson, a frequent emissary in hostage negotiations who has worked to secure the releases of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American, Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia, held meetings with leaders in Moscow this week, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday night.
The visit came as U.S. officials have continued to press Russia to release Griner, who was sentenced last month to nine years in prison in a drug possession case, and Whelan, a Michigan corporate security executive serving a 16-year sentence on espionage-related charges. The U.S. regards both as wrongfully detained.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced in July that the U.S. had made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to facilitate a prisoner swap. Although he did not detail the terms, a person familiar with the matter sai
nflation, inflation, inflation. That’s the message Republicans have been begging and pleading to talk about for months. But don’t tell that to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Graham stole the spotlight from the biggest news in GOP circles — that the consumer price index report showed that inflation rose 0.1 percent in August — by rolling out legislation that would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks, creating headaches for a party that has been on its heels for much of the past month.
The move effectively kneecapped messaging by Republicans, who have centered their midterm arguments on what they describe as shaky economic stewardship under President Biden. Adding to the economic issues, the inflation report reverberated significantly on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all suffered their worst day of losses this year (CNBC).
Hours after the inflation news, Graham, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, officially rolled out his bill, which had been teased late Monday. The Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, sending abortion decisions to all 50 states.
“I think we should have a law at the federal level that would say after 15 weeks, no abortion on demand except in cases of rape, incest and save the life of a mother. And that should be where America’s at,” Graham said during a press conference on Capitol Hill, adding a line sure to be featured in Democratic campaign ads in the next two months.
“If we take back the House and the Senate, I can assure you we’ll have a vote on our bill. If the Democrats are in charge, I don’t know if we’ll ever have a vote on our bill,” he added.
The Hill’s Nathaniel Weixel reports that the measure would retain state laws that are more restrictive about abortion while replacing laws in blue states that protect abortion. It also includes exceptions for rape, incest and to save the life of the mother if she is in danger from a physical condition. The bill also carries a potential five-year jail sentence for any abortion provider in violation of a ban.
The announcement bewildered a number of leading Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) quickly tossed cold water on Graham’s bill, saying abortion decisions should be left to the states (The Hill). Reactions by other Senate GOP members were less charitable.
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that the country will get a bank holiday to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday (8 September) at the age of 96 in Balmoral Castle, after 70 years on the throne.
The late monarch will be laid to rest on Monday 19 September, in Westminster Abbey, London.
Her coffin was flown to London from Edinburgh on Tuesday (13 September) and will be carried in a ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday (14 September) to begin her lying in state.
Here’s everything you need to know about Australia’s bank holiday to mourn the Queen.
When is Australia’s bank holiday to mourn the Queen?
Australians will be given a bank holiday on Thursday 22 September, after the Queen’s funeral.
It will officially be called the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty the Queen.
Why is Australia getting a bank holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II?
Until her death, the Queen was Australia’s head of state. The new head of state is King Charles III.
The surprise public holiday was first announced by Albanese on Sunday (11 September).
He said at the time: “Over the coming weeks, Australia will continue to commemorate our late Queen.
“I encourage all Australians, wherever you may be, to take time to pause and reflect on Her Majesty’s extraordinary life of service.”
Why is Australia’s bank holiday taking place after the Queen’s funeral?
According to Australian broadcaster Nine News, the bank holiday is timed for when Albanese and governor-general David Hurley return to Australia from the UK, after attending the Queen’s funeral.
Albanese and Hurley will travel to London on Thursday 15 September and return on Wednesday 21 September.
How have Australians reacted to the news?
Albanese has faced a backlash from retail and business groups for announcing the bank holiday at such short notice, with many worried about staffing costs and losing trade on the day.
