NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Ashley Mastronardi delivers the pre-market update on September 23rd

• Stocks are little changed Tuesday morning after the S&P 500 hit its 28^th record of the year. The large cap index was helped by Nvidia’s plans to invest $100 billion into Open AI.
• NYSE-listed Oracle jumped by more than 6% to begin the week after it named two new co-CEOs. Shares of the stock are up by nearly 40% over the past month after releasing bullish cloud infrastructure guidance in September.
• Wall Street is preparing for August’s PCE reading on Friday morning. This report will give investors the latest update on the state of the U.S. economy and help guide the Fed’s monetary policy decisions.

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Resolute Holdings (NYSE: RHLD) celebrates its transfer to the NYSE

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Taobao Launches Localized 11.11 Promotions Across 20 Markets

SINGAPORE, Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Taobao, one of the e-commerce platforms belonging to Alibaba Group, is expanding the world’s largest and most successful shopping event, the “Taobao 11.11 Global Shopping Festival,” bringing it to 20 markets this year. This expansion enables users across diverse markets and languages worldwide to participate in and experience the excitement of the Double 11 celebration like never before.

Taobao 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, the World’s Largest Shopping Festival, Expands to 20 markets with Exclusive Local Offers

First launched on November 11, 2009, the 11.11 Shopping Festival has grown from its debut in China into the world’s largest shopping event, surpassing even Black Friday in both scale and sales volume.

This year, the “Taobao 11.11 Global Shopping Festival” will expand to international markets, rolling out in 20 markets. The shopping festival will be available in five languages—Chinese, English, Malay, Thai, and Russian—and will feature a wide range of localized promotions and exclusive offers. With this expansion, consumers worldwide can now easily participate and share in the excitement of 11.11 festival.

• Exclusive ¥1(approximately equal to0.18 SGD) Offer for New Users: In 16 markets, new users placing their first order will be able to purchase selected items for just ¥1. More promotions will continue to roll out, ensuring that users can take home their favorite products at the best value.
• Taobao Wonderland: Debuting this year in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Australia, Taobao launches a new interactive game that delivers a gamified shopping experience tailored specifically for local users. Available in Thai, Malay, and English, the activity allows users to check in daily to collect “gold beans,” which can be redeemed for discounts on product price up to 50%.

• Lower Free-Shipping Thresholds: Users in 12 markets will enjoy lower price thresholds for free shipping, making it easier and more affordable to purchase a wide selection of high-value cross-border products. During 11.11 Festival, Taobao will offer limited-time’s zero-threshold’s free shipping offer for Hong Kong, China and Macau, China users, with no minimum spend required.
• High-Value Shipping Vouchers: In Singapore, Malaysia, China Taiwan and Australia, Taobao will distribute a limited number of high-value shipping vouchers daily, allowing users to purchase cross-border products with reduced delivery costs.
• Localized Affiliate Marketing Programs: Local partners and individuals in each market are invited to join the affiliate program, earning up to 30% commission on selected product sales, with rates varying by product and brand. In addition, affiliates who successfully refer new users to complete their first purchase will receive an extra cash reward of USD 5–15 per new user. This initiative empowers local marketers to share in the growth and benefits of cross-border commerce alongside Taobao.

Taobao’s Global Popularity Surges with Overseas New Users Doubling in Just Five Months

From April 1 to August 25, 2025, Taobao’s overseas user base more than doubled, achieving over 200% growth in new international users in just five months. Meanwhile, its gross merchandise value (GMV) in global markets has maintained double-digit growth for five consecutive years. On April 16, 2025, the Taobao app ranked No.1 in shopping category downloads in 16 markets and placed in the top 10 in 123 markets worldwide. These achievements underscore the strong and growing global appeal of Taobao.

Taobao is The World’s Most Extensive Cross-Border E-Commerce Platform

Taobao continues to expand its global reach, recently extending services to the five Central Asian markets, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. Today, Taobao covers more than 200 markets worldwide, delivering a fast, convenient, and trusted cross-border shopping experience to consumers everywhere. Boasting over one billion consumers shopping on the platform, Taobao is recognized as the e-commerce platform offering the widest selection of products globally. With billions of items available, Taobao enables users from diverse markets to find products that match their cultural preferences, lifestyles, and procurement needs.

According to Taobao’s insights into global cross-border shopping behavior, consumers’ key demands center on five lifestyle scenarios: hobby-driven consumption, unique finds, smart living, lifestyle aesthetics, and fashion trends. Leveraging its strengths in categories such as sports and outdoor gear, auto parts, collectibles and toys, 3C digital products, home and furniture, as well as apparel and accessories, ensures that it can meet the diverse preferences and needs of consumers worldwide.

Taobao Continues to Enhance Localized User Experience Across Global Markets

To meet the diverse needs of consumers worldwide, Taobao continues to enhance its cross-border shopping experience by establishing a comprehensive service system covering four core areas: logistics, payment, returns and exchanges, and customer service. This ensures that consumers, wherever they are, can enjoy a convenient, secure, and seamless shopping journey.

• Logistics Upgrades: Tailored delivery options with varying speeds are now available by market. Direct shipping services currently cover 20 markets, while 12 global sites offer free cross-border shipping, making international shopping more convenient than ever.
• Diverse Payment Options: Supports 29 currencies and offers payment solutions adapted to local habits. In addition to Alipay, international e-wallets, and credit cards, new options such as WeChat Pay HK and Octopus Card in China Hong Kong, as well as cash-on-delivery in China Taiwan, further lower the thresholds for cross-border shopping.
• Easy Returns and Exchanges: Local return services are now available in 12 markets, with flexible options such as doorstep pickup and convenience store drop-off. In China Hong Kong and China Taiwan, Taobao has also introduced cross-border returns, enabling consumers to send products directly back to Mainland China, ensuring a worry-free return process.
• AI Customer Service: Real-time multilingual translation enables seamless communication in Chinese, English, and others language. This intelligent support helps users overcome language barriers and ensures timely assistance, safeguarding consumer rights worldwide.

This year, the Taobao 11.11 Shopping Festival will expand to 20 markets, marking a new milestone in the global reach of the world’s largest shopping festival. The expansion also highlights Taobao’s close collaboration with local ecosystem partners across different countries and regions, projecting a younger and more international brand image that makes it easier than ever for consumers worldwide to take part in the 11.11 celebration.

HONG KONG, Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Taobao, one of the e-commerce platforms belonging to Alibaba Group, is expanding the world’s largest and most successful shopping event, the “Taobao 11.11 Global Shopping Festival,” bringing it to 20 markets this year. This expansion enables users across diverse markets and languages worldwide to participate in and experience the excitement of the Double 11 celebration like never before.

Taobao 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, the World’s Largest Shopping Festival, Expands to 20 markets with Exclusive Local Offers

First launched on November 11, 2009, the 11.11 Shopping Festival has grown from its debut in China into the world’s largest shopping event, surpassing even Black Friday in both scale and sales volume.

This year, the “Taobao 11.11 Global Shopping Festival” will expand to international markets, rolling out in 20 markets. The shopping festival will be available in five languages—Chinese, English, Malay, Thai, and Russian—and will feature a wide range of localized promotions and exclusive offers. With this expansion, consumers worldwide can now easily participate and share in the excitement of 11.11 festival.

• Exclusive ¥1 Offer for New Users: In 16 markets, new users placing their first order will be able to purchase selected items for just ¥1. More promotions will continue to roll out, ensuring that users can take home their favorite products at the best value.
• Taobao Wonderland: Debuting this year in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Australia, Taobao launches a new interactive game that delivers a gamified shopping experience tailored specifically for local users. Available in Thai, Malay, and English, the activity allows users to check in daily to collect “gold beans,” which can be redeemed for discounts on product price up to 50%.

• Lower Free-Shipping Thresholds: Users in 12 markets will enjoy lower price thresholds for free shipping, making it easier and more affordable to purchase a wide selection of high-value cross-border products. During 11.11 Festival, Taobao will offer limited-time’s zero-threshold’s free shipping offer for Hong Kong, China and Macau, China users, with no minimum spend required.
• High-Value Shipping Vouchers: In Singapore, Malaysia, China Taiwan and Australia, Taobao will distribute a limited number of high-value shipping vouchers daily, allowing users to purchase cross-border products with reduced delivery costs.
• Localized Affiliate Marketing Programs: Local partners and individuals in each market are invited to join the affiliate program, earning up to 30% commission on selected product sales, with rates varying by product and brand. In addition, affiliates who successfully refer new users to complete their first purchase will receive an extra cash reward of USD 5–15 per new user. This initiative empowers local marketers to share in the growth and benefits of cross-border commerce alongside Taobao.

Taobao’s Global Popularity Surges with Overseas New Users Doubling in Just Five Months

From April 1 to August 25, 2025, Taobao’s overseas user base more than doubled, achieving over 200% growth in new international users in just five months. Meanwhile, its gross merchandise value (GMV) in global markets has maintained double-digit growth for five consecutive years. On April 16, 2025, the Taobao app ranked No.1 in shopping category downloads in 16 markets and placed in the top 10 in 123 markets worldwide. These achievements underscore the strong and growing global appeal of Taobao.

Taobao is The World’s Most Extensive Cross-Border E-Commerce Platform

Taobao continues to expand its global reach, recently extending services to the five Central Asian markets, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. Today, Taobao covers more than 200 markets worldwide, delivering a fast, convenient, and trusted cross-border shopping experience to consumers everywhere. Boasting over one billion consumers shopping on the platform, Taobao is recognized as the e-commerce platform offering the widest selection of products globally. With billions of items available, Taobao enables users from diverse markets to find products that match their cultural preferences, lifestyles, and procurement needs.

According to Taobao’s insights into global cross-border shopping behavior, consumers’ key demands center on five lifestyle scenarios: hobby-driven consumption, unique finds, smart living, lifestyle aesthetics, and fashion trends. Leveraging its strengths in categories such as sports and outdoor gear, auto parts, collectibles and toys, 3C digital products, home and furniture, as well as apparel and accessories, ensures that it can meet the diverse preferences and needs of consumers worldwide.

Taobao Continues to Enhance Localized User Experience Across Global Markets

To meet the diverse needs of consumers worldwide, Taobao continues to enhance its cross-border shopping experience by establishing a comprehensive service system covering four core areas: logistics, payment, returns and exchanges, and customer service. This ensures that consumers, wherever they are, can enjoy a convenient, secure, and seamless shopping journey.

• Logistics Upgrades: Tailored delivery options with varying speeds are now available by market. Direct shipping services currently cover 20 markets, while 12 global sites offer free cross-border shipping, making international shopping more convenient than ever.
• Diverse Payment Options: Supports 29 currencies and offers payment solutions adapted to local habits. In addition to Alipay, international e-wallets, and credit cards, new options such as WeChat Pay HK and Octopus Card in China Hong Kong, as well as cash-on-delivery in China Taiwan, further lower the thresholds for cross-border shopping.
• Easy Returns and Exchanges: Local return services are now available in 12 markets, with flexible options such as doorstep pickup and convenience store drop-off. In China Hong Kong and China Taiwan, Taobao has also introduced cross-border returns, enabling consumers to send products directly back to Mainland China, ensuring a worry-free return process.
• AI Customer Service: Real-time multilingual translation enables seamless communication in Chinese, English, and others language. This intelligent support helps users overcome language barriers and ensures timely assistance, safeguarding consumer rights worldwide.

This year, the Taobao 11.11 Shopping Festival will expand to 20 markets, marking a new milestone in the global reach of the world’s largest shopping festival. The expansion also highlights Taobao’s close collaboration with local ecosystem partners across different countries and regions, projecting a younger and more international brand image that makes it easier than ever for consumers worldwide to take part in the 11.11 celebration.

SINGAPORE, Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Planet Environmental Solutions, a leading environmental services company, participated in the Asia PE-VC Summit 2025 held in Singapore from September 10 to 11. Organized by DealStreetAsia, a Singapore-headquartered media company known for its coverage of private equity, venture capital, and startup ecosystems, the summit convened Asia-Pacific’s leading investors, fund managers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders. This year, the event highlighted climate tech innovation, including the session “The Upside: Climate tech innovators on building a sustainable venture.”

On September 11, Prashant Singh, Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Planet, joined this session to share the company’s journey of creating a technology-driven platform that integrates municipal solid waste, e-waste, plastics, hazardous waste, and biofuels into a unified circular economy model.

“Our sector is very capital-intensive, requiring significant investment. Over the last decade, transition financing has improved, but responsible capital deployment remains critical, especially for technologies that have demonstrated real, tangible benefits,” Singh said.

He also emphasized the importance of scaling proven solutions such as landfill mining and reclamation projects. “Many viewed these projects as too complex or expensive, but they are essential to addressing legacy waste challenges. The key is to make them investible and scalable through technology, partnerships, and supportive policy frameworks.”

Singh highlighted Blue Planet’s focus on measurable outcomes, including carbon reduction, land reclaimed, jobs created, and supply chain traceability. He stressed that patient, risk-aligned capital and progressive policies will be vital to transform successful pilots into citywide sustainable systems.

Blue Planet’s participation at the Asia PE-VC Summit 2025 reinforced its leadership in climate technology and its commitment to building scalable, sustainable ventures that drive circular economy solutions across Asia.

About Blue Planet Environmental Solutions
Blue Planet Environmental Solutions is a technology-driven environmental services company dedicated to transforming waste management into a scalable, transparent, and impact-driven industry. The company integrates diverse waste streams into unified systems, leverages technology to track and reduce environmental impact, and partners with governments, corporations, and startups to build solutions aligned with ESG principles. With a focus on circular economy models, Blue Planet is at the forefront of Asia’s transition toward sustainable and data-driven environmental solutions.
For more information, please visit: https://blueplanet.asia

About DealStreetAsia
DealStreetAsia™ is a Singapore-headquartered, subscription-driven media company covering private equity, venture capital, M&As, listings, and the business of startups across Asia. It provides data, intelligence, and insights to investors and tracks startups that are shaping one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. The company also delivers in-depth analysis and breaking stories on deals, funding trends, and emerging sectors, helping both regional and international investors make informed decisions.

For more information about DealStreetAsia and our work, please visit: https://www.dealstreetasia.com/

SALT LAKE CITY and BOSTON, Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Myriad Genetics (Nasdaq: MYGN), a leader in molecular diagnostic testing and precision medicine, and SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), an AI technology company transforming precision medicine, announced a strategic collaboration to develop and provide pharmaceutical companies with an innovative global liquid biopsy companion diagnostic (CDx) test. This partnership will leverage Myriad’s advanced laboratory capabilities in the U.S. to support global testing for clinical trials and SOPHiA GENETICS’ broad, decentralized network of more than 800 connected institutions in more than 70 countries for global test deployment.

“Serving patients and healthcare providers along the cancer care continuum is a strategic focus for Myriad Genetics,” said Sam Raha, President and CEO, Myriad Genetics. “We expect this collaboration with SOPHiA GENETICS to support the development and global commercialization of comprehensive CDx solutions for our BioPharma partners with the potential to positively impact patient lives, add an important product offering to the Myriad menu and support the growth of our CDx programs.”

SOPHiA GENETICS and Myriad will initially focus on the liquid biopsy application, MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™. Developed in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ is an innovative liquid biopsy test that detects actionable genomic alterations from a single blood draw using proprietary, state-of-the-art algorithms which analyze circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). By developing the application into a CDx, more patients can gain access to the benefits of this high-quality tumor profiling test, advancing personalized healthcare at scale.

Myriad will pursue regulatory submissions in the U.S., and SOPHiA GENETICS will manage regulatory submissions outside of the U.S. Both companies will collaborate across development activities. This innovative, hybrid approach is expected to provide pharmaceutical partners with access to key regulated markets globally.

“This collaboration represents a pivotal moment for the industry,” said Jurgi Camblong, Co-founder and CEO of SOPHiA GENETICS. “By combining the complementary strengths of a specialty lab leader and a global testing network, we are not only expanding access to innovative oncology testing but also laying the foundation for a new hybrid model in companion diagnostics. This collaboration will allow us to serve both clinical and pharmaceutical partners better, while accelerating the adoption of liquid biopsy solutions across key markets.”

SOPHiA GENETICS and Myriad will participate in a panel discussion at the World CB and CDx Summit in Boston and provide additional details on the collaboration.

About SOPHiA GENETICS  
SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH) is a cloud-native healthcare technology company on a mission to expand access to data-driven medicine by using AI to deliver world-class care to patients with cancer and rare disorders across the globe. It is the creator of the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform, which analyzes complex genomic and multimodal data and generates real-time, actionable insights for a broad global network of hospital, laboratory, and biopharma institutions.  For more information, visit SOPHiAGENETICS.COM and connect with us on LinkedIn. 

SOPHiA GENETICS products are for Research Use Only and not for use in diagnostic procedures unless specified otherwise. The information in this press release is about products that may or may not be available in different countries and, if applicable, may or may not have received approval or market clearance by a governmental regulatory body for different indications for use. Please contact support@sophiagenetics.com to obtain the appropriate product information for your country of residence. 

SOPHiA GENETICS Forward-Looking Statements: 
This press release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, products, and technology, as well as plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to various factors, including those described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. No assurance can be given that such future results will be achieved. Such forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update these forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which such statements are based, unless required to do so by applicable law. No representations or warranties (expressed or implied) are made about the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements. 

About Myriad Genetics
Myriad Genetics is a leading molecular diagnostic testing and precision medicine company dedicated to advancing health and well-being for all. Myriad Genetics develops and offers molecular tests that help assess the risk of developing disease or disease progression and guide treatment decisions across medical specialties where molecular insights can significantly improve patient care and lower healthcare costs. For more information, visit www.myriad.com.

Myriad Genetics Safe Harbor Statement 
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including the company’s expectation that the collaboration with SOPHiA GENETICS to support the development and commercialization of comprehensive CDx solutions for the company’s BioPharma partners, add an important product offering to its menu and support the growth of its CDx programs, that by developing the application into a CDx, more patients will gain access to the benefits of this high-quality tumor profiling test, advancing personalized healthcare at scale, and that this innovative, hybrid approach is expected to provide pharmaceutical partners with access to key regulated markets globally. These “forward-looking statements” are management’s expectations of future events as of the date hereof and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, conditions, and events to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated. Such factors include those risks described in the company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2025, as well as any updates to those risk factors filed from time to time in the company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K. Myriad is not under any obligation, and it expressly disclaims any obligation, to update or alter any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law.