In a regulatory filing, UDR disclosed that its CEO Thomas Toomey sold 120K shares of common stock on January 14th in a total transaction size of $4.66M, reducing his stake by about 9%.

US Foods has been awarded a maximum $390M fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-quantity contract for full-line food distribution. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Locations of performance are Florida, Cuba and Bahamas, with a January 18, 2026, ordering period end date. Using military services are Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy and Army. Type of appropriation is FY21 through FY26 defense working capital funds. The contracting agency is the Defense Logistics Agency.

SSR Mining announced full year 2020 production results and 2021 outlook. In 2020, the company's four operating assets produced approximately 711,000 gold-equivalent ounces, delivering strong fourth quarter performance of approximately 220,000 gold-equivalent ounces. In 2021, the company expects to produce, on a consolidated basis, 720,000 to 800,000 gold-equivalent ounces at consolidated all-in sustaining costs of $1,050 to $1,110 per ounce. Rod Antal, President and CEO said, "2020 was a transformational year for SSR Mining as we successfully completed and integrated the merger with Alacer Gold, delivered a number of value-enhancing catalysts, and navigated the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period of unprecedented change, the Company delivered on its 2020 production guidance and all four operating sites exited the year with strong operational momentum and clearly defined growth initiatives. Looking ahead to 2021, we are focused on continuing to generate peer leading free cash flow and returning capital to our shareholders, while prudently investing-in and optimizing our assets. This year we will be advancing and executing on our organic growth portfolio aimed at increasing production, reducing costs, and extending mine lives from our near-mine, low capital intensity pipeline. Our 2021 outlook builds on our 2020 performance and will continue to demonstrate our capability to sustain 700,000 to 800,000 gold-equivalent ounces of production for the next 5+ years."

In an earlier press release, Google Cloud announced, in part, the following: "Google Cloud announced the launch of Product Discovery Solutions for Retail, a suite of solutions built to help retailers around the globe enhance their ecommerce capabilities and deliver highly personalized consumer experiences in the first phase of their shopping journeys. With Google Cloud's Product Discovery Solutions for Retail, retailers can implement seamless search and recommendation capabilities that enhance consumer engagement and improve conversions across retailers' own digital properties. The global retail industry, which has grappled with the shift to online shopping for a decade, is now facing one of its most unpredictable periods to date, as businesses adapt to COVID-19...As the shift to online continues, smarter and more personalized shopping experiences will be even more critical for retailers to rise above their competition," said Carrie Tharp, vice president of retail and consumer at Google Cloud. "Retailers are in dire need of agile operating models powered by cloud infrastructure and technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to meet today's industry demands. We're proud to partner with retailers around the world, and bring forward our Product Discovery offerings to help them succeed. Google Cloud's Product Discovery Solutions for Retail include: Now Generally Available, Recommendations AI enables retailers to deliver highly personalized product recommendations at scale and across all channels...Vision API Product Search allows retailers to adapt to how today's consumers are finding product inspiration and discovery whether that happens from retailer specific websites or on any social media platforms...Google Cloud Search for Retail, available in Private Preview, pulls from Google's deep understanding of user intent and context to provide retailers with high-quality product search functionality that can be embedded into their websites and mobile applications." Reference Link

The company states: "Sorrento Therapeutics announced that it will be presenting preliminary results from an ongoing SARS-CoV-2 mutation surveillance program for its neutralizing antibodies currently in clinical and pre-clinical development for treatment of patients with COVID-19 disease. Disclosed data will provide evidence of maintained binding potency by STI-2020 in in vitro assays including the Spike amino acid changes found in SARS-CoV-2 viruses of the B.1.1.7 lineage initially identified in the United Kingdom which has since been detected in ten U.S states. This is highly clinically relevant as it might signify that the STI-2020 antibody currently in clinical trials is not anticipated to behave differently against the new virus variant predicted by the CDC to potentially become the dominant virus variant infecting people in the US as early as March 2021. Sorrento will also provide early in vitro results of diminished STI-2020 binding potency in assays including Spike proteins derived from viruses of the B.1.351 lineage first identified in South Africa, but yet undetected in the United States. Additional neutralizing antibodies were identified that bind strongly to the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 spike proteins and are under further analyses for neutralization activities both in vitro and in vivo. Upon further validation, the most promising antibody clones will be selected as potential candidates to be added as components of our COVI-SHIELD antibody cocktail as dictated by the continued emergence of mutations in clinical isolates. Sorrento believes it has in place highly potent antibodies against the most recent UK and South Africa viral variants for inclusion in COVI-SHIELD-2021."