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Sun Pacific Holding Corp. Adopts Blockchain Technology into Company’s Smart City Initiatives to Improve Grid Management of Renewable Energy

Jan 18, 2018 14:15 pm UTC| Business

MANALAPAN, N.J., Jan. 18, 2018 -- Sun Pacific Holding Corp. (OTCQB: SNPW) is pleased to announce the Company’s move to integrate blockchain technology into its renewable energy business model and strategy...

Global Radiopharmaceuticals Strategic Market Report 2018: Increasing Uptake of PET: A Prime Growth Driver

Jan 18, 2018 14:07 pm UTC| Business

Dublin, Jan. 18, 2018 -- The "Radiopharmaceuticals - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The report provides separate comprehensive...

Shipman & Goodwin LLP Adds Two Attorneys in Stamford, CT & New York City as Part of Strategic Expansion Across Practice Areas

Jan 18, 2018 14:06 pm UTC| Business

HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 18, 2018 -- Shipman Goodwin LLP, a multi-practice law firm with 180 attorneys and offices in Connecticut, New York City and Washington D.C., adds two attorneys as part of its strategic expansion...

CNB Bank Shares, Inc. and Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc. Announce Agreement to Merge

Jan 18, 2018 14:05 pm UTC| Business

CARLINVILLE, Ill. and JACKSONVILLE, Ill., Jan. 18, 2018 -- CNB Bank Shares, Inc. (“CNB Shares”) and Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc. (“Jacksonville Bancorp”) (NASDAQ:JXSB) jointly announced that they have entered into a...

Willis Towers Watson appoints John McQuade and Deborah Tully to its Government Contractor Industry Group

Jan 18, 2018 14:05 pm UTC| Business

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 18, 2018 -- Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ:WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced the strategic hires of John McQuade and Deborah Tully as senior members of...

Lithium Americas Announces Filing of Canadian Base Shelf Prospectus and U.S. Shelf Registration Statement

Jan 18, 2018 14:04 pm UTC| Business

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18, 2018 -- Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC) (OTCQX:LACDF) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") announced today that it has filed a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus in each...

Lithium Americas To Commence Trading on NYSE and Provides Corporate Development Update

Jan 18, 2018 14:04 pm UTC| Business

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18, 2018 -- Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC) (OTCQX:LACDF) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following update on its New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)...

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Economy

Space arms race may be underway

As conflict rages on Earth, an arms race may be underway in outer space. On May 30, a US diplomat warned that Russia had launched a weapon into orbit, something Russias deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, branded as...

Mauritius’ next growth phase: a new plan is needed as the tax haven era fades

Mauritians will head to the polls by November 2024 and politicians are considering the economic direction of the island country. For the last two decades, the countrys economic growth has depended heavily on its...

Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality

If you feel like youre being pushed around in life, youre not alone. Our recent research has found that Canadians are increasingly feeling a sense of powerlessness in their lives. This sentiment has been steadily...

Myth: How the US manipulates global markets for economic supremacy

US president, Joe Biden, raised tariffs on Chinese-made goods sharply in May, claiming that the Chinese government has cheated by pouring money into Chinese companies … hurting competitors who play by the rules. The...

The world no longer needs fossil fuels – and the UK could lead the way in making them taboo

North Sea oil and gas has become a battleground issue in the UK general election. The Labour partys manifesto promises an end to issuing new licenses for finding oil and gas. The Conservative party meanwhile proposes a...

Politics

Microsoft-G42 Deal Forces Huawei Exit, White House Hails Move

The White House praised Microsofts $1.5 billion investment in G42, emphasizing the positive impact of ending relations with Huawei on AI security. White House Sees Positive Shift in UAE Tech Alliances According to...

Three ways politicians always promise to raise money without increasing taxes – and why they rarely deliver

After weeks of controversy over Labour and Conservative costings in which each side accused the other of dishonesty the manifestos show that both parties had wildly exaggerated their rivals plans. But there has been...

Election 2024: migrants aren’t to blame for Britain’s housing crisis

Migration has become the most toxic issue in British politics, driving intensely emotional debates that are often based on prejudice and misunderstanding. Similarly emotional is housing a finite resource in high demand at...

How Vladimir Putin projects his image as a modern-day Peter the Great

Russian energy giant Gazprom is reported to have been hit particularly hard by sanctions imposed as a result of the war with Ukraine. An internal report obtained and published by the Financial Times has forecast that the...

Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned

Nigel Farage, a man who has never been elected to the House of Commons despite years of trying, has again been allowed to set the agenda in the UK. Ten years after Ukip won the European parliament elections, throwing...

Science

Nations realise they need to take risks or lose the race to the Moon

The Nasa-led Artemis-3 mission will place the first human boots on the surface of the Moon since Apollo 17s Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the lunar surface in December 1972. The goal of the Artemis programme is...

Eye exercises to improve sight – is there any science behind them? An ophthalmologist explains why you shouldn’t buy the hype

You may have seen advertisements claiming to eliminate the need for eyeglasses through vision therapy or vision training basically, eye exercises. These exercises include putting pressure on or palming the eye; eye...

The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

After its birth in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the...

Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings

Waves are ubiquitous in nature and technology. Whether its the rise and fall of ocean tides or the swinging of a clocks pendulum, the predictable rhythms of waves create a signal that is easy to track and distinguish from...

If an asteroid hit Earth and all the humans died, would the dinosaurs come back?

Many, many years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Six-year-old Aga knows that a meteorite wiped them out… but could another meteorite bring them back? You can read a print version of this story...

Technology

Blast Network's June 26 Airdrop: Early Users to Get 17% Token Allocation

Blast network, an Ethereum layer-2 solution, will commence its airdrop on June 26, distributing 17% of the token supply to early users. Early Users Set to Benefit from Blasts Airdrop The Ethereum layer-2 Blast...

Shiba Inu Whale Moves Trillions of SHIB to Binance Amid Market Volatility

While the rest of the cryptocurrency market experienced tremendous volatility over the past few days, Shiba Inu experienced the same. The meme currency is currently selling at about $0.00001734, a decrease of 3.6% over...

Shiba Inu Team Hints at Major Developments: 'Future Is Bright,' Lucie Says

On behalf of the Shiba Inu team, the official marketing head, Lucie, has sent out a tweet in which she provides a hint about the development currently taking place behind the scenes. Although she did not disclose any...

VanEck Submits Form 8-A for Spot Ethereum ETF, Anticipates SEC Approval Soon

VanEck, a leading crypto asset management firm, has filed Form 8-A for its spot Ethereum ETF, moving closer to potential SEC approval and market debut. VanEcks Form 8-A Filing Advances Spot Ethereum ETF, Awaiting SECs...

German Government Sells 900 Bitcoin, Could Trigger Price Drop Below $60,000

The German governments sale of 900 Bitcoin, worth over $54 million, could drive Bitcoin prices below the critical $60,000 mark, as substantial selling pressure looms. German Government Sells $54 Million in Bitcoin,...