LOS ANGELES: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global nonprofit AIDS organization, issued an ultimatum to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a July 4th deadline to act swiftly with steps to prevent hate speech on its social media platform postings and ads or AHF will pull its advertising dollars and join the growing…
Global smart PPE market to grow by $1.85 billion during 2020-2024
LONDON: The smart personal protective equipment (PPE) market is expected to grow by USD 1.85 billion during 2020-2024. The North America region led the smart personal protective equipment (PPE) market in 2019, followed by Europe, APAC, South America, and MEA respectively. During the forecast period, the North American region is expected to provide significant growth…
U.S. aluminum tariffs would make mockery of NAFTA 2 and ignore the real problem
TORONTO: Reports that new U.S. tariffs will be imposed on Canadian aluminum exports – in the very week that a new North American trade deal takes effect – make a mockery of the agreement, threaten thousands of Canadian jobs and ignore the real problem facing the industry, the United Steelworkers (USW) union says. “The re-imposition…
Nexon’s highly anticipated mobile Dungeon&Fighter will launch in China on August 12
TOKYO: NEXON Co., Ltd., a global leader in online games, NEOPLE INC., a consolidated subsidiary of Nexon, and Tencent Games, Nexon’s partner and publisher of Dungeon&Fighter in China, announced that Mobile Dungeon&Fighter will launch in China on August 12. Based on Nexon’s original IP and published by Tencent Games, Mobile Dungeon&Fighter’s highly anticipated release has…
ePlay adds more eSports in ES line of mobile games
TORONTO: ePlay Digital Inc. has announced that 3 categories of ePlay mobile games are now featured at www.eplaydigital.com. The categories are eSports, Sports, and Entertainment. iOS players can even compete for cash prizes with Outbreak ES, SwishAR ES, and Big Shot Swish. “ePlay’s portfolio is driving revenue from esports, in-app purchases and advertising,” says Trevor…
Total’s production ramp-up on Iara cluster with the start-up of the second FPSO
PARIS: Total and its partners announced the start-up of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) P-70 of the Iara cluster (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos Basin pre-salt offshore Brazil. With a productive capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil per day, this new unit double the overall production capacity of the Iara cluster…
Bulk Industrier AS is contemplating a new bond issue
OSLO: Bulk Industrier AS has mandated ABG Sundal Collier ASA and Arctic Securities AS to explore the possibility to issue a new bond of up to NOK 1.1 billion. The net proceeds from the potential bond issue will be employed to refinance Bulk Industrier AS’s currently outstanding bond (BUIN02) and for general corporate purposes.
Spire Healthcare appoints Professor Clifford Shearman
LONDON: Spire Healthcare Group has announce the appointment of Professor Clifford Shearman (Cliff) as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2020. He will also join the Clinical Governance and Safety Committee from 1 January 2021. This appointment increases the number of Board members with clinical experience to four, strengthening Spire Healthcare’s clinical…
Hummingbird Resources signs SPA for the acquisitions of Kouroussa Gold Project
LONDON: Hummingbird Resources announced the signing of a conditional binding Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) confirming and setting out the key terms for the acquisition of the Kouroussa Gold Project located in Guinea, from Cassidy Gold Corp. The Company has also completed a more in-depth review of the Project’s geological database which highlights promising drill…
easyJet announce aircraft sale and leaseback for $255 million
LONDON: easyJet announce to have successfully agreed the sale and leaseback of six A320neo aircraft for aggregate cash sales proceeds of $255 million (approximately £206 million). The proceeds of this transaction make up part of the anticipated £500-650m in funding from sale and leasebacks which was highlighted in the trading update of 28 May 2020…
Keywords Studios acquires Coconut Lizard for $2mn to strengthen game development service line
LONDON: Keywords Studios, the international technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry, has announced the acquisition of Coconut Lizard Limited, a company providing specialised game development services, for a consideration of up to £2 million. Based in Gateshead, United Kingdom, Coconut Lizard is a well-regarded provider of game development engineering services…
X5 launches operations in Kaliningrad
MOSCOW: X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer announced that it has opened its first stores in the Kaliningrad region, making it the 66th region of Russia where the company operates. X5 operates the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel chains. The first three stores were opened in the Kaliningrad metropolitan area and two were opened…