Express news service BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday launched an all-out attack on Congress and its former president Rahul Gandhi in Assam. He addressed a campaign rally in the segment of the Palasbari assembly of Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency, where he fired verbal rounds at Gandhi …
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A controversial influencer dubbed “the poster child for what not to do in a pandemic” has received $ 350,000 in coronavirus relief funds for his revived fashion line. Arielle Charnas, 33, has 1.3 million Instagram followers, runs a brand valued at $ 45 million and is estimated to be around …
Read More »LifeMine Therapeutics Announces $ 50 Million Series B Funding
CAMBRIDGE, Mass .– (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – LifeMine Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is reinventing drug discovery by harnessing fungal biodiversity to develop new mechanical and structural therapies, today announced $ 50 million Series B funding from investors leader in the field of life sciences. The funding was led by …
Read More »Ashurst advises lenders on € 73m financing to fiber network operator TNG
Ashurst advised a consortium of banks including Kommunalkredit, NIBC and funds from UBS Asset Management Real Estate and Private Markets as lenders on a € 73 million financing to fiber network operator TNG. The funding will be used for the deployment of the fiber optic network in previously underserved rural …
Read More »Michigan’s hunting license system is back online after issues appeared before opening day
Michigan Department of Natural Resources says technical problems with its permit system that plagued hunters trying to buy deer slaughter licenses and tags over the weekend have been resolved. The DNR system provided by Tennessee-based Sovereign Sportsmen Solutions experienced “unforeseen technical issues” on Saturday, just hours before the start of …
Read More »Does Chevron (CVX) Stock Outperform Its Oil Counterparts This Year?
IInvestors focused on the oil-energy space have likely heard of Chevron (CVX), but is the stock performing well relative to the rest of its industry peers? A quick glance at the company’s performance since the start of the year compared to the rest of the Oil & Energy sector should …
Read More »Farm Bureau calls for additional PPP provisions in HEALS law
While the Senate Health, Economic Aid, Liability Protection, and Schools Act would help more farmers and ranchers participate in the Paycheck Protection Program, the American Farm Bureau Federation is calling to additional changes to make PPP truly usable for people involved in agriculture. When drafting their follow-up to the CARES …
Read More »Government must focus on planning infrastructure projects: Louis Berger Asia
The Center should concentrate its resources on the planning phase of large infrastructure projects; their implementation is the responsibility of private sector actors. Speaking to Business Standard, Kshitish Nadgauda, senior vice president and general manager-Asia, Louis Berger, said: “The government needs to be involved in the planning of dedicated freight …
Read More »BoE warns banks against sudden shutdown of Covid-linked lending
The Bank of England has urged banks to maintain business credit once government-backed Covid-19 loan programs end this month, fearing a sharp drop in lending that could choke the economy. In a report by the BoE’s financial policy committee released on Friday, the central bank said it was in the …
Read More »Kenyans at gunpoint over Ksh 257 billion loan to government
Kenyans are angry with continued government borrowing. Two days after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the disbursement of Ksh 257 billion to Kenya as a loan which the government says will be used to close the gap in the fight against COVID-19, Kenyans have none. More than 120,000 Kenyans …
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