SÃO PAULO -- Suzano Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Suzano, the world’s largest market pulp producer, has made a strategic investment into the Canadian materials science startup, Bioform Technologies. The investment provides up to US$5 million towards the company’s seed round, enabling it to accelerate the development of its novel bio-based plastic alternatives. The products can be manufactured through modified industrial processes already used in the pulp and paper sector. Read More ..read more

LUXEMBOURG -- SES announced today that O3b mPOWER, its second-generation software-enabled satellite system, is now operational and can provide high-performance connectivity services around the globe. With the first six O3b mPOWER satellites operating at medium Earth orbit (MEO) or 8,000km away from the Earth and with extensive ground infrastructure built around the world, SES will be introducing services in the coming months to O3b mPOWER customers to deliver reliable connectivity services ranging from tens of Mbps to multiple gigabits per second. Read More ..read more

(Bloomberg) — North Korea sent its highest-level delegation to Iran in about five years as the US raised concerns that arms sales from Pyongyang and Tehran have helped fuel conflicts in the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Read More ..read more

(Bloomberg) — A key measure of Chinese copper demand just sank to zero, another sign that global prices are not balanced with what buyers in the biggest market are prepared to pay. Read More ..read more

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PARIS, FRANCE, 24 April 2024 - Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY), a global specialty-care biopharmaceutical company, today presents its sales for the first quarter of 2024. Read More ..read more

HANOI, Vietnam -- FPT Corporation signed Letter of Cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program II (V-LEEP II), with the goal of supporting the corporation in achieving the Net Zero target by 2040, a decade earlier than Vietnam's commitment. FPT is Vietnam’s first technology firm to collaborate with V-LEEP II. Read More ..read more

(Bloomberg) — A red brick building with a grey cooling tower in Malmo’s northern harbor has become a symbol of Sweden’s preparations for an uncertain future. Read More ..read more

(Bloomberg) — The European Union launched an investigation into China’s medical device market, the latest in a spate of actions that are raising tension ahead of President Xi Jinping’s first visit to the bloc in five years. Read More ..read more

(Bloomberg) — The founders of India’s renewable energy firm Continuum Green Energy Ltd. have hired Deutsche Bank AG to raise a $200 million loan to fund a stake purchase from its majority shareholder, according to people familiar with the matter. Read More ..read more