Livekindly to acquire seaweed-based meat manufacturer after $335 million funding boost

Jun 09, 2021 05:01 am UTC| Business Economy

Livekindly Collective will acquire Amsterdam-based The Dutch Weed Burger, a company that uses seaweed and microalgae in making plant-based meat alternatives, after closing a funding round of $335 million. The companys...

6 Must-Have Virtual Tools for Real Estate Agents

Jun 09, 2021 00:12 am UTC| Business

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/02/19/10/16/villa-1209148_960_720.jpg In the digital age, many first-time home buyers and millennials arent scanning the newspaper classifieds for real estate properties. Theyre...

Libya: Mario Draghi’s tough line on Turkey undercut by rumours of a second ‘sultan’s ransom’

Jun 08, 2021 23:56 pm UTC| Business

Libya: Mario Draghis tough line on Turkey undercut by rumours of a second sultans ransom In a glowing assessment of Mario Draghi recently published by the Financial Times, Italys new prime minister comes across as...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical inks $430 million license-out deal for gastroesophageal drug

Jun 08, 2021 23:55 pm UTC| Economy Business

South Korean drugmaker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. inked a US$430 million deal to provide US pharmaceutical venture firm Neurogastrx Inc. with its technology for fexuprazan, the novel drug candidate for gastroesophageal...

Japan proposes plant-based meat consumption to reduce carbon emissions

Jun 08, 2021 23:49 pm UTC| Economy Business

The Japanese government proposed using meat alternatives such as soybeans and other plant-based ingredients to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while stressing the need to reform lifestyles. In its 2021 white paper on...

To create a better work environment after COVID-19, we must truly hear employees

Jun 08, 2021 12:15 pm UTC| Business

When the third wave of COVID-19 hit Canada and the benefits of the short-lived hero pay had long passed, workers advocates made renewed calls for a paid sick leave policy. In Ontario, where the third wave was...

To become an innovation nation, we really need to think smaller

Jun 08, 2021 12:14 pm UTC| Business Technology

It took a chance meeting between Cameron van den Dungen, founder of a start-up mattress company, and Madhu Bhaskaran, an engineering professor at RMIT University, to see an opportunity to collaborate and commercialise...