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Investment package worth almost £150 million unveiled, with up to £100 million to put the UK at the forefront of future research, and £40 million to boost 5G tech take-up Ambition to deliver standalone 5G to all populated areas by 2030 to support the next generation of innovation Additional £8 million to connect remote homes and businesses with a pioneering satellite connectivity programme ensuring no community is left behind New Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will deliver on the prime minister’s priority […]

By APEC Secretariat SINGAPORE – The annual APEC App Challenge is now inviting talented software developers and designers from across the APEC region to digitally enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and underrepresented communities and encourage participation in global trade. The region-wide coding competition, a joint initiative of US APEC 2023 and the APEC Secretariat with support from the Asia Foundation and Google, challenges participating teams to build an online tool, platform, mobile site, or app that will help engage MSMEs […]

OTTAWA, Canada – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada will provide additional military aid to Ukraine sourced from Colt Canada. During the visit today, the prime minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, reiterated Canada’s solidarity with and support for Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s brutal, full-scale invasion. Prime minister Trudeau also announced Canada has disbursed a $2.4 billion loan to the government of Ukraine to support essential services, such as pension payments, purchasing fuel, and restoring damaged […]

CASTRIES, St Lucia – The OECS Geothermal Energy: Capacity Building for Utilisation, Investment and Local Development (OECS-GEOBUILD) Programme, in collaboration with the Dominica Geothermal Development Company Limited (DGDC), hosted a Study Tour in Dominica from April 3 – 5, 2023. The tour, led by OECS project manager, Dr Ernie Stapleton, is in keeping with the mandate of GEOBUILD to provide specialised advisory support, analyses and capacity building for geothermal energy development based on critical needs to advance relevant project initiatives […]

By Caribbean News Global WASHINGTON, USA – On April 10, 2023, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) convened representatives of the US department of state and the Taiwan ministry of foreign affairs and other agencies for consultations in Washington on expanding Taiwan’s participation in the United Nations system and in other international forums, the office of the spokesperson, US department of state, reported. “This discussion focused on […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Through an agreement signed November 8, 2022, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) became the recipient of financing to the tune of €149,976.00 from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) for the implementation of the Global Programme Digital Transformation in the Caribbean Region. This was based on CARPHA’s proposal developed in April 2022 for capacity development for audio messaging as a tool for community outreach to improve health-seeking behaviours in the Caribbean. The overall […]

Clients continued net buying equities in March, with the strongest buying interest in the Financial Sector OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Investor Movement Index® (IMX℠) remained at 4.57 in March, unchanged from its score in February. The IMX is TD Ameritrade’s proprietary, behavior-based index, aggregating Main Street investor positions and activity to measure what investors actually were doing and how they were positioned in the markets. The reading for the five-week period ending March 31, 2023 ranks “moderate low” compared to historic […]

Game-changing investment in transformative artificial intelligence technology aligns with Availity’s vision for intelligent and fully automated authorizations between health plans and providers. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Availity, one of the nation’s largest real-time health information networks, announced a definitive agreement to acquire the utilization management solution and business unit from healthcare automation company Olive AI, Inc. This transaction also includes assuming the commercial contract with Olive’s current current utilization management customers and hiring key associates dedicated to the utilization management business. The […]

Compass Expands to Eight Operating Companies CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission-critical applications, announced Friday that it has acquired Bergeron Machine, Inc. in Westford, MA. Founded in 1948 by Paul Bergeron, Bergeron Machine is a precision Swiss-style machine shop manufacturing extremely tight tolerance parts from a variety of exotic metals including Inconel, Monel, and titanium alloys. Compass purchased the company from Mark Kelly and Sidney Kuo, who bought the firm from […]