Tag Archives: United States

06Dec/24

Film USA Brings Hollywood to London at FOCUS Locations Show 2024

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Film USA, the association of U.S. Film Commissions, is excited to announce its highly anticipated return to the FOCUS Locations Show (December 10–11, 2024 at London’s Business Design Centre). As the ultimate gathering for global content creators in film, TV, advertising, and gaming, FOCUS provides a unique opportunity to explore the exceptional locations and resources available across the United States. Meet U.S. Film Commissions representing the diverse landscapes, incentives, and world-class facilities that make the U.S. one of the most sought-after destinations for productions of all scales. Continue reading

05Dec/24

Natural Grocers, Amazon Fresh and The Fresh Market are Top Grocers for Health-Focused Shoppers, dunnhumby Finds

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dunnhumby, the global leader in customer data science, today released a special report revealing the rising importance of health-focused consumers in the U.S. grocery market. The key finding of the Better for You (Customer), You (Brand), and You (Retailer) report is that health-conscious shoppers represent a $285 billion annual opportunity, comprising 33% of the population and driving significant market trends. Continue reading

04Dec/24

GROUNDBREAKING IMMERSIVE EXHIBIT “THE BOOK OF HOV: A TRIBUTE”

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Today, Roc Nation and Assouline announce the extraordinary book, The Book of HOV: A Tribute To JAY-Z (available December 4th) celebrating Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter’s career and the first-of-its-kind immersive exhibit, The Book Of HOV: A Tribute. Held at the Brooklyn Public Library, from July to December 2023 The Book Of HOV: A Tribute attracted over 600,000 visitors, making it one of the largest public installations in U.S. history. Continue reading

18Nov/24

Three Companies Fighting Back Against China’s Rare Earth Dominance

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With Trump having secured a historic victory in the U.S. Presidential election, investors are now racing to position themselves for a new America. Dramatic shifts in geopolitical, financial, and trade policies are going to transform the market, with trillions of dollars at stake. And nowhere is the anxiety more acute than among strategic companies, with Trump’s victory poised to give a boost to big banks and send defense sector stocks soaring. Continue reading

28Oct/24

A new ‘race science’ network is linked to a history of eugenics that never fully left academia

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Lars Cornelissen, Independent Social Research Foundation

The Guardian and anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate have revealed the existence of a new network of far-right intellectuals and activists in an undercover investigation. Called the Human Diversity Foundation (HDF), this group advocates scientific racism and eugenics. Although it presents itself as having a scientific purpose, some of its figureheads have political ambitions in Germany and elsewhere.

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22Oct/24

Ostium Launches Novel Macro Trading Platform Amidst Growth in Global Events-Based Trading

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Ostium Labs today announced the public mainnet launch of its onchain trading platform, offering traders unprecedented access to global macro markets during a period of global event-driven volatility, marked by speculation around the U.S. Presidential election. Ostium enables perpetuals trading on traditional market currencies, commodities, and indices in real time, markets uniquely affected by events like interest rate changes and geopolitical outcomes. Continue reading

22Oct/24

SYMBIOTE TRAPPED IN GLASS CHAMBER ON SMARTPHONE ENTER FUSION: A SHAPE-SHIFTING DEVICE FROM HMD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VENOM: THE LAST DANCE

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Human Mobile Devices (HMD), a leading European smartphone manufacturer, and innovator, is thrilled to announce the world’s first symbiote Smart Outfit for HMD Fusion in collaboration with Venom: The Last Dance. The prototype Smart Outfit has been created to celebrate the start of U.S. pre-orders of the Fusion smartphone. Continue reading

14Oct/24

Global Businesses Lose $1.75 Trillion from Untapped Economic Potential of ‘Third Largest Nation’

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Today, on World Inclusion Day, global full-cycle verification platform Sumsub reveals that a staggering 627 million individuals globally, larger than the population of the United States and Brazil combined, are excluded from essential digital services, including financial services, education, healthcare, and employment platforms. Continue reading

03Oct/24

India to grow consumer spending three times more than the U.S. over the next decade, EBANX shows

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India is set to surpass the impressive mark of US$ 5.4 trillion in consumer spending by 2034, up from the current US$ 1.8 trillion, according to data from the World Data Lab analyzed by EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payment services for emerging markets. It represents a growth of 12% per year, three times higher than the projection for the United States, at 4%, and more than two times higher than the global average of 5%. This boost will place India as the third-largest market in the world in consumer spending, behind only the United States and China. Continue reading