54 Years Ago Today The Boeing 737 Flew For The First Time
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On April 9th, 1967, the Boeing 737 had hit the skies for the very first time. 54 years later, the type is still a common sight in the skies and continues to be one of the world’s most popular narrowbodies.
Registration N73700 – the first Boeing 737 to hit the air. Photo: Getty Images
A grand entrance
The initial 737 was unveiled at Boeing’s Thompson site on January 17th, 1967, and was christened by flight attendants representing the 17 carriers that had ordered the new jet. Altogether, Boeing felt that the twinjet was the logical solution to complement the groundbreaking 707 and the 727 amid increasing competition from Douglas and BAC.
Measures unveiled to relax Hainan market access By OUYANG SHIJIA/ZHENG YIRAN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-09 06:40 Share A view of Sanya Bay in Hainan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
China announced a number of special measures on Thursday aimed at further relaxing market access in the Hainan Free Trade Port, showing the country s drive to further open up to the world.
Officials and experts said the move is part of the government s ongoing efforts to build a testing ground for reforms and pursuing opening-up at higher levels. It is also intended to help build Hainan Island into an internationally influential and high-quality free trade port, which will serve as a new growth engine for both the national and the global economy.
09 April 2021
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The Norman fusion device (Image: TAE Technologies)
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AngelList launches new Roll Up Vehicles fundraising tool available to Canadian founders
AngelList, a United States-based startup investment platform, has launched a new product aimed to help early-stage founders efficiently raise capital online.
The tool, called Roll Up Vehicles (RUV), is available to Canadian founders and startups. With RUV, founders can use get a single link to allow investors to commit and send funds online. From there, AngelList manages the deal formation, collection of capital, accreditation, know-your-customer process, and signatures.
“With Roll Up Vehicles, founders get a private special purpose vehicle through which up to 250 accredited angels and operators can invest.”