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New Patent Puts NotCo in the Front Seat of Technology Breakthrough in the Food Industry
March 8, 2021 GMT
New Patent Puts NotCo in the Front Seat of Technology Breakthrough in the Food Industry (Photo: Business Wire)
New Patent Puts NotCo in the Front Seat of Technology Breakthrough in the Food Industry (Photo: Business Wire)
NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 8, 2021
Just after a few months of launching its NotMilk TM at Whole Foods Market nation-wide in the U.S., the leading food-tech in Latin America, backed by key venture capital names, including Jeff Bezos, announces it has been granted a patent for its proprietary artificial intelligence technology in the U.S.
EquipmentShare Partners with Queen’s University Belfast to Research Heavy Equipment Safety Technology Solutions
COLUMBIA, Mo. EquipmentShare, a digital and equipment solutions provider serving the construction industry, proudly announces its involvement in a Ph.D. research project with Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. The project will develop data-driven breakthroughs to improve heavy equipment safety and security in construction, as well as an ongoing learning framework for safe autonomous machines. EquipmentShare will offer the project’s Ph.D. student a six-month internship at its headquarters in Columbia, Mo., where the student may take advantage of EquipmentShare’s Robotics Division’s R&D lab and resources.
B2Gold (BTG) Q4 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Improve Y/Y Zacks.com 2/24/2021
B2Gold Corp BTG reported fourth-quarter 2020 adjusted earnings per share of 14 cents, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 13 cents. The bottom line improved 133% from 6 cents reported in the prior-year quarter driven by rising production and higher gold prices.
Including one-time items, the company reported earnings of 16 cents per share compared with 17 cents per share in the prior-year quarter.
B2Gold generated record revenues of $480 million in fourth-quarter 2020, reflecting year-over-year growth of 53%. This upside was driven by an increase of 32% in the average realized gold price and improvement of 21% in gold ounces sold.
Companhia Brasileira (CBD) Q4 Earnings & Revenues Grow Y/Y Zacks.com 2/24/2021
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao CBD or Grupo Pao de Acucar delivered robust fourth-quarter 2020 results, backed by strength in GPA Brazil (or Multivarejo) as well as Grupo Exito. Incidentally, Assai forms part of the company’s discontinued operations owing to the spinoff of the Cash & Carry operations.
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Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic in 2020, the company made solid progress on several strategic fronts. Food e-commerce played a significant role in 2020, driven by the expansion of the company’s logistic solutions. This, in turn, benefited from warehouses, last mile option and stores dedicated to e-commerce, and Click & Collect deliveries. E-commerce sales crossed R$1.1 billion in 2020, reflecting threefold growth from the previous year. Supermarket giants like
TigerGraph, provider of a leading graph analytics platform, announced it has raised $105 million in Series C funding, empowering the company to innovate to better support its customers. According to the vendor, this is the largest funding round to date within the graph database and analytics market. The round was led by Tiger Global and brings TigerGraph s total funding raised to over $170 million.