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Bioasis Technologies Inc (CVE:BTI) (OTCQB:BIOAF) has announced the publication of research validating the ability of its xB3 platform to cross the intact blood-brain barrier (BBB) and its localization in a variety of brain cell types. The company said research shows that the xB3 platform can cross intact BBB and enter intracellular organelles within neurons, glia and microglia in the brain. It said the data from a study published on June 2 in the Frontiers in Neuroscience provide evidence for the utility of xB3 peptide (previously known as MTfpep) as a platform technology for delivery of recombinant and chemically conjugated drug across the BBB.
Dow fails to eke out a winning day; tech struggles bog down Nasdaq
The latest set of jobless claims showed that the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell below 400,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic, while figures from payrolls operator ADP showed that 978,000 new private sector jobs were created in May, ahead of forecasts of 650,000
4:10pm: AMC traders head for the exits
The Dow closed Thursday down 23 points to 34,577. The Nasdaq fared worse, losing 142 points, 1%, to 13,615, while the S&P 500 dropped 15 points, 0.4%, to 4,193.
Helping the Dow salvage a relatively better day were Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), both of which saw share price gains of more than 2%.
The Slaughter of Christians
Egypt: In a video released on April 17, Muslims connected to the Islamic State in Sinai executed 62-year-old Nabil Habashi Salama, a Christian. Salama appears on his knees in the video, with three men holding rifles standing behind him. The one in the middle launches into a typical jihadi diatribe: “All praise to Allah, who ordered his slaves [Muslims] to fight and who assigned humiliation onto the infidels” this latter part was said as the terrorist contemptuously pointed at the kneeling Christian before him “until they pay the jizya while feeling utterly subdued.” This is a paraphrasing of Koran 9:29, which commands Muslims to “fight the people of the book,” understood as meaning Christians and Jews, “until they pay the
In a video released on April 17, Muslims connected to the Islamic State in Sinai executed 62-year-old Nabil Habashi Salama, a Christian. Salama appears on his knees in the video, with three men holding rifles standing behind him.. We should remember that Greece spent 400 years under Turkish Islamic rule and that the fight for freedom was bloody. With that in mind it is even more dramatic seeing these images of fighting age migrants desecrating Greek holy places and having no respect for the country they are allegedly seeking refuge in. Greek City Times, April 12, 2021. [H]e was kept in at least three different police stations and illegal torture cells, where he was mentally and physically tortured to confess to the baseless accusation [of blasphemy]. [P]olice repeatedly threatened to kill him.. The police investigators.also tortured him into naming other members of the Bible study circle. Aneeqa Maria, Salamat Masih s attorney, Morning Star News, April 29, 2021, Pakistan.
Hansen Provides Customer Operational Support for Nautilus Solar Energy
on February 12 2021 1:00 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia (BUSINESS WIRE) Hansen Technologies (ASX:HSN) is pleased to announce that Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC, a leading owner-operator of distributed generation solar projects in the United States, has selected Hansen CIS and Hansen Managed Services as a software and operational solution partner, as Nautilus Solar rapidly expands its community solar footprint. With this transaction, Hansen will become a designated Nautilus Solar operational partner and will provide support for Nautilus’s ongoing solar project management activities.
Under the terms of this agreement, Hansen CIS will enable Nautilus Solar to manage and expand its activities quickly, by focusing on its back-office operations. Initially covering Nautilus Solar’s community solar project operations in Maine and New York, the scope could expand to cover other markets which will drive further economies of sc