Special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) in 2021 accounted for 63% of the US IPO market. Following a broader market downturn in 2023, which saw a number of potential issuers postpone their IPOs, the sector seems to have normalized in 2024. Six SPAC IPOs were priced over the first quarter of 2024, with the average IPO […]

Committed to creating a culture of prevention and support through its suite of advanced touch-based alcohol detection solutions and a powerful backend data platform, SOBRsafe (NASDAQ: SOBR) provides next-generation technology for the behavioral health, judicial and consumer markets. In the first quarter of 2024, the company secured 16 new contracts to provide its products, which, […]

A group of indigenous and non-indigenous people, gathering at an archaeological site in Mexico City earlier to pray for rain, highlighted concerns about a drought gripping much of the country (https://ibn.fm/fH3Ix). Around 60 percent of Mexico is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought, according to the National Commission on Water (https://ibn.fm/No9gG). Mexico City is facing a […]

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, has announced a partnership with the National Research Council of Canada (“NRC”) that will pursue an applied research program to evaluate specific molecular characteristics of the company’s patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology processed with glucagon-peptide 1 (“GLP-1”) drug, semaglutide, related to its mode of action and […]

HealthLynked (OTCQB: HLYK) offers cutting-edge technology and connectivity to provide more efficient, accessible, and personalized healthcare, through centralized and integrated information management and access. Among other things, HealthLynked greatly improves the use and effectiveness of remote patient care, such as telemedicine, telehealth, remote monitoring, and direct-to-consumer lab testing. At the heart of the system is […]

The NECANN Illinois Cannabis Convention 7 Expo is being held May 31 – June 1, 2024, at the Schaumburg Convention Center, Chicago, IL. One of the biggest cannabis B2B conventions in the country, the event will witness prominent growers, traders, enthusiasts, patients, educators, dealers, and top industry leaders. Newcomers as well as seasoned businesses can […]

Sustain SoCal, in association with Orange County Waste and Recycling, is organizing a Waste Stream Management and Circularity Event on May 15, 2024, at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill, Irvine, CA. Sustain SoCal focuses on exploring, analyzing, and implementing workable solutions for the many energy and sustainability issues in Southern California. The board at SoCal […]

Court systems everywhere, including the U.S., rely on probation and parole programs to help reduce the expense and staffing pressures associated with maintaining non-violent offenders behind bars (https://ibn.fm/tZB71). An earlier report on the use of electronic monitoring (“EM”) in Los Angeles County, where EM is used as a cost-efficient way of keeping people out of […]

Torr Metals (TSX.V: TMET) is excited about what it is seeing in new preliminary results from its Kolos Copper-Gold Project in British Columbia. Utilizing sophisticated geophysical techniques, the company has identified extensive anomalies stretching from mineralized outcrop at-surface to over 1.5 kilometers in depth, where there is strong potential for sub-surface extensions to copper and […]

Nickel is the silent workhorse of the clean energy revolution. Essential for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy infrastructure, demand for this vital metal is skyrocketing. Plus, let’s not forget the expansive utility of nickel as a base metal integral to the world for centuries that isn’t going away either. To that point, North America […]