Stock Alert: Sintx Technologies Jumps 250%

Shares of biomaterial company Sintx Technologies, Inc. (SINT) are surging more than 250% Monday morning after the company claimed that when exposed to Sintx’s sintered silicon nitride powder, in a controlled laboratory study, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was inactivated.

The Company expects to share additional data soon, once the findings are published in a rapid-review forum.

“The preliminary results are encouraging,” said Dr. Sonny Bal, CEO of Sintx. “The antiviral data are consistent with the well-established anti-bacterial properties of Sintx’s silicon nitride, and with previously reported effectiveness against several single-strand RNA viruses. Additional testing at independent, outside laboratories is in progress to corroborate the effectiveness of silicon nitride against SARS-CoV-2.”

Sintx stock is currently trading at $2.95. It has traded in the range of $0.28- $4.39 in the past one year.

Wales train crash: Emergency services rush to scene as car collides with train at crossing

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Emergency services rushed to the level crossing at Buttington shortly before 2pm today.

Train services have been disrupted as a result of the collision.

More to follow…

Stock Alert: 21Vianetat New High On News Of Investment

Shares of 21Vianet Group, Inc. (VNET), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, are rising more than 12% Monday morning after the company said, funds managed by Blackstone (BX), one of the world’s leading investment firms, have agreed to invest $150 million in the company. The stock touched a new high of $22 today and currently trading lower at $20.67.

The investors are to subscribe $150 million newly issued Series A perpetual preferred shares. 21Vianet intends to use the proceeds to reinforce its position in China’s hyper-growth data center market.

“This investment is a valuable vote of confidence in the strategy being pursued by our team. Blackstone’s experience, connections, and knowledge of the data center sector globally will help us embrace new infrastructure and digital transformation opportunities to better serve our customers,” said Josh Chen, Founder and Executive Chairman, 21Vianet.

Brazil’s COVID-19 crisis spirals out of control

Infections surge throughout Latin America with more than two million reported, half in Brazil, where more than 50,000 people have died.

Coronavirus infections are surging throughout Latin America with more than two million infections reported.

Half of those are in Brazil, where more than 50,000 people have died.

Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports.

Stock Alert: Tortoise Acquisition Climbs 24%

Shares of Tortoise Acquisition Corp. (SHLL) are rising almost 24 percent or $3.36 in Monday’s morning trade at $17.40. The stock has traded in a range of $9.50 to $18.20 in the past 52 weeks.

Tortoise Acquisition is a special purpose acquisition company with a strategic focus on the energy sector and decarbonizing commercial transportation in North America.

Hyliion Inc., a provider of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles, said Friday that it plans to merge with Tortoise Acquisition. The transaction is expected to be completed around the end of the third quarter of 2020. Upon the closing of the transaction, the combined company will be named Hyliion Holdings Corp. and will trade on the NYSE under the new ticker symbol “HYLN”.

The pro forma implied market capitalization of the combined company is over $1.5 billion, at the $10.00 per share PIPE subscription price and assuming no public shareholders of Tortoise Acquisition exercise their redemption rights.

Stock Alert: Sintx Technologies Jumps 250%

Shares of biomaterial company Sintx Technologies, Inc. (SINT) are surging more than 250% Monday morning after the company claimed that when exposed to Sintx’s sintered silicon nitride powder, in a controlled laboratory study, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was inactivated.

The Company expects to share additional data soon, once the findings are published in a rapid-review forum.

“The preliminary results are encouraging,” said Dr. Sonny Bal, CEO of Sintx. “The antiviral data are consistent with the well-established anti-bacterial properties of Sintx’s silicon nitride, and with previously reported effectiveness against several single-strand RNA viruses. Additional testing at independent, outside laboratories is in progress to corroborate the effectiveness of silicon nitride against SARS-CoV-2.”

Sintx stock is currently trading at $2.95. It has traded in the range of $0.28- $4.39 in the past one year.

More than 90 percent of Mexico's Lacandon Jungle deforested

More forest is being lost every year – mainly for farming – despite conservation efforts.

The future is not looking good for the last remaining tropical rainforest in southern Mexico.

More than 90 percent of the Lacandon Jungle has been cut down to make way for farming.

As Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo reports from Chiapas state, more forest is being lost every year, despite conservation efforts.

Namibia Eases Lockdown to Lowest Level, Except for Walvis Bay

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Namibia will ease a nationwide coronavirus-related lockdown to the lowest level in 13 of its 14 regions, with the strictest measures remaining in force in the area that includes the southwest African nation’s second-biggest city.

The relaxation, which comes into effect at the end of the month, allows for gatherings of as many as 250 people for weddings, funerals and religious services, President Hage Geingob told reporters Monday in the capital Windhoek. Attendance at schools remains voluntary, he said.

An undisclosed number of tourists “from a carefully selected market on the basis of its epidemiological profile” will be allowed into the country from Aug. 15, Geingob said. Liquor outlets, taverns and bars can operate under normal working hours, but alcohol sales are for takeaway only.

Erongo, which includes Walvis Bay, was placed under the strictest lockdown three weeks ago after reporting a spike in Covid-19 infections. Of the 63 recorded cases of the virus in Namibia, 42 are in the region.