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Methanex Corporation has signed a two-year natural gas agreement with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago for its Titan methanol plant to restart operations in September 2024. Concurrently, Methanex plans to idle the Atlas methanol plant in September 2024, when its 20-year natural gas agreement expires.

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October 13, 2023 | 12:21 pm

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Ardelyx, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARDX) announced upcoming data presentations for its drug, tenapanor (XPHOZAH), for hyperphosphatemia at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2023. The company will present four poster presentations highlighting data from two trials in the U.S. Additionally, Ardelyx's collaboration partner in Japan, Kyowa Kirin Co, Ltd., will present key results from two Phase 3 studies of tenapanor in Japan.

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October 13, 2023 | 12:11 pm

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Visionary Education Technology has announced its intention to enter a memorandum with an Asian Senior College for International Education. The details of the memorandum and its potential impact on the company's operations and financials are not yet disclosed.

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October 13, 2023 | 12:05 pm

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Brendan Berry, Head of Payments Product Management at Ripple, is focusing on improving cross-border payment experience for Ripple's enterprise clientele. His responsibilities include overseeing development of product platform, architecture, and both front-end and back-end systems. Berry's team is working on Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity crypto-enabled cross-border payment product. Prior to Ripple, Berry worked at Patagonia, Slack, and Amazon, where he developed innovative tools and products for Prime Now/Fresh's selection offerings.

Portfolio Pulse from Murtuza Merchant

October 13, 2023 | 11:11 am

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SpaceX's Starlink is planning to deploy satellites with Direct-to-Cell capability, enabling connectivity for cell phone users. Text services are expected to start in 2024, followed by voice and data in 2025. The satellites will be launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and later via Starship. SpaceX has partnered with several companies including T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) in the U.S. The technology alliance between SpaceX and T-Mobile was announced last year, with beta testing in 2023.

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October 13, 2023 | 10:51 am

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Abcellera Biologics has taken ownership of an antibody drug candidate that was discovered as part of its collaboration with EQRX. The company is now advancing the drug candidate into IND-enabling studies.

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October 13, 2023 | 10:08 am

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Rivian Automotive's CEO, R.J. Scaringe, discussed his relationship with Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, and the detailed conversation they had prior to Amazon's investment in Rivian. Amazon holds a 16.7% stake in Rivian and had a carrying value of $3.8 billion in Rivian's equity investments as of September 2021. Despite recent questions about Rivian's financial soundness, it is seen as a credible rival to Tesla in the EV market.

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October 13, 2023 | 6:43 am

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PetMed Express has partnered with Pumpkin Insurance to simplify and make pet care more affordable. The collaboration aims to provide comprehensive pet health solutions to customers.

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October 13, 2023 | 6:15 am

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Greenway Greenhouse Cannabis Corporation (CSE:GWAY) (OTCQB:GWAYF) has signed an agreement with Green Hedge to act as an outside sales force, providing coverage to licensed cannabis retailers and provincial wholesalers across Canada. Green Hedge operates in 9 provinces and has over 2,800 active retail partners, achieving retail penetration rates of over 93% with their customers. The partnership will give Greenway instant access to thousands of stores across Canada.

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October 13, 2023 | 2:28 am

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South Park, a long-running animated comedy, is set to take on the topic of artificial intelligence in its 2023 season. This follows the show's 2022 focus on cryptocurrency. The upcoming streaming special, 'South Park: Joining the Panderverse', will air on Paramount Global's streaming platform, Paramount+. The show's creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, signed a deal with Paramount in 2021 for six more seasons and 14 movies.

Portfolio Pulse from Chris Katje

October 12, 2023 | 10:57 pm