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100th Elekta Unity MR-Linac goes to St George's Hospital in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announces that St George’s Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand, has ordered an Elekta Unity MR-Linac, making it the 100th device sold since introduction. Today, the innovative radiation therapy device is found in 14 countries across five continents.Gustaf Salford, President and CEO, said: “Elekta Unity truly is a remarkable device that is changing the perception of radiation therapy, as well as the market potential of magnetic resonance radiation therapy. We have repeatedly exceeded expectations, first by combining a linac with an MRI scanner; then selling 75 systems before the mid-2020 goal. This technical and commercial success is a testament to Unity’s clinical benefit.”Blair Roxborough, CEO of St George’s Hospital, said: “Our vision for St George’s Cancer Care is to be recognized as the center of excellence for cancer services. The introduction of the Elekta Unity MR-Linac holds true to that vision.”We are committed to investing in cutting-edge equipment to provide patients with access to innovative treatments. The Elekta Unity at St George’s Cancer Care will be the first in New Zealand, and our clinical team is excited about the enhancement in radiation therapy treatments that can be delivered to the people of

New York's 'Excelsior Pass' is America's first Covid-19 vaccine passport

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – On the Upper East Side in Manhattan, a well-heeled crowd flashed it to get into a socially distanced dance performance at the Park Avenue Armory. In Chelsea, people showed it to attend a John Mulaney stand-up set at City Winery. And in Troy, New York, patrons are using it to enter an intimate, speakeasy-style bar that admits only vaccinated guests. This magic ticket is New York state’s Excelsior Pass, which was introduced in March as the first and only government-issued vaccine passport in the United States, accessible, for now, only to people who have been vaccinated in the state. Officials are hoping that it can help New Yorkers feel confident about the safety of businesses and jump-start a statewide economy that is still reeling from losses experienced during the pandemic. But for that to happen, they will need more people and businesses to start using it and vaccine passports to become more universally accepted. Though it is basically just a QR code on your phone that indicates your vaccine status, the pass – and vaccine passports more generally – have become a political flashpoint among conservatives who say the passports violate privacy concerns. About 1.1

Cutting down trees can help save climate in forest industry math

STOCKHOLM (BLOOMBERG) – Sweden’s forest industry has prepared a defence against critics who say trees should be left in the forest to bind carbon and help fight climate change. At the heart of the conflict is the European Union’s need to regulate sustainable activities across the bloc, where forest-based carbon sinks are on average declining, in net terms. That has prompted concerns that forestry accumulates a so-called carbon debt because trees take several decades to grow back. In densely forested Sweden, the industry is keen to show trees are, overall, sequestering more carbon dioxide than is released. The companies, who make their profit from pulp, packaging and timber, commissioned a study that shows a bigger climate benefit from cutting trees than reducing or halting harvests. The maths in the report published on Tuesday (June 1) centres on displacement effects: fossils can be left underground if wood is used to replace such materials, resulting in smaller carbon dioxide emissions than keeping forests intact but using materials such as plastic instead. The industry argues that a carbon-debt calculation is nonsensical in a forest that is managed in a sustainable manner, such as in Sweden, where trees are replanted, increasing

Aetina Launches New Series of Edge AI Solution — DeviceEdge Mini

TAIPEI, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Aetina Corporation, a provider of Edge AI solutions, announced today during Computex 2021 its new series of DeviceEdge – DeviceEdge Mini, the edge AI-enabled computer. The DeviceEdge Mini Series leverages the powerful capabilities of the NVIDIA® Jetson edge AI platform. The solution expands Aetina’s range of edge AI systems built on the NVIDIA Jetson system on module (SoM) lineup, including Jetson Xavier™ NX, Jetson Nano™, and Jetson TX2 NX™ for applications in smart transportation, factories, retail, healthcare, AIoT, robotics, and more.DeviceEdge Mini is the newest offering in the Aetina DeviceEdge platform lineup, which provides multiple options and SKUs to help developers build and deploy AI applications into mass production. Using the 260-pin SO-DIMM connector, its fixed mechanism can be flexibly embedded with various NVIDIA Jetson SOMs such as Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson Nano, and Jetson TX2 NX. Also, the DeviceEdge Mini Series expands into 128GB NVMe SSD to execute edge computing applications for 25x faster data transmission than SATA SSD. The designed button on DeviceEdge Mini Series — iTons — is now available with one-key recovery, opening up more customized AI-enabled functions in the future.Aetina is pleased to announce the following products that leverage the powerful

EU set to unveil plans for bloc-wide digital wallet: Financial Times report

BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – The European Union is set to unveil plans for a bloc-wide digital wallet on Wednesday (June 2), following requests from member states to find a safe way for citizens to access public and private services online, the Financial Times reported. The app will allow citizens across the EU to securely access a range of private and public services with a single online ID, according to the FT report on Tuesday. The digital wallet will securely store payment details and passwords and allow citizens from all 27 countries to log in to local government websites or pay utility bills using a single recognised identity, the newspaper said, citing people with direct knowledge of the plans. The EU-wide app can be accessed via fingerprint or retina scanning, among other methods, and will serve as a vault where users can store official documents like their driver’s licence, the newspaper reported. EU officials will enforce a structural separation to prevent companies that access user data from using the wallet for any other commercial activity such as marketing new products. Brussels is engaged in talks with member states to provide guidelines on technical standards for the roll-out of the

Moody's Upgrades SeABank's Outlook to Positive from Stable

HANOI, Vietnam, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Moody’s Investors Services (Moody’s) raised its outlook for Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank’s (SeABank – Vietnam, stock code SSB) to Positive from Stable and affirmed SeABank’s long-term credit rating at B1 for the third year in a row.The positive outlook on the ratings of SeABank reflects Moody’s view that improvements in asset quality over recent years – which could translate into lower credit costs and higher profitability – could raise the bank’s BCA over the next 12 – 18 months.Asset quality improved steadily at SeABank in recent years. The problem loans ratio, which include nonperforming loans (NPLs) and gross bonds issued by the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC), declined to 1.9% as of the end of 2020 from 2.3%. SeABank has also been building up their problem loans coverage. Moody’s expects asset quality to remain largely stable at SeABank amid the supportive economic environment in Vietnam.Moody’s also expects profitability at SeABank to improve over the next 12 – 18 months driven by higher yields from its loans to individuals and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Capital, in turn, will remain stable as internal capital generation will support asset growth. SeABank has achieved substantial expansion in

UK-based fintech firm Wise launches service that lets Indian users send money abroad

In this photo illustration, the TransferWise logo is seen displayed on an Android mobile phone.Omar Marques | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesFinancial technology firm Wise said Tuesday that users in India would now be able to send money abroad to 44 countries around the world.That includes places like Singapore, the U.K., the United States, the United Arab Emirates as well as countries in the euro zone.India’s outward remittances in the fiscal year 2019-2020 was around $18.75 billion, with more than 60% of it categorized under travel and paying for studying abroad, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India. Under a liberalized remittance scheme, the central bank allows residents to freely send up to $250,000 abroad to fund personal expenses or education per financial year — which begins in April and ends in March the following year.Typically, the inward remittance market is comparatively larger as many Indians working abroad send money back to their families in the country. World Bank data for 2019 showed personal remittances received in India exceeded $83 billion.Kristo Kaarmann, CEO and co-founder of Wise, which was previously called TransferWise, told CNBC that the ability to send money out of India was one of

China Manufacturing Sector Growth Improves In May

(RTTNews) – China’s manufacturing sector expanded at a faster pace in May on robust new orders and production, data published by IHS Markit showed on Tuesday. The Caixin manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 52.0 in May from 51.9 in April. The reading was expected to remain unchanged at 51.9. Although mild, the upturn was the strongest recorded in the year to date. A score above 50 indicates expansion in the sector. Total sales grew the most in five months, supported by greater demand both at home and overseas. New export order growth improved to a six-month high in May. Production increased in May but the pace of growth softened due to the material shortage and higher purchasing costs. Employment was broadly unchanged in May. While some firms added to their payrolls in order to expand capacity, other companies expressed a more cautious approach to hiring. Average cost burdens rose rapidly in the latest survey period, with the rate of inflation the quickest since December 2016. Firms generally passed on greater input costs to clients by raising their output prices which increased at the fastest rate since February 2011. Manufacturing firms remained confident that output

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CANOO 24 HOUR DEADLINE ALERT: FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND KAHN SWICK & FOTI, LLC REMIND INVESTORS WITH LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 of Deadline in Class Action Lawsuits Against Canoo Inc…

NEW ORLEANS, May 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) and KSF partner, the former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have only until June 1, 2021 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Canoo Inc. (NasdaqGS: GOEV, GOEVW) f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV, if they purchased the Company’s securities between August 18, 2020 and March 29, 2021, inclusive (the “Class Period”). These actions are pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.What You May DoIf you purchased securities of Canoo and would like to discuss your legal rights and how these cases might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-goev/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in the class actions, you must petition the Courts by June 1, 2021.About the Lawsuits Canoo and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws. On or