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RSS Feed for InvestorBrandNetwork (IBN)August 22, 2025 — In 2023, voters in Ohio approved the legalization of recreational cannabis for adults aged 21 and above. But while residents supported the measure at the ballot box, lawmakers have spent months debating if and how the law should be changed.
August 22, 2025 — Nightfood advances their $80 million hotel acquisitions to serve as live labs for its AI-robotics platform FHVH (RoboOp365) debuted AI-driven kitchen and culinary training systems at the California Restaurant Show, boosting visibility in the $400B U. S.
August 22, 2025 — $190 million all-stock acquisition of 1818 Park, a Class-A mixed-use property in downtown Hollywood, Florida, marks strategic diversification into income-producing real estate GCF Development principals become long-term equity partners in FAVO through the transaction, bringing seasoned real estate expertise to the platform Stabilized asset with high occupancy and long-term leases strengthens balance sheet and expands collateral base for enhanced private credit operations The convergence of private credit and real estate investment has become a defining strategy for alternative finance companies seeking capital efficiency and risk management. Traditional lending models often rely on unsecured positions or narrow collateral pools, creating constraints on funding capacity and competitive positioning.
August 22, 2025 — AI data centers are projected to consume more than 4 million tonnes of copper by 2035, intensifying a looming global shortfall Trilogy Metals owns a 50% stake in Alaska’s Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (“UKMP”), among North America’s richest undeveloped copper districts The company is advancing the Arctic and Bornite deposits, which together could underpin decades of future production AI and the Next Phase of Copper Demand Copper’s importance has been well established in renewable energy, EVs, and grid modernization. Now artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful new driver.
August 22, 2025 — Traders Fair 2025 is set to take the stage at the Kerry Hotel in Hong Kong on Dec. 10, 2025, bringing together traders, investors, fintech innovators, and financial educators from across the region and beyond.
August 22, 2025 — Ecuador’s Constitutional Court unanimously upheld the environmental license for the El Domo mining project. The Court confirmed the consultation process met international standards and the project has strong community backing (98% support).
August 22, 2025 — NRx Pharmaceuticals has filed a Citizen Petition with the FDA to remove benzethonium chloride from ketamine products. The preservative has known toxicity and is no longer allowed in hand sanitizers or topical antiseptics.
August 22, 2025 — AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, closed $575 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2032, including the full exercise of the purchasers’ option for $75 million. The financing boosts company resources to more than $1.
August 22, 2025 — Fifty 1 Labs (OTC: FITY), through its subsidiary Fifty1 AI Labs, has entered a strategic partnership with ViRx@Stanford under the “BE READI! ” (Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness Initiative).
August 22, 2025 — Safe Pro Group (NASDAQ: SPAI), a developer of AI-powered defense and security solutions, closed its previously announced $8 million private placement with strategic investors including Ondas Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ONDS) and Unusual Machines Inc.
August 22, 2025 — Solowin (NASDAQ: SWIN), a financial services firm providing solutions across traditional and digital assets, announced the launch of its Dubai Operations Center and the start of its application for a Category 3C asset management license from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The move builds on Solowin’s recent collaboration with CITIC Construction in Saudi Arabia and expands the Company’s compliant financial services footprint in the Middle East.
August 22, 2025 — AI is becoming a regular part of medical practice, helping doctors identify common health conditions through routine screenings. However, new research suggests that some specialists could start depending too heavily on the technology.
August 22, 2025 — A couple of weeks after President Trump announced that basic copper imports would be exempted from tariffs, major electrical wire makers in America have begun increasing their prices, suggesting that consumers may face higher costs despite a sharp decline in metal prices. Canada-based copper industry players like Aston Bay Holdings Ltd.
August 22, 2025 — A new groundbreaking therapy could slow down or even reverse aging by recharging body cells with new “batteries” that provide new energy for bodily function. The new therapy utilizes mitochondria from the placenta of infants, which are then transplanted into older people or those suffering from diseases that are currently regarded as incurable.
August 22, 2025 — Recent data points to a notable surge in electric vehicle purchases across South America, marking a major reversal of the region’s EV adoption trajectory after it spent most of the 2010s lagging behind the U. S.
August 22, 2025 — SEGG Media (NASDAQ: SEGG, LTRYW), will be on full display at the historic Milwaukee Mile this weekend as Louis Foster, Callum Ilott, and Seb Murray carry Lottery. com and Sports.
August 22, 2025 — Wheels Up Experience (NYSE: UP) announced the sale of Baines Simmons, Kenyon International Emergency Services, and Redline Assured Security to an unrelated third party for approximately $20 million in proceeds before expenses. The Company plans to reinvest the net proceeds into its fleet modernization strategy and for general corporate purposes.
August 22, 2025 — Calidi Biotherapeutics (NYSE American: CLDI), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapies to deliver genetic medicines to distal sites of disease, announced the closing of its underwritten public offering and the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option for gross proceeds of $6. 9 million before deducting commissions and expenses.
August 22, 2025 — Financial regulators in South Korea have directed crypto exchanges to pause the launch of any new crypto asset lending services. Officials say the move is necessary to reduce growing risks in the market and to give regulators time to create a clear set of rules.
August 22, 2025 — The Supreme Court has allowed a new Mississippi law requiring age verification on social media sites to go into effect. The decision came after the court declined to block a lower court ruling that had supported the law.