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Investors, our audience, and even some executives regularly visit this site to see how their companies and investing strategies are faring in the community.
This week, our highlights go to the newer (and returning) companies that have been staking their claims on the Top 6 most-viewed Bullboards charts.
The highlighted companies share something in common this week: a lack of news that would explain recent ups and downs in share prices. Bullboard discussions, in turn, reflected the inner turmoil of many investors. Do you focus on short-term uncertainties or long-term vision?
We kick things off with aviation heavyweight
Bombardier Inc. (TSX: BBD, Forum) has delivered its
fifth Global business jet to Swedish defense supplier Saab’s Linköping, Sweden, location. Saab chose the Global aircraft, with its high-altitude performance and long endurance, to be used for the company’s GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control solution.
Steve Patrick, Vice President of Specialized Aircraft at Bombardier, commented on the aircraft’s capabilities.
“Bombardier Global aircraft are ideally suited for conversion into specialized assets,” he said, “and we are recognized around the world for our collaborative, flexible approach, and unparalleled expertise.”
Saab is a leading global defence and security company and has been a trusted partner of the Canadian military for more than 30 years. The company’s GlobalEye aircraft completed its maiden flight in early 2018 and three jets have been delivered from Saab to the customer so far.
“Saab partners with industry leaders, which is why we chose Bombardier’s Global 6000 aircraft as the platform for our advanced Airborne Early Warning and Control solution,” said senior VP and head of Saab business area Surveillance Carl-Johan Bergholm.
Bombardier Specialized Aircraft offers flexible solutions for customers around the world. To date, over 550 Bombardier Global, Challenger, and Learjet business aircraft are currently performing specialized missions worldwide.
“Bombardier’s signature smooth flight technology provides a comfortable environment for operators and highly stable platform for sensors,” he said.
Cielo Waste Solutions (CSE: CMC, Forum) is a waste to renewable fuel company with a game changing technology engineered to help solve the world’s garbage crisis. CMC announced that George H. Brookman and Larry Schafran have been appointed to the
board of directors of the Company, effective next week. Mr. Brookman and Mr. Schafran will replace Doug Mackenzie and Chris Dovbniak, who will be resigning from their positions. Cielo is also announced the appointment of Christopher Sabat as its Corporate Secretary and General Counsel.
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The world’s biggest cannabis producer,
Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX: WEED, Forum) released an update to say that its CEO David Klein will present virtually at the
2021 Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference on Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 at 3:20 pm EST. The presentation is expected to cover the company’s progress against its business transformation, overview of the US businesses, and key US strategic business initiatives.
Award-winning consumer packaged goods cannabis company
HEXO Corp. (TSX: HEXO, Forum) has
completed its arrangement with brand-led, consumer-centric licensed cannabis producer
48North Cannabis Corp (TSX-V: NRTH).
Under the terms of the arrangement, HEXO has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of 48North by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act. Each former shareholder of 48North is now entitled to receive 0.02366 of a common share of HEXO for each 48North Share held.
48North Shares will be de-listed from the TSX Venture Exchange as of the close of trading on or about September 2, 2021. In connection with the completion of the arrangement, the officers and boards of directors of 48North and its subsidiaries have resigned.
HEXO creates and distributes innovative products to serve the global cannabis market, while 48North Cannabis Corp. has an expansive portfolio of high-quality products available across the country.
Therma Bright Inc. (TSX-V: THRM, Forum) provided an update on the US FDA-Emergency Use application for its
AcuVid Saliva Test this week
Rob Fia, CEO of Therma Bright commented on the status of the application.
"During the past 30 days, the Therma Bright team has been actively engaged with officials at the FDA around our first-of-its-kind AcuVid COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Saliva Test and our successful clinical study results. The team, with support from our US development partners, have successfully completed and submitted additional research and documentation requested by the FDA, and we now await for the Administration to complete its review for Emergency Use Authorization."
So far testing for COVID-19 has usually involved nose or throat swabs. Therma Bright expects its saliva-based COVID-19 antigen test to become the first saliva-based rapid test to receive FDA-EUA approval. In addition, the company has also amended its CE application for the AcuVid Saliva Test with the new saliva collection and testing process. The AcuVid Saliva Test has received CE final approval certification from the EU competent authority of Belgium.
Therma Bright, the developer of the AcuVid COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Saliva Test, is a progressive medical diagnostic and device technology company focused on providing consumers and medical professionals with quality, innovative solutions that address some of today's most important medical and healthcare challenges.
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As
TAAT Lifestyle & Wellness Ltd. (CSE: TAAT, Forum) carves out its market niche that serves the estimated 17% of the world, or 1.3 billion people, who use tobacco, it is creating a global tobacco market solution that could play into its value that approached
$1 trillion (USD) last year.
The company declared this week that it had earned placement in
a Michigan tobacco chain’s 147 locations (pictured above) and expects the placement to result in greater visibility into performance metrics such as reorder rates by region. Michigan smokers aged 21+ pay an average of $7.67 (USD) per pack of tobacco cigarettes, which is higher than the national average retail price per pack, according to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
New stores in Michigan include locations in the Upper Peninsula, where the percentage of adults who smoke cigarettes has historically been higher than the overall state average, according to Dickinson-Iron County Critical Health Indicators. With hundreds of TAAT retailers in Ohio and the Greater Chicago Area, the new placement further strengthens TAAT's presence in the Great Lakes region.
Setti Coscarella, TAAT’s CEO, stated,
“When a smoker aged 21+ walks into a tobacco shop, they tend to already know which brand of tobacco cigarettes they want to buy. Our objective is to prompt them to buy TAAT instead, though this conversion is something that occurs at the store level in a matter of seconds, and must be planned out meticulously in order to be successful.
Although we have been effective in creating in-store activation protocols for independent tobacco retailers, this tends to be much easier to do with chain retailers who already have the infrastructure to institute and supervise these types of procedures in each of their stores. We are pleased to have made such a rapid entry into the state of Michigan, where we are aiming to make TAAT well-known as a better alternative to tobacco cigarettes.”
Datametrex AI Ltd. (TSX-V: DM, Forum) announced this week that it had signed
two new service agreements for COVID-19 testing with two Hollywood feature-length films in Montreal.
Film and TV productions in Canada including unions representing production staff, film crews and actors along with Canadians in general, have a foremost concern regarding the Delta variant (B.1.617.2. variant), a hyper-contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, which was first identified in India in October 2020.
Datametrex will continue to provide COVID-19 testing kits for actors, film crews, and production support staff to prevent cluster outbreaks. Film and TV production companies all support the continued use of safety protocols, especially COVID-19 testing to keep production members and actors healthy and safe while employed on sets and in production offices.
“The COVID-19 testing market in Montreal and across our network is an important business segment for Datametrex and we look to remain steadfast is supporting the film industry with COVID testing and now with the Delta variant of the virus now the dominant variant worldwide, it is right time to continue testing protocols to keep everyone working and continuing to stay healthy,” stated Marshall Gunter, CEO of Datametrex.
Datametrex AI Limited is a technology-focused company with exposure to artificial intelligence and machine learning through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Nexalogy. Datametrex's mission is to provide tools that support companies in fulfilling their operational goals, including Health and Safety, with predictive and preventive technologies.
Fobi AI Inc. (TSX-V: FOBI, Forum) has been busy lately.
The cutting-edge data intelligence company has integrated its platform with
Shopify Inc. (TSX: SHOP, Forum) and
launched the Fobi App on the Shopify App Store. Fobi is one of the only companies on the Shopify App Store currently providing real-time insights and retailer data.
Fobi CEO Rob Anson commented on the Fobi integration with Shopify.
"Many people think of Shopify as just an e-commerce platform to help businesses run their online stores but fail to realize it does so much more by helping merchants with critical back-end integrations such as shipping, payments and social media marketing. Analytics is the critical and powerful back-end piece that ties all of these elements together, optimizing them to help retailers improve their bottom line. Shopify retailers around the world now have access to a powerful tool via our industry-leading real-time data analytics Fobi App.
To say we are excited about the possibilities is an understatement. With the Shopify integration complete and launched, Fobi has now completed or is finalizing integrations with many of the largest POS & Commerce companies in the world, positioning us for exponential growth."
Fobi’s App for the Shopify App Store will give Fobi access to Shopify’s global retailers and partners, driving even more business for Fobi moving forward. The Fobi App provides Shopify retailers with access to real-time data aggregation and insights across disparate online and offline data sources. Fobi’s App for Shopify enables their retailers to gain a better understanding of their customer’s purchasing patterns and their lifetime value by connecting disparate data & multiple locations enabled by Fobi’s integration into Shopify’s e-commerce platform. Fobi helps Shopify retailers make business decisions that reduce costs and increase revenue by providing access to real-time insights that are based on the purchasing patterns of their customers.
Fobi is one of the only companies in the Shopify App marketplace providing real-time insights and retailer data. Revenues for Fobi will be driven by monthly fees that align with Shopify’s pricing tiers.
As Fobi helps clients turn real-time data into actionable insights and personalized customer engagement to generate increased profits, it also signed a deal with the Canadian Hockey League (
CHL) to implement its venue management and Wallet Pass solutions.
The CHL, the world’s largest development hockey league, operates the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League across Canada and the United States.
The league will use Wallet Pass to validate coaches, trainers, athletes and associated staff credentials, to enable check-in/out of CHL venues, and implement venue tracing protocols.
Rob Anson, Fobi's CEO, stated,
“Signing this deal with the CHL, the largest development league in the world with nine million fans watching games in 2019, is another validation of Fobi and our venue management solution, including Wallet Pass, ticketing and fan engagement. We look forward to helping the CHL implement their venue management solution, improving their ticketing solution, and enabling them to keep their fans updated before, during and after games.”
Finally, we look at software provider
BlackBerry Limited (TSX: BB, Forum), who announced that the advanced digital cockpit controller platform developed by
Nobo Technologies, built on the BlackBerry QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System and QNX Hypervisor has now entered mass production. This leading-edge Digital Cockpit Controller platform has been selected to power Great Wall Motors' next generation SUV - Haval H6S and offers customers a more personalized and engaging driving experience.
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