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Reuters | March 11, 2020

As U.S. President Donald Trump touted the signing of a U.S.-China trade deal in January, he told cash-strapped farmers they would soon need bigger tractors and “a little more land” to meet additional Chinese demand for U.S. agricultural goods. His administration assured farmers that they would no longer need the billions in aid the government had provided to offset their losses from the trade war Trump launched with China in 2017. Now, with Chinese buying of most farm goods still lag...

Cue Health | March 31, 2020

Biotech startup Cue Health has secured a $13 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), which will be used to speed the development and testing of a handheld molecular test that can detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Cue, which broke cover in 2014 with plans for a connected lab in a box for at-home testing and a $7.5 million funding round, is developing a ...

Bangor Daily News | March 16, 2020

As of 11 a.m. Monday, March 16, eight Maine residents have been confirmed positive and nine others are presumed positive for the coronavirus, according to the state. Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support this mission by purchasing a digital subscription. U.S. airlines are asking the federal government for grants, loans and tax relief that could easily top $50 billion to help them recover from a sharp downturn in travel due to the ...

Leaptree | June 02, 2020

Leaptree, an Irish cloud-based software company building revenue workforce-related products using powerful AI, has recently announced a formal partnership with Carahsoft, the leading US Government IT Solutions provider based in Virginia, USA. Carahsoft will become the primary distributor of Leaptree Optimize in the Federal, State, and Local Government sectors of the USA. This follows the recent contract award for Leaptree Optimize with a large US Federal Agency....