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Bosch targets China NEVs for growth

<!----> Robert Bosch is strengthening its operations in China to focus more on fast growing demand for electrified powertrain components from the country’s new energy vehicle (NEV) industry, according to local reports. Bosch is a major global automotive components supplier with its Mobility Solutions…

Rent growth drops to pre-Covid levels

A house is available for rent on March 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesApartment rents have increased slightly for the past few months, as the seasonally stronger spring activity kicks in. But in March they were only up 2.6% from March of 2022. That's the smallest annual gain since April 2021, according to Apartment List. And, after last year's record-setting pace, rent growth is now slightly below the pre-pandemic average of 2.8%. Some markets, such as San Francisco, are falling at a bigger…

Self-driving startup Venti raises $28.8 million to speed up growth

The solution developed by this collaboration accelerates the companies’ clients’ time to market. Clients will also save development costs for integration by using a complete solution with ready assets and accelerators that is globally available through a cloud infrastructure.Self-driving startup Venti Technologies said on Tuesday it has raised $28.8 million in Series A funding to speed up the growth of its autonomous vehicle (AV) business for customers the logistics and supply chain industry. Investors in the funding…

Transmembrane Protein Inhibits Malignant Melanoma Growth – Possible Early Warning Sign for Skin Cancer

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have found that exosomes, a type of small vesicle, produced by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play an important role in the progression of skin cancer, and assessing them could be a useful prognostic factor of malignant melanoma. Credit: Naho Fujii, Osaka Metropolitan UniversityMalignant melanoma is a relatively aggressive type of skin cancer. When detected early, it is usually treatable by surgical resection only, but metastases develop often spreading to distant areas.…

Upheaval in venture banking can help us get back to basics: efficient growth

Sach Chitnis is co-founder of Jump Capital, a thesis-led, sector-focused and operating-centric venture capital firm specializing in Seed and Series A investments. With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, founders find themselves in a predicament when looking to raise either equity or debt. Most companies run their business on equity capital alone and have access to a venture debt facility. Access to venture debt is a “break glass in case of emergency” facility in that it enables…

U.S. Bank Failures Pose Risk to Global Growth

SINGAPORE—Turmoil in the U.S. banking sector isn’t just a problem for the U.S. It also increases the risks of a global recession. Many economists expected a significant downturn in global economic growth this year even before U.S. lender Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, because of an expected pullback in spending and investment in the U.S. and Europe amid climbing interest rates.  Those concerns eased somewhat early in the year, with data showing surprising economic vitality in Western economies, and the beginnings of a…

Inbreeding is hampering population growth for orcas, study finds

Orcas off B.C.'s coast have been critically endangered for many years, and scientists have found that a lack of genetic variability may be why. A new study out of Washington state, published March 23 on the journal Nature, has found that inbreeding depression — the reduced survival and fertility of offspring that are a product of inbreeding — is preventing the southern resident killer whale population from growing.There are 73 southern resident killer whales in the waters off B.C., Washington state and Oregon, and they're…

Accenture: Accenture results signal growth impact in FY24, larger firms to benefit

The Indian information technology industry could be heading for a moderation in growth next fiscal, analysts said, after global IT services major Accenture on Thursday revised its annual revenue guidance downwards and announced layoff of 19,000 people citing macroeconomic pressures.Most analysts expect the Indian IT sector to grow its revenue in mid- to high-single digits year on year in FY24, a steep climb down from the high growth registered in the past two years post the pandemic.“Rising caution among clients with…

The Growth Marketing Writing Contest: Round 6 Results Announced!

Too Long; Didn't ReadFirst position: How I Met My Girlfriend by Running Ads on Facebook: A Growth Marketer’s Playbook by @0xjack; Second place: How to write SaaS comparison pages that beat the competition by @electriccopy; Third place: How to Use ChatGPT for Marketing by @julietde Too Long; Didn't ReadFirst position: How I Met My Girlfriend by Running Ads on Facebook: A Growth Marketer’s Playbook by @0xjack; Second place: How to write SaaS comparison pages that beat the competition by @electriccopy; Third place: How…