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SUV fan or interested in buying an EV, the month promises major launches for all. As per a report from HT Auto, here are some of the biggest car launches expected to take place in the upcoming month. Scheduled to launch on September 4, Honda Cars India has commenced the booking process for their upcoming model, the Elevate SUV.

Arizona Cardinals have orchestrated a trio of trades that have reshaped their roster dynamics. The team bid farewell to linebacker Isaiah Simmons and offensive tackle Josh Jones while welcoming quarterback Josh Dobbs into the fold. These maneuvers come as the Cardinals position themselves for a dynamic upcoming season, making calculated decisions to bolster their lineup.

By Abigail Summerville

“Alberta is calling,” read the ads plastered across Toronto’s transit system.“Find things you’d never expect,” they coax, “like an affordable house.”The advertisements, a blunt recruitment initiative from the Alberta government launched last fall, tout ample job opportunities alongside comparisons of housing prices between Toronto and Calgary.For the family of Suzi Hansen and Tyler Brown, Alberta’s advertising campaign seems to have worked.After years of being unable to break into the housing market while renting a townhome in Oakville, Ont., Hansen says she floated the idea of moving to Alberta to her husband. She says Brown was initially hesitant, but the siren song of an “Alberta is calling” radio ad playing on the drive into work as an industrial mechanic pushed him to think twice about the idea.“Their ad campaign really, really sold it for him,” Hansen recalled in an interview with Global News as she packed up their Oakville home.The family, with three kids aged 15, 12 and two, was preparing for a cross-country U-Haul trek to a small Alberta hamlet a couple hours west of Edmonton where they were immediately able to buy a detached house.The decision was familiar territory for Hansen, who originally came to Canada from Los Angeles because of unaffordable housing prices in California.

Honda Cars India (HCIL) has commenced the production of its latest midsize SUV, the Elevate, at its manufacturing plant in Tapukara, Rajasthan. With over 90 per cent localisation, the company aims to competitively price the SUV for its nationwide launch in September, just in time for the festive season, reported HT Auto. Reportedly, the Honda Elevate, set to be Honda's global SUV manufactured in India, is scheduled for launch in September, with deliveries commencing in the same month, according to Honda Cars India.

cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time. This decision comes as Ukrainian forces are engaged in a challenging counteroffensive against invading Russian troops. The move has been met with strong criticism from human rights groups due to the inherent dangers posed by unexploded bomblets. However, the U.S. government has stated that it has received assurances from Kyiv that they will take steps to minimize the risk to civilians, including refraining from using the munitions in populated areas. These cluster munitions are part of a new military aid package worth $800 million that the U.S. plans to send to Ukraine. In addition to the cluster munitions, the package includes Bradley and Stryker armored vehicles, as well as various types of ammunition, including rounds for howitzers and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.

Chris Allen (left), Quintet Group CEO and Stephen Cohen (right), head of EMEA at BlackRock

Both at the forefront of technological innovation of investor interest, crypto and artificial intelligence (AI) are forming something of a love-hate relationship. Aaron Brown – former head of financial market research at AQR Capital Management – argued in a recent opinion piece that both industries represent competing areas of venture capital interest, as well as dueling sources of fear for regulators. 

The collapse of the FTX exchange and its subsidiaries in November 2022 also led to the shutdown of its philanthropic arm, FTX Future Fund. The philanthropic arm had pledged $1 billion in donations in 2022 towards research academics across prestigious universities. However, the team behind the project resigned right after FTX filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, 2022.

In cryptocurrency trading, a “buy wall” is a massive buy order, or multiple buy orders, around a particular price level. Conversely, a “sell wall” is a significant accumulation of sell orders at a given price level.

The Bahamas will have legal representation in the unfolding FTX case. The Caribbean nation chose Brown Rudnick as counsel “in certain matters of engagement related to the collapse of FTX Digital Markets Ltd.,” alongside Bahamian lawyers and other experts, according to a statement released by the law firm. 

Rokos Capital Management chief operating officer Andrew Brown is set to leave the hedge fund around the end of 2022.

A group of Democrats from the United States Senate has reportedly asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to provide details on the social media giant’s policies addressing cryptocurrency fraud.

Protect Our Future, a political action committee set up in January with backers including FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, has spent more than $9 million to support candidates running for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

When you think of a crypto-friendly U.S. state, Washington is hardly the first to come to mind. Yet, a lot has been happening on the ground in the Pacific Northwest lately. Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill, SB5544, into law on March 30. The new legislation creates a working group of seven state officials and eight trade association leaders to examine “various potential applications of and policies for blockchain technology” and report to the governor in December 2023. 

Three years and one veto after it was first proposed, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee has signed a bill into law today that aims to expand the state’s adoption of blockchain technology across various financial and industrial sectors.

The Biden Administration has just passed an executive order furthering research into crypto assets in view of regulating them, but politicians within the ruling Democrat party remain deeply divided on digital currency.

Peter Thiel-backed city-building startup Praxis has raised $15 million in Series A funding from a variety of crypto venture firms led by Paradigm Capital, Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research, and Three Arrows Capital.

If things go right, those trading on the Robinhood platform could soon send a certain meme coin from their Robinhood wallet to an external one.