• In 2021, General Motors commercial electrical vehicle business BrightDrop plans to ass a second van to its lineup and the first customer for the midsize commercial van will be Verizon Communications
• This new product follows behind the first production models of BrightDrop’s large van named the EV600 which has been made for FedEx

Over 400,000 Americans have received the COVID-19 booster according to White House

• According to the White House coronavirus response coordinator, Jeff Zients on September 28, he says that more than 400,000 Americans have received the booster
• In addition to this, Zients added that Nearly 1 million Americans have already scheduled to receive the Pfizer and BioNTech’s booster in the coming weeks

Founder of Kind along with former executives team up to launch Mexican food brand, Somos

• Daniel Libetzky, the founder of Kind, along with Miguel Leal and Rodrigo Zuloaga are teaming up to launch an Mexican food brand called Somos
• This food brand will not feature any meat, gluten or GMOs, and aims to be more authentic to traditional Mexican cuisine 

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• The shutdown of GM’s Chevrolet Bolt EV has been extended at their Michigan production plant as they work with battery supplier LG Chem to fix manufacturing defects
• The Orion Assembly plant will be shut down for the week of September 13 through September 20

US sailings increased by Cruise lines despite delta variant threat to bookings

• Despite CDC warnings for those at-risk to stay away from cruises regardless of vaccination status, cruise operators continue to announce more sail dates
• According to a survey by Morgan Stanley,this points to a significant slowdown in demand for cruises 

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• According to an SEC disclosure on September 7, from between 2013 and 2020, Khosla Ventures had invested $28.2 million into Rocket lab through several funding rounds
• The firm now holds over 115 million shares of Rocket Lab’s stock which is worth $1.67 billion at the September 7 closing price

WHO urges world leaders to stop Covid booster administration until the end of 2021

• According to the World Health Organization, they have called on world leaders to start a Covid-19 booster moratorium until the end of 2021
• About 5.5 billion vaccine doses have been administered globally, but 80% have been given out in high or upper-middle-income countries

• With total box office earnings of $75.5 million over September 3, 4, and 5, Disney’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” has given the movie industry confidence in recovering from pandemic losses
• The success of the film had also urged Sony to push its release of “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” to October 1 from October 15

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