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Columbia, Maryland – BYK-Gardner USA, a subsidiary of the specialty chemicals group ALTANA, yesterday announced its plan to acquire Perisens GmbH. Based in Feldkirchen near Munich, the company develops and manufactures measurement and testing equipment for automotive radar sensors and radar covers, known as radomes.

Eli Lilly announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire AtaiBeckley, a company specializing in neuroplastogens, including multiple clinical-stage programs and a discovery pipeline of next-generation compounds. The lead asset, BPL-003 (mebufotenin benzoate), is a synthetic form of 5-MeO-DMT administered intranasally for treatment-resistant depression, which affects millions of people in the United States.

The Ryanair desk is seen, Aug. 10, 2018, at the Barajas airport in Madrid, Spain. Article Summary U.S. aviation safety investigators are leading an investigation into a Ryanair flight over Greece where a window dislodged and partially sucked out a passenger before crew members pulled him back inside. The 61-year-old man suffered neck and shoulder injuries, while the incident caused rapid cabin decompression that forced the plane to descend and return to Thessaloniki.

The Tesla logo is displayed at a Tesla dealership, Mar. 13, 2025, in Miami. Article Summary Federal safety investigators determined that a Tesla driver's full acceleration, not the vehicle's self-driving software, caused a deadly crash in Texas that killed a 76-year-old woman, contradicting the driver's initial claim that autopilot was engaged.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has described the latest U.S. tariffs on certain Brazilian imports as unjust and politically motivated, threatening Thursday to impose reciprocal measures on U.S. products. The country's top diplomat criticized U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the move. The United States said Wednesday it would impose a new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil, citing unfair trade practices by the world's 10th-largest economy.

Quad/Graphics said it's expanding its packaging operations with a new manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, adding to its existing packaging operations in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Franklin, Wisconsin. In addition, the company maintains its global packaging operations in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Salt Lake City facility is slated to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2026.

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship begins its take off but is aborted, in Starbase, Texas, Thursday, July 16, 2026. SpaceX's mega Starship rocket came within a second or so from blasting off on a test flight Thursday, but some of the engines failed to ignite, triggering a launch abort amid billowing clouds of smoke and vapor.

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has nationalized British Steel to protect the nation's steelmaking capacity after the company's Chinese owners moved to shut the plant's blast furnaces. The Department for Business and Trade announced the move on Thursday, saying it would save thousands of jobs and protect the U.K.'s national interest by ensuring a supply of domestically produced steel for major construction projects and the defense industry.

NEW DELHI (AP) β€” India rolled out its first Indigenously built, hydrogen-powered train on Friday, a move aimed at expanding the use of clean energy in its vast rail network. The train made up of two hydrogen-powered driving cars and eight passenger coaches will operate in the northern state of Haryana. It can run at speeds of up to 75 kph (47 mph) and carry a maximum of about 2,600 passengers, railway officials said.

Toyota supplier Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi (APMM) announced a $53 million expansion to its operations in Guntown. The development will support increased production capacity through the purchase, installation and renovation of production equipment. APMM expects the project to create 28 jobs and will fill those positions over the five years following its completion. APMM is a parts supplier for the Toyota Corolla, which are manufactured in Blue Springs.