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October 30, 2020 10:10
UAE’s 20by2020 Initiative Brings Life-Changing Water Solution to Thousands in Cambodian Villages
Thousands of people across three Cambodian villages can now live safer, healthier lives following the deployment of new water purifying technology as part of the Zayed Sustainability Prize’s UAE-drive
SES and CANAL+ Strengthen Partnership With Long-Term Extensions across Western Europe, Central Europ
October 29, 2020 17:23
SES and CANAL+ Strengthen Partnership With Long-Term Extensions across Western Europe, Central Europe and Africa
SES and CANAL+ have signed new long-term strategic agreements for satellite capacity across three geographies, strengthening the companies’ longstanding partnership and underlining the importance of s
Thales Launches Its Identity Verification Suite, a Secure Biometric Solution for Customer Onboarding
October 29, 2020 16:25
Thales Launches Its Identity Verification Suite, a Secure Biometric Solution for Customer Onboarding
Thales, world leader in digital security, has launched its Identity Verification Suite, in response to the rising need of remote client onboarding. With privacy and user experience as its heart, the I
October 29, 2020 15:20
Kioxia Corporation to Expand 3D Flash Memory Production Capacity by Building New Fabrication Facility at Yokkaichi Plant
Kioxia Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today announced it will begin construction of a state-of-the-art fabrication facility (Fab7) at Yokkaichi Plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan to ex
October 29, 2020 15:10
nVent Unveils a New Generation of IIoT Monitoring Software for the Heat Tracing Industry
nVent Electric plc (NYSE:NVT) (“nVent”), a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions, today launched the nVent RAYCHEM Supervisor IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) platform, w
October 29, 2020 14:40
Nexo Doubles Earn on Crypto Interest Rates
Nexo, the leading regulated financial institution for digital assets, today announced a two-fold increase on savings interest rates for cryptocurrencies BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, EOS, LINK, XLM, TRX, a
October 29, 2020 14:10
Wipro to Acquire Encore Theme Technologies Private Limited, a Specialist Finastra Software Partner in Financial Services
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement
October 29, 2020 13:50
Andersen Global Initiates Expansion into Albania
Andersen Global continues to focus on its expansion strategy in the European region with the addition of KALO & ASSOCIATES in Albania. The firm, founded in 1994 by Managing Partner Perparim Kalo, i
October 29, 2020 13:35
Australia’s Global Talent Visa Program Sees Tech CEOs Swap Silicon Valley for Sydney
Australia’s Global Talent Visa Program, also known as the Global Talent Independent Program, is making waves across the Pacific, attracting dynamic, high-profile business leaders to the country’s shor
October 29, 2020 11:55
Synergis Adept Named #1 in 21 Rankings on G2’s 2020 Fall Grid Reports
Synergis Software, a global leader in engineering information management and product data management (PDM), today announced that its flagship product, Adept, has earned 21 top placements in G2 Crowd’s
October 29, 2020 11:30
NTT Com Receives “Operator Award: Embracing Cloud” at Network Transformation Awards During Layer123 World Congress 2020
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TOKYO:9432), announced today that its recent cloud-based initiatives, includ
October 29, 2020 10:55
Morinaga Milk Expands Lactoferrin Production Capacity in German Subsidiary “MILEI GmbH”
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 2264) (hereafter, “Morinaga Milk”) hereby announces that its subsidiary MILEI GmbH (hereafter, “MILEI”), which has the largest share* of the global market in t
October 29, 2020 10:40
Wipro Strengthens Partnership With SAP on Industry Cloud Solutions for Real Estate Sector
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced that it will co-innovate with SAP SE on c
October 29, 2020 10:25
Boehringer Ingelheim Begins Phase 2 Clinical Trial of a Targeted Therapy to Help People with Severe Respiratory Illness from COVID-19
Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial of BI 764198, an inhibitor of TRPC6, a receptor-operated cation channel. This potent and selective inhibitor of TRPC6 ma
October 28, 2020 17:45
Power Integrations’ New MinE-CAP IC Reduces Volume of AC-DC Converters by Up to 40%
Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced the MinE-CAP™ IC for high power density, universal input AC-DC
October 28, 2020 17:00
Blue Cloud Ventures Announces Investment in Arctic Wolf Networks
Blue Cloud Ventures (BCV) is pleased to announce that its fourth fund, Blue Cloud Ventures IV LP, made its first investment in Arctic Wolf Networks. Arctic Wolf, an existing BCV III portfolio company,
October 28, 2020 16:50
Veeva Teams With Life Sciences to Offer Industrywide Source for Key Contacts, Information, and Services From Across Companies and Brands
To help healthcare professionals (HCPs) get provider and patient resources faster, Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV), in partnership with the industry, today introduced MyVeeva for Doctors, a mobile applicat
October 28, 2020 16:40
IDEMIA Will Present Its Q3 2020 Financial Results to Investors on November 2, 2020
IDEMIA, the world leader in Augmented Identity, today announced that it will present its Q3 2020 financial results to investors on Monday November 2, 2020. Pierre Barrial (President & CEO) and Laur
October 28, 2020 16:30
INX to Acquire Openfinance Securities, LLC
INX Limited (“INX”), the global blockchain-based platform for trading digital assets, announced today it has signed a term-sheet for the acquisition of Openfinance Securities LLC, a registered U.S. br
October 28, 2020 16:20
Andersen Global Adds Additional Presence in Jamaica
Further strengthening its foothold in the Jamaican market and in the Caribbean region, Andersen Global adds collaborating firm Myers, Fletcher & Gordon, the largest law firm in the country. Founded
October 28, 2020 16:15
Starr’s Marine Division Launches Terminal Management System Loss Control Program
Starr Marine, a division of Starr Insurance Companies, has introduced a comprehensive Terminal Management System (TMS) Assessment Program, designed to help Starr clients identify and reduce the risks
October 28, 2020 16:00
ExaGrid Becomes Finalist for Three SDC Awards
ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution, today announced that it has been nominated in three categories for the 11th annual Storage, Digitalisation and Cloud (SDC) Awards, which a
October 28, 2020 15:40
Crown Bioscience Increases APAC Capacity with New Facility in Zhongshan, China
Crown Bioscience, a JSR Life Sciences company, today announces the opening of a new oncology-focused research facility in Zhongshan, China to satisfy increased customer demand. In addition to the C
October 28, 2020 15:10
Eagle Eye Networks Raises $40 Million to Transform Video Surveillance by Combining Cloud and AI
Eagle Eye Networks, the global leader in cloud video surveillance, has raised $40 million of Series E funding from venture capital firm Accel (Facebook, Spotify, DocuSign) to continue its growth and e
October 28, 2020 14:45
Trinseo Forms Commercial Partnership with Tyre Recycling Solutions
Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, has reached definitive agreements with Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) on a
October 28, 2020 14:05
Prokarium Closes $21M Series B Financing Round and Strengthens Board
Prokarium, a privately-held biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies and vaccines based on its engineered microbial platform, today announced the closing of a Series B investment round o
October 28, 2020 13:10
Rove Hotels Unveils the Only On-Site Hotel at Expo 2020 Dubai
With Expo 2020 Dubai now less than a year away, the eyes of the world are back on this much-awaited event, as it gears up to help shape the future. A homegrown hotel brand that can be found at the hea
October 28, 2020 11:55
Mary Kay Appoints Wendy Wang as Chief Commercial Officer for the Asia Pacific Region
Mary Kay Inc., a leading corporate advocate of women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, strengthens its commitment to advancing female leadership worldwide with the appointment of Wendy Wang as Chief
The new REAL3 ToF chip enables better photography results with a faster autofocus in low-light condi
October 28, 2020 10:58
State-of-the-art Photography Results and Immersive AR Experiences: Infineon and pmd Offer 3D-imager With Longest Range in the Market
Gaming, virtual e-Commerce, 3D online education: Augmented Reality (AR) applications with three-dimensional depth sensors link the real with the digital world and are strongly demanded. Infineon Techn
Pulse Electronics Switches to Rimini Street Support for its SAP Applications
October 28, 2020 10:29
Pulse Electronics Switches to Rimini Street Support for its SAP Applications
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partn
October 28, 2020 10:02
LiveRamp Enhances Global Identity Infrastructure to Include Unified ID 2.0
LiveRamp® (NYSE: RAMP), the leading data connectivity platform, today announced that it is collaborating with advertising technology leader The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) to enable improved addressable
October 27, 2020 16:35
C3.ai, Microsoft, and Adobe Combine Forces to Re-invent CRM with AI
C3.ai, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) today announced the launch of C3 AI® CRM powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365. The first enterprise-class, AI-first customer relationshi
October 27, 2020 16:00
Toshiba Announces Updated 4TB, 6TB and 8TB Enterprise Capacity HDD Models
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) announces the Toshiba MG08-D Series HDDs, designed for a wide variety of business-critical applications, such as email and CRM (Customer Re
October 27, 2020 14:55
Dahua Sponsors Omdia Webinars on Next Generation Network Cameras
Dahua Technology, a world-leading video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, has sponsored one white paper and two webinars hosted by Omdia. The theme of the webinars held on October 22nd
October 27, 2020 14:50
26th Yiwu Fair Concludes with Success, Reaching Deals Worth Millions in Small Commodities
The 26th China Yiwu International Commodities (Standards) Fair concluded in Yiwu on October 25, 2020. As the first large-scale foreign trade exhibition presented both online and offline in China amid
October 27, 2020 14:30
NTTVC Publicly Announces $500 Million Fund Created in Partnership with NTT
NTTVC today publicly announced its $500 million fund to help startups reach rapid global scale by harnessing the power of partnership. The independent venture capital firm was founded by entrepreneur
October 27, 2020 11:55
Prophylaxis to COVID-19 by AFO-202 ß-Glucan Food Supplement From Japan
Caucasian, Hispanic and Afro-American population, when Covid-19 infected, are prone to abnormal blood clotting, that may lead to stroke. Pregnant women and people with comorbidities are also at high r
October 27, 2020 11:07
Western Union Expands Real-Time Payout
Western Union (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, announced it has further expanded its global digital network for funds payout and increased the a
October 27, 2020 11:05
Power Integrations Demonstrates Continued Industry Leadership as InnoSwitch IC Sales Surpass One Billion Units
Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced that shipments of the groundbreaking InnoSwitch™ family of ICs
October 27, 2020 09:26
Rimini Street UK Earns Designation as Great Place to Work-Certified™ Company in 2020, Awarded Excellence in Wellbeing Recognition and Top 20 Ranking in 2020 Best Workplaces™ In Tech
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partn
October 27, 2020 09:00
Essentium Boosts Executive Leadership in Asia Pacific
Essentium, Inc., today strengthened its international executive team with the promotion of Angela Tan to General Manager, Singapore and Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific, and the appointment
October 27, 2020 08:50
Sumitomo SHI FW Awarded CFB Boiler Modernization Project in Austria
Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) has been awarded a contract by Sappi Europe to modernize an existing circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler, which will result in a 30% CO2 emissions reduction at the Gratkorn Pu
October 26, 2020 16:00
The Future of Food With SIAL Insights And SIAL Innovation
SIAL Paris, the world’s foremost food industry trade fair remains true to its mission: federate and guide the transformation of the sector’s companies on a global scale, despite the postponement of it
October 26, 2020 10:30
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation: Notice Regarding Change in Representative Corporate Executive Officers
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (“MCHC”) (TOKYO: 4188) announced that, at the meeting of its Board of Directors held today, it resolved change of representative corporate executive officers a
October 26, 2020 09:40
PMI Announces Medicago to Supply Up to 76 Million Doses of Its Plant-Derived COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
Since 2008, Philip Morris Investments B.V. (PMIBV), a subsidiary of Philip Morris International (PMI) (NYSE: PM), has been a shareholder of Medicago (in which it currently holds an approximately one-t
October 26, 2020 09:30
Bentley Systems Announces Winners of Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced the winners of the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards. The annual awards program honors the
October 23, 2020 18:48
ABB: Q3 2020 Results
“Third quarter revenues in all business areas were still dampened due to the impact of COVID-19, although a strong recovery in China and ongoing cost mitigation efforts supported a strong underlying p
October 23, 2020 18:30
Moody’s Analytics Establishes New Product Development Group in Shenzhen
Moody’s Analytics announced today that it has established a new product development group, the Commercial Strategies Group (CSG), in Shenzhen to pursue growth opportunities in China and better serve c
October 23, 2020 17:20
Five Highlights at the 26th Yiwu Fair to Attract 50,000 Global Merchants
The 26th China Yiwu International Commodities (Standards) Fair (“Yiwu Fair”) was opened on October 21 at Yiwu International Expo Center. The event, which will last till October 25, is expected to attr
October 23, 2020 16:45
Hilton Effect Foundation Reveals 2020 Grants and Achieves $1 Million in Global COVID-19 Community Response Efforts
The Hilton Effect Foundation announced today its 2020 Hilton Effect grantees, which include community-based organizations playing a direct role in COVID-19 pandemic recovery efforts. Through these gra
October 23, 2020 15:50
Smiths Detection Inc. receives a $90.8M IDIQ contract to manufacture Joint Chemical Agent Detector Adapter for US Department of Defense
Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI), a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, announced it will initiate manufacturing of the Solid Liquid Adapter (SLA) following an indefinite
October 23, 2020 15:15
Andersen Global Adds Chancery Chambers to Caribbean Platform
Continuing to add breadth to the organization’s coverage in the eastern Caribbean region, Andersen Global enters into a Collaboration Agreement with legal firm Chancery Chambers in Barbados. Founde
October 23, 2020 14:40
IDEMIA Appoints Didier Fontaine as Chief Operating Officer
Didier Fontaine will join IDEMIA on 2nd November as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of Finance, Legal, Strategy, M&A, IT and Purchasing. Didier Fontaine comes with over 25 years of top mana
October 23, 2020 14:05
Moody’s Announces Leadership Succession
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that Raymond McDaniel, Jr. will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2020 after nearly 34 years of service to the company, inc
October 23, 2020 11:55
Moody’s Retires Green Bond Assessment Product in Light of Market-Leading Second-Party Opinion Service Available from its Affiliate Vigeo Eiris
Moody’s announced today that it has retired its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) product in light of the market-leading Second-Party Opinion (SPO) Service for sustainable bonds provided by its affiliate Vi
October 23, 2020 11:05
Getronics Resets Business with Global Rebrand
Today, Getronics announces a global rebrand marking the culmination of months of work following its acquisition in July 2020. The rebrand will make Getronics stand out in a crowded market, where it
October 23, 2020 10:40
Brightcove, the Global and Industry-Defining Leader in Video, Unveils Bold New Brand
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV) the global leader in video for business, today announced a complete reimagination of its brand, inclusive of all-new positioning and voice, as well as a bold new graphic
October 22, 2020 18:00
HKTB Welcomes Announcement of In-principle Agreement to Establish Bilateral Hong Kong-Singapore Air Travel Bubble
Hong Kong and Singapore have reached an in-principle agreement to establish a bilateral Air Travel Bubble (ATB). This milestone arrangement will help revive cross-border air travel between the two avi
October 22, 2020 17:54
P.I. Works Unveils Major Corporate Rebrand
In occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, P.I. Works today revealed a company-wide rebranding, including a major upgrade to its current product portfolio. The rebrand reflects the evolution of the sol
October 22, 2020 17:40
Toshiba Launches Dual H-bridge Motor Driver IC With PWM Control for Mobile Devices and Home Appliances
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched an H-bridge motor driver, “TC78H660FNG,” housed in a TSSOP16 package with a widely used pin-assignment. It is Toshiba’s latest
October 22, 2020 17:10
Women 20 (W20) Challenges G20 Leaders to Close the Gap Between Imagination and Reality on Women’s Equality
Women 20 (W20), the women’s engagement group to the G20, challenged G20 leaders to live up to their promises of the past and make women’s economic equality a reality. Laying out measures to expedit
October 22, 2020 17:00
Taulia Appoints Andy Lee as Director, Supply Chain Finance
Taulia, the leader in working capital technology solutions, has today announced the appointment of Andy Lee as Director, Supply Chain Finance. Based in New York, Lee will be responsible for expanding
October 22, 2020 16:50
Eaton Launches New Metal 3D Printing Program to Reduce Development Time, Improve Efficiency
Power management company Eaton today announced its Vehicle Group is implementing a new 3D metal printing program as a part of its Industry 4.0 strategy to reduce development time and improve efficienc
October 22, 2020 16:40
Project Management Institute Launches Initial Products in Industry’s First Platform-Agnostic Suite of Resources to Accelerate Adoption of Citizen Development at Scale
Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading association for the project management profession, today launched the industry’s first, platform-agnostic educational resources for organization
October 22, 2020 16:25
Moody’s Purchases Acquire Media, Advancing Leadership in Counterparty Screening, Surveillance Solutions
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today the acquisition of Acquire Media (AM), an aggregator and distributor of curated real-time news, multimedia, data, and alerts, from Naviga, Inc., a leadin
October 22, 2020 16:05
Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association Announces New Members
The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade group created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM), announced today that twelve leading AM com
October 22, 2020 15:55
EG Group Chooses PDI as its Provider for ERP, Marketing Cloud, Fuel Pricing and Logistics Solutions
PDI (www.pdisoftware.com), a global provider of enterprise software solutions to the convenience retail, wholesale petroleum and logistics industries, announced it is extending its business relationsh
October 22, 2020 15:45
Bacardi First in Fight Against Plastic Pollution With 100% Biodegradable Spirits Bottle
Bacardi, the world’s largest family-owned spirits company, has made a giant leap forward in the fight against climate change and plastic pollution today, as it unveils plans to put the world’s most su
October 22, 2020 15:30
1 GWh of Daily Solar Production Is Optimized and Monitored by Tigo Solutions Globally
This summer, Tigo Energy Inc.’s fleet of monitored module-level power electronics (MLPE) crossed a major milestone - more than 1 GWh of daily solar production. The fleet includes tens of thousands of
October 22, 2020 15:15
Mastercard, IDEMIA and MatchMove Pilot Fingerprint Biometric Card in Asia to Enhance Security and Safety of Contactless Payments
Mastercard has teamed up with IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, and MatchMove, a Singapore-based fintech, on their first pilot in Asia of a biometric card that uses a fingerprint to aut
October 22, 2020 14:50
Euro Pacific Bank’s Response to Recent Inaccurate Media Stories
Today, Euro Pacific Bank released the following statement: Euro Pacific International Bank has not been contacted by any foreign regulators or taxing authorities about the inaccurate allegations as
October 22, 2020 14:40
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division Partners With Leading Data Infrastructure Management Team and Commits up to $500 Million to Form Data Center Platform, Global Compute
The Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division (“GS MBD”) today announced that it has partnered with a seasoned management team, led by long-time data center industry executive Scott Peterson, to form Gl
October 22, 2020 14:30
Andersen Global Signs Collaboration Agreement with Belarus’ Largest Law Firm
Andersen Global expands its platform in Eastern Europe with the addition of collaborating firm REVERA, one of the top tier law firms in Belarus, broadening the organization’s coverage as it bolsters i
October 22, 2020 14:20
The 26th China Yiwu International Commodities (Standards) Fair to Kick Off This Month With More Activities to Promote Trade
The 26th China Yiwu International Commodities (Standards) Fair (“Yiwu Fair”) will be held at Yiwu International Expo Center on October 21-25, 2020. Founded in 1995 and as one of the three export exhib
October 22, 2020 14:10
Loomis Sayles Chief Investment Officer Jae Park Set to Retire in 2021; Deputy Chief Investment Officer David Waldman Named Successor
Loomis, Sayles & Company, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, announced today that Jae Park, executive vice president, member of the board of directors and chief investment officer, will reti
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