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March 04, 2020 13:19
Aragen Bioscience, Inc. and University of Technology, Sydney Enter Into MoU to Support and Accelerate Biologics R&D in Australia
Aragen Bioscience, Inc, a fully owned subsidiary of GVK BIO and a leading large molecule CRO, and University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the top-ranked young university in Australia, are pleased to an
March 04, 2020 13:06
Easy-to-Use SCALE-2 Plug-and-Play Gate Drivers from Power Integrations Suit Press-Pack IGBT Modules
Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the leader in gate-driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, today introduced the 1SP0351 SCALE-2™ single-channel, +15/-10 V, plug-and-pl
March 04, 2020 11:50
Andersen Global Increases Presence in the Middle East With Dubai-Based Firm
Andersen Global announced an added presence in Dubai via a Collaboration Agreement with Chartered House, a full-service tax firm, adding breadth to its expansion strategy in the Middle East. Charte
March 04, 2020 11:43
Kymeta Appoints Vice President of Sales in Move to Support Global Growth and Build the Asia Pacific Region
Kymeta—the communications company that is completing the connectivity fabric for everything, everywhere, today announced the appointment of David Geiling as Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific, a mo
March 04, 2020 11:22
Ingram Micro Offers Free Migration to the Cloud
Ingram Micro Cloud today announced that it is working closely with Microsoft Corp and AvePoint, Inc. to extend the FY20 Free Migration Offer through June 30, 2020 due to popular demand. The offer has
March 04, 2020 10:53
CYNORA Introduces Fluorescent Blue Emitter That Gives OLED Devices a Substantial Efficiency Boost
CYNORA today debuted its first commercial product, a fluorescent blue emitter that promises to significantly improve the efficiency of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays used in mobile phone
March 03, 2020 16:29
Takeda Completes Sale of Select OTC and Non-Core Assets to Acino
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced the completion of its previously-announced sale of a portfolio of select over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription ph
March 03, 2020 16:04
Takeda Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for ALUNBRIG® (brigatinib) as a First-Line Treatment for ALK+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion re
March 03, 2020 16:00
PDC*line Pharma Announces the Administration of a First Patient With Its Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Candidate (PDC*lung01) Targeting Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
PDC*line Pharma, a clinical stage biotech company developing a new class of potent and scalable active immunotherapies for cancers, announces today that the first patient was dosed with its innovative
March 03, 2020 15:21
Takeda Agrees to Divest Select OTC and Non-Core Assets in Latin America to Hypera Pharma for $825 Million USD
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to divest a portfolio of select non-core products exclusively in Latin Americ
March 03, 2020 14:40
Walton Westphalia Development Successfully Pays out Project Senior Lender
Walton Westphalia Development Corporation (the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has successfully repaid its senior lender in full. The balance, which was approximately US$16.3 million ear
March 03, 2020 14:01
Modern Governance 9.0: Facing New Pressures, 65% of Board Directors Seek Outside Sources of Intel to Inform Company Guidance, Diligent Institute Report Shows
In an era of increased scrutiny, corporate directors are independently mining outside sources of information beyond the reports supplied from within their companies, according to a new Diligent Instit
March 03, 2020 13:47
FLIR Receives $23 Million Order for its Centaur Unmanned Ground Vehicles for U.S. Air Force
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced that the United States (U.S.) Air Force has ordered more than 180 of the company’s Centaur™ unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), plus spares. The $23 million con
March 03, 2020 13:18
Franchise Partners Seeks Clarification on Kirin Holdings’ Position that KV2027 “Bridging” Strategy is Irreversible
Independent Franchise Partners, LLP (“Franchise Partners”) today asks the management of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (“Kirin” or “the Company”) (TSE: 2503) for clarification on its KV2027 “bridging
March 03, 2020 11:10
Emmanuel Babeau Joins Philip Morris International as CFO
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) announced today that Emmanuel Babeau has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, replacing Martin King. King will be taking on a new role as CEO, PMI
March 03, 2020 11:05
ABB Completes Divestment of Solar Inverter Business To FIMER SpA
ABB has completed its divestment of its solar inverter business to the Italian company FIMER SpA. The transaction enables ABB’s Electrification business to improve the focus of its business portfolio
March 03, 2020 10:42
EnterpriseDB Powers Subscription Growth for 40th Consecutive Quarter; Signs IBM Agreement
EnterpriseDB, the enterprise Postgres company, today announced that it achieved its 40th consecutive quarter of subscription growth, including 61 percent growth in annual recurring revenue. Enterprise
March 02, 2020 22:05
Jim McCarthy Joins i2c as President
i2c Inc., a leading provider of payment and open banking technology, today announced the appointment of Jim McCarthy as President of the company. Reporting to i2c CEO and founder Amir Wain, McCarthy i
SES Announces Next Phase of Strategic Transformation
March 02, 2020 16:32
SES Announces Next Phase of Strategic Transformation
SES is launching a comprehensive programme to position itself for future growth and deliver maximum value to current and future customers and stakeholders. The programme, called Simplify and Amplif
March 02, 2020 15:00
New Artwork by GOTO Akinori, Filled with Hopes of Shuri Castle Reconstruction, Will Be Exhibited at Naha Airport Starting Saturday, February 29
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, is holding a new initiative called the “Japanese cultural media arts dissemination initiative in airports and other institutions” for inbound tour
March 02, 2020 14:45
Despite Coronavirus Outbreak, OpenExchange Virtual Conferences Keep Investment Communications Flowing
Facing travel restrictions across Asia and Europe due to Coronavirus concerns, five major February investor conferences avoided outright cancellation by substituting complete agendas of virtual video
March 02, 2020 14:13
AMAALA appoints Foster + Partners as Architectural Advisors
AMAALA, the ultra-luxury destination located along Saudi Arabia’s northwestern coastline, has announced the appointment of British award-winning architectural design and engineering firm, Foster + Par
March 02, 2020 13:44
Coronavirus IS a Pandemic — WHO, Declare It Now!
Since AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) released a statement this past Tuesday calling for World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to declare the novel coronavirus (CO
March 02, 2020 11:49
Mary Kay Inc. Partners With SPICE to Help Shape the Future of Sustainable Packaging
Mary Kay Inc., a cosmetic industry leader in corporate and social responsibility, today announced they’ve joined the Sustainable Packaging Initiative for Cosmetics (SPICE) along with 17 current member
March 02, 2020 11:04
Immersive Artwork Inspired by KATSUSHIKA Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Showcased at Narita International Airport Starting Saturday, February 29
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan is holding a new initiative called the “Japanese cultural media arts dissemination initiative in airports and other institutions” for inbound touri
March 02, 2020 10:08
Boehringer Ingelheim receives positive CHMP opinion for nintedanib for the treatment of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease
Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending granting marketin
March 02, 2020 10:06
Takeda Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Subcutaneous Formulation of Vedolizumab for use as Maintenance Therapy in Adults with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommend
March 02, 2020 09:00
VeriSilicon Hantro Video and ZSP IP are Adopted by ASPEED Cupola360 Image Processor SoC
VeriSilicon today announced that the highly innovative fabless IC-design company, ASPEED Technology Inc. (TW: 5274) had selected VeriSilicon Hantro VC8000E video encoder and ZSPNano DSP for use in the
February 28, 2020 16:22
Notice of ABB’s Annual General Meeting on March 26, 2020
ABB today published the invitation to its Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The invitation can be found on ABB’s investor relations website at www.abb.com/a
February 28, 2020 15:25
Validity Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire 250ok, Expanding its Best-of-Breed Email Portfolio
Validity, the most trusted name in customer data quality, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire email analytics and deliverability provider 250ok. Since 2011, 250o
February 28, 2020 15:21
HCL Foundation Announces Winners of Fifth Edition of HCL Grant
HCL Foundation (HCLF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of HCL Technologies, today announced the recipients of the fifth edition of HCL Grant in the presence of Padma Bhushan, Mr. Kapil D
February 28, 2020 14:37
UBS and Bloomberg Launch “Girls Take Finance” in 12 Cities Globally to Inspire Teenage Girls to Be the Next Generation of Leaders
UBS and Bloomberg announce the launch of “Girls Take Finance,” a global initiative that expands the 2019 “Girls Take” events to 12 cities worldwide. “Girls Take Finance” aims to inspire the next-gener
February 28, 2020 13:49
Telecom Operators Collaborate to Build the Telco Edge Cloud Platform with GSMA Support
Leading operators; China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, EE, KDDI, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Telefonica and TIM have joined forces, with the support of the GSMA, to develop an interoperable platform to m
February 28, 2020 13:25
NTT DATA Creates and Makes Public a Digital Archive of the Historical Cultural Heritage of the ASEAN Region
NTT DATA Corporation has built a digital archive system for the ASEAN Cultural Heritage Digital Archive (ACHDA) project, being conducted by the ASEAN Secretariat to digitize the valuable historical cu
February 28, 2020 11:30
Mavenir and Turkcell Partner on OpenRAN
Mavenir, the industry's leading end-to-end cloud-native network software provider for CSPs, has announced a business partnership with Turkcell, Turkey’s leading digital operator. The two companies, to
February 28, 2020 11:13
Velodyne Showcases Lidar Solutions for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations at MODEX 2020
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Booth #6091), in collaboration with Seoul Robotics, will demonstrate how its smart, powerful lidar solutions advance automation and safety in manufacturing and supply chain solut
February 28, 2020 11:02
GSMA: ICT Industry Agrees Landmark Science-based Pathway to Reach Net Zero Emissions
The ICT industry is today taking an unprecedented step forward in tackling climate change with the release of the first-ever science-based pathway to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across the t
February 28, 2020 10:28
AIG Appoints Jon Hancock Chief Executive Officer, International General Insurance
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG) today announced that Jon Hancock has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, International General Insurance. In this role, Mr. Hancock will lead the Inte
February 28, 2020 10:25
Boehringer Ingelheim Enters Discovery Stage Collaboration with Trutino Biosciences to Grow Its Cancer Immunology Portfolio with Novel Cytokine Platform
Boehringer Ingelheim and Trutino Biosciences today announced they have entered into a research collaboration and worldwide licensing agreement based on Trutino’s innovative On-Demand-Cytokine (ODC) pl
February 28, 2020 10:23
Third-Party Software Support Market Predicted by Gartner to Triple to More Than $1 Billion By 2023
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
February 27, 2020 23:05
Analogix ANX7580 Display Controller Empowers LG Dual Screen Handheld Mobile Applications
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that its SlimPort® ANX7580 DisplayPort™ to MIPI-DSI display controller has been implemented in multiple devices, the most recent being the LG V60 ThinQ and
The Success of ReSound Technology Is Amplified and Multiplied for Even More People With Hearing Loss
February 27, 2020 17:34
The Success of ReSound Technology Is Amplified and Multiplied for Even More People With Hearing Loss
GN Hearing, the innovation leader in hearing aid technology, today launches a range of exciting new ReSound hearing aid solutions, a move which is in line with the company’s continuous strategic focus
Orange and SES Team up on O3b mPOWER Communications System and Open a New Era for Satellite Connecti
February 27, 2020 17:10
Orange and SES Team up on O3b mPOWER Communications System and Open a New Era for Satellite Connectivity Innovation
Orange, one of the world’s leading multi-service telecommunications operators and present in 18 countries in Africa, will be the first telco to adopt the ground-breaking O3b mPOWER, SES’s next-generat
February 27, 2020 16:34
I Squared Capital to Sell the Largest Solar Platform in Taiwan to Marubeni
I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund I, has agreed to sell its interests in Chenya Energy to Marubeni Corporation. Chenya Energy is a dedicated solar development, construction
February 27, 2020 16:07
Mavenir Simplifies Deployment of 5G Cloud Solutions with Business Partners
Mavenir has announced integration of its 5G cloud-native telecom network functions (CNFs) with VMware’s container-ready Telco Cloud running on Dell Technologies’ edge computing solutions 5G deployment
February 27, 2020 14:23
Energous Secures Industry-first Regulatory Approval for its Revolutionary WattUp Wireless Charging Technology in Japan
Today Energous Corporation (Nasdaq: WATT), the developer of WattUp®, a revolutionary wireless charging 2.0 technology, announced that it has received regulatory approval for its WattUp Near Field wire
February 27, 2020 13:53
Czech Technical-UPenn-NYU Team Wins Grand Challenge in US$5-Million MBZIRC2020 Organized by Khalifa University
H.E. Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Member of the Executive Council, and Chairman of Department of Community Development today honored the Grand Challenge team winners Czech Technical University-Univer
February 27, 2020 13:36
Schlumberger Announces First-Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) will hold a conference call on April 17, 2020 to discuss the results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2020. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:30
February 27, 2020 13:27
Strengthening Position in the Smart Energy Space, Trilliant Acquires Quadlogic Multi-Tenant Panel and ANSI Socket-Based Metering Solutions
Trilliant Networks, a global provider of leading Smart Grid and Smart City solutions, announced that they have acquired rights to Quadlogic’s multi-tenant panel and ANSI-based metering for Canada and
February 27, 2020 13:20
Mavenir and MTI Announce First OpenRAN O-RAN Interface Remote Radio Unit (RRU) Portfolio
Mavenir, the industry’s only end-to-end cloud-native, Network Software Provider and MTI announce the first commercial portfolio of OpenRAN RRUs with the O-RAN interface. The initial portfolio consists
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