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November 11, 2014 13:05

Establishment of CLIA Southeast Asia and CLIA North Asia Marks a Big Step Forward for Cruising in the Region

The growth of cruising in Asia has taken another important step forward with the establishment of CLIA Southeast Asia and CLIA North Asia as the regional arms of Cruise Lines International Association

November 11, 2014 11:40

Toshiba Expands Its Lineup of Application Processors for Wearable Devices

Toshiba Corporation (http://goo.gl/UDmjza) (TOKYO:6502) today announced the latest addition to its TZ1000 series of ApP Lite™ application processors for wearable devices. The new device, “TZ1021MBG”,

November 11, 2014 11:20

BrightSource and Shanghai Electric Partner to Deliver Huanghe’s CSP Projects

BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading US concentrating solar power technology (CSP) company and Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd (SEC) announced the companies have signed an agreement forming a joint v

November 11, 2014 10:00

Toshiba Reinforces Transmission & Distribution Equipment Manufacturing in India

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it will reinforce its transmission & distribution (T&D) business in India with a 3-billion yen (approx.US$30-million) investment in new production

November 10, 2014 22:00

FlexTRADER Chosen as Best Buy-Side Algorithmic/DMA Product in This Year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards

FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a leader in multi-asset, algorithmic trading systems, today announced its FlexTRADER (www.flextrade.com/solutions/ems/flextrader)algorithmic trading platform has grabbed the t

November 10, 2014 17:35

SMBC Aviation Capital Orders 80 Boeing Aircraft in $8.5bn Deal

SMBC Aviation Capital, the world’s third largest aircraft lessor, announces that it has placed a firm order for 80 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in a deal worth around $8.5bn at list prices. The deal i

November 10, 2014 16:55

ZTE Offers Insights on Pre5G to Lead Global Industry Discourse on 5G

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, provided

November 10, 2014 14:55

NTT Communications Triumphs at the Global Carrier Awards 2014

NTT Communications Corporation (www.ntt.com) (NTT Com), the global data and IP services arm of Fortune Global 500 telecom leader NTT (NYSE:NTT), today announced that it has been named Best Global Whol

November 10, 2014 14:10

Rdio Reiterates Commitment to Artist Choice in Music Distribution

Rdio, a leading global music streaming service available in 60 countries, announces the full library of Taylor Swift’s popular music (other than the album “1989”) remains available through the platfor

November 10, 2014 13:05

Takeda Announces Abstracts for ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) in Hodgkin Lymphoma, Systemic Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma and Ixazomib in Multiple Myeloma to be Presented at 56th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) today announced that abstracts of interest from studies on VELCADE® (bortezomib), ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) and the investigational oral proteaso

November 10, 2014 11:15

Avedro Granted Korean Approval for its KXL® Cross-Linking System for Lasik Xtra®

Avedro Inc., a Boston-based ophthalmic medical device and pharmaceutical company announces today that it has been granted approval from the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, formerl

November 10, 2014 10:35

New GSMA Report Forecasts Half a Billion Mobile Subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2020

The number of unique mobile subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa will pass the half billion mark in 2020 as mobile services become increasingly affordable and accessible to millions of currently unconnec

November 10, 2014 10:05

HTA Releases Request for Proposal for Tourism Destination Representation Services in Korea

The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), the state’s tourism agency, is re-issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for tourism destination representation services in Korea. The HTA welcomes submittals from qu

November 07, 2014 22:05

The Estée Lauder Companies to Acquire Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, the storied fragrance brand established by the iconic perfumer

November 07, 2014 20:25

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. Releases Regular Weekly Net Asset Value as of 4 November 2014

Regulatory News: Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (ticker: PSH) today released its regular weekly Net Asset Value (NAV) on its website, www.pershingsquareholdings.com. The NAV was computed as of the

November 07, 2014 20:00

LBS Trustee Considers Possible Wind Down of Bankruptcy Estate

Lehman Brothers Securities N.V. (“LBS”) today announced that Michiel Gorsira (the “LBS Trustee”), in his capacity as bankruptcy trustee (curator), is considering winding down the LBS estate and making

November 07, 2014 19:50

New subgroup analysis shows Asian non-small cell lung cancer patients with most common EGFR mutation (del19) lived significantly longer with first-line GIOTRIF® (afatinib*) compared to chemotherapy

For Media In Asian Countries Only For Whom The Data Is Relevant (For media outside UK, US and Canada only) Boehringer Ingelheim today announced data from a pre-specified subgroup-analysis of the pi

November 07, 2014 19:45

Mastercard to Acquire TNS’ Payment Gateway Business

Transaction Network Services (TNS, www.tnsi.com), a portfolio company of Siris Capital Group since February 2013, has entered into an agreement to sell its Payment Gateway Services business to MasterC

November 07, 2014 19:30

Mind Candy Launches New Mobile Game World of Warriors™

Mind Candy™, the global entertainment company behind the phenomenally successful Moshi Monsters™ franchise, today launches World of Warriors™, an epic adventure and combat strategy game, exclusively o

November 07, 2014 19:20

ChinaJoy 2015 Starts Exhibitor Recruitment

ChinaJoy, China’s largest and global leading games exhibition, has started exhibitor recruitment for the year 2015. ChinaJoy 2014 closed with several new records in its history: the four-day ChinaJ

November 07, 2014 18:30

Half of the World’s Population Connected to the Mobile Internet by 2020, According to New GSMA Figures

Half of the world’s population will be using mobile devices to access the internet by 2020, according to new data released by GSMA Intelligence at the GSMA Mobile 360-Africa event today. It is calcula

November 07, 2014 17:35

CDN Customer Survey Underscores Need for Reliable High Performance Worldwide Content Delivery

Limelight Networks, Inc. (www.limelight.com) (“Limelight”) (Nasdaq:LLNW), a global leader in digital content delivery, today released the results of a CDN industry customer survey that provides insigh

November 07, 2014 16:25

GSMA Introduces Code of Conduct for Mobile Money Providers

The GSMA today launched a Code of Conduct for Mobile Money Providers, outlining a series of common business principles to enable the development of safe and responsible digital financial services. The

November 07, 2014 14:25

Shiseido Wins the 5th Consecutive Top Award and Garners 19 Awards in Total to Achieve the Largest Number of Awards Globally at the 28th IFSCC Congress

Shiseido Co., Ltd. (www.shiseidogroup.com) (TOKYO:4911) won the “Top Award” in the Poster Presentation category at the “28th IFSCC*1 Congress” held on October 28 - 30, 2014 in Paris, France. IFSCC Con

November 07, 2014 13:55

Lenovo Appoints Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang to Board

Today, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced the appointment of seasoned entrepreneur-investor, technology visionary, founder and former CEO of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, as an independent non-executive

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