Oct. 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 its foothold in the region. Founded in 1998, the...

Oct. 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 exhibitions sponsored by China’s Ministry of Commerc...

Oct. 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 retire on March 31, 2021 after 19 years with the co...

Oct. 22, 2020 13:35

Velocity Global Establishes Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Singapore; Appoints Nicholas Yap as Managing Director

Velocity Global, the leading provider of global expansion solutions, announced today it has selected Singapore as the location for its Asia-Pacific (APAC) headquarters. The Denver-based company appointed business growth veteran Nicholas Yap as man...

Oct. 22, 2020 13:18

KPMG reelects William B. Thomas as Global Chairman & CEO

KPMG International today announced that William (Bill) B. Thomas has been unanimously reelected to serve a second term as Global Chairman & CEO of KPMG. Following a decision by the Global Board, one year ahead of schedule, to extend Bill’s term, h...

Oct. 22, 2020 11:55

Schlumberger Announces Third-Quarter 2020 Results

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) today reported results for the third quarter of 2020. Third-Quarter Results (To view the table, please visit ) *These are non-GAAP financial measures. See sections titled “Charges & Credits”, “Segments”, and “Suppl...

Oct. 21, 2020 19:10

Bridge Expands to Asia with Seoul Office Opening

Bridge Investment Group (“Bridge”) today announced that it has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea to better serve its Asian investor base. Earlier this year, Bridge hired Seunghwan Lee as Managing Director to lead Bridge’s Asia capital-raising...

Oct. 21, 2020 19:05

DISH selects Hansen’s catalog-driven software to support 5G services

DISH (NASDAQ:DISH) today announced that it has chosen Hansen Technologies’ catalog-driven software solutions as it builds the nation’s first cloud-native, Open RAN-compliant 5G network. These solutions include a product and service catalog, built ...

Oct. 21, 2020 18:55

VELO3D Announces Sapphire® XC, Large Format 3D Metal Printer with up to 5X Productivity Improvement and 75% Cost Reduction

VELO3D, an innovator in digital manufacturing, announced the expansion of its systems portfolio to include Sapphire XC, an “Extra Capacity” large-format printer that will increase production throughput by 5X and reduce cost-per-part by up to 75%, ...

Oct. 21, 2020 17:55

JSR Life Sciences Expands Its European Gene-to-GMP Biologics Manufacturing Facilities for Selexis and KBI Biopharma in Geneva, Switzerland

JSR Life Sciences, LLC today announced that it is increasing its European footprint with a newly expanded, state-of-the-art facility that will co-locate primary European operations for its affiliate companies KBI Biopharma and Selexis SA. The two ...

Oct. 21, 2020 17:15

Pierluigi Gazzolo to Leave ViacomCBS Networks International

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), a division of ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAC), has today confirmed the departure of one of its longest serving executives, Pierluigi Gazzolo, who will step down from his role as President, Streaming and Studi...

Oct. 21, 2020 17:00

Faraday Brings Advanced Audio ASIC Solutions to the Music Entertainment Industry

Faraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today announced gains in advanced to high-end audio applications with adoption and recognition from some of the top brands in musical instruments. Faraday’...

Oct. 21, 2020 16:57

Velodyne Lidar Calls for Action to Improve Pedestrian Safety

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today published a white paper that calls for independent performance testing of driver assistance systems to be expanded to include dark nighttime scenarios. The change would address a gap in current testing pro...

Oct. 21, 2020 16:22

uAvionix Files FAA TSO Application for World’s First Certified Drone Transponder

Today, uAvionix Corporation announced it has filed a Technical Standard Order (TSO) application with the FAA Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) for its flagship Mode S ADS-B OUT transponder for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The ping200X follow...

Oct. 21, 2020 15:23

B2Broker Launches New Website and Branding as Part of Corporate Development and Expansion Plans

B2Broker, a leading liquidity and technology provider of solutions to the forex and crypto industry, is pleased to announce it has launched its new website and new corporate branding. This is the company’s first major website and corporate identit...

Oct. 21, 2020 15:00

IRIS Software Group acquires school management system, iSAMS

IRIS Software Group, one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies is today announcing it has acquired iSAMS, a leading, fully integrated, online school management system. Set to grow the scope of the education portfolio for IRIS, iSAM...

Oct. 21, 2020 14:32

MYbank Shortens Payment Cycles for Small and Micro Businesses in the Lead up to This Year’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival

MYbank, a leading online private commercial bank in China with a focus on serving small and micro businesses, today announced a program to provide RMB 400 billion of collateral-free credit to businesses in need as they gear up for this year’s 11.1...

Oct. 21, 2020 14:00

Shell Deepwater Selects Bentley’s iTwin Platform for Project Delivery

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure today announced that Shell’s Deepwater business has selec...

Oct. 21, 2020 11:48

Vifor Pharma and Cara Therapeutics sign US license agreement for i.v. Korsuva™* to treat dialysis patients with pruritus

Regulatory News: Vifor Pharma and Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CARA) today announced that both companies have signed a license agreement for commercialization of Korsuva (difelikefalin) Injection (“i.v. Korsuva”) for the treatment of chronic ki...

Oct. 21, 2020 10:18

Hypera Pharma 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 partner, today announced that Hypera Pharma, Brazil’...

Oct. 21, 2020 09:03

Schneider Electric’s Lexington Smart Factory Earns Fourth Industrial Revolution Advanced Lighthouse Designation by World Economic Forum

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced that its Smart Factory in Lexington, Kentucky has earned the distinction of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Advanced Lighthouse by th...

Oct. 21, 2020 09:00

Ooredoo Algeria Pushes to 10Gbps its Wireless Mobile Backhaul with SIAE MICROELETTRONICA

Ooredoo a leader in mobile services, together with SIAE MICROELETTRONICA, a leading supplier of microwave and millimetre wave radio for mobile backhauling, established another record in the country pushing mobile backhaul capacity to 10Gbps. Oored...

Oct. 21, 2020 07:00

COMMAX Venturus Holds a Cross Border Demo Day

Adding to the momentum of expanding the startup ecosystem globally, COMMAX Venturus, an IT and Smart Home based Accelerator, is holding a Demo day on October 22nd. Last year’s Demo Day successfully provided many investment and networking opportuni...

Oct. 20, 2020 18:03

NAHA Enters European Hair Brush Market with Its NAHA BRUSH

NAHA Corp. (CEO: Kim Na-yeon) announced entry to the European market with NAHA BRUSH, which had been produced and sold only in Korea. Starting with the European market, NAHA Corp. will accelerate the export of its product throughout the world. NAH...

Oct. 20, 2020 17:59

NAHA BRUSH Enters the U.S. Market

NAHA Corp.is heading out to the U.S. market. NAHA Corp. (CEO: Kim Na-yeon) announced entry to the U.S. market with NAHA BRUSH, which had been produced and sold only in Korea. The company’s effort to develop only hair brushes over the last 45 years...

Oct. 20, 2020 17:32

Alibaba Group Unveils Plans for 2020 11.11 Global Shopping Festival

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA; HKEX: 9988) today kicked off its 11.11 Global Shopping Festival (“11.11” or “Festival”) with new innovations and features to meet rapidly changing consumer trends. These include the participation of Alipa...

Oct. 20, 2020 16:30

Ontario Teachers’ Leads US$360M Investment Round Into Princeton Digital Group, Asia’s Leading Data Centre Company

Singapore-based Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has entered into definitive agreement for a new US$360M equity investment led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’). Warburg Pincus, which has been the largest institutional inves...

Oct. 20, 2020 16:25

ITC Institutes DivX LLC’s Complaint Against Samsung, LG, TCL, MediaTek and Realtek

DivX, LLC, a pioneer in digital video technology, announced that on October 13, 2020, the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) decided to institute an investigation into the importation of certain video processing devices, components thereo...

Oct. 20, 2020 16:15

Datasite Enters Agreement to be Acquired by CapVest

Datasite® (the “Company”), has entered into an agreement to be acquired by funds managed by CapVest Partners LLP (“CapVest”), an international private equity firm. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Datasite is a leading SaaS provider for the mergers &...

Oct. 20, 2020 15:35

Octapharma announces FDA approval of updated NUWIQ® Prescribing Information to include immunogenicity data in previously untreated patients

Octapharma is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an updated Prescribing Information (PI) for NUWIQ®, Octapharma’s human cell line-derived recombinant factor VIII (FVIII). NUWIQ ® is approved for the p...

Oct. 20, 2020 15:00

Activist Malala Yousafzai and American Football Coach Katie Sowers Among Others to Headline PMI® Virtual Experience Series

Project Management Institute (PMI), the world's leading association for the project management profession, is providing professionals around the world the opportunity to join three more groundbreaking Virtual Experience Series events on 20 October...

Oct. 20, 2020 14:25

Entrust Launches Next-Generation, Secure Cloud-Based Direct-to-Card ID Desktop Issuance Solution

Entrust, a leading provider of trusted identities, payments and data protection, today announced the Sigma® Instant Desktop Issuance solution, an innovative direct-to-card solution for instant physical and mobile ID issuance. Designed for both clo...

Oct. 20, 2020 14:00

Prevailion Named a 2020 Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Security Operations and Threat Intelligence Field

Prevailion, a global leader in cyber adversary intelligence, today announced that it has been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor in the latest Cool Vendors in Security Operations and Threat Intelligence report. The Gartner report profiles “emergi...

Oct. 20, 2020 13:40

Kasturba Medical College, India Wins XV Fujio Cup Quiz in NCRM NICHE 2020

Sufyan Ibrahim and Himanshu Yashavanthi Nagesh of Kasturba Medical College, India, won the prestigious Fujio Cup Quiz (FCQ), an active knowledge gaining academic event of NCRM NICHE 2020, on stem cells and regenerative medicine, in a toughly fough...

Oct. 20, 2020 13:30

‘Global Hidden Champion 2020’ KCC Takes the Leap

KCC Co., Ltd., was selected as the ‘Global Hidden Champion 2020’ for Korea. Global Hidden Champions is a project led by the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups to discover small and medium-sized enterprises with innovative power and growth potent...

Oct. 20, 2020 12:00

Global Processing Services Continues International Growth with Visa Investment

Leading payments issuer processor, Global Processing Services (GPS) has secured a strategic investment from strategic partner, Visa Inc., the world’s leader in digital payments. Backed by UK growth private equity firm, Dunedin, this strategic inve...

Oct. 20, 2020 11:25

Toshiba Launches 1200V Silicon Carbide MOSFET That Contributes to High-efficiency Power Supply

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched “TW070J120B,” a 1200V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET for industrial applications that include large capacity power supply. Shipments start today. The power MOSFET using the Si...

Oct. 20, 2020 10:30

7 Korean Software Startups to Present Innovative Technologies to Global Investors in the Korea National Pavilion at Slush

Startups with new technologies and innovative platforms that are from Korea will participate in 2020 Node by Slush. Node by Slush is a curated community of Slush that connects startups with investors, partners, and mentors. Due to the COVID-19, 20...

Oct. 20, 2020 09:36

Bentley Systems announces Executive Appointments of Nicholas Cumins (Chief Product Officer), Katriona Lord-Levins (Chief Success Officer), and Chris Bradshaw (Chief Marketing Officer)

Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, announced today, following the initial public offering of its stock on September 23, the company’s successful recruitment for three significant operating...

Oct. 19, 2020 12:00

Hong Kong Tourism Board Launches a Standardised Hygiene Protocol to Assure Visitors of a Safe and Healthy Stay

Hong Kong has led the way in introducing anti-virus measures since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, with citizens and businesses working together to adopt some of the world’s most stringent hygiene measures. Businesses in the tourism sector...

Oct. 19, 2020 11:20

Raysut Maldives Cement JV Formed; Acquisition of LafargeHolcim Stake Completed

Oman’s largest cement manufacturer, Raysut Cement Company (RCC), said it has closed the deal of acquiring 75 per cent of LafargeHolcim’s cement terminal at Thilafushi Island in Maldives, and a new joint venture - Raysut Maldives Cement Pvt. Ltd. -...

Oct. 19, 2020 10:50

The Estée Lauder Companies Announces ELC Online Leadership Updates

Today The Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) announced that after nearly 20 years with the company, Dennis McEniry, President of ELC’s Online division, will retire at the end of this calendar year. He will be succeeded by Gibu Thomas, who will assum...

Oct. 19, 2020 10:30

Myren Wins Grand Prize at SIS Laboratory Startup Competition for Its Emergency Rescue Platform ‘e-Call’

Myren (CEO: Choi Eun-hong), a Korean social venture company dedicated to next-generation traffic safety, announced that it won the grand prize at the ‘SIS Laboratory Startup Competition’ hosted by SKKU Lab Innovation for Startup in Creative Startu...

Oct. 19, 2020 10:04

Alibaba Acquires Controlling Stake in Sun Art

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988, “Alibaba” or “Alibaba Group”) today announced it will invest approximately USD3.6 billion in respect of Sun Art Retail Group Limited (HKEX: 6808, “Sun Art”), a leading hypermarket and super...

Oct. 19, 2020 10:00

swIDch Wins ‘Authentication Solution of the Year’ in the 2020 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards

swIDch announced that it has been named the winner of the “Authentication Solution of the Year” award in the 4th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organizati...

Oct. 16, 2020 17:15

Second Global O-RAN ALLIANCE Plugfest Demonstrates the Accelerated Readiness of Multi-vendor O-RAN Compliant Network Infrastructure

The O-RAN ALLIANCE successfully conducted its second worldwide plugfest and proof of concept to demonstrate the functionality as well as the multi-vendor interoperability of O-RAN based network equipment. At four venues across the globe, in total ...

Oct. 16, 2020 17:10

MetLife Announces Senior Leadership Changes

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced a number of changes to its senior leadership team. All changes are effective on January 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted. Executive Vice President and President of the Latin America region Oscar Schmidt wil...

Oct. 16, 2020 17:00

AEM Announces New Network and Cable Qualification+ Tester

AEM, creators of innovative test and measurement solutions, today introduced the Network Service Assistant (NSA) with Certi-Lite, a new category of hybrid tester that bridges the gap in existing test equipment between network connectivity and stan...

Oct. 16, 2020 16:45

FLIR Receives Additional $26M Contract for U.S. Army’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle Program

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has been awarded a $26 million contract modification in support of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle Sensor Suite Upgrade (NBCRV SSU) program for the U.S. Army. The Other Tra...

Oct. 16, 2020 16:25

Andersen Global Adds Coverage in East Africa with Collaborating Firm in Djibouti

Further building on the strength of the organization’s existing platform in East Africa, Andersen Global establishes a presence in Djibouti’s emerging market through a Collaboration Agreement with Djibouti City-based Cabinet Avocats & Associés (CA...