Oct. 11, 2018 15:45

Oxford Nanopore Launches MinIT, a Powerful Analysis Device to Enable Real Time, Portable DNA Sequencing

MinIT, a rapid analysis and device control accessory for nanopore DNA sequencing, is now arriving with genomics researchers. Scientists will use it to run the MinION DNA/RNA sequencer, opening up high-throughput, real-time nanopore sequencing to m...

Oct. 11, 2018 14:13

Classting Raised USD 4M from Mistletoe, to Expand into Asia

Education Social Platform Classting (CEO Cho Hyun-gu) raised about USD 4 million investment from venture capital (VC) ‘Mistletoe’, a first time for Korean company. Mistletoe acknowledged the contribution of Classting to improving the education env...

Oct. 10, 2018 17:45

TurbineAero, Inc. Announces New Building in Thailand; New CEO Robert Wilson

TurbineAero announced today the groundbreaking ceremony for a new building in the Free Zone of the AMATA CITY Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand, outside of Bangkok; and a new executive, Robert Wilson, joins TurbineAero as the new Chief Executi...

Oct. 10, 2018 17:35

IDEMIA and JCB Partner to Launch Google Pay in Japan

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, today announces its partnership with JCB, the only international payment brand based in Japan, to launch Google Pay in Japan. Users will be able to make contactless mobile payments in store using th...

Oct. 10, 2018 16:10

Telrad Networks Announces Launch and Successful Trial of 5 GHz Band LTE Solution

Telrad Networks (TASE:TLRD), a global provider of innovative LTE telecom solutions, today announced the launch of their new 5 GHz, unlicensed band, LTE solution and the successful trial of the product by White Cloud Networks, an Idaho-based wirele...

Oct. 10, 2018 15:50

Innit Now Available on 2018 LG Smart Ranges & Ovens

Innit® today announced that its smart kitchen platform service is now available on select 2018 smart ovens and ranges from LG Electronics USA to make consumers’ lives easier and more fun in the kitchen.[1] Through the integration, consumers can bu...

Oct. 10, 2018 15:30

Plant Oil-Extracted Active Ingredient, Blue Oléoactif®, Wins Silver For Hallstar at in-cosmetics Latin America

Hallstar, a specialty chemical company headquartered in Chicago, has been awarded the 2018 ITEHPEC Innovation Silver Prize for its anti-blue light, anti-pollution, eco-designed active, BLUE Oléoactif®. The ITEHPEC (Inovação e Tecnologia em Higiene...

Oct. 10, 2018 13:55

Japan’s Passport Most Powerful in the World When It Comes to Travel Freedom

Japan has overtaken Singapore to claim the top spot on the 2018 Henley Passport Index, having gained visa-free access to Myanmar this month. Japan now enjoys visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 190 destinations, compared to Singapore’s total of 18...

Oct. 10, 2018 13:40

DOCOMO Adds “docomo Wi-Fi” to Prepaid SIM Service for Travelers to Japan

NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) announced today that it has added Wi-Fi® functionality to its Japan Welcome SIMTM prepaid SIM card service to provide travelers to Japan with fast and easy access to “docomo Wi-Fi” hotspots nationwide without any complica...

Oct. 10, 2018 13:15

IPO Education Foundation Awards David Hall 2018 Inventor of the Year

Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation has awarded David Hall, chief executive officer and founder of Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., as its 2018 Inventor of the Year. Hall created the groundbreaking 3D LiDAR sensor technology which enables advan...

Oct. 10, 2018 11:35

Starbucks Names Patrick Grismer Chief Financial Officer

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced Patrick Grismer has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer (cfo). Reporting to Kevin Johnson, Starbucks president and chief executive officer, Grismer succeeds Scott...

Oct. 09, 2018 15:45

Data Breaches Compromised 4.5 Billion Records in First Half of 2018

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, a global database of public data breaches, revealing 945 data breaches led to 4.5 billion data records being compromised worldwide in the ...

Oct. 09, 2018 14:55

BCW Brings on Terry Neal as Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Public Affairs and James Cook as Executive Vice President, Managing Director, New York Technology

BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), a leading global communications agency, today announced the addition of top public affairs and technology experts to its U.S. team: Terry Neal has joined the firm as Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Public Af...

Oct. 09, 2018 14:45

Versum Materials Names Meili Chen Vice President, Human Resources

Versum Materials, Inc. (NYSE: VSM), a leading materials supplier to the semiconductor industry, announced today that Meili Chen has joined the company in the position of Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Chen brings an additional depth of knowl...

Oct. 09, 2018 14:20

Mavenir Leads an Open RAN Ecosystem

Mavenir, focused on transforming mobile network economics for communications service providers (CSPs), is announcing an Open RAN partner ecosystem that provides more options and makes it easy for operators to deploy an innovative, flexible Cloud-b...

Oct. 09, 2018 12:00

GA-ASI Completes FOT&E for Gray Eagle Extended Range

Partnered with the U.S. Army, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently completed Follow-On Test & Evaluation (FOT&E) for its MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range. Testing of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) began in early June ...

Oct. 09, 2018 11:40

FLIR Launches Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the FLIR Black Hornet® Vehicle Reconnaissance System (VRS), featuring the Black Hornet 3 nano-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for global military, government agency, and first responder vehi...

Oct. 09, 2018 11:30

Netcracker Introduces Industry’s First Full-Stack Cloud-Based SDN/NFV Solution as a Service

Netcracker Technology announced today the launch of a game-changing new solution: the Netcracker Business Cloud, which eliminates the time, cost and complexity barriers service providers typically face in deploying cloud-based applications and vir...

Oct. 09, 2018 10:35

Celgene Announces Phase 3 STYLE Study of OTEZLA® (apremilast) in Moderate to Severe Scalp Psoriasis Met Primary Endpoint

Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) today announced results from the phase 3 STYLE study, which showed that OTEZLA® (apremilast) 30 mg twice daily achieved a highly statistically significant improvement in the primary endpoint of the Scalp Physician...

Oct. 09, 2018 09:35

PMI Supports FCTC Protocol to Tackle Illicit Trade

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM) is today publishing its position paper supporting the WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. In its paper, PMI is expressing its views on how to best tackle illicit tobacc...

Oct. 08, 2018 19:00

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Celebrates the Dark Arts with Halloween Content

Jam City: Who: Jam City, a Los Angeles-based mobile games studio, in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Portkey Games, a label dedicated to creating new Wizarding World mobile and videogame experiences that place the player ...

Oct. 08, 2018 17:10

CYNORA and LG Display Expand Their Cooperation

CYNORA, a leader in TADF (thermally activated delayed fluorescence) materials for Next-generation OLEDs, extends its Joint Development Agreement with LG Display. After two years of joint development since 2016, CYNORA and LG Display have decided t...

Oct. 08, 2018 11:10

Brightline Initiative Announces the Launch of a New Online Learning Course in Collaboration with Coursera

Brightline™ Initiative announced today the launch of a new online course, Turning Ideas into Results: Bridging the Gap between Strategy Design and Delivery. This course is provided in partnership with the leading online learning platform, Coursera...

Oct. 08, 2018 10:55

XY - The Findables Company Announces 2018 Semi-Annual Financial Report and Results

XY - The Findables Company, a leading device tracking company and developer of the XYO Network, the technology bringing blockchain to the real world, today reported financial results for the first half of the year, ending June 30, 2018. Revenue fo...

Oct. 08, 2018 10:45

Hong Kong Optical Fair Opens Next Month

Asia’s premier Hong Kong Optical Fair will be held from 7-9 Nov 2018 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 26th edition of the fair has a record number of over 800 exhi...

Oct. 08, 2018 09:00

Dragon Aviation Leasing Company Limited Appoints New CEO

The Board of Dragon Aviation Leasing Company Limited (“Dragon”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gang Li as Chief Executive Officer, effective as of 1st October, 2018. The Board also expresses its sincere gratitude to Mr. Jean-Louis C...

Oct. 07, 2018 18:10

DirectorInsight Announces Corporate Rebrand

DirectorInsight, a leading provider of corporate governance analytics and solutions, is delighted to announce that the company will now operate under the new brand name CGLytics. Short for Corporate Governance Analytics, this rebrand elevates the ...

Oct. 07, 2018 17:50

ExaGrid Reports Record Bookings and Revenue for Q3-2018

ExaGrid®, a leading provider of hyper-converged secondary storage for backup, today announced record Q3 bookings and revenue for Q3 2018. ExaGrid grew at a rate of 30% over the same quarter of the prior year, continuing its trend of progressive gr...

Oct. 07, 2018 17:35

Brightree Launches BrightreeCARE App for Home Health and Hospice Aides

Brightree®, the leading provider of cloud-based software to help post-acute care companies improve business performance and patient outcomes, announced today the release of its new BrightreeCARE app. BrightreeCARE, free on the Apple App Store and ...

Oct. 07, 2018 11:05

Helsinki Building Up: Helsinki High-Rise Competition finalized

The Helsinki High-rise Competition has been finalized. YIT’s proposal Trigoni has been put forward as the winner of the international Pasila Tower Area architecture and implementation competition. The Helsinki High-rise competition, organized by t...

Oct. 05, 2018 20:15

P&G Announces 2019 “CEO Challenge”

Are you a college student looking for a business competition to demonstrate your aptitude for strategy and problem-solving? If you’d like to showcase your ingenuity and critical thinking skills beyond the college campus on a global scale, then P&G...

Oct. 05, 2018 20:05

Exclusive Group Transitions Leadership Team for Next Stage of Growth

Exclusive Group, the global value-added services and technologies (VAST) group, today announced Andy Travers as its new SVP Worldwide Sales and Marketing. The ex-Fortinet and RSA executive will be responsible for leading the next phase of Exclusiv...

Oct. 05, 2018 20:00

ISI Expert Joins SoftwareONE to Expand Delivery of Managed Services

SoftwareONE, a leading global platform, solutions and services organization, today announced that ISI Expert, a managed services and infrastructure provider based in France, will become part of the SoftwareONE team. With ISI Expert, SoftwareONE bo...

Oct. 05, 2018 19:40

Life Biosciences Acquires Lua, Pioneering AI-Driven Healthcare Platform

Life Biosciences today announced it is acquiring Lua, the communication and technology platform. This bold step is intended to facilitate the creation of a proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) platform, designed to accelerate Life Biosciences’...

Oct. 05, 2018 19:25

IDEMIA LAUNCHES ITS ASIA PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS AND INNOVATION CENTRE IN SINGAPORE

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, announced today the official opening of its APAC headquarters, in the presence of Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to the Republic of Singapore, Didier Lamouche, IDEMIA CEO, and Eric Duforest, ID...

Oct. 05, 2018 19:10

Greene Tweed Achieves Nadcap Accreditation for Non-Destructive Testing

Greene Tweed’s Non-Destructive Test (NDT) Lab recently completed a Nadcap accreditation audit for NDT Testing Facility Digital Radiography of composite materials, utilizing a Digital Detector Array (DDA). Greene Tweed has developed and implemented...

Oct. 05, 2018 18:00

Capital Markets Lawyer David Cameron Joins Dorsey in Hong Kong as Partner

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that David Cameron has joined the Firm’s Corporate Group in Hong Kong as a Partner. Mr. Cameron’s practice focuses on international capital markets work. He specializes in representing an...

Oct. 05, 2018 17:50

Andersen Global Announces Added Presence in Africa With Tadesse Kiros Law Office

Andersen Global announces an added presence in Africa with Tadesse Kiros Law Office, one of the largest law offices in Ethiopia. This collaboration with Tadesse Kiros further increases Andersen Global’s footprint in Africa, making this the eighth ...

Oct. 05, 2018 17:30

Velodyne LiDAR Hosts Inaugural World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology, Thurs. Oct 18 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

Velodyne LiDAR, Inc. today announced the launch of its World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology to address safety issues and public concern regarding autonomous vehicles (AV). The Oct. 18th event, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium ...

Oct. 05, 2018 16:25

Visited by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Rulers of the UAE and More Than 110 Thousand Visitors

The Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) 2018 concluded on Saturday September 29th its 16th Edition, which celebrated the centennial of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. The exhibition, which was held under ...

Oct. 05, 2018 16:15

IDEMIA Recognised by Westpac for “PayWear”, The Wearable Enabling Convenient Payments

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, has been awarded “Innovation Partner of the Year” by Westpac, Australia’s market leader in point of sale consumer and commercial finance. At Westpac’s supplier dinner in presence of its core supplie...

Oct. 05, 2018 15:50

Henley & Partners Publishes Comprehensive Guides to Swiss and Austrian Relocation

Henley & Partners, the global leader in residence and citizenship planning, has published two new guides to relocating to Switzerland and Austria, covering a range of topics relevant to ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and entrepreneurial individuals i...

Oct. 05, 2018 15:35

Panasonic Is Holding Its Special Exhibition “The Moment” Officially Approved by the French Embassy in Japan

Panasonic Corporation is holding “The Moment” from October 2 to December 2, 2018. This is a special exhibition authorized as a project to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and Japan at the ...

Oct. 05, 2018 13:55

Philip Morris International Recognized as Top Employer in Africa Third Year in a Row

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) today was recognized for the third consecutive year as a Top Employer in Africa, awarding the company’s commitment to creating an excellent work environment for its employees. This certification is...

Oct. 05, 2018 13:50

Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly present full results of Trajenta®’s CARMELINA® cardiovascular outcome trial

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today presented the full results of the long-term cardiovascular outcome trial, CARMELINA®, which studied the impact of Trajenta® (linagliptin) on cardiovascular and kidney safety in adult...

Oct. 05, 2018 11:38

SD Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. held a launching show in Hangzhou, China

SD Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (CEO: Park Sul-Woong) successfully held the SNP new product launching show in Hangzhou, China on September 28th. More than 350 global partners and buyers of SNP cosmetic, 30 popular Chinese influencers such as Gao Qiuz...

Oct. 05, 2018 10:00

Limelight Networks Wins IABM BaM™ Award for Breakthrough Realtime Streaming Service

Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading provider of edge cloud services, today announced it won the 2018 IABM BaM™ Award in the Publish category at the IBC Conference in Amsterdam for its new Limelight Realtime Streaming service. Limeli...

Oct. 04, 2018 18:00

SES Networks Enables Direct Connectivity to IBM Cloud via Global Satellite Network

Through the IBM Cloud Direct Link Service Provider Program, SES Networks is enabling high-performance, fibre-like connectivity to IBM Cloud customers globally. SES Networks is using satellite-based connectivity to deliver an improved digital exper...

Oct. 04, 2018 17:30

PMI Releases Position Paper for COP8: Addresses Need for Harm-Reduction Strategies

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM) is today publishing its position paper on its views surrounding the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP8) to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention of Tobacco Control ...

Oct. 04, 2018 17:25

PharmAbcine Announces FDA Accepts IND Application of TTAC-0001 for the Treatment of Recurrent Glioblastoma

PharmAbcine, Inc, a clinical-stage biotech company developing novel antibody therapeutics for multiple cancer indications announces that the company received “Study May Proceed Letter “ from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Invest...