Nov. 19, 2020 16:15

New World Phu Quoc Resort to Open In 2021

New World Hotels & Resorts has been appointed by Sun Group to manage New World Phu Quoc Resort (formerly Sun Premier Village Kem Beach Resort), on Vietnam’s southern Phu Quoc island, with first guests anticipated in 2021. The agreement heralds not...

Nov. 19, 2020 16:00

St. Lucia Offers ‘frictionless’ Virtual Citizenship Application Process

The St. Lucia Citizenship-by-Investment Unit (CIU) has launched the Caribbean region’s first, and currently only, e-payment platform. It enables international investors and their families to apply for the island nation’s investment migration progr...

Nov. 19, 2020 15:50

Amazon and Global Optimism Welcome Henkel and Signify to The Climate Pledge

Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Global Optimism announced that Henkel has joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. Signify, which already achieved carbon neutralit...

Nov. 19, 2020 15:10

ABB Capital Markets Day 2020

ABB will be hosting its Capital Markets Day today, November 19, starting 11.30 am CET, at which CEO, Björn Rosengren, and CFO, Timo Ihamuotila, as well as the four business area Presidents, will give an update on the recent strategic and operation...

Nov. 19, 2020 14:14

HKTB and STB Collaborate to Welcome Travellers on the Launch of the Bilateral, All-Purpose and Quarantine-Free Air Travel Bubble

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) today (11 Nov) announced a collaboration to welcome the launch of the Hong Kong-Singapore Air Travel Bubble (ATB), ahead of the departure of the first flights on 22 November ...

Nov. 19, 2020 13:56

Schneider Electric Expands Energy & Sustainability Services Operations in East Asia & Japan

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the opening of new operations in Singapore to serve the growing needs of its Energy & Sustainability Services (ESS) customers in East...

Nov. 19, 2020 13:31

Empagliflozin reduced the risk of first plus recurrent cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease in new analysis from the EMPA-REG OUTCOME® trial

Empagliflozin reduced the risk of total (first plus recurrent) cardiovascular events compared with placebo, when both were given on top of standard of care, in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease over the three years...

Nov. 19, 2020 09:30

The Reputation of Jeonju Hanji Spreads Throughout the World

The reputation of Jeonju Hanji (traditional Korean paper) that lasts for a thousand years is spreading throughout the world. Having captivated the Vatican and the Louvre of France, Jeonju Hanji was recently accepted by the Central Institute for th...

Nov. 19, 2020 09:10

Luxembourg Teams up with ESA to Create a Unique “European Space Resources Innovation Centre” to be Established in the Grand Duchy

Luxembourg entered a strategic partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a “European Space Resources Innovation Centre”, called ESRIC in abbreviated form. Unique of its kind, ESRIC aims to become an internationally recognised cent...

Nov. 18, 2020 19:30

Evolve Additive Solutions Secures First Commercial Sale

Evolve Additive Solutions Inc., whose proprietary STEP (Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process) technology is the first scaled volume production-ready manufacturing platform in the world, today announced the completion of their first ...

Nov. 18, 2020 19:10

PierianDx and Bench International Announce the Appointment of Mark McDonough as New CEO

PierianDx, the leading clinical genomics informatics company, and Bench International, a leading global executive search firm, jointly announce the appointment of Mark McDonough as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board of Directors...

Nov. 18, 2020 19:00

Solidatus Achieves Inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant Listing

Solidatus, the leader in metadata management, has achieved its first placement on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for metadata management as one of 17 market leaders in its field. Solidatus is the only new entrant in the field to be added to this year’...

Nov. 18, 2020 18:57

Damen and Thales to Build the German MKS 180 Frigate of the Future

Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and Thales signed on November 17, 2020, the contract for the delivery and full integration of Thales’s Mission and Combat System for the four MKS 180 class frigates contracted by the German Navy. The system will be...

Nov. 18, 2020 17:15

Mavenir Appoints Vishant Vora as President of Global Operations and Managed Services

Mavenir, the industry’s only end-to-end Network Software Provider for 4G/5G networks, announces the appointment Vishant Vora as President, Global Customer Operations and Managed Services, where he will lead Mavenir’s global end-to-end business ope...

Nov. 18, 2020 17:09

EDB Drives Further Postgres Innovation with Release of EDB 13

EDB, a leading contributor to PostgreSQL, today announced the worldwide general availability of EDB 13, which includes the company’s flagship database management system (DBMS), EDB Postgres Advanced Server, and tools. This latest release builds on...

Nov. 18, 2020 16:45

Wipro’s Annual State of Cybersecurity Report Finds Increasing Adoption of AI in Cybersecurity to Tackle Advanced Adversaries

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today released its annual State of Cybersecurity Report (SOCR) that presents changing perspectives of cy...

Nov. 18, 2020 16:20

AMGTA Publishes First Research Paper on Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade group created to foster and promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM), announced today the publication of its first commissioned university research ...

Nov. 18, 2020 16:00

Holiday Shopping Warning: Simple Typos Can Lead Consumers and Brands to Online Fraud, Counterfeit Goods, and Cyber Crime

CSC, a world leader in business, legal, tax, and domain security, today released new research from their Digital Brand Services (DBS) division warning consumers that simple URL typos could lead to significant online fraud, counterfeit goods, and c...

Nov. 18, 2020 15:50

China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair 2020 Closes With More Than 100,000 Daily Consumer Goods Showcased

China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair 2020 came to a successful conclusion on November 16, 2020. The 4-day event attracted nearly 1,000 exhibitors, with exhibits from 78 countries and regions, among which 41 were “Belt and Road” countries including...

Nov. 18, 2020 15:40

EcoTT's Novrect Magic Mask and Barley Sprout Mixed Pills Increasing Sales Amid Prolonged COVID-19

With the COVID-19 pandemic prolonged, a mask made with eco-friendly material, and the super-food, barley sprout products of EcoTT Co., Ltd., a Korean general trading company, are gaining popularity from consumers. EcoTT’s Novrect Magic Mask is a K...

Nov. 18, 2020 15:40

Wipro and Cisco collaborate to deliver SD-WAN Transformation services to Olympus

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced that it will deliver managed Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) transformation ...

Nov. 18, 2020 13:35

APRU Quarantunes Competition Connects and Uplifts Student Communities through Music, Boosting Spirits during Ongoing Pandemic

To bring international university students together by sparking creativity and sharing positivity during the pandemic, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) recently launched its Quarantunes student music competition. Attracting 108 i...

Nov. 18, 2020 10:08

Cirium Sky - a new cloud solution provides an unrivaled 360-degree view of flight

A new managed cloud solution—Cirium Sky—has launched and provides the first 360-degree view of flights in real-time for the air operations sector. Cirium Sky provides a single source of comprehensive aviation and air travel data which streamlines ...

Nov. 17, 2020 18:20

Chevron Renews Business Relationship With PDI

PDI , a global software company that provides leading ERP, fuel pricing, supply chain logistics, and marketing cloud solutions to convenience retailers and petroleum wholesalers, announced it is extending its 16-year partnership with Chevron. The ...

Nov. 17, 2020 18:10

39th Sharjah International Book Fair Concludes as the First Successful On-Ground Global Trade Exhibition Amid COVID-19

The resilience and sheer capability of Sharjah’s cultural project has been attested, once again, with the successful run of the 39th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), from November 4 - 14. Turning challenges posed by the global Coronavirus (...