Mar. 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 contract is sourced through the Dept. of Defense M...

Mar. 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” strategy at Kirin’s Investor Day to be held i...

Mar. 03, 2020 11:56

Human Dynamic to Reveal Crisis Management for Business Leaders Amid COVID-19 and Tips for Working from Home Effectively

In the crisis of COVID-19 outbreak, Human Dynamic, a human resources consulting firm in Seoul will host a webinar on “Crisis Management for HR and Business Leaders - How to support employees during a crisis” on March 4, 2020. With the rising numbe...

Mar. 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 America, a newly created function. Reporting to...

Mar. 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 on priority growth markets and enhance business...

Mar. 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. EnterpriseDB also signed a multi-year agreement with IBM ...

Mar. 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 is responsible for i2c teams working with client...

Mar. 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 Amplify and executed throughout 2020, comprises a series...

Mar. 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 tourists. Overview of Naha Airport Exhibition Date ...

Mar. 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 meetings for face-to-face interactions. The vir...

Mar. 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 + Partners. The firm will act as Architectural Advis...

Mar. 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 (COVID-19) a pandemic - cases have soared in Italy...

Mar. 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 organizations including Hermes, Chanel, Coty, ...

Mar. 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 tourists. Narita International Airport Exhibition Su...

Mar. 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 marketing authorisation for nintedanib for the treatmen...

Mar. 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 recommended the approval of a subcutaneous (SC) formulat...

Mar. 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 their Cupola360 system-on-chip (SoC). The Cupola36...

Feb. 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 ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a technology leader that is driv...

Feb. 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, 250ok has developed email management software and i...

Feb. 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 Dev, a legend in the global world of cricket and...

Feb. 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-generation of leaders by providing young women, aged...

Feb. 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 make edge compute capabilities widely and easily...

Feb. 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 cultural heritage of ASEAN countries. The first p...

Feb. 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, together, will test and deploy OpenRAN vRAN withi...

Feb. 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 solutions at MODEX 2020 in Atlanta, March 9-12. Velo...