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Yum China Has Completed the Acquisition of a Controlling Interest in Huang Ji Huang

SHANGHAI, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. ("Yum China") (NYSE: YUMC) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in the Huang Ji Huang group, a leading Chinese-style casual dining franchise business. 

2020-04-08 16:22 12240

Ping An Good Doctor Launches Global Medical Consultation Platform in 24/7 Support of Anti-COVID-19 Efforts

SHANGHAI, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The global COVID-19 situation has been deteriorating day by day, with the world's confirmed cases totalling 1.41 million and death exceeding 80,000 until6am on 8 April. Today, Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited("Ping An Good Doctor"; stock co...

2020-04-08 16:20 8748

All-in-one COVID-19 Outbreak Tracker and Statistics

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A CSR Initiative by The Archipelago Group -- ARCare (www.arcare.co ) is a platform that provides real time information on theCOVID-19 outbreak updates. It is equipped with respective ASEAN country Health Ministry's guida...

2020-04-08 16:08 2563

Mindray Chairman's Statement on Efforts to Combat COVID-19

SHENZHEN, China, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindray (SZSE: 300760) -- As COVID-19 is casting a dark shadow over people's health, healthcare providers around the world are fighting relentlessly against the virus. We salute all medical staff for their valiant efforts to save patients' lives and ...

2020-04-08 15:53 2367

Zilingo Joins Hands With Caritas Manila Foundation to Extend Aid to Filipino Frontliners and the Less Fortunate

MANILA, Philippines, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Zilingo , the leading fashion technology platform in association with Caritas Manila Foundation launched a fundraising campaign, 'Love, Zilingo' in an attempt to lend a helping hand to the healthcare workers a...

2020-04-08 15:46 3469

JERDE introduces Southeast Asia projects

SINGAPORE, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- JERDE, the iconic and internationally renowned architecture and urban planning firm, introduces new projects in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Turkey. Since officially beginning operations in Southeast Asia over the summer, the firm continues to build new partn...

2020-04-08 15:00 4324

HNA's Africa World Airlines helps the Ghanaian government in the fight against COVID-19

BEIJING, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- With the spread of COVID-19 worldwide, Africa, the continent with the largest concentration of developing countries, faces severe challenges in terms of funding and shortages of material and equipment needed for epidemic prevention and control. HNA Group's A...

2020-04-08 14:50 4097

Kuaishou user attracts 220,000 followers using just lettuce, cucumbers and potatoes

BEIJING, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Using everyday ingredients and necessities,Li Xiaodong, 39, also known as @xuanbaobaba on Kuaishou, attracted more than 220,000 followers as he recreates cutscenes and characters from popular movies and stories. Li claimed this idea came to him, while he was...

2020-04-08 13:16 1337

Dachser builds on its growth driver

KEMPTEN, Germany, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Even as the global economy becomes increasingly weaker, Dachser was able to continue growing in 2019. The logistics provider increased its consolidated net revenue by a solid 1.6 percent toEUR 5.66 billion. Driving this growth was again the Road Log...

2020-04-08 13:09 2716

Business forced closed during COVID-19, this Vietnamese entrepreneur turned around to release the national hit song to fight back the pandemic

HANOI, Vietnam, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, amid Vietnam's nation-wide full lockdown, serial entrepreneur / artist Minh Beta released the song "Viet Nam oi! Danh Bay COVID" (Let's Fight COVID!). This catchy song was officially endorsed byVietnam's Ministry of Health to uplift the nat...

2020-04-08 12:48 4569

Delivery riders win support and empathy amidst COVID-19 pandemic by sharing experiences on Kuaishou

BEIJING, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Video platforms such as Kuaishou have made a difference humanizing less glamourous professions through this pandemic. Through viewing lives from another perspective, people have realized the importance of cleaners, hawkers and of course, riders.

2020-04-08 12:44 4600

Neat, a FinTech Alternative to Banks, Raises USD11M to Fuel International Expansion

HONG KONG, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Neat, a Hong Kong-based FinTech company offering modern financial solutions to SMEs and startups, today announced raising aUSD11 million Series A funding round. Pacific Century Group (PCG) led the round with participation from Visa, and MassMutual Ventures...

2020-04-08 10:33 7964

Business forced closed during COVID-19, this Vietnamese entrepreneur turned around to release the national hit song to fight back the pandemic

HANOI, Vietnam, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, amid Vietnam's nation-wide full lockdown, serial entrepreneur / artist Minh Beta released the song "Viet Nam oi! Danh Bay COVID" (Let's Fight COVID!). This catchy song was officially endorsed byVietnam's Ministry of Health to uplift the nat...

2020-04-08 10:25 1863

Xinhua Silk Road: Central China city launches online live streaming of peony cultural festival

BEIJING, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The 38th Luoyang Peony Cultural Festival opened on Monday in Luoyang, centralChina's Henan province. Due to the novel coronavirus epidemic, this year's festival has brought flowers online, giving people at h...

2020-04-08 10:22 4147

Black Desert Mobile Introduces New Battle Modes and Terrmian Town

SEOUL, South Korea, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl Abyss today announced that the new battle modes Special Boss Rush and Ranked Arena have been introduced along with a new town known as Terrmian inBlack Desert Mobile. Adventurers can now enhance their strength through these battle modes and ...

2020-04-08 10:00 3731

Program Keusahawanan Taylor's-CIMB Islamic takes its community programmes online

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor's Education Group and CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad ("CIMB Islamic" or "the Bank") have unveiled a joint effort to take their yearly entrepreneurial programme, "Program Keusahawanan Taylor's-CIMB Islamic" ("the Programme"), into the digita...

2020-04-08 09:30 4119

KT and Far EasTone Sign MOU for 5G Services

SEOUL, South Korea, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- KT Corporation (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT),South Korea's largest telecommunications company, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) withTaiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (FET) for collaboration in 5G serv...

2020-04-08 09:00 7319

HPC-AI Advisory Council and National Supercomputing Centre Singapore Expand 3rd APAC HPC-AI Competition to Address COVID-19

SINGAPORE, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The HPC-AI Advisory Council (HPCAIAC) and the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC)Singapore announced today that they have joined the global fight against COVID-19 by expanding the 2020 APAC HPC-AI competition to address education and applied learning tow...

2020-04-08 09:00 8245

Freudenberg strengthens future viability with strong investment in China

SHANGHAI, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Freudenberg, the global technology group, performed well in the 2019 financial year, in spite of the difficult economic and geopolitical market environment. AtCNY 73.1 billion (or €9,467.8 million), sales in 2019 were at about the same level as in 2018 (€9,...

2020-04-08 09:00 4160

PJ Asset Management Urges Shareholders of TECO Electric and Machinery Co., Ltd. (1504 TT) to Support Proposal at the AGM on May 11, 2020

TAIPEI, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PJ Asset Management Company ("PJAM") today issued a letter urging all shareholders of TECO Electric and Machinery Co., Ltd. ("TECO" or "Company", 1504.TT) to support PJAM's proposal of a 10% capital reduction that would return cash to shareholders. This propo...

2020-04-08 08:21 1486