Regional News

Manulife declares preferred share dividends

C$ unless otherwise stated TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC     SEHK: 945 TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife's Board of Directors today announced quarterly shareholders' dividends on the following non-cumulative preferred shares of Manulife Financial Corporation, payable on or after September 19, 2...

2021-08-05 05:03 43761

Manulife declares common share dividend

C$ unless otherwise stated TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC     SEHK: 945 TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife's Board of Directors today announced a quarterly shareholders' dividend of$0.28 per share on the common shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (the "Company"), payable on and after Septembe...

2021-08-05 05:02 43262

Manulife reports 2Q21 net income of $2.6 billion and core earnings of $1.7 billion driven by continued growth in Asia and Global Wealth and Asset Management

C$ unless otherwise stated                    TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC          SEHK: 945 This earnings news release for Manulife Financial Corporation ("Manulife" or the "Company") should be read in conjunction with the Company's Second Quarter 2021 Report to Shareholders, including our unaudited inte...

2021-08-05 05:01 42873

TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES - Jumping Individual Final

TOKYO, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Individual gold for wedding-bell-bound Ben byLouise Parkes Great Britain’s Ben Maher celebrates his gold medal win in the Individual Showjumping Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at th...

2021-08-05 04:04 2955

Discovering Mysteries: new season of the Hainan nature documentary launched

HAIKOU, China, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 2, the second season of the short documentary series Discovering Mysteries, which shines a light on the ecological and cultural geography ofChina's southernmost Hainan island, was officially released. The new season explores the mangrove fo...

2021-08-05 02:05 3114

Crowley & Stena RoRo to assist United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) in acquiring vessels for their Ready Reserve Force (RRF)

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowley Maritime Corporation's Solutions business unit has been awarded a multi-year contract for Vessel Acquisition Management (VAM) by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD).Stena RoRo is included in Crowley's project team, together with Serco and LCE (...

2021-08-05 00:33 1530

Ascend wins lithium-ion battery additive patent case against Samsung SDI

HOUSTON, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend Performance Materials has successfully challenged a lithium-ion battery technology patent held by Samsung SDI. In a final written decision, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that all of the challenged claims were invalid for multiple reasons....

2021-08-05 00:11 3487

ViewSonic Introduces the ViewBoard 4320 to Create Collaborative Spaces in Hybrid Work Environments

BREA, Calif., Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewSonic Corp. , a leading global provider of visual solutions, introduces theViewBoard 4320 Interactive Displays for collaborative spaces. Developed for smaller c...

2021-08-05 00:00 2164

Sodexo, Global Food and Facilities Management Services Provider, Chooses Bright Pattern for Omnichannel CX

Global food giant chooses Bright Pattern to unify interactions across channels and business units for their Latin American contact center operations SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright Pattern, a leading provider of AI-poweredcloud contact center software, has been ch...

2021-08-04 23:11 2425

Deloitte Cyber partners with HGC Group to protect Hong Kong Companies from Cyber Risks under Rapid Digitization

HONG KONG, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte Cyber has partnered up with HGC Group to provide a holistic solution to protect Hong Kong companies from cyber risks during digital era. Deloitte and Macroview Telecom of HGC Group jo...

2021-08-04 21:27 3300

"One Red and One Green" Fruits and Vegetables Make a Distinctive and Prosperous Industry

BAISE, China, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the first China mango industry conference was held in Baise,Guangxi. At the meeting, Tianyang district and Guangzhou Pilot Food Investment Co., Ltd. signed the framework agreement on the comprehensive development and utilization project of frui...

2021-08-04 21:21 1981

Double Header for The Athlete's Foot

The specialty footwear and lifestyle chain delivers soaring first half-year retail sales in 2021 while change of ownership to Arklyz Group is successfully concluded BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first half of 2021, The Athlete's Foot (TAF) reports a strong retail sales ...

2021-08-04 21:20 1836

Novavax and European Commission Finalize Advance Purchase Agreement for up to 200 million doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that it has reached an agreement with the European Commission (EC) for the purchase of up to 200 million doses...

2021-08-04 21:10 9006

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Cisco/

In the new release, "Cisco Appoints New Malaysia Managing Director to Lead Growth and Accelerate Digital Transformation forMalaysia", issued on 4-Aug-2021 by Cisco over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the 7th paragraph, should read "an illustrious career spanning nearly 12 years" ...

2021-08-04 21:01 25481

Contrast Security Study Highlights Lower Application Security Debt Equates to Reduced Risk

2021 Application Security Observability Report from Contrast Labs also reported a 31% jump in serious vulnerabilities and a 29% increase in likelihood of attacks on vulnerabilities LOS ALTOS, Calif., Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by Contrast Security reveals that customers using the C...

2021-08-04 21:00 1368

Singapore FinTech Festival 2021 to take place from 8 to 12 November, with key focus on Web 3.0

SINGAPORE, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) will take place from 8 to 12 November, as a hybrid digital and physical event. A company limited by guarantee (CLG) will also be incorporated to spearhead fu...

2021-08-04 20:10 1906

100+ Global Enterprises Take Advantage of Infosys Living Labs to Accelerate their Digital Innovation Agenda

Infosys Living Labs is delivering digital innovation as-a-service to help them meet next normal consumer expectations BENGALURU, India, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Infosys  (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services...

2021-08-04 20:04 9740

Laiye Is named As a Niche Vendor in Gartner 2021 Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation

BEIJING, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 26th, Gartner released its annual report "2021 Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation" which positioned Laiye as aNiche Player and highlighted other influential vendors including UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and BluePrism.  Laiye's unique capa...

2021-08-04 20:04 2657

Iridium announces partnership with Canadian Coast Guard

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) today announced that theCanadian Coast Guard has adopted Iridium Certus® connectivity with support from Iridium partner MetOcean Telematics. The Coast Guard deployed dozens of Iridium Certus™ Thales VesseLINK™ 700...

2021-08-04 20:01 11127

Lixiang Education Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

LISHUI, China, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lixiang Education Holding Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: LXEH) (the "Company"), a prestigious private primary and secondary education service provider in China, today announced the appointment of Mr. Luoyuan Ye as the Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Company,...

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