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Sub-Sahara Africa: Increase in Western Lifestyles Leads to Dire Need for Chronic Prescription Drugs

2017-02-20 17:31 2072

Local manufacture of drugs presents pharmaceutical industry with business opportunity of$40.8 billion, finds Frost & Sullivan CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Feb. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- There has been a paradigm shift in the burden of illness and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across sub-Saharan Af...

Ant Financial and Ayala Corporation to Promote Equal Access to Financial Services in the Philippines with Investment in Globe Telecom's Mynt

2017-02-20 13:01 8666

Alipay's technology to upgrade payment experience for local users of Mynt's GCash MANILA, Philippines and HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Philippine mobile operator Globe Telecom today announced that Ant Financial Services Group, one of the world's leading digital financia...

Xsolla (USA), Inc. Launches $30 Million Xsolla Capital Royalty Investment Fund Focused On Independent Video Games

2017-02-20 10:00 4943

Xsolla's latest venture will serve the fast-growing yet underserved niche of self-publishing premier video games LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Xsolla (USA), Inc. is excited to announce its newest venture, the$30 million Xsolla Capital royalty investment fund, which will provide inde...

Update on Status of the Refinancing of Financial Obligations

2017-02-18 00:55 5055

SINGAPORE, Feb. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors (the "Board") of EMAS Offshore Limited (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") refers to the announcement released by the Company dated 13 December 2016 (the "Announcement") where the Company announced that the G...

Chinese Lunar New Year Cup IBF World Championship Attracts Nearly 400 Million Viewers

2017-02-17 23:00 6625

MACAO, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNeswire/ -- According to statistics from CCTV, the predominant state television broadcaster inChina, four bouts of the CCTV Chinese Lunar New Year IBF World Championship are listed among the top 10 programs of its CCTV-5 channel's audience ratings during the Chinese Spring ...

China XD Plastics Announces Receipt of Preliminary Non-Binding "Going Private" Proposal

2017-02-17 20:30 3902

HARBIN, China, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- China XD Plastics Company Limited ("China XD Plastics" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CXDC), one of China's specialty chemical players engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of modified plastics primarily for automotive applications, today announced...

Five-Year Open-Label Prospective Study Data Presented at the 12th Congress of European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) Provides Information on the Long-Term Use of Vedolizumab in Adult Patients with Moderate to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease

2017-02-17 20:13 4630

Post-hoc data from GEMINI I also presented at ECCO further support a favorable benefit: risk profile for vedolizumab as a treatment option for adult patients with moderate to severely active ulcerative colitis to maintain sustained remission OSAKA, Japan, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Pha...

BYFX, Part of Japan's Leading Online Securities Firm SBI Group, Expands into Greater China

2017-02-17 20:00 7023

HONG KONG, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BYFX, the trading name of SBI FX Co., Limited, is celebrating the opening of a new leveraged foreign exchange business inHong Kong at its offices in Two International Finance Centre on Friday, February 17.

Fibocom Appoints Lars Thyroff Managing Director in EMEA

2017-02-17 15:08 4872

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Fibocom Wireless Inc. ("Fibocom") announce today that Lars Thyroff joins Fibocom as the new Managing Director of FIBOCOM Europe,Middle East and Africa. Thyroff will focus on a successful establishment of FIBOCOM's upcoming organization and business, ...

Traditional Mass Spectrometers Give Way to High-resolution Technologies Such as MALDI-TOF

2017-02-17 13:22 3901

Rapid pace of innovations to impel end users to adopt new technologies, finds Frost & Sullivan's Measurement & Instrumentation team SINGAPORE, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Intense product and technology innovation in theAsia-Pacific mass spectrometry market will set the stage for a transition f...

Global Sports Commerce Receives Financing to Proceed With Acquisitions in Australia and New Zealand

2017-02-17 12:30 8209

CHENNAI, SYDNEY and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Sports Commerce (GSC) and its affiliate Techfront International, a supplier of in-stadium LED screens, as well as integrated sponsorship and digital solutions for sports and media events, has received funding to suppo...

Robo-advisor "Chloe" Launches In Japan

2017-02-17 10:00 6108

TOKYO, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 8 Securities Inc. today announced the launch of Chloe, its new goal-based robo-advisor. Chloe is the first robo-advisor in the world that constructs portfolios with exchange traded funds (ETFs) listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The portfolios are diver...

Arton Capital Announces Global Affiliate Partnership With YPO

2017-02-17 07:15 3593

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Arton Capital is pleased to announce a Global Affiliate Partnership withYPO , the premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world. Today, YPO empowers more than 24,000 m...

Thaiwoo and POMA Sign a Strategic Partnership to Develop Thaiwoo Ski Resort

2017-02-17 07:00 5439

GRENOBLE, France, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Chinese company Beijing Raissun Investment Co. Ltd, owner of Thaiwoo Ski Resort, and the French company POMA, ropeway transportation specialist, signed a strategic partnership to develop Thaiwoo-expected to be one of the sites hosting t...

Zhaopin Announces Receipt of Preliminary Non-Binding Proposal

2017-02-17 06:00 4202

BEIJING, Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Zhaopin Limited (NYSE: ZPIN) ("Zhaopin" or the "Company"), a leading career platform1 in China focused on connecting users with relevant job opportunities throughout their career lifecycle, today announced that a special committee of its board of directors (the...

Faith and Healthcare: T.B. Joshua Finances A Young Boy's Throat Surgery

2017-02-17 04:07 5118

LAGOS, Nigeria, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- UN's Sustainable Development Goal 3, which promotes health and well-being for all, helps balance healthcare provision and healthcare financing, as well as addressing various challenges faced by ordinary citizens. The complexities of healthcare acc...

Educational Investment Fund of 6 Billion RMB to Promote Fortified Global Cooperation in China's Education

2017-02-17 03:39 3614

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- With the aims to accelerate capitalization and financial innovation in China's educational industry, facilitate the integration of Chinese education with advanced international educational standard system, and to promote the upgrading of global cooperat...

Mapletree Acquires Oakwood Worldwide To Accelerate Its Corporate Housing And Serviced Apartment Expansion Globally

2017-02-17 02:11 7483

LOS ANGELES and SINGAPORE, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd ("Mapletree" or "the Group"), a leading real estate development, investment and capital management company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Oakwood Worldwide ("Oakwood"), a premier global provider o...

IBM Announces Major IoT Ecosystem Drive with New Clients & Partners Collocating at its Global Watson IoT Headquarters

2017-02-16 22:10 4888

Cognitive Collaboratories with Avnet, BNP Paribas, Capgemini and Tech Mahindra help IBM partners drive hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue from the Internet of Things IBM Breathes Life into Connected Home and Vehicles with New Innovation Space for IoT Standards Organization EEBus ARM...

Egencia To Launch New Expense Product Suite

2017-02-16 22:00 3381

Open partnerships in expense management foster innovation. BELLEVUE, Washington, Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Egencia®, the business travel company of Expedia, Inc., plans to launch a suite of expense management products for the modern business traveler. After revolutionizing the booking ex...