Value Convergence Holdings Limited (VC Holdings, together with its subsidiaries, the Group; HKG:821) announced that, based on its preliminary assessment of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2021 (Reporting Period), the Group is expected to turnaround and record an unaudited consolidated profit attributable to owners of the Company of approximately HK$100 million for the Reporting Period as compared to that of a loss of approximately HK$55 million for the same period last year. The turnaround is mainly attributable to the increase in revenue of approximately HK$10 million, mainly from interest income…
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The MotoGP is considered the pinnacle of motorcycle racing, featuring the best riders and manufacturers of 2-wheel motorsports. Having completed 9 rounds, the competition moves into the second half of the season where the championship fight is guaranteed to get more exciting. MotoGP finally returns after a 5-week summer break, with back-to-back race weekends at the famous Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The Michelin® Grand Prix of Styria will be the first race of the Austrian double-header, kicking off with free practice on Friday. Team Suzuki have scored solid points in the first half of the season Motul, the Official…
The NFT Experience is the premier event put on yearly by major NFT production house, NFT Genius. This year’s virtual event will include Mark Cuban discussing why he is picking winners and losers in the NFT space, making comparisons to Web 1.0, and what he is looking for in future NFT investments. Roham Gharegozlou of Dapper Labs will be discussing NBA Top Shot and how to break into the NFT Market. NFT Experience Mark Cuban With 40 other panelists that work in the NFT industry other topics include: – NFTs and Hollywood – NFTs and Mainstream Culture – Play-To-Earn Gaming…
An injection made of a hydrogel containing stem cells could treat damaged tissue following a heart attack. Heart muscle becomes damaged and cardiac function is affected when blood vessels feeding the heart are blocked. A new stem-cell-carrying hydrogel helps mice recover from this condition, called myocardial infarction, by stimulating formation of new blood vessels. Developed by a team of scientists at Kansai University in Japan, the stem cell delivery system is described in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. The team used stem cells derived from fat tissue in their application. These so-called ‘adipose-derived stem cells’ have already…
TIENS Group hosted the One Belt One Road: Health Industry Development Forum for the Post-Pandemic Era on August 3, 2021. The forum acted as a platform for industry leaders and stakeholders from different sectors to meet up and delve into health industry challenges, addressing them in turn for the post-pandemic era. Later, the guests debated innovation, reform and improvement in the global health industry. China, which has become a stern yet exemplary leader in the world’s post-pandemic era, is leading the movement of change in the health industry. Global health sectors, especially in Asia, have benefited greatly from China’s supply…
The Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX) is partnering with world-renowned photographer Christina Jansen and Dublin-based NFT agency, dMerch.io to bring to life the Muhammad Ali Series 1 digital collection. The collection contains 136 unique digital collectables, all showcasing the vibrant personality of Ali himself and will be available on WAX blockchain starting on August 10, 2021 at 1pm EST / 10 am PST. Christina Jansen Throughout his iconic 21-year professional career, Ali was unconventional and incredible for the world to watch. He was an Olympic gold medalist, accumulated 56 victories, and was the first boxer in history to claim the heavyweight…
Following the completion of series A round financing, with the acceleration of the research and development and commercialization of endoscopy product, Scivita Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (Scivita Medical) announced today that it has received nearly RMB0.4 Billion in Series B financing, with new investors such as Hudson Bay Capital Management and Prime Capital, as well as continuous support from existing shareholders such as GL Ventures, Lilly Asia Ventures and Matrix Partners China. This round of financing will continue to be used for research and development, capacity expansion, and domestic and international commercialization of innovative products in endoscopy and related fields.…
Habitat for Humanity announced that the eighth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum with the theme, “Building forward better for inclusive housing”, will be held in Bangkok from December 7 to 9. This will be the third time that the affordable housing forum will be held in Thailand. The strategic location of the country, presence of a strong and vibrant international development community in Bangkok, and Habitat for Humanity’s 23-year history of building homes in Thailand, were the key considerations for the choice of venue for the biennial event. Participants at the seventh Asia-Pacific Housing Forum in 2019 held in Bangkok (Habitat for…
Malaysia played host to the most content-rich virtual conference on Artificial Intelligence and related future-tech on Friday, 23 July 2021. Hosted by Trescon, World AI Show convened over 300 online participants that included major stakeholders of Malaysia’s AI ecosystem including government authorities, top AI experts and solution providers. The online conference featured leading AI organizations such as Dataiku and Denodo to discuss Malaysia’s AI prospects. The conference was themed on assisting key government entities and private enterprises in developing a comprehensive AI roadmap and also how Artificial Intelligence can disrupt that one does business and generate value. The event focused…
Bluewill, is pleased to launch its North America shopping platform on Wed, August 4, 2021 (PST). All Bluewill products will be available for the US opening, at www.Bluewill.com. With the volatile markets of 2020-2021, people prefer to shop online, with E-commerce catching and finally surpassing offline retail in terms of annual sales. Many shops and merchants have tried to capture this growing market, offering low prices, but product quality and service guarantees often end up lacking in the end. This will continue in the coming months and years, but there are also some positive changes taking place. The Bluewill team is…
Riding on the success of the previous webinar with PERAFI (Indonesian Facade Association), the latest edition was held virtually on July 29 and focused on the international perspectives of facade design and applications. Subject-matter experts from around the world shared valuable information on tackling and overcoming challenges faced in the industry. The online sessions recognised the need to keep up to date with the latest developments and supported a better understanding of best practices in facade design and their applications for different countries. Putri Anindia from Astra Land Indonesia, hosted the webinar with the following speakers: – Anna Pravinata, Principal…
Seedo Corp. (http://saffron-tech.ag) (OTC: SEDO), an agtech company that is developing the protocols to grow saffron using vertical farming technology, today announced that it is expanding its research to include the study of the spice’s well known natural anti-anxiety and antidepressant properties. Similar to the approach of the indoor cannabis industry, Seedo hopes to be able to enhance the medicinal properties of this unique herb for use in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications. Mental health has come to the forefront in sports with Simone Biles withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics and Naomi Osaka opting out of the French Open and Wimbledon.…
The automotive industry is at a crossroads. Traditional automakers, or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), are in the midst of a tsunami that not all of them will survive. What will be the reason for their demise? Besides the transition from an internal combustion engine (ICE) car to an electric vehicle (EV), the car industry is undergoing an unprecedented structural transformation. New technologies – autonomous, connected, electrified, sharing (ACES) – are being introduced that will make drivers obsolete; while new competitors have entered the industry with Midas-like resources and are accustomed to constant business model upheaval. Don’t underestimate the enormous effect…
Shoppers can get attractive vouchers, half-off prices and free shipping from Spritzer’s Shopee store Spritzer Malaysia (Spritzer or the Company), which produces Malaysia’s best-selling natural mineral water, is having exclusive promotions on the Company’s official Shopee store in conjunction with Shopee’s 8.8 Brands Festival that ends on 08 August 2021. Stay safe, remain hydrated and healthy in this hot weather by shopping for various Spritzer Natural Mineral Water subscription plans from the comfort of home through https://shopee.com.my/spritzer.os from as low as RM127.50 per month catering to different household needs that can be delivered safely to your doorsteps. In addition, every subscription plan…
Established Livestreaming E-commerce & MCN/KOL Business Units and JV with Vision Entertainment to Capture the Fast-growing Digital Opportunities in China Strategic Alliance with Fosun Fashion Group MOU to Establish JV with HK Land for Venue Operation A provider of integrated marketing solutions in Greater China, Activation Group Holdings Limited (Activation or the Company, collectively, the Group, HKG: 9919), today announced the Company has strategically upgraded itself as an Interactive Data Performance Marketing Group for Fashion Brands. Under this new upgrade and combining its newly set up live streaming e-commerce and MCN/KOL business units with existing experiential marketing, digital marketing and…
The ClinTex (CTi) tokenized platform (clintex.io) will be the first of its kind to utilize blockchain-based clinical data analytics to address the main causes of clinical trial inefficiency, helping to drive down the cost of new medicines and expediting their delivery to patients. The initial spark of an idea that would eventually become ClinTex started in 2014, at the DIA Forum in Vienna. By 2018, Clintex was formally working on the Clinical Trials Intelligence (CTi) platform. CTi’s purpose is to deliver data analysis at scale, to drive collaboration and insights across clinical trials. With large pharma companies like Merck and…
Activation Group Holdings Limited (Activation or the Company, collectively, the Group, HKG: 9919), a provider of integrated marketing solutions in Greater China, is pleased to announce its unaudited 2021 interim results. The Group has achieved a significant improvement, with revenue increasing substantially by approximately 436.5% to RMB385.2 million and profit to RMB38.5 million (2020 Interim: loss of RMB20.0 million). Profit attributable to owners of the Company was RMB35.5 million (2020 Interim: loss of RMB19.3 million). Basic earnings per share were RMB4.80 cents, compared with a loss per share of RMB2.47 cents in 2020 Interim. The Board has declared the payment…
TOKYO, Aug 3, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces that it revises its forecast of consolidated business results for the first half of the year ending on December 31, 2021 and that for the full year ending on December 31, 2021, both of which were announced on July 8, 2021. SDK also announces that it will record extraordinary loss. 1. Revision of forecast of consolidated business results for January 1 – June 30, 2021 (1) Revised forecast of consolidated business results for January 1 – June 30, 2021 Please see www.sdk.co.jp/assets/files/english/news/2021/20210803_sdknewsrelease_e.pdf (2) Reasons for the revision Net sales hovers around the…
In April 2019, during the Guatemalan election, the people of Guatemala suspected that voting fraud had occurred. Since additional elections were scheduled for August 2019, citizens wanted assurance that there would be no fraud in the next election. That was the impetus for Fiscal Digital, a Guatemalan citizen volunteer organization, to utilize a public immutable blockchain for their elections. Against overwhelming opposition, the Organizer of Fiscal Digital, Carlos Toriello Herrerias, was successful in implementing a blockchain-based voting solution in Guatemala. Carlos was the winner of last year’s GBA Annual Achievement Award for Courage. The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) is pleased…
Straits Inter Logistics Berhad (Straits or Company), a Bursa Malaysia Listed Company, announced today that Victoria STS (Labuan) Sdn Bhd (Victoria STS) had received approval from Marine Department Malaysia on 30 July 2021 to commence operations to develop an integrated offshore Ship-to-Ship Transhipment Hub. The Company has mobilized its resources and infrastructure in preparation to commence operation of the STS Transhipment Hub in the coming fourth quarter 2021. Victoria STS is a 70% owned subsidiary of Fajar Maritime and Logistics Sdn Bhd, which in turn is a 60% owned subsidiary of Straits. Concurrently, Victoria STS has also on 30 July…