Author: Marie Jones

TOKYO, Nov 1, 2020 – Today (November 1), on behalf of Bitterz LLC (Hinds Building, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines), we are pleased to announce that our global crypto exchange Bitterz in Japan will start to provide services to our customers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. To celebrate the grand opening, we are currently offering $50 worth of bitcoins to all customers who open a new account (free of charge). We hope that you will enjoy the experience of trading with our Japanese crypto exchange with these bitcoins. Bitterz Official Website https://bitterz.com/refs/top/10458 [Main features of Bitterz] 1. A…

Valarhash, a leader in digital asset services, officially launches a new series of cryptocurrency miner hosting services, now enabling customers with remote online access to the operations of their mining machines. Registered users will have many features such as selecting their mining pool, withdrawing options and even re-selling their mining machine on the platform. Customers can purchase machines from Valarhash or other providers and have them shipped to the Valarhash mining farms. Valarhash is launching the new service series following an earlier announcement launching miner machine hosting plans. With versatility being of the utmost importance, Valarhash adds the new series…

The Greater Bay Area / GBA Youth Entrepreneurship (Employment) Camp, open for only three months, proudly announces success in helping overseas students find jobs and start their own businesses. More than 50 job seekers and entrepreneurs have joined the Camp for consultation and classes, while 16 entrepreneurial teams have settled in. The Camp held activities during this first quarter, talent, entrepreneurship and policy meetings, lectures on intellectual property (IP) and legal ownership, and courses to help prepare graduates and resident teams to solve issues they will encounter as entrepreneurs. At the same time, Hangcheng GBA Youth Entrepreneurship (Employment) Camp has…

The leading Australian CRO for biotechs, and Frost & Sullivan 2020 Asia-Pacific CRO Market Leadership Award winner, Avance Clinical today accepted the MasterControl 2020 Innovation Excellence Award in a virtual ceremony. Avance Clinical made the announcement today at AusBiotech 2020 (28 – 30 October, 2020). https://www.ausbiotechnc.org/ Avance Clinical CEO Yvonne Lungershausen said the company was very pleased to be awarded such recognition by MasterControl, a leader in the clinical digital management technology. The MasterControl Clinical Excellence solution streamlines eTMF management and helps clients achieve real-time visibility into critical clinical processes across operational teams – all on one centralized platform. https://www.mastercontrol.com/clinical/ “The…

Singaporean-taught Online English Programmes Become Popular Giving Hope of Overseas Studies and Experience Edvantage Group Holdings Limited (“Edvantage Group” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”; stock code: 0382.HK), the largest private higher education group in the Greater Bay Area is pleased to announce that its Edvantage Institute (Singapore) (‘EIS’) had commenced operation as scheduled. EIS, formerly a language school, brings quality and renowned tutors in language education together, and its online English programmes taught by Singaporean native tutors are now wildly popular, which proves the COVID-19 pandemic has not hindered Chinese and Singaporean students’ learning ambitions. As…

Development of hydrophobic precious metal catalyst that improves hydrogen oxidation reaction and hydrogen infrastructure is evaluated TOKYO, Oct 29, 2020 – TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Koichiro Tanaka) announced today that TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Koichiro Tanaka), which operates the TANAKA Precious Metals manufacturing business, has received the 2020 Technology Award from the Catalyst Manufacturers Association, Japan, (CMAJ). The award was in recognition of the company’s joint development of a hydrophobic precious metal catalyst in collaboration with the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science…

CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (“CITIC Telecom CPC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK:1883) together with the most popular and award-winning dining guide OpenRice today celebrate their business collaboration. Using innovative technology to build a reliable dining experience and one-stop merchant platform, in reaching new heights for Asia FoodTech Ecosystems, OpenRice has won three category awards at the “IDC Digital Transformation Awards” – Omni-experience Innovator – Hong Kong, and DX CEO – Hong Kong and Regional. CITIC Telecom CPC Supports OpenRice’s Digital Transformation Journey OpenRice has been going through a digital transformation journey in recent…

According to SCMP: According to the recently announced third quarter performance forecasts, all major listed breeding companies have recorded varying degrees of profit growth. Meanwhile, Huaan Securities believes the price of live pigs has stabilized and rebounded, and is expected to remain relatively high in 2020-2021. In terms of new IPOs, Sichuan Tianzow Breeding Technology Co., Ltd. (1248.HK), a newcomer in the industry, began its public offering period from October 29 to November 6 and has priced its shares at a price ranging between HK$26.00 to HK$38.80. The company plans to become listed publicly on the Hong Kong Main Board…

Smartac International Holdings Limited (stock code: 395; “Smartac” or the “Group”) is proud to introduce two international beauty brands, Grace Cole and Mimi Luzon. This marks the Group’s official launch of its retail business, which will first commence in Hong Kong, and will expand gradually to the Greater China Region. A leading brand renowned for its fragrant bath and body products from the UK, Grace Cole offers a collection of bath, personal care and household fragrance products. To ensure the highest quality, its products are designed and produced in England using only the finest ingredients that are animal-testing free. Established…

Raffles Financial Group Limited (CSE: RICH) (FSE: 4VO) (OTC: RAFFF) (“Raffles” or “the Company”) today announces its financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, highlighted by revenue of $8,866,672 and adjusted comprehensive income before other items and income tax expenses of $12,220,573. All amounts expressed are in Singapore dollars. 2020 Financial Highlights: – Total Revenue of $8,866,672 (2019: $11,533,334) – Adjusted comprehensive income before other items and income tax expenses3 of $12,220,573 (2019: $10,750,652) – Cash Flow from operations of $7,044,654 (2019: $11,002,734) – The Company generated cash inflow from financing activities of $20,296,000 (2019: cash outflow…

Agilex Biolabs, Australia’s most advanced FDA-inspected specialist bioanalytical laboratory for clinical trials, has partnered with Endpoints News to produce an exceptional step-by-step webinar on how to run your trial in Australia, and why Agilex Biolabs is the leading biolabs partner. Watch here (no charge) https://tinyurl.com/yyzf6o44 Agilex Biolabs is known internationally for its continued investment in the latest technology, and for attracting some of the leading scientists from Australia and around the world. The webinar was launched as part of Agilex Biolabs’ presence at Bio Europe. Click here to meet Agilex Biolabs at Bio Europe via the partneringone tool. https://informaconnect.com/bio-europe-virtual/ Dr…

TOKYO, Oct 27, 2020 – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) decided at its Board of Directors’ meeting today to split its business in optical semiconductors and rare earth alloys through an absorption-type company split effective January 1, 2021 (hereinafter “the Company Split”). Showa Denko Photonics Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SDK, will succeed to the business. As the Company Split is to be implemented through a simplified absorption-type company split between SDK and its wholly-owned subsidiary, part of details is omitted in this disclosure. 1. Objective of the Company Split In its medium-term business plan “The TOP 2021,” SDK aims…

Wintermar Offshore Marine (WINS:JK) has announced results for 9M2020. Wintermar’s Owned Vessel revenue for 9M2020 was 17% lower YOY at US$24.6 million and there was a slight improvement on a quarterly basis in 3Q2020 compared to 2Q2020. –Owned Vessel Division For the 9M2020 period, Owned Vessel Division recorded a gross loss of US$2.8 million, largely due to cancellations and postponement of contracts caused by the pandemic. Cost efficiency measures and a streamlining of the fleet undertaken since last year led to a 14% YOY decline in Owned Vessel direct expenses, which helped mitigate some of the losses. On a quarterly…

Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “PGTK”, (OTCQB:PGTK)) announces the appointment of Xavier Lara as Senior Vice President, Concentrated Solar Power, effective October 26, 2020. Xavier is one of the pre-eminent experts in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) sector, with over twenty-five years’ experience, including various senior-level roles for AELIUS Engineers and Consultants, Empresarios Agrupados, ACWA Power and NextEra Energy. Xavier joins Pacific Green having recently served as Project Director on billion dollar Cleantech developments around the world. Scott Poulter, PGTK’s Chief Executive commented: “As we continue to build on our existing CSP capabilities, we believe Xavier’s unparalleled sales…

Infinito Wallet, the leading multi-crypto wallet today announces a multitude of valuable new features targeted at ADA users. These include support for new Cardano blockchain upgrade, staking and trading features for ADA assets, as well as full wallet compatibility with Daedalus and Yoroi Wallet by allowing users to import 24-word and 15-word passphrase, respectively into Infinito Wallet. This new app release further cements Infinito Wallet’s long-standing position to make crypto easy for mass adoption, still with extensive support for the Cardano community. Starting from September 2018, through a strong collaboration with IOHK, Infinito Wallet has been one of the first…

Raffles Financial Group Limited (CSE: RICH) (FSE: 4VO) (OTC: RAFFF) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Raffles Financial Private Limited (“Raffles”) has entered into a 3-Year Strategic Cooperation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Shanghai Lingang Technology Entrepreneurship Center Co., Ltd. (“Lingang”) on October 22, 2020 (the “Cooperation”). Raffles, equipped with professional background and experience in corporate finance, will support Lingang in building an incubation centre for fast-growing tech firms with leading disruptive technologies. Raffles’ role is to assist in screening, inviting, coaching, developing “mega unicorn potential” companies with the aim to secure funding via public listing on major stock exchanges…

Genadi Man, CEO of kasko2go, has announced that his company’s advanced open source solution would be made available free of charge, to reduce the dramatic losses in the car insurance industry with a high-tech open source product. Speaking at this year’s telematics trade fair (Leipzig, Germany, 6-7 October), kasko2go said it aims to make the business model of Swiss and foreign insurers “significantly more profitable” kasko2go has been developed and tested on more than 100,000 drivers in Europe. In Switzerland the software has been on the market for almost two years. The decision is to give the 900 European and…

Naughty by Nature offers new dining experience, combining salad dish with KFC’s Signature Chicken KFC Indonesia presents Naughty by Nature, a lifestyle dining and salad bar restaurant which is a breakthrough originally concepted by KFC Indonesia. Naughty by Nature which is located at Jalan Senopati no. 24A South Jakarta was officially opened for public since Friday, October 16, 2020, in coincide with KFC Indonesia’s 41st anniversary. Green lifestyle trends among urbanites and culinary trends which always evolve along with times and technology developement become the inspiration for KFC Indonesia to keep innovating and offering different dining experiences. Naughty by Nature…

In this modern world, all humankind has been affected by the impact of the global climate crisis. Not only facing the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic, we also have to deal with floods and forest fires currently occurring in our region. Scientists have given extensive warning regarding the effects of climate change on our planet, however collective action to hinder the climate crisis is largely considered to be too slow. At the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Project, we have made concerted efforts to play a leading role in mitigating the damage done to the environment in our region through the introduction…

Endowus.com, Singapore’s leading MAS-licensed digital wealth management platform and the first and only digital advisor for the Central Provident Fund (CPF), has announced the launch of their new investment solution – Fund Smart. Singapore investors can now build investment portfolios from a selection of institutional share-class and trailer-fee free funds curated by the Endowus Investment Office, led by Samuel Rhee, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at Endowus. This new solution gives investors the ability to customise their fund allocations, analyse the historical and projected performance, as well as look-through the underlying exposure and total costs across the selected funds. It…