Author: Marie Jones

HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – Paradise Entertainment Limited (“Paradise” or together with its subsidiaries as the “Group”, SEHK: 1180), a leading provider of casino management services and electronic gaming equipment and systems in Macau, and INTERBLOCK d.d. (together with its subsidiaries as “Interblock”), a worldwide leading developer and supplier of luxury electronic table gaming products, through their respective subsidiaries, have entered into a license agreement whereby Paradise licensed Interblock the rights of certain intellectual property of non-live multi-game (the “IP”) in Macau. Pursuant to the terms of the license agreement, Paradise, the inventor, patent-owner and sole supplier of live multi-game system in…

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JAKARTA – (ACN Newswire) – Two devastating earthquakes struck Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The first quake, which struck on Sunday, July 29 and reported at a magnitude of 6.4, was followed by an even stronger quake at 7.0 on the following Sunday, August 5. Unlike its predecessor, the second quake created intensity VIII on the MMI. At the time of writing, West Nusa Tenggara was still suffering aftershocks from the major quakes; about 652 aftershocks, with 24 of them recorded as powerful tremors, struck the island and the surrounding islets, causing destructions particularly in the Regency of North Lombok. The earthquakes also…

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Farmers will need to know how rising temperatures in Thailand will affect their rice crops. Selangor, Malaysia – (ACN Newswire) – The seeds of Thailand’s well-known jasmine rice have low tolerance for high temperatures, according to research published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science. This can have implications for rice cultivation as weather heats up in response to global warming. Researchers at Thailand’s Khon kaen University exposed three different types of rice seeds to varying temperatures for one and two weeks to investigate their heat tolerance. Rice seeds are typically sown just before the rainy season in Thailand, which exposes them…

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HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – The Director-General of Investment Promotion, Mr Stephen Phillips, of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region today (August 13) embarked on visits in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand, in the latest promotion activity to update Association of Southeast Asian Nations investors on the business opportunities Hong Kong has to offer in the context of the Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development. In Ho Chi Minh City, Mr Phillips will participate in a roundtable discussion on business opportunities in Hong Kong relating to the Bay Area and the Belt and Road Initiative, jointly organised by…

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Profit Attributable to the Owners Increased to HK$21.3 million HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – Northern New Energy Holdings Limited (“Northern New Energy” / the “Company”; stock code: 8246) today announces the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (“the Current Period”). The Group adopted the dual-track development business strategy for its two business segments – the New energy business and the Catering business. It continued to gradually expand the New energy business, while strived to strengthen the Catering business. Revenue of the Group for the Current Period amounted to approximately HK$141.6 million, representing a significant increase of approximately 111.2%…

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BANGKOK – (ACN Newswire) – Do Day Dream PCL (SET:DDD) Chief Financial Officer, Khun Piyawat Ratchapolsitte discusses the company’s strategy and outlook in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.com. TET: Please explain the history of DDD. DDD: The founder, Dr. Sarawut Pornpatanark had a desire to do something different from the family business and launched DDD in 2010. Initially we were focused on OEM manufacturing for smaller domestic brands that were focused on selling on the internet and throughout social networks. We took this period to gather experience before launching our own brand, Namulife Snail White, in 2013. The first product was the…

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Turnover Surges by 397.9% to HK$1.45 Billion Against Same Period Last Year HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – Neo Telemedia Limited (“Neo Telemedia” or the “Company;” stock code: 8167, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018. During the period under review, benefiting from the substantial growth of trading of telecommunication products business, the Group’s turnover surged by approximately 397.9% year-on-year to HK$1,452,139,000. Gross profit improved by 81.8% to HK$141,845,000 compared with same period last year. Profit attributable to owners of the Company was HK$9,483,000, while basic…

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Watts Miners, the latest big name to enter the crypto mining space, has received an encouraging response from the cryptocurrency enthusiasts around the world. The company has recorded a sales volume in excess of $80 Million for the just concluded month of July. NEW YORK, NY – (ACN Newswire) – Watts Miners (www.wminers.com) is pleased to announce that the company has ended the month of July with an impressive sales volume of more than $80 Million. The company recently entered the global crypto space by launching three highly cost-efficient cryptocurrency mining rigs that have already made a serious impact on the market. Unlike…

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SYDNEY – (ACN Newswire) – Asia-Pacific specialist CRO Novotech has been awarded the “Exceeded Customer Expectations” Award by Life Science Leader magazine based on findings from sponsor companies that utilise outsourcing services. In particular, Novotech was recognised for its local market/regulatory knowledge and for meeting timelines. https://www.croleadershipawards.com/ As part of a 2018 review of the CRO industry from the biopharma perspective, Life Science Leader selected Novotech as a leader in a number of key categories including: – Local market/regulatory knowledge – Operational Excellence – Scientific knowledge – Therapeutic experience – Study design expertise – Responsiveness – Data quality – Meeting overall project timelines According…

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The Coalition has launched protests at controversial Czech billionaire’s residence to hold him accountable for perpetrating what they call the “fraud of the century” which in turn gave birth to the Ostrava Housing Crisis HILTON HEAD – (ACN Newswire) – The Coalition to Protect OKD Miners (“the Coalition”), an organization created to advocate on behalf of Czech coal miners, has launched protests at the Hilton Head, SC estate of Zdenek Bakala. Protesters, dressed as coal miners, descended on Bakala’s estate to demand Bakala make amends for his past alleged wrongdoings. The protest at Bakala’s estate marks the fourth such demonstration that the coalition…

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Invites hackers to attack cybersecurity platform during Black Hat 2018 / DEFCON26 Las Vegas-DEFCON – (ACN Newswire) – Trillium Secure, Inc. (Trillium) the global leader in cybersecurity protection and secure data lifecycle management for vehicles and fleets, today puts out a challenge to the world’s top security researchers to hack Trillium SecureGO(TM) in-vehicle network cybersecurity defense. SecureGO is one component of the company’s multi-layered Trillium Secure(TM) subscription service that defends against cyber-attacks and ensures the safety, privacy and integrity of vehicular data throughout its lifecycle. Trillium Secure includes SecureGO (in-vehicle defense), SecureIXS(TM) (firewall defense), SecureOTA(TM) (over-the-air defense) and SecureSKYE(TM) (cloud-based machine learning defense…

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– Adjusted Segmental EBITDA From Payment Processing Solutions Increases 125 %, Maintaining Strong Growth; – All Segments Continue to Innovate, Steadily Developing an Unparalleled “Payment + Finance” Edge HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – A leading payment & finance solutions provider in China – Hi Sun Technology (China) Limited (the “Company”; 818.HK) announced the unaudited condensed consolidated interim results of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (the “Reporting Period”). During the Reporting Period, the consolidated revenue of the Group reached HK$1,945.1 million, representing an increase of 81% when compared with HK$1,075.1 million…

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– Collaboration agreement for 500,000-sq ft Splash World @ Harbour City signed in presence of Melaka Chief Minister, YAB Tuan Adly Bin Zahari – Slated to open in the first half of 2020, the project will catalyse growth of tourism in the historical city and help open up economic and job opportunities – The waterpark will be the first ‘in the sky’ theme park and can accommodate up to 5,200 visitors MELAKA – (ACN Newswire) – Hatten Land Limited (“Hatten Land”), together with leading resort operator Samsung C&T Corporation and the world’s leading designer and installer of water slides, Polin Waterparks, unveiled today…

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SHANGHAI – (ACN Newswire) – Subor Culture Development Co. Ltd (“Subor”, formerly known as “Zhongshan Subor Culture Development Co. Ltd”), the joint venture company of Yi Hua Holdings Limited (“Yi Hua Holdings” or “the Company” and all its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as “the Group”; Stock Code: 2213.HK) attended “2018ChinaJoy – Debut of New Product and New Ecology” (“ChinaJoy”), which is held at Shanghai New International Expo Center from 3 August to 6 August, 2018. Subor is a leading manufacturer of game console controllers and a leading developer of educational software and VR technology in China. This year, at Booth…

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HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – AnApp Blockchain Technologies Limited (“AnApp”), the IOTW blockchain developer, announces two key partnerships, with Consta Mobile, a telecommunications services and products supplier, and The California Wine Company Limited, a prominent Californian wine distributor for Thailand and other South Asian countries. Both partnerships represent major milestones for the promotion and adoption of IOTW blockchain technology, where mobile devices adopt our Proof of Assignment micro-mining protocol and The California Wine Company Limited accepts our IOTW coins for their sales. This way, mobile users can essentially mine the IOTW coins and purchase wine with it – a tangible example of…

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TOKYO – (JCN Newswire) – KDDI CORPORATION and SORACOM Inc. (soracom.io) have agreed to advance new IoT business operations by combining the SORACOM IoT telecommunications platform with systems integration services offered by local KDDI subsidiaries worldwide. The two companies started offering IoT business services in Southeast Asia and the United States in July 2018, and will undertake a phased expansion in other regions. With 100 offices worldwide, KDDI has know-how in providing corporate customers in every country with ICT solutions. Since December 2016, SORACOM has been offering SORACOM Air for Cellular, which is now available in more than 100 countries and territories. IoT-adapted…

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Certain aspects of an indigenous Sufi culture in Western Indonesia appear to protect it against radical Islamic ideology. Selangor, Malaysia – (ACN Newswire) – The Minangkabau people in Indonesia’s West Sumatra practice a unique blend of culture and religion that could be making them more resistant than others to Islamic radicalism, according to a study published in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities. Understanding what gives these people their resilience could help combat radicalism elsewhere. The Minangkabau are the largest ethnic group on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. They are the world’s largest matrilineal society, where children take their mother’s name, property…

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Limited Accredited Investor Crowdsale to Open Today DALLAS, TEXAS – (ACN Newswire) – Hedera Hashgraph, a next-generation distributed public ledger organization, announced today that it has raised $100 million from institutional and high net worth individual investors to further the development and use of the Hedera public distributed ledger platform and network. Hedera plans to launch the network and start giving early access to some partners within the next month, with numerous distributed applications already being developed for the platform. “We are seeing tremendous demand for our fast, fair, and secure public network,” said Mance Harmon, Co-founder and CEO of Hedera. “With this…

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HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – Recently, following the official implementation of the revised listing rules by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), the Hong Kong capital market has been opened up further, welcoming listing applications from several biotechnology companies. In particular, Ascletis Pharma Inc., the first biotechnology company successfully lodging its listing application after the overhaul of the listing rules, was listed on the main board of the HKEX yesterday, running ahead of its industrial peers. As the market benchmark, Ascletis come to front for its listing Several celebrities such as Charles Li, Chief Executive of HKEX; Xie Shuang Cheng, Deputy Mayor…

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MVNOs Envisage Increased ARPU and Customized Customer Experience HYDERABAD, INDIA – (ACN Newswire) – XIUS, a leading supplier of mobile technology, mobile payments and enterprise offerings has unveiled its ‘vData Core’, a patent-pending telco grade platform. This platform, the first of its kind, incorporates Machine Learning (ML) at the core and equips Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) to boost revenue and thrive. Today, a majority of Communication Service Providers’ (CSP) revenue is generated from data services. It is estimated that by 2021, the average data consumption will be 52 Exabytes per month with 70 percent of mobile data being video. This makes it…

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