IIM Using Film To Instil Integrity In Society

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM) is creatively using the film medium, which is popular and can be very impactful, to instil integrity in society.

Toward this end, IIM held an Integrity Art Night themed "Integrity Film Closet: 'Mayhem" Perception or Integrity" (Gobok Wayang Integriti: 'Mayhem' Persepsi Atau Integriti") last night in an the effort to educate the society on integrity.

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MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO ACQUIRES ADDITIONAL SHARES OF SOTUS INTERNATIONAL IN THAILAND

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. (Tokyo, President & CEO: Kazunori Tani, “MCAG”) announced today that MCAG acquired additional shares of Sotus International Co., Ltd. (“SOTUS”), an agrochemicals company in the Kingdom of Thailand, as of January 21^st, 2016. Having reached a share sale and purchase agreement with Pacific Agriscience Pte., Ltd. (“PA”), a shareholder of SOTUS, MCAG acquired all the PA-owned shares of SOTUS to increase its shareholding ratio to 16.2% of SOTUS’s total shares.

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MITEL ACCELERATES LEAD IN MOBILE ENTERPRISE WITH MOBILE AND CLOUD INNOVATIONS

BERLIN, Jan 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitel® (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW), a global leader in real-time business, cloud and mobile communications, today announced a disruptive series of new solutions that accelerates its lead in the mobile enterprise market. The announcements, made in Berlin at the Mitel Next event, reflect rapid implementation of the company’s strategic vision of the cloud-based mobile enterprise designed to address the evolving needs of a mobile-first world for enterprises, workers and consumers.

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NASDAQ REPORTS RECORD FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2015 RESULTS

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today reported record results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015.  Fourth quarter net revenues were $536 million, up 4% from $517 million in the prior year period, driven by a $37 million positive impact from operations, partially offset by a $18 million negative impact of changes in foreign exchange rates.  On an organic basis, excluding the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates and acquisitions, total fourth quarter net revenues were up 5%, while across the non-trading segments, organic revenue growth was 8%.

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ASTA TO INTRODUCE AUTOMATED PATIENT REGISTRATION SYSTEM IN PANTAI HOSPITAL KL, MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR and TOKYO, Jan. 29, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
 
Almex System Technology Asia Sdn. Bhd. ("ASTA"), Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur ("Pantai KL"), and Almex Inc. ("Almex"), entered into an MOU on January 28 to introduce an automated patient registration system in Pantai's flagship hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  
The MOU was executed by Hideyori Hirahara, Managing Director of ASTA, Ronald Koh, Group COO of Pantai Holdings, Anwar Anis, Chief Executive Officer of Pantai KL, and Shohei Mabuchi, President of Almex, in a simple ceremony at the corporate office located in Pantai KL.

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PROGNOS, AN ANTUIT COMPANY, ANNOUNCED AS AN EARLY ENTRANT TO THE SAS MANAGED ANALYTIC SERVICES PROVIDER PROGRAM

Now Able to Offer Retail and CPG Clients a Market-Leading Analytics Product by Subscription, Resulting in Enhanced Forecasting Models and Revenue Impacting Results

 

CHICAGO, Jan 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Prognos, an analytics company specializing in the retail and consumer package goods (CPG) sector, announced today that they have joined SAS’ Managed Analytic Services Provider (MASP) program. Prognos, acquired by global analytics company Antuit earlier this year, specializes in providing financially measurable results to retail and CPG companies through advanced analytics solutions. 

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​NASDAQ CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LEE SHAVEL TO RETIRE

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy will retire, effective March 31, 2016.
 
Shavel joined Nasdaq in 2011 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and was responsible for Accounting, Treasury, Corporate Strategy, Financial Planning & Analysis, Investor Relations, Risk Management and Global Facilities.  During his nearly five-year tenure as CFO, Shavel advanced the company’s return on invested capital framework to guide capital allocation decisions, initiated the company’s dividend and dividend policy as a core pillar of capital deployment, and reorganized the company’s financial reporting with increased transparency.  Since adding Mr. Shavel to the senior leadership team, Nasdaq’s total shareholder return has more than doubled that of the S&P 500, and both absolute and relative valuation have improved substantially.

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NASDAQ ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $0.25 PER SHARE

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Nasdaq, Inc (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share on the company's outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on March 28, 2016, to shareowners of record at the close of business on March 14, 2016.  Future declarations of quarterly dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to approval by the Board of Directors.

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A.M. BEST AFFIRMS RATINGS OF MEIJI YASUDA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

HONG KONG, Jan 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE)-- A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating of “aa-” of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (Meiji Yasuda) (Japan). The outlook for both ratings is stable.
 
The ratings reflect Meiji Yasuda’s strong risk-adjusted capitalization, favorable operating performance and strong business profile.

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TOP 100 CITY DESTINATIONS RANKING REVEALED BY EUROMONITOR INTERNATIONAL

LONDON, Jan 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Market Research Company Euromonitor International releases today the Top 100 City Destination Ranking for 2014 international arrivals.

For the sixth consecutive year, Hong Kong is the top city destination in the world, with 27.8 million international visitors in 2014, followed by London, which moves up to the second position, overtaking Bangkok and Singapore.

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NASDAQ BWISE POSITIONED AS A 'LEADER' IN LATEST REPORT ON GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE PLATFORMS FROM INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FIRM

NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq BWise (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has been positioned as a ‘Leader’ according to the Forrester Research, Inc report: “The Forrester Wave™: Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms, Q1 2016”. Forrester Research ranked fourteen GRC technology vendors based on ‘Current offering’, ‘Strategy’ and ‘Market presence’.

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HID GLOBAL PASSES HIGH-LEVEL MASTERCARD CERTIFICATION; RESULTS REINFORCE COMPANY'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE)-- HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced that its identification technologies products for banking and payment smart card industry have successfully passed MasterCard’s 2015 Card Quality Management (CQM) audit for dual interface inlays. HID Global’s production site in Malaysia has passed the required CQM test procedures and is entitled to carry the corresponding CQM Label. Worldwide, only a limited number of inlay production sites meet these requirements.

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NASDAQ TO PROVIDE SMARTS MARKET SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY TO NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK and LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (“The Exchange” or “NSE”) have announced that NSE, which services the largest economy in Africa, will acquire Nasdaq’s SMARTS Market Surveillance platform to power their compliance program. The technology will provide NSE with the surveillance expertise needed to grow and expand the market and equip the exchange with the surveillance tools necessary to monitor for market manipulation, including spoofing and layering. NSE also uses Nasdaq’s X-Stream trading platform as its trading engine.

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ENTEGRIS EXPANDS ANALYTICAL AND R&D OPERATIONS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS LIQUID FILTRATION IN SOUTH KOREA

New Capabilities Help Optimize Filtration for Specially Formulated Chemistries
 
BILLERICA, Mass., Jan 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTG), a leader in yield-enhancing materials and solutions for highly advanced manufacturing environments, announced today the expansion of its liquid filtration/purification analytical science and research and development facility in Suwon, South Korea. As an addition to its existing Korea Technology Center (KTC) facility, the expanded lab includes advanced chemical/water analysis and material characterization capabilities, along with filtration device instrumentation. These new capabilities will allow closer collaboration with local customers to solve specific liquid filtration challenges by providing optimized solutions for their advanced processes.

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AIRPORT-STYLE DUTY-FREE SHOP "JAPAN DUTY FREE GINZA" OPENS IN MITSUKOSHI GINZA STORE ON JANUARY 27

TOKYO, Jan. 27, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

On January 27, 2016, Japan Duty Free Fa-So-La Isetan Mitsukoshi Co., Ltd. opened "Japan Duty Free GINZA," Japan's first-ever (outside Okinawa) airport-style duty-free shop, on the 8th floor of Mitsukoshi Ginza Store. By making available in the city an airport-style duty-free shop that exempts shoppers from customs duties, and consumption, liquor and tobacco taxes, not only can inbound foreign travelers be serviced but Japanese air passengers can also be provided with a new style of shopping prior to their own departure.

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GET YOUR V-LINE ON WITH PERSONALIZED GENIOPLASTY

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Soft face shape despite your age determines you to be seen as a likable person or not. Recent craze of having a smooth face-line encouraged people to have non-surgical v-line procedures like facial contouring injections or Botox, and for more permanent results, increasing number of people are seeking to have their facial bones contoured. This phenomenon doesn’t limit to Koreans, but also foreigners all over the globe.

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RECALL ACQUIRES SECUR' ARCHIV IN SWITZERLAND, STRENGTHENING EUROPEAN FOOTPRINT AND EXTENDING SERVICES REACH

SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Recall Holdings Limited (ASX: REC), a global leader in document storage, digital information solutions, data protection and secure destruction services, today announced its expansion in a new European market through the acquisition of the document storage and management company Secur’ Archiv.

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EARLY-STAGE M&A BOUNCES BACK IN ASIA DESPITE CHINA MARKET CRISIS

SINGAPORE, Jan 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Early-stage mergers & acquisitions (M&A) in many Asian markets are showing strong growth when compared to the same period last year, despite the slowing Chinese economy and volatile currency and equity markets. This indicates that 1H 2016 will see a rise in deal announcements in different Asian markets, compared to 1H 2015. This is according to the latest Intralinks® Deal Flow Predictor (DFP) report released by Intralinks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:IL), the leading global provider of software and services for managing M&A transactions. Meanwhile, in the wider Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, Australia is suffering from negative growth, having been hit by the drop in demand in the metals and mining sector – often led by China.

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BUDDHIST LEADER CALLS FOR RESPECT FOR DIGNITY OF ALL, PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND MOST VULNERABLE

TOKYO, Jan. 26, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
 

In his annual peace proposal released on January 26, titled "Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace," Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, calls for intensified efforts to respond to the needs of humanity's most vulnerable, including those displaced by conflict in Syria and elsewhere or by natural disasters. Ikeda welcomes the adoption of the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their ambitious aim of leaving no one behind. He applauds the fact that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development explicitly includes the protection of the dignity and fundamental human rights of displaced persons and international migrants. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=26107

Axiata Shifts To SAP Cloud System To Drive Eprocurement

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Axiata Group Bhd, DBA Axiata has selected Bristlecone and SAP as its partners on their journey to transform their sourcing and procurement departments, and to drive best-in-class processes.

In a statement today, SAP said the procurement transformation would enable the telecommunications company to gain visibility on their spend across all the Operating Companies (OpCos) and facilitate compliance, determine and harness spend reduction opportunities and identify the inefficient, non-standard processes that were previously in place.

SAP Malaysia Managing Director Terrence Yong said software from SAP will assist Axiata to organise resources and optimise collaboration across their current procurement structure, to achieve new levels of innovation, efficiency and agility.

Axiata will be using the on-premise version of the SAP Supplier Relationship Management application for "Requisition to PO" processes and the SAP Spend Performance Management analytic application for Spend Analytics Process, alongside its cloud-based procurement applications.

As part of this initiative, Bristlecone is also supporting Axiata to streamline and standardise the sourcing, procurement and spend management processes across the group for greater efficiency, visibility and governance through the deployment of a harmonised, scalable world-class eProcurement platform.

As a result of this implementation, Axiata employees now have a centralised system through which they can search, source and buy items, while complying with corporate purchasing procedures.

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Entegris Announces New Post-CMP Cleaning Solutions For Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing

BILLERICA, Mass., Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTG), a leader in yield-enhancing materials and solutions for highly advanced manufacturing environments, today announced new post-chemical mechanical planarization (post-CMP) cleaning solutions for semiconductor manufacturing. The new PlanarClean® AG family of products were designed for use in 10 nm processes and below, and add to Entegris' leading portfolio of post-CMP cleaning solutions.

"Entegris has been the industry leader in post-CMP cleaning for many years. Our PlanarClean family products have been widely used in wafer fabs around the world. To address greater complexity of wafer production at the leading-edge nodes due to the addition of many new materials, such as cobalt and tungsten, we carefully re-formulated our PlanarClean solution to provide superior cleaning without damaging advanced films or new materials," said Cuong Tran, director of post-CMP cleans for Entegris. "PlanarClean AG meets the needs for advanced processes, while also conforming to new safety guidelines outlined by our customers."

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A.M. Best Affirms Ratings Of The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited

HONG KONG, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating of "aa-" of The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited (DL) (Japan). The outlook for both ratings is stable.

The ratings reflect DL's robust level of risk-adjusted capitalization, strong business profile and its favorable operating performance.

DL has a plan to establish a holding company structure in October 2016 through a corporate split and transfer its domestic life insurance business to a new wholly owned subsidiary. The company's capitalization is expected to remain supportive of the current ratings. In addition, DL's financial leverage remains favorable with its strong liquidity position. DL has achieved a diversified business portfolio by actively managing its life operations through focusing on specific target markets, both domestically and overseas. In addition, the acquisition of the Protective Life Corporation in 2015 is expected to provide a growing contribution to the group's earnings. The company's risk management capabilities remain adequate to its wide scope of business, with extensive use of stress tests to cope with volatility.

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​HOME FASHION RETAILER ETHAN ALLEN ENLISTS WITH ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE

DANBURY, Conn., Jan 27 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ethan Allen (NYSE:ETH), America’s classic design brand for 83 years, this week is launching a specialty online store at shopmyexchange.com, a members-only website dedicated to ensuring active and retired soldiers, airmen, and their families have access to U.S. goods and services, wherever they serve or live. 
 
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (“The Exchange”) is the oldest and largest of the Department of Defense exchange services. At war and in peacetime, The Exchange provides military personnel with the services and merchandise they need to make their lives more comfortable.

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ISID LAUNCHES BUSINESS FOR MULTI FINANCE INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA

TOKYO & JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) --Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd. (TOKYO:4812)(Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Setsuo Kamai; “ISID”) today announces that its subsidiary, PT. ISID INDONESIA (Head office: Jakarta, Indonesia, President Director: Takuya Ono; “ISID Indonesia”) established partnership with IT company in Indonesia, PT. Indocyber Global Technology (Head office: Jakarta, Indonesia, CEO: Bharat Ongso; “Indocyber”). That is, ISID Indonesia appointed Indocyber as provider of solution “Lamp”, which is comprehensive IT solution for leasing and financial businesses. Such partnership already generated 1^st local customer and we target Lamp to be implemented by 20 companies in next 3 years.

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DSV ACQUIRES UTI WORLDWIDE INC.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan 26 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- We are delighted to announce that DSV’s acquisition of UTi Worldwide Inc. has now been completed with the approval of UTi shareholders and competition authorities.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/cd782a7e-f59a-46c7-9af0-1e3a782968c2

Jens Bjørn Andersen, CEO of DSV, comments

"We are proud to welcome customers and employees of UTi to DSV. I have no doubt that the combination of DSV and UTi is a recipe for success; and with our united network, we will create exciting opportunities for both customers and employees. We will now start the integration process while taking care to maintain a high service level towards all customers. The commercial activities of DSV and UTi will continue under the DSV brand as we move forward.”

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​ETHAN ALLEN AND DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS ANNOUNCE NEW HOME LINE

DANBURY, Conn., Jan 26 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Internationally celebrated, iconic American brand Ethan Allen announces a new collaboration with Disney Consumer Products that will fuse Disney magic and Ethan Allen quality—for an experience that's whimsical, sophisticated, fun, and entirely unique.
 
Ethan Allen’s in-house design team is busy developing a groundbreaking line of Disney-inspired furniture and home décor that’s designed to appeal to the entire family.

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MODULAR FINANCIAL SERVICES: THE NEW SHAPE OF THE INDUSTRY

Oliver Wyman report identifies $1 trillion of banking and insurance revenues and costs to shift   NEW YORK & DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) --Financial services are becoming “modular”, with digital distribution platforms, new product providers, alternative sources of capital and a growth in outsourcing fundamentally reshaping the industry. This is according to Modular Financial Services: The New Shape of the Industry, a new report by global management consultancy Oliver Wyman.  http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=26072

WESTERN UNION CROSS-BORDER PLATFORM CONNECTS CONSUMERS TO OVER ONE BILLION BANK ACCOUNTS

SAN FRANCISCO , Jan 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment services, today announced its account payout network, a global capability that enables cross-border money transfers to be directed to bank accounts – has reached a new milestone, now connecting consumers to over one billion bank accounts. 

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#FUELLINGCOMMUNITIES WITH PETRONAS

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- PETRONAS is transforming communities one step at a time through a new initiative called #FUELLINGCOMMUNITIES, which rewards communities for supporting the PETRONAS brand. The inaugural programme, which was launched late last year in collaboration with the Taman Segar Rukun Tetangga in Cheras, had recently achieved its first out of three milestones.

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MERCK LAUNCHES VIVERA IN LATIN AMERICA

Merck launches Vivera, a new Consumer Health brand for gastro-intestinal upset, starting in January 2016 with Chile

Merck announces the transition of three additional brands from its Biopharma portfolio to its Consumer Health business in Latin America
 

DARMSTADT, Germany, Jan  20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the launch of its new consumer brand Vivera^® in Latin America. Vivera is being launched first in Chile in January 2016, to be followed by several major Latin American markets later in 2016. Vivera provides fast relief from a gastro-intestinal upset by accelerating the natural healing process. 

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NTT COMMUNICATIONS POSITIONED AS A "LEADER" IN GARTNER 2016 REPORT: "MAGIC QUADRANT FOR NETWORK SERVICES, GLOBAL" FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

TOKYO, Jan 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), a data, cloud and international communications leader within the NTT (NYSE:NTT) Group, announced today it has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global" (Magic Quadrant) report^*1 published by Gartner Inc. on January 2016, for the 3^rdconsecutive year. NTT Com was evaluated for the completeness of vision and ability to execute.

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HILTON WORLDWIDE EXPANDS TO 100 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES, CAPPING RECORD YEAR OF GROWTH

Largest global hotel company opens nearly one hotel per day in 2015 and maintains industry’s largest pipeline
 

MCLEAN, Va., Jan 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) has expanded its footprint to 100 countries and territories around the world by raising the Hilton flag at the Hilton N’Djamena in Chad.

In 2015, the company’s strategic focus on organic growth, led by 12 clearly-defined, market-leading brands, has resulted in Hilton Worldwide continuing to bethe largest and fastest growing global hospitality company. Other achievements include:

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POLYPLASTICS TO EXPAND PLANT IN MALAYSIA FOR GREATER GLOBAL SALES OF POM AND PPS RESIN

TOKYO, Jan. 21, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

Polyplastics Co., Ltd. announced on January 21 its decision to expand its engineering plastics compound plant in Malaysia operated by Polyplastics Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. (PAP), a wholly owned local subsidiary headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. The expansion plan calls for additional production capacity of 9,000 tons per year at the plant in Kuantan, Pahang State. When expansion is completed, the plant will have a yearly production capacity of 35,000 tons. The additional lines will produce POM "DURACON(R)" and PPS "DURAFIDE(R)" compounds. The expanded facility is scheduled for completion at the end of 2016 and commencement of commercial operation in June 2017.

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KEIO PLAZA HOTEL HOSTS GIRLS' DOLL FESTIVAL EXHIBITION

Displaying 6,000 Hanging Art Ornaments, Traditional Arts of “Origata” Gift Wrapping and “Musubi” Knot Tying

 

TOKYO, Jan  20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Keio Plaza Hotel (KPH), one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will host a special exhibition of Japanese arts entitled “Enjoying Japan’s Traditional Girls’ Doll Festival (Hinamatsuri)” displaying various traditional artworks in February and March, 2016. “Hinamatsuri” is a traditional event held annually in Japan at which families pray for the health and happiness of their female children. This festival is known for its colorful dolls and ornaments that embody the atmosphere of spring when it is held. Our exhibition this year features over 6,000 finely hand woven silk cloth art items to give visitors a taste of Japan’s traditional arts representative of the doll festival. In addition, the artworks of “origata” gift wrapping and “musubi” knot tying, whose methods are also used in “hinamatsuri” doll ornaments, will be exhibited to show how they have played a key role in Japanese culture. 

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SINGAPORE'S SMALL BUSINESSES STRONG AND ADAPTABLE

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 22, 2016 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --
 
New survey data released today by CPA Australia shows Singapore's small business sector is growing despite a lack of confidence in the economy, with a
strong focus on social media and business management.
 
The findings, from  CPA Australia's annual Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey, follow extensive surveying of nearly 3,000 small business operators in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

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HILTON WORLDWIDE EXPANDS TO 100 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES, CAPPING RECORD YEAR OF GROWTH

Largest global hotel company opens nearly one hotel per day in 2015 and maintains industry’s largest pipeline
 

MCLEAN, Va., Jan 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) has expanded its footprint to 100 countries and territories around the world by raising the Hilton flag at the Hilton N’Djamena in Chad.

In 2015, the company’s strategic focus on organic growth, led by 12 clearly-defined, market-leading brands, has resulted in Hilton Worldwide continuing to be the largest and fastest growing global hospitality company. Other achievements include:

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PSAV® TO ACQUIRE KFP HOLDING GMBH, EXPANDING EUROPEAN FOOTPRINT

SCHILLER PARK, Ill., Jan 21 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PSAV announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase KFP Holding GmBH, a leading provider of event technology services headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. KFP is a market leader in providing audiovisual and production services and enjoys a strong presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The parties anticipate the closing of the transaction later in the first quarter of this year, subject to customary closing conditions.

The acquisition of KFP is a continuation of PSAV’s strategy to seek growth in the international marketplace and partner with leading event technology providers to service customers across a broader global footprint. The acquisition will extend PSAV’s presence in Europe that includes operations in the UK, Germany, France and Monaco. KFP has been a leading provider in the market place for nearly 20-years. They have a celebrated track record of supplying event technology and communication services to hotels, corporations and meeting and event agencies.

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MIMECAST將發布2016年第三季度財務業績報告

馬薩諸塞州沃特敦, Jan 21 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 下一代企業資料及電子郵件雲端安全及風險管理服務方面主要的提供商Mimecast Limited（納斯達克代號：MIME）今日宣布，將於2016年2月8日收市後刊發新聞稿，發佈公司截至2015年12月31日止第三季度的財務業績報告。

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GEOPOLITICAL THREATS RISE AS CEO'S GLOBAL GROWTH CONFIDENCE FALLS

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two-thirds of CEOs (66%) see more threats facing their businesses today than three years ago.  Just over a quarter (27%) believe global growth will improve over the next 12 months, a decline of 10 points on last year.

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DAVOS 2016: JOIN PWC'S ANNUAL GLOBAL CEO SURVEY PRESS BRIEFING & WEBCAST 1845 CET TUESDAY 19TH JANUARY 2016

NEW YORK, Jan 14 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dennis Nally, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International, will present key findings of PwC’s annual survey of international business leaders at a press briefing in Davos, Switzerland, at 1845 Central European Time on Tuesday 19^th January 2016 (17:45 GMT/12:45 EST).

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NTT COMMUNICATIONS OFFERS AMENITY KIT WITH PREPAID SIM FOR JAPAN

TOKYO, Jan 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE)-- NTT Communications and NTT Resonant, with support from Nestlé Japan and NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd., announced today the Welcome to Japan Kit, an amenity kit packaged as a complimentary giveaway with the Prepaid SIM for JAPAN, a short-term SIM card for people visiting Japan. The Welcome to Japan Kit will be offered with the first 1,000 orders for the Prepaid SIM for JAPAN at NTT Com’s online store, starting today.

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MIMECAST TO REPORT THIRD QUARTER 2016 FINANCIAL RESULTS

WATERTOWN, Mass., Jan 20 ( Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ:MIME), a leading provider of next generation cloud security and risk management services for corporate information and email, today announced it will issue a press release reporting financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2015 after the close of the market on February 8^th, 2016.

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UNISYS TO DELIVER ENTERPRISE SECURITY INNOVATION ON THE AWS CLOUD

BLUE BELL, Pa., Jan. 20, 2015 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/--
 

Award-winning Unisys Stealth technology delivers micro-segmentation on the Amazon Web Services Cloud for improved security, simplified management, lower costs and faster results   Unisys Corporation (www.unisys.com/) (NYSE: UIS) today announced it will provide enterprises with the award-winning Unisys Stealth(TM) micro segmentation security solution on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) (https://aws.amazon.com/) Cloud, available for customers to immediately acquire and deploy from the AWS Marketplace. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=26068

UNIONPAY IMPROVES ITS TRAVEL PAYMENT SERVICE FOR 6 MILLION CHINESE TOURISTS WHO CELEBRATE THE SPRING FESTIVAL ABROAD

SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 21, 2016 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--
 
In 2015, the Chinese mainland is the world's No.1 in terms of the number of outbound tourists and the outbound tourism spending. This year, the outbound tourism market is still heating up.
  
According to UnionPay International, about 6 million Chinese tourists will celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival overseas. Free independent traveling and in-depth traveling are the new travel trend. And UnionPay card has become one of outbound travelers' best companions.

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8TH BUNKA FASHION GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FASHION WEEK

TOKYO, Jan. 19, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
 

Bunka Fashion Graduate University (BFGU), a Professional Graduate School in Japan, will hold the Bunka Fashion Graduate University Fashion Week (BFGU FW) from February 1 to 5. The eighth annual event features a symposium by Yoshiyuki Miyamae (ISSEY MIYAKE Designer), Masaki Sato (Creative Director / President, Sato Seni Co., Ltd.), Nobuo Arakawa (President and Chief Executive Officer Laforet Harajuku Co., Ltd.) and Bunka Fashion Graduate University associate professor. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=26065

SALECYCLE LAUNCH SMS REMARKETING SERVICE

Behavioral marketing company SaleCycle leads the industry with the launch of their SMS remarketing solution.
 
SINGAPORE, Jan 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE)-- Through the addition of SMS remarketing to their existing portfolio of email and on-site remarketing solutions, SaleCycle now offer a Multi-Channel Remarketing service.
 
All three solutions allow for the creation of remarketing campaigns that engage website visitors at each stage of the purchasing process. The combination of technologies gives rise to endless solutions to common ecommerce pain-points.

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PWC AND LRN FORGE STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP TO HELP ORGANISATIONS OPERATE WITH PURPOSE AND VALUES AT THEIR CORE

Collaboration Driven by Shared Goal to Help Place Humanity at the Centre of 21st Century Business

NEW YORK and DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, Jan 21 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PwC and LRN today announced a long-term strategic relationship to better help organisations elevate behaviour, define and scale their values, and become animated by purpose.
 

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KYOCERA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ACQUIRES LABELLIO, AN IMAGE RECOGNITION WEB SERVICE POWERED BY DEEP LEARNING, FROM ALPACADB

With simple drag-and-drop, users can easily create their original image classifier powered by deep learning

KYOTO, Japan, Jan 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kyocera Communication Systems announced today that the company has made an agreement with AlpacaDB to acquire Labellio, an image recognition web service powered by deep learning. Change in ownership will take place on January 19th, 2016.

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NTT COMMUNICATIONS OPENS DISASTER-RESILIENT OSAKA 5 DATA CENTER

TOKYO, Jan 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT (NYSE: NTT) Group, announced today the immediate launch of the Osaka 5 Data Center in the heart of Osaka, NTT Com’s fifth data center in central Japan’s Kansai Region. The facility offers approximately 3,500 m² of server room, equivalent to 1,600 racks.

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SAMSUNG BIOEPIS ENTERS THE EUROPEAN BIOPHARMACEUTICAL MARKET WITH BENEPALI®, THE FIRST FUSION PROTEIN BIOSIMILAR APPROVED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

INCHEON, Korea, Jan 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. today announced the European Commission’s (EC) approval of Benepali^® – a biosimilar referencing Enbrel^® (etanercept), also known as SB4 – for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis) and plaque psoriasis. The EC approval follows a positive opinion on Benepali^® by the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), which was announced on November 20, 2015.

“The approval of Benepali and its subsequent launches in Europe are major milestones for Samsung Bioepis,” said Christopher Hansung Ko, President & CEO of Samsung Bioepis. “In just under four years, we successfully developed, tested and obtained regulatory approval for Benepali, a high-quality biologic medicine that will drive down healthcare costs and increase patient access to one of the most widely used treatment options for immunological diseases across Europe.”

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Anaplan Raises $90 Million And Appoints James Budge As Chief Financial Officer

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- Anaplan, the enterprise planning cloud company, today announced a funding round of $90 million. Premji Invest led the investment, supported by Baillie Gifford, Founders Circle Capital, and Harmony Partners, as well as Anaplan's current investors*. The company also announced the appointment of James Budge, former Genesys and Rovi CFO and COO, as its Chief Financial Officer.

Anaplan will use the funds to fulfill increasing global demand for its cloud-based business planning and modeling platform.

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Nasdaq Launches New, Innovative Investor Relations Platform, Nasdaq IR Insight™

NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), has officially launched Nasdaq IR Insight ™, a platform designed specifically for financial executives, especially investor relations officers (IROs) around the globe. The platform was built through an iterative process of collaboration with clients from the corporate finance suite in order to create an integrated, contextualized view of those activities in an intuitive user interface. Nasdaq IR Insight is being offered by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, a subsidiary of Nasdaq Inc.

"The launch of Nasdaq IR Insight will greatly advance the ability for public companies to manage their investor relations efforts around the globe, and we are thrilled to bring it to the market, continuing our intense focus on innovation within our Nasdaq Corporate Solutions product suite," said Adena Friedman, President and COO, Nasdaq. "We have invested a significant amount of financial and intellectual capital to deeply understand what the senior executive suite needs in terms of intelligence and workflows to engage successfully with their investors. Not only do we think that Nasdaq IR Insight will tremendously improve efficiency in investor interactions, we also believe the platform will allow financial executives to elevate their work by providing actionable intelligence and market insights."

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"WAZA Enjoy Taste Of Japan": MAFF Minister Moriyama Leads Sales Tour For Japanese Products In Singapore, Gateway To ASEAN, Aiming For 1 Trillion Yen In Exports

TOKYO, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- As a kickoff event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of foreign relations between Singapore and Japan, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) conducted a "WAZA Enjoy Taste of Japan" campaign for two days (January 9-10) at Isetan Scotts in Singapore. The event was designed to increase interest in Japanese food culture and Japanese agricultural, forestry, and marine produce. The event coincided with the start of the Producer Direct Order Service, a new service that ships fresh Japanese agricultural, forestry, and marine produce and foods refrigerated or frozen directly from Japanese producers to consumers in Singapore. The event aims to promote the service and increase consumer recognition of Japanese agricultural, forestry, and marine produce and foods available through this superior service. 

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VERMILION SOFTWARE SECURES BREAKTHROUGH GLOBAL DEAL WITH NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT

LONDON, Jan 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vermilion Software(‘Vermilion’), the leading global supplier of client reporting and communications software, today announces that it has inked a deal with Nikko Asset Management, Asia's premier global asset manager.

The Tokyo-based firm has selected Vermilion as its global client reporting solution, with plans to roll out the Vermilion Reporting Suite (VRS) in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Nikko Asset Management will be using VRS for all of its global reporting requirements, from fact sheets to client reports in addition to Japanese language reporting.

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XAXIS NAMES NICOLLE PANGIS GLOBAL CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Xaxis, the world’s largest programmatic media and audience platform, announced today the promotion of Nicolle Pangis to serve as global chief operating officer. Pangis was previously global chief revenue officer for Xaxis where she was responsible for the company’s nearly $1 billion in global revenue, inclusive of media buying and planning, direct sales, agency sales and platform licensing business. She also played an instrumental role in the strategic transaction involving the acquisition of the Xaxis for Publishers business by AppNexus.

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CAPA Asia's Photo Contest Kicked Off By Gakken Plus To Celebrate Its Opening, Supported By Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon And Sony

TOKYO, Jan 15 (Bernama) --

-Photo Lovers in Southeast Asia, Join Us!-

Gakken Plus Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan's leading publisher Gakken Holdings Co., announced on October 13 the launch of "CAPA asia," a website to provide information on photography for Southeast Asia, in commemoration of the Gakken group's 70th founding anniversary. Gakken Plus publishes "CAPA," the best-selling magazine on photos and still cameras in Japan. Since its start in 1981, CAPA has been providing high-quality information for photo fans, photographers, and camera makers. Now CAPA asia wants to spread the joy of photography in Southeast Asia by becoming a bridge between photo lovers and professional photographers in the region and camera makers.

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BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) SELECTS SMARTTRADE TO IMPLEMENT NEXT GENERATION E-FX INFRASTRUCTURE

HONG KONG, Jan 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- smartTrade Technologies, a global leader in multi asset, end-to-end trading solutions for Tier1, Tier2, regional Banks, Brokers and Asset Managers, has been selected byBank of China (Hong Kong), a leading regional bank in Hong Kong, to deliver a cutting edge low latency e-FX platform.

Over recent years, as its e-FX business has grown significantly, Bank of China (Hong Kong) has been searching for a more scalable next generation e-FX system, capable of supporting a larger client base and handling increasing trading volumes. After a thorough review process, Bank of China (Hong Kong) decided to choose smartTrade for its reputation among the banking community, its e-FX platform aggregation capabilities, its sophisticated customizable client pricing distribution system and its powerful user interface.

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