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Drive for better with the new Euro 5 Quester and Croner trucks, with feature enhancements that boost profitability by doing more with less to overcome critical resource constraints. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 30 September 2021 – UD Trucks today unveiled a new Euro 5 range for the well-established Quester (heavy-duty) and Croner (medium-duty) trucks. The upgrade also boasts enhanced features that will improve uptime, enhance efficiency, and optimize […]

Real estate firm sets ambitious science-based targets and commits to partnering with clients to achieve net zero value chain emissions by 2050 HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 29 September 2021 – Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, recently announced ambitious science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In addition, by signing […]

Featuring high current rating, high density and flexible control functions, the new point-of-load DC-DC converter is ideal for complex and high current applications DENVER, COLORADO – Media OutReach – 29 September 2021 – Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) – a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions – today introduced the Artesyn LGA110D, a 110 amp-rated, non-isolated digital point-of-load DC-DC converter. The latest addition to the […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 September 2021 – Korean aesthetic clinic, Dream Aesthetics & Plastic Surgery Singapore, is proud to announce the arrival of Sylfirm X, a Dual Wave Radio Frequency (RF) Micro-Needle System devised in Silicon Valley, USA. Using a combination of 4 Pulsed and 4 Continuous Wave modes with 12 energy levels, there are 96 possible treatment settings to cater to a myriad of skin concerns. […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 September 2021 – Lenovo™ today announced that ThinkSmart™ Core is now available in Hong Kong. As a collaborative solution built for the next phase of hybrid work, ThinkSmart Core is Lenovo’s first modular room kit for meeting spaces that enables both flexibility and scalability, powered by the 11th Gen Intel vPro® platform designed to deliver high performance and comprehensive hardware-based security features. […]

Matein Khalid Brent crude has now reached a post-pandemic high of $77 and reinforced my conviction that energy will be the best performing sector of September 2021. Saudi Arabia and Russia have ignored the Biden White House’s call to pump more oil and the quota discipline in OPEC+ is intact while Libyan oil remains offline due to the civil war and the US’s Afghan debacle means Biden […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 23 September 2021 – Blue Bottle Coffee announced its commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2024. This extends to the entire brand, in the United States and Asia, and from coffee and ingredient sourcing to guest-use and end-of-life greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for product and packaging. Blue Bottle will attain carbon neutrality for its GHG emissions first by reducing as much as possible—including […]

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Enhanced AI and Machine Learning Functions Enable Users to Gain More from Precise Decision in Stock Selection and Investment in the Hong Kong and U.S Stock Markets HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 September 2021 – Finetic, a Hong Kong-based intelligent stock selection and investment education platform  has developed its own AI-assisted investment analysis system, which provides weekly picks of quality stocks in major global markets, including  […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 September 2021 – Sustainable investing, once viewed as an outlier maybe only a decade ago, has never been more popular. To put things into perspective, sustainable funds in the U.S. attracted record investment of nearly US$2 trillion in the first quarter of 2021, according to industry data provider Morningstar. As demand for ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing grows, so does the […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 23 September 2021 – The Urban Renewal Fund was founded in 2011, with “People First, Districts Based, Public Participatory” as its conception of urban renewal, serving citizens affected or dislocated by urban renewal projects, and promoting heritage preservation and revitalisation of local districts.   Image 1: Online Exhibition on the 10th Anniversary of Urban Renewal Fund     Image 2: […]

Thirteen companies join Microsoft to increase employability of female technical talent and nurture entrepreneurs across Asia Pacific SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 23 September 2021 – Microsoft and 13 companies across nine Asia Pacific countries today launched Code; Without Barriers to help close the gender gap in the region’s fast-growing cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology sectors.   The program provides a platform to enable female developers, coders, and […]

Imagine yourself having a leisurely breakfast knowing that you can easily commute to work or bring your kids to school. Or perhaps you can picture yourself having a business meeting at a nearby café then doing a spot of shopping on the way home? You can even go as far as fantasising about a day of fun and leisure as you sweat it out with friends at […]

James M Dorsey Indonesian religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas set the bar high for President Joko Widodo as well as Nahdlatul Ulama, the religious backbone of Mr. Widodo’s government when he laid out the agenda for his country’s presidency of the Group of 20. The G20 groups the world’s largest economies. Speaking to the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna as Italy prepared to handover its presidency to […]

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 17 September 2021 – Proparco, the French Development Finance Institution, has granted a US$50 million loan to HDBank to finance green projects and promote sustainable development in Vietnam. It marks the first collaboration between Proparco and HDBank. A pioneer in green lending, HDBank has in past years helped foster Việt Nam’s economic development while minimising the impacts on the environment. The loan will […]

James M Dorsey The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold freedom of the press is mixed at best. Afghanistan’s neighbours and near-neighbours are not holding their breath even if some are willing to give the Central Asian country’s new rulers the benefit of the doubt. A litmus test of Taliban willingness to compromise […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 September 2021 – Reckitt and its brand Dettol is joining the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2021 as the Official Hygiene Partner, to keep protecting runners’ health along the race in the first major mass participatory sporting event in Hong Kong since the start of the pandemic.  Dettol will help the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon implement enhanced hygiene protocols, promote health and […]

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 10 September 2021 – On September 9, 2021, T&T Group, a multi-industry group of Vietnam and Ørsted, a leading group in offshore wind power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation in offshore wind power in Vietnam, promises to bring a large supply of renewable energy through new investment on offshore wind power projects in Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan […]

“CCG Accel – Powered by HKSTP” is a pioneering programme to help tech ventures close the critical gap between innovation and commercialisation and advance smart property and retail operations in Hong Kong HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 September 2021 – Chinachem Group (the Group) and Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) took another step forward in its pioneering pilot-first accelerator programme today by announcing […]

Tailored for the assessment and improvement of energy efficiency and green performance of data centres HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 September 2021 – BEAM Society Limited and Hong Kong Green Building Council jointly held a launch ceremony today (9 September) at Data Technology Hub in Tseung Kwan O, announce the launch of “BEAM Plus Data Centres” – a tool designed for the green building assessment of data […]

Avnet, a global technology distributor and solutions provider and Cognian, an Australian-headquartered global Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity provider of smart building management solutions, today announced that they will collaborate to accelerate and scale IoT deployments worldwide, and provide customers with seamless industry leading connectivity solutions being built on Avnet’s IoTConnect Platform.   PHOENIX AZ, U.S.A & SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 8 September 2021 – Avnet […]

James M Dorsey The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a centuries-old alliance between Islamic scholars and the state that, according to scholar Ahmet T Kuru, explains underdevelopment in many Muslim-majority states and authoritarianism in most. The takeover also highlights that, in a twist of irony,  a majority of competitors for Muslim religious soft power, leadership of […]

Matein Khalid Any investor who missed 2021’s spectacular rally in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has really missed out on an incredible money making epoch. The S&P 500 index is up 20%. Google, which I had recommended as a strategic buy at 1715 is up 65% in 2021 alone. The index is up 68% from the March 2020 pandemic lows even as the global economy has been […]

James M Dorsey The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely clarify what the Gulf’s security options are. Gulf states are likely to monitor how Russia and China handle the perceived security vacuum and security threats in the wake of the US withdrawal and abandonment, for all practical matters, of Central Asia. It will tell Gulf states to what degree Russia and China may be viable alternatives for […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 31 August 2021 – Premier global nutrition company, Herbalife Nutrition, today unveiled findings from its third annual Asia Pacific Breakfast Habits Survey 2021, which revealed that the desire to improve health and well-being was the top reason that motivated Asia Pacific consumers to adopt positive breakfast habits. Three in ten (30 percent) consumers began eating breakfast more often as a result of […]

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