In Aurecon’s latest Just Imagine blog post, Chief Experience Officer Maureen Thurston argues that while there are millions of resources on leadership development and that we are spending billions of dollars on executive coaching, it seems that our current ‘breed’ of leaders are failing us and we need a new one – especially in these times. Blog excerpt: When Wally Conran opened a letter from Hawaii, he […]
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 3 August 2020 – RB Hong Kong is crowned the ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2020’. award by HR Asia, an authoritative regional publisher in HR industry. This reputable award recognizes RB Hong Kong for the high levels of employee engagement, talent development as well as its excellent workplace cultures. Mr. Pankaj Agarwal, General Manager Hong Kong […]
By Matein Khalid In the past 18 years, after a series of spectacular and occasionally failed rocket launches, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has emerged as Silicon Valley’s next colossus, a once in a generation business in the same league as an Amazon, a Google or a Microsoft. SpaceX’s current funding round values the company at a pre-money valuation of $42 billion. Yet the cognoscenti of Wall Street and […]
A new report reveals that astutely navigating work practices, spaces and culture will help respond to crisis, redefine the purpose and reinvent the future of work SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – July 23, 2020 – Plantronics, Inc. (“Poly” — formerly Plantronics and Polycom) (NYSE: PLT), a global communications company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration, today issued a new report that highlights a granular shift in focus from “place” […]
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 21th July 2020 – SP Jain School of Global Management (SP Jain Global) announced today the launch of a new set of flexible learning options for its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program amid the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19. SP Jain which has campuses in Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney said today that students who sign up for its BBA program can […]
By Matein Khalid Last week witnessed a feeding frenzy from the crème de la crème of Wall Street’s smart money (and some Dubai’s smart money LOL!) to be part of the private market financing of Reliance Jio, the emerging supernova of India’s digital ecosystem. After having spent $50 billion in building a scalable, state of the art wireless network, Mukesh Ambani realized that he needed strategic investors […]
Flights will be operated initially with one weekly frequency every Sunday The airline recently announced the upcoming resumption of flights to destinations including Maldives, Berlin, Prague, Toronto, Kilimanjaro, Venice and Zanzibar BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach – 17 July 2020 – Qatar Airways is pleased to announce that it will resume Guangzhou scheduled passenger services with an initial one weekly flight starting 26 July. The Southern China economic and commercial centre […]
NAIROBI, KENYA – Media OutReach – 15 July 2020 – Syinix will be launching its first Android TV in Kenya at 10.30 pm, 15th July 2020. The Launch will be on NTV and Startimes Kenya and hosted by Size 8 Reborn. With the launch, Syinix will explain to customers in detail what the Syinix A20 series has to offer. The Syinix A20 series has 32”, 43”, 50” and 55” screen. Here is […]
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 13 July 2020 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the global leader in cloud security, released survey results that show how remote workers address cybersecurity. Nearly three quarters (72%) of remote workers say they are more conscious of their organisation’s cybersecurity policies since lockdown began, but many are breaking the rules anyway due to limited understanding or resource constraints. Trend […]
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 13 July 2020 – COVID-19 has changed the way companies around the world conduct their businesses. As an all-rounded IT company focusing on digital marketing and SEO service , i-Maker has been able to observe first hand that the vast majority of businesses like restaurants, event organisers and more have been hit hard. So i-Maker offers a packaged IT and digital marketing […]
Citing the pandemic as the primary factor behind the MASSIVE reductions and staff layoffs, Emirates airline has announced that it will cut off 9,000 more jobs as a result of the COVID-19 global crisis. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Emirates had a total workforce of 60,000 which the Dubai state-owned airline is planning to shrink by 15-20%. These drastic measures are being taken as the world’s largest long-haul carrier struggles […]
Cross-Sector Endeavour Continues to Cultivate Corporate Social Responsibility HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 6 July 2020 – Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) – The Citi-HKCSS Community Intern Program (CIP) is celebrating its 10th year of providing internship opportunities for local university business students at local non-profit organizations (NGOs). Since its launch in 2010, nearly 700 interns have been nurtured through the program. Co-organized by Citi and the Hong Kong […]
3-year financing programme for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on all Cisco products including software, hardware and services 0% interest with no upfront costs and fixed monthly payments for purchases from USD20,000 to USD300,000 Now available to SMEs in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 July 2020 – Cisco has launched a new financing programme to help SMEs purchase its products […]
The Indian economy has seen tremendous growth in the industrial sector in the past few years. The country has been attracting large amounts of foreign direct investments, or FDIs as they are popularly known, in the last two decades. Not only this, but there has also been a huge jump in the investments coming in from the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) to the Indian markets. All of this […]
After years of close cooperation with the international gaming community, AOC is now the top gaming-monitor brand globally SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 24 June 2020 – For more than 80 years, AOC, a global leader in display technology, has designed and created an award-winning array of top-performing monitors for millions of loyal customers in over 120 countries. These customers include a large AOC fan base within the fast-growing […]
George The novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has halted activity across the globe. Businesses are closed, flights cancelled, people are required to stay at home, social distancing is the new norm, and widespread fear of contracting the virus is rampant. Sadly, scammers continue to take advantage of people in numerous ways during these complicated times, including using the coronavirus pandemic to develop new schemes to line […]
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 23 June 2020 – Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) recently rolled out more cash-out options for customers via 11,000 remittance counters across the Philippines, including in rural areas where most of the unbanked and underserved population are located. This makes UnionBank the first Philippine bank to launch the largest cash-out network in the country — a crucial step seen to significantly improve access to […]
Arabian Post Staff The United Arab Emirates moved up two points to 19th rank globally in the 2020 Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, up from 21st place when it was last represented in the index in 2017. The country’s ranking reflects positive investor sentiment based on the government’s strong commitment to economic diversification, innovation, infrastructure and ease of doing business – among other factors. Positive government […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 20 June 2020 – The 2020 Tang Prize in Sinology was awarded to renowned historian Wang Gungwu “for his trailblazing and dissecting insights on the history of the Chinese world order, Chinese overseas, and Chinese migratory experience. As the leading scholar on Sino-Southeast Asian historical relations, he developed a unique approach to understanding China by scrutinizing its long and complex relation […]
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 19 June 2020 – The 8th “Xinhui Yamen Gudou Crab Festival” will be held from 20 June to 20 August in Xinhui Gudou Hot Spring Town, which is familiar to many Hong Kong people. This year’s festival will kick off with the jolly and fun “Crab Party at Planet Galaxy Beach”. Xinhui Yamen Fishing Port is one of the eight major fishing […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 19 June 2020 – Charles Dinarello (US), Marc Feldmann (UK/Australia) and Tadamitsu Kishimoto (Japan) were announced joint winners of the 2020 Tang Prize in Biopharmacuetical Science today (June 19) “for the development of cytokine-targeting biological therapies for treatment of inflammatory diseases.” Adding to Dr. Kishimoto’s joy of winning the prize with old friends Dr. Feldmann and Dr. Dinarello is the fact that the basic […]
By James M. Dorsey Fraught with multiple powder kegs that could blow up at any moment, Turkish-Russian relations constitute a study in the management of a new world order’s seemingly fragile alliances. Much like relations between Russia and China, Russia and Iran, Turkey and Iran, and Turkey and China, Turkish-Russian ties are fragile despite the fact that they, contrary to Western perceptions, are not just opportunistic and […]
Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA) gear up for another year to empower young, budding designers of Asia Pacific SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 19 June 2020 – Organised by Nippon Paint, the Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA), will see its 13th year of empowering young, budding designers to be agents of change by creating a positive impact, through design, within their communities. Held annually, student participants go through […]
New Platform Uses AI and Automation to Convert Data into Actionable Insights; Supports Business Continuity and Recovery to Address Rapidly Evolving Organizational Needs HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 18 June 2020 – Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today introduced Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), the industry’s first AI-powered, cloud-native platform that predicts and resolves problems at the network edge before they happen. Built on […]
