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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 August 2020 – Chubb announced today the launch of Recover & Return Insurance, a market-leading group insurance plan for businesses in Singapore. With  countries and territories beginning to emerge from lockdowns, businesses need to consider establishing risk mitigation plans to protect workforces when they return to traditional workplaces.     Chubb’s Recover & Return Insurance is designed specifically for employers to care for the health, […]

HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 11 August 2020 – Hong Kong is one of the latest tax jurisdictions to codify its own transfer pricing law, with 2020 being the first year for some Hong Kong corporations to prepare transfer pricing documentation. Renowned for being one of the lowest tax rate jurisdictions, and for its conductive business environment, Hong Kong is a place in which multinational corporations (MNCs) […]

SINGAPORE AND REDMOND, WASH. – Media OutReach – 11 August 2020 – Standard Chartered Bank and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced a three-year strategic partnership to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation through a cloud-first strategy. This partnership marks a significant milestone for Standard Chartered in making its vision for virtual banking, next-generation payments, open banking and banking-as-a-service a reality. Leveraging Azure as a preferred cloud platform, the companies will also co-innovate […]

Measures under the Transform for Growth efficiency program defined and initiated – annual cost savings of around €100 million expected from 2022 Group guidance for 2020 remains under review; medium-term targets confirmed Revenue target for China in 2022 raised to €800 million[1]   DEUTZ Group: overview of key figures € million H1 2020 Change Q2 2020 Change New orders 623.6 -34.6% 266.9 -39.2% Unit sales (units) 73,859 […]

AskTraders.com sees 40% of its users from KL, attracting more women users   KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 7 August, 2020 – One-stop trading information platform, AskTraders.com experienced a huge spike in interest in Malaysia following the implementation of the Movement Control Order in mid-March. Volumes on its site recorded an 80% increase in March this year, compared to a month earlier.   “We saw a huge spike in interest […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 6 August 2020 – Local insurer Etiqa announced its support for healthcare personnel in Singapore amid Phase Two of the city state’s reopening. All staff working in the local healthcare sector are eligible for a complimentary 3-month Special COVID-19 Benefit of up to S$52,000 in case of diagnosis of COVID-19 and Personal Accident cover.   With more activities resumed in Phase Two, Singapore faces the […]

HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – August 6, 2020 – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has published its 2020 Risk Maps report, which finds that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will likely transform the geopolitical landscape. Extraordinary public health measures and a precipitous drop in global trade will continue to exert significant pressure on […]

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Nine new senior executives signal Envision Digital’s rapid global expansion in key Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 5 August 2020 – Global green tech, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (AIoT) technology leader, Envision Digital International Pte Ltd (“Envision Digital”), today announced the appointment of nine new management hires as the company expands to deliver on its Net Zero […]

Cybersecurity leader and Politecnico di Milano jointly release essential guidelines for secure OT development   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – August 5, 2020 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the global leader in cloud security, today announced new research highlighting design flaws in legacy languages and released new secure coding guidelines to help Industry 4.0 developers greatly reduce the software attack surface. And […]

Former Kazakh Prime Minister proposes emergency measures to overcome the current crisis   DRESDEN, GERMANY – newsaktuell – 3 August 2020 – In Kazakhstan, the proposal of Akezhan Kazhegeldin, urging to unite some governmental bodies and give emergency powers to a special commission to combat the epidemic and the economic crisis, is widely discussed. Akezhan Kazhegeldin, Munich Security Conference, 2019   In an open letter to President […]

– Walton International Group’s Strategic Relationships with Top U.S. Homebuilders Set to Reap Rewards   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 August 2020 – Covid-19 is having a profound impact on the homebuying decisions of many Americans, as witnessed by the rapid recovery of the U.S. housing market in the past quarter. Walton is uniquely positioned to capitalise on current trends as a result of its relationships with large U.S. […]

SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 30 July 2020 – Singapore’s Fintech technology provider, Hashstacs Pte Ltd (“STACS“), today announced that it has partnered with Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia“) on a Blockchain Proof-of-Concept (“POC”) project dubbed “Project Harbour” for its Bonds marketplace.   Project Harbour is centred around the usage of Distributed Ledger Technology (” DLT”) as a register in facilitating  the growth of Labuan’s bond marketplace. The […]

Released whitepaper assesses the key trends shaping Asia Pacific’s workforce, and the critical role of organizations, people and technology in realizing a hybrid workplace   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach -29 JULY 2020 – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to transform our daily lives, Microsoft, with research from TechRepublic Premium, looked into the impact the pandemic has had on the region’s legacy work styles, business operations and how […]

Prudential enhances customer offerings and engagement by introducing the science-backed Personal Activity Intelligence score across 11 Asian markets   HONG KONG, CHINA and VANCOUVER, CANADA – Media OutReach – 28 July 2020 – Prudential Corporation Asia (Prudential) and PAI Health today announced that PAI Health’s science-backed activity metric for heart health, known as Personal Activity Intelligence, will be featured in the Pulse by Prudential (Pulse) digital health app, the first […]

20% jump in ransomware globally, 109% spike in United States 24% drop in malware attacks worldwide 7% of phishing attacks capitalized on COVID-19 pandemic 176% increase in malicious Microsoft Office file types 23% of malware attacks leveraged non-standards ports 50% rise of IoT malware attacks Report analyzes threat intelligence data gathered from 1.1 million sensors in over 215 countries and territories MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA – Media OutReach – 27 July […]

HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 23 July 2020 – Chinachem Group (the Group) and the Smart City Consortium (SCC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in propelling smart city development and helping elevate cybersecurity standards in Hong Kong. The move underlines not only the determination of both parties to foster the development of Internet of Things (IoT) property technology (PropTech) in Hong Kong, but […]

YEREVAN, ARMENIA – NEWSAKTUELL – 23 July 2020 – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has satisfied on 21st July the application no. 54684/19 of the former Minister of Finance of Armenia Gagik Khachatryan, and has published its decision by which it granted an interim measure under the rule 39. The ECHR requested the Government of the Republic of Armenia to ensure immediate medical treatment of […]

DevOps teams gain continuous cloud security visibility and cloud security posture management   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 23 July 2020 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the global leader in cloud security, today announced its Trend Micro Cloud One™ — Conformity offering is now available to Azure customers, helping global organizations tackle misconfigurations, compliance challenges and cyber-risks in the cloud.   The company also achieved […]

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” […]

By Matein Khalid The US Dollar Index has fallen almost 6% since its March 2020 highs. This is no surprise given the sheer scale and speed of the Federal Reserve’s response to the pandemic – a $3 trillion rise in the balance sheet, a buying spree in US Treasury, agency, MBS and corporate debt, backstop programs in the corporate credit markets. In addition, Jerome Powell resorted to […]

Lemi enables users to purchase coupons and generate immediate upfront cash flow for businesses around the world   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 21 July 2020 – Lemi, an exploration-driven social sharing platform based in Hong Kong, today announced it has launched a digital coupon service that supports businesses as they recover from losses incurred during the pandemic. Lemi’s coupon service helps businesses generate an additional revenue […]

18% of businesses report a hiring freeze compared to 30% in April Three fourths of Singapore companies have refrained from layoffs SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 21 July 2020 – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has released the results of a new pulse survey that explores how companies in Singapore are planning for changes […]

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 […]

Arabian Post Staff The IMF has praised the UAE authorities for reacting very quickly and swiftly in addressing the spreading of the coronavirus, and the pioneer measures in terms of controlling the spreading, increasing the number of testing, and introducing technology as a way and mean to address and to contain the spreading of the virus. It pointed out that the UAE economy is the second largest […]

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