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Accelerates efficiency while enhancing security, document management and remote working capabilities   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 June 2020 – Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific today announced the launch of 19 new models from its digital multifunction/printer ApeosPort and DocuPrint series (Refer to Table A). The latest products, together with Fuji Xerox’s solutions, will allow businesses to overcome new challenges on intensifying security risk, demand for greater efficiency, burgeoning operational […]

Arabian Post Staff The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) announced that it has received a positive assessment from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, and is now listed as a third-country trading venue (TCTV) that meets the post-trade transparency requirements under MiFID II and MiFIR. The DGCX met all the criteria set out in the ESMA Opinion (determining TCTVs for […]

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – June 12, 2020 – On May 18th, the European Commission ratified Belgium’s proposal to reduce the ASF-infected zone in the province of Luxemburg. This zone, in which African Swine Fever was detected only in wild boar, was successfully installed by Belgian authorities to prevent the contamination of domestic pigs. “The reduction of the zone is a positive signal towards countries that have suspended […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 June 2020 – As digital transformation become the imperative for businesses in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, 58% of employers in Singapore are training their workforce in technology-related skills to keep their businesses viable and resilient during this period. This is one of the key findings in the recent NTUC LearningHub’s Employer Skills Survey report. The survey, which was conducted during the […]

DP World, with a global network of 123 business units in 54 countries, has announced the completion of its acquisition of a 51% stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine. This follows satisfaction of specific conditions including confirmation of regulatory approval from the relevant government authorities. This project will be DP World’s second partnership with TIS shareholders, the first being our very successful […]

Two companies team to deliver integration capabilities to simplify OT/IT integration for the most critical OT data sources to bring the Connected Enterprise to life for customers   MILWAUKEE, U.S. – Media OutReach – 11 June 2020 – Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) and PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced strategic enhancements to industry leading FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, to serve the needs of a very fast growing, dynamic […]

Development programme creates opportunities in a volatile economy   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Start-up Express, an entrepreneurship development programme organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), has returned for its third edition. The pitching contest under the programme successfully concluded today as a judging panel selected exceptional start-ups to participate in local and international activities to build connections, explore markets, […]

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Arabian Post Staff Companies in the United Arab Emirates expect increased delays in payments, a growing risk of default and an overall weakening in business performance as the country copes with the disruptive impact of COVID-19, according to Atradius’ latest Payment Practices Barometer survey. With an economy struggling from the collapse in oil prices and major sectors, such as trade and tourism, hit by the pandemic, 53% […]

Atradius’ Payment Practices Barometer highlights the importance of risk management to Asian businesses   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Corporations in the United Arab Emirates expect increased delays in payments from customers, a growing risk of default and an overall weakening in business performance as the country copes with the disruptive impact of COVID-19, according to Atradius‘ latest Payment Practices Barometer survey. With an […]

Accelerates Digital Transformation by Simplifying Business Processes Through Unifying Organization Data   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific announced today its partnership with M-Files, a global leader in Intelligent Information Management (IIM), unveiling a new digital business solution for companies in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region that features automated workflows together with intuitive information management and compliance support that is deployable in the cloud, […]

Atradius Payment Practices Barometer highlights importance of risk management to Asian businesses   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – As global recession looms, Asian businesses tighten their credit management processes in a bid to minimise bad debt risks.   COVID-19 containment measures around the world have impacted both national and international supply chains and trade. Responses to the 2020 Atradius Payment Practices Barometer (PPB) survey […]

Pure Living masks received ASTM Level 1 certification   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 8 June 2020 – Pure Living, a Hong Kong-based chemical engineering company, has launched one-stop melt-blown fabric solutions designed by local experts for Hong Kong. The solution offers melt-blown fabric manufacturing machines, innovative techniques and processes for mask production. This is an important milestone for mask manufacturing in Hong Kong, offering a steady supply […]

by James M. Dorsey  Rejiggering security arrangements in the Gulf may be a more pressing issue than meets the eye. That is not good news for the Gulf states. It is also bad news for China, which could see the rug pulled out from under its studious effort to remain on the sidelines of the Middle East’s myriad conflicts. China and the Gulf states are in the same […]

Emirates Airline reported a 21 percent jump in profit to US$288 million (Dh1.1 billion) in 2019-2020 financial year ending March 31, 2020, compared to $245 million (Dh900 million) reported in 2018-19 financial year, despite the effects of Covid-19 that grounded its fleet in the 12th month of the reporting period. The airline reported strong profit growth despite a 6 percent decline in revenue to $25.1 billion (Dh92 billion), […]

DP World has launched online logistics tools and services, covering sea, land and air shipping around the world. The connected ecosystem of platforms will enable freight forwarders and any business, to book shipments of cargo from and to anywhere in the world, by any combination of sea, land and air. The initiative represents a major step forward in digitizing the management of logistics to increase the efficiency, […]

Arabian Post Staff A staggering one million jobs are being lost every day in the Travel & Tourism sector due to the sweeping effect of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). According to the London-based international organisation, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector,  the growing job losses are affecting every level of the industry and are gathering pace, as countries go into […]

Arabian Post Staff DP World, which recently announced delisting of its shares from Nasdaq Dubai, reported revenue growth of 36.1% and adjusted EBITDA increase of 17.7%, delivering profit of $1.3 billion, but without separate disclosures. Revenues were of $7,686 million, with a growth of 36.1% driven by acquisitions including P&O Ferries (UK), Topaz Energy & Marine (UAE) and the two terminals in Chile (Puerto Central and Puerto […]

Airlines in Asia-Pacific and Europe suffered sharp declines in year-on-year growth in total air cargo volumes in January 2020, while North American and Middle East carriers experienced a more moderate decline. Latin America and Africa were the only regions to record growth in air freight demand compared to January 2019. Asia-Pacific airlines saw demand for air cargo contract by 5.9% in January 2020, compared to the year-earlier period. This […]

By Matein Khalid The US dollar is the traditional safe haven currency during times of geopolitical or financial stress even when the cause of a risk aversion spasm is ultimately American, such as the failure of Lehman Brothers in 2008, Obama’s epic budget battles with the Republicans in 2011 and the Trump White House’s drone hit on Iran’s most revered Revolutionary Guard commander on 3 January 2020. […]

Arabian Post Staff DP World has decided to delist its shares from Nasdaq Dubai citing better operational efficiency as a private entity. Accordingly, DP World’s  parent company Port and Free Zone World has offered to acquire the 19.55 per cent of DP World’s shares traded on Nasdaq Dubai, returning the company to private ownership. The company said the move will enable DP World to focus on its […]

Arabian Post Staff Dubai-based DP World has agreed to acquire a majority 51% stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including regulatory approval. Bringing the TIS Container Terminal into DP World’s global network of ports, economic zones, warehousing, and inland logistics solutions will strengthen its position as the market-leading terminal of Ukraine. This latest acquisition also […]

By Matein Khalid Thankfully, I was not in the global markets during the Black Death, the Great Plague and the Spanish flu pandemic but coronavirus cases have now crossed 40,000 infections and this is way beyond a local Wuhan outbreak. Despite the blowout 225,000 US January non-farm payrolls growth data, I am alarmed by the global recession SOS in the capital markets metrics I track. One, the […]

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts, Tumblr, Podbean, Audecibel, Patreon and Castbox. Saudi Arabia may have been getting more than it bargained for when authorities in Khujand, Tajikistan’s second largest city, ordered that the city’s largest and most popular mosque be converted into a cinema. The order followed the closure of some 2,000 mosques in the country in the last three years and the arrest last month […]

The following is a text of seven -year-old Soborno Isaac Bari’s prepared remarks to Mankind, delivered on January 6, 2020 at SP Pune University in India. I am honored to be in India, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, and to be hosted by Savitribai Phule Pune University. Since 1949, India has stood as a beacon of democracy, diversity, and  tolerance and the University of Pune has served […]

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