HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 13 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — On May 9 National Tsing Hua University entered into an agreement to jointly establish the Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE) together with the TSE Foundation, which was set up with a US$100 million donation from entrepreneur Lin Chen-hai, the founder of…

HONG KONG, May 13 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has revised its market segment outlook on Japan’s life insurance industry to negative from stable, citing the growing pressures the COVID-19 pandemic are placing on current and forecast economic conditions in the country. In a Best’s Market Segment Report, AM Best states that the…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) — PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), introduced the PETRONAS Sprinta lubricant range on PETRONAS Mesra Official Shop on Shopee, one of Southeast Asia’s and Taiwan’s leading digital marketplace. This marks its e-commerce debut for PETRONAS’ lubricant range.The launch on…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) — None of us did see Covid-19 coming. But the founders of Kuala Lumpur based startup productlink.io clearly showed a sixth sense when launching their new venture in January this year. The vision is to help people generate extra income by reviewing consumer products and share…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) — Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) today signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pitch Platforms Sdn Bhd (pitchIN) and Microleap PLT (MicroLEAP) respectively to collaborate and cooperate in the areas of peer-to-peer (P2P) financing, equity crowdfunding (ECF), capital investment and investing in companies outside their…

SHENZHEN, China, May 12 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The PMR industry has undergone tremendous changes in recent years. As the advent of broadband technology offers fast data services such as video calling and streaming, the expectation is that a majority of mission and business critical narrowband PMR users will migrate to broadband,…

SINGAPORE, May 12 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has been appointed by Modular Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Modular), a specialist Asian macro alternative investment management company licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, for a new asset servicing mandate. Northern Trust will provide a range of custody,…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) — With the end of MCO slowly approaching, many Malaysians are preparing to finally leave their homes and go back to work. For many, this will mean going back to the way things were before the MCO was implemented. However, as informed by our Prime…

BOSTON, May 12 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Anaqua, the leading provider of innovation and intellectual property management solutions, today announced that Japanese multinational company Sumitomo Chemical will enhance its IP management system by moving to Anaqua’s AQX platform. Sumitomo Chemical, a manufacturer in petrochemicals, organic chemicals, IT-related chemicals, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals, opted for Anaqua…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) — Following the recent announcement by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Yang Berhormat Khairy Jamaluddin, on a new funding relief facility for technology start-ups, Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV) on 11 May 2020 announced the detailed framework, eligibility requirements and application processes of the…