Virgin Galactic Completes Merger with Social Capital Hedosophia, Creating the World’s First and Only Publicly Traded Commercial Human Spaceflight Company

NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Virgin Galactic (“VG”), a vertically integrated aerospace company, and Social Capital Hedosophia (“SCH”), a public investment vehicle, today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination. The resulting company is named Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (“VGH”) and its common stock, units and warrants…

AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited

SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating ofA- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited (Singapore Re) (Singapore). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings reflect Singapore Re’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best…

Ondot Systems Introduces Breakthrough Card App® for Credit and Debit Issuers

Santa Clara, CA, Oct 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ondot Systems, the digital card services platform for credit and debit issuers, today announced Card App®, a first-of-its-kind white-label app that enables issuers to empower cardholders with in-the-moment convenience, control and transparency for their physical and virtual cards.Ondot’s Card App enables any issuer…

HKBU MSc in Business Management Named World’s Top 100 by Financial Times for Second Year Running

HONG KONG, Oct 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — For the second year in a row, the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has won a world top 100 ranking for its Master of Science in Business Management (MScBM) programme in the Financial Times Masters in Management (MiM) ranking released…

CrownBio and NEXT Oncology Announce Strategic PDX Model Partnership

SAN DIEGO, Oct 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crown Bioscience today announced a strategic collaboration with NEXT Oncology to provide new clinically-relevant PDX models for preclinical drug development. The agreement establishes CrownBio as the exclusive global commercialization partner for all primary tumor PDX models generated by NEXT Oncology for the next…

PureCircle Wins Legal Decision vs SweeGen

Challenge to Validity of PureCircle’s Patent Is Denied Patent Relates to Reb M Stevia Bioconversion CHICAGO, Oct 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world’s leading stevia producer and innovator, has won a legal decision in its patent infringement litigation vs SweeGen. On September 19, 2018, PureCircle filed a patent…

Understanding China Conference Opens With Focus On Globalization, Multilateralism

GUANGZHOU, China, Oct 29 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — The fourth Understanding China Conference opened Saturday in Guangzhou, bringing in-depth discussions around the theme of “New Globalization and China’s New Round of Reform and Opening-Up.” About 600 politicians, strategists, scholars, entrepreneurs from 17 countries and regions, as well as representatives of international organizations,…

Seaborn Networks’ IP network is now fully operational

Seaborn delivers high quality/low latency IP solutions to top quality transit services, content providers and major peering exchanges in Brazil and the U.S. BOSTON, Oct 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Seaborn Networks, a leading developer-owner-operator of transoceanic subsea fiber optic cable systems (Seaborn), announced today that its IP network, Autonomous System Number: 13786,…

AM Best Briefing at Singapore International Reinsurance Conference to Focus on State of Asian, Global Reinsurance Markets

OLDWICK, N.J., Oct 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best will present a market briefing on current conditions of Asian and global reinsurance markets at the 16th Singapore International Reinsurance Conference on Oct. 31, 2019, beginning at 2 p.m. (SGT), at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands…

CIMB Foundation launches Be$MART app, a personalized financial planning tool for youths

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) — CIMB Foundation (“the Foundation”) recently unveiled the Be$MART app, a user-friendly digital financial guide and planner specially curated for youths. The app complements the Foundation’s ongoing Be$MART financial literacy programme for university students, which was launched in 2016 and has benefited 15,000 students since inception.…