KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) — On 28 August 2019, Facebook, together with MATRADE and AVANA, hosted an offline training with 80 SMEs to kick off the second phase of the Made by Malaysia, Loved by the World program. The second phase is aiming at training 1,000 SMEs in seven states…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) — The vibrancy of the country’s business tourism sector continues to flourish as the fifth Malaysia Business Events Week (MBEW) 2019 makes a strong statement with its theme “Progressive Momentum”. Officiated by YB Tuan Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Tourism, Arts…

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Premium digital technology company, PubMatic, has announced that it has achieved certification for IAB Tech Lab’s Open Measurement SDK Integration Validation Compliance (IVC) for Display ad formats. By supporting this initiative, PubMatic will help drive improved in-app viewability and verification to ensure quality…

SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) –AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to C++ (Marginal) from B (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “b+” from “bb+” for United India Insurance Company Limited (United). The outlook of the FSR remains stable, while the outlook of the…

SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to B+ (Good) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb-” from “bbb+” of Oriental Insurance Company Limited (Oriental) (India). The outlook of the FSR has been revised to negative…

SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to C (Weak) from C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “ccc” from “b” of National Insurance Company Limited (National) (India). The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings…

DALLAS, Aug 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Mary Kay FoundationSM, a decades-long leader in the charge to eliminate cancers affecting women, recently announced a $500,000 grant to fund a groundbreaking global fellowship program with long-time partner UT Southwestern Medical Center. The new one-year fellowships will offer up to five international postdoctoral…

FAIRFAX, Va., Aug 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Stevie® Awards have announced the winners of the Best of the IBA Awards in The 2019 (16th Annual) International Business Awards®, the world’s premier business awards competition. Nominees in the 2019 IBAs were not able to apply for the Best of the…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) — AXA AFFIN General Insurance Berhad (AXA) continues to expand its Payer-to-Partner strategy through its strategic partnership with Hap Seng Trucks Distribution Sdn. Bhd. (HSTD) and Hap Seng Credit Sdn. Bhd. (HSC). This collaborative initiative aims to introduce AXA FlexiTruck as the first telematics commercial vehicle insurance in Malaysiato…

PETALING JAYA, Aug 28 (Bernama) — Century Software (M) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Censof Holdings Berhad has been awarded an information and communication technology (“ICT”) maintenance contract worth RM 8.2 million from Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL).Under the terms of the contract with DBKL, Century Software’s scope of work…