KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 (Bernama) — Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank), is pleased to announce the successful issuance of its new 5-year Sustainability Sukuk, under the book-building exercise. The total order for the Sukuk issuance exceeded RM1.0 billion, surpassing the initial desired size of RM500 million. SME Bank’s…

MANILA, Philippines, May 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Globe Group, a leading digital solutions platform in the Philippines, achieved a major milestone in its health tech initiative with the recent launch of the KonsultaMD SuperApp. This groundbreaking app showcases new capabilities and a deeper and broader provider network, marking a significant…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Falcon 40B, the UAE’s first large-scale open-source, 40-billion-parameter AI model launched by Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) last week, soared to the top spot on Hugging Face’s latest Open Large Language Model (LLM) Leaderboard. Hugging Face, an American company…

SHENZHEN, China, May 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — On May 27, 2023, the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final concluded in Shenzhen, drawing to a close the seventh installment of this competition. The first to be held in person since 2019, the event’s culmination was a competition between finalists in 146 teams…

SINGAPORE, May 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — TDCX, (NYSE: TDCX), an award-winning digital customer experience (CX) solutions provider for technology and blue-chip companies, today announced the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI) consulting arm, TDCX AI. Through the specialized division, TDCX aims to leverage the power of AI to analyze big data,…

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, May 30 (Bernama-PRNewswire) — VISTA Eye Specialist, one of the leading eye specialists in Malaysia with 14 locations throughout the nation has once again emerged victorious at the Natural Health Awards and Readers’ Choice Awards 2022 by winning the Best LASIK Eye Surgery Center category. VISTA has been performing LASIK…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 (Bernama) — KLCCP Stapled Group delivered an encouraging performance for the first quarter 2023, reporting an increase of 18.3% in revenue to RM380.7 million compared to the same quarter last year. Profit Before Tax (PBT) increased 16.9% to RM236.8 million, reflecting continued growth and recovery across all…

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, May 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) successfully concluded the 65th Session of its Governing Body (GBM) with representatives of 19 APO member economies attending in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 24–26 May 2023. This marked the first in-person assembly in three years, symbolizing a promising return to normalcy…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Bernama) — PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) posted quarterly Profit After Tax (PAT) of RM536 million for first quarter of Financial Year Ending 31 December 2023 (1Q 2023) against a backdrop of global economic uncertainties as well as softening consumer and manufacturing demand. The Group sustained financial…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Bernama) — Malaysia attracted RM71.4 billion in approved investments for the period of January to March 2023 (Q12023), once again proving its value as a preferred investment destination. With an impressive number of 1,265 projects approved, it is expected that these projects will generate 23,977 new job…