upGrad Appoints Myleeta AgaWilliams as CEO – International, in Push to Expand its Global Edtech Business

SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — upGrad, Asia’s largest higher EdTech Company, announces the appointment of Myleeta AgaWilliams as CEO – International to spearhead growth across the APAC, EMEA and US regions. With over two decades of experience in global and digital businesses, Myleeta will be responsible for managing end-to-end international operations and…

Tourism Malaysia Organises Second Roadshow In India With MATTA

VISHAKAPATNAM, Aug 18 (Bernama) — Tourism Malaysia continues with its second roadshow to India this year, together with the Malaysia Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) across four cities from 17th to 24 August 2022. The roadshow kicks off in the city of Visakhapatnam, followed by Kolkata, Kochi and Thiruchirapppalli. …

Masidi: Sabah OGSE Companies Should Leverage On OGSE Blueprint To Move Up The Value Chain

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 18 (Bernama) — Sabah OGSE companies should explore initiatives from the National Oil & Gas, Services and Equipment Industry Blueprint (OGSE Blueprint) 2021-2030 to move up the value chain, said Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Masidi bin Manjun, Local Government and Housing Minister, Sabah. Sabah’s extraction of crude oil…

Matthews International Acquires OLBRICH GmbH And R+S Automotive GmbH, Extends Engineering Capabilities For Energy

PITTSBURGH, Aug 18 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Matthews International Corporation (NASDAQ GSM: MATW) announced today that the Company has closed on the previously-announced acquisitions of German based engineering firms, OLBRICH GmbH (“OLBRICH”) and R+S Automotive GmbH (“R+S Automotive”), for EUR €43 million (approximately U.S. $45 million). Headquartered in Bocholt, Germany, OLBRICH is a…

Dreame Upgrades Benefits Project To Help Writers Generate More Income

SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Dreame, the multilingual storytelling platform launched by Singapore-based startup Stary, rolled out an attention-grabbing benefits project for writers during its 4th anniversary celebration. This income boosting project Dreame 4U aims to help writers of different groups earn more money from their stories. For expert writers,…

Tessa Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Phase 1b Clinical Trial Investigating TT11 in Combination with Nivolumab for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL)

SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tessa Therapeutics Ltd. (Tessa), a clinical-stage cell therapy company developing next-generation cancer treatments for hematological malignancies and solid tumors, today announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 1b clinical trial investigating TT11, the company’s autologous CD30 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T)…

CIMB Islamic, Yayasan Waqaf Malaysia and Yayasan Belia Malaysia kick off the second edition of iTEKAD CIMB Islamic Rider Entrepreneur Programme through the concept of Temporary Waqaf

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) — CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (“CIMB Islamic”), together with programme partners Yayasan Waqaf Malaysia (“YWM”) and Yayasan Belia Malaysia (“YBM”) on 17 August 2022 jointly inked a partnership agreement, which will see the continuation of the iTEKAD CIMB Islamic Rider Entrepreneur Programme into its second…

Black & Veatch Completes World’s First Commercial-Scale Alternative Animal Feed Production Facility

BEIJING, Aug 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — With demand for protein from the world’s rapidly growing population expected to rise, commissioning is now underway at the world’s first industrial-scale FeedKind® facility in Chongqing, China. The facility, designed and built ahead-of-schedule by a consortium of Black & Veatch and Shanghai LBT Engineering & Technology Co.…

Intellian Signs Multi-Year Partnership Agreement With Speedcast To Meet Accelerated Satellite Communications Demand

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Aug 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Intellian, a leading provider of future-proof satellite communications technology solutions, has announced a multi-year partnership agreement with Speedcast, one of the world’s largest satellite communications service providers. The multi-million-dollar agreement will enable Intellian and Speedcast to collaborate in serving multiple markets with future-proof satellite…

EMQ Boosts International Payments Capabilities to Over 170 Markets with Launch of Global USD Offering

HONG KONG & SINGAPORE, Aug 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Global payments network EMQ today announced a major expansion of its international payment capabilities to over 170 markets with the launch of Global USD Wires. This enables enterprises, financial institutions, payments businesses and marketplaces to effectively disburse USD payments globally, accelerate the…