KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 -- SuperCryptoNews, Asia’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency media, has officially partnered with Roostoo to launch a paper trading competition that rewards actual Bitcoin (BTC) to the top traders at the end of the competition.
According to a statement, users - for the first time - can expect to win up to 0.5 BTC and more in a trading competition in which no capital is required. Besides the initial reward of 0.5 BTC, the reward pool grows as more participants join the competition. “We have decided to launch this simulated trading competition with pre-allocated capital to incentivise everyone to explore trading in cryptocurrencies with no risk. At the same time, they could also win actual prizes in cryptocurrency,” said SuperCryptoNews’ managing editor, Varut Vanichayakosol. “We hope that this would be the first step to introducing digital assets trading to new users and letting them know that they do not have to be afraid of exploring it.” The competition will run from March 7 to April 5 while registration will begin on Feb 24 (GMT+8) at https://www.supercryptonews.com/ -- BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 -- Unisys Corporation, a global information technology company has announced its cargo industry director, Niranjan Navaratnarajah will present at the Air Cargo India conference on Feb 26 in Mumbai.
He will discuss why a fundamental cultural change is essential for the air cargo industry to remain nimble, economically viable and combat escalating physical and data security threats. “In the increasingly competitive air cargo industry, the whole ecosystem spanning airlines, warehouses, freight forwarders, booking agents, customs and road/rail transport must accelerate its digital transformation to be more efficient and remain economically viable,” said Navaratnarajah. “Some players have made great strides in adopting new technologies, from online marketplaces, to IoT and drones. However, for most of the industry, a fundamental cultural change is required to evolve and create a truly connected supply chain.” Navaratnarajah has cited three areas where cultural change was required in air cargo, namely, make inventory visible across multiple sales channels to create new business models, focus on both data and physical security, and respond to market demand for specialised cargo. Reducing shipment dwell time in warehouses is key to improving efficiency. Smarter processes in the warehouse are a first step, but the industry also needs to develop new channels to market. Unisys has more than 55 years of experience providing innovative IT solutions to the travel and transportation industry. Its cargo solutions are used by many of the world's leading carriers, who collaborate via the Unisys Cargo User Group. More details at www.unisys.com. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 -- In a new research paper, Dr Shirley Xueni Li and Prof Kimmy Wa Chan from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) School of Business have recently investigated how emoticons in commercial service discussions shape customer perceptions of businesses.
The study found that emoticon usage by a customer service employee had conflicting effects. According to participants polled, customer service employees who used emoticons appeared warmer, but also less competent than those who eschewed using emoticons. This outlook held true regardless of whether or not a customer service employee used emoticons that were pictorial or text-based, showing that the power of emoticons is not purely driven by eye-catching graphics and colours. In addition, the individual customer’s personality and expectations on how a service relationship should be conducted play an important role in how emoticon senders are ultimately seen. In an unsatisfactory service situation, using emoticons will compound the negativity. When service is deemed unsatisfactory and is failing to resolve the situation, the study reasons that all customers will increasingly place value on competence as opposed to warmth. Customers are also more likely to buy if customer service employees go the extra mile to address customer’s needs with messages accompanied by an emoticon. The research indicates that businesses should be mindful of their emoticon implementation in service interactions. When delivered skillfully at the right time, an employee and the brand can potentially be seen as friendlier, more helpful and more sociable. More information at https://bus.hkbu.edu.hk. -- BERNAMA AG&P breaks ground on LNG Import Facility, expands access to natural gas for downstream customers21/2/2020 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 -- AG&P, the global downstream gas and LNG logistics company has broken ground on its LNG Import Facility at Karaikal Port, Puducherry, paving the way to broader access to natural gas as a primary fuel in South India.
According to a statement, the Karaikal LNG Import Facility (Karaikal LNG) is expected to commence commercial operations by fourth quarter, next year. Owned and operated by AG&P, Karaikal LNG Import Facility is being built on a 12-hectare site within the Karaikal Port, which enjoys the only deep-water access on the East Coast of India south of Chennai, with all-weather capabilities and round-the-clock operations. Karaikal LNG, which will have an initial capacity of one million tonnes per annum (MTPA), will include a Floating Storage Unit (FSU) leased via a long-term charter agreement with ADNOC Logistics and Services from 2021 to provide an efficient solution that will enable the supply of this clean fuel to be affordable. Strategically located 280km south of Chennai and in close proximity to Tamil Nadu’s thriving manufacturing clusters, the new terminal will provide natural gas to power plants, industrial and commercial customers within a 300km radius. In addition, Karaikal LNG will serve the important city gas networks of AG&P and other city gas companies that bring CNG and LNG to vehicles and piped natural gas to households and other establishments. AG&P develops and builds LNG import terminals in nascent and growing markets worldwide. At Karaikal LNG, AG&P has developed a flexible configuration combining floating storage and onshore facilities, such as truck-loading, to increase operational efficiencies – resulting in a flexible and commercially-compelling solution for customers. More details at www.agpglobal.com. -- BERNAMA BEIJING, Feb 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — On February 4th, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, one of the authoritative institutions in the field of infectious diseases in China and the core unit for the treatment of COVID-19 in Shanghai, published the article “AI Aids the Scientific Prevention and Control, Intelligent Evaluation System of Chest CT for COVID-19 Launched in Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center” on its official WeChat platform. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200220005333/en/ The article announced the latest results of its use of artificial intelligence technology to help doctors carry out intelligent quantitative analysis and evaluation of therapeutic effects of novel coronavirus lesions based on CT images. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Yitu Healthcare responded quickly. The main R & D team sacrificed their vacations and finally completed the development of the Intelligent Evaluation System of Chest CT for COVID-19 in a very short period of time. On January 28th, the Intelligent Evaluation System of Chest CT for COVID-19 developed by Yitu Healthcare, was officially launched and put into the front line clinical battle against the epidemic. The system is the first AI imaging product in the industry to intelligently evaluate COVID-19. The system realizes intelligent diagnosis and quantitative evaluation of CT images of COVID-19 through industry-leading image algorithms, and grades the severity of various pneumonia diseases of local lesions, diffuse lesions, and whole lung involvement. Furthermore, it accurately quantifies the cumulative pneumonia load of the disease through quantitative and omics analysis of key image features such as the morphology, range, and density of the lesion, and achieves a dynamic 4D contrast of the whole lung lesions on CT, helping in clinical judgment of the condition, evaluation of the efficacy, and prediction of the prognosis. This new AI system can realize the automatic detection of the lesion area, and the quantitative analysis can be completed in 2-3 seconds. It is hoped that the birth of this system will help the country, especially the key medical institutions in the epidemic area, to improve the efficiency of quantitative diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 and contribute to the fight against the epidemic. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200220005333/en/ Contact Media contact: First Name: Li Last Name: Kristy E-mail: [email protected] Phone No.: +86 57731448 Source : Yitu Healthcare http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=36787 CRADLEPOINT FIRST TO OFFER COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO OF 5G WIRELESS EDGE SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS20/2/2020 Telstra selects Cradlepoint as 5G solution for its Enterprise Wireless service
BOISE, Idaho, Feb 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cradlepoint, the global leader in cloud-delivered LTE and 5G wireless edge solutions, today announced the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of 5G solutions powered by the company’s NetCloud Service and built exclusively to meet the business imperatives of availability, interoperability, security, and manageability. The new portfolio of “5G for Business” solutions enables customers to deploy fast and reliable wireless business internet and wide-area networks (WANs). Telstra Selects Cradlepoint for Enterprise Wireless service Telstra is the launch partner for the first Cradlepoint 5G solution to be delivered to the market — the W2000-Series 5G Wideband Adapter, which is the 5G wireless edge solution for Telstra’s Enterprise Wireless service. Customer trials are scheduled to begin in April 2020. “Our pursuit of delivering the best 5G solution available to Australian businesses has led us to Cradlepoint’s NetCloud and the new W2000 Series 5G Wireless Adapters,” commented Telstra’s Mobility Executive Andrew Stormont. “We know the networking needs of our business and enterprise customers are very different from consumers’, and this point was a determining factor in our decision to partner with Cradlepoint for our Enterprise Wireless 5G solution. Their comprehensive approach, combined with Telstra network leadership and expertise, makes it easy for business customers to get up and running on 5G while providing full powerful management tools.” First With the Most Comprehensive 5G Network Solution for Business By combining its NetCloud platform with a clean-sheet-of-paper design for its new 5G modems and antenna systems, Cradlepoint is the first in the industry to address the critical business imperatives of network availability, security, and manageability and provide business customers with a graceful pathway to 5G. Specific capabilities include: combining LTE, Gigabit-Class LTE and 5G in a single wireless WAN; support for all variants of 5G – low-band and mid-band (Sub-6Ghz) and high-band (millimeter wave) – across major wireless operators; interoperability with existing customer SD-WAN and router infrastructures; and delivering the entire network management lifecycle – from ease of deployment to simplified operations and troubleshooting. “Our new NetCloud-powered portfolio of 5G wireless edge solutions represents another industry first for Cradlepoint,” explained George Mulhern, chairman and CEO of Cradlepoint. “We are excited to have Telstra – Australia’s leading mobile operator – as our worldwide launch partner for our new W2000-Series 5G Wideband Adapter. They share our strong belief that business customers are looking to embrace 5G to enable new and disruptive business applications and capabilities, but not at the cost of impaired network availability, security, and manageability.” The elements of Cradlepoint’s 5G for business solutions include: 5G Wideband Adapters and Modems The forthcoming W-Series 5G Wideband Adapters are controlled and managed by the Cradlepoint NetCloud Service and are based on the company’s software-defined modem technology. The W-Series is designed to support the wide range of 5G deployments by wireless operators around the world based on low-band, mid-band, and millimeter-wave spectrum, and can be remotely connected to a customer premise router using 1Gbps or 2.5Gbps Ethernet or a fiber connection. Integrated Wi-Fi 6 support enables local configuration and future use cases. A new 5G version of Cradlepoint’s field-upgradable modular router modems is also planned. The specific models include:
The NetCloud Service powers every Cradlepoint wireless edge solution, including the new 5G offerings. It enables customers to build and manage wireless WANs with complete lifecycle management, true zero-touch deployment, robust security, and SD-WAN traffic management for optimal application performance and reliability. Here are several of the new NetCloud features that support the new Cradlepoint 5G edge solutions:
About Telstra Telstra is a leading telecommunications and information services company. We offer a full range of services and compete in all telecommunications markets in Australia, operating the largest mobile and Wi-Fi networks. Globally, we provide end-to-end solutions, including managed network services, global connectivity, cloud, voice, colocation, conferencing, and satellite solutions. We have licenses in Asia, Europe, and the United States and offer access to more than 2,000 points of presence across the globe. For more information, visit www.telstra.com. About Cradlepoint Cradlepoint is a global leader in cloud-delivered LTE and 5G wireless network edge solutions for branch, mobile, and IoT networks. Our Elastic Edge architecture is powered by Cradlepoint NetCloud, a subscription-based service that – together with our purpose-built endpoints – delivers a pervasive, secure, software-defined wireless WAN to connect people, places, and things over LTE and 5G cellular networks. More than 20,000 enterprise and government organizations around the world, including 75 percent of the world’s top retailers, 50 percent of the Fortune 100, and first responder agencies in 25 of the largest U.S. cities, rely on Cradlepoint to keep critical branches, points of commerce, field forces, vehicles, and IoT devices always connected and protected. Major service providers use Cradlepoint wireless edge solutions as the foundation for innovative managed services. Founded in 2006, Cradlepoint is a privately held company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with a development center in Silicon Valley and international offices in the UK and Australia. Cradlepoint Media Inquiries HOLLY LANGBEIN Highwire PR [email protected] +1 (916) 769-2199 SOURCE : Cradlepoint SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” of FMG Insurance Limited (FMGIL) (New Zealand). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
The ratings reflect FMGIL’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best categorizes as very strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. In addition, the ratings factor in a neutral holding company impact from the company’s 100% ownership by Farmers’ Mutual Group (FMG). FMGIL’s balance sheet strength is underpinned by its risk-adjusted capitalization, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), which AM Best expects to remain at the strongest level over the medium term. The company is viewed to have a comprehensive reinsurance program, which protects its earnings and balance sheet against very high-severity catastrophe events in New Zealand, as well as a prudent capital management policy, with the company maintaining a robust buffer in its local regulatory solvency position and in AM Best’s view of capital adequacy. A partially offsetting balance sheet factor is the company’s limited financial flexibility, driven by its 100% ownership by FMG, a mutual organization. AM Best views FMGIL’s operating performance as adequate, with the company having generated a five-year average return-on-equity ratio of 5% (fiscal-years 2015-2019). Operating results over this period were driven by investment operations, with the company’s five-year average combined ratio having been at a near breakeven position, largely driven by the impact of weather and earthquake events in fiscal-years 2016 and 2017. Underwriting results have improved since 2018, due to management actions including premium rate adjustments. Prospectively over the medium term, AM Best expects a robust pricing strategy and continued stable investment returns to support the maintenance of adequate operating results. AM Best views FMGIL’s business profile as neutral. The company continues to benefit from its established position as a leading insurer in New Zealand’s rural market, albeit occupying a relatively small market share of 5% of the overall domestic non-life market, based on 2019 non-life gross written premiums. FMGIL continues to exhibit a strong direct distribution business model, supported by its close relationships with customers and its ownership by FMG, which has a long history and strong brand recognition in New Zealand’s rural sector. Although the company only operates in New Zealand, its premium base is less geographically concentrated when compared with other domestic general insurers, as its focus on the rural and provincial sector helps diversify its insured risks across the country. Ratings are communicated to rated entities prior to publication. Unless stated otherwise, the ratings were not amended subsequent to that communication. This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best’s website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see AM Best’s Recent Rating Activity web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best’s Credit Ratings. For information on the proper media use of Best’s Credit Ratings and AM Best press releases, please view Guide for Media - Proper Use of Best’s Credit Ratings and AM Best Rating Action Press Releases. AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com. Copyright © 2020 by A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200219005579/en/ Contact Sin Yee Chuah Financial Analyst +65 6303 5022 [email protected] Alex Rafferty, ACA Associate Director, Analytics +65 6303 5025 [email protected] Christopher Sharkey Manager, Public Relations +1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159 [email protected] Jim Peavy Director, Public Relations +1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644 [email protected] Source : AM Best KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 -- Mary Kay Inc recently supported the 2020 Generational Dermatology Palm Springs Symposium at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas in Rancho Mirage. Generational Dermatology, founded by Dr Wendy E. Roberts, takes a multi-decade approach to the evolving aging patient, including medical, surgical and aesthetic dermatology. In a statement, the global beauty company said the three-day symposium beginning Feb 14, was targetted towards dermatologists and other core specialists at all stages of their careers. Mary Kay chief scientific officer, Dr Lucy Gildea said: “Our involvement with events like Generational Dermatology allows us to exchange innovative ideas and findings with dermatologists and continue to further support advancements in skin health. “This meeting is also special to us because it supports our colleagues in dermatology over their entire career.” Generational Dermatology is just the latest event Mary Kay has sponsored in 2020 with scientific and academic communities that reinforce the brand’s longstanding commitment to advancing skin health research and development. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 -- Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has announced that Hillbrook Partners’ team, including its founding partners Charles Roast and Justin Symonds, have joined GIP in London.
They will focus on infrastructure investments in the transportation sector, according to a statement. “We are pleased that Charles, Justin and their team are joining GIP as we continue to invest in our best in class team,” said GIP chairman and managing partner, Bayo Ogunlesi. “Their expertise and experience in the Transport industry will further enhance GIP’s capabilities as we identify opportunities to deliver attractive returns for our investors by investing in and managing high-quality infrastructure assets in the sector.” Hillbrook Partners, which was formed in 2013 has provided independent mergers and acquisitions advice to its clients, with a particular focus on investments in transport assets including airports, ports, rail and road infrastructure. Speaking about the move, Hillbrook’s founding partners commented: “We have enjoyed working with our clients on a variety of interesting and complex transport transactions and we believe our move to GIP will enable us to work with them in new and different ways.” GIP is a leading independent global infrastructure investor. More details at www.global-infra.com. -- BERNAMA SINGAPORE, Feb 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Trax, a leading provider of computer vision and analytics solutions for retail, today announced its acquisition of Qopius, a top provider of AI-based in-store technology solutions in Europe. The acquisition will serve as a force multiplier in pushing real-time store monitoring and autonomous inventory management into mainstream adoption, helping retailers across the world embrace data and digital innovation to cut costs and boost sales at every shelf. Retailers and consumer goods manufacturers around the world leverage Trax’s in-store execution and retail analytics solutions to better manage on-shelf availability and optimize merchandising. These solutions are powered by proprietary fine-grained image recognition algorithms which convert photos of retail shelves into granular, actionable shelf and store-level insights. Qopius’ hardware-agnostic computer vision platform helps retailers monitor in real-time on-shelf inventory for out of stocks, compliance, inventory levels and price integrity at scale. Their platform leverages advanced retail data integration and analytics to empower store managers and staff to take the right action at the right time for streamlined store operations and higher sales. Qopius’ customers include leading retailers such as Carrefour, Metro and MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group. Computer Vision Saves Retailers from Costly In-Store Execution Issues Trax’s acquisition of Qopius comes at a time when exceptional customer experience has become the rallying call of every retail executive. A 2019 research study by Trax and Coresight found that 8 in 10 of these executives believe consistent in-store execution – which entails the improvement of issues such as out of shelf or misplaced items, planogram non-compliance and pricing errors – remains the biggest impediment to customer satisfaction. Only 32% of respondents had the right data to monitor how long an item was missing from shelves, while 52% of respondents said they were planning to adopt image recognition technology within the next two years. Trax CEO and co-founder Joel Bar-El said, “The key to retail success in the new decade is using technology to support employees. This means capturing critical shelf data in real-time to enable employees to fix merchandising and availability issues faster than ever before. Qopius’ proven expertise in digitizing supermarket shelves across Europe and phenomenal talent make it a strategic fit for Trax. We are truly excited to welcome Qopius to the Trax family.” http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=36763 |
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