KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) -- A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of 'a' of Shinkong Insurance Co Ltd (Shinkong Insurance) Taiwan with the outlook of these ratings as stable.
A.M. Best in a statement said the ratings reflect Shinkong Insurance's balance sheet strength, which categorised as very strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, favorable business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. The insurance company's risk-adjusted capitalisation remains solid and supportive of its current ratings, underpinned by continued organic growth from earnings retention, accumulation of claims equalisation reserves and prudent reinsurance arrangements. Shinkong Insurance also consistently demonstrated underwriting and investment profitability over the past five years, mainly driven by positive results in the voluntary personal motor line, investment gains from interest income and realized gains from available-for-sale securities, the statement added. The company maintains a well-established business profile in Taiwan's non-life insurance segment and held the third-largest market share over the past 10 years in terms of gross premiums written. A.M. Best is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit www.ambest.com. --BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Bernama) -- Mobile Factory Inc today announced the outline and future prospects of its 'blockchain related services' developed on Jan 19, 2018.
In the first phase Mobile Factory, headquartered in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan plans to offer a mobile compatible browser with cryptocurrency wallet, 'pochi' plan for release summer 2018 providing users to manage their cryptocurrency in a user friendly environment. This is part of a three phase release and Research and Development (R&D) is in progress, a statement said. 'Pochi' can increase the contact between company and cryptocurrency users and it would be possible for the company to aim for a key position in the cryptocurrency economy, where further expansion is expected in the future. Phase two of the project is the release of an application platform, 'uniqys' which currently under R&D designed to make users easily use applications with 'pochi'. The platform will be possible for application developers to provide services in an environment with higher user satisfaction. The company will create a game on uniqys´ at the phase three of the project and preparations is made to release it at the same time as the release of application platform 'uniqys'. The game will reflect the game development experience and knowledge that the company has cultivated until now and they are planning a game that will give users a new play experience with various applications added in future. The company aims to build a distributed ecosystem to create a new economy that maximises the use of blockchain technology that is expected to be used in various places in society including the entertainment field, the statement said. -- BERNAMA SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 (Bernama) -- Cloudflare - a leading Internet performance and security company - today announced record network growth by nearly 30 percent in the first quarter of 2018 and launched three new products and a major collaboration.
The company also added 32 new cities, growing its network to 151 points of presence globally. Cloudflare now protects more than 8 million domains, websites, APIs, mobile applications, and anything connected to the Internet, a statement said. "At Cloudflare´s core is its network, which we've built to be flexible, efficient, and able to perform any task in any given location," said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. "In this last quarter, we grew our network at record pace, bringing our network closer to everyone on earth. This means that we´re able to roll out products at a global scale for users everywhere." The three major new products in the quarter are Cloudflare Access, a solution that makes accessing internal enterprise applications fast and easy, Cloudflare Workers, a better, faster way for developers to deploy and execute their code directly at the edge of Cloudflare's global network and Cloudflare Mobile SDK, a free solution that enables any mobile app developer to understand network performance and metrics. Also announced today is the Cloudflare and IBM collaboration to extend security and performance from the cloud to the network edge. Through the collaboration, IBM launched Cloud Internet Services, a one-stop shop for Cloudflare's security and performance capabilities designed to protect enterprise public-facing web content and applications. Now Cloudflare's solutions can be deployed in IBM's customers' environments, including public, private, hybrid cloud, or on-premise. Additionally, IBM is now an authorized reseller of Cloudflare´s suite of security and performance edge services. Cloudflare now has more than 625 employees, up from 400 just over a year ago. The company continues to grow its engineering, sales, marketing, and support teams across its offices in San Francisco, Austin, Champaign, IL, London, New York, Washington D.C., and Singapore. To learn more about Cloudflare please check: www.cloudflare.com/@cloudflare; cloudflare Network Map; Cloudflare Blog -- BERNAMA TOKYO, April 27 (Bernama) -- Having welcomed its one millionth visitor on March 29, 2018, Snoopy Museum Tokyo completes its term in September 2018 and reaches its grand finale with the final exhibition titled "FRIENDSHIP IN PEANUTS" from April 21, 2018 to Sept 24, 2018.
The museum depicts characters like Snoopy and his owner Charlie Brown, depicted by Charles M. Schulz over 50 years through "Peanuts". It also exhibits the oldest original drawings of "Peanuts", a statement said. The final exhibition at the museum, which opened in April 2016, will offer the humorous yet pathetic dialogues through approximately 80 pieces of precious original drawing that shows the author's fresh strokes, and new animation works, a statement said. The location of the museum is 5-6-20 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo - a 7-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Roppongi Station, 10-minute walk from Azabu-Juban Station. For details please go to Snoopy Museum Tokyo official website: www.snoopymuseum.tokyo/en;Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/snoopymuseumtokyo/; Official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/snoopy_m_tokyo -- BERNAMA TOKYO, April 27 (Bernama) -- Fifteen researchers have been invited by The Hakuho Foundation - a public interest incorporated foundation in Tokyo, Japan - to participate in the 13th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship.
Selected were those from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine and USA, a statement said. Four researchers were selected in the Japanese language and Japanese-language education research category and eleven in the Japanese literature and Japanese culture research category. The fellowship period is from Sept 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019 - (either long-term (1 year) or short-term (6 months)). The receiving organisations are -- International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa, Kyoto University, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Ochanomizu University, Ritsumeikan University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Waseda University. The Hakuho Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation based in Tokyo, Japan, was established in 1970 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Hakuhodo Inc., a major Japanese advertising company. The foundation program invites leading international researchers to Japan to further strengthen the fundamentals of international research into Japan and deepening understanding of Japan. The Foundation's website for details About the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship: https://www.hakuhofoundation.or.jp/en/program/ -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama) -- Cisco Systems Inc and Orange Group will collaborate on the modernisation and expansion of Orange´s Open Transit Internet (OTI) service to expand its network in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
It will reduced operational complexity and increased capacity using the new generation of routers on its OTI service increasing network efficiency to improve service and manage the exponential increase in Internet traffic across the network, a statement said. "Our work with Cisco on OTI supports the further evolution of our network, allowing us to cope with huge traffic growth and improving the reach of our network," said senior vice-president, Orange International Networks Infrastructures and Services, Jean-Luc Vuillemin. Cisco´s senior vice-president of Engineering, Service Provider Business, Sumeet Arora said with Cisco´s NCS, Orange can reap the business benefits of a highly reliable and resilient platform to support its networking goals. Cisco´s NCS offered Orange the means to execute its plans to prepare for 400G speeds including the advantages of reduction in the number of chassis to be managed, high port density, high performance forwarding, low jitter and the lowest power consumption in terms of Gigabits/sec. Cisco NCS 5500 is powered by the Cisco IOS XR network operating system with the capabilities of model-driven telemetry, model-driven programmability and enhanced automation and application hosting. OTI is a Tier 1 international Internet connectivity solution offering direct access to the Internet networks in more than 100 countries through more than 50 points of presence, offer users a benefit from a large range of interfaces and throughputs as well as from guaranteed high-service availability. Cisco is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when they connect the previously unconnected. More information at http://thenetwork.cisco.com --BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Bernama) MedicCoin is introducing multiple ways to earn crypto as a reward for health conscious uses of blockchain technology globally.
Among the innovations are MedicWalk app, where users can acquire MedicCoin by installing the app and stay active which is part of the company´s visions to promote living an active lifestyle. The app will be launched within the next few weeks, a statement said. MedicCoin is also offering the opportunity to earn coins by donating computer power to Stanford University´s Folding@home program, which helps scientists solve computer calculations related to finding cures for Alzheimer´s, Parkinson´s, Huntington´s, cancers and other types of diseases. The innovation includes following doctor instructions whereby physicians who join and support the network will be provided with MedicCoin for rewarding patients who show up for appointments and follow instructions. Another incentive is the MedicEMR , the first free opensource EMR software accepting payments by crypto. The software aims to increase access to high-quality medical care for all people by rewarding physicians and patients with MedicCoin for using the software. Also made available is MedicPhone, an integrated TeleMedicine App for people who face immobility challenges or logistical complications. MedicPhone will integrate MedicEMR and accept MedicCoin and other payment methods to give access to board-certified doctors 24 hours a day and seven days a week. MedicCoin is also innovating integrated privacy technology to ensure users can maintain a confidential transaction history with different healthcare providers, individuals, merchants and other establishments. This is InstantX which enables users to avoid the long delays as MedicCoin is viable wherever conventional payment methods are used. The MedicCoin community can engage multiple communication channels and platforms on future announcements to ensure ongoing media coverage via syndicated articles and editorials, journalist outreach, a MedicCoin-branded news portal, and various engagement initiatives. MedicCoin is a blockchain-based crypto focused on promoting health and philanthropy throughout the world by rewarding individuals in various ways for being healthy. More information at https://mediccoin.com/ --BERNAMA SINGAPORE, Apr. 25, 2018 /Xinhua Finance Agency
Jiangjin District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality held its first investment promoting event in Singapore on April 24 to explore cooperation opportunities with Singapore and other ASEAN countries. Jiangjin District is a vital link on the southbound passageway of Chongqing-Guizhou-Guangxi-Singapore and a key point on the Silk Road Economic Belt. It is not only an important carrier for the industry transformation and upgrading of China's western regions, but also a new gateway for Chongqing's opening-up to the outside world, according to Cheng Zhiyi, Secretary of Jiangjin District Party Committee. Cheng gave a full display of the excellent investment environment and investment value of Jiangjin District to politicians, businessmen, and local enterprises and institutions during the event. In recent years, Jiangjin District has been favored by Singaporean enterprises that are intended to make investment. A batch of projects invested by Singaporean enterprises including Mapletree comprehensive industrial park, Yingli international hardware and electrical machinery market, ProLogis (Chongqing) Luohuang logistics park and BLOGIS have already settled in Jiangjin District. In the meanwhile, Temasek Group and Singapore's Chongqing Chamber of Commerce have all turned their eyes to Jiangjin District and established a close partnership with it. At the investment roadshow, the People's Government of Chongqing, Jiangjin District signed a total of 12 cooperation agreements with a group of Singaporean research institutions, business associations and companies including National University of Singapore (NUS) Optical Science and Engineering Center, Singapore-China Business Association and Business China, which include the Chongqing Baisha artist village project co-invested by Jiangjin District and Nanyang Ventures Pte Ltd, together with Xiamen Ancient Art Culture Communication Co. with 115 million yuan. The strategic cooperation agreement signed between Jiangjin District and the Singapore Alumni Association of Dalian Maritime University is also one of the 12 projects signed this time. Contact: Jiang Tao, +86-18696653330 SOURCE: China Economic Information Service TOKYO, Apr. 25, 2018 /Kyodo JBN/ --
Agasta Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Carchs Holdings Co., Ltd., has started providing a service around the world after newly adding secondhand South Korean vehicles to the lineup of products available on its "PicknBuy24.com" online shop for used Japanese automobiles. URL: https://www.picknbuy24.com/ (Photo: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/release/201804233213?p=images) The additional service got off the ground after LOTTE Rental Co., Ltd., a unit of South Korea's biggest conglomerate, and Carchs Holdings, a major Japanese used car dealer, formed a business alliance. "PicknBuy24.com," with a track record of more than 20 years, has already provided used vehicles to more than 30,000 customers in 80 countries, including those in South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe as well as Russia. On April 23, a grand opening ceremony for the new "PicknBuy24.com" was held at the Korea Lotte Auction venue to highlight the new partnership between the companies. In the near future, Carchs aims to be the No.1 worldwide car market by having over one million vehicles displayed on the website. The service has three characteristics as follows. 1. It allows customers to buy globally-acclaimed Japanese and South Korean used vehicles around the world that are "hard to break down" and "more fuel-efficient," among other features. 2. As the online shop lists information on both right-hand- and left-hand-drive vehicles, people can easily search and buy their favorite vehicles suitable for their countries. 3. It lists information not only on passenger cars but on buses, trucks and construction machines used for civil engineering and building work. Furthermore, an online video on "PicknBuy24.com" is released to commemorate the start of the service. Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m3XNZaRbdU Through "PicknBuy24.com," Carchs is operating the service in hopes of bringing on happiness to customers by exporting used vehicles and meeting everyone's needs in the process. The video expresses the company's values and everyone's satisfaction. The red T-shirt worn in the video is an item that will be given as a gift to customers who buy secondhand vehicles and it is a symbol of bonding between PicknBuy24.com and customers. Source: Carchs Holdings Co., Ltd. KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama) -- Extech Electronic Co (EEC), the industry-leading innovator of electrical testing equipment celebrated its 40th anniversary launching a website - www.eecextech.com - to inspire customer engagement through a modern, user-friendly online platform integrating social media and direct engagement.
EEC is also sharing its rich history, forging a new course for the future with marking the quality of electrical equipment while protecting the safety of manufacturing workers and consumers worldwide, a statement said. Other plans include: -- the company is striving to advance the EEC user experience through multi-language support for its feature-rich solutions, the statement said. -- EEC will revolutionise its approach by shifting to a solution-oriented focus, bringing a various of game-changing solutions to multiple industries. This transformation draws upon four decades of experience creating testing solutions for components that drive and array of outstanding multinational brands such as Apple, Dyson, Panasonic and others. -- through its EEC Service Program, manufacturers will gain unprecedented access to the company's expertise in general electrical safety, testing instrumentation and equipment, and testing standards, while EEC provide advanced training on state-of-the-art industry applications and technology. -- established a global presence across 40 countries, extending its reach further with EEC Everywhere -- a strategic shift that marks an aggressive expansion from direct to indirect sales, opening the door to more distributers and greater service coverage than ever before. Customers can now expect almost unlimited availability and unprecedented response times for their requests, enhancing overall customer satisfaction. -- BERNAMA |
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