SINGAPORE – Two people were injured on Friday evening (Oct 23), after a car crashed into Ulu Pandan Community Club (CC) near Buona Vista. The police said on Saturday that they were alerted at about 6.40pm on Friday to an accident involving a car at 170 Ghim Moh Road – the address of the CC. The... » read more
Seoul, KOREA / NovationWire / Cryptocurrency prices soared as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Investors will be closely monitoring the tech sector and C-suite Cryptocurrency executives will be looking to make every effort to boost brand perception. With NovationWire‘s Cryptocurrency Distribution Platform, Cryptocurrency leaders can effectively distribute their company news, updates and performance reports to... » read more
MOSCOW (AFP) – Aryna Sabalenka and Garbine Muguruza, the top two seeds at the Kremlin Cup, slumped to straight-sets losses in the quarter-finals on Friday (Oct 22). Russian world number 37 Ekaterina Alexandrova eased to a 6-3, 6-4 upset of Sabalenka for a sixth career win over a top 10 player. Ninth seed Anett Kontaveit... » read more
AUSTIN (AFP) – Despite further engine issues, Mercedes dominated Friday’s (Oct 22) opening practice for the United States Grand Prix with Valtteri Bottas edging world champion Lewis Hamilton and the rest of the field far back. Bottas, who will face a five-place grid penalty after Mercedes changed his engine for the fifth time this season,... » read more
BERLIN (REUTERS) – Borussia Dortmund’s Norway striker Erling Haaland is set to spend a few weeks on the sidelines after picking up a hip injury, manager Marco Rose said on Friday (Oct 22). Haaland only returned from a thigh problem last week, scoring twice in a 3-1 win over Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga. The... » read more
ROUBAIX, FRANCE (AFP) – Jeffrey Hoogland’s sizzling 58.418sec ride won gold in the men’s 1km time-trial at the track cycling world championships on Friday (Oct 22). At a packed Roubaix indoor stadium, the Dutchman was over a second faster than 23-year-old Nicholas Paul of Trinidad, who also rode a sub one minute 59.791sec, only to... » read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS (REUTERS) – Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas will have a five-place grid penalty for Sunday’s US Grand Prix after taking his sixth engine of the Formula One season. Drivers are allowed only three engines without penalty and Bottas has already had grid drops at the Italian and Russian Grands Prix. The... » read more
Hong Kong, Oct 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – XanPool, a payments infrastructure builder that operates in over 13 countries in the Asia Pacific, has raised US$27 Million in a Series A financing round led by Valar Ventures, alongside investors such as CMT Digital, and notable angel investor Taavet Hinrikus (Founder and Chairman... » read more
HONG KONG, Oct 22, 2021 – (亚太商讯 via SEAPRWire.com) – 近日，中国人民银行广州分行、深圳市中心支行及香港金融管理局正式公布“跨境理财通”首批试点备案银行名单，兴业银行广州分行、深圳分行和香港分行成为首批入围试点银行。 “跨境理财通”业务，是指粤港澳大湾区内地和港澳投资者通过区内银行体系建立的闭环式资金管道，跨境投资对方银行销售的合格投资产品或理财产品，按照购买主体身份分为“南向通”和“北向通”。 据介绍，兴业银行广州及深圳分行“跨境理财通”业务首批合作银行为兴业银行香港分行，通过香港分行为高净值客户提供多元化金融服务。即日起，符合资质的粤港澳大湾区个人投资者可通过以下方式参与兴业银行提供的跨境理财通服务： 北向通，即香港投资者在兴业银行香港分行开立汇款账户，并在开立后前往兴业银行内地大湾区支行开立投资专户，通过闭环式资金管道汇入资金购买兴业银行所销售的北向通理财产品。基于香港投资者权益保护的考虑，在业务初期仅限准入兴业理财子公司兴银理财管理发行的，风险等级在R2及以下、产品结构简单清晰的纯固收理财产品。 南向通，即大湾区内地投资者在兴业银行大湾区内地支行开立或指定汇款账户作为南向通汇款户，并在开立后前往兴业银行香港分行开立投资专户，通过闭环式资金管道汇入资金购买兴业银行香港分行所销售的南向通投资产品。目前香港分行拟上架产品主要包括国际知名投资机构所管理或发行的中低风险基金、债券等。 “兴业银行将把握机遇，发挥财富管理和跨境金融优势，加大集团境内外财富管理业务联动，推动粤港澳地区居民个人跨境投资便利化，持续擦亮‘财富银行’品牌，促进粤港澳地区互联互通。”兴业银行相关负责人表示。 Copyright 2021 亚太商讯. All rights reserved. (via SEAPRWire)
TOKYO, Oct 22, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The new 7000-Series carriages in service on the “Astram Line,” an Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) system designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. (MHIENG), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), have received a “GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2021(1)” from Japan Institute... » read more
Delhi, India, Oct 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – As the 3D printed construction market grows, startups and nonprofits alike are beginning to leverage advances in concrete 3D printing technology to address the affordable housing crisis. Recently, Habitat for Humanity International through its Shelter Venture Fund invested $411,000 in Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions Ltd.... » read more
Silkeborg, Denmark/ SEAPRWire / October 22, 2021 / – Space Vikings Token, a new Danish cryptocurrency, is set to disrupt the global beer market in 2022 by partnering with at least one brewery to release true Viking Ales. For the first time in history, a cryptocurrency and a brewery will join forces to not only distribute... » read more
SINGAPORE – Singapore is considering using carbon credits to help it reduce its carbon footprint. In response to queries from The Straits Times, a spokesman for the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said on Wednesday (Oct 20) that Singapore’s priority is to reduce its emissions through encouraging industrial energy efficiency and adopting emissions reduction... » read more
SINGAPORE – HDB resale prices hit a record-high in the third quarter and saw the fastest nine-month climb in more than a decade, going by data released on Friday (Oct 22). Resale prices rose 2.9 per cent in July-September from the previous three months, higher than HDB’s flash estimate of 2.7 per cent, to exceed... » read more
SINGAPORE, Oct 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – AppsFlyer, the marketing measurement and experience platform, today released the 13th edition of its Performance Index, ranking the top media sources in mobile advertising. In its edition, AppsFlyer is pioneering the SKAN Index, a SKAdNetwork ranking that reflects the new reality of privacy generated by... » read more
Hong Kong / SEAPRWire / October 22, 2021 / – XanPool, a payments infrastructure builder that operates in over 13 countries in the Asia Pacific, has raised US$27 Million in a Series A financing round led by Valar Ventures, alongside investors such as CMT Digital, and notable angel investor Taavet Hinrikus (Founder and Chairman of Wise,... » read more
SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be expanding its capacity with Sydney with the Airbus A380 returning to the Australian city on Dec 1, SIA said on Friday (Oct 22). The announcement comes after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday that final stages of concluding a quarantine-free travel bubble with Singapore could be... » read more
AUSTIN (AFP) – Lewis Hamilton adopted a cheerful, but realistic stance on Thursday (Oct 21) after arriving in Texas ahead of this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. It is a race he badly needs to win to boost his hopes of landing an unprecedented eighth world title, a prospect he conceded as being very difficult... » read more
MOSCOW (AFP) – Adrian Mannarino saved a match point to defeat top seed Andrey Rublev at the Kremlin Cup on Thursday (Oct 21), avenging his defeat to the Russian in the Moscow final two years ago. France’s Mannarino, 33, triumphed 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 over the world number six to reach the quarter-finals. “Two years... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 21, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Tokai University, Toyohashi University of Technology, Chubu University, and DENSO Corporation have been developing testing equipment to detect SARS-CoV-2 with support from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)(1). Universities and DENSO announced today that the group has succeeded in developing a biosensor... » read more