In late October, history tells us, artists have arrived to change us. It is when Picasso was born, Johann Strauss Jr showed up and Pele set foot on the planet. The Brazilian in fact has a birthday two days before mine and as a boy this minor coincidence became hugely significant. The same week? Surely... » read more
Vancouver, BC, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Couloir Capital Ltd. is pleased to announce the initiation of research coverage on Challenger Exploration Ltd. (ASX: CEL). The initial report is titled, “High-Grade Argentine Gold Project, Ecuadorian Project Next to 17-Million-Ounce Gold Deposit.” About Challenger Exploration Ltd. Challenger Exploration Ltd. is a precious metals explorer... » read more
SHANGHAI, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – CyberVein, the next generation big data and analytics company, announced another major technological breakthrough during its Third Anniversary and a Re-branding Conference in Shanghai today. The technology company has piloted the first-of-a-kind decentralized non-fungible token (NFT) issuance platform, entitled CROSS. With Data Analytics and Valuation Engine (DAVE),... » read more
SINGAPORE, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Raffles Financial Group Limited (CSE: RICH) (FSE: 4VO) (OTC: RAFFF) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Raffles Financial Private Limited (“Raffles”) has entered into a 3-Year Strategic Cooperation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Shanghai Lingang Technology Entrepreneurship Center Co., Ltd. (“Lingang”) on October 22, 2020 (the “Cooperation”).... » read more
ZUG, SWITZERLAND, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Genadi Man, CEO of kasko2go, has announced that his company’s advanced open source solution would be made available free of charge, to reduce the dramatic losses in the car insurance industry with a high-tech open source product. Speaking at this year’s telematics trade fair (Leipzig, Germany,... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 26, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Cogstate, Ltd. announced today that the companies have entered into a collaboration whereby Eisai has secured the global development rights and exclusive commercialization rights of all cognitive function tests developed by Cogstate, including the “Cogstate Brief BatteryTM” (CBB) for use in healthcare and... » read more
SINGAPORE, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Endowus.com, Singapore’s leading MAS-licensed digital wealth management platform and the first and only digital advisor for the Central Provident Fund (CPF), has announced the launch of their new investment solution – Fund Smart. Singapore investors can now build investment portfolios from a selection of institutional share-class and... » read more
JAKARTA, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – KFC Indonesia presents Naughty by Nature, a lifestyle dining and salad bar restaurant which is a breakthrough originally concepted by KFC Indonesia. Naughty by Nature which is located at Jalan Senopati no. 24A South Jakarta was officially opened for public since Friday, October 16, 2020, in coincide... » read more
Seruyan, C Kalimantan, INDONESIA, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – In this modern world, all humankind has been affected by the impact of the global climate crisis. Not only facing the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic, we also have to deal with floods and forest fires currently occurring in our region. Scientists have given... » read more
Riyadh & Tokyo, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Riyad Bank, a listed company on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., announced that Riyad Bank had signed a partnership agreement with JCBI to enable the acceptance... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 26, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and Realeyes have jointly developed a new emotion analysis service that combines NEC’s biometric identification and video analytics technologies with Realeyes’ emotion analysis technology. This is part of a collaboration announced in July 2020, and NEC will launch this service in January... » read more
SINGAPORE, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Endowus.com, Singapore’s leading MAS-licensed digital wealth management platform and the first and only digital advisor for the Central Provident Fund (CPF), has announced the launch of their new investment solution – Fund Smart. Singapore investors can now build investment portfolios from a selection of institutional share-class and... » read more
SINGAPORE, Oct 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Xiaomi-backed global brokerage firm Tiger Brokers shared insights around the investment behaviour of Generation Z investors (aged between 18 to 24 years old), analysing about 100,000 Generation Z investors who are trading on Tiger Brokers’ platform during the span of 2015 to 2020. Gen Z makes up... » read more
SINGAPORE – The little red dot wants a greener energy mix, and is taking multiple steps to achieve this – from an electricity import pilot with Malaysia, to soaking up more sunshine at home and investing in research on emerging low carbon technologies. Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing on Monday (Oct 26) laid... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, Oct 26. Malaysia’s King rejects emergency plan, PM Muhyiddin to discuss decision with Cabinet The King believes the government under Muhyiddin can continue implementing policies to tackle Covid-19. READ MORE HERE Use of 2 flu vaccines should stop temporarily after deaths in S. Korea: MOH The... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Jamie Vardy came off the bench to seal Leicester’s late 1-0 win as spluttering Arsenal crashed to a third defeat in their last four Premier League games on Sunday (Oct 25). Vardy was only fit enough for the bench after a calf injury, but Brendan Rodgers sent the Leicester striker on with... » read more
A roller-coaster ride at the Wonderland Amusement Park in Kallang on its opening day on Aug 22, 1969. Buy this photo at: bit.ly/SGWonderland Photonico is a website offering high-quality stock photos that celebrate Asian contemporary culture and heritage. It is a platform that showcases the thousands of editorial and stock photos that our staff and... » read more
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Ally McDonald celebrated her 28th birthday Sunday (Oct 25) by winning her first LPGA title, capturing the Drive On Championship by one stroke over fellow American Danielle Kang. The world number 62 fired a final-round three-under par 69 to finish 72 holes at Reynolds Lake Oconee on 16-under 272 for an extra-special... » read more
WOLVERHAMPTON (Reuters) – Newcastle United’s Jacob Murphy struck a clever free kick in the 89th minute to snatch a 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers in a hard-fought Premier League encounter on Sunday (Oct 25). Raul Jimenez had given Wolves the lead 10 minutes from time with a thunderous dipping shot from the edge of the... » read more
More than 50 volunteers from the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) and Young Sikh Association fanned out across the island before midday yesterday, armed with pails, brooms and assorted cleaning equipment. Their mission: to help clean the homes of some of the vulnerable members of the Indian community, ahead of Deepavali on Nov 14. Under... » read more