SAN FRANCISCO & HONG KONG-Tuesday 30 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EMQ, a leading financial settlement network across Asia, has been honored as a winner of the prestigious 2018 Red Herring Top 100 Global award. The award recognizes the innovations and technologies of the leading startups from North America, Europe, and Asia.

The Red Herring Top 100, now in its 22nd year, is one of the most revered accolades in the industry. Winners of this year’s Top 100 Global were chosen by an independent expert panel of Judges and the Red Herring editorial team based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track records and standing of startups relative to their peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and ... Read more »

•    Awarded Steam Generator for SMG Biomass Power Plant

•    Utilizes SFW’s advanced circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) technology with carbon neutral fuel

ESPOO, Finland-Thursday 1 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) announces today that it has been awarded a contract by SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. for design and supply of SMG Energy’s SMG Biomass Power Plant to be located in Gunsan City in the Republic of Korea. Commercial operation of the new plant is scheduled for December 2020.

SFW will design and supply the 100 MWe CFB steam generator and auxiliary equipment for the boiler island. The CFB steam generator will be designed to burn 100% wood pellets, while meeting applicable environmental regulatory requirements. SFW has supplied over 30 CFB steam generators to South Korea and this is the fourth firing biomass as its primary fuel.

Tomas Harju ... Read more »

ExaGrid’s security features insulate critical backup data from malicious attacks

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -Thursday 1 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExaGrid’s hyper-converged secondary storage for backup system was put to the ultimate test by Cheshire Medical Center, which had selected ExaGrid for backup protection and data loss prevention.

Cheshire Medical Center is an affiliate of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health system. The medical center is located in the U.S. in the state of New Hampshire and provides primary care, specialty medicine, surgical services, and acute inpatient care.

After the medical center installed ExaGrid as its backup target for its 98% virtualized IT environment, Scott Tilton, system administrator, experienced firsthand the disaster recovery protection that ExaGrid provides when a couple of the center’s larger serv ... Read more »

—Multi-path-tolerant GNSS receiver developed, dramatically increasing accuracy in severe environments—

TOKYO-Tuesday 30 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (TOKYO: 9432) (NTT, Head office: Chiyoda-ku Tokyo; President & CEO: Jun Sawada) and FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (TOKYO: 6814) (FURUNO, Head office: Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, President: Yukio Furuno) have developed a receiver for GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), dramatically improving time-synchronization accuracy in areas with severe reception conditions such as among buildings and in mountainous areas.

By integrating a new satellite signal selection algorithm developed by NTT into a time synchronization GNSS receiver from FURUNO, in addition to signals from satellites in line-of-sight locations, it has become possible to use multi-path signals (reflected or diffracted from buildings and other structures), whi ... Read more »

• Strong underlying growth driven by business momentum and strict OPEX discipline; Underlying Revenue +4.2%, Underlying Core Earnings +31.8%, Underlying Core EPS +32.7%

• Reported results impacted by large one-time gains in FY2017 and Shire related costs in FY2018

• Raising full year outlook on Velcade upside, Growth Driver momentum and OPEX discipline OSAKA, Japan-Thursday 1 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502):

Underlying Revenue +4.2%, led by Growth Drivers, with growth in every region

Underlying Revenue was solid at +4.2%, with continued strong momentum from Takeda's Growth Drivers (Gastroenterology, Oncology, Neuroscience and Emerging Markets), which grew +9.8%.
Key growth products Entyvio (+33.1%) and Ninlaro (+38.0%) were important contributors to revenue, as were the products acquired from Ariad in 2017. Every region achieved positive growth versus p ... Read more »

Fintech veterans join Cred to Democratize Lending With Blockchain Technology.

-Wednesday 31 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cred, the leading provider of crypto-backed lending with over $250 million in credit facilities, today announced the addition of three executive team members. Maxim Rohkline joins as Chief Product Officer, James Alexander joins as Chief Capital Officer, and Richard Oh joins as GM of Asia. Each executive brings a 20+ year proven track record of financial technology innovation, spanning capital markets, online lending, payment systems, risk management, and analytics.

“Cred is fortunate to attract some of the most talented executives in financial technology who identify with our mission of democratizing global borrowing and lending, “ said Dan Schatt, Co-founder and President of Cred. “Maxim, James, and Richard have led highly talented global teams and built some of the most sophisticate ... Read more »

Bunn Will Also Oversee Integrated Services in the U.S. 

NEW YORK -Wednesday 31 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), a leading global communications agency, today announced that Thomas Bunn has joined as Executive Vice President, Global Brand and Integrated Solutions. Bunn will be responsible for leading and growing BCW’s consumer practice and integrated services in the U.S.

“Thomas Bunn has a deep understanding of the impact integrated communications solutions have on clients in the consumer space and across all sectors,” said Chris Foster, President, North America, BCW. “His experience will be critical to our continued success in delivering integrated programs that produce powerful results for clients. I look forward to him further strengthening our renowned consumer business and sharing his expertise across all of our practices.”

Bunn joins BCW from Zeno Group, where he spent ... Read more »

Diamond CBD Developing Products To Be IP-Protected for Unique Niche Markets Applications

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -Wednesday 31 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PotNetwork Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: POTN)(the “Company”) announced today that, as the U.S. CBD market grows and expands, the Company is aggressively developing new products and moving forward on its strategy of exploring and initiating FDA registrations, patents and trademarks specific to certain of its new proprietary, Diamond CBD products.

The Company had previously announced that it had engaged major law firms in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Washington, D.C., to handle intellectual property (“IP”) matters, and for regulatory guidance on FDA submissions and related matters pertaining to the evaluation of the feasibility of FDA approval and registrations for certain Diamond CBD formulations.

Kevin Hagen, CEO, stated, “We believe that the future ... Read more »

SHANGHAI-Wednesday 31 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fraser Suites Top Glory, Shanghai held a celebrating event in Shanghai for its 10th anniversary on October 28th and extended its gratitude to the guests and staff for their long-lasting support. The glamorous event was attended by 260 guests, staff, and company officials, including Mr. Choe Peng Sum, CEO of Frasers Hospitality and Mr. Huang Guiqin, Deputy Manager of Hotel Management Department, COFCO Land Limited.

Fraser Suites Top Glory, Shanghai has 185 2-bed and 3-bed luxury suites, measuring 211-360m2. Located in the bustling Lujiazui CBD financial district by the Huangpu River, the property gives the guests a spectacular view of the river and the Bund. Meanwhile, adjacent to landmarks like Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center and Jinmao Tower where numerous Fortune 500 companies are gathered, the property is highly favored by business elites, including Fortune 500 CEOs.

At the ... Read more »