NEW YORK & RIVERWOODS, Ill. & PURCHASE, N.Y. & SAN FRANCISCO-Wednesday 8 July 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- E-commerce has reached new heights around the world, as more consumers are going online to make secure, touch-free purchases across various merchants and platforms. Now, it’s more important than ever that the online checkout experience is seamless and consistent across all types of digital channels and cards. Today, American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa announced they are each beginning technical preparations for global expansion of the Click to Pay online checkout – based on the EMV® Secure Remote Commerce industry standard – in additional geographies including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, with others to follow.

Click to Pay aims to make the online checkout simple and secure fo ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Wednesday 8 July 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today authorized the marketing of IQOS, Philip Morris International’s (PMI) electrically heated tobacco system, as a modified risk tobacco product (MRTP). In doing so, the agency found that an IQOS exposure modification order is appropriate to promote the public health.

- Today’s decision demonstrates that IQOS is a fundamentally different tobacco product and a better choice for adults who would otherwise continue smoking

- IQOS is the first and only electronic nicotine product to be granted marketing orders through the FDA’s MRTP process

- The FDA authorized the marketing of IQOS with the following information:

- The IQOS System heats tobacco but does not burn it

- This significantly reduces the production of harmful and potentially harmful chemicals

- Scientific studies have sh ... Read more »

Interactive Brokers Singapore Established to Serve Traders and Wealth Managers in Rapidly Growing Financial Hub

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Wednesday 8 July 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

Lockton Insurance Brokers UAE has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Faris Khatib. Khatib will provide executive leadership to Lockton MENA Limited’s subsidiary in the UAE. 

Khatib brings deep rooted experience of the region to the role, from first working for Deloitte ME in its consultancy division and subsequently joining Lockton MENA in 2012 engaging on key partnerships relating to strategic expansion projects. More recently, he assumed the role of the Employee Benefits leader for the region and was appointed to Lockton’s Global Employee Benefits leadership committee. The Employee Benefits practice was transformed regionally under his leadership.

Neil Nimmo - Managing Partner LLP Board & Chief Executive Officer LIHL Board said: “It is with great pleasure that I welcome and congratulate Faris on his new role as CEO of Lockton Insurance Brok ... Read more »

SES will provide playout and IP distribution services for over 50 channels under multi-year contract

LUXEMBOURG-Wednesday 8 July 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- BBC Studios (BBCS) and its subsidiary UKTV have selected SES to manage the playout and distribution of over 50 linear channels, and their associated video on demand (VOD) services, SES announced today.

SES will provide playout, content processing, distribution, and VOD services, delivering BBCS and UKTV content to a network of affiliates globally and in the UK. These services will be based on SES’s European global delivery services with technical playout infrastructure provided from SES’s new Stockley Park facility in London and with SES’s Munich playout facility overseeing operational management.

BBCS is the commercial production and distribution arm of the BBC, crafting over 2,500 hours of content every year. BBCS is focused on promoting the creative talent of the BB ... Read more »

DALLAS-Wednesday 8 July 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mary Kay Inc. and its Mary Kay Global Design Studio, recently sponsored and participated in various beauty, fashion and design events around the world with the aim of promoting the art of individual and unique beauty—and beauty artists themselves—setting the stage for the upcoming trends for the season.

Glamhive Live & Glamhive Digital Summer Bazaar

Mary Kay was the presenting sponsor for the inaugural Glamhive Live Digital Summit on May 9. Glamhive, a startup digital fashion company founded by celebrity stylist Stephanie Sprangers, allows users to receive straight-forward virtual advice from expert stylists around the world. Glamhive stylists include Tara Swennen, Ilaria Urbinati, Nicole Chavez, Jeanne Yang, Samantha McMillen, Sonia Young, Micah Schifman, and Jason Bolden as well as up-and-coming experts with an undeniable eye for what’s hot.

The digital summit featur ... Read more »

−The 2020 award celebrates outstanding research in rare diseases –

NEW YORK & OSAKA, Japan-Wednesday 8 July 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) and the New York Academy of Sciences announced today the Winners of the third annual Innovators in Science Award for their excellence in and commitment to innovative science that has significantly advanced the field of rare disease research. Each Winner receives a prize of US $200,000.

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The 2020 Winner of the Senior Scientist Award is Adrian R. Krainer, Ph.D., St. Giles Foundation Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Prof. Krainer is recognized for his outstanding research on the mechanisms and control of RNA splicing, a step in the normal process by which genetic information in DNA ... Read more »

 DRE recruits additional expertise for strategic guidance and advice to accelerate adoption of DOC Label™ , DOC Search™ and DOC Analytics™

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Wednesday 3 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DRE is pleased to welcome Joe Boystak as Chairman of the Board and Ameet Nathwani, MD, as Chairman of its newly formed Medical Strategy Advisory Board (MSAB). These enhancements to the Company reflect the expanded need for keen guidance in this unprecedented time of convergence between expert AI-enabled technology in healthcare and the exponential growth of clinical information. DRE is dedicated to applying sophisticated data science with advanced AI to generate quicker, deeper, more nuanced regulatory-grade scientific and clinical insights for the betterment of patient outcomes.

Boystak is an experienced healthcare venture capitalist and senior healthcare investment banker having been Founding Managing Partner ... Read more »

Lindemann to grow Taulia’s presence in the EMEA region

SAN FRANCISCO-Tuesday 7 July 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Taulia, the leader in working capital technology solutions has today announced the appointment of Christian Lindemann as Director of Supply Chain Finance EMEA. Christian is based in Switzerland and will be the EMEA region’s Working Capital Solutions Expert. In an all-encompassing role, Christian will use his deep Supply Chain Finance knowledge to support the sales, marketing, and product organizations to further strengthen Taulia’s solutions and presence in the market.

Christian joins Taulia with fourteen years of experience working in the banking and finance industry. He has previously worked at Macquarie Group in the Corporate and Asset Finance division. In 2008, he co-founded a financial services company, SCC Swiss Commercial Capital, which was later acquired by Macquarie Group. Christian holds a Master ... Read more »