Suria KLCC Group of Malls hand over RM13,409 to TV3's Tabung Bersamamu

PUTRAJAYA: As part of its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, the Suria KLCC Group of Malls, comprising Alamanda, Suria KLCC and Mesra Mall, Genting Highlands collectively donated RM13,409.60 to TV3's Tabung Bersamamu.

"We chose Tabung Bersamamu as it is an established charity fund that provides financial assistance to chronically ill, handicapped, abused or underprivileged individuals," said the group's public relations & communications manager, Fartini Zaharuddin.

The money was collected throughout the holy month of Ramadan. Half of the contributions came from generous shoppers.

"Even though times are bad, we are fortunate that we still get the support from our loyal shoppers. So we matched every Ringgit that they contributed."

Fartini presented the mock cheque to the general manager of Media Prima TV Networks consumer communications group, Desmond Cheng.

Also present was the general manager of Alamanda, Balder Singh.

Established in 2003, Tabung Bersamamu has assisted thousands of individuals across the country through its highly rated TV programme, which featured the needy and helped them change their lives for the better.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/254519/suria-klcc-group-malls-hand-over-rm13409-tv3s-tabung-bersamamu

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A.M. BEST REVISES OUTLOOKS TO NEGATIVE FOR HYUNDAI MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

HONG KONG, July 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” of Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (HMF) (South Korea).

The revised rating outlook reflects HMF’s increased asset leverage over the past five years, leaving the company’s capitalization more susceptible to asset value fluctuation. This is also reflected by lower risk-adjusted capitalization, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), and relatively higher level of underwriting leverage when compared with its peer group.

The ratings reflect HMF’s well-established market presence as the second-largest non-life insurer in South Korea by direct premiums written and its conservative investment portfolio.

Positive rating actions could occur if HMF can achieve sustainable improvement in its risk-adjusted capitalization while continuing to strengthen its profitability.

Negative rating actions could occur if the company’s risk-adjusted capitalization deteriorates substantially or if there is a sustained deterioration in profitability. 

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BUTTE ENERGY INC. ANNOUNCES ASSET DISPOSAL

CALGARY, Alberta, July 3 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Butte Energy Inc. (the “Corporation”) (TSXV:BEN.H) announces it has entered into an agreement regarding the sale of its Chigwell properties to RKSmith Energy Corp. for $35,000 (the “Transaction”). The Transaction, if completed, will constitute the final disposition of all the Corporation’s remaining assets and no finders fees will be paid in respect of the Transaction. The closing of the Transaction is contingent upon customary closing conditions, including the Corporation obtaining the applicable regulatory approvals and approval by the Corporation’s shareholders of for the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

The Corporation intends to proceed with the Transaction upon receipt of all required regulatory and shareholder approvals. The Corporation intends to use the proceeds from the Transaction for the settlement of obligations and after the payment of its liabilities the Corporation anticipates that there will be no residual for a distribution to shareholders. Upon receipt of the requisite approvals the Corporation plans to cease its operations, delist its common shares from the TSX Venture Exchange and wind itself up.

The Corporation is preparing a management information circular (the “Circular”) for provision to shareholders in respect of an annual and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) to seek approval for: (i) the Transaction; (ii) the wind up and dissolution of the Corporation; and (iii) annual meeting matters, including the election of the Board and the appointment of an auditor. It is currently anticipated that the Meeting will be held on August 1, 2017.

Information Regarding the Corporation

The Corporation was previously engaged in the exploration for and development and production of oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada.  

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MYFIZIQ SECURES $5 MILLION JOINT VENTURE WITH GQC SINGAPORE

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 30 (Bernama-AsiaNet) --MyFiziq Limited (ASX:MYQ) (MyFiziq) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a ground-breaking Joint Venture (JV) with Gold Quay Capital Pte Ltd Singapore (GQC Singapore) worth an initial $5 million.

MyFiziq CEO, Vlado Bosanac will be in Singapore Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th of July and will be available for interview.

Under the JV, the parties will work together to develop and deliver a revolutionary diagnostic tool for the medical sector, allowing an up to date record of the patient's body composition to be directly uploaded to their medical practitioner's or insurers records.

The first application (app) to be developed using the MYQ technology will deliver body shape along with body fat estimates. The goal is for this technology to replace out of date body mass index (BMI) as a measure of an individual's body composition for the health and life insurance sector.

Vlado Bosanac, CEO of MyFiziq, said:

"This joint venture shows real confidence in our world leading technology that has been developing here in Western Australia. MyFiziq is making strong progress in the fitness industry, which is worth $700 billion a year."

Barry E. Dick, CEO of GQC Singapore said:

"We are excited to embark on this journey with MyFiziq and our investors.
Unleashing the technology of the MyFiziq mobile platform, combined with cutting edge body composition technology, will revolutionise how insurers and health care organisations monitor an individual’s health and put in place programs for early disease prevention."

About MyFiziq
MyFiziq Limited (ASX: MYQ) equips users with the tools to track their personal progress towards their goals over time, whether that’s fat loss, muscle gain, or maintaining their current physique.

MyFiziq adds science to this art to create a holistic approach to measuring, tracking, and most importantly, seeing changes to your body shape over time.

Body measurements provide more useful information about shape changes than simply measuring weight or BMI. But until now, body measurements have required a tape measure, creating a potential for error.

MyFiziq removes this margin of human error to help users keep track as they smash through limits and achieve their goals.

For more information please visit: www.myfiziq.com

TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW or for more information contact:

Rod North, Managing Director
Bourse Communications Pty Ltd
T: +613 9510 8309 M: +61 408 670 706
E: rod@boursecommunications.com.au

SOURCE: Bourse Communications

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NEXT ANIMATION STUDIO LAUNCHES NXTOONS PLATFORM FOR KIDS

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 30 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Next Animation Studio (NAS) today announced the launch of nxTOONS, its new digital platform for original kids content and edutainment. As part of the launch, NAS debuted the new nxTOONS animated series Out of This Word, available exclusively on YouTube.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/54539f65-2c50-4774-89ae-5e87cf6733fb

Out of this Word follows two adopted siblings, Max and Moon, as they explore and learn common English idioms such as “sleep tight” and “put a sock in it.” Max, a curious cat, often takes idioms literally. Moon, a smart and logical bunny, happily explains to Max the history behind these phrases.

The first season of Out of This Word consists of 26 one-minute long episodes. Three new episodes will be available for the launch of nxTOONS, followed by two episodes weekly. The characters Max and Moon are voiced by Nathan Sung and Sonia Fan, students from the Taipei American School.

NAS is known for its news animations and fast production pipeline. The studio can produce 30 seconds of animation in less than 2.5 hours. The nxTOONS series are produced using this innovative animation pipeline, which can create one episode every two days.

“Creating original kids IP has long been a mission for the company,” Chief Executive Officer Indra Suharjono said. “We are committed to producing 500 micro-episodes in the coming year. Establishing our own digital channel allows us to interact directly and respond quickly to audiences, both in terms of content development and community interaction. Our studio has been very successful with our news animations on YouTube and we hope nxTOONS will continue that success.”

“We are currently in the process of creating three future series for nxTOONS,” said Chief Creative Officer Matthew Duntemann. “It’s been an eye-opener working with a studio that can develop content so quickly; Out of This Word was developed in three months. The speed is a huge advantage, as it allows us to create and experiment with many ideas simultaneously.”

New original series and children’s songs will be added to the nxTOONS channel this year. Subscribe now to nxTOONS and watch new episodes of Out of This Word and more original content in the future: www.youtube.com/nxtoons

About Next Animation Studio

Next Animation Studio (NAS) is the fastest, full service animation studio in Asia, specializing in high-quality animation from concept to completion. The studio focuses on developing and producing fast animated news, high-quality original animation for delivery across multiple media channels, and innovative AR and VR content. NAS employs hundreds of creators and animators in Taipei and has offices in Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States.

For more information, visit www.nextanimationstudio.com

Media Contact:
Next Animation Studio
Jessica Wu
Marketing & Communications Director
+886-2-6607-8317
jessica.wu@nextanimation.com.tw

SOURCE : Next Animation Studio

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PUBMATIC'S APAC OPERATIONS CONTINUE STRONG MOMENTUM INTO 2017

Focus on Header Bidder Technology and Customer Service Pays Off

SINGAPORE, June 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- PubMatic, the automation solutions company for an open digital media industry, today announced that its Asia-Pacific operations continued the strong momentum seen in 2016 by achieving profitability on an adjusted EBITDA basis in 2016 and the first quarter of 2017.

The company added that it recorded more than 100 percent year-over-year net revenue growth in the first quarter of 2017.

These results were underpinned by growing adoption of header bidding and wrapper technology, and increased mobile and video monetization for its publisher clients.

PubMatic launched its header bidding technology globally in 2012 and its wrapper solution in 2016 – and on both occasions the company was one of the first to launch these solutions to market. These solutions represented a majority of PubMatic’s global impressions by the end of 2016.

The company’s header and wrapper technology has been widely adopted across the Asia-Pacific region. PubMatic said it has added a significant number of premium publisher customers in the Asia-Pacific region over the past six months, including Cheetah Mobile (China), Daily Mail (Australia and New Zealand), Fandom powered by Wikia (Australia and New Zealand), WittyFeed (India), Dainik Bhaskar (India) and Toyo Kezia (Japan).

“We know PubMatic’s products are world-class, but with such geographical and cultural differences within APAC it is important to have talented local teams in-market to help engage our partners face-to-face and guide them on their programmatic journey,” said PubMatic VP APAC, Jason Barnes. “We know that some of our competitors don’t have boots on the ground, which is a real challenge for clients considering the on-going support and education required to build the expertise to fully exploit the opportunity that programmatic advertising offers.”

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TOSHIBA LAUNCHES GATE DRIVER PHOTOCOUPLER WITH 2.5A PEAK OUTPUT HOUSED IN LOW-HEIGHT PACKAGE

TOKYO, June 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Corporation’s (TOKYO:6502) Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today announced the launch of “TLP5832,” a new gate driver photocoupler housed in a low-height SO8L package. It delivers 2.5A peak output power and can directly drive medium-class IGBTs. Shipments start today.
 

Adoption of the SO8L package realizes an IC approximately 54% lower in height than Toshiba’s current products in SDIP6 and DIP8 (LF1 option) packages, providing support for mounting on boards with limited mounting height and also contributing to downsizing of sets. In spite of its small size, the IC secures minimum creepage and a clearance distance of at least 8mm, making it suitable for applications requiring high insulation performance.

On top of this, the new gate driver photocoupler guarantees propagation delay and propagation skew in full operating temperature range between –40deg.C and +110deg.C. High-efficiency design of inverter circuits can be realized by reducing temperature margin.

The latest Gartner market report recognizes Toshiba as the leading manufacturer of optocouplers by sales in 2015 and 2016, with 23% of sale-based market share in CY2016. (Source: Gartner, Inc. "Market Share: Semiconductor Devices and Applications, Worldwide, 2016" 30 March 2017)

Toshiba will continue to deliver products that meet the needs of customers by promoting the development of a diverse portfolio of photocouplers and photorelays tailored to market trends.

Applications

• IGBT/MOSFET drive
• Industrial inverters
• Inverters for solar energy
• Servo amplifiers
• Air conditioner inverters

Features

• Low profile thin SO8L package with thickness of 2.3 mm
• Creepage & clearance distance: 8 mm (Max)
• LED with long life-time characteristics
• High temperature operation: Topr = 110 °C (Max)
• Output peak current: I_OPH, I_OPL = ± 2.5 A (Max)

Main Specifications

(Unless otherwise specified, Ta = -40 to 110℃. All typical values are at Ta = 25℃)
Part number				TLP5832
Recommended Operating Conditions (@Ta=25℃)		Peak low-level output current IOPH, IOPL max (A)		±2.5
		Supply voltage VCC min/max (V)		15/30
Electrical Characteristics		Supply current ICCH, ICCL max (mA)		3
		Threshold input current(L→H) IFLH max (mA)		5
Switching Characteristics		Propagation delay time tPLH, tPHL max (ns)		200
		Propagation delay skew tPsk min/max (ns)		-80/80
		Common-mode transient immunity （@Ta=25℃） CMH, CML min (kV/μs)		±20
Isolation characteristics (@Ta=25℃)		Isolation voltage BVS min (Vrms)		5000
Mechanical Parameters		Clearance distances min (mm)		8.0
		Creepage distances min (mm)		8.0
		Internal isolation thickness min (mm)		0.4

Follow the link below for more on the new product.
https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/info/lookup.jsp?pid=TLP5832®ion=apc&lang=en

Follow the link below for more on Toshiba’s photocoupler line-up.
https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/opto/photocoupler.html

Customer Inquiries:
Optoelectronic Device Sales & Marketing Dept.
Tel: +81-3-3457-3431
https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/contact.html

Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is correct on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice.

About Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical product and systems into three focus business fields: Energy that sustains everyday life, that is cleaner and safer; Infrastructure that sustains quality of life; and Storage that sustains the advanced information society. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People, Committed to the Future”, Toshiba promotes global operations and is contributing to the realization of a world where generations to come can live better lives.

Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today’s Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of 550 consolidated companies employing 188,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 5.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion). (As of March 31, 2016.)
To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm

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Contacts

Media Inquiries:
Toshiba Corporation
Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company
Digital Marketing Department
Chiaki Nagasawa, +81-3-3457-4963
semicon-NR-mailbox@ml.toshiba.co.jp

 

Source: Toshiba Corporation Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company

 

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