Sunday, January 31, 2016

IIM Using Film To Instil Integrity In Society

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM) is creatively using the film medium, which is popular and can be very impactful, to instil integrity in society.

Toward this end, IIM held an Integrity Art Night themed "Integrity Film Closet: 'Mayhem" Perception or Integrity" (Gobok Wayang Integriti: 'Mayhem' Persepsi Atau Integriti") last night in an the effort to educate the society on integrity.



Saturday, January 30, 2016

MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO ACQUIRES ADDITIONAL SHARES OF SOTUS INTERNATIONAL IN THAILAND

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. (Tokyo, President & CEO: Kazunori Tani, “MCAG”) announced today that MCAG acquired additional shares of Sotus International Co., Ltd. (“SOTUS”), an agrochemicals company in the Kingdom of Thailand, as of January 21st, 2016. Having reached a share sale and purchase agreement with Pacific Agriscience Pte., Ltd. (“PA”), a shareholder of SOTUS, MCAG acquired all the PA-owned shares of SOTUS to increase its shareholding ratio to 16.2% of SOTUS’s total shares.



MITEL ACCELERATES LEAD IN MOBILE ENTERPRISE WITH MOBILE AND CLOUD INNOVATIONS

BERLIN, Jan 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitel® (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW), a global leader in real-time business, cloud and mobile communications, today announced a disruptive series of new solutions that accelerates its lead in the mobile enterprise market. The announcements, made in Berlin at the Mitel Next event, reflect rapid implementation of the company’s strategic vision of the cloud-based mobile enterprise designed to address the evolving needs of a mobile-first world for enterprises, workers and consumers.


NASDAQ REPORTS RECORD FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2015 RESULTS

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today reported record results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015.  Fourth quarter net revenues were $536 million, up 4% from $517 million in the prior year period, driven by a $37 million positive impact from operations, partially offset by a $18 million negative impact of changes in foreign exchange rates.  On an organic basis, excluding the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates and acquisitions, total fourth quarter net revenues were up 5%, while across the non-trading segments, organic revenue growth was 8%.


Friday, January 29, 2016

TOP 100 CITY DESTINATIONS RANKING REVEALED BY EUROMONITOR INTERNATIONAL

LONDON, Jan 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Market Research Company Euromonitor International releases today the Top 100 City Destination Ranking for 2014 international arrivals.

For the sixth consecutive year, Hong Kong is the top city destination in the world, with 27.8 million international visitors in 2014, followed by London, which moves up to the second position, overtaking Bangkok and Singapore.


NASDAQ BWISE POSITIONED AS A 'LEADER' IN LATEST REPORT ON GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE PLATFORMS FROM INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FIRM

NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq BWise (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has been positioned as a ‘Leader’ according to the Forrester Research, Inc report: “The Forrester Wave™: Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms, Q1 2016”. Forrester Research ranked fourteen GRC technology vendors based on ‘Current offering’, ‘Strategy’ and ‘Market presence’.


Thursday, January 28, 2016

AIRPORT-STYLE DUTY-FREE SHOP "JAPAN DUTY FREE GINZA" OPENS IN MITSUKOSHI GINZA STORE ON JANUARY 27

TOKYO, Jan. 27, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

On January 27, 2016, Japan Duty Free Fa-So-La Isetan Mitsukoshi Co., Ltd. opened "Japan Duty Free GINZA," Japan's first-ever (outside Okinawa) airport-style duty-free shop, on the 8th floor of Mitsukoshi Ginza Store. By making available in the city an airport-style duty-free shop that exempts shoppers from customs duties, and consumption, liquor and tobacco taxes, not only can inbound foreign travelers be serviced but Japanese air passengers can also be provided with a new style of shopping prior to their own departure.