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Sanya Boosts Tourism and Consumption as First China International Consumer Products Expo Held in Hainan

SANYA, China, May 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the first China International Consumer Products Expo ("CICPE" or "Hainan Expo") kicks off in Hainan, Sanya, located on the southern tip of Hainan Island, also one of the most popular destinations in China, is making a splash as attendees from various provinces and cities flock to the island. The Sanya Tourism Promotion Board has readied itself to introduce a reinvigorated New Sanya backed by the Hainan Free Trade Port construc

May 8, 2021

Phillips to Accept Cryptocurrency for a Physical Artwork for the First Time in Company History with Banksy's 'Laugh Now Panel A'

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Phillips is pleased to announce it will accept cryptocurrency as an optional payment method for Banksy's Laugh Now Panel A (Estimate:HK$22,000,000 – 32,000,000/ US$ 2,820,000 - 4,100,000), to be offered in the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in collaboration with Poly Auction. The two houses kicked off the Asia touring previews in Beijing this week with the exhibition now opening in Shanghai today, before travelling to She

May 8, 2021

Phillips to Accept Cryptocurrency for a Physical Artwork for the First Time in Company History with Banksy's 'Laugh Now Panel A'

Daewoong showed improved performance both sales and earnings in Q1

OP. income exceeded 20 billion won due to successful export of Fexuprazan and sales recovery Nabota(botulinum toxin) revenue soared after settlement, historical high performance in March Turnaround in earnings just started and will continue to 2H SEOUL, South Korea, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Daewoong Pharmaceutical(CEO Sengho Jeon) announced its management performance (based on consolidation) in Q1 of 2021. Its sales and operating profit were 269.6 billion and 26.6 billion KRW. It

May 7, 2021

Dreame to Live Stream the Launch of Smart Home Cleaning Appliances on May 8

BEIJING, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dreame Technology is going to launch a series of smart home cleaning appliances worldwide on May 8, live streaming via Facebook, YouTube and AliExpress. Under the theme of "Our Home, Our Life, Our Dreame", the global event will unveil Dreame's new flagship products, including Dreame Bot L10 Pro Robot Vacuum and Mop, Dreame Cordless Stick Vacuum T30, V11 SE, V12 and Dreame Bot Z10 Pro Auto-Empty Robot Vacuum and Mop, Dreame Bot W10 Auto-Cleaning

May 7, 2021

JCET Completes RMB 5 Billion Private Placement with Diversified Investment Structure

SHANGHAI, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- JCET Group (SSE: 600584), a leading global provider of integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing and technology services, recently announced that the company successfully completed a capital raising of approximately RMB 5 billion. The RMB 5 billion private placement successfully raised in the first round included top overseas institutional buyers with more than half of the amount from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, JP Morgan Chase Bank, GF Asset M

May 7, 2021

Vakrangee Enters The Online Space With The Launch Of Digital Services

- Through this, company has evolved into the unique O2O (Online to Offline) platform, whereby there is Assistance available through the 10,000+ Physical Kendra store network along with Digital Online Services - Initiated this Unique Hybrid proposition with launch of first Digital service of Telemedicine services (vHealth by Aetna, a CVS Pharmacy Group Company – Fortune 500 company) MUMBAI, India, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vakrangee has launched the online digital platform for providin

May 7, 2021

BlockBank Brings AI Advisory to Crypto Industry

LONDON, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BlockBank leverages Artificial Intelligence, adding it to the traditional banking and DeFi system making the entire ecosystem more secure, private, and decentralized. The platform will be AI-powered, which means it will monitor and understand social intelligence, risk mitigation, analytics, batched transactions, and smart contracts. BlockBank has over 40,000 app users BlockBank aims to expand the user's knowledge base and positively their

May 7, 2021

BlockBank Brings AI Advisory to Crypto Industry

Coa in Hong Kong is Named the Best Bar in Asia

SINGAPORE, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Coa, Hong Kong, ranks No.1 in the 2021 edition of Asia's 50 Best Bars and is also named The Best Bar in China, sponsored by Perrier The list features bars from 10 countries across Asia, with eight new entries China has the most venues on the list, with 13 bars and four new entries Quinary, China Hong Kong, wins the Heering Legend of The List Award The Diplomat, China Hong Kong, is named the London Essence Best New Opening No Sleep Clu

May 7, 2021

CGTN: Rooted in tradition, China's green roads to the low-carbon future

BEIJING, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the dawn of industrialization, mankind has created unprecedented material wealth. However, this prosperity has come at a heavy cost to nature. &amp;amp;nbsp; Humans today use as much ecological resources as if they lived on 1.6 Earths, according to Global Footprint Network. This means it now takes the Earth one year and eight months to regenerate what humans use in a year. Putting forward the idea that "lucid waters and lush mou

May 7, 2021

COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show

New analysis from IHME highlights the true toll of the pandemic SEATTLE, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Globally, COVID-19 has caused approximately 6.9 million deaths, more than double what official numbers show, according to a new analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. IHME found that COVID-19 deaths are significantly underreported in almost every country. The updated anal

May 7, 2021

Novavax and Gavi Execute Advance Purchase Agreement for COVID-19 Vaccine for COVAX Facility

Novavax to deliver 350 million doses beginning Q3 2021 1.1 billion doses of Novavax vaccine to be available to countries participating in COVAX Serum Institute of India to provide balance of doses for LMICs Underscores commitment to global equitable access to Novavax vaccine GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that it has fin

May 6, 2021

Timex Group And adidas Announce Global Licensing Agreement

MIDDLEBURY, Conn., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Timex Group, a world leader in watchmaking, and adidas, a global leader in the sporting goods industry, have entered into a global licensing agreement for watches. Timex Group will design, manufacture and distribute watches worldwide under the adidas Originals brand. The first collection will hit the market beginning of 2022. "We could not be more excited to welcome adidas into our portfolio of brands," says Tobias Reiss-Sch

May 6, 2021

GIGABYTE Announces World's First Factory-Tuned Desktop Gaming PCs

TAIPEI, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GIGABYTE, the leading PC hardware manufacturer, announced their first pre-built desktop gaming PCs. The new flagship desktops pack the latest, most high-end parts from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA to date and built with exclusively GIGABYTE components. What makes them further stand out from other conventional prebuilds on the market are their cherry-picked cores. The processor cores are binned and factory-tuned based on GIGABYTE's years of hardware expertise to ensu

May 6, 2021

HanAll Biopharma Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Q1'21 sales of KRW 27.8 billion increased 26% compared to Q1'20 Q1'21 operating profit of KRW 5.4 billion increased 80% compared to Q1'20 Q1'21 operating margin of 19%, up from 14% in Q1'20 Better-than-expected sales and operating profit are largely due to an increase of R&D revenue including milestone payment SEOUL, South Korea, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HanAll Biopharma (KRX: 009420) (HanAll) announced on the 29th, Apr. that it achieved 27.8 billion won in sales, 5.4 bill

May 6, 2021

Bitnine applies for the KOSDAQ preliminary review

"Planning to leap as a global DB company to NASDAQ" Full-fledged step toward listing on the KOSDAQ Aiming to NASDAQ through 'Apache AGE' SAN FRANCISCO, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 'The Dark horse' in the Korea IPO market, Bitnine, pioneering Graph DB with a multi-model solution is promoting listing on the KOSDAQ in the first half of 2021. Bitnine announced on the 3rd that it had submitted a pr

May 6, 2021

DarwinHealth Announces a Research Collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb for a Novel Cancer Target Discovery (NCTI) Initiative

NEW YORK, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DarwinHealth, a New York City-based biotechnology company, today announced a scientific research collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY). The research collaboration, the Novel Cancer Target Initiative (NCTI), employs quantitative systems biology-based algorithms, proprietary databases, and validated technologies to identify novel cancer targets (NCTs) across a range of tumor subtypes. The methodology underpinning the NCTI i

May 6, 2021

Knight-Hennessy Scholars announces new scholars in its 2021 cohort representing 26 countries and 37 graduate degree programs at Stanford

STANFORD, Calif., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program (https://kh.stanford.edu/) at Stanford University announced its 2021 cohort of 76 new scholars, with students from 26 countries, pursuing degrees in 37 graduate degree programs across all seven of Stanford's graduate schools. The 76 new scholars will be joined by five scholars deferring from 2020, bringing the cohort size to 81. Profiles of the 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholars are here (https://kh.stanford.edu

May 6, 2021

Hisense Kicks off #UpgradeYourHome Campaign for UEFA EURO 2020 with Campaign Ambassador Dwyane Wade and Football Legends

NYON, Switzerland, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hisense, as a Global Partner of UEFA EURO 2020, launches the #UpgradeYourHome campaign to encourage consumers to upgrade their home appliances for summer season. Dwyane Wade officially kicks off Hisense's #UpgradeYourHome campaign by calling out to European football legends including Marco Materazzi and Lukas Podolski to bring the Upgrade Season to Europe. Hisense appointed Dwyane Wade as the global ambassador for this year's campaign to

May 6, 2021

Mirador unveils premium anti-aging skincare brand Le Mont Charmant at the 2021 China Beauty Expo

GUANGZHOU, China, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirador, the Chinese subsidiary of the Mirador Group, will unveil its premium anti-aging skincare brand Le Mont Charmant at the 2021 China Beauty Expo (CBE), Asia's pre-eminent skincare and cosmetics industry convention, with the aim of accelerating its expansion in the China market. Premium anti-aging skincare brand Le Mont Charmant As a new generation of Chinese consumers embrace the importance of skincare, awa

May 6, 2021

Rimmel London Announces Adwoa Aboah As New Global Brand Activist

LONDON, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Rimmel London is proud to announce international model and mental health advocate, Adwoa Aboah, as the new global activist for the beauty brand. Adwoa Aboah for Rimmel London Celebrating bold individualism, Adwoa will be the face of major beauty campaigns and product launches throughout 2021 and beyond. Adwoa and Rimmel London are like-minded in advocating self-expression and believe in the freeing power of makeup, not to tra

May 6, 2021