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Mars Wrigley Asia appoints Kalpesh Parmar as new General Manager

SINGAPORE, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mars Wrigley, a global leader in the treats and snacks category and a business division of Mars Incorporated, today announced the appointment of Kalpesh Parmar as General Manager (GM) for Mars Wrigley Asia. Parmar succeeds Patrick Gantier who, following a 15-year career with Mars, has left the organisation to pursue other opportunities. Read More

Asia-focused digital mental health company ThoughtFull raises US$4 million in Pre-Series A round, led by Temasek-owned Sheares Healthcare Group

SINGAPORE, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ThoughtFull, Asia's first digital mental health company that provides seamless end-to-end mental healthcare for all, announced today that it has raised US$4 million in an oversubscribed pre-series A funding round, led by Sheares Healthcare Group, a wholly-owned healthcare entity of global investment firm, Temasek. Joining Sheares Healthcare in this round are returning investors, Vulpes Investment... Read More

Zendure Announces BOÉ Motorsports Sponsorship

PORTIMÃO, Portugal, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zendure, one of the fastest-growing global energy tech start-ups, announced its partnership with MotoGP™'s BOÉ Motorsports racing team as a core sponsor for the 2023 Moto3 World Championship. This partnership marks the start of a long-term collaboration between Zendure and BOÉ Motorsports in the spirit of being "first on the throttle and last on the brakes," both with fans that are passionate... Read More

Nissan reveals prototype sedan for contemporary lifestyles

TOKYO, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced today a prototype sedan equipped with approximately 30 devices born from free ideas and ingenuity. The Contemporary Lifestyle Vehicle, created through a bricolage approach, is to be on display at the Nissan Global Headquarters Gallery here from March 24 to April 2 and also viewable on Nissan's YouTube channel starting today. https://youtu.be/9D4AX81co-E The prototype is... Read More

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES 1,000 HOTELS IN ASIA PACIFIC

SINGAPORE, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today announced the milestone opening of its 1,000th hotel in Asia Pacific, signaling its continued confidence in the long-term growth potential of the region. The company entered the region nearly 50 years ago and has steadily increased its Asia Pacific footprint.   The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne is the company's 1000th property in Asia Pacific and marks the... Read More

NEWEST BITCOIN EXCHANGE HITS THE MARKET: BITCOIN.COM.AU

SYDNEY, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Australia's newest cryptocurrency exchange, Bitcoin.com.au is set to shake up the crypto market, providing the easiest way for Australians to buy and sell bitcoin. Bitcoin.com.au is the newest, easiest way for everyday Australians to buy crypto, allowing them to invest confidently in an asset class outside property and listed stocks. Read More

Manhattan Associates Launches Landmark Unified Commerce Benchmark for Specialty Retail

SYDNEY, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH), in partnership with Google Cloud and Zebra Technologies, today announced the findings of the industry's first real-world analysis of Unified Commerce in specialty retail. The Unified Commerce Benchmark for Specialty Retail, conducted by Incisiv, assessed 124 retailers across 11 specialty retail segments on the implementation of 286 key attributes of Unified Commerce. Read More

Zenarate Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Reducing Costs and Improving Customer Experience in Contact Center to Deliver Value

SAN ANTONIO, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Frost Sullivan assessed the contact center performance management market, and based on its findings, recognized Zenarate with the 2023 North American Customer Value Leadership award. The company infuses artificial intelligence (AI) into tools that streamline recruiting, onboarding, and training agents, as well as other non-contact center employees. Zenarate provides an agent-facing AI... Read More

New Fixed Income Platform PV01 to Evolve Debt Capital Markets Using Public Blockchain

BRUSSELS, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PV01 (www.pv0.one) announces their new platform with a novel approach to digitizing the bond market. Targeting both the traditional fixed income and digital asset markets, PV01 is designed to underwrite bonds, tokenize those bonds and as a dealer, provide liquidity in those securities, all on public blockchains. The result will be a more efficient way for issuers to raise capital and investors to... Read More

ViewSonic Launches World's First Projectors Designed for Xbox

BREA, Calif., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, launches the world's first "Designed for Xbox" projectors. The new X1-4K and short throw X2-4K LED projectors deliver buttery-smooth 4K UHD visuals on a large screen that is 100" combined with the theater-level sound from Harman Kardon speakers, making gaming more immersive and exciting than ever before.... Read More

Amelia Hires Brandon Nott as Chief Product Officer

NEW YORK, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amelia, the enterprise leader in Trusted AI, is thrilled to announce that Brandon Nott has joined Amelia as Chief Product Officer. This announcement follows the recent news of Amelia's $175 million investment from BuildGroup and Monroe Capital, and reinforces the company's commitment to building the best team and products in the industry. Prior to joining Amelia, Brandon was Senior Vice President of... Read More

Amcor, Nfinite enter joint research agreement to leverage nanotechnology in recyclable and compostable packaging

ZURICH, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor (NYSE: AMCR) (ASX: AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, today announced a joint research project agreement with Nfinite Nanotechnology Inc. to validate the use of Nfinite's nanocoating technology to enhance both recyclable and compostable packaging. In the proof-of-concept phase of the project, Nfinite's coating technology will be applied to Amcor's... Read More

DTiQ Announces Senior Leadership Appointment to Oversee Sales & Marketing During Next Phase of Growth

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DTiQ, a Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC portfolio company and the leading provider of next-generation video intelligence, analytics, and managed solutions for restaurants and retail locations, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Donnelly III as its new Chief Revenue Officer.  An accomplished sales and marketing leader with over 25 years of experience, John has been successful in... Read More

Accelex Introduces First Fully Automated Document Acquisition Solution for Private Markets

LONDON, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --  Accelex, a SaaS platform specializing in alternative investment data acquisition, reporting and analytics, has announced today the introduction of the private market's first automated document acquisition capabilities bringing unprecedented speed, accuracy and efficiency in collecting and analyzing data. Investors and asset servicers can now leverage Accelex for dynamic connectivity with document... Read More

Paradox Launches Industry-First Conversational ATS to Revolutionize High-Volume Hiring with Chat- and Text-Driven Automation

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradox, the conversational hiring software helping global employers like Unilever, Nestle, L'Oreal, CVS Health, and General Motors transform hiring with automation that gets recruiting work done faster, today announced the launch of its Conversational ATS. Designed from the ground-up to completely reimagine the high-volume hiring process, the product obsessively focuses on delivering the best... Read More

Leading US-Africa Trade and Investments Initiative, Prosper Africa Partners with Africa Fintech Summit as Gold Sponsor

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Africa Fintech Summit is pleased to announce Prosper Africa as a Gold Sponsor for Africa Fintech Summit in 2023 to be held in Washington DC on the 12th April 2023 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Prosper Africa is the U.S. Government initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and African countries. The sponsorship comes at the... Read More

Digital Cooperation Organization welcomes Six New Observers

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) today welcomed six new Observers: BTECH, Deloitte, the Islamic Development Bank, Mobily, OneWeb, and Visa.     Representing all sectors of the digital economy from international organizations, academic institutions, NGOs and the private sector, DCO Observers collaborate closely with the DCO through its programs and initiatives to enable greater... Read More

New Software for SmartChem® Discrete Analyzer Improves User Experience

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KPM Analytics announced a new version of SmartChem® Pro Software used with its SmartChem® Discrete Wet Chemistry Analyzers. Compared to previous versions, the new software significantly improves user experience via several major enhancements, including a new simplified operator interface, improved operation flow, support of multiple test plans in one run, and most notably, a context-based... Read More

Leading CE & Telecoms Speakers Unite at Inaugural OpenSync Summit to Usher in New Era for Open-Source Cloud Services

TAIPEI, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenSync® the fastest-growing, hardware- and cloud-agnostic, open-source framework that enables the curation, delivery, and support of services for smart spaces, including homes and small businesses, today announced the key speakers at the OpenSync Summit. This inaugural conference in Taipei, on March 28 and March 29, 2023, unites visionaries and thought leaders from the global broadband service provider... Read More

Aetina and CVEDIA Join Forces to Launch Advanced AI Video Analytics Solutions Powered by NVIDIA Jetson Orin System-on Modules

NEW TAIPEI CITY, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aetina teams up with CVEDIA to launch advanced AI-powered video analytics solutions for enhanced public safety, smarter cities and safer traffic networks. The solutions involve Aetina's embedded computers built with the latest NVIDIA® Jetson Orin™ system-on-modules (SoMs) and CVEDIA's synthetic AI models, enabling low-latency object and human motion detections at the edge. By adopting AI-enabled... Read More