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Spielwarenmesse honours six innovative new products with ToyAward

NUREMBERG, Germany, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For six exhibitors, it is an especially successful start to the 72nd Spielwarenmesse. One day before the official opening of the fair, they were celebrated at the PressPreview for their outstanding product innovations with the presentation of the coveted ToyAward. In the Baby Infant area, it was the EverEarth 7 in 1 Space Activity Cube from EverEarth Europe that won the day. First place in...

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Ingenico and Splitit partner to bring white-label, buy now, pay later (BNPL) to physical checkout with just one touch

PARIS, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenico, a global leader in payments acceptance solutions and Splitit, the only white-label, card-based installment platform using existing consumer credit, today announced a global strategic partnership to bring one-touch, no-interest, buy now, pay later capability to the physical checkout experience using PPaaS, Ingenico's innovative, cloud- based Payments-Platform-as-a-Service, and Splitit's...

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Harbour City Shopping Mall Hosts "Cracking Art" Eco-public Art Exhibition in Hong Kong for The First Time

HONG KONG, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour City, Hong Kong's largest shopping mall, partners with the renowned Italian Cracking Art group to host its debut Eco-public art exhibition in Hong Kong on its 30th anniversary. From now till 28 Feb 2023, 90 animal sculptures made from regenerated plastic are on display across 8 different locations in Harbour City, indoors and outdoors. These vibrant installations certainly shine a light on the...

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OANDA Scoops Top Industry Awards: TradingView's 'Most Popular Broker' Award and 'Best in Class' Honours with ForexBrokers.com

LONDON, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- We are proud to announce that our commitment to serving traders has again earned us top broker rankings in this year's awards season. OANDA has won the 'Most Popular Broker' award at the 2022 TradingView Broker Awards. The win represents the third consecutive year that OANDA has been recognised by the TradingView community and demonstrates how winning accolades begins with winning client satisfaction. ...

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LionsBot Announces the Launch of R12 Rex CS

SINGAPORE, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LionsBot International Pte Ltd, an award-winning manufacturer of professional cleaning robots with over a thousand robots across 30 countries, announces the launch of its newest creation, the R12 Rex CS - a cutting-edge cleaning robot designed to tackle warehouses, factories, distribution centres, and large indoor spaces, eliminating the need for pre-sweeping and streamlining the process to keep...

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IBM and NASA Collaborate to Research Impact of Climate Change with AI

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center today announce a collaboration to use IBM's artificial intelligence (AI) technology to discover new insights in NASA's massive trove of Earth and geospatial science data. The joint work will apply AI foundation model technology to NASA's Earth-observing satellite data for the first time. Foundation models are types of AI models that are...

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Arçelik lands breakthrough spot on Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index 2023

ISTANBUL, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arçelik, the global home appliances company, has today announced that it has been recognized in Bloomberg's 2023 Gender Equality Index (GEI) for the first time ever this year. As part of the index, Arçelik joins 485 other companies recognized for their commitment to advancing women's equality across five gender quality pillars: leadership talent pipeline, equal pay gender pay parity, inclusive...

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Atlantic Nickel announces another record financial and operational performance in 2022

LONDON, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantic Nickel ("Atlantic Nickel" or the "Company") and Appian Capital Advisory LLP ("Appian") are pleased to announce another record year of operational and financial performance at the Company's Santa Rita nickel sulphide mine ("Santa Rita" or the "Mine") located in Bahia, Brazil. Santa Rita is one of the very few long-life nickel sulphide mines in operation globally, boasting 34 years of mine life...

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Supply Chain Visibility to Ensure Humanitarian Assistance for All in Need

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the number of urgent humanitarian challenges grows, there is a clear need for more funding and resources to address crises such as natural disasters, climate change, civil conflicts, and economic insecurity. Millions of people require humanitarian assistance, including food, clean water, shelter, medicine, and protection, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

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Starlizard Integrity Services identifies 144 suspicious football matches played globally in 2022

LONDON, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A total of 144 football matches played around the world in 2022 were assessed as suspicious by Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS). This represents a marginal increase on the 140 suspicious matches identified by SIS in 2021. Of particular note was an increasing number of suspect games played in Asia, where 46 suspicious matches (32%) were identified, up from 31 matches (22%) in 2021 and 13 matches (9%) in...

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Innodisk's InnoEx Virtual I/O Expansion Module Drives Efficient Implementation of AI Applications

TAIPEI, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global AI and AIoT are booming, market research agencies predict that there will be as many as 29 billion IoT edge devices in the world by 2030. With such a large volume of edge devices, it is necessary to consider not only remote management, but also how to deploy devices more effectively in order to efficiently implement applications. Innodisk is leading the way with their new InnoEx Virtual I/O...

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THE RITZ-CARLTON LAUNCHES AN ELEVATED CLUB EXPERIENCE ACROSS ASIA PACIFIC, DELIVERING A NEW LEVEL OF PERSONALIZED LUXURY FOR GUESTS

HONG KONG, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ritz-Carlton, part of Marriott Bonvoy's portfolio of luxury hotel brands, presents a newly elevated experience at The Ritz-Carlton Club across its Asia Pacific hotels, joining a successful launch in Mainland China last summer. From Tokyo to Jakarta, Singapore to Perth, The Ritz-Carlton Club provides a private respite where guests will find unique indulgences, curated culinary journeys, and...

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ZIM Introduces the New Thailand Fremantle Express Service (TFX)

HAIFA, Israel, Feb. 01, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services announced today a new service covering major ports in South-East Asia and Australia, including the port of Fremantle in western Australia.  As part of ZIM's ongoing efforts to provide an agile response to changing market needs, ZIM has introduced the Thailand Fremantle Express service (TFX), with the following rotation: Ho Chi Minh – Laem Chabang – Port Klang –...

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High-profile scholar: Guangdong sends strong signal to attract high-quality resources worldwide

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from GDToday: "Guangdong leads China in high-quality development, and presents new opportunities in such sectors as manufacturing, technology and innovation, trade, and agriculture," Zheng Yongnian, an influential political science scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong at Shenzhen, wrote in an opinion piece for Lianhe Zaobao, the largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper....

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THE FARRER PARK COMPANY APPOINTS NEW GROUP CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND ACTING GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

SINGAPORE, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Farrer Park Company Pte Ltd (TFPC) announced today the appointment of Ms. Kelly Yang as its Group Chief Operating Officer and Acting Group Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Yang brings to TFPC 23 years of healthcare experience. She was most recently the Chief Executive Officer and Hospital President at Guang Zhou R International Hospital, a UCLA-affiliated hospital. R consists of a 500-bed acute...

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