Clinigen Launches Malaysia Office to Strengthen Presence in Southeast Asia

BURTON-UPON-TRENT, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clinigen Group plc (AIM: CLIN, ‘Clinigen’), the global pharmaceutical and services company, has launched its Malaysian business with an office in Kuala Lumpur. The new office is part of Clinigen’s strategy to expan…

Amazon Kubernetes Distro (EKS-D)

This post was contributed by Allan Naim, Chandler Hoisington, Raja Jadeja, Micah Hausler, and Michael Hausenblas. Today we announced Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D), a Kubernetes distribution based on and used by Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to cr…

CANADA FX DEBT-Canadian dollar advances on vaccine and U.S. stimulus hopes - Reuters

(Adds dealer quotes and details throughout; updates prices) * Canadian dollar rises 0.5% against the greenback * Canada's economy posts 40.5% annualized growth in 3rd quarter * Canadian factory activity expands for fifth straight month * Canadian bond yields …

Federal government to create new national foreign home buyers' tax | Urbanized - Daily Hive

1. Federal government to create new national foreign home buyers' tax | Urbanized  Daily Hive
2. Government plans foreign buyers tax in bid to create affordable housing  CTV News
3. Canada to tax foreign homeowners  ThinkPol
4. Gover…
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Google Play reveals its best games, movies, apps and books of 2020 - CNET

The digital distribution service offers up its editors' and users' favorites of the year.

The Potentials of Machine Learning And Blockchain Technology

Mphasis global Blockchain CoE is a one-stop shop to design, develop and run enterprise blockchain platforms and applications. We specialize in payment

Softbank, Volvo back Flock Freight with $113.5M to help shippers share the load

Everyday thousands of trucks carry freight along U.S. highways, propelling the economy forward as consumer goods, electronics, cars and agriculture make their way to distribution centers, stores and eventually households. It’s inside these trucks — many of wh…

Uber Eats Postmates

Uber claims more turf in the pandemic food delivery conquest: the company has finally acquired the grocery delivery service Postmates because, in Uber’s masterful doublespeak, “combination of platforms provides more choice.” They actually said that. Postmates…

10 Bitcoin And Blockchain Leaders Made Forbes 30 Under 30 List

As this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list makes abundantly clear, the most talented young leaders in the cryptocurrency space are among the most talented young leaders in the world. Period.

Exxon Continues Unprecedented Tumble

Late on Monday, Exxon announced it was writing down $20 billion of oil and gas fields it had previously planned to develop. It’s the biggest in Exxon’s history. When the fossil fuel industry is finally wound down, this year will stand as a pivotal one.

Canadian economy notches record growth in third quarter - Reuters Canada

Canada's economy grew by a record 40.5% on an annualized basis in the third quarter, rebounding from a historic plunge in the second quarter, as businesses and stores reopened from COVID-19 lockdowns, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.

Flexe, which operates a marketplace to buy warehousing space on demand, raises $70M Series C led by T. Rowe Price, bringing its total raised to $134M (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Flexe, which operates a marketplace to buy warehousing space on demand, raises $70M Series C led by T. Rowe Price, bringing its total raised to $134M  —  Flexe is raising more capital ahead of schedule as the pandemic-driven e-commerc…

China Can Literally Pull the Plug on US High Tech Manufacturing and Defense Applications - RealClearEnergy

Even in our hyper-partisan political times, here’s one thing we should all agree on:  We shouldn't have to rely on any other country, and certainly not the Chinese Communist...

UPDATE 1-Canadian economy notches record growth in Q3 - Reuters

Canada's economy grew by a record 40.5% on an annualized basis in the third quarter, rebounding from a historic plunge in the second quarter, as businesses and stores reopened from COVID-19 lockdowns, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.

Paratek Pharmaceuticals: 100%+ Upside As Nuzyra Sales Scale

Nuzyra launch trajectory is top of class compared with other antibiotics. BARDA deal signed late 2019 is worth $285M.

Hospitality hit hardest as Austrian unemployment rises during lockdown - Reuters India

Austrian unemployment rose in November as a coronavirus lockdown kicked in in the second half of the month, Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher said on Tuesday, with hospitality jobs especially hard hit.

Hospitality hit hardest as Austrian unemployment rises during lockdown - Reuters India

Austrian unemployment rose in November as a coronavirus lockdown kicked in in the second half of the month, Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher said on Tuesday, with hospitality jobs especially hard hit.

HSBC says buy these 31 global stocks that are exposed to the pandemic's biggest disruptions to tech and set to become growth engines of the future

Summary List Placement"Disruptive innovation" may sound like a pair of overused Wall Street buzzwords these days, but that's only because of how quickly and overwhelmingly digital innovations have disrupted every aspect of life and become the new normal in 20…

Flexe raises $70 million to make logistics networks more elastic

Flexe, an on-demand warehousing platform used by retailers like Walmart, has raised $70 million in a round of funding.

Securing Connected Healthcare In The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Connected healthcare devices are already under siege from hackers.

Apple Highlights PPE Donations to Zambia in Fight Against COVID-19 and HIV

Apple has published a feature highlighting its PPE donations to Zambia and how it has been redirecting PRODUCT(RED) proceeds to help the Global Fund's efforts in the fight against COVID-19 and HIV in sub-saharan Africa. This year, COVID-19 drastically chan…

ENISA issues guidelines on securing the IoT supply chain - Lexology

On 9 November 2020, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published its guidelines for securing the Internet of Things (IoT) supply…

The best robo-advisors of December 2020 - CNET

Is 2020 the year you start investing? Try it out with one of the best robo-advisors available right now.

Post-Election Clean Tech Policy Outlook | Holland & Knight LLP - JD Supra

This Post-Election Clean Tech Outlook will build upon Holland & Knight's previous alert and provide more insight on what President-Elect Joe Biden's...

De Beers plans to clean up diamond supply chain, be carbon neutral by 2030 - Reuters UK

Diamond mining giant De Beers on Monday outlined plans to ethically source its diamonds and be carbon neutral by 2030 due to growing investor pressure on companies to be environmentally and socially responsible.

Tony Hsieh once ran a radical organizational experiment that prompted 14% of employees to quit. Here's an inside look at how the late Zappos CEO made his self-management vision a reality.

Summary List PlacementOn March 24, Zappos' 1,500 or so employees got a memo from CEO Tony Hsieh. "This is a long email," it began. "Please take 30 minutes to read through the email in its entirety." It concerned the retailer's transition to "Holacracy," a man…

Maths has revealed how the COVID-19 vaccine should be distributed

How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will have massive health, social, and economic ramifications. So attention is turning to vaccine supply chains and logistics. Designing how best to vaccinate billions of people worldwide is complex. Thi…

Bentley’s Gone Plaid With New Mulliner Tweed Interior Textile Accents

Tweed is one of those quintessential symbols of the British Isles, particularly Ireland and Scotland, and so the announcement that some particularly choice tweed patterns are coming to the interior of certain Mulliner-customized Bentleys is surprising only in…

Human remains found 11 years ago identified as Penticton man - Penticton News - Castanet.net

1. Human remains found 11 years ago identified as Penticton man - Penticton News  Castanet.net
2. DNA profiling identifies human remains in Washington State as Penticton, B.C., man, missing since 2009  Global News
3. DNA profiling used to i…
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In California, rethinking who ‘owns’ wildfire

Record-breaking blazes across the West have shown the limits of fire suppression. Answers may lie in longer-term management of the land.

The Station: COVID’s effect on car ownership

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways peop…

The road to smart city infrastructure starts with research

Distributed ledger technology (DLT), when applied correctly, can do for a city's infrastructure what existing technologies cannot.

Influencers say a talent management firm run by a 21-year-old took hundreds of dollars from them but failed to deliver on promises. When we started asking questions, it shut down.

Summary List PlacementFor Zoe Nazarian, it started with an unsolicited but flattering email pitch. Nazarian, 19, had been building an influencer career over six years. She focused on beauty and lifestyle content, and had amassed 25,000 Instagram followers and…

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway approaches 200% gain on Snowflake in under 3 months

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• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway invested $735 million in Snowflake when the cloud-data platform went public in September.
• The famed investor's company bought around 6.1 million shares that have roughly tripled in va…
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Microsoft zeigt erste Pläne für .NET 6.0

Etwas mehr als ein halber Monat ist es her, dass .NET 5.0 vorgestellt wurde. Nun wird das Bild klarer, was in etwa einem Jahr als .NET 6.0 erscheinen wird.

Is It Time You Got A Chief Of Staff?

There are a few key indicators and many of them come down to time and efficiency.

A top equity portfolio strategist at Goldman Sach shares his four essential ESG trends that you need to be thinking about

Summary List Placement2020 has presented the global community with one of the harshest ever wake up calls. The year started with the wildfires in Australia and pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, followed by the coronavirus crisis, interspersed by prot…

Why Building An AI Brain Trust Of Leadership Skills Is Critical For Board Directors And CEOs

This blog continues to frame the critical need for a Board Director and CEO to build a focused AI Brain Trust and leadership program to build stronger skills to advance AI successfully. This blog continues to build the framework out on business skills, the pr…

‘Never let a crisis go to waste’: How 3 CEOs helped their companies thrive in a pandemic

By leaning into innovation and technology, these companies are in a strong position even as the pandemic worsens. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted different responses from company CEOs seeking to ensure their businesses survive. Keeping their employees saf…

‘Never let a crisis go to waste’: How 3 CEOs helped their companies thrive in a pandemic

By leaning into innovation and technology, these companies are in a strong position even as the pandemic worsens. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted different responses from company CEOs seeking to ensure their businesses survive. Keeping their employees saf…

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans - The Reminder

The federal government is laying plans for the procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, inking contracts with seven potential manufacturers and saying six million doses could arrive in the . . .

Neste to close refinery in Finland, cut 370 jobs - Reuters UK

Neste will shut down its refinery in Naantali, Finland and cut 370 jobs to seek savings worth 50 million euros ($59.9 million) due to declining demand for fossil oil products, the Finnish biofuel producer and oil refiner said on Monday.