fir Malaysian payments firm iPay88 in talks to raise $25m to expand ops By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:04:30 +0000 The firm is in talks with a host of investors in Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia, apart from its home market. The post Malaysian payments firm iPay88 in talks to raise $25m to expand ops appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article iPay88
fir Malaysian firm offers $2.5b for Khazanah-backed ailing state carrier By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 17:03:10 +0000 Golden Skies Ventures has secured financing for the deal from an undisclosed European bank. The post Malaysian firm offers $2.5b for Khazanah-backed ailing state carrier appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Golden Skies Ventures Malaysia Airlines
fir Malaysian drone firm Aerodyne to seize global M&A opportunities amid virus turbulence By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:53:30 +0000 The company plans to complete as many as seven mergers and acquisitions over the next two years. The post Malaysian drone firm Aerodyne to seize global M&A opportunities amid virus turbulence appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Aerodyne
fir Malaysia’s state oil giant Petronas raises $6b in first bond offering in five years By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:18:04 +0000 It was the company’s first bond sale since a $5 billion offering in March 2015. The post Malaysia’s state oil giant Petronas raises $6b in first bond offering in five years appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Petronas
fir SEA Digest: SG’s Hoow Foods nabs funds; ScaleUp Malaysia backs 10 firms By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:34:57 +0000 Hoow Food previously raised S$1.7 million in a seed round led by F&B player Killiney Group and joined by TRIVE. The post SEA Digest: SG’s Hoow Foods nabs funds; ScaleUp Malaysia backs 10 firms appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Hoow Foods ScaleUp Malaysia
fir PE firm Northstar makes first close of Indonesia-focused fifth fund By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:47:31 +0000 The first close represents one-third of the fund’s $800-million target. The post PE firm Northstar makes first close of Indonesia-focused fifth fund appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Northstar Group
fir Indonesia to subsidise interest payments for virus-hit smaller firms By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:14:20 +0000 Small companies account for more than half of Indonesia's gross domestic product and provide many jobs in the country of more than 260 million people. The post Indonesia to subsidise interest payments for virus-hit smaller firms appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Sri Mulyani Indrawati
fir SEA digest: Indonesia’s Cashlez raises $5.8m in IPO; KB Kookmin Card to buy Thai firm By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 05:42:16 +0000 Cashlez will use the IPO proceeds to purchase a 61.31 per cent stake in IT solution provider Softorb Technology Indonesia (STI). The post SEA digest: Indonesia’s Cashlez raises $5.8m in IPO; KB Kookmin Card to buy Thai firm appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article Cashlezz j fintech JMART kb kookmin card
fir Risk stratification using FLT3 and NPM1 in acute myeloid leukemia patients autografted in first complete remission By feeds.nature.com Published On :: 2020-05-10 Full Article
fir China reports first coronavirus case in Wuhan since April 3 By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T10:57:39+05:30 While China had officially designated all areas of the country as low-risk last Thursday, the new cases according to data published on Sunday represent a jump from the single case reported for the day before. The number was lifted by a cluster of 11 in Shulan city in northeastern Jilin province. Full Article
fir First batch of 88 nurses from India arrive in UAE By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T12:16:17+05:30 The nurses, who are from Aster DM Healthcare hospitals in the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, will be put under quarantine for 14 days after which they will be assigned to various field hospitals as per requirement, the Khaleej Times reported. Full Article
fir Tough first outing for Virgin By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:43:30 GMT Lotus' Tony Fernandes could not contain his delight after witnessing his team's Formula One re-birth 16 years after Lotus last competed in the sport Full Article
fir First McLaren win 'very special' - Button By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:58:24 GMT Full Article
fir Vettel confirms rapid pace by taking pole for Red Bull By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:31:52 GMT Sebastian Vettel lived up to expectations at Suzuka by taking pole for the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber Full Article
fir FIA confirms it will review safety car rules By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Thu, 20 May 2010 09:52:59 GMT A change to the safety car rule that caught out Michael Schumacher at the Monaco Grand Prix should be in place for the European Grand Prix Full Article
fir Virgin achieves first race finish By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:29:11 GMT Nick Wirth, Virgin Racing Technical Director, said that Lucas di Grassi's 14th place finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix was great reward for everyone involved with the team Full Article
fir Alguersuari happy to score first points By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:39:25 GMT Jaime Alguersuari said that securing his first points finish in Formula One had given him confidence for the future Full Article
fir South Korea takes first cautious steps into a post-Covid world By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T05:41:16Z Some bars and restaurants are open – with distancing – and schools are starting back, but the country isn’t taking freedom for grantedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOn a recent evening in Seoul, colleagues and students sat around plastic tables outside restaurants, their chatter interrupted only by the filling of tiny glasses with soju spirit.They had something to celebrate. Last week, South Korea, once the hardest-hit country outside China, took a cautious first step into a post-coronavirus world, less than four months since it reported its first case. Continue reading... Full Article South Korea Coronavirus outbreak Asia Pacific Infectious diseases World news
fir A century on, whatever happened to Labour's firebrand lost leader? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:38:19Z Victor Grayson was briefly the most famous socialist in Edwardian England. But in 1920 he disappeared. His fate remains one of the most compelling mysteries in British political history“Oh mad, foolish Grayson!”Editorial in the socialist magazine The Clarion, August 1907In the aftermath of the general election of February 1974, the mood in Marsden socialist club in west Yorkshire was grim. David Clark, the young Labour MP for Colne Valley, in which the former mill town of Marsden sits, had lost his seat. Clark gamely attempted to lift his activists’ spirits with a rousing speech. But one elderly stalwart remained unmoved: “Old Harry was sitting at the bar nursing a pint,” recalls Clark, who is now 80 and a Labour peer. “He said: ‘All due respect to master Dave, but we’ve only ever had one true socialist MP around here. And that was Victor Grayson.’” Continue reading... Full Article Labour Politics Labour party leadership Socialism Focus
fir Close your eyes and imagine seeing the art world's treasures as if for the first time | Laura Cumming By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T18:00:03Z The museums of Europe have begun reopening their doors to art lovers desperate to see old favourites and new worksI am cursing my bad luck not to be stuck in lockdown in the Prado. A friend wishes she had stowed away in a closet before they bolted the doors of the National Gallery. Others would give anything for a week in the Rijksmuseum, a day in the Uffizi, an hour with Rembrandt or Vermeer, even just a few minutes with a Samuel Palmer moonscape in the Ashmolean or a Turner sunrise at Tate Britain. Museums are places of the heart.We see art in time and place; we cannot see it otherwise. Of course there are other whereabouts of the works we most long to set eyes on again, during this evil pandemic: the cave paintings at Chaumet in France, Fra Angelico’s Annunciation in a Florentine monastery, Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty coiled in the glistening waters of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. These were all chosen in an unofficial and entirely self-selecting Twitter survey (mine), along with Leonardo’s The Last Supper and James Turrell’s Deer Shelter Skyspace, framing the blue heavens above Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Continue reading... Full Article Museums Coronavirus outbreak Culture Art UK news Art and design Europe Germany World news
fir First evacuation flight with 326 Indians from UK lands in Mumbai By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 10 May 2020 04:04:12 GMT Air India's first evacuation flight with 326 Indians from London landed at Mumbai Airport on Sunday. According to Indian high commission in the UK, the flight took off from London on Saturday on board 326 people. It landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. On Monday, India announced had that it will begin phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad from May 7. The government said that Air India will operate 64 flights in the first week from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals. On day three of the 'Vande Bharat Mission', flights carrying Indians from the Gulf countries, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh and Malaysia arrived in India. Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news, current affairs, and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Full Article
fir Twenty-two Chikungunya Cases Confirmed in Maharashtra By www.medindia.net Published On :: The Maharashtra health department Thursday said 22 cases of Chikungunya disease were confirmed in Kolhapur district of the sate. "Of the 20 villages Full Article
fir Italy, the First Out of Tropics to Report of Chikungunya Outbreak By www.medindia.net Published On :: Italy's health authorities said Wednesday they had recorded more than 160 cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, in what one expert said could be the first outbreak outside the tropics. Full Article
fir First Animal Model of Chikungunya Developed By www.medindia.net Published On :: The first animal model of the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), linked with large-scale epidemics that spread to Italy and India in 2007 has been developed by Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and INSERM. Full Article
fir First Chikungunya Cases in Western World, WHO Confirms Mosquito-borne Disease Spread By www.medindia.net Published On :: For the first time chikungunya, the mosquito-borne disease has spread in the western hemisphere confirms the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tuesday, Full Article
fir Peru Reports Its First Case of the Chikungunya Virus By www.medindia.net Published On :: Peru reported its first cases of the chikungunya virus in two people who recently traveled to the Dominican Republic. Health ministry director Henry Full Article
fir Spain On High Alert After First Ever Case Of Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Detected By www.medindia.net Published On :: The first case of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya has been detected in Spain. A 60-year-old man in the eastern province of Valencia, Full Article
fir Light, Fire and Blast: A Take On Diwali By www.medindia.net Published On :: Diwali is the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus with great fanfare all over the world. But, it is in India that on Full Article
fir Positive Outlook to India as Moody's Confirms Baa3 Rating By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Moody�s Investors Services has confirmed India with a Baa3 rating, maintaining a positive outlook on the results. It has also affirmed India�s P-3 short-term local currency rating. Full Article
fir Reliance Group Invests $12 Mn In Realty Firm Square Yards By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group's private equity firm has invested $12 million in real estate brokerage firm Square Yards, the realty firm said today. Full Article
fir Japanese Firms Seek Easing Of Restrictions On Funding In India By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: The recommendations have been made in a joint report of 'India-Japan Business Leaders Forum' 2016 which was presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe here on Friday. Full Article
fir Employees First, Customers Second By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea - putting employees first and customers second -... Full Article
fir Financing High-Growth Firms: The Role of Angel Investors By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT This book covers seed stage financing for high-growth companies in OECD and non-OECD countries with a primary focus on angel investment. It provides an overview of angel financing, including a description of how it has evolved and policy interventions taken within some countries. Full Article
fir Credit crunch squeezing entrepreneurs and small businesses more than big firms By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) requesting loans between 2007 and 2010 faced higher interest rates than for large companies. Loan conditions for SMEs included shortened maturities and increased demands for collateral, suggesting that banks considered smaller firms to be a higher risk. Full Article
fir Report: An international benchmarking analysis of public Programmes for High-growth firms By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:54:00 GMT High-growth firms (HGFs) – firms able to grow fast over a short period of time – contribute to most new jobs in advanced economies. Full Article
fir Reform R&D tax systems to boost innovation and help young firms, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT Most OECD governments use tax incentives to encourage businesses to invest in research and development (R&D) to boost innovation and drive economic growth. Others, like China, India and South Africa, are doing the same. But reforming these incentives would give countries a better return on their investment and support young innovative firms that play a crucial role in job creation, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
fir Innovation: Support for young firms would boost job creation, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT Young firms play a crucial role in job creation but have missed out on many of the benefits of structural reforms of the past decade in OECD countries. Full Article
fir Insights Blog: Small firms are bigger than you think By oecdinsights.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:29:00 GMT Young SMEs (firms no more than five years old) have been the most dynamic job creators over most of the past decade and across the 18 countries analysed in the OECD DynEmp project. Full Article
fir Global value chains offer opportunities for growth, jobs and development, but more must be done so all countries and firms can participate equally, according to a new OECD-WTO-World Bank Group report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:00:00 GMT Global Value Chains (GVCs) are a dominant feature of the world economy that impact growth, jobs and development, but numerous challenges remain to ensure that all countries and all firms have the opportunity to participate and benefit. Full Article
fir Policy Lessons from Financing Innovative Firms By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:01:00 GMT There has been increasing global concern from policy makers over the lack of access to finance for young innovative firms. As a result, governments in many OECD countries have sought to address the financing gap and perceived market failures by supporting the seed and early stage market. Full Article
fir Learning from Firms in East Asian Production Networks - Insights Blog By oecdinsights.org Published On :: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:59:00 GMT Slowing growth in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is grabbing the headlines with some suggesting a third wave of the 2008 global financial crisis. While this topic deserves attention because of its global economic implications, there is insufficient analysis of firms in global production networks (GPNs), which were at the forefront of the economic transformation in PRC and the rest of East Asia, and lessons for latecomers to GPNs. Full Article
fir No Country for Young Firms By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:53:00 GMT This paper provides new cross-country evidence on the links between national policies and the growth patterns of start-ups. In particular, it compares for the first time the heterogeneous effects of national policies on entrants and incumbents, within the same country, industry, and time period. Full Article
fir Lending volumes and credit conditions are improving for SMEs, but many firms continue to struggle to obtain financing that meets their needs By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:30:00 GMT Lending volumes and credit conditions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have gradually improved, according to a new report from the OECD, but demand-side obstacles such as a lack of financial knowledge are contributing to holding back a stronger recovery. Full Article
fir Zombie firms and weak productivity: what role for policy? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:00:00 GMT Weak productivity growth is a major problem afflicting most societies. It curbs growth in incomes and endangers the sustainability of social security systems. An important, but often ignored, source of the productivity slowdown is the increasing prevalence of weakly productive firms and, among them, “zombie firms” – in essence firms that would typically exit or be forced to restructure in a competitive market. Full Article
fir Top global firms commit to tackling inequality by joining Business for Inclusive Growth coalition By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:00:00 GMT A group of major international companies has pledged to tackle inequality and promote diversity in their workplaces and supply chains as part of an initiative sponsored by the French Presidency of the G7 and overseen by the OECD. Full Article
fir Top global firms commit to tackling inequality by joining Business for Inclusive Growth coalition By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:00:00 GMT A group of major international companies has pledged to tackle inequality and promote diversity in their workplaces and supply chains as part of an initiative sponsored by the French Presidency of the G7 and overseen by the OECD. Full Article
fir Insights blog: Beyond the first mile - Where your Internet comes from By oecdinsights.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:58:00 GMT In OECD countries, networks look like a mesh with multiple paths that can act as each other’s backup. In developing countries, however, communication networks often resemble rivers, with small branches of regional networks delivering their traffic to a central national backbone that ends at one submarine fibre, making cable cuts a greater risk to the functioning of the economy. Full Article
fir OECD’s Gurría welcomes call for ‘Social Compact for Digital Privacy and Security’ as critical first step for trust and economic prosperity By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:00:00 GMT On the occasion of the Global Conference on Cyberspace meeting today in The Hague, the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) issued a statement calling on ‘the global community to build a new social compact between citizens and their elected representatives, the judiciary, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, business, civil society and the Internet technical community.. Full Article
fir Triple Disadvantage? A first overview of the integration of refugee women By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:07:00 GMT 45% of refugees in Europe are women, yet little is known on their integration outcomes and the specific challenges they face. This report summarises prior research on the integration of refugee women, both compared with refugee men and other immigrant women. It also provides new comparative evidence from selected European and non-European OECD countries. Full Article
fir Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and Innovation: Design Challenges and insights from Empirical Application - Environment Working Paper By dx.doi.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:34:00 GMT This report provides a review of recent firm-level and plant-level surveys containing questions on environmental policies, innovation practices or performance which are relevant for environmental policy analysis and assessment. We specifically focus on the core element that relates environmental policies to environmental and economic performance, namely the adoption of innovative practices and environmental innovations by firms. Full Article