EMERYVILLE, CA, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – In a world first, Australian Pearl Producers Association (PPA) have entered the Australia pearl oyster fishery to be assessed against the MSC’s standard for sustainable fishing. If the fishery achieves certification, this could influence the pearl industry globally and feed the demand for a growing market of people [...]
PURCHASE, N.Y., Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAWW) today announced the appointment of Chung Mak as Vice President APAC Sales and Marketing for Atlas Air, Inc. Mr. Mak will lead the company’s sales and marketing team in the Asia-Pacific region with responsibility for its commercial activities, customer relations and general [...]
TIANJIN, China, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — High-speed trains have begun running from the new railway station at Yujiapu in Binhai CBD, cutting journey times to Beijing to just 45 minutes. Yujiapu – the world’s biggest and deepest underground high-speed station – will have around 35 high-speed train departures every day, delivering a rapid service [...]
WUHAN, CHINA / HORSTMAR, GERMANY, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Board of Directors of the Joint Venture confirmed Bradley J. Hartsell as the Chief Executive Officer for Schmitz Dong Feng Special Vehicle Company located in Wuhan, China. He is taking over from Andreas Schmitz who is returning to Germany. Bradley Hartsell began to work [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Placid NK Corporation D/B/A Placid Express, a licensed money transmitter headquartered in New York, is proud to announce that it has been recognized by Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, as the best remittance provider for NRBs residing abroad. The company has received a distinguished award for [...]
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — ALM, a leader in specialized industry news and information, has announced a deal to acquire China Law & Practice from the Legal Media Group of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (“Euromoney”). The deal, which comes on the heels of ALM’s acquisition of Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory and Summit [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA and SINGAPORE, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – BMO Financial Group today announced the appointment of Monique Chan as CEO, BMO Private Bank Asia. In this role, Ms. Chan will be responsible for growing BMO’s private banking business in Asia and building strong collaborative partnerships within BMO across the private banking, Capital Markets [...]
MIAMI, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Having recently received regulatory approval from the Labuan Financial Services Authority, PA Group’s expansion in Asia has also seen the appointment of new business development head Edward Pantani to market its Premier Trust investment solutions in the region. “We began operating in Asia two years ago and have witnessed [...]
TIANJIN, China, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Entrepreneurship is the focus at the Binhai CBD with a couple of exciting new additions launching this summer. Startups will find a home in a new business incubator, called ‘BeginingSpace’, developed in collaboration with Tianjin New Cultural and Financial Technology Development Co., Ltd., that will formally launch in [...]
SHINAGAWA, Tokyo, May 19, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) — OFF Line Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO Koichi Ishizuka) — which operates Photozou, the biggest social networking photo site in Japan (7 million registered users, 3.3 million monthly active PC users, 2.3 million monthly active smart phone users) — has developed an English version [...]