RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — PRA Health Sciences (PRA) (NASDAQ:PRAH) is pleased to announce that it is relocating to a new office in Singapore to support its expanded operations in the region. The move will allow PRA to consolidate its workforce and be strategically located near many of its clients in the area. [...]
NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL), a leader in the development of specialized financial services in commodities, securities, global payments, foreign exchange and other markets, today announced that its Singapore-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Pte. Ltd., received its Capital Markets Services License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and with it [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of money needed for a trip in Seoul is the sixth-highest among 11 major cities in Asia, accounting for only half of the cost needed for a journey to Tokyo, data showed Sunday. Travelers need to spend approximately 333,000 won (US$280) each day for a stay in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Heroes who saved a Korean man whose leg was caught under a huge trailer in Singapore are visiting Korea. Kim, an office worker, was crossing the intersection of Bendemeer and Boon Keng when he was caught under a 12 meter long trailer after being hit. Locals who heard Kim scream [...]
SEJONG, July 14 (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to transform Busan into the world’s No. 2 transshipment cargo port by 2020 by building up infrastructure and streamlining operations, the government said Tuesday. The move could enable the country’s largest sea port to outstrip Hong Kong for the second place slot among the world’s transshipment harbors and place [...]
SINGAPORE, Jun. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Aspera, an IBM company, today announced that it will showcase its latest high-speed file transfer software innovations at BroadcastAsia (booth #5G4-08), June 2-5 in Singapore. Aspera co-founder and CEO Michelle Munson will share her insights into end-to-end live streaming for second screens at the conference. The leader in next-generation [...]
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — MEDIA ALERT: What: Today, Cloudera, Inc. the leader in analytic data management announced the first-ever Singapore edition of the Strata + Hadoop World conference. Presented by Cloudera and O’Reilly Media, Strata + Hadoop World is where big data’s most influential business decision makers, strategists, architects, developers, and [...]
COLOGNE, GERMANY, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) - dmexco — the leading international expo and conference for the digital economy — will launch the next stage of its global Satellite tour with a premiere in New York and the second dmexco networking event in Singapore. On May 21, 2015, dmexco will bring together for the first [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA and SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - Global Banking and Finance Review has announced that BMO Private Bank has won awards for Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Hong Kong and Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Singapore for 2015. The Global Banking and Finance [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Among 106 major cities in Asia, Seoul ranked fourth in terms of cost of living. According to Numbeo, information providers on world living conditions on February 1, the most expensive city in terms of living cost in Asia was Singapore with a CPI of 94.08. Following Singapore were Macau (89.12), Tokyo (85.67) and Seoul [...]