Author: Marie Jones

On May 12th , Joy Spreader (06988.HK), a Hong Kong-listed company, announced that the Company is incorporated into the MSCI China Small Cap Index, with effect upon the closure of the market on May 27, 2021. It is reported that the MSCI China Small Cap Index is one of the China market indices launched by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), which aims to measure the performance of the small cap segment in China’s stock market, covering PRC companies with excellent operating results and development potential. It is an important index for global institutional investors to evaluate their investment portfolios. Joy…

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TOKYO, May 13, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004) today announced its 2021 first quarter financial results. – 2021 First Quarter Consolidated Financial Statements and Summary https://www.sdk.co.jp/assets/files/english/ir/library/fss2021-1q.pdf About Showa Denko K.K. Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004, ADR:SHWDY) is a major manufacturer of chemical products serving from heavy industry to computers and electronics. The Petrochemicals Sector provides cracker products such as ethylene and propylene, the Chemicals Sector provides industrial, high-performance and high-purity gases and chemicals for semicon and other industries, the Inorganics Sector provides ceramic products, such as alumina, abrasives, refractory/graphite electrodes and fine carbon products. The Aluminum Sector provides aluminum…

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CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (HKG:1883) today announced the winning of the Overall 1st Runner-up at the latest “AI Challenge Computer Vision – Identifying Surgical Instrument” (AI Challenge) competition. The award is a recognition of the company’s AI expertise, and reaffirm its long-term commitment to place innovation at the center of its strategy – Innovation Never Stops. “THE AWARD IS A TESTAMENT TO CITIC TELECOM CPC’S TEAM AND OUR PASSION FOR EXPLORING IDEAS AND CREATING UNIQUE SOLUTIONS FOR ENTERPRISES,” SAID ESMOND LI, CEO OF CITIC TELECOM CPC. Innovation and…

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On Monday, May 10, 2021, at the request of Messrs. Anthony Durkacz and Zeeshan Saeed, founding shareholders and members of the group of concerned shareholders (the Concerned Shareholders) of FSD Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGE) (CSE: HUGE) (FSE: 0K9A) (the Company or FSD), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) (the Court) issued an order appointing Ms. Carol Hansell as independent chair of the Company’s shareholders’ meeting to be held on May 14, 2021 (the Meeting) and dismissed FSD’s application challenging the Concerned Shareholders’ information circular. This defeat is only the most recent in a series of Court orders against…

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The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NutryFarm International Limited (the “Company’, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) wishes to announce that Global Agricapital Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Global Agricapital”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, had on 11 May 2021 entered into a memorandum of understanding with EBuy Pte Ltd (“Ebuy”) to expand its durian business activities in Singapore (the “MOU”). Under the MOU, Ebuy will import and distribute pre-packaged durians into Singapore from Malaysia and Thailand on behalf of Global Agricapital, and from the suppliers of Global Agricapital. Global Agricapital will ensure the consistent supply, quality and authenticity…

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On 9th May 2021, Duet Protocol announced the closure of US$3 million in the first round of investment. Duet identifies itself as the world’s first multi-chain synthetic asset protocol with a hybrid mechanism of over-collateralization and algorithm stabilization. The first-round investment was led by OmniLAB, DraperDragon, Everest Ventures Group, One Block Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, Dutch Crypto Investors, LD Capital, Zonff Partners, Cabin VC, ArkStream Capital, individual investors include cofounder of BIT Digital Inc (NASDAQ: BTBT) and the partners of A&T Capital. OmniLAB is the investment fund that backed the world’s first stablecoin (on OmniLayer) circulation specification for Lightning Network. DraperDragon Innovation Fund…

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The 7th edition of the Solar & Storage Finance Asia, hosted by Solar Media is designed to propel energy projects, innovation and investment in South East Asia. Under the three themes “finance, technology and off-taker deployment”, Solar & Storage Finance Asia will be held from 6-8 July virtually, to help you engage with proven investors, technology providers and business partners. Some Key Speakers Isabel Chatterton, Director & Regional Head of Industry, Asia Pacific, Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Vikram Raju, Head of EM & Climate Impact – AIP Private Markets, Morgan Stanley Adhi Laksmanaputra, VP Commercial, Xurya Daya Indonesia Prabaljit Sarkar, Director Business…

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88% of respondents identified a lack of automation and manual work and errors as the reasons preventing them from having an efficient financial close process Trintech, a leading provider of financial software solutions, today announced the release of its 2021 Global Financial Close Benchmark Report. Trintech surveyed over 480 financial professionals across the globe in Q1 of 2021 to evaluate which parts of the financial close process have been automated, which are in the process of being automated and where finance and accounting (F&A) organizations are looking to adopt automation in the future. 2020 was a defining year for the…

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TOKYO, May 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces that it revises its forecast of consolidated business results for the first half of the year ending on December 31, 2021, which was announced on February 17, 2021, taking the latest economic conditions into consideration. Following this revision, SDK also revises its full-year forecast of consolidated business results for the year ending on December 31, 2021. Regarding the latter forecast, we revised the full-year forecast to reflect only the changes in the performance forecast for the first half of 2021. SDK also announces that it will record an extraordinary losses in…

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On May 10, 2021, Joy Spreader (6988.HK), a MarTech company listed in Hong Kong, released the business update of the first quarter of 2021. According to the announcement, in the first quarter, Joy Spreader achieved revenue of HK$ 248 million, representing an increase of 33.26% over the same period last year, gross profit of HK$77.4 million, representing an increase of 64.16% over the same period last year, and gross profit margin of 31.16%, representing an increase of 5.87 percentages points as compared with the same period last year. In terms of specific business, the revenue of Joy Spreader’s interactive entertainment…

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