OSLO: DNB ASA has Friday decided to reduce the home mortgage interest rate by up to 0.4 percentage points. The price of money has fallen over the past weeks, as a result of market developments and the uncertainty around the Norwegian economy. “As Norway’s largest bank, we must be a safe and predictable partner for…
ePlay & Howie Mandel announce their newest collaboration SwishAR
LOS ANGELES: ePlay Digital Inc. and Howie Mandel are announcing their newest collaboration, SwishAR, the follow up to the widely popular Outbreak mini-game, which is available today. This is the second in the Howie’s Games series, and the first with ePlay’s augmented reality technology, featuring “Games from the mind of Howie Mandel”. SwishAR can be…
BevCanna partners Argentia Gold to bring line of cannabis-infused beverages to the Atlantic
VANCOUVER: Emerging leader in cannabis-infused beverages, BevCanna Enterprises Inc. has signed an agreement with Maritime-based licensed cannabis producer Argentia Gold Corp. to exclusively represent BevCanna’s line of cannabis-infused beverages in Newfoundland, PEI and New Brunswick. The two companies have entered a nonbinding letter of intent (LOI) for Argentia to distribute and sell BevCanna products across…
Biolidics appoints Mediproud for distribution of Novel Coronavirus 2019 antibody test kits in Thailand
SINGAPORE: Biolidics Limited has entered into a distribution agreement with Mediproud Co., Ltd, a company incorporated in Thailand, to appoint Mediproud as a non-exclusive distributor for the Company’s test kits for the detection of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 antibodies (the “COVID-19 Antibody Test Kits”), in Thailand for a duration of one year. The Company’s COVID-19…
Raffles Infrastructure Holdings clinches $800mn Bangladesh Trust Green City Development Project
SINGAPORE: Raffles Infrastructure Holdings Limited has won the bid for the Bangladesh Trust Green City Development Project with an estimated value of USD 800 million. Raffles Infrastructure refers to its announcement dated 13 December 2019 in relation to the bidding for a township development project in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of Baunia, Dhaka (now…
Grand Banks Yachts announces resumption of operations at Pasir Gudang yard in Malaysia
SINGAPORE: Grand Banks Yachts Limited announced that the Group’s manufacturing yard in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, has received approval from the Government of Malaysia to resume operations with immediate effect. As announced on 19 March 2020 and 28 April 2020, the temporary closure of the Pasir Gudang yard was in compliance with the Movement Control Order…
Boustead Projects awarded significant design-and-build contract in Malaysia
SINGAPORE: Boustead Projects Limited, a leading specialist in smart eco-sustainable real estate solutions, announced that its wholly-owned design and-build subsidiary in Malaysia, BP Engineering Solutions Sdn Bhd has secured a significant design-and-build contract to deliver an advanced high-tech industrial facility in Penang, Malaysia. The client is the local unit of a global technology corporation. The…
AM Best affirms credit ratings of Dubai Insurance Company
DUBAI: Insurance sector rating agency, AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of Dubai Insurance Company (PSC) (DIC). The outlook of these Credit Ratings is stable. The ratings reflect DIC’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best categorises as very strong, as well as…
Petards acquires NASBox and associated Nexus software from Telematics Technologies
LONDON: Petards Group, developer of advanced security and surveillance systems, has acquired the intellectual property right, and related inventory of Nexus ANPR Smart Box (NASBox) and associated Nexus software from Telematics Technologies LLP for a maximum consideration of £1,049,000. The consideration comprises an initial amount of £79,000 satisfied in cash from Petards’ existing cash reserves,…
David Blackwood appointed new chairman of Connect Group
LONDON: Connect Group PLC announced David Blackwood will join the Board as Chairman and non-executive director with effect from 13 May 2020. The appointment of Mr Blackwood will similarly see Gary Kennedy step down as Chairman and non-executive director of the Company with effect from close of business on 13 May 2020, following publication of…
Luis Gallego to be new Chief Executive of IAG
LONDON: International Airlines Group (IAG) announced that Luis Gallego will succeed Willie Walsh as Group chief executive on 24 September, 2020. Antonio Vazquez, IAG’s chairman, said: “We announced in March that Willie would delay his retirement for a short period. We can confirm today that Luis Gallego will take over the leadership on 24 September,…
Shazad G. Dada appointed President & CEO of United Bank Limited
LONDON: Board of Directors of United Bank Limited (UBL) has decided to appoint Mr. Shazad G. Dada as President & CEO of UBL with effect from 01 July 2020 for a term of 03 years’ subject to approval of State Bank of Pakistan and compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in this regard….