NEW ONE-STOP SERVICE RANGING FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION FOR DIGITAL LOYALTY MARKETING

-Service to facilitate speedy adoption of loyalty programs for E-Commerce-

TOKYO, Dec 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Brierley Partners Japan, Inc. (Brierley Japan), one of group companies of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI, TOKYO:4307), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, has announced the launch of a one-stop service (the Service) as part of their consumer-oriented E-Commerce (EC) offering. Commenced on November 1st, the Service offers a wide range of solutions including the designing of loyalty programs for top customer retention as well as the implementation and operation of omnichannel*1 platforms for those programs.

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KIMBALL ELECTRONICS NAMED CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY 2016 EMS COMPANY OF THE YEAR

JASPER, Ind., Dec 2 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE), a leading global contract electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) company that specializes in durable electronics for the medical, automotive, industrial, and public safety end markets has been named 2016 EMS Company of the Year by CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY.

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Headquartered in Jasper, Indiana, Kimball Electronics operates nine manufacturing facilities in six countries and was selected based on its “long history of performance excellence,” “sustainable growth and profit,” as well as “success through change and transition.”

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VODAFONE AND STARHUB RENEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR SINGAPORE

LONDON, Nov 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vodafone and Singapore’s StarHub have agreed to renew their strategic partnership for a further three years, building on a successful relationship that has seen significant collaboration in Singapore and throughout Vodafone’s global markets.

 

Over the past five years, the Vodafone and StarHub partnership has expanded across enterprise services covering mobile connectivity as well as co-branding and knowledge sharing initiatives.

Under the renewal, which commences today (30 November 2016), all StarHub mobile customers can continue to benefit from advanced mobile voice and data roaming propositions, including high-speed data on Vodafone’s 4G networks. Similarly, Vodafone customers visiting Singapore can enjoy high-speed roaming on StarHub’s 4G LTE-Advanced network.

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SBI LIQUIDITY MARKET GROWS ITS SMARTTRADE IMPLEMENTATION WITH ADOPTION OF PRICING AND DISTRIBUTION MODULES

TOKYO, Nov 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading solutions pioneer, announced today that SBI Liquidity Market, a Japanese leading FX infrastructure solution and liquidity provider, complemented its FX platform based on smartTrade's LiquidityFX, with smartTrade's award-winning pricing and distribution modules.

SBI Liquidity Market is adding smartTrade's sophisticated market making solution to the existing implementation of LiquidityFX connectivity, aggregation and order routing in order to grow their business outside Japan and provide liquidity to the rest of Asia. This addition combines smartTrade's flexible pricing and powerful distribution modules with the powerful distribution system over multiple channels. Those modules integrate margin credit functionalities which allows their clients to trade larger amounts, leveraging their cash margin, while allowing SBI Liquidity Market to easily monitor and manage their risk coverage in real time.

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KITERETSU NOW LAUNCHES ZOOKEEPER GLOBALLY ON THE INSTANT GAME

TOKYO, Nov 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- KITERETSU inc. is very honored to announce that ZOOKEEPER is selected to the one of 17 very first launch titles for the Instant Games, the latest feature from Facebook. ZOOKEEPER is now available worldwide on the Instant Games.

This Instant Games version of ZOOKEEPER is a simple match 3 puzzle with clearing the stages, and it can be enjoyed with your Facebook friends by competing the best score.

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UMW SUFFERS PRE-TAX LOSS OF RM121.62 MLN IN Q3

 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- UMW Holdings Bhd suffers a pre-tax loss of
RM121.62 million in the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016 compared a pre-tax
profit of RM72.24 million in the same quarter a year ago.
    Revenue fell to RM2.86 billion from RM3.53 billion previously, it said in a
filing to Bursa Malaysia here today.
    "The lower revenue was due to the challenging economic environment in the
oil and gas (O&G) industry coupled with the weak ringgit which had impacted the
group's results," it said.
    In a statement, President/Group Chief Executive Officer, Badrul Feisel Abdul
Rahim, said the group's performance was hit by the present downturn in the O&G
industry, softer local demand for motor vehicles and the weakening ringgit.
    The O&G (unlisted) segment registered a lower revenue of RM58.4 million in
the current quarter from RM70.0 million in the same quarter of 2015 due to the
impact of continued low oil prices, he said.
    Badrul said the moror vehicle segment's revenue fell to RM2.26 billion from
RM2.60 billion due to soft market sentiments and intense competition from other
car makers.
    The equipment segment posted a lower revenue of RM342.8 million against
RM474.8 million due to the decline in equipment sales resulting from the
slowdown in the mining sector and stiff competition in the construction sector, he said.
    He said the sales performance in Myanmar was weighed down by the continued
restriction imposed on the import of heavy equipment by the government of Myanmar.
    The manufacturing and engineering segment recorded a lower revenue of
RM144.6 million in the current quarter compared with RM183.8 million in the
previous year s corresponding quarter, he said.  
    Badrul said the challenges and uncertainties in the current business
environment might add pressure for asset impairment in the last quarter of the
year, hence, might adversely impact the group s results.  
    "Nevertheless, the management will take appropriate measures to contain
cost, increase operational efficiency and continue to improve business
potentials," he said.

 -- BERNAMA

"JAPANESE CONTENT DRIVES INDUSTRIES": POST-EVENT PRESS RELEASE

SINGAPORE and TOKYO, Nov 30 (Bernama-AsiaNet) -- In conjunction with the Anime Festival Asia (AFA) 2016, the Cabinet Office of Japan has curated a booth in to showcase Japanese animation, digital content and Japanese culture to consumers throughout the event period (November 25-27, 2016).

On November 26, the Cabinet Office of Japan held a special talk session called "Imagination Drives Future" where the Japanese Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy, Mr. Yosuke Tsuruho, gave a speech to over 1000 anime fans to communicate the attractions of different regions in Japan and its significance to anime and also robot technology brought about by the influence of anime. The special talk session was held at the AFA Main Stage and Mr. Tomotaka Takahashi, Associate Professor at University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Robot Creator and CEO of ROBO GARAGE, also demonstrated his creation, RoBoHoN, to fascinated audience members. On November 28, Mr. Takahashi also conducted a special lecture titled, "The Creation of a New Robot Era," at Singapore Polytechnic.

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