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Eisai Receives Special Prize at Platinum Career Award 2021

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TOKYO, Jun 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has received a special prize at the Platinum Career Award 2021. The awards ceremony was held via online at the symposium on June 8, 2021. The Platinum Career Award was established in 2019 with the aim of commending companies that aspire to provide opportunities for employees to develop their career and play an active role, in order to realize career paths that Japanese employees are aiming for in the era of the 100 years' life. (This event was held with sponsorship and planning by Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., planning by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, support by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan, and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and cooperation from TOYO KEIZAI INC.). Eisai received a special prize dedicated to companies that are implementing "new working styles initiated to adjust with the era of Corona (COVID-19 Pandemic)". Eisai defines our corporate mission as "giving first thought to patients and their families and to increasing the benefits health care provides," in the articles of incorporation, which we call our human health care (hhc) philos...

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Singapore VC firm iGlobe starts US$100 million fund for fintech, biotech start-ups

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SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - Singapore's IGlobe Partners closed its latest venture-capital fund, which plans to invest US$100 million (S$132.3 million) in start-ups focusing on synthetic biology, fintech and technologies for smart cities. The firm's fourth fund, IGlobe Platinum Fund III, will back 15 to 20 start-ups across the US, Europe and Southeast Asia to fund their growth over the next three years, according to a statement from the company on Thursday (June 3). IGlobe, with a history of more than two decades, is betting on emerging trends in health care and technology to fuel its growth. The new fund, which was oversubscribed, will back start-ups including cancer diagnostic service C2i Genomics and personal finance start-up NerdWallet in the US as well as Singapore-based Docquity, a mobile app for doctors, and Tonik, a digital bank in the Philippines. "We focus on cross-border deep tech, which other people can't easily copy," IGlobe founder Koh Soo Boon said in an interview. "We are in the business of building companies, rather than just making a quick buck." Ms Koh started IGlobe in Silicon Valley in 1999 and moved its headquarters to her native Singapore a decade later. The firm ...

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LienVietPostBank to issue JCB Platinum Debit Card in Vietnam

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Hanoi & Tokyo, Mar 30, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Lien Viet Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LPB) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., announced the launch of the LPB JCB Platinum Debit Card today.The new LPB JCB Platinum Debit Card will focus to serve and meet the demand of LPB's affluent customer group. The holders of LPB JCB Platinum Debit Card can access JCB acceptance network with about 35 million merchants around the world. LPB JCB Platinum Debit Cardholders can enjoy exclusive benefits such as free access to airport lounges in Vietnam and worldwide, free access to JCB Plaza and JCB Plaza Lounge - the overseas customer service centers, and receive special discounts at more than 100 high-end restaurants and 28 luxury golf courses across Vietnam.In particular, LPB JCB Platinum Debit cardholders will receive 1% cash back for all retail transactions via POS and ecommerce. Moreover, all card transactions can be easily managed through the LienViet24h digital banking app, which also supports changing PIN or card lock status online.The launch of LPB JCB Platinum Debit Card will help to diversify the prod...

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Group Ten Drills High-Grade Nickel Sulphide in 455 Meters of Continuous Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, Gold, Copper, and Cobalt Mineralization at the Stillwater West Project in Montana, USA

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Vancouver, BC, Mar 4, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Group Ten Metals Inc. (TSX.V: PGE; US OTC: PGEZF; FSE: 5D32) (the "Company" or "Group Ten") is pleased to announce results from the 2020 drill campaign at the Chrome Mountain target area of the Company's flagship Stillwater West Platinum Group Element ("PGE")-Ni-Cu-Co + Au project in Montana, USA.TABLE 1 - Highlight Drill Intercepts from the 2020 Drill Campaign at Chrome MountainIntervals from 120 to 530 meters of continuous nickel and copper sulphide mineralization, enriched in palladium, platinum, rhodium, gold, and cobalt, were intercepted in the five drill holes starting at or near surface, with each hole also encountering higher-grade intervals over widths of 50 to 150 meters in addition to more selective high-grade intervals. These results further demonstrate the potential for multiple, large-scale, bulk tonnage "Platreef-style" horizons of battery metals and PGEs within the lower Stillwater complex, based on known parallels with South Africa's Bushveld complex.Work in 2020 included a five-hole, 1,822-meter (5,979 foot) drill campaign which focused on the Chrome Mountain target area, in follow-up to the previous ...

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SBI, NPCI and JCB Launch ‘SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card’

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Mumbai & Tokyo, Dec 1, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - State Bank of India (SBI), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCB) have announced the launch of 'SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card'. This Card has been launched on the RuPay network by SBI in association with JCB. The SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card comes with a unique dual interface feature which will enable customers to perform both Contact & Contactless transactions in the domestic market and seamless contact transactions overseas. With this card, consumers would be able to transact on ATMs & POS terminals across the globe under JCB network. They can also shop online from JCB partnered international e-Commerce merchants using this card.The 'SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card' supports RuPay offline wallet based transactions, enabling an additional payment mode within the Card. Consumers will be able to load the offline wallet and utilize it in transit in India (bus and metro) and retail (merchant) payments. This innovative proposition will offer customers uninterrupted shopping experience with an extra layer of convenience. Customers can als...