Nanshan District, Shenzhen

2021 OCT Group Culture and Tourism Festival kicks off

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Friday, July 9, 2021

SHENZHEN, China, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Overseas Chinese Town Group (OCT Group) has recently launched the 2021 OCT Group Culture and Tourism Festival themed "A journey of colorful joy at OCT".

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  • SHENZHEN, China, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Overseas Chinese Town Group (OCT Group) has recently launched the 2021 OCT Group Culture and Tourism Festival themed "A journey of colorful joy at OCT".
  • On the first day of the festival, June 19, OCT Group hosted the online Opening Day event.
  • On the same day, OCT Group launched its first cultural tourism app worldwide, the OCT Huaxiaocheng.
  • The Group currently operates and manages nearly 80 tourism destinations worldwide, ranking the firm third globally and first in Asia in the theme park sector.

2021 Thematic Research Report on Cloud Gaming - Identify Key Trends Impacting Growth - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, April 26, 2021

b'The "Cloud Gaming - Thematic Research" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nCloud gaming will fundamentally change the video games industry over the next 10 years, just as video and audio streaming has reshaped the music, film, and TV industries.

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  • b'The "Cloud Gaming - Thematic Research" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nCloud gaming will fundamentally change the video games industry over the next 10 years, just as video and audio streaming has reshaped the music, film, and TV industries.
  • The market is at a very early stage, but competition is intensifying, drawing in tech giants (including Sony, Google, Tencent, Microsoft, Nvidia, Facebook, and Amazon) and telcos (like Deutsche Telekom, Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone, KT, and China Mobile).
  • Thanks to their massive libraries of exclusive games, Microsoft, Sony, and Tencent are potential winners in the subscription model.
  • In 10 years, traditional PC and console games will have been replaced by games hosted in the cloud and accessed via thin-client PCs, consoles, or mobiles.\n'

500.com Limited to Hold Extraordinary General Meeting on April 8, 2021; Announces Relocation of Headquarters to Singapore

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Friday, March 19, 2021

7, Shenzhen Bay Eco-Technology Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, The People's Republic of China on April 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., local time.

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  • 7, Shenzhen Bay Eco-Technology Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, The People's Republic of China on April 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., local time.
  • The Company also announced its decision to relocate its headquarters from Shenzhen to Singapore.
  • Notice of the extraordinary general meeting, which sets forth the resolutions to be submitted for shareholder approval at the extraordinary general meeting is available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://ir.500.com .
  • 500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) is committed to becoming a leading cryptocurrency mining enterprise.

Open Infrastructure Foundation Seats Its First Board of Directors, Including Engineers from Ant Group, Facebook and Red Hat

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra Foundation) today announced that the Foundation Board of Directors has expanded to 27 individuals, including Amar Padmanabhan, software engineer at Facebook; Xu Wang, senior staff engineer at Ant Group; and Daniel Becker, senior director of engineering at Red Hat.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra Foundation) today announced that the Foundation Board of Directors has expanded to 27 individuals, including Amar Padmanabhan, software engineer at Facebook; Xu Wang, senior staff engineer at Ant Group; and Daniel Becker, senior director of engineering at Red Hat.
  • During the meeting, individual member of the Foundation Allison Randal was elected the board chair for the 2021 year.
  • OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors, 2021
    Facebook joins previously announced Platinum Members Ant Group, AT&T, Ericsson, FiberHome, Huawei, Red Hat, Wind River and Tencent.
  • "We are excited to see collaborative efforts around open source projects like Magma take off as we join the Open Infrastructure Foundation today," said Amar Padmanabhan, software engineer at Facebook.

Kansai Halifax Holdings Releases Report on Tencent Increasing Stake in Commodity Start-up Xingsheng Youxuan

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Monday, January 11, 2021

TORONTO, Jan 11, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Kansai Halifax Holdings have today released a research report on Tencent Holdings Ltd increasing its stake in Xingsheng Youxuan.

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  • TORONTO, Jan 11, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Kansai Halifax Holdings have today released a research report on Tencent Holdings Ltd increasing its stake in Xingsheng Youxuan.
  • "In addition to Tencent, Xingsheng Youxuan is also in talks with other potential investors including Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co. to raise more funding," said Jonathan Scott, Director of EMEA Wealth Management at Kansai Halifax Holdings.
  • According to researchers at Kansai Halifax Holdings, the current funding round could precede an initial public offering (IPO), although specifics such as timing and listing exchange are yet to be confirmed.
  • Headquartered in Japan, Kansai Halifax Holdings is one of Asia's leading wealth management companies, entrusted to manage over $6.45 billion in client investment capital.

Cashfree introduces 'Global Payouts' for International Businesses to Remit Payments Directly to Bank Accounts in India

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The launch of Global Payouts enables Cashfree to offer businesses such as fintechs, e-commerce marketplaces, logistics platforms, remote staffing platforms etc.

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  • The launch of Global Payouts enables Cashfree to offer businesses such as fintechs, e-commerce marketplaces, logistics platforms, remote staffing platforms etc.
  • International businesses can use Cashfree's solution without having to set up a place of business in India.
  • With Global Payouts, Cashfree opens the door for international businesses to automate seamless cross border payments to India.
  • Cashfree has been working with global businesses including Shell, Tencent, and HDFC Ergo with its collection and disbursal solutions for payments to their operations in India.

500.com Limited to Hold Annual General Meeting on December 25, 2020

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Monday, November 23, 2020

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- 500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) ("500.com" or the "Company"), an online sports lottery service provider in China, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at 12F, West Side, Block B, Building No.

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  • SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- 500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) ("500.com" or the "Company"), an online sports lottery service provider in China, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at 12F, West Side, Block B, Building No.
  • 7, Shenzhen Bay Eco-Technology Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, The People's Republic of China on December 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., Beijing / Hong Kong Time.
  • Holders of record of ordinary shares of the Company at the close of business on November 25, 2020, US Eastern time (the "Record Date") are entitled to notice of, and to attend and vote at, the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof.
  • The notice of the annual general meeting, which sets forth the resolutions to be submitted to shareholder approval at the annual general meeting is available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://ir.500.com .

Finals of 6th China International College Students' “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition open in Guangdong

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

The finals of the 6th China International College Students Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition opened on November 17 at South China University of Technology, Guangdong Province, China.

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  • The finals of the 6th China International College Students Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition opened on November 17 at South China University of Technology, Guangdong Province, China.
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    Finals of 6th China International College Students' Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition open in Guangdong (Photo: Business Wire)
    A total of 513 entry projects entered the finals, while 299 of them, including 112 projects submitted by teams from universities outside China, were registered in the Higher Education Track.
  • During the finals, a series of concurrent events were held to promote exchanges and cooperation in technology and humanities.
  • This years competition, launched in June 2020, has attracted 6.31 million entrants from China and abroad.

RKS CSI 800ESG Rating Released: 37 Interactive Entertainment Is the Only A-Level Non-Financial Enterprise

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Hexun and RKS jointly released the 2020 RKS CSI 800 ESG Rating Report (hereinafter referred to as RKS ESG Rating).

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  • GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Hexun and RKS jointly released the 2020 RKS CSI 800 ESG Rating Report (hereinafter referred to as RKS ESG Rating).
  • As the only non-financial enterprise, 37 Interactive Entertainment received an A-rating alongside 15 well-known Chinese financial companies, such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank.
  • As the only A-rated non-financial company, 37 Interactive Entertainment strictly adheres to corporate governance and being responsible to its investors.
  • Besides, 37 Interactive Entertainment's market share in China's mobile game market has exceeded 10%, next only to Tencent and NetEase.

Congenica Completes $50m Series C Funding Round to Advance Clinical Genomic Analysis Software and Data Platform

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Monday, November 9, 2020

The round was co-led by Tencent and Legal & General and included other new investors Xeraya, Puhua Capital and IDO Investments.

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  • The round was co-led by Tencent and Legal & General and included other new investors Xeraya, Puhua Capital and IDO Investments.
  • The global nature of this important financing round brings new strategic and geographic capabilities that will further advance Congenicas existing global footprint.
  • Congenica is recognised as a leader in the genomic analysis of rare diseases and inherited cancer.
  • Congenicas world-leading software enables rapid genomic data analysis at scale, performing 20x faster than industry averages and providing a 30% higher analytical yield, reducing genomic interpretation costs by up to 95%.