HSBC appoints new Head of Wealth and Personal Banking in Sri Lanka | Daily FT

Published by Daily Financial Times HSBC Sri Lanka has appointed James Rebert as the Head of Wealth and Personal Banking with immediate effect. James succeeds Nadeesha Senaratne who led the growth and development of the Wealth and Personal Banking franchise in Sri Lanka over the past four years before moving to PT Bank HSBC Indonesia […]

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Jitterbit Acquires Low-Code Dev Innovator PrimeApps to Give Organizations a Radically New Way to Build Business Apps

End-to-End Platform Empowers Businesses to Create Secure and Scalable Digital Experiences, Slashing Costs and Development Time from Months to Days ALAMEDA, Calif., Jan. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jitterbit, the API transformation company, today announced it has acquired PrimeApps, a Turkey-based innovator in low-code application development. By combining Jitterbit’s API integrator with PrimeApps, the company will offer […]

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As Indonesia retakes land from developers, conservation is an afterthought

Published by Mongabay JAKARTA — Environmental activists have cautiously welcomed the Indonesian government’s move to revoke hundreds of permits for logging, plantations and mines, calling it an opportunity to conserve vast swaths of forest. The affected concessions include 192 earmarked for forestry and mines, totaling 3.13 million hectares (7.73 million acres), and 36 for plantations […]

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Schneider Electric achieves outstanding performance in four corporate sustainability ratings

Strong and consistent performance running for over a decade ESG recognition in line with company’s sustainable business growth ambitions Rueil-Malmaison (France), January 12, 2022 – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has delivered yet another strong year of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance based on 2021 ratings […]

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S.Korea authorises Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, imports Pfizer pills

Published by Reuters SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea is turning to additional pharmaceutical tools as it looks to pre-empt a surge of COVID-19 omicron infections, authorising the use of Novavax Inc’s vaccine on Wednesday and preparing to distribute the first of Pfizer’s antiviral pills. At least 21,000 of Pfizer’s antiviral pills, called Paxlovid, will arrive in […]

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