[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea (CEO Yung-Ku Ha, www.citibank.co.kr) launched ‘Citicard Premium Beauty Service’, offering discounts at premium hair salons, spas and medical centers to all cardholders on May 23rd. Citicard Premium Beauty Service offers a 10% discount year-round for all customers who pay with a Citicard at over 20 spas like SK-II Boutique Spa and AmorePacific Spa, as well as at over 160 hair salons such as Ra Beauty Core and Chahong Ardor. In addition, Citi plans to run seasonal promotions to ensure customers can enjoy diverse benefits at reasonable prices; current offers i
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Ssangyong Motor (CEO Lee Yoo Il; www.smotor.com), part of the USD 15.9 billion Mahindra Group, announced on May 23, 2013 that the full payment of 80 billion won for the new shares has been received from its majority shareholder Mahindra & Mahindra Group and that the paid-in capital increase was successfully completed. Ssangyong Motor decided to make a third party allotment (Preferential Offer) to Mahindra on Feb. 14, 2013 to secure investment funds for new products. The most recent increase in the paid-in capital results from the issuance of some 14.545 million new shares
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Brickstream, a leader in behavior intelligence solutions for environments where people shop, gather work and play, today announced that developer Land & Houses has deployed its SeeMore 3D smart devices, BehaviorIQ analytics platform and TrafficIQ application to measure visitor traffic at Terminal 21, a 9-story shopping mall with more than 2,000 retail spaces in Bangkok. The implementation was spearheaded by IMAS, a Brickstream partner and provider of people counting, traffic and productivity analysis solutions. Terminal 21 needs to substantiate the value of its retail spa
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy efficient solutions, today announces the extension of its IPv6 modules portfolio with a size and cost optimized version of the ZWIR4512, a uniquely secure and easy-to-integrate low-power wireless data communication module for sensors and other small devices used in industry and building automation, health monitoring, smart metering and keyless entry systems. As a global supplier of analog and mixed signal solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, information technology and consum
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]SolarWinds® (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held N-able Technologies, a leader in Cloud-based remote monitoring and management (RMM) and service automation software for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). SolarWinds is acquiring N-able for $120 million in cash. The company expects the acquisition to close before the end of May. “Upon completion of the acquisition, the addition of N-able to the SolarWinds family gives us the opportunity to r
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]BMO Financial Group (TSX: BMO)(NYSE: BMO) has announced that Ambassador David Jacobson, who currently serves as United States Ambassador to Canada, will join the bank as Vice-Chair this October. “Unequivocally, the contribution that Ambassador Jacobson has made to strengthening the important economic, social and cultural ties between Canada and the United States is immense,” said Bill Downe, President and Chief Executive Officer of BMO Financial Group. “His deep knowledge of both countries - their joint history, privileged relationship and unique interconnectedness - make
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Daemyung Enterprise, WEBGATE division that obtained the world’s first HDcctv certificates of HD-CCTV camera, DVR, converter products, and won the “Compliance Leadership Award” for two consecutive years in 2011 and 2012, released fiber-optic converter 4 models for HD-SDI signal transmission. These models are the world’s first fiber-optic converters which got the HDcctv certificate from HDcctv Alliance. They are composed of 1ch, 4ch transmitter 2 models and 1ch, 16ch receiver 2 models, and they can be used for long-distance HD-SDI video transmission without external noise i
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:SGYP), a developer of new drugs to treat patients with gastrointestinal disorders and diseases, today presented positive safety and efficacy results from its large multicenter trial of plecanatide in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Orlando, FL. The data were presented at the Late-Breaking Abstract Session of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) by lead author Dr. Philip B. Miner, President and Medical Director of the Oklahoma Foundation for Digestive Research. Plecana