TOSHIBA SHIPPING SAMPLES OF MOTOR DRIVER IC WITH HIGH-DEFINITION MICRO STEPPING

- Achieves large current drive and high-accuracy control while cutting power consumption

TOKYO, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) today announced “TB67S128FTG,” a bipolar stepping motor driver with a 50V/5A rating and support for 128 micro steps. Sample shipments start from the end of this month.

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High speed and high performance motor control and lower power consumption are required for applications that include 3D printers, office equipment, banking terminals such as ATMs, cash dispensers, amusement machines, and home appliances. To meet these conflicting requirements, Toshiba has applied its original current optimization technology, AGC[1], to a new motor driver IC that achieves a large current drive (50V/5A rating).

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Crownbio launches new target model for immunotherapy

SAN DIEGO, April 27 (Bernama) -- Crown Bioscience, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Bioscience International has enhance its existing portfolio of humanised drug target models by launching a new transgenic CD3E model to advance development of immuno-oncology (I/O) drugs.

CrownBio addresses this need with their new CD3E transgenic model that was validated in collaboration with and developed by NBRI of Nanjing University, a statement said.

NBRI is a leading company in China providing high-quality human disease related animal models for biomedical community as well as pharmaceutical companies.

Novel therapeutic T-cell redirecting antibodies, including bispecific T cell engagers, show great promise in effectively treating cancer. However, development of these drugs is hampered by a lack of in vivo models that can accurately recapitulate human specific responses.

The CD3E model expresses the human form of CD3E and is phenotypically normal with levels of T, B, and NK cells comparable to control. These features make it an ideal model for determining the efficacy of CD3 targeted T cell redirecting therapies through direct assessment of T cell activation, antigen recognition and related intracellular signal transduction pathways.

"Data generated from our new CD3E models demonstrate their unique ability to guide development of bispecific T cell engagers and other T cell redirecting therapies," said Dr Davy Ouyang, Director of Translational Oncology at CrownBio. "We are very excited about the potential these innovative models have to uncover new insights in the discovery and development of cutting-edge I/O agents."

Crown Bioscience is a global drug discovery and development services company providing translational platforms to advance oncology, inflammation, cardiovascular and metabolic disease research.

Learn more about CrownBio's new CD3E model by visiting https://www.crownbio.com/immuno-oncology/hugemm/cd3e-mouse-model

-- BERNAMA

A.M. BEST AFFIRMS CREDIT RATINGS OF SHINKONG INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

HONG KONG, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” of Shinkong Insurance Company Limited (Shinkong Insurance) (Taiwan). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings reflect Shinkong Insurance’s balance sheet strength, which A.M. Best categorizes as very strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, favorable business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. The company’s risk-adjusted capitalization remains solid and supportive of its current ratings, underpinned by continued organic growth from earnings retention, accumulation of claims equalization reserves and prudent reinsurance arrangements. Shinkong Insurance has consistently demonstrated underwriting and investment profitability over the past five years, mainly driven by positive results in the voluntary personal motor line, investment gains from interest income and realized gains from available-for-sale securities. Moreover, the company maintains a well-established business profile in Taiwan’s non-life insurance segment and consistently has held the third-largest market share over the past 10 years in terms of gross premiums written. Partially offsetting rating factors include the continued highly competitive market environment, which could exert pressure on the company’s operating profitability. While positive rating actions are not likely in the short term, negative rating actions could occur if the company experiences significant and continued deterioration in operating performance or if there is a substantial decline in its risk-adjusted capitalization.  http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=31772

WESTINGHOUSE AP1000® PLANT TO LOAD FUEL

Landmark milestone for Westinghouse technology

SANMEN, China, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Westinghouse Electric Company, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) announced today that the world’s first unit of AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China, has received the fuel load permit from China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and has commenced initial fuel loading.

“Today we have reached a tremendous milestone for Westinghouse and our AP1000 plant technology,” said José Emeterio Gutiérrez, Westinghouse president and chief executive officer. “This is the next major step in delivering the world’s first AP1000 plant to our customer and demonstrating the benefits of our advanced passive safety technology to the world.”

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JAM CITY LAUNCHES HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS MYSTERY ON THE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY

New Mobile Game Allows Players to Experience the Magic of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry First-Hand as Students

LOS ANGELES, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Jam City, a Los Angeles based mobile games studio, announced today that the new mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is available to download now on the App Store and Google Play. Developed by Jam City in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the first mobile game where players create their own character and experience life as a Hogwarts student. The game will launch under Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's Portkey Games, a label dedicated to creating new mobile and videogame experiences that place the player at the center of their own adventure, inspired by J.K. Rowling’s original stories.

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“There are so few moments where a mobile entertainment company has the chance to truly bring magic into the world and we’ve been thrilled by the amazing response our game has already received from Harry Potter fans everywhere,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam City. “We at Jam City have been working hard to ensure that any aspiring witch or wizard can enter Hogwarts through their smartphones and tablets and begin their magical journeys.”

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Cisco expands orange's OTI service to Europe, Africa and Middle East

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama) -- Cisco Systems Inc and Orange Group will collaborate on the modernisation and expansion of Orange´s Open Transit Internet (OTI) service to expand its network in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

It will reduced operational complexity and increased capacity using the new generation of routers on its OTI service increasing network efficiency to improve service and manage the exponential increase in Internet traffic across the network, a statement said.

"Our work with Cisco on OTI supports the further evolution of our network, allowing us to cope with huge traffic growth and improving the reach of our network," said senior vice-president, Orange International Networks Infrastructures and Services, Jean-Luc Vuillemin.

Cisco´s senior vice-president of Engineering, Service Provider Business, Sumeet Arora said with Cisco´s NCS, Orange can reap the business benefits of a highly reliable and resilient platform to support its networking goals.

Cisco´s NCS offered Orange the means to execute its plans to prepare for 400G speeds including the advantages of reduction in the number of chassis to be managed, high port density, high performance forwarding, low jitter and the lowest power consumption in terms of Gigabits/sec.

Cisco NCS 5500 is powered by the Cisco IOS XR network operating system with the capabilities of model-driven telemetry, model-driven programmability and enhanced automation and application hosting.

OTI is a Tier 1 international Internet connectivity solution offering direct access to the Internet networks in more than 100 countries through more than 50 points of presence, offer users a benefit from a large range of interfaces and throughputs as well as from guaranteed high-service availability.

Cisco is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when they connect the previously unconnected. More information at http://thenetwork.cisco.com

--BERNAMA 

MRC provides US$137 million to JDS development for luxury residences in Miami Beach Florida

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Bernama) -- Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided a US$137 million (RM 524. 71 million) construction loan to JDS Development Group for Monad Terrace

59 individually-designed waterfront residences in Miami Beach, Florida, US.

Construction is underway with the foundation nearly complete as the tower is expected to go vertical in Spring 2018 and estimated to complete in Fall 2019. The project was designed in collaboration with Miami-based Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design, Inc.

The high-design product is by Pritzker Prize- winning architect Jean Nouvel and a plus factor is the South Beach market´s extremely limited new development inventory and viability, a statement said.

"There´s virtually no new development product coming out of the ground in South Beach right now, so we offered a customised financing solution for JDS´s needs given our knowledge of the market, " said co-founder and managing principal of MRC, Josh Zegen.

Michael Stern, founder and managing partner of JDS Development said securing this loan demonstrates the strength of the project, the attractiveness of the Miami Beach market and the overall demand for luxury housing in Miami.

Sales at Monad Terrace are averaging almost US$2,000 (RM 7660) P/PSF and a penthouse unit is under contract for US$2,700(RM 10341) per foot, a record for the neighborhood. The sales and marketing is managed by Douglas Elliman Development Marketing.

Outstanding aspects of the residences is how the project fuses environmental responsibility with innovative climate resilience features into the architecture, starting by elevating the building 11.5 feet, well over Miami Beach standards.

MRC is a New York-based real estate investment firm that pursues real estate equity and debt investments in the middle market. MRC has invested in approximately US$7 billion (RM 26.81 billion) of transactions in the multifamily, retail, office, industrial and hotel sectors.

--BERNAMA