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OPEC Producers Shouldn’t Panic Yet About Slowdown in China

The demand on OPEC producers for crude could rise next year by 900,000 bpd to average 30.1 million bpd OPEC forecasting demand for its oil to rise by one million barrels a day in 2016.

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Setting the Pace for Global Innovation

With half of its economies ranked in the top 40, Southeast Asia and Oceania maintain their innovation dynamism this year, according to The Global Innovation Index (GII), 2015.

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WHO: China Faces Ageing Population

With advances in medicine helping more people to live longer lives, the number of people over the age of 60 is expected to double by 2050 and will require radical societal change.

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Arcadis Rebrand Strengthens Global Positioning

Arcadis has unveiled its new, refreshed brand identity and will now go to market globally under one brand. The announcement follows two years of investment in joining up its 28,000 people in a single operating model, which enables Arcadis to bring the very best knowledge and technical expertise to clients across the globe. The new brand will be adopted across the 70 countries in which Arcadis operates and will see legacy brands being phased out, including Langdon & Seah, Hyder Consulting, ARCADIS Logos and EC Harris. Callison and RTKL, Arcadis’ architectural brands, are also merging to create CallisonRTKL. Neil McArthur, Chief Executive Officer, Arcadis said: “Our clients tell us that the challenges they face call for their business partners to adapt and innovate, to bring their best ideas and expertise from around the world. Over the past two years we have invested heavily in our business to meet these client needs.  “We are already seeing this approach bear fruit through applying our global capabilities to win work on mega projects such as the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia and the protection of New York following Hurricane Sandy.” The refreshed brand reflects Arcadis’ ability to seamlessly draw on our global capabilities to provide exceptional and sustainable outcomes across the whole lifecycle of natural and built assets.  “Coming together under the single new brand is also an important step in bringing our people together to realise our passion of improving the quality of life and being recognized as the best,” McArthur adds. Arcadis Asia’s business growth and strategy looks…

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Tableau Marks Golden Jubilee with New Asia Pacific Office

Tableau Software today unveiled its new 50,000 square foot office in Singapore as the country celebrates its golden jubilee.

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Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair 2015: A Cut above the Rest

Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair 2015 will open its doors from 22-25 October at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.

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JCB Commits To Indonesia at the Mining Indonesia 2015 Show

JCB Southeast Asia exhibited for the first time at the Mining Indonesia 2015 show, held from 9 –12 September, 2015 at the Jakarta International Expo Centre, Kemayoran, Jakarta.

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Netflix to Reach New Asian Markets in Early 2016

Internet television network Netflix will launch in Singapore in early 2016 the Company said in a statement today. 

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Siemens Becomes Strategic Automation Partner for GlaxoSmithKline

Siemens and GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, have entered a global strategic partnership.

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Malaysia Gears Up of the Decommissioning and Mature Wells Management Conference

From 2-4 December, 2015, 150-plus senior level engineering and operations executives will gather at the Decommissioning and Mature Wells Management Conference.

By Editorial Team