نان جینگ، چین، یکم دسمبر 2021 /ژن ہوا-ایشیانیٹ/– نان جینگ میں 2021 کے آئی وائی ایف خصوصی مکالمے میں “میرا خوبصورت آبائی شہر” کے نام سے انٹریز کی کال شروع کی جا رہی ہے۔ شاہراہ ریشم پر نوجوانوں کے لئے اپنے آبائی شہر کی دلکشی کو عالمی سامعین کے سامنے پیش کرنے کے ایک بہترین موقع کے طور پر یہ ان کے لئے اختراع اور تخلیقی صلاحیتوں میں نوجوانوں کی قیادت پر اپنے خیالات، کہانیاں اور اقدامات بانٹنے کا ایک مثالی پلیٹ فارم ہے۔ نان جینگ لٹریچر سینٹر کے مطابق آئی وائی ایف ایس ڈی ایک قیمتی موقع بھی ہے جس میں نوجوانوں کے مزید اقدامات اور قیادت کو سب کے لئے پائیدار، جامع اور لچکدار مستقبل شیئر کرنے کے لئے ترغیب دی جا سکتی ہے۔
تمام شرکاء سے مؤدبانہ درخواست کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ اپنے آبائی علاقوں، شہروں یا خطوں جیسے ثقافتی ورثے، منفرد نشانات، مقامی رسم و رواج، پکوان کی روایات یا خصوصیات والے دستکاریوں کے لئے بات کرتے ہوئے اصل تحریر، آرٹ تخلیق یا ویڈیو کے کام کا ایک نمونہ تخلیق کریں، جس میں کسی بھی صنف کا تحریری نمونے کے ساتھ انگریزی میں 150 سے زیادہ الفاظ نہ ہوں (یا چینی زبان میں 200 الفاظ ہوں)۔ یہ شاہرہ ریشم کے ساتھ والے ممالک یا علاقوں سے 18 سے 45 سال کی عمر کی تمام نوجوان آبادی کے لئے کھلا ہے۔
پینل کے انتخاب کی بنیاد پر دس فاتحین کو شاندار تخلیق، تین کو تیسرے انعام، دو کو دوسرے انعام اور ایک کو پہلے انعام کے لئے سرٹیفکیٹ دیئے جائیں گے اور اہلیت کی گذارشات جمع کرانے والے تمام شرکاء کو سرٹیفکیٹ آف ریکوگنیشن( شناختی سرٹیفیکیٹ) ملیں گے۔ گذارشات جمع کرانے کا مطلب یہ ہے کہ منتظمین کو عوام کو تخلیقی نمونوں استعمال کرنے، شائع کرنے، دوبارہ پیش کرنے، تقسیم کرنے، بات چیت کرنے یا عوام کو دستیاب کرانے کے عمومی حقوق دیئے جاتے ہیں اور اس کے ذریعے داخل ہونے والے اس بات پر رضامندی ظاہر کرتے ہیں کہ یہ کام غیر منافع بخش تعلیمی یا عوامی معلومات کے استعمال کے لئے استعمال کیا جائے گا۔
اس کے بدلے میں، پہلے انعام یافتہ کو 3000 یوآن جبکہ ہر دوسرے انعام یافتہ کو 2000 یوآن، ہر تیسرے انعام یافتہ کو 1200 یوآن اور ہر شاندار تخلیق کرنے والے کو 600 یوآن کا معاوضہ دیا جائے گا۔ براہ کرم یہ بات نوٹ کریں کہ تمام انعامات ٹیکس سمیت ہیں۔ نتائج کا اعلان آن لائن شیئرنگ سیشن پر کیا جائے گا جو 17 دسمبر 2021 کو منعقد ہوگا۔
Sophi Dynamic Paywall wins global award for Best Paid Media Strategy
TORONTO, Dec. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sophi.io, The Globe and Mail’s artificial intelligence-based automation, optimization and prediction engine, won WAN-IFRA’s 2021 Digital Media Awards Worldwide award in the Best Paid Media Strategy category for Sophi Dynamic Paywall, its real-time, personalized paywall engine that analyses both content characteristics and user behaviour to determine when to ask a reader for money or an email address, and when to leave them alone.
The judges unanimously selected Sophi Dynamic Paywall as the winner, with one judge commenting: “What Globe and Mail did is state of the art and what I appreciate most is that they permanently tested against the old paywall so those results are really, really sustainable.”
The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)’s Digital Media Awards Worldwide is the news media industry’s global digital media competition. The worldwide winners are selected from the winners of the regional Digital Media Awards in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and South Asia, which together provide news publishers with regular showcases for best-practice innovation in digital publishing worldwide. The awards recognize and celebrate the best of digital media.
“Sophi Dynamic Paywall has been crucial to driving reader revenue at The Globe and Mail,” said Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail. “I look forward to sharing more stories about how Sophi’s other customers are seeing great results with our AI-powered technology.”
Sophi is an artificial-intelligence system that helps publishers identify their most valuable content and leverage it to achieve key business goals. The Sophi suite of tools also consists of Sophi Site Automation which autonomously curates content across all of a publisher’s digital properties and Sophi Content Paywall which uses complex natural language processing models to analyze every piece of content and select articles to put in front of or behind a hard paywall, maximizing the value of both the subscription revenue opportunity and the advertising revenue for publishers.
Publishers on five continents now use Sophi’s AI and ML technology to power paywall decisions, website automation and print automation.
About Sophi.io
Sophi.io (https://www.sophi.io) was developed by The Globe and Mail to help content publishers make important strategic and tactical decisions. It is a suite of AI-powered tools that includes Sophi Site Automation and Sophi for Paywalls. Sophi is designed to improve the metrics that matter most to your business, such as subscriber retention and acquisition, engagement, recency, frequency and volume. Sophi also powers automated laydown of print and ePaper publishing.
SOLRE 2022 – State of Luxury Real Estate Report – Luxury Portfolio International
Number of Luxury Real Estate Sellers Increases Globally; Some Buyers Expressing FOMO (Strong Fear of Missing Out); Sustainability ‘Critically Important’ Among Affluent Buyers Worldwide
Latest Report Comprises Data from Top 1-5% Bracket Surveyed Across 20 Countries, Representing an Affluent Population of Almost 32 Million Households
NEW YORK, Dec. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Luxury Portfolio International® (LPI), the world’s premier network of luxury residential real estate brokerages, is pleased to share the results of its 2022 State of Luxury Real Estate Report (SOLRE). The study comprises data from individuals in the top 1% to 5% income bracket across 20 countries, and touches on a broad range of topics crucial to the global luxury residential real estate market.
Most notably, the LPI report reveals a continuation of dominating home purchasing-related trends that began during Q3 2020 and continued throughout all of 2021, showing that demand for luxury real estate remains high; price increases expected to continue; supply remains lower than demand; time-on-the-market for luxury single-family homes often continues to “last just hours”; and sustainability is ‘Critically Important’ (66 percent) when considering future home purchases.
The study also shows an increase in the number of affluent sellers of residential real estate worldwide; that among luxury homes buyers, the majority (74 percent) shared strong feelings of a personal economic confidence and still 75 percent are significantly concerned that their discretionary spending power could be tested soon.
And while 2022 is expected to continue at a fast pace, there are signs that the luxury residential real estate market will be increasingly stabilizing, a crucial step to avoid complications for a long-term, super-heated market.
With 75 percent of luxury home buyers choosing their next home with environmental sustainability headlining a broad range of findings from a study of the world’s affluent households by Luxury Portfolio International® (LPI), 2021 ends as one of the most robust luxury residential real estate markets in history.
“After a record-breaking year in luxury real estate, we anticipate that some balance will be restored to the market,” said Mickey Alam Khan, President of LPI. “It is important to view the luxury market over a trajectory of several years, noting that half of 2020 was in paralysis due to the pandemic. The red-hot market that began in the latter part of 2020 continued into 2021 and will continue a positive trajectory into 2022. The difference will be that there will be more luxury sellers in 2022 than in 2021, and while there will be fewer actual luxury buyers, it is still a seller’s market. The pandemic madness that drove us to an over-heated market is being normalized. Demand will remain strong, and a healthy, new normal in luxury real estate will start to take hold in 2022.”
Sustainability, according to the study, is now a major differentiator in luxury homes, and buyers are willing to pay a premium to have features and amenities that better prepare them for the future. 75 percent of those surveyed noted choosing their next home with sustainability in mind, with an unprecedented 90 percent noting “yes” as to factoring sustainability in relation to a Next Chapter in Life home search. According to the study, a “Next Chapter in Life” home search pertains to those moving to be closer to family, because of their children’s education, a career move, and other mitigating factors.
People interested in sustainability as a major factor of their home purchase are 71 percent more likely to view the purchase as a legacy home that will be passed on to their heirs. Further, as interest in sustainability grows, the quality of the buyer improves for the benefit of the seller, in that this buyer wants to transact sooner and for a relatively higher budget.
FOMO, or Fear of Missing Out is the feeling of anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on social media. With a year at home and headlines touting the hot market, FOMO has become a significant concern for 26 percent of luxury buyers. FOMO manifests in different ways, first as a true “missed the boat” moment where prices extend beyond reach. A second concern – equally impactful – is arranging finances for major purchases.
While COVID-19 remains a significant concern, the study revealed that the market has already accounted for much of its effects. This compared to last year when the top trend in luxury real estate was finding a home that would accommodate the family that works from home.
That said, according to the study, working from home, is wearing on a substantial percentage of luxury home buyers. The Study revealed that 27 percent of luxury buyers cited working from home as a ‘significant concern.’ Remote work and the associated frustration and stress of being home continues to play a significant role in the purchase decision process.
Buyers concerned about de-stressing their work-from-home environment noted diversions such as entertainment at home, night life nearby, and relaxation-inducing amenities like a spa/hot tub, a specialty cocktail scale, and specialty rooms for media and gaming.
Additional key findings from the research include:
Globally, the affluent class remains highly interested in purchasing residential real estate at any price, with a 33 percent increase year-over-year. There is no doubt that 2021 will end with a backlog of buyers, setting up 2022 as another strong year for luxury real estate.
Over 14 millionaffluent households remain interested in buying a residence, of which 6.4 million are in the luxury category. An additional 1.2 million luxury homeowners have found an interest in selling in the next 3 years, up 32 percent from last year. Record valuations no doubt play a key role in this decision.
Working together, these factors indicate global price stabilization and market normalization is in store for 2022 and beyond. What once appeared to be a wide chasm between the number of potential buyers and sellers (10.3MM buyers and 4.0MM sellers) is moving appropriately towards equilibrium (6.4MM buyers and 5.2MM sellers).
The global trend for residential real estate demand will continue to grow in 2022. The percentage of individuals in the market to purchase residential real estate by the end of 2022 increased from 19 percent in 2021 to 39 percent in 2022 in Europe, and from 30 percent in 2021 to 37 percent in 2022 in Asia/Pacific. 46 percent of those surveyed from the Middle East, specifically consumers from Saudi Arabia and the UAE have the greatest interest in acquiring residential real estate, as those individuals continue to diversify their holdings. North America shows modest growth from 21 percent in 2021 to 25 percent in 2022.
Luxury homeowners are coming around to selling. With new construction experiencing delays due to the challenges with goods and services, there is a consistent interest in existing homes. However, owners were not necessarily in the market to sell last year, and consequently the lack of inventory has been a significant price driver in most luxury markets. Now, it seems that luxury owners are convinced that the iron is hot and their interest in selling has increased by more than double (to 28 percent from 11 percent). In fact, 71 percent of owners believe their home value will increase this year, creating a strong incentive to sell. The average luxury homeowner expects an increase of approximately 4–5 percent compared to 3–4 percent last year.
Psychologically it remains a seller’s market. In practice, we can expect a more balanced ratio of buyers and sellers in the years to come. As affluent consumers participate in the residential market, luxury-residence seekers are down 58 percent in 2021 (from 34 percent to 20 percent of the total affluent), while conversely, in this delicate balancing act, the number of luxury sellers is on the rise by 26 percent (up to 16 percent from 13 percent of the total affluent).
While the flight to suburbia has been a major COVID headline, the research reveals that city-center luxury residential real estate is alive-and-well. Over half of luxury buyers worldwide (55 percent) expect to buy their next residence in a city and 77 percent will be within commuting range. Notably, Asia-Pacific luxury buyers are significantly more likely to buy in the city center than their global counterparts.
Single-family home popularity surges beyond North America. The research revealed that the popularity of single-family homes is growing on a global scale, with 40 percent of Europe/Middle East buyers and 29 percent of Asia-Pacific buyers seeking the luxury of additional space and privacy. Year on year, demand for this type of housing is increasing as, collectively, shared living spaces are becoming less attractive to the luxury buyer. North America remains the top driver for demand of this type of residence.
A new class of entry-level luxury buyer enters the market. Across the full spectrum of affluent consumers, there is greater interest in purchasing real estate under $1 million. This signals a resurgence of upper-middle class buyers who delayed in purchasing due to the pandemic, or who are now willing and able to acquire. Consequently, this is creating an increase in the number of entry-level luxury buyers, up to 44 percent from 39 percent in the USD 1-1.9 million range. This democratic luxury-for-the-many effect is most pronounced in North America and less so in Asia Pacific and Europe/Middle East, where the wealthy class tends to skew toward relatively small groups of people with very high concentrations of wealth.
ABOUT LUXURY PORTFOLIO INTERNATIONAL® (LPI) Luxury Portfolio International (luxuryportfolio.com) is the leading network of the world’s premier luxury real estate brokerages and their top agents, offering unparalleled marketing and intelligence services across the globe. It is the luxury arm of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® the global network of top independent real estate firms, with 550 companies and 150,000 sales associates in 70 countries. Last year, network members participated in over 1.3 million global transactions. LPI attracts a global audience of visitors from over 200 countries/territories every month and markets more than 50,000 luxury homes annually. Well Connected.™
NANJING, China, Dec. 1, 2021 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/— The 2021 IYF Special Dialogue in Nanjing is now launching a call for entries themed as “My Beautiful Hometown”. As a great opportunity for young people along the silk roads to present the charm of their hometowns to a global audience, it is an ideal platform for them to share their thoughts, stories, and actions on youth leadership in innovation and creativity. The IYFSD is also a treasured occasion to inspire more youth actions and leadership for a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient shared future for all, according to Nanjing Literature Centre.
All participants are kindly requested to create a piece of original writing, art creation, or video work speaking for their hometowns, cities or regions, like cultural heritages, unique landmarks, local customs, culinary traditions, or featured handicrafts, with a writing piece of any genre, no more than 150 words in English (or 200 words in Chinese). It is open to all the young population aged between 18 and 45 from countries or regions along the silk roads.
Based on the panel selection, certificates will be awarded to ten winners for Outstanding Creation, three for Third Prize, two for Second Prize, and one for First Prize, and all participants with eligible submissions will receive Certificates of Recognition. The submission means that the organizers are granted the non-exclusive rights to use, publish, reproduce, distribute, communicate or make available to the public the creative pieces, and the entrants hereby consent that the work will be used for non-profit educational or public information uses.
In return, a remuneration of 3,000 yuan will be awarded to the First Prize winner, while 2,000 yuan to each Second Prize, 1,200 yuan to each Third Prize, and 600 yuan to each Outstanding Creation. Please be noted that all the prizes are tax-inclusive. The results will be announced on the online sharing session which will be held on 17th December, 2021.
Please submit the entries to the emails below accordingly:
For Writings: wangtaotao@njliterature.org
For Art Pieces: zhao.sifan@njliterature.org
For Videos: tianyy0226899@163.com
The call is to be closed on 12th December 2021. Please call WANG Taotao, phone number: +86 18801586865 for more information.
Karachi, Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held on December 23, 2021 through video link, to confirm the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on October 27, 2021.
Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited (SPEL) is a part of SPEL Group which provides one stop shopping to customers for plastic products.
With its three plants, one in Kotlakhpat two in Pandoki, Lahore, it is organized in the product lines of Molds and Dies Manufacturing, Automotive Parts, Food Packaging, Plastic Crates and Off Road Vehicle Parts.
SPEL now has a portfolio of varied products with a large client base. Supplies are made to assemblers and manufacturers of cars, tractors, motor cycles, electronic equipment, road construction equipment etc. We also provide Plastic Packaging for Food, Hair Care, Skin Care and Pharmaceutical products.
The symbol “SPEL” is being used by the stock exchange for the shares of Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited.
Karachi, Leather Up Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that annual general meeting of the company is scheduled to be held on January 31, 2022 at Islamabad.
The agenda of the meeting will to receive, consider and adopt the Annual Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2021 together with the Directors and Auditors Reports thereon, to appoint auditors for the year ending June 30, 2021 and fix their remuneration and to transact any other business with the permission of the chair.
Leather Up Limited was incorporated as a private limited company. Subsequently the Company was converted into a public limited Company on May 15, 1993. The Company is engaged in the manufacture and export of leather garment products.
The total numbers of shares are 6,000,000. The Earnings per share is (0.14) in 2020 which was (1.42) in 2019. The Company had a loss of 860,000 which was 8,195,000.
Karachi, United Distributors Pakistan Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that Mr. Mirza Asmer Beg has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the company with effect from December 01, 2021 in place of Mr. Asad Abdullah.
United Distributors Pakistan Limited was incorporated in Pakistan as a Public Company limited by shares. Its principal business activities are manufacturing, trading and distribution of pesticides, fertilizers and other allied products.
The companies include; Dow Agro Sciences (USA), FMC Corporation (USA), Pioneer Seeds (USA), Nichimen (Japan) and currently DuPont (USA). The businesses of FMC United as well as Pioneer Seeds were developed almost exclusively by UDL and currently have Joint Ventures with both of them.
The total number of shares of the Company is 35,271,134. The Earning per share is (6.32) in 2020 which was 1.64 in 2019. The Profit After Taxation in 2020 is (223,039,000) which was 50,371,000 in 2019.
Karachi, 786 Investment Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that the company has no objection to the appointment of Ms. Charmaine Hidyatullah and Syed Musharraf Ali as Directors of the Company in terms of Rule 7(2)(aa) of the Non-Banking Finance Companies Rule 2003.
786 Investments Limited, the Company was incorporated on September 18, 1990 as a public limited Company in Pakistan. The Company has changed its name to 786 Investments Limited with effect from January 20, 2017 after completing regulatory formalities. Mutual Funds, Saving Funds, Wealth Management are the Business Areas of the Company.
The total shares of the Company are 14,973,750. The Earnings per shares of the company 0.19 in 2020. Which was (2.89) in 2019. Their Profit after Taxation is 2,825,000 in 2020 which was (43,208,000) in 2019.
Karachi, Saudi Pak Leasing Company Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that the eleven member have been elected as Directors of the Company in their Extraordinary General Meeting held on December 03, 2021 at Karachi, by the end of stipulated time i.e. November 19, 2021.
Saudi Pak Leasing Company Limited was incorporated in Pakistan on 08 January 1991. The main business activity of the Company is leasing of assets.
In October, 1997, Saudi Pak Industrial & Agricultural Investment Co. Limited (“SAPICO”) acquired the entire 35.06% shareholding of Standard Chartered Mercantile Leasing Co. Limited and rechristened it as Saudi Pak Leasing Co. Limited (SPLC) with its Head Office at Karachi.
At present, SAPICO holds 35.06% stake in the Company, and the rest with the individuals as well as corporate shareholders
The total number of shares the company has introduced so far are 45,160,500. Their Earnings per shares in 2020 is (1.18) which was 0.15 in 2019. The profit after taxation in 2020 is (53,430,000) which was 6,757,000 in 2019.
Karachi, Habib Bank Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange about transaction of shares of the company. 1,000 shares @ Rs. 122.53 per share were bought/ sold in the market on November 01, 2021 through CDC.
Habib Bank Limited is incorporated in Pakistan and is engaged in commercial banking related services in Pakistan and overseas. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), S.A. is the parent company of the Bank and its registered office is in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Government of Pakistan privatized HBL in 2004 through which Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) acquired 51% of the Bank’s shareholding and the management control. The remaining 41.5% shareholding by the GoP was divested in April 2015. AKFED continues to retain 51% shareholding in HBL while the remaining shareholding is held by individuals, local and foreign institutions and funds including CDC Group Public Limited Company which holds 5% and International Finance Corporation which holds 3%.
The Bank is listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange. The shares of the bank are 1,466,852,508. Its Earnings per shares is 21.49 in 2020 which was 10.27 in 2019. Their Profit after Taxation is 31,523,682,000 in 2020 which was 15,064,189,000 in 2019.
Karachi, J. D. W. Sugar Mills Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that the Company has received remaining 60% i.e. Rs. 1,225 Million from the Central Power Purchasing Agency (Guarantee) Limited in the form of one-third cash, one-third Government Ijarah Sukuk and one-third Pakistan Investment Bonds.
The Sugar Division comprises of three sugar mills Units in the districts of Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab and Ghotki, Sindh. With its combined crushing capacity of 44,500 TCD, it is one of the largest group in the sugar sector and contributes approximately 15-17% of country’s sugar production.
The Company has been successful in completing and commissioning its two high-pressure Co-Generation plants at Unit-II (Sadiqabad) and Unit-III (Ghotki). The first 26.6 MW plant at Unit-II achieved commercial operations on 12 June 2014 after clearing all testing, certification and trial run requirements. The second 26.8 MW project at Unit-III achieved commercial operations on 03 October 2014 after similarly completing all pre-commissioning formalities.
JDW is also managing Sugarcane Corporate Farms over the area of 24,000 Acres in the Provinces of Punjab & Sindh. By using knowledge, experience together with modern tools and machinery and distinctive agronomic strategies, JDW has been able to build highly efficient and eco-friendly farms with higher yields. Company’s unique farming techniques have also led to the capacity building of existing farmers thereby resulting in improved and reliable cane supply to JDW.
The symbol “JDWS” is being used by the stock exchange for the shares of J. D. W. Sugar Mills Limited.
Karachi, Tri-Star Polyester informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that the corporate briefing session of the Company will be held on December 08, 2021 at Karachi.
Tri Star Polyester Limited is a Polyester Filament Yarn manufacturing plant established in 1992 and is situated at S.I.T.E., Karachi having a capacity of 4,200 tons/annum based on 75 denier.
The symbol “TRPOL” is being used by the stock exchanges for the Tri Star Polyester Limited.
