The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 1,274,036 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 25,996 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,557 to 77,034.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Panama reached 8,282 on Saturday, a rise of 212 from the previous day, and deaths climbed by six to 237, the health ministry said.

Thailand reported five new coronavirus cases but no deaths on Sunday, bringing the total to 3,009 cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak started in the country in January.

Los Angeles County public health officials reported 1,011 new coronavirus cases and 44 related deaths Saturday.

Semi-retired in Westwood, he'd rather stay at home, but begins each day taking a homeless tent census.

The need for food in L.A. County has reached record levels, putting food banks under pressure to deliver even while their normal supply chains are disrupted.

At least 100 protesters gathered outside the residence of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, with marchers calling for the economy to reopen and condemning the health orders enacted in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Watch the video and learn basic principles of modeling panel data using SAS/ETS.

This paper highlights the many enhancements to SAS/ETS software and demonstrates how these features can help your organization increase revenue and enhance productivity.

This paper begins with a look at both optimization modeling and discrete-event simulation modeling, and explores how they can most effectively work together to create additional analytic value. It then considers two examples of a combined optimization and simulation approach and discusses the resulting benefits.

This paper provides recommendations for circumventing memory problems and reducing execution times for your mixed-modeling analyses, as well as showing the new HPMIXED procedure can be beneficial for certain situations, as with large sparse mixed models.

This paper provides a high-level tour of five modern approaches to model building that are available in recent releases of SAS/STAT.

This SAS Usage Note illustrates fitting a model containing a spline effect in PROC GLIMMIX. It discusses the spline basis output, the interpretation of the output, how to use the spline model to make predictions, and how to use the LSMEANS and ESTIMATE statements to compute quantities of interest.

This paper provides an example that shows you how to use multiple RANDOM statements in PROC NLMIXED to fit nested nonlinear mixed models, and it provides details about the computation that is involved in fitting these models.

Oriente is the parent company of Finmas, Cashalo and Finizi, three online lenders operating in SE Asia.

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All of the proceeds raised through the Ray of Hope platform will go directly to Beyond Social Services charity's COVID-19 Family Assistance Fund. 

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The company went into receivership in February after DBS appointed KPMG as the receiver.

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AsiaKredit provides consumer finance products to underserved consumers in the Philippines.

The post SG’s GoBear buys digital lender AsiaKredit to expand alternate consumer lending appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

Singapore-based Ramblin' Brands raised a $4.4-million round from DSG Consumer Partners in 2016.

The post COVID-19 spurs surge in demand for SG-based sexual wellness firm’s Smile Makers appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

The funding will be used by the company to expand its production capacity.

The post SG’s biodegradable plastic maker RWDC raises $133m in Series B round appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

The property benefits from a prominent location in Jurong close to the upcoming Tuas Megaport.

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The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2020.

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Atento claims to be the largest customer relationship management and BPO player in Latin America.

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The acquisition price of $58.36 million works out to 20 times price-to-earnings ratio.

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Most economists have cemented their expectations for the MAS to ease policy at its review scheduled for April.

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The Malaysian government announced a nationwide lockdown from March 18 to 31 to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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It is exploring setting up a vehicle to take over the debt of Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia.

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CEO Marc Barnett described the layoffs as a response to uncertainties surrounding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bursa Malaysia said both exchanges would collaborate on several areas of mutual interest aimed at strengthening ties and promoting the flow of investment.

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Lalamove is set to offer food delivery service at zero commission for food merchants in Singapore. 

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Philippines-based cloud kitchen startup CloudEats has secured $1.4 million in a seed funding round led by an undisclosed local family office.

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A big challenge for Salim Group and its investment ambitions could be its transition to a new generation.

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HC Surgical will enter into a separate agreement to buy the remaining stake in GMHES at a later stage.

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The funding will also be used to support MSMEs through restructuring options.

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RedDoorz said it was unable to fulfil its commitments on its contracts due to COVID-19 outbreak

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Investors have shifted their focus and energy to stabilising their existing investment portfolio.

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SEA recorded a 54 per cent jump in online sales year-on-year between Jan 13 and April 5.

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There are several logistics deals in the pipeline that would likely be closed as early as by June.

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This is the first major bureaucratic rejig by the BJP-led state government since Shivraj Singh Chouhan became chief minister in March this year.

For a while, the international mission looked like it might have to be called off, as country after country went into lockdown because of the virus, scuppering plans to bring fresh supplies and crew to the German research vessel Polarstern that's been moored in the high Arctic since last year.

Caldevilla-Domínguez, David and Barrientos-Báez, Almudena and Fombona-Cadavieco, Javier Evolución de las relaciones públicas en España. Artículo de revisión // Evolution of public relations in Spain. Review article. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

Both Mercedes drivers said that their respective grid positions were the best they could have accomplished under the circumstances

Tonio Liuzzi remained resolute despite failing to make the second session of qualifying for the fourth time this season

Mark Webber believes Red Bull underperformed at the Italian Grand Prix and missed out on an opportunity to take a more commanding lead in the championship

Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher said they were happy to come away with more important points for the team after their respective 5th and 9th place finishes

HRT has confirmed that the mechanic involved in a serious looking pit lane incident during the Italian Grand Prix is not badly injured

Jenson Button said he was happy with how things had gone during his first season with McLaren although he saw his title defence end with fifth place in Brazil

Mark Webber said he was happy with his team's philosophy on team orders after finishing second behind team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the Brazilian Grand Prix