Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates is leading the Arab region in the Covid Economic Recovery Index Ranking issued by the Horizon Research Group. The Index assesses how 122 countries are positioned for recovery, based on their overall health resilience, and the pre-existing structural strengths and weaknesses at the core of their recovery capacity. Thanks to its long-term ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA,) completed its preparations to join the Third Generation of the UAE’s eDirham system, which has been launched by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to facilitate the collection of state fees and revenues and to provide further options for paying government fees using the latest technology in accordance with the best safety ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said it carried out over 78,483 additional Covid-19 tests in the country over the last 24 hours, using the latest testing methods. The ministry said in a statement that the intense testing drive uncovered 1,064 new cases of various nationalities, who are all in a stable condition and receiving ...

European diplomats are awkwardly shuffling their feet in anticipation of a headstrong, unpopular leader crashing Brexit trade talks just as a tentative deal looks in sight. No, not UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson — France’s Emmanuel Macron. The 42-year-old president is sticking to his guns on the contentious issue of post-Brexit fishing rights, much to the distress of European Union ...

Oscar de la Renta, a brand that is a regular on red carpets and a mainstay of posh department stores, has just turned up somewhere decidedly less opulent: Amazon. Amazon.com Inc recently launched Luxury Stores, its latest effort to become a go-to destination for designer goods. Select Prime members can access a new section of Amazon’s app that showcases $2,790 ...

White House officials have been likening their workplace to a “ghost town” since President Donald Trump was diagnosed with Covid-19. East Wing staffers are under orders to work from home, while many in the West Wing — if they aren’t isolating with their own cases — are also staying away. It’s a smart choice, but not one that’s available to ...

Europe desperately needs its banks to function better. Low profitability, decrepit technology and a new wave of loan losses threaten to hobble even the continent’s strongest lenders. Share prices are close to historic lows. In this environment, it’s tempting for those in better shape to snap up their cheaper rivals. But banking bosses should think carefully before empire building. Europe’s ...

Bloomberg Power supply was restored in most parts of India’s financial capital after its worst blackout in decades disrupted transport networks and briefly hit trading volume in bond markets. Mumbai, home to India’s biggest stock exchanges, financial regulators and the central bank, witnessed a power failure at around 10 am local time. Power tripping — or an overload in the ...

Bloomberg An Indian court has reached out to a group of Chinese banks that are trying to recover money from Anil Ambani, in the latest twist in a personal bankruptcy case against the former billionaire. The trio of Chinese lenders won a ruling in a London court in May after pursuing Ambani for more than $700 million in a dispute ...

Bloomberg AC Ventures, an Indonesia-focussed venture capital firm, said it completed the first close of a planned $80 million technology investment fund. The Jakarta-based company raised $56 million at the first close, according to its partners. The fund will invest in about 30 early-stage startups in areas including e-commerce and financial technology in the next three years. AC Ventures was ...