Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 270 UAE exporters and potential international buying partners came together virtually for the UAE’s major buyers and exporters forum since Covid-19 shut down global trade events. During an online trade promotion event, participants discussed how the UAE national export community can help them overcome the significant financial challenges and risk they face in today’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi announced that surface public parking bays will be free of charge starting from Thursday, July 30 until 7:59 AM on Monday, August 3. ITC urges motorists not to park their vehicles in prohibited areas and not to block vehicles or traffic ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Since the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) launched the DFSA Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) in January, over 130 DFSA authorised firms and DIFC registered companies have joined the platform. The platform has provided members with information and technical indicators on a multitude of cyber threats, with an average of 160 new threats per week. Since ...

Bloomberg An explosion at an Arizona energy storage facility last year was started by a defective battery cell that overheated and caused a buildup of flammable gas, according to a report. Firefighters unintentionally ignited the gas on April 19 last year when they opened a door to the facility located near Phoenix, Arizona, according to the report released by Pinnacle ...

Last week’s 750 billion-euro ($877 billion) Covid-19 rescue fund marked a high point in the European Union’s plan to tackle the economic fallout of the virus. But a new flare-up in infections on the continent is a grim reminder of the more immediate epidemiological threat. While it’s not a second wave yet, it’s a serious test of government strategies intended ...

Just 10 days ago, I noted that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC) earnings and outlook served as proof that it’s truly the global king of chips. Since then, the company has grown even stronger, but more good news also increases the burden and will likely draw far more attention than it’s comfortable with. Being bigger and more indispensable sounds like ...

With a new school year approaching, the US faces an educational crisis. Though the Trump administration wants a full reopening of K-12 schools, not all states and school districts are going along. Millions of students will still attend classes remotely, at least part of the time, and many may stay home until coronavirus vaccines are widely available. Such a prolonged ...

What’s the next step for House Democrats? Senate Republicans have finally agreed internally on their opening bid for the next pandemic economic relief and stimulus bill, but there’s zero chance that the parties can resolve their differences before two imminent deadlines pass: The expanded unemployment insurance payments put in place by bipartisan legislation in March and an eviction ban for ...

Bloomberg LVMH’s customers are curbing purchases of high-end fashion faster than the company can cut costs, and that’s hitting the Louis Vuitton owner’s profit. The French luxury conglomerate’s profit from recurring operations totalled 1.67 billion euros ($1.96 billion) in the first half, less than the 2.32 billion euros analysts expected. The shares fell as much as 4% on Tuesday in ...

Bloomberg The administrators of South African Airways (SAA), the state-owned airline that’s in bankruptcy protection, want the government to set aside 16.4 billion rand ($998 million) that it’s guaranteed to pay creditors. The Treasury says the current structure of its guarantees should suffice. The administrators want an agreement for the money to be paid into an escrow account — the ...