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ADX’s London roadshow showcases Abu Dhabi capital markets’ strength

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has completed a London investor roadshow, hosting a delegation of over 25 senior executives from nine listed companies and the exchange. Throughout the two-day event, the ADX delegation hosted 204 investor meetings across 47 one-on-one meetings and 37 group meetings, with a total of 89 institutional investors, including some ...

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Dubai Culture, Hayi partner to drive emirate’s cultural scene

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has announced that it will be cooperating with ‘Hayi’ app, a free, local, social communication network for neighbourhoods in Dubai that encourages residents to communicate, endorse and befriend each other, create groups based on their locations, share common interests and preferences, as well as launch and participate in social ...

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Emirates takes triple gold for third year in a row for safety

  Dubai / WAM Emirates, renowned for its world-leading air transport services, has also been recognised for its outstanding ground transport services with awards in multiple categories, at the recent RoSPA awards, held for the first time in Dubai. The only airline to have achieved commendations three years in a row, the Emirates team took gold awards in three main ...

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Zelenskiy says war to stagnate without more advanced arms

Bloomberg President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the war may stagnate if deliveries of advanced weapons from Ukraine’s allies don’t accelerate, and that the fighting is “very fierce” in the east. Russia continued its assault on Sievierodonetsk, shelling the city and surrounding villages as it pushes to capture the Ukrainian government’s last major foothold in the eastern region of Luhansk. The regional ...

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US inflation hits new 40-year high as price increases spread

  Bloomberg US inflation accelerated to a fresh 40-year high in May, a sign that price pressures are becoming entrenched in the economy. That will likely push the Federal Reserve to extend an aggressive series of interest-rate hikes and adds to political problems for the White House and Democrats. The consumer price index increased 8.6% from a year earlier in ...

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EU nearing agreement on crypto regulation

  Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is nearing an agreement on key legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency sector that would set common rules across the 27 member states, people familiar with the matter said. France, which currently chairs the EU, and the European Parliament are optimistic about resolving remaining issues holding up the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) package and reaching ...

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Boris Johnson hints at cutting food tariffs to help reduce costs

  Bloomberg Boris Johnson took aim at his own government’s tariffs on imports of food that is not produced domestically, saying their removal could ease the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. But even his officials say otherwise. “Why do we have a tariff of 93 pence a kilo on Turkish olive oil?” Johnson said at a speech in Blackpool, northern England, days ...

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Fertilisers piling up at Brazil ports signal further price drop

  Bloomberg A glut of fertilisers at the biggest Brazilian ports signals that the price of the nutrients may have to drop further before farmers start buying. In Paranagua, private warehouses reached their maximum storage capacity of 3.5 million tons, according to Luiz Teixeira da Silva, Paranagua’s operations director. A terminal operated by VLI Logistics, one of the two at ...

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FAB completes legal merger of bank Audi Egypt’s assets

  Abu Dhabi / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has announced the completion of the legal merger of Bank Audi Egypt, where all the bank’s assets in Egypt will accordingly operate under FAB’s newly introduced brand identity “FABMISR”. The legal merger and launch of FAB’s new brand in Egypt come after obtaining all required regulatory approvals, including the final ...

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Production capacity at Abu Dhabi’s RO plant reaches 50%

  ABU DHABI / WAM Ewec, the Emirates Water and Electricity Company, has announced that production of desalinated water using low carbon-intensive reverse osmosis (RO) technology from the Taweelah RO facility has reached 50 percent capacity. Taweelah RO, connected to the Abu Dhabi network in December 2021, is now providing 100 million gallons per day of desalinated water, and will ...

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