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DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has announced that the total length of its district cooling pipeline network in various regions of Dubai has exceeded more than 320 kilometres by the end of 2019, with a growth of 16 percent compared to 2018. Empower has sought to expand the geographical presence of its network in order ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etisalat Group announced on Wednesday the resignation of Saleh Al Abdooli as the group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In a statement, Etisalat Group cited “personal reasons” for Al Abdooli’s resignation, adding that the board of directors had accepted the resignation and appointed Hatem Dowidar as Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Group. Dowidar is currently the ...

DUBAI / WAM Enoc Link, Enoc’s digital fuel delivery arm, supported Dubai Municipality’s nation-wide disinfection drive by supplying more than 30,000 litres of fuel to undertake various sanitisation measures in Dubai. Enoc Link has been supporting the nation-wide disinfection drive since March 31. Dedicated delivery trucks fuelled 140 vehicles and 62 critical equipment of Dubai Municipality with free petrol and ...

Bloomberg The global plunge in electricity demand will drag on long after nations lift stay-at-home orders, leading to the biggest annual drop since the Great Depression and fundamentally reshaping power markets. As economies struggle to recover, worldwide electricity consumption will decline 5% in 2020, the most in more than eight decades, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In the ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump delivered a pair of personal and political gestures this week that seized on his core voters’ mistrust of international institutions and skepticism of science, heightened amid the coronavirus pandemic. The president threatened to withdraw from the World Health Organization, escalating his accusation it’s beholden to China. The move came hours after he revealed he was taking ...

Bloomberg Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he plans to use all of the $500 billion that Congress provided to help the economy through direct lending from his agency and by backstopping Federal Reserve lending programs. Mnuchin said he has pledged to use $195 billion of those funds so far, and will use the rest after determining how best to deploy ...

Bloomberg Argentina and creditors seeking to hash out a $65 billion bond restructuring are still far apart, just days away from a deadline that could plunge the country into default. Talks have continued since bondholders sent two counterproposals, but there’s a gap of about 20 cents on the dollar between the government’s offer and the most aggressive creditors, according to ...

Bloomberg European funding markets have thus far been stubborn in correcting. This may be about to change. A new European Central Bank (ECB) loan facility for tackling the pandemic, known as PELTRO, will be allotted. The interest rate will be 25 basis points below ECB’s main refinancing operations, currently 0%. While it’s less tempting than the upcoming TLTRO III, another ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, inspected the Emirates Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients in Mohamed bin Zayed City in Abu Dhabi, which has a capacity for 1,200 beds and is being run by 46 doctors and medics in addition ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) and the Federal Authority For Identity and Citizenship (ICA) Monday said foreign nationals holding valid residence visa can return to the UAE starting June 1. MoFAIC and ICA in a joint statement said the decision stems from the UAE’s keenness to enable those holding valid residence visas ...