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UAE is following in the footsteps of the founding father: Mohamed

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, honoured the nine winners of the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2018, during an award ceremony held on Monday in Abu Dhabi, as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The tenth edition of this key ...

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Abu Dhabi unveils world’s largest desalinated water reserve

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi on Monday unveiled the world’s largest reserve of high quality desalinated water, secured in a network of 315 recovery wells lying up to 80 meters below the Liwa Desert. The wells are fed by one of UAE’s longest water pipeline networks which runs the water from Shuweihat desalination plant at a rate of ...

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Book on Zayed, ‘Father of the Nation’, launched

Dubai / WAM Coinciding with the designation of the year 2018 as the ‘Year of Zayed’, Dubai-based publisher Motivate Publishing has issued a new book, ‘Father of Our Nation’, containing collected quotations from the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE’s founding President. 2018 is the 100th anniversary of his birth. Illustrated with a selection of historic photographs ...

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‘UAE exerting efforts to diversify energy mix’

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar, welcomed Their Highnesses the Sheikhs, presidents, ministers and guests of the World Future Energy Summit, as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018, while praising the vision of the wise leadership and its support for the ...

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Xiaomi picks Morgan Stanley, Goldman among banks for IPO

Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp. selected Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. among international banks for its planned initial public offering, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. Credit Suisse Group AG and Deutsche Bank AG have also been chosen to work on the IPO that could see the company target a valuation of as much as $100 billion, ...

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China escalates crackdown on cryptocurrency

Bloomberg China is escalating its clampdown on cryptocurrency trading, targeting online platforms and mobile apps that offer exchange-like services, according to people familiar with the matter. While authorities banned cryptocurrency exchanges in 2017, they’ve recently noted an uptick in activity on alternative venues. The government plans to block domestic access to homegrown and offshore platforms that enable centralised trading, the ...

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Carillion collapses after UK government refuses bailout

Bloomberg Carillion Plc, a UK construction company with government contracts in everything from hospitals to the HS2 high-speed rail project, filed for compulsory liquidation after failing in a last-ditch effort to shore up finances and get a government bailout. The company employs 43,000 people worldwide, almost 20,000 of them in the UK, and has as much as $2.1 billion in ...

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Euro-area economic boom to roll on after strong start

Bloomberg Europe’s growth resurgence is showing little sign of losing steam yet and economists have taken notice. In Bloomberg’s monthly survey, the first of the year, respondents bumped up their 2018 outlook to 2.2 percent, close to the decade-high 2.4 percent pace estimated for 2017. The optimism is in contrast to the muted view at the start of 2017. Economists ...

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Mercedes takes soft touch to first G-Class redo since 1979

Bloomberg In the first revamp of the G-Class since the rugged sport utility vehicle’s introduction nearly four decades ago, Mercedes-Benz took the approach that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. There’s a special “G” mode for offroad driving and a large flat screen. But aside from such flourishes, the styling is still dominated by flat steel surfaces and a ...

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‘Palestinians will slap back for Trump Jerusalem move’

Bloomberg Palestinians will “slap back” for the humiliation they’ve suffered from the Trump administration and seek to replace the US with other international players in future peace negotiations with Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said. Opening a conference of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Committee in Ramallah, Abbas criticized US President Donald Trump for recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ...

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