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Abu Dhabi / WAM The media fraternity in the UAE has welcomed the UAE Media Apprenticeship Programme, UAEMAP, launched by the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court. The initiative, announced on Saturday by the Education Affairs Office at the Court, aims to support young Emirati graduates with degrees in traditional and new media specialisations. It celebrates the legacy and values of ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Ladies Club, a member of Dubai Women Establishment, on Saturday hosted an Open Day for all Emirati women to mark the occasion of Emirati Women’s Day. The Open Day had a line-up of activities to celebrate the health and wellbeing of guests through a wide range of fitness and recreational exercises, including a special event ...

DUBAI / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has endorsed a contract for procuring 554 environment-friendly hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, which are fitted with a combination of fuel engine and electric motors, currently constitute about 11 percent of the fleet of the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC). The move is part of a master ...

Dubai / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) launched its website, providing businesses and consumers with a wealth of information on the upcoming introduction of excise tax and VAT in the UAE. The FTA website includes information about the Authority, as well as the introduction of the different types of indirect taxes in the country, the legislations regulating them, and ...

Bloomberg European Union officials warned Britain not to make peace in Ireland a bargaining chip in their bid for a post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal. With talks on the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc scheduled to resume next week, officials in Brussels said they wanted Theresa May’s government to come up with more ideas to keep the border between Northern Ireland ...

Bloomberg German automakers must invest more in electric vehicles and take on Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff said Saturday. Peter Altmaier said he was thoroughly disappointed by German auto executives following the diesel-emissions scandal and that he was also thinking about the future of the 600,000 employees in the industry. “When is our automobile industry, ...

Bloomberg Jeff Bezos is about to one-up your grocery store loyalty program. Today, millions of consumers get lower prices and other perks in exchange for favouring one store chain over another. Starting Monday, Amazon.com Inc. will lavish its most loyal customers with similar benefits and more when they shop at Whole Foods Market Inc., the high-end grocery chain it’s buying ...

Bloomberg Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing app, plans to invest $100 million in Myanmar as it extends its battle with Uber Technologies Inc. to capture exploding use of smartphones. Grab will invest the money over the next three years and work with local governments to expand ride-hailing to more cities and roll out services such as its in-app digital payment ...

Bloomberg Infosys Ltd. Chairman Nandan Nilekani moved to reassure investors and employees after a dramatic coup by the firm’s founders this week in which they ousted four directors and took back control of the troubled Indian IT company. “I want to put this company on the right stable path,” Nilekani, 62, said. “I plan to be here as long as ...

Bloomberg Harvey became the strongest hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, making landfall in the heart of the US energy sector and bringing the danger of a life-threatening storm surge. Harvey came ashore as a Category 4 storm between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, Texas, packing gusts strong enough to strip the roof off houses and menacing ...