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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Financial Services Board (FSB) of the Republic of South Africa, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enable greater collaboration on regulatory matters and facilitate the exchange of information to promote the robustness and maintain the integrity of the financial industries in both ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Media Council is running a “Second-Tier Leadership Development Programme” for about twenty employees working in supervisory roles. In his opening speech at the intensive training course in Abu Dhabi, Mansour Al Mansouri, Acting Director-General of the National Media Council, highlighted the importance of investing in the human factor, which, he said, is the pillar ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator, on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement with a new service partner, Pak Datacom Limited, to provide its satellite broadband service, YahClick, to more users across Pakistan. Since its launch in Pakistan, in 2015, YahClick has been connecting individuals and businesses across both urban and rural areas. The ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Limited (GASCO), an ADNOC operating company, has taken delivery of its first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) from Excelerate Energy, a leader in floating LNG regasification solutions. The FSRU will enhance GASCO’s capabilities to supply gas throughout its UAE network, adding 500 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment will host a Youth Circle on August 11 under the title ‘Climate Change and Sustainability is Our Shared Responsibility’. The event is part of the Youth Circles initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Airline, voted the World’s Best Airline 2016 at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, announced on Tuesday that it will operate its flagship A380 on services between Dubai and Guangzhou from 1st October 2016, the 67th National Day of People’s Republic of China. This follows the airline’s recent announcements of A380 deployment on its Milan and Johannesburg ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai private sector companies signalled a positive start to the third quarter of 2016, with overall business conditions improving at the fastest pace since March 2015. This was highlighted by a rise in the headline seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index from 54.6 in June to 55.9 in July. The index – a composite indicator ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports on Tuesday announced the arrival of the first container of Morgan Advanced Materials (Morgan), a world leader in advanced materials, at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad). Abu Dhabi Ports ensured timely handling of the first shipment, which contained critical equipment for Morgan’s dedicated 37,000 square meter advanced materials facility in Kizad’s Free ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising the Global Business Forum on Latin America, which will be held at Atlantis the Palm hotel in Dubai from November 9-10, under the theme of “Shifting Synergies”. The forum is under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the ...

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, President of the Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) and wife of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, has directed the establishment of a committee to review the maternity law to provide women with ...