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  Dubai / WAM DP World and the Saudi Arabia-based Hassana Investment Company (Hassana), the investment manager for the General Organisation for Social Insurance (Gosi), which owns one of the world’s largest pension funds, announced on Wednesday an investment of approximately $2.4 billion (AED8.82 billion) in three of DP World’s flagship UAE assets. This sale of a strategic minority stake ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) on Wednesday announced a transaction involving OMV AG (OMV), a global energy and chemicals group, headquartered and listed in Vienna, Austria. Under the agreement, Adnoc will acquire a 24.9% shareholding in OMV from Mubadala. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed. Upon ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Mother of the Nation Festival (Motn) will return with more action, shopping and mouth-watering cuisine from December 23 to January 1. The Motn festival is returning by popular demand, to kick off the festive season in style on the Abu Dhabi Corniche. The region’s ultimate entertainment event will reopen following its wildly popular 10-day run ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Al Abbas Group, UAE’s leading business conglomerate held their annual AAG Excellence Awards 2021-22. AAG Excellence Awards is an annual event organised by the Al Abbas Group to recognise and reward employees, across the group, for their performances in various categories. The third edition of AAG Excellence Awards was a glittering event attended by Ebrahim ...

  KATHMANDU / WAM Abdulla Al Shamsi presented his credentials as the UAE ambassador to Nepal to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari of Nepal, at the presidential palace in the capital, Kathmandu. During the meeting, Al Shamsi conveyed the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President ...

  Dubai / WAM Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital Dewa, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC), has signed a Managed Service Provider Agreement (MSP) with F5 – a multi-cloud application security and delivery company committed to bringing a better digital world to life. The new partnership entails ensuring that Moro Hub’s customers across the region ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE affirmed its full support and solidarity with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in reflection of the strong ties between the two countries and peoples, stressing the importance of ensuring stability and security in the country. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) expressed the UAE’s support for all ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that Sunday, January 1, 2023, will be an official paid holiday in the UAE for all private sector employees. The holiday is in accordance with the UAE cabinet decision on approved official holidays for government and private sectors.

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Credit financing provided by national banks to the trade and industry sectors totalled AED37.2 billion in the first nine months of 2022, according to recent data issued by the central bank of the UAE (CBUAE). The statistics showed that the cumulative balance of credit provided by national banks to the trade and industry sectors reached ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions, has launched a new sustainability-linked current account for corporate clients, extending its leadership as an environmental pacesetter for the UAE banking sector. The new FAB Sustainable Account will support clients in achieving ESG objectives by contributing ...