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  Bloomberg French new car registrations extended a rebound in September, after being hit by the fallout from the war in Ukraine in the first half of the year. France’s new passenger car sales rise 5.5% from a year earlier to 141,142, the PFA auto association said in a statement. That followed a pick-up in sales starting in August. Earlier ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, has said that the bilateral relations between the UAE and China are a global model to follow. He also mentioned the strategic ties between the two countries were upgraded to a comprehensive partnership, thanks to their significant development prospects. In his recorded message to the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted an educational centre west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, and resulted in the death and injury of a number of people, the majority of whom were students. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) affirmed that the UAE expresses its strong condemnation of these ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) on Friday announced that it has secured refinancing its $3.5 billion revolving credit facility. Secured via a syndicate comprising 20 banks, the new 5-year USD SOFR-based facility, which will be utilised for general corporate purposes, is set to replace the organisation’s existing $3.5 billion revolving credit facility, signed in ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) on Friday announced that it is partnering with Innovaccer, the Health Cloud company, to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of healthcare in the Middle East. Under the partnership, Innovaccer will receive financial and non-financial incentives to set up its regional headquarters in Abu Dhabi, as part of ADIO’s ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates SkyCargo and United Cargo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that follows on the heels of the new broader historic commercial agreement between two of the largest global airlines. This coordination will deliver benefits to air freight customers of both Emirates Skycargo and United Cargo around the world. The MoU was signed at the World ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Burjeel Holdings on Friday announced the offer price range and the opening of the subscription period for its initial public offering (IPO) on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). The opening of the subscription period for the Offering commences on September 30, and will continue until Tuesday October 4 for the first tranche (offering to ...

  Dubai / WAM The real estate sector in the emirate of Dubai continued to maintain a sustainable growth in the number and value of sales during the month of August, as it witnessed the registration of 9,720 real estate sales, worth AED24.34 billion. This came in Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales price and rental performance index launched by Dubai Land ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates SkyCargo and United Cargo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that follows on the heels of the new broader historic commercial agreement between two of the largest global airlines. This coordination will deliver benefits to air freight customers of both Emirates Skycargo and United Cargo around the world. The MoU was signed at the World ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A delegation from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and its export-financing arm, the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (Adex), visited Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), an entity within Edge. The delegates held discussions with ADSB officials about promoting Emirati companies with ADFD’s support and raising the competitiveness of UAE products in global markets. Mohamed Saif ...