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  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has visited the water reservoir project Dewa is building in Hatta to review its progress. According to the project schedule, there is significant progress in the project’s work at 36.259% compared to the 32.6% target. The project has a capacity of 30 ...

  Bloomberg France’s financial sector is now the most popular destination in Europe for US backers, helping the country narrow the gap with the UK for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the industry. The country recorded a total of 60 FDI projects in finance last year — its highest in a decade, according to a survey by the professional services ...

  Bloomberg It’s been seven months since a consumer-facing firm last listed in London, and offerings look scarce for the rest of the year as a cost-of-living crisis rips through people’s wallets. Rampant inflation, already at a 40-year high and heading toward double digits, is heaping fresh misery on retailers after a torrid few years dominated by pandemic lockdowns. Add ...

  Bloomberg Alphabet Inc’s Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, lawfirms representing the women said in a statement. In addition, an independent expert will analyse Google’s hiring practices and and independent labour economist will review the company’s pay equity studies, reports said. . The settlement couldn’t be confirmed on ...

  Dubai / WAM The Higher Committee of the Al Quoz Creative Zone Development Project held a meeting, presided over by HH Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) and Member of the Dubai Council, to review the Project’s progress and achievements in its first year. As part of the ...

Bloomberg Saudi Telecom Co., the most profitable mobile operator in the Middle East, will increase its capital by 30 billion riyals ($8 billion) through the issuance of bonus shares. The stock rises. The company, which is controlled by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to issue 1.5 bonus shares for every existing share, through capitalising retained earnings, according to a ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on his country’s Independence Day celebrations, otherwise known as ‘Russia Day’. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, also sent similar messages ...

  Bloomberg TotalEnergies SE became the first foreign company to win a stake in a multi-billion dollar project to boost Qatar’s gas exports. Qatar is expanding production of liquefied natural gas amid a worldwide energy crunch. Global demand for the fuel is soaring as European nations race to wean themselves off Russian gas supplies in the wake of Moscow’s attack ...

  DUBAI / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has confirmed that the use of advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI) had contributed to improving the public bus service and its operational efficiency. Al Tayer noted that the Remote Bus Performance Monitoring Centre had also contributed to ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is investing in its advanced smart grid and the latest technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to enhance its leadership and global excellence in water network losses and is surpassing its global counterparts. In 2021, Dewa’s water network losses decreased to 5.3 percent. This is one of the best records ...