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Dubai / Gulf Time Dubai real estate market recorded 304 sales transactions worth AED735.85 million, in addition to 77 mortgage deals of AED263.54 million, and 12 gift deals amounting to AED24.3 million on Wednesday, data released by Dubai’s Land Department (DLD) showed. The sales included 282 villas and apartments worth AED651.17 million, and 22 land plots worth AED84.68 million, while ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that the people of the UAE, and striving to empower them, has always been and continues to be the nation’s top priority. “Ensuring our people have everything they need to live fulfilled, comfortable, and happy lives, remains the basis of all our future plans,” His ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line group), one of the world’s largest shipping groups, on Wednesday signed an agreement to cooperate on research and pilot projects to decarbonise bulk cargo shipping. The cooperation is expected to focus on the development and implementation of new marine decarbonisation technologies suitable for EGA’s bulk ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has completed the digital integration of more than 70 projects with government and private organisations. Through this step, Dewa makes it easier to get a wide range of services, including bill payment, information updates, activation of electricity/water (Move-in), housing fees adjustment, refunds, updating trade license and others. Saeed Mohammed Al ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has reported a significant expansion in its operational activities over the past month compared to the same period last year. The overall number of new and renewed members increased by 13 percent to 6,162 in June. This includes 5,448 renewed memberships, an increase of 11 percent. According to ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) in Abu Dhabi announced that the number of permits for traffic detours issued in the emirate from January till the end of May this year, increased to 6,169 compared with 5,974 permits issued in the corresponding period of 2021, bringing the total ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) has signed an agreement with Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi (KSM), the research and innovation centre of Israel’s Maccabi Healthcare Services, to promote joint medical research and technological innovation. The agreement – signed in Abu Dhabi – will also support the Emirate’s goal of building a genomic research registry to optimise clinical ...

Bloomberg About 20 million Americans quit their jobs in the first five months of this year, in what’s come to be known as the Great Resignation. Many now regret the decision, according to a new survey. More than one-quarter of those who left work are reconsidering whether they made the right move, according to a study of more than 15,000 ...

  Bloomberg Investor confidence in Germany’s economy slumped to the lowest since 2011 as the country faces the growing prospect of a recession and risks mount that it’s shut off from Russian energy supplies. Snapping two months of gains, the ZEW institute’s gauge of expectations falls to -53.8 in July from -28 in the previous month, missing economists’ estimates. An ...

  Bloomberg The number of UK households facing acute financial strain has risen by almost 60% since October and is now higher than at any point during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey found. The abrdn Financial Fairness Trust and researchers at the University of Bristol estimated that 16 percent of households, or 4.4 million, are in “serious financial difficulties” and ...