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  Dubai / WAM DP World, the leading provider of worldwide smart end-to-end supply chain logistics, has been progressing its initiative to develop the capabilities of Emirati and international coders, developers, and engineers to drive the future of the UAE. The initiative is part of its overarching strategy to deploy industry-leading technology to broaden its vision of a digitised, more ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In line with its core mandate to help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges, Aspire, the technology programme management arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), is funding three Virtual Research Institutes (VRIs) in Abu Dhabi Universities. The cumulative AED200 million+ funding across five years, marks a significant investment in research ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Insurance Company (DIN) has announced the successful recruitment of 57 new local professionals who have joined their growing team of experts as of December 2021. The new comers include 3 managers, 11 administrative supervisors, 32 legal researchers, 1 computer programmer and 10 customer service agents, bringing the total number of locals to 82 employees. Commenting ...

  Dubai / WAM DMCC, a free zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, has announced the completion of a range of enhancements made to Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) throughout 2021 and further upgrades in 2022 to augment the district and improve the public areas across the community. Projects include improved infrastructure by constructing a new ...

  Bloomberg US consumer prices soared last year by the most in nearly four decades, illustrating red-hot inflation that sets the stage for the start of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes as soon as March. The consumer price index climbed 7% in 2021, the largest 12-month gain since June 1982, according to Labour Department data. The widely followed inflation gauge rose ...

  Bloomberg Britain’s poorest households are facing a 3 billion pound ($4.1 billion) squeeze on living standards in April when their benefits will rise by half the expected rate of inflation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said. To protect those on low incomes from the looming spike in energy in bills, the government should change this year’s benefit uprating to ...

  Bloomberg Italy’s government is working on a spending package that won’t require revising its budget to expand the deficit. The measures could be announced as early as next week and would bring targeted relief to sectors hit by the surge in Covid-19 infections, such as tourism, the people said, asking not to be named discussing confidential plans. The package ...

  Bloomberg Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc has delayed plans to bring employees back to the office, and will require those who do come back to have a booster shot to protect against Covid-19. Employees are expected to return to the office on March 28, according to a company spokeswoman. Meta already announced last summer that it would require ...

  Bloomberg Tesla Inc agreed to purchase nickel supplies from miner Talon Metals Corp. as an expected surge in demand spurs automakers to secure access to battery metals and other electric-car parts. Tesla committed to purchase 75,000 metric tons of nickel concentrates produced from Talon’s Tamarack project, with the price linked to the London Metal Exchange’s cash-settlement price for nickel, ...

  Sharjah / WAM Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading publicly listed regional natural gas company, and its partner, Crescent Petroleum, the oldest private oil and gas company in the Middle East, have reported record sales gas production from their operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), reaching 452 million standard cubic feet of per day (MMscf/d) at the ...