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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Economic Development Department (Added) has announced the expansion of the Electricity Tariffs Incentive Programme (ETIP), launched in 2019 for industrial SMEs to join the programme once they meet the criteria, to encourage the use of the developed logistic infrastructure of Abu Dhabi to create a supportive eco-system. The ETIP comes as part of ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s government plans to keep a cushion of at least 1 trillion reais ($190 billion) in cash next year to face local debt maturities as it braces for possible market turbulence in the run-up to presidential elections, according to Treasury Secretary Jeferson Bittencourt. The Treasury had a hard time in 2020, when investors concerned with President Jair Bolsonaro’s big ...

Bloomberg Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said supply bottlenecks have been longer lasting than anticipated, and he expects inflation pressures to remain high in coming months before easing. “These effects have been larger and longer lasting than anticipated, but they will abate, and as they do, inflation is expected to drop back toward our longer-run 2% goal,” Powell said in ...

Bloomberg Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is to acquire automation software developer Blue Prism Group Plc for about $1.5 billion, in yet another takeover of a UK tech company by a foreign buyer. Blue Prism recommended Vista’s bid of 1,125 pence a share in a statement on Tuesday. The offer represents a premium of about 35% to Blue Prism’s ...

Bloomberg The UK officially put the military on standby to help deliver supplies to gasoline stations in an effort to stem a crisis that’s engulfed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government. A “limited number” of army tanker drivers will be trained up in case they’re needed, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said. Non-military holders of specialized licenses that ...

Bloomberg The Spanish government has reached a deal with unions and trade groups to extend its furlough program until February 28 next year. The current job-saving scheme will be replaced in November with a new plan that gives employers more benefits if they provide training to workers, according a Labour Ministry statement. Meanwhile, the Bank of Spain expects inflation to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Matar Hamed Al Niyadi, UAE Ambassador to Kuwait, has said that Expo 2020 Dubai sends a message of peace and tolerance from the UAE to the entire world, as it will gather participants and visitors from around the world for six months in a display of innovation and social and cultural development. In an interview ...

ABU DHBAI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Monday announced the successful completion of the bookbuild and public subscription process for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Adnoc Drilling Company PJSC. It confirmed the previously announced increased offering size from 1,200,000,000 ordinary shares to 1,760,000,000 ordinary shares (Offer Shares), equivalent to 11 percent of total issued share ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, held a phone call with Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Chechnya, during which he congratulated him on being re-elected for another presidential term, and wished him continuing success in performing his duties. His highness Sheikh ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maritime Transport Agency of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development in Georgia. Under the MoU, the UAE and Georgia will recognise maritime education and training as well as certificates of competency of seafarers issued by the competent authorities in ...