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Floward covers entire GCC region with launch in Oman

Emirates Business Floward, the go-to online flowers and gifts delivery store in the region launched its services in Muscat, Oman making it the first expansion of the year for the company. With this expansion, the company now operates in 19 cities across seven countries. As part of its expansion strategy, Floward will gradually launch in different cities in the Sultanate, ...

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Adnoc Distribution reports AED631mn net profit in Q1

Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc Distribution on Monday reported its first-quarter 2021 financial results, recording an underlying Ebitda of AED740 million with a net profit of AED631 million for the quarter, while cash flow generation remained strong with a free cash flow of AED835 million. In the first quarter of 2021, Adnoc Distribution delivered a strong financial performance, with Ebitda ...

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Sharjah, Edinburgh to boost ties in culture and investment

SHARJAH / WAM Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Government Relations (DGR) in Sharjah, and Simon Penney, UK Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Consul-General in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, have discussed ways to expand trade, investment, and cultural cooperation between Sharjah and Edinburgh, capital of Scotland in the UK. Al Qasimi emphasised that Edinburgh, ...

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UAE suspends entry of passengers from four more nations

Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) announced that entry from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka will be suspended for all incoming passengers on national and foreign carriers, as well as those carrying transit passengers, starting from 23:59 on Wednesday, May 12. The decision exempts transit ...

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Floward covers entire GCC with launch in the Sultanate of Oman

May 10 / Emirates Business Floward, the go-to online flowers and gifts delivery store in the region launched its services in Muscat, Oman on Sunday, May 2, 2021 making it the first expansion of the year for the company. With this expansion, the company now operates in 19 cities across seven countries. As part of its expansion strategy, Floward will ...

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UAE can be a bridge between Central America, Arabian Gulf

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates can be a bridge between Central America and the Arabian Gulf, according to a senior Costa Rican official. In an exclusive interview with Emirates News Agency (WAM) at the Costa Rican Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Adriana Bolanos Argueta, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica, also said that Mohamed ...

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Abu Dhabi’s Senaat plans to form steel, building materials giant

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business General Holding Corporation (Senaat), part of ADQ and the sole shareholder of Emirates Steel Industries (Emirates Steel) announced on Sunday that it has submitted an offer to the Board of Arkan Building Materials Company (Arkan). The offer sets out the principal terms and conditions on which Senaat would transfer Emirates Steel, a leading integrated steel ...

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UAE signs deal on ‘Abu Dhabi Declaration’ implementation

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE State Audit Institution (SAI) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have signed an agreement concerning the implementation of the “Abu Dhabi Declaration” issued by the eighth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption held in Abu Dhabi in December 2019. The Abu ...

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Etisalat group issues 1 billion euro bonds

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etisalat group announced the successful completion of a bond issuance worth one billion euros to refinance the maturing bond tranche it had issued in 2014 for the acquisition of a controlling stake in Maroc Telecom. Etisalat group issued bonds in two tranches, the first is a 7-years tranche amounting to 500 million euros with an annual ...

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Dana Gas profit up 41% to AED88 million in Q1 2021

SHARJAH / WAM Dana Gas on Sunday announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31. Net profit was up by 41 percent in Q1 2021 reaching AED88 million as compared to AED62 million in Q1 2020. The increase in net profit was the result of improved revenues from higher production in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), ...

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