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Sharjah / WAM The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, has announced the building of an AED2 million sustainable village in Niger in West Africa, which will be named after the late Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi. To be implemented in partnership with Sharjah Charity International, the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that Zee Stores PJSC, has listed its shares on ADX’s Second Market under the ticker symbol ZS, and trading begins on the shares on Wednesday. The company’s nominal value of share capital is AED 100 million, with each share having a nominal value of AED 1. This is the third listing ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Economy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Emirates Payment Services to enable payments relating to commercial licences through the Empay smart application, the world’s first contactless instant credit lifestyle payment ecosystem. The agreement will enable customers of Dubai Economy to have an instant credit facility and complete licencing transactions within five minutes. Users registering ...

Bloomberg Vital trade and travel links between the UK and continental Europe slowly reopened after France lifted a blockade at Britain’s busiest port that heightened a sense of economic isolation as the pandemic worsened and a high-stakes political drama unfolded over Brexit. European Union citizens and residents able to show negative Covid-19 tests will be able to travel from the ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump injected confusion into the outlook for Covid-19 relief, demanding changes to the bipartisan legislation approved by Congress. In a surprise video announcement posted on his Twitter account, Trump called the bill a “disgrace” and said it was full of “wasteful and unnecessary” items. He demanded that lawmakers increase stimulus checks due to go out to most ...

Bloomberg Judging by the last quarter of 2020, New York’s luxury real estate market should enter 2021 with confidence. Sales of homes that cost more than $4 million were a little above those of the same three months in 2019, says Donna Olshan, president of luxury real estate broker Olshan Realty. “Now, some of that has to do with demand ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Cook refused to take a meeting years ago to discuss acquiring Tesla Inc., Elon Musk said. Tesla CEO Musk said in a tweet that he reached out to Apple during the “darkest days” of development of his company’s Model 3 to talk about a possible deal. Musk said he planned to discuss ...

Bloomberg The UK and Canada reached a temporary agreement to prevent tariffs on goods and services between the two countries starting on January 1, when the UK will no longer be covered by Canada’s trade deal with the European Union. In a statement by the Canadian foreign affairs ministry, the governments said they agreed to continue giving each other’s products ...

Bloomberg American shoppers shunned stores and extended their online binge during the last weekend before Christmas, adding to a package-delivery logjam that’s now reaching a crescendo. There’s “a lot of stuff all hitting at once,” said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners. “I think it’s past the time for creative. They have to charge people extra to get it ...

NEW YORK / WAM The United Nations General Assembly has adopted by consensus a resolution proclaiming February 4 as “International Day for Human Fraternity.” The initiative was introduced by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and as a result the international community will observe International Day for Human Fraternity annually beginning in 2021. Prior to the adoption ...