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Bloomberg UK companies are turning to cheaper overseas labour to complete their post-Brexit customs paperwork, creating jobs in countries such as Romania and India due to a shortage of trained staff in Britain. Anticipating a surge in demand for its services, Xpediator Plc, which handles freight flows for international companies, has been hiring workers in Romania. Dave Gladen, the firm’s ...

Bloomberg Pfizer Inc is on the hunt for partnerships with Chinese biotech firms developing novel drugs, as the American pharmaceutical giant regroups after Beijing’s aggressive price-cutting campaign eroded profit margins in its mainstay blockbusters. The company is embarking on a strategic shift to maintain growth in the world’s second-largest drug market after China slashed prices for off-patent medicines by more ...

Bloomberg United Nations humanitarian relief agency Unicef is looking to recruit some of the airline industry’s biggest operators to help distribute a coronavirus vaccine to the world’s poorest nations. Unicef held a call with about 40 carriers to make plans for the global airlift and to identify what commercial tasks each party can perform, according to Glyn Hughes, head of ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a 12 billion-pound ($15.9 billion) plan to boost green industries and tackle climate change, in a blueprint he says will create or support as many as 250,000 jobs. As he seeks to relaunch his premiership and revive the economy, Johnson aims to use his plan for a “green industrial revolution” to deliver on ...

Bloomberg AP Moller-Maersk A/S has launched a $1.6 billion share buyback program, as the world’s biggest container shipping company says the Covid crisis has so far dented its business less than feared. Copenhagen-based Maersk, which raised its guidance for a second time since October, reported a 39% increase in Ebitda to $2.3 billion in the third quarter. Profit by that ...

ALEXANDRIA / WAM Units from the UAE Armed Forces are participating in the joint military exercise, entitled, “Saif Al Arab,” held in Egypt and attended by many friendly countries. Dubbed “The Sword of Arabs”, the exercise began on Tuesday and will continue until November 26 at the Mohamed Naguib Military Base and other parts of the Northern Military Region. Over ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), has highlighted investment and partnership opportunities in the UAE during a panel session at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum. Speaking during the virtual session titled ‘The Rise of Regional Champions: The Search for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA), has issued a decision to extend the grace period of exemption for “all violators” of the entry and residence of foreigners law until December 31, 2020. The extension is for those who violated the entry and foreigners’ residence law before March 1, 2020 and will be exempted from ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy, DoE, and the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, EAD, held a meeting recently to discuss the progress made by the joint taskforce they had formed to promote collaboration among them to ensure the sustainability of natural ecosystems and preserve the terrestrial and marine environment of the emirate. The taskforce was ...

Bloomberg Physical cargoes of crude oil from Russia, the US and the Middle East were getting snapped up at higher prices as buyers across Asia entered a bidding war to secure supplies. January shipments of Russian ESPO, a favourite among Chinese and Japanese refiners, were sold at a five-month high premium over Dubai prices after spot differentials for Sokol rose ...