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ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Engineering, the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has been expanding its operations in aircraft maintenance and parking, to meet the new requirements of airline operators as fleets have been grounded due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Wednesday, Etihad Engineering said, “The MRO provider continues to adapt to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Tawam Hospital in Al Ain has announced the launch of two mobile Covid-19 screening clinics for individuals that show symptoms of the disease. The hospital – an Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) facility – noted that the clinics are stationed in two different locations. The first clinic is based opposite Al Jimi Malla, while the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has been ranked among the top 750 universities in the world for the third year in a row, according to the 2021 QS World University Rankings. ADU recorded an increase of 15 percent in Academic Reputation, the world rankings indicator with the highest weightage. Reinforcing this performance, the university also improved at ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced that it has welcomed Tata Asset Management Limited (TAML) to the centre. Tata Asset Management is one of the earlier asset management companies in India and is a part of the Tata group that have revenues of $113 billion (2018-19). Headquartered in India, the Tata Group is an over 150 years ...

Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board approved $5 billion of aid to Ukraine, the culmination of months of talks that grew more urgent as coronavirus pandemic struck. The Washington-based lender will disburse the first $2.1 billion loan tranche immediately, according to an emailed statement. Ukraine needs money to help cover its budget deficit, which tripled as the government ...

Bloomberg The coronavirus pandemic is splintering the world economy, and the extraordinary action needed means policy makers cannot risk a premature withdrawal of lifelines to businesses and the most vulnerable people, the OECD warned. It made the grim assessment in its quarterly outlook, where it forecast a global slump of 6% this year, more than the World Bank earlier this ...

Bloomberg Duck Creek Technologies, a software provider for insurers, has raised $230 million from new and existing investors ahead of a planned initial public offering. The Boston-based company attracted Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management and Whale Rock Capital Management as new investors, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg. The valuation of the company in the round wasn’t included in ...

Bloomberg Europe needs to quickly deregulate its capital markets to encourage people to buy more stocks, according a panel of top industry executives. With massive amounts of debt being sold to counter the coronavirus recession and the European Union (EU) losing its financial hub in Brexit, the group said companies need greater access to equity investment now more than ever ...

Bloomberg The landlord that owns chunks of London’s trendy Soho district has written down the value of its portfolio by more than $383 million, after coronavirus forced its stores and restaurants to close. Shaftesbury Plc said its portfolio fell by 7.9% in the six months through March to 3.5 billion pounds, according to a statement on Wednesday. The company has ...

Bloomberg A trade group for independent US restaurants said that its proposal for a $120 billion industry stabilisation fund would pay for itself more than twice over as the Republican-controlled Senate signals it wants the next response to the coronavirus crisis to be more limited. The proposed fund could generate more than $270 billion in economic activity through savings of ...