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DUBAI / WAM Dubai, Dubai Land Department (DLD), represented by its regulatory arm Real Estate Regulatory Agency (Rera) signed an MoU with United Bank Limited (UBL UAE) to manage and service owners’ associations (OA) accounts. Marwan bin Ghalita, CEO of Rera, and Syed Asghar Hussain, Head of Operations at UBL, signed MoU, through which Rera agrees to authorise UBL to ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) organised UAE Sri Lanka Forum to discuss areas of cooperation in trade, investment and tou- rism, and highlight the investment opportunities available in both countries. Held at the SCCI’s headquarters, the event was part of the chamber’s strategy aimed at strengthening economic cooperation with promising countries and boosting relationships ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DP World — UAE Region, to collaborate on the Digital Silk Road, a Dubai 10X initiative which is expected to be launched by 2020. The Digital Silk Road is a smart digital platform which utilises blockchain technology to increase the ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Federal Transport Authority — Land and Maritime (FTA), and Etihad Rail discussed the existing cooperation between the three entities and the federal legislation regulating rail networks in the UAE. At a coordinative meeting held RTA headquarters, Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, Ahmed ...

YEKATERINBURG / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry, highlighted the UAE’s commitment to creating the future of global industry and achieving sustainable development. In his speech during the launch of the second edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS), held in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, Al Mazrouei said that the ...

Bloomberg The Indian billionaire behind the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Australia is hitting back at criticism the endeavor will be both unprofitable and too dirty. In an interview in New Delhi, Gautam Adani took aim at two major faults opponents have flung at the development: that the mine’s low-quality coal won’t earn enough money to justify his $2 billion ...

Bloomberg Thailand is set to increase minimum wages for a second straight year as it looks to attract workers amid an aging population and shortage of labour in key industries. A subcommittee to decide on the extent of increase will meet in the next one to two months to assess the revision based on the state of the economy and ...

Bloomberg A tiny company linked to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s closest business ally agreed to take over a much bigger unit of Deutsche Telekom AG’s local subsidiary in Hungary, in the most high-profile acquisition to date for the premier’s circle of business partners. 4iG, partly owned by Lorinc Meszaros, a former gas fitter from Orban’s home village, signed the deal ...

Bloomberg The German cancer-treatment researcher BioNTech raised $325 million from investors, one of the largest financing rounds ever by a European biotechnology company. The second-round haul brings closely held BioNTech’s total fundraising to more than $1.4 billion, according to Sean Marett, the company’s chief business officer. The figure is high even by standards in the US, where the valuations of ...

Bloomberg PepsiCo Inc reported quarterly profit that beat estimates with brands including Mountain Dew soda and Doritos chips boosting results. Second-quarter earnings, excluding some items, amounted to $1.54 a share, compared with projections of $1.50. Revenue of $16.44 billion was narrowly ahead of estimates. PepsiCo has boosted its marketing spending as it tries to drive growth in an increasingly competitive ...