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RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) ranked twelfth among 103 UAE institutions with Scopus affiliations, with a total of 403 Scopus documents published by the AURAK faculty and researchers. Scopus is the largest database of peer-reviewed literature, encompassing scientific journals, books, and conference publications. The extensive global scholarship indexed in Scopus includes research ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has opened registration for the public to visit the Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME 2018), at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Seih Al Dahl, Dubai. The exhibition is being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), signed an agreement with the Emirates Desert Group to construct two truck stops at Dubai Industrial City (near Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road) and Dubailand (near Emirates Road) under the Public Private Partnership (PPP), model. The agreement, which is the first of its kind in Dubai, fulfils all stipulations of the Dubai Public-Private ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, has launched a smart application system to assist field officers at Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD). The new application will allow officers to carry out multiple tasks, including the issuance of eviction notices electronically. His Highness highlighted the Department’s drive ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), held a meeting on Saturday to discuss preparations for the launch of KhalifaSat, the first satellite to be developed 100 percent by Emirati engineers in the UAE, into orbit aboard the liquid-fuelled H-IIA rocket on October 29. Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, Board Chairman of the MBRSC, who presided over the meeting, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED), in collaboration with Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development, Dubai SME, successfully held the second Tawasul Forum for 2018 in Dubai in the presence of Khalifa Fund’s members and SMEs entrepreneurs, as well as government and private entities. The forum is part of a series of qualitative initiatives ...

Bloomberg Enbridge Inc. plans to overhaul its system of awarding space on the biggest pipeline carrying Canadian oil to US refiners. Canada’s largest pipeline operator wants to contract 90 percent of the capacity on its 2.85 million-barrel-a-day mainline system by signing long-term deals with potential shippers in an open season early next year, according to people familiar with the matter. ...

Bloomberg Talks between a Nigerian oil labour union and Chevron Corp. over the US energy giant’s plan to fire thousands of workers ended on September 28 with the prospect of a resolution in sight, the union said. Discussions between the union, Chevron and the Nigeria’s Ministry of Labour and Employment “ended in a cordial way as of yesterday,” Fortune Obi, ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s state-run energy explorer Petrobras will pay $853.2 million to settle claims by authorities in its home country and the US stemming from allegations that its executives facilitated bribes to politicians and then concealed those payments from investors in one of South America’s biggest corruption scandals. The bulk of the penalties — more than $682 million — will go ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. said it discovered a security breach earlier this week that affected almost 50 million accounts the latest in a series of missteps that are undermining confidence in the company’s social network and business model. The social-media network said in a statement that it has fixed the breach, which allowed hackers to take over people’s accounts. Law enforcement ...