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Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has stepped up its commitment to securely transport temperature sensitive pharmaceutical shipments with the introduction of pharma corridors offering additional protection across selected stations in its network for pharmaceutical cargo. Emirates SkyCargo is working with ground handling partners and other stakeholders at multiple cities across its global network in ...

Ajman / WAM His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, reviewed the plans, programmes and projects undertaken by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), being implemented throughout the country, as well as in the emirate. His Highness, the Ruler of Ajman, received Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE is first in the region and is ranked third globally, after China and India, for a fourth consecutive year, staying atop the Compatibility and Connectedness sub-indices in the Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index. The country is also attributed the number one position for Quality of Infrastructure. The Compatibility sub-index is effectively a measure of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy (MoE), and Steven Ciobo, Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, met to discuss strengthening economic cooperation in sectors of mutual interest. The two ministers highlighted the latest developments regarding the implementation of recommendations and cooperative frameworks agreed on during the first session of their countries’ Joint ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) has marked the ‘Year of Zayed’ with the launch of a mentorship programme designed to honour the pioneering vision of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founding Father in the UAE, and facilitate the full participation of women across socio-economic life. As the UAE’s leading platform for the personal and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi University (ADU), launched three IT initiatives that will improve lecture capabilities and connectivity across its campuses in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Dubai, as well as increasing communication efficiencies in different ways. The university has introduced a new concept of delivering collaborative architecture for inter-campus lectures to provide closer-to-real classroom experiences for students ...

Dubai / WAM Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, (DM) opened a photo exhibition on Monday about the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE, at the Municipality’s Al Kifaf Centre near Al Jafiliya Metro Station. The exhibition is part of Dubai Municipality’s plan to launch several initiatives in support of the Year of Zayed ...

Bloomberg China’s biggest electric-car maker will gain a stock market listing in an asset swap valuing the state-backed manufacturer at 28.8 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) and giving investors a bigger chance to participate in the world’s largest market for new-energy vehicles. One of BAIC Group’s publicly traded affiliates, Chengdu Qian Feng Electronics Co., will buy Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., also ...

Bloomberg An arm of China’s sovereign fund is competing with buyout firms in the bidding for Nature’s Care Manufacture Pty, as the Australian supplement brand’s owner makes a second attempt at a sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. China Jianyin Investment Ltd., a unit of state-run China Investment Corp. that’s known as JIC, is among suitors invited to ...

Bloomberg Wanda Hotel Development Co. corrected a statement on a planned sale of assets that had appeared to contradict an English-language version of an announcement at the unit of billionaire Wang Jianlin’s property-to-entertainment conglomerate. The Chinese-language announcement of a pending acquisition was mistaken and should have referred to a “very substantial disposal”, the hotel unit said in a Hong Kong ...