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Bloomberg When Uber’s new chief executive officer touches down in London, he’ll find an irate regulator, divided drivers, galvanised rivals, and a key regional manager who’s just announced her exit. Dara Khosrowshahi was in the UK capital for an emergency meeting on Tuesday with transportation authorities to try to salvage the company’s business in its largest European market. Khosrowshahi’s arrival ...

Bloomberg Investors focused on social issues are finding that trickle-down diversity doesn’t work. For years, they surmised that having enough women on boards and in senior management would produce fairer policies. Now investors are changing tactics, saying it’s not enough and that employers also need to implement gender-pay equity and paid-leave policies that attract and retain women. Zevin Asset Management, ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Council of Ministers has adopted Cabinet Decision No.39 of 2017 on Fees for Services Provided by the Federal Tax Authority and Cabinet Resolution No.40 of 2017 on Administrative Penalties for Violations of Tax Laws in the UAE. The council’s meeting was chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime ...

DUBAI / WAM The President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, met DP World Group Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, to discuss a trade and logistics master plan to unlock the resource rich country’s economic potential. The plan includes a transportation and logistics strategy with electronic customs processes, replicating DP World’s successful model with Dubai Trade at its flagship ...

Dubai / Emirates Business More than 400 decision-makers, including government officials and business leaders, will meet in Dubai this week to discuss foreign investment opportunities in Africa during ALN’s (formerly Africa Legal Network) 4th Annual International Conference – ‘Africa: Bridging the Gulf’ from October 4-5 at the Park Hyatt, Dubai, UAE. The invite-only event is set to bring together a ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received, in Qasr Al Bahr, Jawaher Saif Al Kumaiti, to honour her humanitarian actions and her bravery, heroism and quick thinking, which saved the life of an Asian driver. The driver was ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday, received Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari, and members of the official delegation accompanying him, at Qasr Al Bahr. Sheikh Mohamed welcomed the Iraqi Foreign Minister and discussed ways to enhance bilateral ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD), through its educational arm the Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), has launched its ‘Urban Thinkers Campus’, which will run from until October 4 as the world’s biggest brainstorming session focused on the future of cities. HE Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, opened the forum with a welcoming speech that ...

Dubai / WAM Partnership and cooperation on development of infrastructure, transport connections will enable Ghana and other western African nations to develop their economies, according to DP World Group Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. Discussions with President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, on a tour of West Africa centered on cooperation in customs technology, port operations, free-zone development, rail ...

Dubai / WAM The Government of Dubai Media Office has announced that in early December, Dubai will host the region’s first annual event centred around the world of online video and content creators, VIDXB. The event, organised by the Dubai Film and TV Commission, DFTC, reflects the UAE’s leading position in the domain of digital content development. VIDXB, which will ...