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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the Government of Jordan have enjoyed close ties dating back to 1974. Their constructive cooperation aims to achieve sustainable development goals in vital economic sectors that benefit the Jordanian population. In a report issued by ADFD to mark Jordan’s 71stIndependence Day, the Fund announced that by end-2016, it ...

Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ), the world-class government authority comprising RAK Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) and RAK Investment Authority (RAKIA), has won as the ‘Best New Customer’ of the Genesys call centre system ‘PureConnect’ in the Middle East region. RAKEZ was awarded the prize at the G-Summit Middle East 2017 held at ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), announced the successful receipt of the fuel assemblies required to generate electricity from Unit 1. The fuel assemblies are securely stored in Barakah until the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, FANR, approves the Operating License for Units 1 and 2, which will allow the generation of the first megawatts of ...

Dubai / WAM Mohammed Saqr Al Hammadi, Director of the Customers Happiness Department of the General Pensions & Social Security Authority (GPSSA), has called the insured to confirm that the specified period of pension eligibility is met before the resignation. He noted that only few days remained for those whose end of service files are received by the Authority. Such ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) opened a building for blind in the Yemeni Directorate of Tarim in Hadramaut valley, following the completion of rehabilitation in accordance with an agreement signed last April to rehabilitate the building to support the community. The move is part of the ERC development and service projects carried out in Hadramaut and various ...

London / WAM The Center of Digital Innovation (CoDI), in the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), won the Global Mobile Government Award during the Mobile Government World Summit 2017, held recently in the United Kingdom. More than 100 teams from around the world participated in the competition, and the participating UAE Project was ranked first regionally, and second globally as the best ...

Bloomberg It’s easy to imagine diesel will die in America. The troubles that started almost two years ago with the emissions scandal at Volkswagen AG just keep rolling on and on. News that General Motors Co. is now confronting a class-action lawsuit over 700,000 diesel trucks adds to the growing sense across the auto industry that the days of diesel ...

Bloomberg As OPEC ministers gathered in Vienna to agree a nine-month extension of their oil-supply pact, the man credited with bringing about the landmark deal learned from a news broadcast that he had been fired. The story broke as Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa attended a closed session with counterparts. First came an unconfirmed report from an Algerian TV station, ...

DUBAI / Reuters Kuwait’s Agility, one of the largest Gulf logistics companies, said it had agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a civil lawsuit accusing it of defrauding the United States military on food supply contracts. It follows the earlier settlement of the parallel criminal portion of the case involving more than $8.6 billion of contracts that ...

Bloomberg In China, a bicycle-sharing phenomenon is changing the way urban dwellers get around — and forcing listed manufacturers to scramble to get a slice of the profits. Across major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, sidewalks are filling up with parked bikes that anyone with an app can unlock with a swipe of their phone. The cost is a ...