News

  Bloomberg A few days of regulatory tussles were enough for Uber Technologies Inc. to pull its fleet of self-driving cars from the streets of San Francisco and send them instead to friendlier territory in Arizona. The California Department of Motor Vehicles banned Uber’s self-driving cars from San Francisco on Wednesday, just days after they first deployed. In response, Uber ...

  Bloomberg The UK government is clawing back 292 million pounds ($360 million) in subsidies from BT Group Plc to reinvest in spreading super-fast broadband connections to businesses and homes in remote areas. Under a contract with the government, BT receives taxpayer funds to support the rollout of super-fast broadband, with speeds of 24 megabits per second or more, but ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade reached AED952 billion in first nine months of 2016. Imports had the lion’s share at AED 594 billion, while exports and re-exports accounted for AED109 billion and AED 249 billion, respectively, according to official figures. Dubai saw a 11 percent surge in the total volume of traded goods in the first nine ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, said that it will complete and hand over 4 schools in Al Ain city to Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) by next April, well ahead of the start of the new academic year 2017-2018. This forms part of Musanada’s efforts to realise the vision of Abu Dhabi plan, and ...

  Dubai / WAM To realise the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to position Dubai as the capital of the Islamic economy, the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) needs to continually adapt its Islamic economy strategy to reflect emerging trends across the sector’s ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) said that 80 percent of the second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is complete, as of mid-December. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is the largest single-site solar park in the world based on the Independent Power Producer model (IPP). The second phase is the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) completed preparations required to implement two key resolutions on Emiratisation of positions of data entry operators and occupational health and safety officers starting January 2017. Ministry officials said the lists of qualified Emiratis who can fill up these jobs had been sent to targeted employers for selection. Farida Al ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) said that it will complete and hand over 4 schools in Al Ain city to Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) by next April, well ahead of the start of the new academic year 2017-2018. This forms part of Musanada’s efforts to realise the vision of Abu Dhabi plane, and execute ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan declared 2017 as the “Year of Giving” to promote the culture of giving back to the community and enhance the spirit of volunteering and loyalty to one’s country. The “Year of Giving” will focus on three main pillars: the first of which aims at creating a ...

  AJMAN / WAM HH Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman has approved AED 1.178 billion budget for Ajman for the fiscal year 2017. HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman issued resolution No. (15) of 2016 regarding the approval of the budget to translate the Ajman Vision 2021 and ...