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  Bloomberg Oil declined for a fourth day on concern recent gains were unsustainable, while shuttered Canadian operations started to reopen. Futures fell as much as 1.8 percent in New York after rising 6.9 percent in May as supply was curbed by wildfires in Alberta and militant attacks in Nigeria. Canadian oil-sands producers including Suncor Energy Inc. have begun resuming ...

  DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS A Dubai Government delegation, led by the Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), concluded a successful tour of three prominent cities in Canada in a bid to explore commercial and investment partnerships for promoting sustainable and innovation-driven economic development. The delegation comprising officials from Jafza, Dubai ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Ministry of Finance (MoF) partnered with the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) to offer latest innovative smart payment service under the e-Dirham system, enabling consumers to pay for fuel and other purchases at ENOC and EPPCO fuel stations as well as Zoom retail outlets by using the e-wallet of the e-Dirham app for ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM ADNOC Distribution has received the ‘UAE Superbrand’ award for 2016, third year in a row, granted by the ‘Superbrand Council’, the largest independent global body that evaluates brands. The award was received by HE Saeed Mubarak Al Rashidi, Acting Chief Executive Officer at ADNOC Distribution. Commenting on the award, Al Rashidi said, “We see this award ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) honoured 150 employees, winners of its Internal Excellence Award for the first half of 2016. The award underlines DEWA’s commitment to motivating its staff to actively participate in establishing excellence, creativity, and innovation as daily practices. HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, presented the winning ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts of Senegal as part of TRA’s strategic partnership programme with telecoms regulatory authorities worldwide to share best practices in the sector. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the 2016 session of the International Telecommunications ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) – organised a workshop to highlight the main findings of the Mercury Emissions Inventory project for Abu Dhabi, with participation from key stakeholders and experts involved in mercury emissions from the federal and local government, as well as from the private sector. During the workshop, relevant stakeholders and ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business A recent study on innovation readiness in federal government entities showed that employees consider innovation as a key element for success in government performance. The first-of-its-kind study was aimed at measuring the adoption of innovation in government services as part of the government’s commitment to promote innovation to achieve the best results. The results of ...

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, attended on Tuesday the launch of the Demand Side Management programme ‘Taqati’ by the Supreme Council of Energy at an event at the Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights hotel in Dubai. The ceremony was also attended by Dr Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, ...

    Astana / WAM The Emirates Space Agency and the Space Committee of the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to determine frameworks of mutual cooperation in the field of exploration and the peaceful use of outer space, as well as the exchange of information and experiences, scientific research and space technology. ...