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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dubai Creative Clusters Authority (DCCA) signed a partnership agreement with Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA) to provide the best healthcare facilities across its ten free zones. Ahmad bin Byat, Director-General of DCCA, and Dr. Raja Easa Al Gurg, Vice-Chairperson and Group CEO of DHCA, signed the agreement, which is aimed at defining cooperation mechanisms to enable healthcare ...

  AP British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Britain faces some “difficult times” as it prepares to leave the European Union following the June referendum. She told the Andrew Marr Show in an interview that not all would be “plain sailing” as Britain withdraws from the 28-nation bloc. She said in her first extended interview since taking office ...

AFP European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sunday he opposes trade negotiations between Britain and other economies while it remains part of the European Union, as Australia prepares for talks on the issue with London. In the wake of its vote to leave the European Union, Britain must renegotiate its access to the markets of the rest of the ...

  AFP European authorities’ decision to slap Apple with a huge bill for back taxes was not a decision “against the United States”, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sunday as world leaders gathered in China for a major economic summit. The 13-billion-euro demand for payment from the American electronics giant has raised hackles in the US, with the ...

  AFP Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is looking to sell its software division, perhaps for as much as $10 billion, according to media reports that cited sources close to the matter. The move would include HPE shedding the operations of Autonomy Corp, a British software firm bought five years ago in an $11 billion deal that has since been branded a business ...

  AFP The world edged closer to a 2020 goal to repair vast areas of damaged natural lands and forests, officials announced at the world’s largest conservation meeting. Malawi and Guatemala committed to restoring a total of 4.54 million hectares (11 million acres) of degraded land, officials said at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress. ...

  AFP The long-awaited sale of Formula One to an American media group is to be completed next week, according to media reports on Sunday. The well-sourced German magazine Auto Motor und Sport said that the sport’s veteran commercial ring-master Bernie Ecclestone had confirmed the deal at the Italian Grand Prix. The magazine reported that Ecclestone said Liberty Media will ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Demand for seamless connection to the Internet of Things will drive wearable shipments to double by 2020, says a new Frost & Sullivan report prepared in collaboration with GITEX Technology Week. Wearables are computing devices that can be worn as clothing or accessories — including smart watches, glasses, bands, cameras, and clothing. By recording, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A GCC-wide survey of 600 multinational companies and locally-owned conglomerates – the largest study of its kind in the Gulf region – has forecasted that salary earnings will increase an average of 4.7% in 2017, demonstrating a more optimistic outlook across the board as GDP growth is also expected to climb in the year ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), a technology leader in application networking, announced that it has joined the Cisco® Solution Partner Program as a Solution Provider. The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance the relevancy of network connections. As a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program, A10 ...