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DUBAI / emirates business Within the context of strengthening cooperation with educational institutions in the UAE and developing an organizational framework to develop such cooperation, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with American University of Sharjah (AUS) to develop Emirati human resources qualified to work in the fields of space science and ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business When Karen A (32) got a call from a bank that she had a loan of AED29,000 to repay in next two months, she could not understand what went wrong. After taking a sip of water and talking to her husband she found out she was a victim of ‘identity fraud’. Soon she recalled submitting ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Hyundai models have gained popularity in all their segments in several Middle East markets. Hyundai Elantra, has been awarded the best Small Sedan at the prestigious Middle East Car of the Year (MECOTY) awards for 2016 awards at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). The 3rd edition, the MECOTY is the biggest, most coveted ...

SHANGHAI / Reuters A controversial India-backed giant coal project near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was on Sunday awarded mining leases, but developer Adani said it would not commit to a final investment decision until legal challenges against it were resolved. The Queensland state government said the Aus$21.7 billion (US$16.7 billion) project to build one of the world’s biggest mines was ...

Bejing / AFP Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE will replace three top executives, the WSJ reported, in an apparent bid to see US restrictions on its business lifted after it was accused of violating sanctions against Iran. Washington slapped restrictions on ZTE and three linked companies last month for illicitly re-exporting controlled items from the United States to sanctioned countries, including ...

Manila / AFP A rare power outage plunged a major section of the Philippine capital’s main airport into darkness overnight, forcing flight cancellations that stranded thousands on Sunday. As many as 78 flights by the country’s largest carrier Cebu Pacific were cancelled, affecting nearly 14,000 passengers, the company said in a statement. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines also said some of ...

Tokyo / Bloomberg Japan will need economic measures in the second half of the current fiscal year after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will front-load budget spending, according to the vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Implementing this year’s budget quickly will help address Japan’s weak consumer spending, said Masahiko Komura. “Then naturally there ...

New Delhi / Reuters Indian cigarette makers including ITC Ltd, part-owned by British American Tobacco, suspended production over what they said was ambiguity in the government’s new health warning rules for packs, a leading industry body said. Rules that mandated 85 percent of a cigarette pack’s surface to be covered in health warnings, up from 20 percent, kicked in from ...

London / Reuters Britain said on Sunday that UK steel producers must be considered for infrastructure and other government contracts involving steel supplies, as part of plans to find a long-term solution to a crisis in the industry. The government is looking for ways to support domestic steel producers after India’s Tata Steel put its loss-making British plant up for ...

Bloomberg Business Secretary Sajid Javid declined to rule out a temporary nationalization of Tata Steel’s U.K. operations, while reiterating the government would prefer not to do so. “I don’t think nationalization is a solution for this,” Javid told BBC Television’s “Andrew Marr Show” on Sunday. “I also think it wouldn’t be prudent to rule anything out.” The British government is ...