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  bloomberg Believe it or not, companies still want to make deals. Half of executives expect to pursue acquisitions in the next 12 months and 40 percent aim to boost sales through partnerships, according to EY’s Global Capital Conference Barometer, a survey of more than 1,700 executives in 45 countries. While that’s down from the 59 percent of participants who ...

  Bloomberg President Barack Obama said he expects the U.S. Congress to vote on a trade deal with Asia-Pacific nations after the primary season over, and that his administration will complete negotiations on a similar pact with the European Union by the end of his presidency. “When we’re in the heat of campaigns people are naturally going to worry more ...

  Vienna / AFP Ukraine marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster today, when human error and flawed Soviet reactor technology led to the world’s worst nuclear accident. AFP looks at the steps taken since 1986 to improve nuclear safety around the world and — as Fukushima showed in 2011 — the challenges that remain. Only in the USSR? ...

  Russia / AFP Russian pensioner Anna Venderenko says her village wrestles daily with the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, dreading the moment when a lifeline provided by the government in Moscow is slashed. The 70-year-old lives in Starye Bobovichi, 180 kilometres northeast of the stricken nuclear plant in neighbouring Ukraine. On the night of April 26, 1986, a blast ...

  Bloomberg Chernobyl, Ukraine|AFP: Defying radioactive contamination and a government evacuation order, Yevgeny Markevich returned to his beloved Chernobyl shortly after it suffered the world’s worst nuclear accident 30 years ago this week. The sturdy 78-year-old former teacher is among 158 people still living in the 30 kilometre (19 mile) exclusion zone around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant where reactor ...

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved the Dubai Future Agenda as a strategic framework for the Dubai Future Foundation. His Highness said, “Today we have launched ‘Dubai Future Foundation’ and we look forward to a new phase in which the Foundation ...

  DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Airports; President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority; Chairman and CEO of Emirates Group, the Department of Economic Development (DED), Government of Dubai, launched a new initiative—the Business Community Engagement (BCE) to deepen and strengthen DED’s relationship with the business community. The ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality launched an extensive campaign aimed at combating disorderly accommodation as well as condensed bachelors accommodation in areas falling within the realms of authorities of Al Wathba Municipal Centre. The campaign is intended to confronting this phenomenon, and enforcing the environmental and health standards by organising awareness and educational campaigns targeting ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The inflation rate in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for the first quarter of 2016 was up 3.2%, compared with the same period of 2015, according to a report released by Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD). The annual inflation rate for the first quarter of 2016 was 3.2%, ...

  DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016, the region’s leading travel industry showcase, opens its doors on Monday for four days of business networking opportunities, insightful seminar sessions, leadership forums, and recognition of 12 months of industry achievement. It takes place at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre from April 25-28.