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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), has announced its participation in the 27th edition of the Muscat International Book Fair. The event will be held in the Omani capital from February 22 to March 4, with the participation of 826 ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club, the “UAE MotoSurf Championship” is scheduled to be held on March 18, 2023 in “Al Qana”, the unique waterfront located at the gateway of Abu Dhabi and considered one ...

  Bloomberg Property sellers are seeking sharply higher prices across north London as young professionals return to jobs in the capital after the pandemic, a survey showed. Asking prices for homes in Camden surged 17.2% from a year ago and by 6% in the past month alone, the property search website Rightmove said Monday. Barnet and Islington notched up annual ...

  Bloomberg Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown said corporate maneuvers that favor shareholders and company executives are to blame for safety lapses leading up to a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in a town in his home state. “This is the same old story — corporations do stock buybacks, they do big dividend checks, and they lay off workers,” Brown ...

  Bloomberg European natural gas prices rose on the prospect of a late-winter cold snap, after falling last week to the lowest level in almost 18 months. Benchmark futures advanced as much as 5.4% after dropping below €50 on Friday. Temperatures in cities including London and Madrid could fall from unseasonably high levels by the end of the week, with ...

  Bloomberg US government incentives to promote investments into nascent technologies such as green hydrogen will have a “healthy” impact, even as they risk distorting the trade in electric cars between Europe and the US, Bill Gates said. Speaking in a podcast interview with the head of Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, Nicolai Tangen, Gates extolled government policies for ...

  Bloomberg Denmark’s industrial workers reached a new pay deal with employers to offset falling purchasing power in the first of a string of wage agreements expected in the coming months. The deal, which covers 230,000 workers, is expected to set the tone for talks in other industries under the Danish model where employers and unions agree on work conditions ...

  Bloomberg The biggest challenge to Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo’s plan to take on the US? Getting more Americans to know who they are. The apparel maker, known for its affordable cashmere sweaters and solid basics, wants to go big in one of the world’s toughest consumer markets. Although Uniqlo is a fixture in shopping streets of New York and ...

  Bloomberg Oil capped its longest string of daily losses this year as hawkish signals from Federal Reserve officials added to concerns about a glut of crude piling up in storage. A significant increase in US inventories and a broader risk-off sentiment sparked by the prospect of continued rate hikes from the Fed have weighed on oil this week. The ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the International Defence Conference (IDC 2023), got underway on Sunday at Adnoc Business Centre one day ahead of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (Idex), and the Naval Defence & Maritime Security Exhibition (Navdex). The one-day International Defence Conference is organised by ...