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  Bloomberg Brexit is costing the UK economy £100 billion a year ($124 billion), with the effects spanning everything from business investment to the ability of companies to hire workers. An analysis by Bloomberg Economics three years after Britain left the European Union paints a bleak picture of the damage done by the way the split has been implemented by ...

Bloomberg French labor unions are leading a second day of mass strikes and protests on Tuesday against raising the retirement age in a test of the momentum driving defiance to Emmanuel Macron’s signature economic reform. The country’s rail operator, SNCF, expects only one-third of high-speed TGVs to run and urged people to work from home. Subway and commuter trains serving ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time With the attendance of Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of Dubai Land Department, Ahmed Al Bawardi, CEO of Tanami Arabia Co. and Chairman of Ektimal Sports Co., Humphrey Cobbold – Chief Executive Officer of PureGym UK and Turki Al Rajhi – Partner at Al Rajhi Holdings, PureGym Arabia, the franchise partner of PureGym Group ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The official visit of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which was scheduled for Monday, will be postponed due to weather conditions. During the visit, UAE President and Pakistan’s Prime Minister were due to discuss areas of mutual cooperation between the UAE and Pakistan. A phone ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Microsoft UAE on Monday announced their collaboration on Industry 4.0 and broader digital transformation, aiming to set global best practice for the aluminium industry while improving the sustainability of EGA’s computing operations. Both Microsoft and EGA are members of the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s Industry 4.0 Champions ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Bahrain Bourse (BHB) announced on Monday that Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) has now joined the “Tabadul” platform, the region’s first digital exchange hub, established on the mutual market access model that provides a trading network between stock exchanges regionally. As a result, MSX’s listed securities, along with those ...

  Dubai / WAM Mashreq, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and North Africa, reported its financial results for the year ending December 31, 2022. The bank’s operating profit was AED4.4 billion, a 39.2% increase compared to the previous fiscal year, with a net profit of AED3.7 billion ($1 billion). Mashreq had a growth of 12.1% year-to-date in ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai is set to host the 22nd edition of the Airport Show on May 9-11, where key global airport industry players will showcase their energised enthusiasm at the trend-setting event, with three exhibitions and two conferences over three days on its sidelines. To be held under the continued patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al ...

Abu Dhabi / Agencies Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (Adib) announced a net profit of AED3.62 billion in 2022, a 55% increase from the previous year. The bank also reported a 60% growth in Q4 2022 with a net profit of AED1.2 billion, compared to AED728 million in Q4 2021. Adib’s revenue increased by 23% to AED6,835 million in 2022, driven ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced the extension of the deadline for private sector employers to rectify unlimited-term employment contracts of their employees to fixed-term contracts. The new deadline now is December 31, instead of February 2. “The decision stems from our belief in enhancing flexibility, competitiveness and ease of business for ...