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Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s Edge group has announced a strategic investment in High Lander, the company behind Universal UTM, a drone-agnostic unmanned traffic management solution which provides the automation, coordination, and safety much needed in increasingly crowded skies. The $14 million investment creates a ground-breaking partnership and is already forging ongoing deals and high-value opportunities in both the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad) group announced that it has signed an agreement with Emerging World FZC, the sole importer of Pran-RFL Group’s products in the Middle East region, to establish a Programme for Rural Advancement Nationally (Pran) manufacturing plant catering to local and regional markets. The AED 110 million facility, developed in multiple phases, ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Jawhara Jewellery, the leading Emirati brand in the world of gold and jewellery, continues its promotional campaign, which it launched in all its stores, during the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), in cooperation with the Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group, by announcing the names of four lucky winners with the its second Raffle Draw prizes on ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), inaugurated the power management company Eaton’s new Customer Experience Centre (CEC) in National Industries Park, Jebel Ali, Dubai. The new facility will serve as a centre of excellence for Eaton to showcase, train and demonstrate Eaton’s products and integrated solutions for industry ...

Dubai / WAM The General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) on Tuesday launched the ‘Your Commitment Protects You’ campaign to spread awareness on inspection controls and guidelines. It has further highlighted the obligation of an entity towards abiding by inspection controls and guidelines, as well as unnecessary fines incurred on employers as a result of violating registration and monthly ...

Bloomberg For the 8,000 people suffering from cystic fibrosis in the UK, Kaftrio is a miracle drug. For the cash-strapped National Health Service, it’s a foretaste of an unaffordable future. Costing £100,000 ($123,000) a year per patient, Kaftrio could add hundreds of millions of pounds to the £180 billion annual NHS bill, a new liability even as the service struggles ...

  Bloomberg The squeeze on Germany’s economy eased further at the start of the year as the services sector grew for the first time since June, another sign the country may dodge a recession that many had predicted as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Private-sector activity in the country remained resilient in January, and inflationary pressures continued to ...

  Bloomberg Vodafone Group Plc sold the headquarters it’s held for decades in Newbury, England, and will rent just over half of the site’s premises back as it downsizes and cuts costs. Iqon Capital agreed to buy the total of seven buildings known as “The Connection” on behalf of Aljazira Capital for an undisclosed figure, it said in a statement ...

  Bloomberg The private-sector economy in the euro area unexpectedly returned to growth at the start of 2023, offering further signs the region may avoid a recession and comforting the European Central Bank’s focus on underlying inflation risks. S&P Global’s flash Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.2 in January, better than the 49.8 reading predicted in a Bloomberg survey and ...

  Bloomberg An Austrian startup that aims to streamline housing construction raised about €100 million in fresh cash from a group of investors led by Vonovia SE, Germany’s largest landlord. Gropyus AG will use part of the Series B funding to expand its factory in southwest Germany, according to Chief Executive Office Markus Fuhrmann. The Vienna-based company targets output of ...