Dubai / WAM The General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) announced the pension disbursement dates for this year. The authority emphasised the fact that pensions will be disbursed on the 27th day of each month, with exceptions to May and June, whose pensions will be disbursed on August 26, where pensions will be disbursed on the 25th of that ...
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EHS to showcase 19 innovative projects at Arab Health
Dubai / WAM Emirates Health Services (EHS) is taking part in the Arab Health Exhibition & Conference 2023, held from January 30 to February 2 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, where it plans to showcase 19 innovative projects at its booth under the theme “Building the Future of Health Servicesâ€. The projects will be grouped into three main ...
Read More »UK factory price inflation eases to slowest pace in almost a year
Bloomberg UK factories’ fuel and raw material costs are rising at their slowest pace in almost a year, further evidence that pipeline inflationary pressures are easing. Input prices rose 16.5% in December from a year ago, down from a peak of 24.6% in June, Office for National Statistics figures published Wednesday show. That was the slowest pace since February ...
Read More »US sues Google to break up ad unit in heated antitrust fight
Bloomberg The US Justice Department and eight states sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google, calling for the break up of the search giant’s ad-technology business over alleged illegal monopolization of the digital advertising market. “The lawsuit we have filed today seeks to hold Google to account for what we allege are its longstanding monopolies in digital advertising technologies that content creators use ...
Read More »Murdoch ditches Fox, News Corp merger after investor objections
Bloomberg Rupert Murdoch said he was abandoning plans to explore a merger of Fox Corp. and News Corp., two media companies he controls, after investors pushed back on the deal. Fox said Tuesday that it had received a letter from Murdoch saying that he and his son Lachlan, the chief executive officer of Fox, had determined a combination was ...
Read More »Italy braces for disruption as gas stations strike
Bloomberg Italy is bracing for two days of disruptions after gas station operators across the country started a strike late Tuesday to protest against a new policy introduced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government. A last-ditch attempt by the government to convince unions to call off the strike failed. But some of the groups organizing the protest decided to ...
Read More »Microsoft erases gains after saying Azure growth to decelerate
Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. shares declined after the company warned that revenue growth in its cloud-computing business will decelerate in the coming months and corporate software sales will slow, fueling concern about demand for the products that have driven its momentum in recent years. Shares fell as much as 2.7% to $235.51 in pre-market trading. Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said ...
Read More »President appoints Abu Dhabi Executive Council members
Abu Dhabi / WAM In his capacity as the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a resolution to appoint members of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. The resolution stipulates the appointment of Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, as the Chairman of the Department of ...
Read More »Edge invests $14mn in UK firm High Lander
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 ...
Read More »India-UAE summit calls for economic tie-ups to drive development plans
Dubai / WAM Celebrating the special economic relations between India and the UAE, Dubai Chambers on Tuesday hosted the India-UAE Partnership Summit at its headquarters in Dubai. Hon. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, inaugurated the summit with an opening keynote where he highlighted that the UAE-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) has given a ...
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