Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced that it has welcomed Tata Asset Management Limited (TAML) to the centre. Tata Asset Management is one of the earlier asset management companies in India and is a part of the Tata group that have revenues of $113 billion (2018-19). Headquartered in India, the Tata Group is an over 150 years ...
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Kim raises pressure on South Korea to split with Trump
Bloomberg Both North Korea and left-leaning supporters of South Korean President Moon Jae-in want him to restore economic ties broken by security tensions. But pleasing them would mean angering US President Donald Trump. North Korea said it was closing down communication links set up two years ago between Moon and Kim Jong-un, jeopardising the South Korean leader’s 2017 campaign promise ...
Read More »IMF approves $5bn in aid to Ukraine
Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board approved $5 billion of aid to Ukraine, the culmination of months of talks that grew more urgent as coronavirus pandemic struck. The Washington-based lender will disburse the first $2.1 billion loan tranche immediately, according to an emailed statement. Ukraine needs money to help cover its budget deficit, which tripled as the government ...
Read More »Virus splinters global economy, exposing inequality faultlines
Bloomberg The coronavirus pandemic is splintering the world economy, and the extraordinary action needed means policy makers cannot risk a premature withdrawal of lifelines to businesses and the most vulnerable people, the OECD warned. It made the grim assessment in its quarterly outlook, where it forecast a global slump of 6% this year, more than the World Bank earlier this ...
Read More »Finance chiefs say EU urgently needs to bolster capital markets
Bloomberg Europe needs to quickly deregulate its capital markets to encourage people to buy more stocks, according a panel of top industry executives. With massive amounts of debt being sold to counter the coronavirus recession and the European Union (EU) losing its financial hub in Brexit, the group said companies need greater access to equity investment now more than ever ...
Read More »Endangered restaurants say $120b aid would pay for itself
Bloomberg A trade group for independent US restaurants said that its proposal for a $120 billion industry stabilisation fund would pay for itself more than twice over as the Republican-controlled Senate signals it wants the next response to the coronavirus crisis to be more limited. The proposed fund could generate more than $270 billion in economic activity through savings of ...
Read More »New autonomous ITVs all set to boost efficiency at Jebel Ali Port
Dubai / WAM Leading trade enabler, DP World, UAE region and the autonomous vehicle, robotics and AI specialist (DGWorld) has entered a contractual agreement to equip Jebel Ali Port with a fleet of Autonomous Internal Terminal Vehicles (AITVs) including all related integrations in the existing operation processes and infrastructures. The contract signed between the two sides states that DGWorld will ...
Read More »Covid-19: Abu Dhabi extends travel ban for one more week
ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Committee for the Covid-19 Pandemic, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Police and DoH, have announced that the Abu Dhabi movement ban is to be extended by one week. The ban covers movements between Abu Dhabi’s regions (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra) as well as in and out of ...
Read More »Enoc group opens two new service stations
DUBAI / WAM Enoc Group has announced that it opened two new service stations in Lehbab and Al Qudra in Dubai. The opening of the two new service stations, both in key locations, takes the total number of ENOC service stations now in the UAE to 147. The Lehbab service station is conveniently located along Lehbab Road and will provide ...
Read More »Dewa to save 8.5m sheets of paper in 2020
DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), announced on Tuesday that it will no longer purchase paper supplies, adding that it would refrain from using some 8.5 million sheets of paper for 2020. The move comes as part of the Dubai Paperless Strategy, which aims to use advanced technology to build an integrated paperless government framework. Commenting ...
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