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Sharjah / Emirates Business The strengthening of ties and the exchange of expertise with United States (US) bodies were the topics on the table at a high-level meeting conducted by Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD). Taking place at Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the activity saw the Sharjah government department host a delegation from the US ...

Bloomberg China buys more raw materials than any nation, but that doesn’t mean it always gets the best prices. So the government is altering domestic commodity exchanges to bring in more foreign investors and expand the country’s influence on global markets. Two decades of rapid economic growth have left the world’s biggest population consuming more food, energy and metals than ...

Bloomberg Billionaire Beny Steinmetz’s mining company may be asked to pay as much as $1.2 billion to former partner Vale SA after choosing not to attend an arbitration hearing in London in a dispute over one of the world’s richest mineral assets, two people with knowledge of the case said. The decision by Steinmetz’s BSG Resources Ltd. to back out ...

Bloomberg The UK may find itself in a rare position of becoming a net impo- rter of wheat this season. Imports have exceeded demand in recent months, and if that continues the nation could finish the season that ends in June as a net buyer, according to the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board. That’s only happened three times in the ...

Bloomberg Asian governments are watching with some anxiety the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement as the Trump administration kicks off a review of the pact. “All of us are keen to know whether America is committed to have an open, liberal trading environment,” Malaysian Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamed said in an interview on the sidelines of the ...

LONDON / Reuters Indian gold imports will drop back sharply after jumping in the first quarter, the World Gold Council said on Wednesday as the launch of a new tax regime and restrictions on refiners’ ability to import gold dore take their toll. Full-year imports will be little changed from 2016’s 524 tonnes, gold industry-funded WGC’s managing director for India ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emaar Turkey, the country-subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC, opened Emaar Square Mall, a world-class retail and leisure destination located in the heart of Emaar Square, an elegant master-planned development. With its architecture inspired by İstanbul, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Emaar Square Mall showcases some of the world’s leading retail, entertainment and ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) announced the top three winners of the 2nd cycle of the Dubai Smartpreneur Competition during the closing ceremony for the 5th ArabNet Digital Summit in Dubai. FriendyCar, a marketplace for borrowing and lending cars, claimed the first-place prize, while second place went to CorporateStack, a web-based solution for managing business ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE participated in the first trade and investment dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU), which concluded at the headquarters of the Council’s General Secretariat at the Saudi Capital of Riyadh. The Ministry of Economy organized the UAE delegation which was headed by Mohammed Nasser Hamdan Al Zaabi, Director ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Smart Dubai has won three awards at the annual Government ICT Achievements Awards, organised recently by .Gov magazine – an ITP publication – at The Grosvenor House hotel in Dubai Marina. Attended by more than 200 government official and ICT experts, the event sheds light on the progress and achievements of governments across the GCC in ...