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Dubai / Emirates Business The market for drones in the GCC is expected to reach $1.5 billion by 2022, presenting a massive opportunity for regional telecom operators, according to Strategy&, formerly Booz & Company, and part of PwC network. By leveraging their capabilities and resources, these companies can play a central role in the development of regional drone industry. Originally ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s economy is expected to expand further over the next two years after having outperformed global economic growth and defied downward trends that prevailed worldwide in 2016, said HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council and Chairman of Economic Development Committee. The results of Dubai Plan 2021 Annual Report ‘Dubai ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration “supports” the current version of a bill to sanction Russia for its actions during the 2016 elections that could soon land on President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature, the White House press secretary said. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ comments came after Republican and Democratic leaders in the House reached a tentative deal to move ahead this ...

Bloomberg Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak raised the stakes in his efforts to secure the votes of palm oil farmers, announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid ahead of an election that could come within months. Farmers who come under the auspices of the Federal Land Development Authority, or Felda, will get cash handouts from the end of August, ...

Bloomberg China’s most popular savings products have become a battleground for the nation’s smaller banks, which are competing for funds in a market that’s drawing increasing scrutiny from national policy makers. Whatever the result, one of the main casualties is set to be the domestic bond market. The accounts known as wealth management products, offering lesser-regulated returns that beat the ...

Bloomberg Software giant SAP SE raised its annual revenue outlook and said it would buy back up to a half billion dollars in stock after reporting a better-than-expected jump in sales, lifted by a revamped version of its flagship software. The German maker of applications that run businesses’ finances, manufacturing and personnel is projecting sales of 23.3 billion euros ($26.8 ...

Bloomberg Elenia Oy’s owners are preparing to kick off a sale that could value Finland’s second-largest power distributor at as much as 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion), restarting a process that was delayed last year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The utility has sent out teasers and senior executives are planning to meet with potential suitors in Asia ...

Bloomberg Hydro One Ltd. fell the most in eight months after agreeing to buy US power supplier Avista Corp. in a $3.4 billion deal that analysts said is too costly and exposes the Canadian energy company to regulatory hassles. The merger will add Avista’s energy production and distribution operations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska to Hydro One’s transmission network ...

Al HAMMAM AREA / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, along with a few dignitaries, attended the opening ceremony of the Mohamed Naguib Military Base, west of Alexandria, Egypt. The programmes at the ceremony included a documentary about the late Egyptian president Mohamed Naguib, followed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) recently announced the expansion of its strategic partnership model, as well as the more active management of its portfolio of assets. Following the launch of this new initiative, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of ADNOC met last week with both potential and ...