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DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed an AED1.7 billion Operating Plant Service Agreement (OPSA) contract with German company Siemens. The 12-year contract includes providing maintenance, spare parts and gas turbine rehabilitation for the second phase of K-Station at Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Station, and the third phase of H-Station at the Al Aweer Power ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Medical Tourism industry generated more than AED1.4 billion for the emirate in 2016. The city received 326,649 medical tourists, representing an increase of 9.5% over the previous year. The most popular areas of treatment for medical tour¬ists last year was orthopaedics, dermatology and ophthalmology. In 2016, the largest market for the emirate was Asian ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) concluded the third edition of the Nobel Museum at the Children’s City at Dubai Creek Park, where it was held for three months. Themed “The Nobel Prize in Physics: Understanding Matter”, the Museum attracted tens of thousands of visitors of all ages and shed light on scientists, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) will join national exhibition associations and exhibition venues across the world in marking the Global Exhibitions Day 2017 (GED 2017) on Wednesday. Global Exhibitions Day is an opportunity for the exhibition industry to celebrate and highlight its positive impact on jobs, business, innovation and local investment. The occasion was ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) and the Development Bank of Belarus (DBRB) signed an MoU setting up the framework for future cooperation to develop Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Belarus. The agreement was signed by Hussain Jassem AlNuwais, Chairman of Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development and Sergei Rumas, Chairman of the DBRB. The ceremony ...

Bloomberg India’s Adani Group will proceed with its $16.5 billion Carmichael coal project in Australia’s Queensland state after its board approved a final investment decision on the development. Adani announced the move on Tuesday after last-minute delays due to uncertainty over a royalty deal with the state and amid resistance to the project because of concerns that it will damage ...

Bloomberg China wants to own the 21st Century economy. That’s why Beijing economic planners have mapped out a full-on strategy called Made in China 2025 to dominate in artificial intelligence, robotics, electric vehicles and other key sectors. The government is spending big on tax breaks and subsidies to get these industries off the ground quickly. Call it industrial policy on ...

Bloomberg Kuwait’s ruler is stepping up his efforts to resolve one of the worst crises among Gulf Arab monarchies, a day after Saudi Arabia and its allies isolated Qatar by cutting off air and sea transport and closing the small nation’s only land border. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah was to travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to mediate an end ...

Bloomberg Congress should extend the US government’s borrowing authority before lawmakers depart for their traditional August vacation, the White House said, as the Trump administration sought to ratchet up pressure on Capitol Hill to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt. “We’re looking for before they adjourn for August recess,” White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters ...

Bloomberg BHP Billiton Ltd.’s board is being targeted for a sweeping overhaul by Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund, opening a potential new front in the burgeoning activist campaign against the world’s biggest mining company. The Sydney-based hedge fund, which last month joined billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Corp. in calling for changes aimed at shifting strategy at BHP, believes about ...