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  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday attended the inaugural Abu Dhabi CEO Roundtable, at which 20 of the world’s leading oil and gas companies gathered to discuss strategies for future growth and how to stay competitive in ...

  AL AIN / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, attended the Prince Agha Khan Award for Engineering and Architecture ceremony, which was held on Sunday evening, at the Jahili Fort in Al Ain. The ceremony was also attended by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The 2016 Investcorp Investors Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi from November 9-10 at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Hotel, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Bahrain-based global provider and manager of alternative investment products ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 2,000 exhibiting companies, 25 country pavilions, 700 speakers, 8,500 delegates, and 100,000 trade professionals from more than 125 countries, are participating in the 19th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2016), which begins at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre today. Held under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business With an aim to provide customers with affordable access to green products, Dubai Green Economy Partnership (Dubai GEP) signed an agreement with Emirates Islamic to provide easy financing options for individual consumers in Dubai to purchase green products on the Green Deal website. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the World Green Economy ...

  Cleveland / AFP Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton packed their schedules with last minute campaign events on Sunday, two days out from an election that has gripped the world. Clinton is banking on star power to lock in her narrow poll lead, hosting back-to-back weekend pop concerts with Beyonce and Katy Perry and booking a date with President Barack Obama. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business UAE food sales are projected to grow by an annual average of 7.3 percent ($16.7bn) between 2015 and 2020, according to a new BMI report commissioned by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and released in tandem with the opening of its annual trio of specialist foods shows, which run until November 9. In addition to ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced the achievements made by the Shams Dubai initiative as of October. DEWA launched the Shams Dubai in adherence with the Smart Dubai initiative, which was launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make ...

  Frankfurt / AFP German prosecutors probing whether Volkswagen executives manipulated the markets in the wake of the “dieselgate” scandal have widened their investigation to include the chairman of the group’s supervisory board, the auto giant said on Sunday. “The proceedings refer to the period during which (chairman) Hans Dieter Poetsch served as the group chief financial officer,” VW said ...

  Bloomberg Millions of Americans have gone back to work since the last recession. Now they’re finally getting some decent pay raises. Average hourly earnings of workers climbed 2.8 percent in October from a year earlier, the fastest pace in seven years, Labor Department figures showed Friday in Washington. Rising wages are encouraging people to look for greener pastures: Among ...