DUBAI / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), chaired by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board, has endorsed the awarding of a contract for procuring 125 new school buses. The new buses will add to the fleet of the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) to cope with the growing school transport activity. …

Dubai / Emirates Business Dhofar Global, a leading supplier of hygiene products in the Middle East, announced that it has signed an agreement with AccorHotels, the world’s leading travel & lifestyle group. Through the agreement, Dhofar Global will supply world-class cleaning and hygiene products for the hotels the Group operates in the UAE, Oman, Bahrain and the Seychelles. The deal …

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg At a crucial time when Uber Technologies Inc. is looking to fill a leadership void, repair a foul corporate culture, salvage morale, fend off rivals worldwide, prove it didn’t benefit from stolen trade secrets and deal with a host of other issues, the ride-hailing company is forced to hit the pause button. Benchmark, a major shareholder, declared what is …