DUBAI / WAM Future Now, the innovation programme of Etisalat, signed agreements with four scale-ups to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain solutions following the successful Dubai Future Accelerators programme. The signing ceremony also marked the opening of the Future Now scale-up collaborative space for Etisalat Digital’s partners. As part of the fifth group of Dubai Future Accelerators, Etisalat Digital ...

Bloomberg Oil headed for its longest stretch of daily gains in more than 17 months as the US Federal Reserve sought to ease investor concerns, China moved to sti-mulate its economy and Opec production cutbacks took effect. Futures in New York climbed as much as 3.2 percent after a fifth consecutive increase, when they settled at the highest closing level ...

Bloomberg After four years of planning, Tesla Inc finally broke ground on its planned $5 billion factory in the world’s biggest auto market. But the timing couldn’t be more inauspicious. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and some Shanghai officials, including Mayor Ying Yong, on Monday attended a function at a site near the city kicking off construction of what would ...