Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. cracked down on fake reviews two years ago by prohibiting shoppers from getting free products directly from merchants in exchange for writing reviews. It was a major turning point for the world’s largest online retailer, which had previously seen “incentivised reviews” as a key way for consumers to discover new products. Amazon changed course because it realised ...

NEW YORK / WAM The United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a new Memorandum of Understanding that will allow UAE nationals to join the agency as full-time staff under a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme. The agreement was signed by Reem Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Achim Steiner, Administrator of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Land Department (DLD) and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) signed a mem- orandum of understanding (MoU) during the Gitex Technology Week. The agreement aims to regulate real estate advertisements by setting an operational framework in the control departments, thus reducing misleading real estate advertisements. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director-General of the TRA, said, “The Authority ...