Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google denied Department of Labor allegations that an in-progress investigation suggests “systemic compensation disparities against women” at the internet giant. “Every year, we do a comprehensive and robust analysis of pay across genders and we have found no gender pay gap,” Google said in an emailed statement. “Other than making an unfounded statement which we heard …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Gulf investments in the plastic industry amount to around US$ 55 billion, (approx. AED 202 billion) according to Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, Secretary General of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association GPCA. Al Sadoun said the plastic sector is projected to attract $17 billion of fresh investments over the coming five years, bringing to $72 billion the …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased, as per the current prices, by 6.00 percent during the 1st quarter of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015 on the back of an 8 percent rise in the added value of oil businesses and a 5.1 percent increase in non-oil businesses. This came in …