BLOOMBERG  Vans haven’t always been objects of desire. When Fiat launched its Multipla model in the late 1990s, supporters of the soccer team Juventus — many of whom worked for the Italian carmaker — were subjected to stadium banners calling them as unpleasant-looking as the van they built. While Mercedes-Benz’s passenger car division likes to trumpet its popularity among royalty ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, President of American University of Sharjah (AUS) and of Sharjah Research, Technology, and Innovation Park (SRTIP), has urged leaders of technology companies to be more proactively inclusive by factoring women’s needs into corporate thinking from the start. Keynoting Wired’s third anniversary ‘Arab Women in Tech’ conference, in Dubai, Sheikha Bodour said it was ...

AJMAN / WAM Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has organised an introductory session entitled “Energy Efficiency and its Impact on Operational Costs and Increased Production” in cooperation with the Etihad Energy Services Company (Etihad Esco), with the aim of highlighting the environmental impact and the positive economic return of taking energy rationalisation measures and investing in clean energy ...