ABU DHABI/ WAM The UAE’s State Audit Institution (SAI) as the head of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions, INTOSAI, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, with the Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) which manages the work of the Secretariat of the Conference of the States Parties, COSP, a branch of the United Nations Convention against ...

DUBAI / WAM A delegation from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) recently visited several universities and start-ups in Taipei, Taiwan, and Sydney, Australia, participating in the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport. The tests were meant for participants in the second (start-ups) and third-tiers (Academia — International), and were restricted to entities shortlisted for the challenge, following a series ...

Dubai / Emirates Business In the UAE, a staggering 84 percent of high net worth individuals and business owners take an optimistic stance on the state of their economy, almost unchanged compared to last quarter’s results, according to UBS Global Wealth Management’s new quarterly Investor Sentiment survey. Similarly, 81 percent of UAE investors are bullish on regional stocks. By comparison, ...