DUBAI / WAM Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced that it has joined more than 450 other chambers of commerce from around the world in signing the Chambers Climate Coalition, a groundbreaking global initiative that aims to take bold and collective climate action. The Coalition, unveiled during the 11th World Chambers Congress in Rio de Janeiro, commits chambers ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Cabinet, chaired by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the sectors and economic activities eligible for up to 100 percent foreign ownership in the UAE. The decision aims to support the growth environment and to reaffirm UAE’s position on ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The non-oil private sector economy in UAE accelerated in the second quarter of the year, according to Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey for June. The headline seasonally adjusted index — a composite indicator designed to give an accurate overview of operating conditions in the non-oil private sector economy — posted 57.7 in June, down ...