Recent Posts

Rebuilding poised to lift Canadian city scorched by wildfires

  AP After shuttering his lumber mill for nearly a month when it was surrounded by raging fires in northern Alberta, Northland Forest Products Ltd. President Howard Ewashko sees a silver lining: a pickup in business from rebuilding what was lost. “It certainly helps to have a solid market to sell into when you’ve gone through something like this,” Ewashko ...

Read More »

Europe invests big in Abu Dhabi

  ABU DHABI / WAM Director of Foreign Trade and Export Support at the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, Adeeb Al Afifi, said European countries accounted for 40.7 per cent of all foreign direct investment in the emirate of Abu Dhabi in 2014. He was speaking before representatives of the European Union, Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council, the ...

Read More »

Sweden abolishes nuclear tax

  Stockholm / WAM The Swedish parliament on Saturday agreed to abolish a tax on nuclear power as it recognizes nuclear’s role in helping it to eventually achieve a goal of 100% renewable generation. Agneta Rising, Director General, World Nuclear Association, said, “It is excellent news that this tax will be removed, but it should never have been implemented in ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend