Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s decisive and swift handling of the Covid-19 crisis, has shown the efficiency of the measures taken since the outbreak of pandemic. Administering more than four million Covid-19 vaccine doses and conducting over 26 million tests is yet another proof that the UAE is confidently striding towards recovery, thanks to the vision of our wise ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the Pakistan Business Professional Council in Abu Dhabi and the UAE Ministry of Economy, has hosted a webinar, entitled “Latest Updates on UAE Economy 2021 and New FDI Law:100% Foreign Ownership”. The webinar presented a general overview of the UAE economy in 2021, and new ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Let’s Organic, the region’s leading organic products retailer three-day Let’s Organic’s Festival ends on a high note. The sale, which began on February 4, showcased the largest variety of organic products from over 200+ renowned brands with exciting offers and discounts of up to 75% on all products. Customers explored their products both in-store and online ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As the world assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, few things are becoming increasingly clear. One – in the short run (till we have herd immunity or effective vaccine available for all) we have to learn to live with the virus by maintaining the social distancing and be careful in our movements. Second – some ...

Bloomberg A former Royal Dutch Shell Plc natural gas trader in Houston pleaded guilty to a criminal charge related to his role in an illegal scheme that started in 2013 in which he sought to profit by using non-public information obtained from the company. Marcus Schultz disclosed the information to other traders and brokers in a conspiracy to profit from ...

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp was expected to announce board changes, and talks were continuing with investor DE Shaw & Co that might lead to additional director nominations in the weeks ahead, according to people familiar with the matter. DE Shaw met with representatives from the oil giant and presented a list of potential directors, the people said, asking not to ...

Bloomberg China’s crude stockpiles fell to the lowest level in almost a year amid a global drawdown in inventories that’s being driven by a tighter supply-demand balance and higher costs to hoard oil. Inventories capped a seventh weekly decline last week, dropping to 990 million barrels, according to market intelligence firm Kayrros. While that’s the least since February 2020, stockpiles ...

It took all of 15 seconds for Vice President Kamala Harris to render mostly irrelevant a data release that has long been considered one of the most important in the world. The latest read on the US labour market was disappointing, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by just 49,000 in January, falling short of the median estimate of a 105,000 gain ...

The lockdowns of the past year have tempted food delivery companies in the US and Europe to gorge. But they’re filling up on the equivalent of junk food — offerings that accelerate growth but have little nutritional value. Top of the list is grocery deliveries. Platforms such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo have capitalised on more people ordering groceries online ...

Australia’s iron-ore miners could be excused for casting a nervous eye north. With little fanfare, China, the world’s biggest consumer of iron ore, opened its doors to 3,000 tons of Japanese scrap metal. It was the country’s first such import since it imposed a near-total ban on “foreign garbage” in 2019. It won’t be the last. In the short-term, that ...