Bloomberg Apple Inc. plans to build a self-driving car for consumers and is targeting 2024 to produce the vehicle, Reuters reported. The company is developing its own battery technology that could reduce the cost of power packs and extend the vehicle’s range, Reuters said Apple is tapping outside partners for elements of the system, including lidar sensors that provide autonomous ...

Bloomberg International Business Machines Corp. (IMBM) ought Expertus Technologies Inc., a Canadian financial-technology firm that helps process more than $50 billion in transactions a day, to bolster its electronic-payments capabilities. Closely held Expertus has been added to the IBM Global Business Services unit, the Armonk, New York-based buyer said in a statement. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Banks worldwide ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. is building a new video product that will let people pay content creators or celebrities for the chance to interact with them during a live broadcast. The tool, called Super, will let creators, entrepreneurs or celebrities host live, interactive video events. Viewers can tip creators by buying them digital gifts, or pay to “appear” alongside a creator ...

Bloomberg Retail sales in Canada came in better than expected in October as more people bought cars, underscoring the effects of government income support and a recovering labour market. Sales climbed 0.4% from the prior month, Statistics Canada said in Ottawa, the sixth-straight monthly increase. Economists predicted no change. The September figure was revised to a gain of 1.9% from ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in coordination with Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and Covid-19 Command and Control Centre announced on Wednesday that it has commenced its Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The campaign will see the DHA providing the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccination, which has recently been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration ...

DUBAI/ DAKAR / WAM Trade enabler DP World, and the Government of Senegal, have signed agreements for the development of a deepwater port at Ndayane, approximately 50 kilometres (km) from the existing port and near the Blaise Diagne international airport. The new port will further reinforce Dakar’s role as a major logistics hub and gateway to West and North-West Africa. ...

SHARJAH / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has issued a law concerning the organisation of the Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA). Law No. (7) of 2020 stipulates that the SMA shall enjoy the legal personality and the full capacity necessary to undertake all actions that ensure the achievement of its ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties PJSC has signed an agreement to divest its two district cooling assets on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island to National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) for a total consideration of AED 963 million. Aldar had purchased a 100 percent stake in Saadiyat District Cooling LLC (SDCL) and an 85 percent stake in Saadiyat Cooling LLC ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and a leading renewable energy companies, announced on Wednesday the financial close of the Nur Navoi Solar Project — Uzbekistan’s first successfully-financed independent power producer solar project. Loan and guarantee agreements to finance the 100-megawatt photovoltaic plant were signed in a virtual ceremony with representatives from Masdar, Uzbekistan’s Ministry ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM Stockpiles of oil products at the Port of Fujairah fell 4 percent in the week to December 21, with the biggest decline recorded in middle distillates, the latest data from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ) showed. The total stood at 23.684 million barrels, a drop of 900,000 barrels from the previous week, according to the data ...