Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE seeks to expand economic relations and trade with Hong Kong, even as it remains the Chinese island’s largest trade partner in the region, Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade and Industry Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Economy Abdullah Al Saleh said during a recent event in Dubai. The volume of non-oil trade with Hong Kong ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE has successfully participated in the 1st EU-Arab World Summit, which was held from November 3-4 in Athens, Greece. The pioneering summit saw the discussion of a series of sessions focused on how to reach a common vision on regional and international developments, while also looking towards the promotion of economic cooperation in ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The 2016 Investcorp Investors Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi from November 9-10 at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Hotel, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Bahrain-based global provider and manager of alternative investment products ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 2,000 exhibiting companies, 25 country pavilions, 700 speakers, 8,500 delegates, and 100,000 trade professionals from more than 125 countries, are participating in the 19th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2016), which begins at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre today. Held under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business With an aim to provide customers with affordable access to green products, Dubai Green Economy Partnership (Dubai GEP) signed an agreement with Emirates Islamic to provide easy financing options for individual consumers in Dubai to purchase green products on the Green Deal website. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the World Green Economy ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the region’s leading financial hub, connecting business and financial institutions with emerging market opportunities across the Middle, East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), has become home to the first Equity Crowdfunding platform in the region, Eureeca. It is the first multi-regulated global Equity Crowdfunding platform, has over 12,000 investors from ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, on Sunday announced that its Wholesale Banking unit has introduced a postdated cheque facility, through smartBUSINESS, its online banking channel. Corporate customers can now scan postdated cheques through ‘ICCS Collect’, the flagship collections offering on smartBUSINESS and digitally warehouse these images until the date of clearance. ICCS ...

  Cleveland / AFP Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton packed their schedules with last minute campaign events on Sunday, two days out from an election that has gripped the world. Clinton is banking on star power to lock in her narrow poll lead, hosting back-to-back weekend pop concerts with Beyonce and Katy Perry and booking a date with President Barack Obama. ...

  New Delhi / AFP Schools in the Indian capital will be closed for the next three days, the Delhi state government said on Sunday, as the city struggles with one of the worst spells of air pollution in recent years. “Emergency measures are needed to solve this problem together,” state chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said. “All construction and demolition ...

  London / AFP British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday not to block Brexit, after the High Court ruled that she cannot start the process of leaving the European Union without parliament’s approval. “MPs and peers who regret the referendum result need to accept what the people decided,” May said in her first comments since Thursday’s controversial judgment. ...