Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) is organising next week the inaugural Global Business Forum Latin America, to strengthen trade ties with Argentina and Latin America, by identifying new trade and investment opportunities. This was disclosed by Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman of the DCCI, during his meeting with Gabriela Michetti, Vice President of ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business DarkMatter, an international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, announces its major participation at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) for the first time. The event is taking place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) November 7-10, 2016 where close to 100,000 visitors from across the region are ...

  Deutsche Bank is in trouble — and that’s bad news for all of us. Deutsche Bank is Germany’s biggest bank with 100,000 employees around the world and operations in more than 70 countries. Its assets total about $1.7 trillion. One worrying sign of the bank’s distress is its stock price, which is trading now at about $14 a share, ...

  Every Western city’s food scene seems slowly to be turning into a carbon copy of every other: The same global fast-food chains selling hamburgers and fried chicken with only modest concessions to local tastes. Chains would seem to be the wave of the future. Certainly in the U.S.: A recent report by NPD Group tells us that in the ...

  India beats China on one national measure at least: Its air has rapidly become more unbreathable. Urgent action is needed to cleanse Indian skies. This week, air pollution in New Delhi has been truly off the charts: Tiny particulates, which are especially deadly, topped 999 micrograms per cubic meter — 40 times what is considered safe and beyond what ...

  The initiative to introduce energy rationalization lessons in UAE high school curriculum qualifies for praise. The decision taken by the Education and Energy Ministries will not only instill consciousness of energy conservation, but would also go a long way in shaping a future generation that uses the limited natural resources judiciously and with care. When students realize the far-reaching ...

  Canada, let’s agree, has much to teach the world. Following the signing of its new trade deal with the European Union, its lessons on the future of Britain and Europe are especially timely. The Economist just celebrated Canada’s distinctive achievements with a cover and supporting articles. The magazine was full of admiration for Canada’s liberal, outward-looking centrism. Yet what ...

  Earlier this year I suggested that there was a problem with the tools we use to measure economic productivity: “The way we capture formal productivity data hasn’t kept up with modern ways of doing business. As a result, I believe economists underestimate productivity increases.” I have since refined that conclusion: Productivity models don’t properly capture gains created by the ...

  There was a brief but impressive show of new U.S. aircraft technology this week. The problem is that the planes belong to the Chinese military. Aided in large part by espionage against the Pentagon and U.S. firms, the People’s Liberation Army air force unveiled its new J-20 stealth fighter, which it says is a so-called fifth-generation fighter like the ...

  Kunduz / AFP A NATO airstrike killed at least 30 Afghan civilians, including women and children, on Thursday in the volatile northern province of Kunduz, officials said, after a Taliban assault there left two American soldiers dead. The airstrike, which occurred early Thursday, triggered emotionally-charged protests in the provincial capital, with the victims’ relatives rallying outside the governor’s office while ...