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Dewa participates in UAE Innovates 2022

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) strongly participated in UAE Innovates 2022. It organised the Innovation Week 2022 until February 28, and held the series ‘Future Next’ virtually along with a group of workshops and panel discussions. The Innovation Tent at Dewa’s headquarters and the Festival Garden at Expo 2020 Dubai hosted key Dewa innovative projects ...

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UAE, Egypt sign reinsurance pact to bolster trade

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit agency (ECA), and its Egyptian counterpart Export Credit Guarantee of Egypt (EGE) have signed a reciprocal reinsurance agreement to support Emirati and Egyptian projects in their respective countries and their initiatives around the world. The agreement between the two state-owned firms will bolster the strong trade and ...

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Meta joins Entrepreneurial Nation initiative to upskill startups, SMBs

  ABU DHABI / WAM Meta, in partnership with The Entrepreneurial Nation, announced the launch of ‘Boost with Facebook’ programme for the first time in the UAE, to support the achievement of the initiative’s goal to attract and support startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the country. The Entrepreneurial Nation, a project by the Ministry of Economy, aims ...

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European industry faces shrink or shut decisions on energy pain

Bloomberg Europe’s biggest industrial firms have been banking on spring to bring down soaring energy costs. Those hopes faded this week as Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine. Smelters and chemical factories across Europe were already struggling before the invasion sparked another jump in gas and electricity prices. Now, a growing list of companies including Europe’s biggest chemicals maker BASF SE ...

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Putin can win the battle in Kyiv, but not the war

Kyiv’s residents have watched shells rain down on the city these past days as they did in 1941, then at the start of a brutal war in which Ukraine endured unthinkable suffering. As images circulate of families huddled in basements and in the city’s subway for safety while rocket strikes light up the sky, it’s hard not to make the ...

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Aerospace sector and its supply issues

The US aerospace industry’s supply chain and labour challenges are most likely just beginning. Raytheon Technologies Corp said that it would ship 70 fewer jet engines than planned to Airbus SE in the first quarter because of bottlenecks at casting suppliers, resulting in weaker revenue growth in the period. General Electric Co has said that issues with material and labor ...

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At 91, Warren Buffett still isn’t in any hurry

  One of the keys to a long and healthy life is finding meaningful activities to keep you occupied. Evidence for this can be found in many peer-reviewed medical studies, but also the annual reports of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. In the 2021 edition, which dropped this morning, 91-year-old Berkshire Chairman Warren Buffett tells of how, after some early career missteps, ...

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It is high time Russian embrace came to an end

  The Covid-19 epidemic was one great test of democratic resilience. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine poses another. Do Western societies have the moral fiber to stand up to aggressively authoritarian regimes abroad? What about at home? From the World Economic Forum in Davos to London’s glittering business and party scene, Moscow’s gold has bought soft-power influence. Where the Russians have ...

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British Airways’ systems outage grounds planes

Bloomberg British Airways canceled more than 150 short-haul flights to and from its London Heathrow hub through midday, citing “continuing technical issues” following a systems outage. Morning departures to Milan, Geneva and Aberdeen were among those scrapped, with the carrier predicting further disruption through the day and advising people to check the status of their flight before heading to the ...

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