Bloomberg Some of the world’s biggest funds are switching toward emerging-market equities in a bet their central banks have less need to raise interest rates after tightening before their developed-nation peers last year. Goldman Sachs Asset Management and BNP Paribas Asset Management are among those buying the shares on expectations the most attractive valuations in more than a decade ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s business events sector and broader economy are poised to benefit from another year of successful bidding activity led by Dubai Business Events (DBE), the city’s official convention bureau. Collaborating with stakeholders across the public and private sectors, DBE has captured 120 events for the year 2021 and beyond. These events, a combination of conferences, meetings ...

  SHARJAH / WAM Several members of the Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) discussed all the policies of the Sharjah Department of Housing (SDoH), reviewing the efforts of the Department in working to promote and improve the reality of the housing process in the Emirate of Sharjah, as well as proposing a number of solutions aimed at promoting citizens’ benefits. During ...

  Bloomberg The surging Omicron variant is complicating the recovery for a world economy that continues to be wracked by supply chain chaos, worker absenteeism and faltering assembly lines. Supermarkets are struggling to stock shelves amid chronic staff shortages. Airlines are grounding flights. Manufacturers are facing disruption and shipping lines remain backed up. At the same time, surging energy prices ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure enables the country’s energy transition by adopting sustainability in all sectors including the maritime industry. The country has consolidated its leading position among the best maritime centres in the world by employing practices, decisions and legislation that have contributed to developing the sector and enhancing maritime safety standards, while ...

Sharjah / WAM With 11 design-led cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary crafts collaborations, 14 new collection launches and 10 programmes initiated during 2021, UAE-based Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council, an affiliate of Nama Women Advancement, has made a powerful statement on national and international platforms with its exceptional creative work, and unearthed new opportunities for Emirati craftswomen to develop and preserve local crafts ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) inaugurated 16 new substations in 2021, at around AED2.928 billion. These include fourteen 132kV stations with a conversion capacity of 2,100 megavolt amperes and two 400kV stations with 4,000 megavolt amperes in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park and Al Quoz 2. Dewa installed 222 kilometres of 400kV ...

  Sharjah / WAM 2021 was a very successful year for the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) in Sharjah, where it has continued to consolidate its position as a favoured investment destination for various types of businesses, besides its role in supporting the economic growth in the emirate of Sharjah. During the last year, the authority has attracted 9 international ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) is participating in the Arab Health 2022, which begins on Monday at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The ministry has chosen the theme ‘Future of Pioneering Health’ in the event which runs from January 24-27, where it will showcase a set of innovative digital services. A slew of innovative ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 517,107 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the nationwide testing scope to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary ...