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UK to import Norway’s hydro-power along sub-sea cable

Bloomberg The first megawatts of electricity was expected to flow between Norway and the UK on Wednesday along the longest submarine power cable in the world. Once fully operational Britain is expected to import supplies of low carbon power on a regular basis. Tests on the 1,400-megawatt, 450-mile long cable will be complete in time to transport power from Norway’s ...

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Top-performing Indian funds make bets on chemical stocks

Bloomberg India’s best-performing stock funds have one thing in common: they’ve bet on companies that make the chemical substances used in items ranging from lip balms to crop-boosting fertilisers. Chemicals producers make up at least 14% of the portfolio for three funds that have delivered the biggest returns this year among those with at least $500 million in total assets, ...

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US equity futures fluctuate, bonds steady on FOMC day

Bloomberg US equity futures fluctuated as investors turned cautious before a policy decision from the Federal Reserve. Oil extended a powerful rally and Treasuries were steady. Contracts on the S&P 500 index drifted between modest losses and gains after the underlying gauge snapped a three-day winning streak amid weakness in technology and real estate. Chemical producers led a small advance ...

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Oil rises to highest since 2018 as traders see further rally

Bloomberg Oil climbed as a chorus of prominent traders in the crude market said prices will continue to rise after a nearly 50% rally so far this year. Futures in New York advanced as much as 1.6% on Tuesday to the highest intraday level since 2018. At the FT Commodities Global summit, Glencore Plc and Vitol Group both said they ...

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US talking to China on Boeing 737 Max nod

Bloomberg The Biden administration is engaging with China in an effort to win approval for Boeing Co’s 737 Max planes, which remain banned in the country even as other jurisdictions have reauthorised it following crashes. “We’re absolutely working on it,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in an interview on Tuesday with Bloomberg Television’s David Westin. “China’s a big market, and ...

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Hub71, Modus Capital join forces to build, invest in early stage start-ups

Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has joined forces with New York-born Modus Capital, a venture capital and venture builder firm to launch a Ventures Lab programme enabling early-stage founders from around the world to develop successful and scalable startups from Abu Dhabi. Ventures Lab at Hub71 is the first venture builder programme in the UAE ...

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Kazakh airline launches its first flight to Sharjah

SHARJAH / WAM Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan has launched its first flight to Sharjah with Airbus A320 aircraft. The Almaty-Sharjah-Almaty regular flights will operate two times a week on Tuesdays and Sundays. The flight duration is four hours and 25 minutes. Madiyar Menilbekov, Kazakh Ambassador of to the UAE, said that this launch of the new Kazakh Airlines towards Sharjah ...

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EDB lists $750m bond on Nasdaq Dubai

DUBAI / WAM Nasdaq Dubai on Tuesday welcomed the listing of $750 million bonds by Emirates Development Bank (EDB), a key financial enabler of the country’s economic diversification. The five-year bond issuance has been priced at a yield of 1.639 percent and was four times oversubscribed with strong demand from investors, as 34 percent of appetite came from Mena markets, ...

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Enec logs 100 million safe work hours at Barakah nuclear plant

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has marked four years and more than 100 million safe man-hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, located in the Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi. The achievement highlights Enec’s success in implementing the highest standards of safety, security, and quality in developing the ...

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Mohammed okays formation of UAE Genomics Council

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the formation of UAE Genomics Council to provide a world-class healthcare system. The new council, to be headed by HH Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive ...

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