Emirates Business Maqta Gateway LLC, an Abu Dhabi Ports subsidiary, announced that it is to carry out its first testing of international blockchain solution Silsal with a maritime operator in partnership with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global leader in shipping and logistics. The announcement marks the latest milestone for Silsal. The innovative solution provides a seamless and secure link …

STOCKHOLM / WAM Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, met Elisabeth Backte- man, State Secretary of Swed-ish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, to discuss means of enhancing ties in innovations in food technology. This meeting was held as part of UAE minister’s visit to Sweden, where she visited a number of research centres and companies which support …

Dubai / Emirates Business Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit company, and SACE, the Italian export credit company (CDP Group), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance business opportunities between the Unit-ed Arab Emirates and Italy, as part of the 6th meeting of the UAE-Italy Joint Economic Committee held in Rome, Italy. Under this MoU …

Bloomberg The world is growing more complacent about efforts to squeeze down the use of energy. That’s the signal coming from an International Energy Agency report (IEA), which found the smallest improvement in efficiency in a decade after demand for fuels of all kinds grew more strongly in 2017. The report is a blow to policymakers seeking to ratchet back …

Bloomberg MEG Energy Corp. rejected a C$3.05 billion ($2.34 billion) hostile takeover offer from Husky Energy Inc. and announced a plan to seek other buyers, kicking off a bidding war for its prized Canadian oil-sands assets. MEG announced its rejection of the offer, which it said undervalued the company. MEG is seeking to draw out other potential buyers who may …

Bloomberg Servers make the modern internet possible. Millions of these workhorse computers hum away in remote data centers of Alphabet Inc’s Google, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp running websites, sending information to smartphone apps and crunching data for cloud-based software programs. Privacy Labs Inc, a startup based near Microsoft headquarters just outside Seattle, wants to upend all this in the …

Bloomberg Lam Research Corp. will be the first semiconductor equipment maker to report earnings and Wall Street is cautious. Lower spending from makers of memory chips due to elevated inventories has reduced estimates for equipment sales next year and a recovery isn’t likely until the second half of 2019, according to Evercore ISI analyst C.J. Muse. Makers of machinery used …

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co. overtook Apple Inc. in August to become the second-biggest seller of smartphones globally, with just Samsung Electronics Co. left to beat. And it revealed the Mate 20 Pro—a flagship device to rival the iPhone Xs Max and Galaxy Note 9.All three devices share similarly large screens, powerful processors and sleek designs; and each represents a different …

Bloomberg The European Central Bank’s prospects for gradually weaning the economy off monetary support could yet be tested by a big unknown its officials don’t mention much: a disorderly Brexit. Policy makers have given limited prominence to that risk despite divorce talks between the UK and European Union repeatedly stalling before the country’s departure in less than six months. In …

Bloomberg UK banks are prepared to withstand more than just Brexit, according to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. Stress tests conducted by the central bank show Britain’s financial system would still have more than adequate capital to maintain lending in the face of multiple headwinds, Carney said in a speech in New York. The bank has been “preparing for …