DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) hosted the UAE-Latvia Business forum at its premises on Sunday, which focused on enhancing trade relations and economic cooperation between the two countries. The forum was attended by a high-level delegation led by Raimonds Vejonis, President of Latvia, and the country’s deputy prime minister and economy minister, …

  DUBAI / Emirates Business ENOC introduced PIN-less and paperless debit and credit card transactions in the forecourts of its service station network – a first in the UAE for fuel retailers. The initiative has been launched in partnership with ENOC’s technology partner, Network International, to ensure security of transactions, while enabling cardholders to retain confidentiality of their PIN numbers. …

  Dubai / Emirates Business During the 11th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) held in Porto city, Portugal, from February 23-24, Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer at Dubai Cares, received the 2016 PAM Award in recognition of his strong and visible commitment, outstanding achievement, and active advocacy for quality education in developing countries, particularly …

  Dubai / Emirates Business Mashreq, one of the UAE’s leading financial institutions entered in to a strategic partnership with Zomato.com – a global social restaurant discovery service operating across 23 countries. The partnership strengthens Mashreq Flavours, the UAE’s largest dining program further, by enabling Mashreq credit or debit cardholders to enjoy a discount of 20% on any two food …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Groundwork for the second edition of Mother of the Nation Festival commences on Sunday on Abu Dhabi Corniche ahead of the Festival’s official opening on March 26, the organising committee at Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority announced on Sunday. Preparations for the festival have commenced on-schedule as more than one kilometre of Abu …

  Bloomberg US environmental chief Scott Pruitt unveiled plans to roll back at least three Obama-era rules at the EPA while vowing to give businesses “regulatory certainty.” Those policy reversals, set to start next week, will empower the Environmental Protection Agency to focus on its core mission of protecting the air and water, Pruitt said in a speech and question-and-answer …

  Bloomberg Carlos Ghosn handed over the day-to-day running of Nissan Motor Co. to Hiroto Saikawa, who will take the mantle of president and chief executive officer while his long-time boss focuses on revamping struggling affiliate Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Ghosn, 62, will remain chairman of Nissan, a title he also holds at alliance partners Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors. He’ll …

  Bloomberg Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., one of the country’s biggest subprime auto lenders, has decided not to use GPS-tracking and ignition kill swi- tch technology as regulators clamp down on the devices, an executive said. Car lenders use the devices to help them find and repossess cars when borrowers default on loans, which is becoming increasingly common amid …

  Bloomberg Aston Martin’s bet on a new $215,000 luxury coupe is paying off as surging demand for the DB11 has the carmaker projecting a revenue bump of as much as 37% this year ahead of a potential initial public offering. Orders for the DB11, which debuted a year ago at the Geneva motor show, paced a 48% jump to …

  KUALA LUMPUR / AP Malaysia’s health minister said on Sunday that the dose of nerve agent given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un’s exiled half brother was so high that it killed him within 20 minutes and caused “very serious paralysis.” Kim Jong Nam died February 13 at Kuala Lumpur’s airport in what Malaysian police say was a well-planned …