Dubai / WAM Dubai FDI, the investment development agency of Dubai Economy, announced that the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), will be holding an “Investing in Trade Forum”, on the sidelines of the Dubai Investment Week 2019. The Forum is part of “Spotlight on Investment Opportunities” forums that are a series of specialised forums held in partnership with Dubai FDI’s partners ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Majlis Affairs Office at the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court in coordination with the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), carried out two informative lectures on “Capital Markets and Returns”. The lectures took place in Zakher Majlis in Al Ain and Al Wathba. ADX briefed investors and public about its new market products and services, and vital ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Government of Abu Dhabi, represented by 32 key government and academic entities, has expressed readiness in preparing its participation at ‘Gitex Technology Week’, which will be held from October 6 to 10, at the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA), the leading governmental entity in charge of coordinating the participation of ...

Dubai / WAM A Norwegian programme to swap plastic waste for financial reward, an online software from Bhutan that calculates healthy, cost-effective school meals sourcing ingredients from local farms, and a Cameroonian project to build sustainable refugee camps are among the 25 projects selected in Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Programme. The 25 success stories – all simple, effective, ...

Bloomberg Seven hundred tons of Russian refinery equipment has just completed a journey worthy of a great explorer. The parts manufactured in Volgograd will be used to upgrade Gazprom Neft PJSC’s Omsk refinery. That’s a trip of 2,599 kilometers by land, but the oversized cargo had to be taken by water. That required a journey of more than 9,000 kilometers ...

Bloomberg Petroleos Mexicanos replaced the head of its trading arm PMI with Ulises Hernandez, formerly an executive of Pemex Exploration and Production, after a mass exodus by former management. Hernandez, previously the head of resources, reserves and partnerships at Pemex, will replace Raul Enrique Galicia, according to a statement. PMI’s crude trading division will also have new management, as Armando ...

Bloomberg Afghanistan’s presidential polls closed on Saturday amid Taliban violence nationwide and complaints of wrongdoings in some polling centres. Millions of Afghans braved the militant threats and cast their vote for a new leader in the fourth democratic election since the Taliban regime was ousted by the US invasion in 2001. “Amid the challenges and threats, the presidential elections of ...

Bloomberg The same prosecutors who put former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva behind bars for corruption and money laundering are now willing to see him placed on house arrest. Prosecutors of the so-called Carwash task force said the former president has shown “good behaviour” and is now entitled to a semi-open regime, which would allow him to leave jail ...

Bloomberg Unilateral actions risk escalating tensions in the South China Sea, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at the UN General Assembly, comments aimed at China that avoided mentioning China directly. “Vietnam has on many occasions voiced its concerns over the recent complicated developments in the South China Sea, including serious incidents that infringed upon Vietnam’s sovereignty,” Pham said. ...

Bloomberg Nancy Pelosi set House Democrats on a course towards an impeachment of President Donald Trump without a clear road map for where it will go and how long it will take. Democrats accelerated their inquiry, issuing a subpoena and setting plans for witness interviews. But Pelosi, the House speaker, must still settle internal divisions over the scope of the ...