Dubai / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), revealed on Sunday the statistics of the Government Service Bus (GSB), project for 2017, as 66 government services provided by 23 local and federal government entities have been interconnected to ensure that smart services are streamlined to customers across the country. The figures show that utilising these services has passed one million ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal National Council (FNC), Parliamentary Division will participate in the 27th Conference of the Arab Parliamentary Union and the 23rd session of its Executive Committee, which will be held in Cairo from April 4-5, via a delegation led by Marwan bin Ghalita, First Deputy to the FNC Speaker. The UAE Parliamentary Division delegation will include ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A tourism delegation led by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) visited three major cities in China this month, to help raise awareness about the emirate as a holiday destination for Chinese travellers. The delegation, which included Etihad Airways, hotels, tour operators and attractions, visited capital city Beijing on ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD), on Sunday organised a press conference announcing hosting the 69th ‘FIABCI World Congress’ in Dubai, from April 27 to May 2, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. During the conference, DLD announced that the event is expected to ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Communities across the UAE are being urged to come together to say ‘Shukran Zayed’ by sending their messages of gratitude to commemorate a century since the birth of the founding father of the UAE, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Abu Dhabi-based developer Tamouh Investments has launched the social media initiative using the ...

DUBAI / WAM The Badiri Education and Development Academy announced that applications are now open for the Entrepreneur Development Camp, the first phase of the Badiri Business Entrepreneurship Programme (BBEP), which focuses on building the capacity of women residing in various locations in Sharjah and equipping them with the skills required to become successful entrepreneurs. Badiri Education and Development Academy ...

Bloomberg The US jobs report was already playing second fiddle to inflation data in the minds of bond traders. But after the recent turbulence in technology stocks, it feels like an afterthought. Benchmark 10-year Treasuries are coming off their biggest rally of 2018, with yields at seven-week lows. This time, it wasn’t geopolitical risk fueling the gains, or even weak ...

Bloomberg China’s markets have been turned upside down this year as the prevailing narrative shifted from deleveraging to trade wars, creating headaches for investors positioning ahead of MSCI Inc. inclusion in June. Large cap stocks, which led gains in 2017, are among the biggest decliners, while beaten down small caps are staging their best rally in more than two years. ...

Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. felt the squeeze from 2017’s delayed launch of Apple Inc.’s iPhone X, the latest results from the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer show. Were it not for a one-time gain of $2.2-billion from the sale of Sharp shares, analysts say, it would have been the company’s worst holiday quarter since at least 2010. Hon ...

Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co. is looking to triple sales of its low-cost Datsun vehicles by 2022 as the Japanese carmaker seeks to revive an 87-year-old brand it resurrected about five years ago. Growth will mainly come from markets in Africa, Middle East and South Asia, Peyman Kargar, senior vice president at Nissan, said in an interview in Karachi. After Pakistan, ...