DUBAI / Emirates Business The use of mobile technology in and out of the workplace is making a positive impact on the productivity and job satisfaction of healthcare employees, according to research conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. The findings suggest that nearly six in ten (59%) of workers ...

  Bloomberg UniCredit SpA will sell new shares for more than a third less than their current price in a 13 billion-euro ($14 billion) rights offer aimed at strengthening its capital position. The bank will sell stock at 8.09 euros a share and offer 13 new shares for every five held, the Milan-based lender said in a statement. The offer ...

  Bloomberg The number of bankers and financiers pulling down 1 million euros ($1.1 million) or more soared 33 percent to 5,142 across the European Union in 2015, the bloc’s banking regulator said. Bankers based in the UK accounted for 80 percent of the highest earners largely driven by appreciation of the pound against the euro, the European Banking Authority ...

  NEW YORK / AP A former Morgan Stanley financial adviser was arrested in Nevada on charges in New York that he stole at least $5 million from several members of a wealthy family to live lavishly, including using private jets, authorities said. Barry Connell, 50, of Chester, New Jersey, was arrested in Henderson, Nevada, on fraud and identity theft ...

  Bloomberg Buckle up, bond investors. Global reflation and fading central-bank stimulus herald a new dawn for the European corporate debt market that will buoy high-yield paper at the expense of high-grade, according to analysts at Bank of America (BofA), citing an upcoming portfolio shift among investors. “In 2016 we saw the lowest in yields and spreads,” strategists at the ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, who is currently visiting the country, at Qasr Al-Shati (Beach Palace) on Saturday. Sheikh Mohamed welcomed Egyptian Foreign Minister and discussed ways ...

  WESTERN REGION / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region, inspected the progress of the AED5.3 billion Al Mafraq-Al Ghweifat highway project, whose first phase was completed in 2016. Sheikh Hamdan stressed the interest of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dr Mohammed Alzarooni, Vice Chairman and CEO of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, received a high-ranking delegation from the Republic of Korea led by Dr Yanghee Choi, Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The meeting at the DSO headquarters explored ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, in his office at the ministry here on Saturday. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral co-operation between their countries and ways to strengthen it, besides exchanging views on the latest ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) has provided donations of over AED1.5 million to several health-related causes as part of its efforts to enhance healthcare services in the UAE in line with its comprehensive endowment vision. The funds came from the endowment of Ahmad Mohammad Beghlaf, dedicated to supplying essential equipment to hospitals and medical centres ...