Reuters A joint venture of HaskoningDHV UK and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co has been awarded a contract to design the infrastructure for the Ras Al Khair maritime yard in Saudi Arabia, a statement from the firms said on Tuesday. The duo, based in the Netherlands and South Korea, have been awarded the front-end engineering design contract, with the ...

  Bloomberg Five months after shaking hands with Apple Inc., retailer Kohl’s Corp. is starting to compete with the tech giant’s mobile-payment service Apple Pay. For Apple, the market leader of in-store mobile payments, moves like Kohl’s are becoming increasingly familiar. Over the summer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. rolled out its own mobile-payment service nationwide and pharmacy chain CVS Health Corp. ...

  Relaxnews Microsoft is to hold a major conference showcasing the future of Windows 10 in New York, on October 26, which fans can follow live online. One year after revealing its first laptop PC — a rival for Apple’s MacBook Pro — Microsoft could be set to cause a sensation in 2016 with an iMac-style all-in-one PC codenamed “Surface ...

  Bloomberg Google just debuted a digital assistant, which it hopes to place inside smartphones, watches, cars and every other imaginable internet-connected device. It’s already hit a snag. The Alphabet Inc. division launched new smartphones last week with the artificially intelligent assistant deeply embedded. It also rolled out a speaker with the feature at its core and announced plans to ...

  DETROIT /AP Hyundai and BMW customers are the most satisfied with their in-vehicle technology, but those brands and others still need to work on educating drivers about what their cars can do, according to a new survey by the market research company J.D. Power and Associates. The inaugural study asked owners about their experiences after 90 days owning 2016 ...

  Mexico City / DPA Whether it’s guacamole, smashed on toast or in a salad, avocados are appearing on menus around the world from Melbourne to Berlin. Trendy food blogs post recipes for apple and avocado smoothies, avocado soup with pancetta, even avocado and white chocolate ice cream. Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow included three recipes for avocado toast in her ...

  Eschenlohe / DPA Scientists have examined the contents of his intestines, his finger nails, his soot tattoos and his teeth. Oetzi the Iceman suffered from tooth decay, degeneration of the spinal column, a genetic predisposition to heart disease and was lactose intolerant. He ate ibex, a type of wild goat, wore goatskin leggings and was in possession of a ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, ADX, has climbed 0.12 percent in September to reach 4476 and become the second growing index in the GCC after Bahrain. The retail sector gained 6.15 percent, followed by telecommunications, 1.27 percent and the banking sector 0.67 percent. The services sector has declined by 7.94 percent, and the industry sector by ...

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Airline and Google have launched the ‘Celebrating Arabic Reading’ initiative throughout October in a collaboration designed to reach millions of smartphone users in the region, and support the UAE’s Year of Reading, a national move spearheaded by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business World energy leaders, government officials, decision makers, and more than 100,000 oil and gas trade professionals from 125 countries are gearing up to attend the world’s most influential event for the oil and gas industry, the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2016). Preparations are underway as the UAE capital prepares to welcome ...