ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) has, for the first time, met 80% of total power demand in Abu Dhabi using renewable and clean energy from its solar and nuclear energy plants. In the process, Ewec supplied approximately 6.2 gigawatts (GW) of the total 7.7GW system power demand. The significant achievement to meet 80% of total ...
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March, 2023
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2 March
Deal signed to attract new stream of crypto firms to Dubai
DUBAI / WAM DMCC – the world’s flagship free zone and government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has partnered with Digital Wave Finance (DWF) Labs, a global digital asset market maker and multi-stage web3 investment firm, to offer a new $5 million growth platform for web3 and blockchain businesses at the DMCC Crypto Centre. As a ...
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2 March
e& receives Brand Finance Telecoms award in Barcelona
BARCELONA / WAM e& on Thursday received the Brand Finance Telecoms 150 2023 award as the most valuable portfolio of telecom brands in the Middle East and Africa. e& has undergone a significant transformation, resulting in remarkable business growth and sustained stakeholder confidence. The transformation into a global technology and investment group has seen e &’s portfolio of brands grow ...
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2 March
GSK’s RSV shot gets FDA panel’s nod on safety for older people
BLOOMBERG GSK Plc’s vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) won the support of a key panel of US regulatory advisers for use in people aged 60 and older, as the drugmaker races against Pfizer Inc to bring to market the first vaccine for RSV. The panel of 12 outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously that ...
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2 March
Apple abruptly shuts  down North Carolina store after shootings
BLOOMBERG Apple Inc has abruptly shut down one of its retail stores in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the mall where it’s located suffered at least three shootings in recent months. The company informed the store’s employees that the location would be closing immediately, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The store was open for business and a copy ...
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2 March
Sweden’s housing slump enters second year with no end in sight
BLOOMBERG Swedish home prices have yet to hit a bottom as one of the world’s most severe housing routs is about to enter its second year. Soaring consumer prices and a string of interest-rate increases have dealt a heavy blow to the Swedish economy, which is particularly sensitive to rising borrowing costs. The country’s households have some of the highest ...
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2 March
Tesla investor day disappoints with little detail on new models
BLOOMBERG Elon Musk’s latest master plan for Tesla Inc fell flat as the electric-car maker shared scant details about next-generation models that will underpin its next phase of growth. The almost four-hour presentation was long on calculations of what the sustainable energy transition will require, along with boasts about manufacturing and engineering efficiencies. But Musk and the executives who joined ...
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2 March
Stocks decline as market absorbs bets on rising rates
BLOOMBERG Stock markets worldwide extended losses on Thursday, as US 10-year Treasury bonds topped 4% for the first time since November in a sign that the Federal Reserve’s warnings of higher-for-longer interest rates are finally sinking in. Europe’s Stoxx 600 equity index retreated 0.5%, having fallen to three-week lows as hotter-than-forecast German inflation data pushed money markets to bet on ...
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2 March
Adani stocks extend rebound amid series of block trades
BLOOMBERG Shares of Adani group companies climbed on Thursday as block trades in some of the conglomerate’s stocks suggested institutional investors were buying after a prolonged rout. Flagship Adani Enterprises Ltd. erased an early loss of 10% as 36.8 million shares, equalling 3.2% of its equity, changed hands in two block trades. A series of block deals also punctuated early ...
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1 March
Investopia ‘Marketplace’ to position UAE as leading investment destination
DUBAI / WAM Investopia 2023 announced the launch of its newly innovative investment platform “Marketplaceâ€, with the aim of enhancing the UAE attractiveness to foreign investments in various economic and commercial sectors, in particular the new economy sectors, and with the aim to position the UAE as a leading investment destination on the regional and global level. The launch will ...
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