December, 2022

• 22 December

  Mother of the Nation Festival extended due to popular demand

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Mother of the Nation Festival (Motn) will return with more action, shopping and mouth-watering cuisine from December 23 to January 1. The Motn festival is returning by popular demand, to kick off the festive season in style on the Abu Dhabi Corniche. The region’s ultimate entertainment event will reopen following its wildly popular 10-day run ...

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• 22 December

  Publilink receives coveted ‘company of the year award’

  

    Dubai / Gulf Time Al Abbas Group, UAE’s leading business conglomerate held their annual AAG Excellence Awards 2021-22. AAG Excellence Awards is an annual event organised by the Al Abbas Group to recognise and reward employees, across the group, for their performances in various categories. The third edition of AAG Excellence Awards was a glittering event attended by Ebrahim ...

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• 22 December

  UAE, Nepal discuss ways to enhance bilateral ties

    KATHMANDU / WAM Abdulla Al Shamsi presented his credentials as the UAE ambassador to Nepal to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari of Nepal, at the presidential palace in the capital, Kathmandu. During the meeting, Al Shamsi conveyed the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President ...

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• 22 December

  Moro Hub partners with F5 to expand application security

  

    Dubai / WAM Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital Dewa, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC), has signed a Managed Service Provider Agreement (MSP) with F5 – a multi-cloud application security and delivery company committed to bringing a better digital world to life. The new partnership entails ensuring that Moro Hub’s customers across the region ...

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• 22 December

  Amazon, P&G fall short on environmental paper goals

  

    Bloomberg Companies from Procter & Gamble Co to Walmart Inc are lagging in efforts to mitigate environmental impact from the paper products they make and sell, according to a new report from an advocacy group. Environment America assessed the progress of six companies on their use of virgin fibres and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions. The group also looked at whether ...

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• 22 December

  Mondelez sells gum unit to Perfetti in $1.35b deal

  

    Bloomberg Mondelez International Inc agreed to sell its gum business in some of its major markets to European rival Perfetti Van Melle SpA. The deal values the business at about $1.35 billion, the companies announced. The sale includes brands such as Trident, Bubblicious, Chiclets, Dentyne and some European candy. Perfetti will own the portfolio in the US, Canada and ...

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• 22 December

  Swatch not to enter second-hand luxury watch market, says CEO

  

    Bloomberg Swatch Group AG Chief Executive Officer Nick Hayek said he doesn’t see the need to regulate the $20 billion market for second-hand luxury watches, contradicting moves by Rolex SA and H Moser & Cie. “Why should we mix ourselves into the market of used watches,” Hayek said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “This is a market that is ...

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• 22 December

  HK airport’s Robobus offers glimpse of driverless future

  

    Bloomberg Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) says it’s ready to use driverless buses, confident it can shuttle passengers around the aerodrome from next year after extensive trials years in the making. By bolting on cameras, sensors and tracking devices, the Asian financial hub’s main airport has adapted and kitted out an electric bus from Chinese carmaker BYD Co and ...

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• 22 December

  Hackers rigged JFK Airport taxi line, say US prosecutors

    Bloomberg With a flat fee of $70 for trips into Manhattan and a guaranteed stream of passengers, a ride to and from New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport is one of the more lucrative journeys for the city’s cab drivers. But federal prosecutors say two 48-year-old Queens men found another way to profit from the crowd of taxis ...

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• 22 December

  Canadian retail sales slide in Nov

    Bloomberg Canadian retail sales edged lower in November after higher gasoline prices boosted spending in October. Receipts for retailers dropped 0.5% last month, according to an advance estimate by Statistics Canada. That erased some of the 1.4% growth in October — the largest increase in five months that was led higher by sales at gas stations and supermarkets. The ...

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