September, 2022

• 29 September

  CNN Academy Abu Dhabi welcomes new participants

    ABU DHABI / WAM CNN Academy Abu Dhabi opened its doors for 2022 with a new group of 30 aspiring journalists eager to learn from experts at the world’s leading news brand. Becky Anderson, Managing Editor of CNN Abu Dhabi and Anchor of Connect the World, met the participants at twofour54’s Yas Creative Hub for a series of introductory ...

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• 29 September

  Adib expands ITM network in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain

  

    Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (Adib), a leading Islamic financial institution, announced the expansion of its popular Interactive Teller Machines (ITM) network with the addition of two new machines in Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi, and Oud Al Toba branch in Al Ain. The bank has witnessed a rapid growth in ITM usage year-on-year as of ...

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• 29 September

  Shell acquires Nigerian solar firm in first Africa power buy

  

    Bloomberg Shell Plc’s renewable energy division acquired Daystar Power, an off-grid services provider in West Africa, in its first acquisition of a power firm on the continent. The takeover, which awaits regulatory approval, will enable Shell renewable and energy solutions business to deliver carbon emission reductions and power cost savings to commercial and industrial businesses across Africa, according to ...

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• 29 September

  CATL plans $1.9bn battery plant in China’s Luoyang City

    Bloomberg Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the world’s biggest battery maker for electric cars with almost 35% of the market, plans to build a 14 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) manufacturing base in the city of Luoyang in the central Chinese province of Henan. Construction of the project in Henan will take up to three years, CATL said in a ...

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• 29 September

  Trussonomics may be a gift for Labour, Keir Starmer

  

  Who is the real “change candidate” after 12 years of Conservative government in the UK: Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labour party? Or Liz Truss, the fourth successive Tory prime minister? That is the question Starmer must answer at his annual party conference in Liverpool this weekend. The result of the next general election in two years’ time ...

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• 29 September

  BOE right to snub calls for emergency action

  

  The Bank of England’s next scheduled monetary policy gathering on Nov. 3 is a long, long way away. With the pound dropping to a record low against the dollar this week and UK borrowing costs surging, market soothsayers have called for an inter-meeting intervention. But Governor Andrew Bailey has resisted that temptation — and he’s right not to fall into ...

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• 29 September

  Crypto bros need to stop proving Jamie Dimon right

    Do Kwon is not on the run. We know that because the cryptocurrency founder said so. Singapore authorities announced that he’s no longer in their country, a South Korean court issued a warrant for his arrest, and Interpol put out a Red Notice. But that doesn’t mean he’s ready to reveal his whereabouts, or his legal strategy to fight ...

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• 29 September

  Progress on HPV vaccine is too important to lose

  HPV vaccinations among teens in the US dropped precipitously during the early pandemic, a disappointing reversal for shots that can prevent more than 33,000 cases of cancer each year. Worse, efforts to get vaccinations back on track could be stymied by legal challenges. We can’t let a decade worth of slow and steady progress in HPV vaccinations be lost. Getting ...

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• 29 September

  India’s Jet Airways return to skies delayed with plane talks in limbo

  

    Bloomberg Jet Airways India Ltd., the carrier undergoing a court-monitored process to emerge from bankruptcy, won’t return to the skies this month as previously planned, according to people familiar with the matter. The airline, once India’s top private carrier, can’t sell tickets in September because lenders are reluctant to allow it to take on any fresh liabilities such as ...

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• 29 September

  Fighter jets scrambled after bomb threat on Singapore Airlines flight

  

  Bloomberg A Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight en-route from San Francisco was escorted by fighter jets after a passenger allegedly claimed there was a bomb in his carry-on bag and assaulted the crew, according to the police. Singapore Airlines Flight 33 landed safely at Changi airport at 5:50am, the city-state’s Police Force said in a statement. The plane was taxied to ...

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