September, 2022

• 20 September

  Treated sewage water improves wheat output in UAE

    ABU DHABI / WAM A study by Emirati researcher Dr Fatima Al Hammadi, titled, “Using and Assessing Treated Water in Wheat Production”, reached key outcomes in terms of accelerating growth and improving the production of wheat using treated sewage water. The field study focused on the cultivation of two types of wheat modified for planting in the UAE’s environment ...

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• 20 September

  UAE highlights crucial role of global partnerships in future of work

  

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE highlighted the significance of complying with international work standards and developing partnerships that empower countries to overcome the future challenges of the labour markets across the globe and their ever-changing landscape, stressing that it is critical to guaranteeing the rights of employers and employees alike. Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, ...

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• 20 September

  Abu Dhabi’s EAD gets LEED certificate for green buildings

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) announced on Monday that it was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Operations and Maintenance (O+M) version 4.1 Certificate by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), the most widely used green buildings classification system globally. The award was given in recognition of EAD’s outstanding ...

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• 20 September

  The supply chains are not broken. Not everywhere!

  

  The world is fretting over the demise of global supply chains and the threat of deglobalisation, with the US trying to lure manufacturing activity back home — or at least closer. Yet supply chains have actually evolved for the better in some places — particularly in Asia — despite all the challenges since 2020 as Covid roiled global trade. The ...

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• 20 September

  Are Thai VCs absorbing all oxygen?

  

  Thailand has a plethora of innovative startups, from artificial intelligence to agricultural technology, but their progress is stymied by a huge problem that threatens the nation’s economic development: Big Business. Corporate-linked investors dominate the nation’s funding scene, said Charle Charoenphan, co-founder of Techsauce, a Bangkok-based startup accelerator and organiser of an annual summit bearing the same name. That’s hurting the ...

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• 20 September

  Small-town sewers get tech-like premiums

    Biotech, social media and cryptocurrencies are the usual hotspots for crazy asset prices. This year, though, one of the highest valuations offered in any US acquisition is for the sewer system of a tiny township in Pennsylvania. NextEra Energy Inc, the world’s biggest utility by market capitalisation, announced in June it was buying the wastewater system of Towamencin township, ...

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• 20 September

  As binary as it gets — Bulls, bears and pivot

    It’s a binary world. To an extreme extent, opinions on the market are divided, and they are split on one key issue: Will the Fed have to “pivot” towards easier monetary policy in the next few months, or won’t it? This question vitiates investment decisions in almost any asset you care to mention. Everywhere you look, choices are contingent ...

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• 20 September

  SoftBank-backed Oyo seeks to resurrect IPO over growth

  

    Bloomberg Oyo Hotels, the once high-flying Indian startup, is reviving plans for a stock-market debut after cost cuts and a recovery in travel helped it reduce losses. The hotel-booking company filed fresh financial documents and is now targeting an initial public offering in early 2023 provided that India’s stock market continues to hold up and economic conditions improve, according ...

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• 20 September

  Adani’s rise to world’s second-richest boosts Indian equities’ clout

  

    Bloomberg Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s ascent to rank as the world’s second-richest person has helped fuel a world-beating jump in the nation’s stocks and bolstered their clout among emerging-market equities. Eight firms controlled by Adani’s ports-to-power conglomerate, including recent cement acquisitions, have contributed more than a fifth of the 109-member MSCI India Index’s surge since end-June, data compiled by ...

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• 20 September

  Korea’s exports of key memory chip plummet as demand chills

  

    Bloomberg South Korea’s exports of its most lucrative memory chip fell by the most since 2019, indicating a deepening slump in technology demand central to global economic growth. Shipments of dynamic random access memory fell 24.7% from a year earlier in August, compared with a 7% decline in the previous month, according to data released by the trade ministry. ...

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