January, 2022

• 8 January

  Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum to be held on March 28

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Atlantic Council announced on Friday that the 2022 Global Energy Forum will now be held alongside Expo 2020 in Dubai from March 28-29. The forum, which is part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, will also be hosted in conjunction with the 2022 World Government Summit a major global convening focused on the tools, policies, ...

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• 8 January

  Dubai, Malaysia to enhance relations in tourism sector

  

    DUBAI / WAM Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing met on Friday with YB Dato Sri Haji Abd Karim Rahman Hamzah, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Sarawak, Malaysia and his accompanying delegation, at Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET). During the meeting, they discussed a number of topics of common interest ...

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• 8 January

  UAE reports 930 new recoveries from Covid-19

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 384,622 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. ...

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• 8 January

  DCD, FDF conclude first phase of VR initiative for seniors

  

    DUBAI / WAM The Department of Community Development (DCD) in Abu Dhabi has concluded the first phase of the Virtual Reality (VR) initiative for the elderly, in cooperation with the Family Development Foundation (FDF). The experiment witnessed the participation of senior citizens and residents and was designed to explore the impact of VR and modern technology in strengthening communication ...

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• 8 January

  Shell says trading results in gas stronger, but oil weaker

  

    Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc said its natural gas trading business overcame supply disruptions to post “significantly higher” earnings for the fourth quarter, but the unit that buys and sells oil fared much worse. It’s the latest in a series of mixed performances from an energy giant that’s under pressure on all sides from activist investors, to pension funds ...

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• 8 January

  Greece to help people pay higher energy bills

  

    Bloomberg Greece is extending measures designed to help households and businesses pay their power and gas bills in January as the surge in energy prices shows no sign of let up. “The government will support households, farmers and also businesses against the global turmoil in energy prices for another month,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday. While the ...

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• 8 January

  The West needs to think beyond Vladimir Putin

  

    The riots in Kazakhstan that brought down its government on January 5 are just the latest sign of tension under the muddy ice crust into which the core post-Soviet authoritarian regimes have congealed — the same crust that broke in Ukraine in 2014, cracked but held in Belarus in 2020 and grew so thick in Russia last year that ...

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• 8 January

  Finance hubs are becoming obsolete

  

    Stand on the steps of The Royal Exchange in the heart of the City of London and you can picture the churn of people 200 years ago or more in what was becoming the world’s preeminent financial hub. Stock jobbers, traders and financiers would stream between its great limestone columns with the Bank of England to one side and ...

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• 8 January

  Three steps to yield financial happiness

  The New Year could bring a new you. Despite what the poets say, money, or at least financial security, can be one of the most important steps toward happiness. On the other hand, money mismanagement and debt can result in financial anxiety, which can cloud decision making and lead to a bad cycle. There are three basic moves those who ...

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• 8 January

  Apple’s $3trn valuation should unnerve investors

    Apple Inc became the first publicly traded company valued at $3 trillion, touching the historic milestone briefly after a weeks-long rally in its stock price. Yet for investors looking for a surefire bet as 2022 gets under way, the sudden surge ought to give them pause. The climb has been striking. Since mid-November, as major stock indexes have stayed ...

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