October, 2021

• 3 October

  ADJD launches ‘One Stop Shop for Litigation’ initiative

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has announced the launch of a new initiative dubbed as “One Stop Shop for Litigation”, which allows judges of Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra courts to hear disputes and render judgments from anywhere without being restricted by the geographical location of registered cases, by utilising video conference technology. ...

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• 3 October

  Dems are trying to do a lot. That’s not disarray

  

  A lot of people disdain artificial deadlines in legislation and the frantic, seemingly chaotic activity that goes with them. But while there was still no resolution by of the Democratic Party’s impasse on the dual congressional bills that would enact large chunks of their agenda, from climate to health care to child care to construction and more, the day’s events ...

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• 3 October

  China still loves Apple, politics aside

  

  Relations between China and the US may be scraping new lows, but that hasn’t stopped Chinese consumers from snapping up the iPhone 13. Shortly after pre-sales for the phone opened on September 17, some colours sold out in minutes. Apple Inc’s China website crashed. Social media erupted. A week later, as in-store sales began, eager buyers stampeded through a shopping ...

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• 3 October

  Will Merck’s antiviral be a game-changer?

  Merck & Co and Ridgeback’s antiviral pill molnupiravir is a potential pandemic game-changer, judging from the positive test data. To make the most of this promise, governments and global health organisations need to prepare to manufacture the pills in great quantities. The clinical trial results are preliminary, but impressive. People with fresh symptoms of Covid-19 who took the pills for ...

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• 3 October

  Boris Johnson’s clear and present danger

  With an eight point lead in the opinion polls, an 83-seat majority in the House of Commons and economic growth figures for the second quarter revised upwards from 4.8% to 5.5%, what does UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have to fear? Plenty. Although the opposition Labour party requires an enormous swing of more than 10% at the next general election ...

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• 3 October

  Tata to take over Air India in historic deal years in making

  

  Bloomberg Tata Sons Pvt is set to take over ailing Air India Ltd again, more than half a century after the country’s biggest conglomerate ceded control to the state, ending the government’s hold over an airline that for decades defined the lofty ambitions of a newly-independent nation. A panel of ministers accepted a proposal from bureaucrats, who recommended the conglomerate’s ...

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• 3 October

  United: 593 US staff face firing for rejecting shot

  

  Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc said as many as 593 employees face termination after declining to get the coronavirus vaccine following the carrier’s deadline last week. About 2,000 United workers have requested an exemption on medical or religious grounds, the company said, the day after the vaccine mandate deadline took effect for about 67,000 US-based employees. The airline plans to ...

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• 3 October

  Boeing sees travel back at 2019 levels in two or three years

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co forecasts that commercial aviation should be back to 2019 levels in two to three years, buoyed by a strong domestic recovery in China and parts of Europe, the US planemaker’s China head said. Various countries’ vaccination rates and differing quarantine requirements will pose some hurdles but “we’re anticipating in the next two to three years that the ...

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• 3 October

  Upscale airline startup barges into Southwest’s Texas turf

  

  Bloomberg A tiny startup is expanding its semiprivate flight services in Texas, an incursion on the home turf of industry behemoth Southwest Airlines Co that targets business travelers in three of the state’s largest cities. JSX will begin service to Austin, Texas, from Dallas Love Field while doubling its Houston service to four daily flights. The carrier boards at the ...

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• 3 October

  Dollar Tree tiptoes away from $1 limit in test of higher prices

  Bloomberg Dollar Tree Inc is moving above the price point that gave the discounter its name. The retailer’s legacy stores will soon begin testing sales of products that cost more than $1, according to a company statement. Dollar Tree will also add more goods that go for more than a buck at its Combo and Dollar Tree Plus stores, which ...

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