December, 2020

• 31 December

  Dubai Startup Hub launches eight guides to support entrepreneurs

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Dubai Startup Hub initiative has launched eight guides to help startups in the UAE do business. The decision was made at Dubai Chamber’s fifth and final ‘Networking Series’ which was organised in cooperation with Virtuzone, and targeted startups and entrepreneurs and ran from mid-October to mid-December this year. The new ...

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• 31 December

  Emirates expects peak travel period at start of 2021

  

  DUBAI / WAM Travel is expected to reach another peak at the end of this week for Emirates, as the airline expects yet another busy period. A high volume of travellers will be making their way to Emirates’ dedicated Terminal 3 facilities on January 2-3, 2021, to depart Dubai, in addition to a rush of inbound traffic into the city. ...

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• 31 December

  Abu Dhabi wraps up the year with dazzling fireworks shows

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced an array of celebrations taking place in the UAE capital on New Year’s Eve, including fireworks shows in some of Abu Dhabi’s most renown neighbourhoods – the Corniche, Yas Island, Al Maryah Island and Al Wathba on Thursday, December 31. In line with ...

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• 31 December

  The three big mistakes China made in 2020

  

  Even if you resent China for being the epicenter of Covid-19, you’ve got to admire Beijing’s leadership skills. Less than a year after the pandemic erupted, life is back to normal, while Europe and the US are still struggling. The country is now the world’s shining economic outlier. Many good things can be said about China. Wearing a mask isn’t ...

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• 31 December

  Five nice things about politics in 2020

  

  It was a dreadful year, obviously, and that applies to US politics, too. Nevertheless, believe it or not, some stuff was worth celebrating. Here are five good developments: Republicans for democracy: In a year when the Republican Party overall showed an alarming and apparently accelerating lack of support for US democracy, we should recognise those who stepped up when it ...

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• 31 December

  Working for a shrinking asset manager is no fun

  Webster’s dictionary defines bipolarity as “characterised by two directly opposing opinions, natures, etc.” Three years after the mega-merger that created Standard Life Aberdeen Plc, it’s still trying to cure itself of just such an affliction. New chief executive officer, Stephen Bird, needs to get the firm pulling in a common direction. Since taking over at the start of September, Bird ...

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• 31 December

  Why companies are fleeing California?

  Amid raging wildfires, rolling blackouts and a worsening coronavirus outbreak, it has not been a great year for California. Unfortunately, the state is also reeling from a manmade disaster: an exodus of thriving companies to other states. In just the past few months, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co said it was leaving for Houston. Oracle Corp said it would decamp for ...

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• 31 December

  Boeing’s 737 Max returns in US with American Air flight

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co.’s 737 Max has returned to commercial service in the US, with the first flight since two deadly crashes prompted the longest aircraft grounding in the nation’s history. An American Airlines Group Inc. 737 Max 8 landed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, arriving slightly ahead of schedule from Miami in the first leg of a round trip. US ...

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• 31 December

  Apple loses court battle against security startup

  

  Bloomberg Apple Inc. lost its copyright claims against a Florida company that makes “virtual iPhones” used by security researchers to test for the vulnerabilities to its system. Apple contended Corellium LLC copied the operating system, graphical user interface and other aspects of the devices without permission. It accused Corellium of acting under the guise of helping discover bugs in the ...

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• 31 December

  Airbus nears 550 deliveries in year derailed by Covid-19

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE has handed over close to 550 aircraft in 2020, with three days left to pad its total in a year derailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The European planemaker is nearing the milestone after tallying 477 deliveries through November, the people said, asking not to be named citing confidential information. The figures are unaudited and will be finalised ...

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