June, 2019

• 23 June

  3D printing to revolutionise healthcare procedures in UAE

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Science Park (DSP), a science- and healthcare-focused business community, hosted the seventh edition of its Advance Health networking event. Under the theme ‘How 3D Printing Is Transforming Health’, the forum brought together industry experts to explore the potential that 3D printing can create in the healthcare space. Organised in partnership with Synapse Medical Services, a ...

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• 23 June

  Cyberattacks in UAE decline by 43.2%

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Telecommunications Regulations Authority (TRA) reported a 43.2% decline in cyberattacks on government, semi-government and private sector entities in UAE during first five months of 2019, as compared to same period last year. A total of 113 cyberattacks were foiled from January to May 2019 against 199 during the corresponding period in 2018. Seven of these ...

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• 23 June

  Dubai records 50% growth in issuance of new licences in May

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai has issued 2,599 new licenses during May 2019, a growth of 50 percent compared to May 2018 (1,736). The new licenses created 8,348 jobs in the labour market, the Business Registration and Licensing, BRL, sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED), said on Sunday. Among the new licenses issued, 54.7% were professional, 42.7% commercial, 1.8% ...

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• 23 June

  UAE, Jordan to boost trade ties through ECI, JLGC partnership

  

  Dubai / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal Credit Insurance Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Jordan Loan Guarantee Corporation (JLGC), to explore, develop and strengthen the trade relationship between the UAE and Jordan on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, respect and trust. This partnership will enable enhance trade and business activities through the ...

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• 23 June

  AED228mn ‘Sheikh Zayed Highway’ extension project launches in Bahrain

  

  Manama / WAM Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Ambassador to Bahrain, on Sunday attended signing of an agreement to launch the first phase of the ‘Sheikh Zayed Highway’ development project in Bahrain. The agreement was signed by Issam bin Abdullah Khalaf, Bahrain’s Minister of Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning, and representatives of the Emirati company, ...

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• 23 June

  ‘Sanad’ a gateway to labour market for HCT graduates: Al Shamsi

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The ‘Sanad Initiative’, launched by the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), in 2017, aims to assist the college’s graduates in obtaining appropriate certificates and entering the labour market, ensuring their readiness to begin their careers, a HCT official noted. Sanad targets graduates looking for work and employs them in various administrative positions for three to six ...

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• 23 June

  Bifacial panels prove a boon for solar sector

  

  Bloomberg The solar industry has a new way of ducking the Trump administration’s tariffs on its imports: two-sided panels. The US Trade Representative said in a notice that it’s granting an exemption to solar duties for bifacial panels, ones that can generate power on both sides. The carve-out is a win for both Asian manufacturers including JinkoSolar Holding Co, LG ...

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• 23 June

  Mexico energy companies plan private auctions

  

  Bloomberg After Mexico’s National Energy Control Center cancelled a widely anticipated long-term power auction almost five months ago, the frustration among private companies was palpable. Now, they are taking matters into their own hands — with the help of an upstart energy company formed by some of the power auctions’ original architects. Mexico City-based Bravos Energia is launching new, private ...

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• 23 June

  Trans Mountain to start shipments by ’22

  Bloomberg The oil pipeline that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government approved is slated to start shipping crude as early as 2022 and cost more than C$7.4 billion ($5.6 billion) after legal delays hampered the construction process. The Trans Mountain expansion, which would carry 590,000 more barrels of crude from Alberta’s oil sands to a port in Vancouver, was delayed ...

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• 23 June

  Japan played hidden role in breakdown of Fiat-Renault deal

  

  Bloomberg The Japanese government played a role in the breakdown of merger talks between Renault SA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV earlier this month, weighing in with concerns the combination could harm Nissan Motor Co, people familiar with the matter said. Japan signalled its misgivings over the deal to the French government, said the people, asking not to be identified ...

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