March, 2019

• 27 March

  Media has key role in helping region overcome challenges

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has affirmed that media has an important role in enhancing the region’s ability to deal with current challenges and developing new solutions to overcome the problems that hinder its development. His Highness’s remarks came during his meeting with ...

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• 27 March

  Adnec promotes Abu Dhabi business tourism credentials

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM In a bid to promote Abu Dhabi’s credentials as the business tourism capital of the region, a high-level delegation from Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec), headed by Khalifa Al Qubaisi, Adnec’s Acting Chief Commercial Officer, participated at the Society of Independent Show Organisers, SISO CEO Summit. Held in the US city of Miami, SISO CEO ...

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• 27 March

  Barakah plant is vital national project: FANR

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Christer Viktorsson, Director-General of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), said that Barakah Nuclear Power Plant is the UAE’s key national project, “It is our commitment as the country nuclear regulator to ensure safety and security towards the Nuclear Power Plant.” Speaking at a media briefing at the authority’s premises, Viktorsson said, “We are ...

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• 27 March

  Etihad adopts new real time flight tracking tech

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s national airline Etihad Airways has successfully implemented the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS), recommendations for flight tracking ahead of the General Civil Aviation Authority’s (GCAA’s), proposed deadline of June 1. With an ICAO completion date of November 8, 2018, Etihad Airways not only met the Global Aeronautical Distress and ...

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• 27 March

  Arab media can re-innovate itself, shape future, says Sultan Al Jaber

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and President of the National Media Council (NMC), praised the efforts of Arab media institutions to improve their performance, in light of the accelerating social, economic and scientific developments taking place in the region and around the world while stressing that there are many opportunities to develop and improve ...

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• 27 March

  Rapid technology developments form new reality for media: NMC

  Dubai / WAM The National Media Council (NMC), Director-General said that rapid developments in technology have established “a new reality” in the media industry. In a statement during Arab Media Forum 2019, Mansour Al Mansouri affirmed, “Rapid and continuous technological developments have established a new reality in media industry – a reality that has transformed every component of the sector, ...

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• 27 March

  Emirati woman pilot Huda Al Mussalami flies to new heights

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Huda Salem Al Mussalami flew to a height of 36,000 feet, overcoming all her challenges and difficulties and presenting an inspiring model of persistence to Emirati women, especially in the aviation sector. Al Mussalami, who works for Etihad Airways as a senior pilot assistant, entered the aviation industry in 2004, after passing her academic and scientific ...

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• 27 March

  Renault aims at Nissan merger to make Fiat bid

  

  Bloomberg Renault SA is aiming to restart merger talks with Nissan Motor Co within 12 months as the first step towards the creation of a bigger auto conglomerate that will involve a bid by both companies for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, the Financial Times reported. The creation of a new alliance board led by Renault chairman Jean-Dominique Senard has improved ...

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• 27 March

  Google-backed Mobvoi seeks $1b value before IPO

  

  Bloomberg Google-backed Mobvoi is close to securing funding that will value the artificial intelligence startup at more than $1 billion before an initial public offering in China, people familiar with the matter said. The smartwatch and AI software developer is seeking to raise $100 million and plans to list on a proposed board for technology companies on the Shanghai bourse, ...

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• 27 March

  Hyflux’s dispute with its rescuer deepens

  

  Bloomberg Embattled Singapore water treatment company Hyflux Ltd’s survival is looking shakier as disagreements with its rescuer deepen. Hyflux said in a filing that it disputes certain assertions by SM Investments, the consortium of Indonesian businessmen that had agreed last year to take a majority stake in the firm. At the same time, SM Investments is disagreeing with some terms ...

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