September, 2018

• 16 September

  Dubai issues permits to 163 free zone firms

  

  Dubai / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED), in Dubai has permitted 163 free zone companies to operate in mainland Dubai following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed earlier this year between DED and the Dubai Free Zones Council. The MoU sought to enable free zone entities in Dubai to expand their operations across the emirate, and strengthen Dubai’s ...

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• 16 September

  Young Arab Media Leaders programme launched

  

  Dubai / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chair of the Arab Youth Centre  (AYC), the second edition of the Young Arab Media Leaders programme was launched in Dubai, on Sunday. Organised by the AYC and taking place over the course of two weeks, the programme ...

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• 16 September

  ‘Dtec Forum’ in Dubai to explore future of smart cities

  

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, will explore the future of smart cities and their success factors at its third quarterly Dtec Forum of 2018. Set to run on September 18 at the Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre (Dtec), the largest technology incubation hub in the region that is wholly owned by Dubai Silicon ...

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• 16 September

  Historic Kim summit may make or break Moon’s presidency

  

  Bloomberg Moon Jae-in has more than world peace riding on a successful summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this week: His domestic agenda is also at stake. Moon’s trip to North Korea’s capital—the first such visit by a South Korean leader in 11 years—will again test his ability to bridge the gap between two volatile leaders, Kim and US ...

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• 16 September

  Mangkhut moves into mainland China after battering Hong Kong

  

  Bloomberg Typhoon Mangkhut is losing power after making landfall in China and leaving Hong Kong with roads blocked, buildings damaged and low-lying areas flooded. The death toll in the Philippines rose to more than 50. More than 2.45 million people have been relocated and over 48,000 fishing boats returned to ports in China’s Guangdong province as of 5 pm on ...

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• 16 September

  May warns restive Tories she won’t back off her Brexit plan

  

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May gave a steadfast defense of her plans for Britain’s departure from the European Union ahead of key talks this week, while admitting to feeling “irritated” at speculation building within her Conservative Party about a potential leadership challenge. European leaders gather in Salzburg, Austria, on Wednesday to try to advance Brexit negotiations, which have been stalled ...

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• 16 September

  Brazil’s leftists vying to take on Bolsonaro in polarised election

  

  Bloomberg While far-right frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro recovers from an assassination attempt, two leftist contenders are vying to become his biggest challenger in what’s shaping up to be a polarised runoff vote in October. Former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad jumped 4 percentage points in the first Datafolha poll published since he officially replaced ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as ...

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• 16 September

  Macron fails to convince four-fifths of French

  Bloomberg Fewer than one-in-five French people approve of Emmanuel Macron’s performance since he became president 16 months ago, according to a poll published on Sunday. The survey of 1,013 adults by Kantar Sofres-onepoint for RTL, LCI and Le Figaro showed that 60 percent have a negative view of his presidency so far, with 19 percent holding a positive opinion. The ...

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• 16 September

  Italy’s Salvini, Asselborn spar over migration

  Bloomberg Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg’s minister for foreign affairs, are locked in a bitter war of words about European migration. The feud started at a Vienna conference. Salvini posted a video on his Facebook page of an exchange with Asselborn, who interrupted the Italian’s speech with a profanity after Salvini likened African immigrants to slaves. ...

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• 16 September

  S&P 500 bends as trade war spectre re-emerges

  

  Bloomberg Markets can ignore Wall Street when they want to. They’ve largely disregarded warnings from equity strategists at some of the biggest banks. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. this week cautioned about the dire effect of a full-blown trade war — fears stoked by news that President Donald Trump had instructed aides to impose additional tariffs ...

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