July, 2017

• 9 July

  Bank-disposal chief says Italy aid shows failure-rule flaws

  

  Bloomberg Bank failures in Italy and the drawn-out rescue of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA revealed the frayed edges in Europe’s patchwork of rules for dealing with firms in crisis, and fixes are needed to make the system work as intended, according to Elke Koenig, who makes the call on saving or shuttering major euro-area lenders. “Let’s try ...

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• 9 July

  Air France-KLM summer bookings show ‘healthy rise’

  

  Bloomberg Air France-KLM Group signaled that a turnaround that began early this year is continuing as summer bookings rise and tourists from Asia and the US return to France after staying away in 2016. “The second quarter is good and the bookings for this summer are also quite positive compared to last year,” Jean-Marc Janaillac said in an interview at ...

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• 9 July

  Etisalat launches NB-IoT and LTE-M technology

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat on Sunday announced its commercial launch of NB-IoT and LTE-M technologies becoming the first operator in the MENA region to offer these new technologies enabling variety of solutions and services. Both NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) and LTE-M (Long Term Evolution for machines) technologies are 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) based standardized technologies using ...

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• 9 July

  Police raids Korean Air office over funds ‘misuse’

  

  Bloomberg South Korea’s police raided the head office of Korean Air Lines Co. in Seoul to probe alleged misuse of company funds, the first crackdown on a major local conglomerate after President Moon Jae-in came to power in May. Police are investigating allegations that Chairman Cho Yang-ho, the head of Hanjin Group that controls Korean Air, had interior work done ...

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• 9 July

  EU says pilots aged 65 can be grounded

  

  Bloomberg A Deutsche Lufthansa AG pilot who was grounded when he turned 65 lost his age-discrimination fight at the European Union’s top court, which said EU legislation imposing the limit is justified for safety reasons. “It is undeniable that the physical capabilities essential to the profession of an airline pilot diminish with age,” the EU Court of Justice said in ...

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• 9 July

  Airbus CEO takes control of sales

  Bloomberg Airbus SE Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders will take control of sales and marketing for the company’s planemaking division in a move that dilutes the role of chief operating officer and commercial-aircraft president Fabrice Bregier. The change comes after Airbus implemented a shift to a single corporate structure that folds the civil arm more closely into the group. That ...

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• 8 July

  Dubai non-oil foreign trade hits AED327bn

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade grew 2.7 percent to reach AED327 billion in the first quarter of 2017, compared with the AED318 billion in the same quarter of 2016, according to the data published by Dubai Customs. H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, praised ...

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• 8 July

  AED170mn new Delma Port opens in Abu Dhabi

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in ‘Al Dhafra Region’, HE Staff Major General Pilot Faris Khalaf Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Chief of the General Authority for the Security of Ports, Borders and Free Zones, and Board Member of Abu Dhabi Ports, officially inaugurated Delma Port on Saturday. ...

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• 8 July

  Empower inks world’s biggest deal in district cooling industry

  

  Dubai / wam Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), announced a partnership with Trane Commercial for the purchase of new chillers in what is considered the biggest deal in the district cooling industry worldwide. The agreement was signed at the end of the IDEA Annual Conference & Tradeshow 2017 held in Arizona, USA. Accordingly, Trane Commercial will supply Empower with ...

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• 8 July

  ADWEA reviews progress of UAE’s nuclear energy programme

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM A senior delegation led by Dr Saif Al Seiari, Acting Director-General, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) has visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, to witness the progress of UAE’s peaceful nuclear energy programme. The delegation was hosted by Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (ENEC) Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed Al Hammadi, and executive management. The visitors ...

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