April, 2017

• 5 April

  UAE and Netherlands promote telemedicine and e-health solutions

    Abu Dhabi / WAM As part of the growing cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and Netherlands, CADD Emirates and Spectator Video Technology signed a healthcare agreement on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi to promote telemedicine and e-health solutions in the UAE. The agreement, signed during the current visit by Dutch Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport, Martin van Rijn, is ...

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• 5 April

  ENOC to showcase career opportunities for nationals

    Dubai / WAM ENOC Group underlines its commitment to empower young UAE Nationals by offering 70 job opportunities and on-the-job training programmes, through the company’s participation at Careers UAE 2017, on April 9-11, at the Dubai World Trade Center, Hall 6, Booth No. 6D-3. ENOC is recruiting young UAE Nationals in core oil and gas specialisations to support the company’s ...

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• 5 April

  Dubai’s apparel and footwear market worth $11.5bn in 2016

  

    Dubai /Emirates Business Dubai’s apparel and footwear market, valued at $11.5 billion in 2016, accounted for the largest share of the emirate’s retail sector, according to new analysis released by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the 11th World Retail Congress. The three-day Congress in Dubai in partnership with the Chamber, brought together 1,500 attendees, including 150 ...

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• 5 April

  DFSA inks int’l pact on audit oversight

  

    Dubai /Emirates Business The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) on Wednesday joined 21 of the world’s leading regulators of auditors in an agreement to increase co-operation with the oversight of audit professionals. DFSA Chief Executive, Ian Johnston, signed the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators’ (IFIAR) Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU), during the IFIAR Plenary Meeting in Tokyo. The ...

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• 5 April

  DIFC governor meets UK parliamentary team, envoy

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business His Excellency Essa Kazim, Governor of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), welcomed a United Kingdom parliamentary delegation and His Excellency Sulaiman Al Mazroui, the UAE Ambassador to the UK, on a special visit to DIFC, the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asian region. The UK is very important for ...

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• 5 April

  MBRSC holds workshop at Future Cities Show 2017

    Dubai / Emirates Business The Sustainable Energy Program Section team at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) held a workshop entitled “New Engineering and Smart Technologies Shaping Future Cities” at the first edition of The Future Cities Show 2017, held from April, 2-4. During the workshop, the team briefed participants on the engineering practices and technologies deployed in the ...

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• 5 April

  Still chained to their dark past

  

    SEOSAN / AP Chung Young-chul takes a drag on his cigarette and watches as wild ducks fly across rice fields and land on a reservoir in this remote farming village. He’s among nearly 2,000 people — ex-gangsters, ex-convicts, orphans — who were once held here, forced to work without pay for years and are now largely forgotten. “Some died after ...

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• 5 April

  ChemChina gets EU nod for $43 billion Syngenta deal

  

    Bloomberg China National Chemical Corp. won European Union antitrust approval for its $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticide maker Syngenta AG, a day after the US gave its blessing, bringing China’s largest foreign acquisition closer to the finish line. ChemChina’s offer to divest some pesticides and other agricultural products will remove “problematic overlaps” and allow EU regulators to clear ...

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• 5 April

  Australia regulators may increase lending curbs amid home boom

  

    Bloomberg Australian regulators may take further steps to rein in mortgage lending amid growing concern booming home prices pose a risk to the financial system. Restrictions on interest-only loans announced last week were a “tactical response” to growth in lending to property investors, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Chairman Wayne Byres said in a speech in Sydney on Wednesday. The ...

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• 5 April

  UK seeks end for clean energy goal that may sour Brexit talks

  

    Bloomberg Britain is looking for ways to scrap its 2020 clean energy targets while maintaining everyday trade in Europe’s energy market, an early sign of the kind of cherry-picking that threatens to sour Brexit negotiations. Officials in the Treasury and the business department are looking for a way to abandon the national goal of getting 15 percent renewable energy ...

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