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Bloomberg Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will unveil his a plan to rebuild a battered economy on the day Italians end almost three months of lockdown and can travel freely again. The premier will outline his government’s recovery strategy in a speech, Italian media reported, and repeat an appeal to put aside the country’s political divisions. Conte, who heads an unruly ...

Bloomberg Google surreptitiously amasses billions of bits of information — every day — about internet users even if they opt out of sharing their information, three consumers alleged in a proposed class action lawsuit. “Google tracks and collects consumer browsing history and other web activity data no matter what safeguards consumers undertake to protect their data privacy,” according to the ...

Sharjah / WAM Abu Dhabi Exports Office (Adex) and the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) are partnering together on a strategic initiative to help boost exports from one of the leading manufacturing hubs in the region that provides a significant contribution to the UAE’s GDP. Adex, the UAE-wide export financing entity founded by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Distribution has opened 16 new sites around the country so far this year, including five ‘Adnoc On the go’ neighbourhood stations in Abu Dhabi and five ‘traditional’ stations in Dubai. The UAE’s leading fuel and convenience retailer said the network expansion aims to “bringing everyday essentials closer to its customers.” In a statement on Tuesday ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In an exclusive interview with Al Jundi Journal, Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC) said that the council was committed to upholding the values of UAE’s present leaders as well as the founding fathers. He explained how the council has helped the government confront the threat from the coronavirus and also how the ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EC3 Brokers to implement a Group Health Insurance Master Policy. The Group Health scheme will be available to over 2,400 active registered firms in DIFC who provide health insurance to their 25,600 professionals. It is the first scheme of this nature to be developed in ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs’ Training Centre and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have launched an e-learning platform ‘GO LEARN’, that provides some 50 training courses in the customs field. The launch of the online platform took place on Microsoft Teams with the attendance of Mohammed Al Ghaffari, Acting Executive Director, Human Resources, Finance and Administration ...

Bloomberg Electricite de France (EDF) and its Canadian and German partners have finalised the funding of a 2 billion euro ($2.23 billion) offshore wind project, allowing construction to start in the English Channel. EDF, Enbridge Inc and Wpd AG plan to commission the 500-megawatt wind farm in 2023, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. The facility near the ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the US military to end “riots and lawlessness” across the country in a Rose Garden address punctuated by the sound of explosions as federal officers dispersed peaceful demonstrators just outside the White House gates. Trump called on governors and mayors to “dominate the streets” and announced that he was sending thousands of heavily ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson plans to re-set his government’s agenda with a major speech and a financial statement to prepare the UK for the new reality after the coronavirus pandemic. Amid forecasts of the worst recession in 300 years, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is drawing up options to bolster the economy after the government withdraws its vast package of ...