Masonry Layout

Sultan Al Qasimi welcomes Ramadan well-wishers

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, received at Al Badee’ Al ‘Amer Palace, Ramadan well-wishers who called on him on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, was present. Sheikh Sultan received ...

Read More »

UAE, S Korea discuss cooperation in advanced automotive technology

Dubai / WAM Abdullah Sultan Al Shamsi, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Economy and Chairman of the Executive Global Innovation Team, and Kim Yungray, Director-General of Commercial Policies at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of South Korea, discussed potential cooperation in advanced automotive technology during a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy in Dubai. They also ...

Read More »

Injazat, MDC-BMS join hands to build hybrid cloud platform for Mubadala

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Injazat Data Systems (Injazat) and MDC Business Management Services (MDC-BMS), along with Mubadala Investment Company’s Enterprise Technology Services division, have announced the establishing of ‘Project Tarabot’, a strategic Joint initiative for building a Hybrid Cloud Platform in Abu Dhabi for the Mubadala Group of Companies. The Hybrid Cloud platform will be aligned to the principle ...

Read More »

Etisalat, GSMA partner for Mobile 360 Series

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etisalat on Sunday announced its exclusive partnership with GSMA for Mobile 360 series-MENA conference in 2018 and 2019, a regional platform that attracts telecom leaders from across the global and regional mobile industry to address key challenges and opportunities in the mobile ecosystem. The three-day conference scheduled to take place from November 27-29 at Dubai ...

Read More »

Myanmar first mover TPG seeks to create $700mn tower giant

Bloomberg TPG, the first major US private equity firm to invest in Myanmar after it emerged from military rule, is working on another landmark transaction in what’s become one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. It’s pursuing a deal to create Myanmar’s biggest independent owner of telecom towers as mobile-phone usage in the country soars, people with knowledge of the matter ...

Read More »

China’s Fosun eyes acquisitions in North America tourism market

Bloomberg Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. is looking to gain a bigger foothold in North America’s tourism and leisure market through acquisitions, as the owner of Club Med SAS launches a new product line for China. “We’re interested in anything related to the tourism sector, from travel agencies and resort brands to recreational content providers,” Qian Jiannong, senior vice president ...

Read More »

Glencore to face UK bribery probe over Congo dealings

Bloomberg The UK’s white-collar crime prosecutor is preparing to open a formal bribery investigation into Glencore Plc and its work with billionaire Dan Gertler and the leader of Democratic Republic of Congo, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Investigators at the Serious Fraud Office plan to seek formal approval for a full probe into Glencore’s dealings in ...

Read More »

Tesla urged to split chairman’s role from Musk

Bloomberg The largest proxy advisory firm is recommending that investors reject two of Tesla Inc.’s board members, while also supporting a proposal to split the role of chairman and chief executive officer — jobs now held by Elon Musk, the public face of the electric-car maker. By opposing directors Antonio Gracias and James Murdoch, and seeking to install an independent ...

Read More »

Facebook rethinks news organisations as political advertisers

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. doesn’t know how news organisations will fit into an initiative to provide transparency for political advertising on its social network. The company came up with a policy that puts news publishers in the same category as political publishers for the purposes of its new ad-transparency efforts. Facebook told media organisations they would have to verify their identities ...

Read More »

Russia to US: Talk to Taliban or face endless bloody war

Bloomberg Russia said the US will have to drop its opposition to negotiating directly with the Taliban on the eventual pullout of American troops from Afghanistan or face a grinding and bloody war for years to come. The US refusal to talk with the hard-line extremist movement that controls 40 percent of Afghan territory is “why we are at a ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend