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Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc is appointing two new independent non-executive directors to its UK board as it continues its bid to shore up its reputation in one of its major markets. Susan Hooper was previously head of the travel division at Acromas Group, while Roger Parry is non-executive chairman of software company Oxford Metrics and polling company YouGov Plc. The ...

Bloomberg The European Union can help settle the burgeoning trade spat between the US and China, European Commission Vice Presidents Jyrki Katainen and Valdis Dombrovskis said. Rather than participate in the dispute, the EU can leverage its role as the world’s largest market to uphold the rules of international trade and push back against unilateral tariffs like the ones backed ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration has softened a key Nafta demand for more North American content in car manufacturing—a potential olive branch on arguably the biggest sticking point as the US pushes to reach a stopgap deal this month, according to three people familiar with the talks. The US proposal would distinguish between different Nafta car parts by grouping them into ...

Bloomberg The US is taking sanctions against Russia to a new level. The US Treasury turned away from past efforts like curbs on visas to unleash measures that will sever access to global financial markets, buyers and suppliers for several of Russia’s Kremlin-connected billionaires. One of them, Oleg Deripaska, bears the brunt. And sanctions against him entangle some of the ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In collaboration with more than twenty business councils from around the world, Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, brought together more than 500 companies, investors, officials and diplomats to discuss investment opportunities in KIZAD and Khalifa Port Free Trade Zone (KPFTZ), the largest free zone in the Middle East. ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday honoured the winners of the 17th Arab Journalism Award at a ceremony held at the conclusion of the Arab Media Forum (AMF), 2018. HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh ...

Abu DHABI / Emirates Business Etisalat on Wednesday announced the launch of a roaming pack exclusively for its mobile post-paid and prepaid customers, offering unlimited data and voice roaming for AED400 per week. The new Saudi unlimited pack, valid for 7 days, offers value for money with bigger savings on calls and data usage due to very high data and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The newly launched Google News Initiative together with Google News Lab will offer free training to 4,000 journalists in the Middle East and North Africa region to help journalists advance their editorial, research, writing, fact-checking and editing skills, over the next 12 months, a senior Google official told delegates at the Arab Media Forum. “We have ...

Bloomberg The Pentagon says it’s received 1,089 comments—including submissions from 46 companies—on its plans for a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract in a sign of the intense interest and sharp debate over a winner-take-all award that competitors say will favour Amazon.com Inc. Industry comments and questions, but not the names of the companies making them, will be posted along with the ...

Bloomberg PSA Group Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares played down concerns about Brexit as he unveiled a plan by the French carmaker to invest in a factory near London in a bid to revive the Vauxhall brand it acquired last year. “We are hearing many remarks from the UK government that make us think that they are negotiating with the ...