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ERC signs deal to restore lecture halls in Yemen

SHABWAH / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent Authority (ERC), signed an agreement on Tuesday to construct and restore lecture halls at the College of Oil and Minerals in the governorate of Shabwah. Signing of the agreement, Mohammed Saif Al Muhairi, Head of the ERC team in Shabwa, said that the construction project is one of a series of infrastructure projects ...

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Expo 2020 participant nations to start working on pavilions

Abu Dhabi / WAM Najeeb Al Ali, Executive Director of the Expo 2020 Dubai Office, has said that some of the participating countries in Expo 2020 Dubai will begin building their pavilions at the start of April 2018, while pointing out that over 180 countries will participate in Expo 2020. He also expects the Expo to receive 25 million visitors, ...

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Tencent-backed video site seeks $17bn valuation

Bloomberg Tencent-backed Chinese startup Kuaishou is seeking to raise funds at about a $17 billion valuation, people familiar with the matter said, as it expands its video-streaming service to Southeast Asia. The company is targeting around $1 billion of financing, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing a private deal. The startup’s desired valuation would be almost six ...

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India stalls plan to cut drug prices

Bloomberg India’s proposal to curb drug prices by stripping generic medicines of their brand names has stalled after the plan faced pushback from the country’s pharmaceutical companies, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Draft Pharmaceutical Policy circulated in 2017 by the Department of Pharmaceuticals has made no progress since opposition emerged from the industry and among some ...

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EU toughens demands on UK for Brexit transition in draft

Bloomberg The European Union has stepped up the demands for concessions that the UK must make during the transition period that follows Brexit, pushing back the cut-off date for the acquisition of rights for EU citizens, according to revised draft negotiating directives obtained by Bloomberg. The UK won’t be able to apply new immigration rules to EU citizens arriving during ...

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BMW sees 5 Series, new X2 fuelling sales increase

Bloomberg BMW AG is betting an overhauled 5Series sedan and new X2 crossover will boost sales this year as the world’s second-biggest luxury carmaker works on its pledge to retake the global lead from Mercedes-Benz. Those models, plus an updated X3 utility vehicle, should carry BMW to gains in all markets, including the US and China, Chief Financial Officer Nicolas ...

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Carillion’s demise shines a light on UK pensions shortfall

Bloomberg The collapse of Carillion Plc with more than half a billion pounds of unfunded pension commitments may increase pressure on some of the nation’s biggest companies to plug their own funding gaps. The construction and services giant employs almost 20,000 people in Britain and has a pensions shortfall of 587 million pounds ($811 million). The government-backed Pension Protection Fund ...

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Russia plans biggest spending spree since Putin re-election

Bloomberg Russia’s government is discussing a proposal to turn on the fiscal taps in what would be the biggest domestic spending spree since President Vladimir Putin last ran for re-election in 2012. Kremlin economic aide Andrey Belousov said expenditures on health, education and infrastructure could be raised by 1.5-2 percent of gross domestic product, the official Tass news agency reported ...

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UAE is following in the footsteps of the founding father: Mohamed

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, honoured the nine winners of the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2018, during an award ceremony held on Monday in Abu Dhabi, as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The tenth edition of this key ...

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Abu Dhabi unveils world’s largest desalinated water reserve

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi on Monday unveiled the world’s largest reserve of high quality desalinated water, secured in a network of 315 recovery wells lying up to 80 meters below the Liwa Desert. The wells are fed by one of UAE’s longest water pipeline networks which runs the water from Shuweihat desalination plant at a rate of ...

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