Dubai / WAM The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) is harnessing the power of emerging technologies to enrich user experience with the launch of its innovative AI- and Metaverse-based projects at Gitex Global 2022, an inclusive tech show that brings together enterprises, governments, startups, investors, coders, academia and youth. Announcing the launch at a press conference at ...
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To hear many people talk, the fate of the planet hangs in the balance depending on the outcome of the second-round vote in Brazil’s election. On one side is Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the leftist who all but halted the logging of the Amazon in his term as president from 2003 to 2010. On the other is Jair Bolsonaro, ...
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College students and nutrition don’t always go together. Spend time on campus and sooner or later somebody will brag about a finals week fueled on cheap ramen, or weekends spent subsisting on leftover pizza. Similar diets in young schoolchildren would be cause for alarm; When they occur in college, outsiders and students alike tend to laugh them off or ...
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Here is the pitfall of working at a multinational. Calamities elsewhere, such as bad business decisions made thousands of miles away, can lead to major overhauls across the board, sapping growth prospects everywhere and denting employee morale. This is especially true now at Credit Suisse Group AG, whose new management team promised to unveil an emergency strategy review later ...
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In the days since Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s largest mobilization since World War II, some 400,000 Russians have fled the country, with many more attempting to follow. Some neighbors, including European Union states, are fretting about the consequences. The reluctance of front-line countries to absorb new waves of Russian exiles is understandable — but closing the doors to them ...
Read More »Boeing’s 737 Max begins flights to China after four-year hiatus
Bloomberg The first commercial Boeing Co. 737 Max flight appeared to have resumed flying into China for the first time in almost four years, in what would be a major breakthrough for the US planemaker’s best-selling jet. A MIAT Mongolian Airlines flight operating a round-trip between Ulaanbaatar to Guangzhou landed in the southern Chinese city at 8:18am local time on ...
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Bloomberg Boeing Co gained an unlikely ally in the pilots of the world’s largest 737 operator as the planemaker lobbies Congress to extend the deadline for certifying its Max 10 and Max 7 models and avoid a potentially costly cockpit redesign. “We 100% support the extension,†Casey Murray, head of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said in an interview. ...
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Bloomberg Tesco Plc froze prices on 1,000 products until next year to maintain its leading market share in the UK amid intense competition from discount grocers Aldi and Lidl. Britain’s biggest grocer reported better-than-expected sales and only slightly reduced its profit guidance for the fiscal year as it works to keep prices low and increases pay to blunt the ...
Read More »Airlines misleading flyers with carbon-neutral claims: Study
Bloomberg Europe’s leading airlines are misleading consumers with claims that they can fly guilt-free by using carbon offsets to neutralise the environmental impact of air travel, according to a new report by the non-profit Carbon Market Watch. A temporary dip during the Covid-19 pandemic aside, airline emissions have been steadily rising for the past two decades and, left unchecked, could ...
Read More »Starbucks fired staff over activism: Judge
Bloomberg Starbucks Corp. illegally fired a Michigan employee because she engaged in union activism and participated in a US labour board proceeding, a National Labour Relations Board judge ruled. The agency judge’s decision requires the coffee chain to offer the worker reinstatement with back pay. It says Starbucks must also hold a meeting with employees as well as representatives ...
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