Tadweer launches its marine waste vessel

ABU DHABI / WAM Tadweer, the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre, has launched a marine waste vessel in Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi. The first of its kind facility in the emirate of Abu Dhabi will be used to transfer different types of solid waste from Dalma Island in Al Dhafra Region to Ruwais landfill on a regular basis. ...

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7 Emiratis graduate from Barakah program

ABU DHABI / WAM Nawah Energy Company, Nawah, the joint venture nuclear operations and maintenance subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco), recently celebrated the graduation of the first UAE National leaders from its Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Management Certification program. Nawah has designed the program to develop UAE National leaders in managing ...

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Moro Hub launches IBM Power Systems

DUBAI / WAM Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced its collaboration with IBM to launch IBM Power Systems as a cloud service for the first time in Dubai. The new cloud service will enable organisations to benefit from improved performance and high data processing speeds, while reducing operating ...

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UK watchdog floats hiking energy bills to cover utility losses

Bloomberg The UK energy regulator is proposing an increase to its energy price cap to help utilities cope with additional costs from customer bad debts brought on by the pandemic. Workers have lost jobs, been furloughed, or are working from home, increasing domestic energy use and some customers are struggling to pay their bills, Ofgem said in a consultation document. ...

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Is India letting cronyism get deeper into banking?

Is India opening the door for big businesses to take over its banking industry? A working group set up by the Reserve Bank (RBI), the regulator, has suggestions for what to do with ownership of private-sector banks. Large industrial houses may be permitted to own controlling stakes, it says, but only after strengthening regulation and supervision to deal with the ...

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A warning for Covid-19 vaccines

Less than a month ago, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) said hospitals could use remdesivir, a drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences, to treat patients with Covid-19. Remdesivir, sold under the brand name Veklury, was said to shorten recovery times and reduce the need for ventilators to facilitate breathing. Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) hit the brakes: It recommended that ...

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Italy’s bank troubles are back to haunt it

The public outcry against bank bailouts during the financial crisis prompted European governments to constrain the use of public money to help lenders in crisis. New trouble at the region’s oldest bank will test whether these rules can outlast the pandemic. The Italian government faces an impossible decision over Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA. Italy nationalised the bank in ...

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Trump’s Pentagon purge poses US security threat

President Donald Trump’s wholesale removal of the top civilian leadership of the Defense Department almost certainly isn’t the coup-in-the-making that some of his critics have alleged. Even so, the purge threatens to inflict lasting damage on America’s national security — unless Congress is prepared to rein the president in. Trump’s post-election firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper was not wholly ...

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FAA faces its own reckoning as it gives Boeing path to fly jet

Bloomberg It’s not just Boeing Co’s 737 Max that needed repairs. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which approved what officials acknowledge was a flawed design implicated in two deadly crashes of the jetliner, found itself facing criticism from regulators around the world — a stunning turnabout for an organisation accustomed to global deference. In the wake of the disasters, ...

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Amazon, big retailers to postpone Black Friday in France

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc and other major retailers in France agreed to postpone Black Friday amid an outcry from smaller rivals, which have been campaigning to re-open physical stores before the promotional event. Amazon and traditional retailers, including Galeries Lafayette department stores, agreed to postpone the shopping holiday from November 27 to December 4. All non-essential stores in France have been ...

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