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DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued a set of directives including the allocation of AED 500 million to enhance the quality of life for citizens across Dubai’s residential areas and the exemption of 422 financially distressed from paying housing loans in efforts ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, has announced a strategic partnership with LinkedIn to drive talent development and thought leadership within the healthcare sector in the UAE. The partnership aims to drive education and awareness of the world-class healthcare ecosystem nurtured by SEHA and enhance engagement with professionals from across ...

ABU DHABi / WAM A business meeting organised by the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, and Industry (ADCCI) at its headquarters with a trade delegation representing 12 Japanese companies revealed the presence of 340 Japanese companies and 11,000 Japanese brands registered in the UAE. During the meeting, which aimed to brief the Japanese companies about investment opportunities in Abu Dhabi’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has announced the renewal of its global cargo handling agreements with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) the world’s largest air cargo handler, with Frankfurt and Madrid joining six existing gateways in Europe, Asia and the United States. The three-year framework extension will see WFS continue to ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s representative office in Baku, Azerbaijan, participated in the International Business Forum “Moldova 2020: Reshaping the Future of International Economic Cooperation”, which took place on the sidelines of “Made in Moldova” national exhibition in Chișinau. The forum was organised in cooperation with the European Union’s project Enterprise Europe Network with the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Oman Insurance Company posted a turnaround net profit of AED190.5 million in 2019, making it one of the best performing years. This was achieved due to the forward-looking strategies defined in 2018 and with placing primary focus on customer satisfaction. Despite the challenging environment, with downward pressure on prices and, more than ever, the collection of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has ordered for the exemption of 429 retired citizens from the repayment of housing loans in Abu Dhabi, with a total ...

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, has received Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, who is visiting the UAE. At the start of the meeting, His Highness welcomed the visit of the Greek Prime Minister, saying it was an important ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In a multi-year partnership, Etisalat announced that it has teamed up with Microsoft to drive public cloud first strategy through a digital transformation program that enables Etisalat to build a digital platform infused with automation and AI providing a simplified network architecture and operations empowering Etisalat subscribers and improving customer experience. “Today, Etisalat and Microsoft ...

Bloomberg Two sweeping goals have dictated the direction of China’s economic policy during President Xi Jinping’s presidency: Doubling per-person GDP and household incomes over the 10 years ending this December and containing an explosion in debt. Tiptoeing between the two conflicting ambitions hasn’t been easy, especially last year as the trade war with the US deepened. Yet policy restraint held ...