Dubai / Emirates Business Affirming its commitment to celebrate the accomplishments of its cadres, and appreciate their dedication, loyalty, and continuous efforts to ensure customer happiness, Dubai Land Department (DLD) held a ceremony to honour the first mapping artist to work at DLD. Muhammad Murtadha Khan, who worked over 50 years at DLD. Murtadha joined DLD on May 31, 1969, ...
Read More »EDB’s free online platform to support entrepreneurs
Dubai / WAM Emirates Development Bank (EDB), on Sunday signed an agreement to launch an online empowerment platform that will provide free essential resources and content to help entrepreneurs at various stages of their business development. Powered by Potential.com, the online platform will provide visitors to EDB’s website, as well as the general public, access to business courses, templates and ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi breaks world record for largest AR screen
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has just been awarded with the Guinness World Records title for the ‘Largest Augmented Reality (AR), Screen’, as part of a pioneering augmented-reality advertising campaign to promote the UAE capital as a world-leading holiday destination. The latest marketing campaign utilised the famous 40-foot digital billboard known as ...
Read More »The year socialism became a dirty word—again
Bloomberg It was a bad year to be any kind of socialist in Europe. The decline has been long and agonizing for a once-dominant force, but in 2019 falling popularity reached new depths and raised questions over whether reinvention can lead to a revival. A decade ago, the prime ministers of Britain, Spain, Greece and even Hungary were from the ...
Read More »Kim expands plant making missiles that can hit US: NBC
Bloomberg North Korea has added a structure to a factory linked to the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles, NBC News reported, raising concerns the reclusive country will resume testing weapons that can reach the US. The commercial satellite images from Planet Labs show a temporary structure added to the site that can accommodate the raising of a launcher arm for ...
Read More »New documents show Trump asked about Ukraine aid before Zelenskiy call
Bloomberg New documents show President Donald Trump asked about US military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went on to trigger the impeachment investigation into Trump. The heavily-redacted documents, obtained under a Freedom of Information request by the Center for Public Integrity, also show that administration officials ordered a hold on the ...
Read More »HK: Police officer draws weapon amid violent rally
Bloomberg A Hong Kong police officer drew a weapon after coming under attack at a rally in Hong Kong city center. The clash occurred during a gathering of hundreds of people at Edinburgh Place in support of China’s Uighur minority. Police stormed the rally after a Chinese flag was ripped off a pole near City Hall. Police said in a ...
Read More »Libya’s Haftar forces seize ship with Turkish crew
Bloomberg Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces said they seized a ship with a Turkish crew, hours after Turkey’s parliament approved a defense pact in support of his rival in the North African country’s civil war. The Grenada-flagged vessel has been led to Ras Al Hilal port where it will have its cargo checked, according to a statement posted on ...
Read More »The great decoupling of energy stocks from oil creates carnage
Bloomberg This year has been one of moderate gains for the price of oil, but it has been bleak for producers. West Texas Intermediate crude is heading for an annual increase of more than 30%, but the best performance among the global oil majors has been Chevron Corp, which has posted a gain of just 10%. The S&P 500 Energy ...
Read More »Mexican stocks to lag Latam peers next year amid sluggish growth
Bloomberg Mexican stocks are set to underperform emerging market stars next year amid worries about domestic economic policy, sluggish growth and U.S. trade ties. Mexico’s benchmark IPC index is projected to rise 7% next year to 47,800, according to the median of seven analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. That growth would be in line with the gauge’s performance so far in ...
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