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DUBAI / WAM Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), which will align the efforts of the two entities to digitise, facilitate and simplify trade processes in the UAE. The MoU was signed by Hamad Buamim, President & CEO of Dubai Chamber and Andre Sayegh, Deputy Group CEO & ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by Emaar Properties, recorded an increase in revenue by 6 per cent during the first nine months (January to September) of 2019 to AED3.412 billion, compared to the revenue of AED 3.232 billion during the same period in 2018. Net profit for the period ending September 30 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties will launch “Manassah” – a new entrepreneurship competition designed to support UAE’s most ambitious retail and F&B entrepreneurs. Manassah will support entrants on developing innovative businesses across three categories – retail, cafe, and restaurant that will benefit from securing a dedicated space within selected Aldar developments, rent-free for a year, provision of fit-out, and ...

Emirates Business Organised by the Dubai Future Foundation (MIT) Technology Review and Haykal Media, the second edition of EmTech Mena kicks off on November 4-5 at Jumeirah Emirates Tower, showcasing emerging technology with the greatest potential to impact lives, inspire the future and drive the new global economy. Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced the 16th edition of International Property Show (IPS) in partnership Real Estate Investment Management and Promotion Centre to promote the emirate’s property market. The partnership is a qualitative leap that will bring DLD’s strategic initiatives and projects in the real estate sector. IPS, the Middle East’s biggest property sales platform, that ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The 18th session of the General Conference of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (Unido), began on Sunday at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. More than 800 ministers, officials and representatives of 170 member countries of the organisation are in attendance at the event which will continue until November 7 to shape the future of ...

Bloomberg China secured the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) go-ahead to impose $3.6 billion in sanctions against the US, in a case that predates the tariff war between the world’s two largest economies but may add a layer of tension to ongoing talks. The damages awarded, in a document released on the Geneva-based organisations’ website, are the third highest in WTO ...

Bloomberg A federal government mandated panel said air pollution in India’s capital and its suburbs over the last week has worsened to levels that should be treated as a public health emergency. The air quality index, or AQI, hit as high as 744 at some areas in the Indian capital according to website AirVisual, which monitors air pollution around the ...

Bloomberg While the appointment of Mark Carney’s successor has been officially delayed, a frenzy of speculation about who will get the job was seen. Several reports on the government’s favourites were met with news that there is no preferred candidate at this time. The confusion sums up what has thus far been a chaotic appointment process, continually delayed by Brexit. ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG will pass on negative interest rates only to larger corporate customers or the deposits of wealthy individuals and spare most retail clients, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Karl von Rohr said in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. The bank is talking to the customers affected and they understand the issues, von Rohr said. German banks have ...