Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), signed an agreement with the Emirates Desert Group to construct two truck stops at Dubai Industrial City (near Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road) and Dubailand (near Emirates Road) under the Public Private Partnership (PPP), model. The agreement, which is the first of its kind in Dubai, fulfils all stipulations of the Dubai Public-Private ...
Read More »Mansour bin Zayed launches smart app for ADJD field officers
Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, has launched a smart application system to assist field officers at Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD). The new application will allow officers to carry out multiple tasks, including the issuance of eviction notices electronically. His Highness highlighted the Department’s drive ...
Read More »MBRSC discusses preparations for October 29 launch of KhalifaSat
Dubai / Emirates Business The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), held a meeting on Saturday to discuss preparations for the launch of KhalifaSat, the first satellite to be developed 100 percent by Emirati engineers in the UAE, into orbit aboard the liquid-fuelled H-IIA rocket on October 29. Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, Board Chairman of the MBRSC, who presided over the meeting, ...
Read More »Khalifa Fund hosts forum to bolster country’s SMEs
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED), in collaboration with Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development, Dubai SME, successfully held the second Tawasul Forum for 2018 in Dubai in the presence of Khalifa Fund’s members and SMEs entrepreneurs, as well as government and private entities. The forum is part of a series of qualitative initiatives ...
Read More »Enbridge eyes long-term deals on biggest oil pipeline
Bloomberg Enbridge Inc. plans to overhaul its system of awarding space on the biggest pipeline carrying Canadian oil to US refiners. Canada’s largest pipeline operator wants to contract 90 percent of the capacity on its 2.85 million-barrel-a-day mainline system by signing long-term deals with potential shippers in an open season early next year, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
Read More »Nigerian oil union sees Chevron job dispute ending soon
Bloomberg Talks between a Nigerian oil labour union and Chevron Corp. over the US energy giant’s plan to fire thousands of workers ended on September 28 with the prospect of a resolution in sight, the union said. Discussions between the union, Chevron and the Nigeria’s Ministry of Labour and Employment “ended in a cordial way as of yesterday,†Fortune Obi, ...
Read More »Petrobras agrees to pay $853mn to end ‘carwash’ probes
Bloomberg Brazil’s state-run energy explorer Petrobras will pay $853.2 million to settle claims by authorities in its home country and the US stemming from allegations that its executives facilitated bribes to politicians and then concealed those payments from investors in one of South America’s biggest corruption scandals. The bulk of the penalties — more than $682 million — will go ...
Read More »Democrats cleared to sue Trump over emoluments
Bloomberg Almost 200 Congressional Democrats got a go-ahead from a judge to pursue a lawsuit claiming that Donald Trump is violating a Constitutional ban on receiving benefits from foreign governments without their permission while he’s president. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington denied a Justice Department request to dismiss the lawsuit, filed last year by Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal and ...
Read More »Indonesia’s Sulawesi earthquake, tsunami death toll rises to 384
Bloomberg Indonesia’s death toll from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck the island of Sulawesi has risen to 384. Many of the victims were found under collapsed buildings, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman at National Disaster Mitigation Agency, told reporters in Jakarta. More than 540 people were injured, he said Saturday afternoon. Many of the dead were found ...
Read More »Trump’s quest to nominate Kavanaugh hinges on FBI
Bloomberg The Federal Bureau of Investgation (FBI), which remained on the sidelines during the fierce debate over whether Brett Kavanaugh should be on the Supreme Court, will now play a central role in shaping the outcome of his nomination. After resisting days of Democratic calls for an FBI probe into accusations of misconduct against Kavanaugh, the Senate Judiciary Committee asked ...
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