Bloomberg Health-care stocks slumped after three companies led by Internet giant Amazon.com Inc. said they plan to collaborate on developing ways to cut the cost of employee health care. Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co. fell as much as 11 percent, the most intraday since April, at the open of US trading on Tuesday, while rival CVS Health Corp. dropped ...
Read More »SEC freezes crypto assets of $600mn ICO 
Bloomberg The US Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order freezing the assets of an Texas-based initial coin offering (ICO) that claimed to have raised more than $600 million. The order filed in federal court in Dallas halts AriseBank from raising any additional cash from investors, according to a statement from SEC. The agency alleges Jared Rice, 29, illegally ...
Read More »Mohamed, Tahnoun receive condolences
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, and His Highness Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region, have received a number of dignitaries and state representatives of neighbouring Arab nations, who came to pay their ...
Read More »Saeed bin Tahnoun mourns death of Sheikha Hessa
ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan has mourned the death of Sheikha Hessa bint Mohammed Al Nahyan, the mother of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In a statement, Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoun expressed his sincere condolences to President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ...
Read More »Abdullah, Spanish King discuss bilateral relations
MADRID / WAM King Felipe VI of Spain received His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in Madrid and expressed the importance of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in various fields. King Felipe and HH Sheikh Abdullah discussed ways to strengthen historical bilateral relations between the UAE and Spain and ways ...
Read More »UAE, Moldova keen to explore potential in bilateral relations
Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday received Pavel Filip, Prime Minister of Moldova, and his accompanying delegation. Sheikh Mohammed welcomed Filip and discussed with him a number of issues related to developing friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, and building ...
Read More »Mohamed, Moldova PM discuss advance ties
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, received on Tuesday at Al Mushrif Palace, Prime Minister of Moldova Pavel Filip, who is currently on a visit to the UAE. Sheikh Mohamed and Filip discussed co-operation ties between the two countries and ...
Read More »DP World chairman discusses future of trade with global leaders at WEF
Dubai / WAM DP World Group Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, and other world leaders have discussed international partnerships to shape the future of world trade, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Bin Sulayem met President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine, President Joao Lourenco of Angola, and Peruvian Prime Minister Mercedes Araoz, to ...
Read More »Union Coop to install 1,000 fire protection systems
Dubai / WAM Following the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to urgently install fire protection systems directly connected with Civil Defense at all houses, Union Coop, has launched ‘Your Safety .. Is Our Safety’ initiative. The initiative aims to install fire protection systems at 1,000 ...
Read More »FANR to ensure safe, secure, peaceful N-programme
Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), on Tuesday unveiled details of its 2018 corporate outlook focusing on ensuring safe, secure and peaceful nuclear and radiation programmes in the country. Addressing a media briefing, Christer Viktorsson, Director-General of FANR, said that “the UAE is moving rapidly forward with developing its nuclear sector (and) FANR made ...
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