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  Economists are going to have to approach things a bit differently if they want to stay relevant in the Trump age. Political economy research is going to become more important. Some humility wouldn’t hurt. And they should look someplace other than the federal government to test their ideas. This is what I took away from this past weekend’s American ...

  The sun’s energy is free, but the capital required to harness it must earn a fair return. Try telling that to the gung-ho bidders for India’s utility-scale solar power projects. Auction prices will fall below 4 rupees (6 U.S. cents) per kilowatt-hour this year, Bloomberg News reports. The record low 2016 bid was 4.34 rupees. A 60 percent drop ...

  There is no federal law against mentally unstable adults possessing a firearm in the US Psychotic episodes, recurring delusions, illnesses such as paranoid schizophrenia or dementia: None of these disqualify Americans from buying or owning guns. Only someone who has been officially declared “mentally defective,” or who has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution, is prohibited. That helps ...

  More than 75 countries and international organisations gathered in Paris to discuss the ways for a long-lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis. It was the last significant gathering before Obama exits White House. The attendees at the international meet see the creation of the Palestinian state as the only acceptable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The meet manifests the ...

  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, presented the Zayed Future Energy Prize to nine winners during the 2017 awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Monday, in the presence of six heads of state. Nine pioneers in renewable energy and sustainability ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has established a culture of institutional excellence in government organisations and also a philosophy based on competition and strategic planning to meet customer expectations that reflect positively upon the UAE as a global model of excellence, Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) will bring out new regulations for electric vehicles in the UAE. The UAE System for Electric Vehicles, the first of its kind regionally, will start its operations after the Cabinet’s approval. Dr Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, Minister of State and Chairman of ESMA, announced it at a press ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The fourth edition of EcoWASTE 2017, a leading conference and exhibition on sustainable environment, was officially inaugurated on Monday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center. The event is being held as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), from January 16-19. EcoWASTE 2017 is a platform which showcases the latest practices, solutions and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the 2017 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) began on Monday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the President of Kazakhstan, Noor ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, on Monday called the Emirati business people to increase investments in infrastructure, mining, energy and agriculture sectors, which are vital for the Central Asian country as it plans to earn a place among the most advanced countries in the world in the coming decades. With more than US$2 billion of Emirati ...