October 2019 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

October 16, 2019 no comments 1016
The agreements, to be signed during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, will cover high tech, health care, mineral resources extraction, logistics and industrial manufacture, RDIF said Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said it would sign 10 investment agreements worth more...

October 16, 2019 no comments 849
Nine bidders shortlisted for 900-megawatt Phase 5 of solar park Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced on Tuesday that it received a world record bid of $1.69 US cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for its 900 megawatt (MW) fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...

October 15, 2019 no comments 1181
HUAWEI nova 5T with five AI Cameras for Multi-Scenario Photography hits the stores this month along with HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 bringing all-round connected experience to users. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 15, 2019 — Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) announced today that...

October 15, 2019 no comments 1053
The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and the seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel from Dubai, as well as Al Bahar Tower in Abu Dhabi made it on the list As many as six skyscrapers from the Gulf region - including two from Dubai and one from Abu Dhabi - have been rated as the most...

October 15, 2019 no comments 1021
Be There movie will be active in 29 markets and urges people to witness the next wave of human brilliance when Expo 2020 Dubai opens American rapper, producer and creative innovator will.i.am has lent his voice to Expo 2020 Dubai’s new roll call of milestone moments. The ‘Be...

October 15, 2019 no comments 784
Companies that are running at an accrued loss of 20% and above of their capital are obliged to disclose it to the Regulator and the DFM DUBAI - The Dubai Financial Market, DFM, today announced the implementation of the Securities and Commodities Authority’s, SCA, new measures...

October 14, 2019 no comments 844
Abu Dhabi's Department of Transport also announced caps for regular users and revealed those exempt from road tolls Abu Dhabi’s Department of Transport has announced that charges for its new road toll will be suspended until January 1 2020, with a trial period to operate from October...

October 14, 2019 no comments 998
The contractor, which DEWA's Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer declined to identify, bid 1.7 cents per kilowatt-hour for the photovoltaic plant Dubai Electricity & Water Authority selected a contractor that submitted a “record” low bid to build a 900-megawatt solar power plant in the...

October 14, 2019 no comments 754
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels contributed to the overall decline ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi's Consumer Price Index contracted by 0.9 percent on a year-on-year basis from January through September 2019, reaching 110.9 percent from 111.9 percent in the comparable period...

October 14, 2019 no comments 919
Speakers at ICAEW highlight growth in secondary market transactions; recommend real estate master-plan for the UAE The UAE real estate market is maturing and expected to recover post-Expo 2020 with help from the government’s newly implemented reforms, according to speakers at the...

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