DUBAI: Emerson(NYSE: EMR), a global automation technology and engineering company, has signed recently a strategic agreement to serve as a preferred automation services and technologies provider with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) to help the petrochemical manufacturer successfully adopt digital transformation programs and optimize operations. The strategic alliance supports the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 by focusing on localization, …

News Desk DUBAI: Huawei users are being offered extended warranty on a range of products as a precautionary measure to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak. The offer includes Huawei’s wide range of products including smartphones, notebooks, tablets, smart wearables and other terminal products for which the warranty has expired during the period of 24.03.2020 to 29.06.2020. If a customer’s product meets …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Due to the global spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, the health and aviation authorities of the People’s Republic of China have issued a directive to all international airlines flying to Beijing, instructing them to land in another designated airport in China before continuing to the capital. Effective from Sunday 22 March, Etihad Airways services to Beijing …

News Desk DUBAI: Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, Emirates and dnata have been adapting operations in line with regulatory directives as well as travel demand. The airline has aimed to maintain passenger flights for as long as feasible to help travellers return home amidst an increasing number of travel bans, restrictions, and country lockdowns across the world. It continues to …

DUBAI: Etisalat today announced the launch of ‘Business Edge’, a comprehensive platform offering a wide range of services and solutions that cater to Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers. Collaboration and communication from Business Edge enables SMBs to connect to customers in a secure and scalable way, allowing employees and customers to talk, video-conference and share documents, using Etisalat’s ultramodern, cloud-based unified communications …

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry succeeded in activating its role as the representative of the business community in the midst of current global challenges by strengthening its partnerships with its partners including the Ministry of Economy and other relevant government authorities. The most recent of these efforts being the meeting between its members, who are major fruit …

DUBAI: The world is facing myriad of crises due to covid-19, novel to the world. The situation is rapidly heading to ‘Global Corona Recession’, much deeper than the previous recessions that hit the global economy hard. Moody’s in recent report expects borrowers in the tourism, transportation, trade and real estate sectors to be the most affected, and small and medium enterprises …

DUBAI: Del Monte, a leading provider of fresh, healthy and great-tasting food to consumers around the globe, is continuing its sustainability drive by exerting more efforts in several fields such as waste management. The company carefully recycles cartons, plastic, nylon bags, metaletc.and has partnerships withvarious waste management companies for kinds of repurposed wasteto achieve its sustainability objectives. “Our commercial operations …

ABU DHABI: Due to the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus and its continuing impact on air travel services globally, Etihad Airways continues to follow UAE and international government and regulatory authority directives and has implemented a series of consolidated network changes. This is also being carried out for the safety and convenience of its customers and staff, and to …

LAHORE: The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation today announced plans to donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia to help the global fight against COVID-19. The governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will receive from the two foundations a donation totaling 1.8 million masks, 210,000 COVID-19 test kits, …