The move is anticipated to bring about a fundamental change in how business is conducted in the UAE. Read: Foreign nationals permitted 100% business ownership in the UAE In a note, law firm BSA Ahmad ... ( read original story ...)
Palestine woman killed in hit-and-run crash in Anderson County
The preliminary investigation shows that a pedestrian, identified as Tara Lydy, 26, of Palestine, was walking or standing in the inside westbound lane of US 175 when she was struck by an unidentified ... ( read original story ...)
‘Lanka’s economy to contract by 3% on 2020’
Moody’s Investors Service in their Credit Outlook predicts that Sri Lanka’s economy would contract by more than 3% in 2020, with prospects for a gradual rebound in 2021 increasingly at risk given ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Saudi companies push Indian solar tariffs to record low
The Indian units of Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries Ltd and Saudi Arabia-based Aljomaih Holding Co won government auctions to sell solar power for a record low of 2 rupees ($0.0270) per kilo watt ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon on borrowed time not addressing Hezbollah’s weapons
In this photo released by the Lebanese Parliament Media Office, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, speaks after he was re-elected, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. ( read original story ...)
Afghanistan, home to heroin trade, moves into meth
Some of the meth produced in Afghanistan is consumed inside the country ... looks like it will only increase. "Business has never been better," said one smuggler, with a laugh. ( read original story ...)
Myanmar Business Environment Index 2020: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development
The Asia Foundation initiated the first ever Myanmar Business Environment Index (MBEI) in 2018, surveying 4,874 Myanmar businesses in the service and manufacturing industries across the country and ... ( read original story ...)
Minimum fine of Dh100,000, jail for forgery, UAE prosecutors warn
Officials stress on importance of law in fighting new crimes that emerge due to rapid technological developments. ( read original story ...)
Agencies urge deploying Myanmar workers overseas
The Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation (MOEAF) urged the government to resume the deployment of overseas workers as soon as possible on selected countries, a senior official of the ... ( read original story ...)
Thai protesters turn their anger on country’s big businesses
Thais who back pro-democracy demonstrations that have roiled the country for months were incensed by the channel’s coverage, prompting an online movement to pressure big corporate advertisers to take ... ( read original story ...)