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Wall Street’s main indexes kicked off the last week of the year on a positive note on Tuesday as growing bets of early rate cuts by the Federal Reserve lifted investor sentiment after Christmas holidays. Signs of cooling inflation have bolstered expectations of a dovish policy pivot by the Fed next year, pushing the benchmark S&P 500 index close to its record closing high touched in January 2022. A close above that level will confirm the benchmark index has been on a bull run since bottoming out in October 2022. US stocks ended higher on Friday after the Commerce Department’s…
Good news, everyone! Amazon already has tipped its hand as to what’s in store for Fire TV in 2024. At least, some of what’s in store. Flashback to September 2023 at its fall products announcements at HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia, when Amazon showed off new hardware with new features — specifically, the refreshed Fire TV Stick Max 4K and along with it, the latest Ambient Experience. Good stuff, all around. That’s on the hardware side of things. Software is always improving, and Amazon said these major features are coming in the first quarter of 2024: Updated search results that leverage…
Converging history and culinary art, Emirati and expat chefs from Fujairah turned the iconic Fujairah fort into a magnificent dining hall. Working together, these four chefs cooked medieval cuisine, dating back over a thousand years. To create this unique dining experience, the chefs utilised the knowledge of Dr Daniel Newman, an award-winning writer, scholar, and translator of Arabic literature. His expertise in translation, cultural exchanges between Europe and the Arab world in ancient times, and food history played a crucial role in crafting a medieval Arab feast. “The chef prepared dishes that were crafted between the 8th and 15th centuries.…
Gold prices surpassed Dh250 per gram in the UAE on Wednesday morning as the yellow metal continued to trade above $2,060 an ounce due to a weaker dollar and expectations of interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. The Dubai Jewellery Group data showed 24K trading at Dh250.25 per gram at the opening of the markets on Wednesday as compared to Dh249.5 per gram when markets closed on Tuesday. Among the other variants, 22K was trading higher at Dh231.75 per gram, 21K at Dh224.25, and 18K at Dh192.25. Globally, spot gold was steady at $2,065.9 per ounce at 9.28am,…
Amazon has revealed the date for when it will start including ads on TV shows and movies on its Prime Video streaming service: January 29. The e-commerce giant announced in September that it would bring ads to its video streaming service, saying at the time that the change would come in “early 2024.” But in a widely reported email to Prime subscribers this week, Amazon revealed the January 29 commencement date for ads, promising that the new system will allow it to “continue investing in compelling content, and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time.” Ads in…
Dubai’s population has been steadily growing, reaching nearly 3.653 million in December 2023. This has resulted in more vehicles on the road – 3.9 million as of September 2023, as per the emirate’s toll gate operator Salik. These vehicles made 437 million trips during the first 9 months of 2023 through the Salik gates. Amidst growing traffic, Dubai Police run road safety campaigns time and again to raise awareness among motorists. To ensure the safety of residents and pedestrians, police have put in place three types of penalties – fines, black points and vehicle confiscation – for violating traffic laws…
Saudi Arabia’s cabinet on Tuesday announced its approval of contracting regulations for firms that do not have regional headquarters in the Kingdom, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The decision comes just days before Saudi Arabia’s January 2024 deadline for companies to move their regional headquarters to the kingdom or risk losing hundreds of billions of dollars in lucrative government contracts. The statement on the cabinet meeting did not disclose the regulations. It is not clear if they permit the government to award contracts to foreign companies that do not have regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia. Stay up to date…
It turns out that for SpaceX, landing a rocket booster upright on a droneship in the ocean is the easy part. It’s getting it back to land that’s tricky. SpaceX has reported the loss of a first-stage Falcon 9 booster that had flown a record 19 times for the company, including a historic mission that launched the company’s first crew to the International Space Station. Booster 1058 completed what turned out to be its final flight on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and, as usual, the 42.1.-meter-tall booster landed safely on a droneship waiting in the Atlantic…
While thousands of Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, an Abu Dhabi-based healthcare provider has been striving hard to save crucial Gazan lives. Response Plus Medical (RPM), through its well-trained and experienced group of paramedics and state-of-the-art ambulances, has been rescuing hundreds of wounded Palestinians as part of the UAE’s Gallant Knight 3 mission. “Transferring patients by air from a war field with life-threatening conditions, extensive burns, bone trauma and oncology patients require a special skill set. RPM has a team of advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians trained in this very field of…
British Singer Sting Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, widely known as Sting, the renowned British musician and singer, is poised to deliver an unforgettable performance at the New Year’s Eve Gala dinner hosted by Atlantis, The Palm. Experience the pinnacle of entertainment as the 17-time Grammy-winning artist graces the stage with his timeless hits and latest songs, accompanied by the world’s most significant fireworks display. Don’t miss this iconic New Year’s celebration—it’s the place to be. Check out the packages for the gala dinner in Atlantis to secure your spot for a night of glamour and musical brilliance. Sherine, George Wassouf…