Mubadala Development Co., the Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, and Indra, a Spanish technology company, have signed an agreement for the development of technology to improve traffic and transport systems in Abu Dhabi.
Technology
Emirates Steel production jumps
Emirates Steel increased its finished products production by 17.5 per cent in 2010 over the previous year.
Lafarge on CreditWatch negative on high exposure to Middle East
Standard & Poors Ratings Services has placed its BBB-/A-3 long- and short-term corporate credit ratings on France-based building materials group Lafarge S.A. on CreditWatch with negative implications.
Libya's long-term ratings lowered on elevated political risk
Standard & Poors Ratings Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) to BBB+ from A-.
Egypt's industry leaders promise not to lay off workers in the industry sector
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A meeting held by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Samiha Fawzy, and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), which represents all the industrial sectors in Egypt, agreed to a number of guarantees for Egyptian workers in the industrial sector.