Business & Money | Sunday 15 March, 2015 12:00 am

Experts To Debate MENA Prepaid Market: Multi-Currency Prepaid Travel Cards Under Spotlight

Prepaid Summit and Awards: Middle East 2015 in association with Visa This week’s sixth Prepaid Summit: Middle East is set to table a smorgasbord of current and emerging trends, according to Douglas Blakey, Group Editor for Consumer Finance at Timetric Financial Services, the event organiser. He...

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 March, 2015 12:00 am

Residential projects on fast track in DIP; 1,150 units currently under construction

DIP to have nearly 15,000 residential units when the current construction phase is completed in three years’ timeDubai Investments Park [DIP], the unique integrated commercial, industrial and residential community in Middle East and a subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has announced that over 1,150 ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 March, 2015 12:00 am

Masdar, ACWA Power, EEHC Sign MoU to Explore New Power Generation in Egypt

Agreement envisions up to 4GW of renewable and natural gas projects Masdar, ACWA Power and the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore developing up to 4 Gigawatts of renewable and natural gas power generation projects in Egypt. Dr....

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 March, 2015 12:00 am

HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR FOR ETIHAD AIRWAYS’ NEW GLOBAL BRAND CAMPAIGN

Screen icon Nicole Kidman provides the face and narrative for the airline’s evocative new ‘Flying Reimagined’ brand campaignEtihad Airways today launched its new global brand campaign with the worldwide premiere of a new television commercial (TVC) in Abu Dhabi, attended by Hollywood actress...

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Business & Money | Friday 13 March, 2015 3:48 am

Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Shares Business Set-Up with Australian Investors

Peter J Fort, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ), led a delegation to Australia seeking to share the free zone’s business set-up and expansion benefits with Australian investors. The mission also sought to enhance trade between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia, and to...

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Business & Money | Friday 13 March, 2015 3:14 am

Dubai Customs’ Dubai International Airport Terminal 2 capacity up by 50%

The Chairman of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, H.E. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, paid a visit to Dubai Customs’ Passenger Operations Department at Dubai International Airport- Terminal 2, with the goal of getting acquainted with DC in-house innovations for...

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Business & Money | Friday 13 March, 2015 3:04 am

Official Partnership Launch Between Longines & Behbehani Group

To spread their wings further, on 11 March 2015, Mr. Walter von Känel, President of Longines, and Mr. Ali Morad Behbehani, Behbehani Group President, announced the partnership of Longines with the Behbehani Group by adding Longines to the multi brand boutique belonging to the Behbehani Group in...

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Business & Money | Thursday 12 March, 2015 4:10 pm

MEED Qatar Projects conference told that Qatar NMB clearing centre to open in April

The Middle East's first hub for clearing transactions in the Chinese Yuan is to open in Doha in April, Qatar Central Bank Governor Sheikh Abdullah Saoud Al-Thani told the annual MEED Qatar Projects Conference. He said that the move is part of a programme of initiatives involving Chinathat include...

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Business & Money | Thursday 12 March, 2015 3:08 pm

GROHE presents “Masters of Technology”

For many decades, GROHE has been hailed an industry leader, based on the excellence of its products. Now the company is shifting attention back to its technological roots. Its new campaign underlines its status as a leading developer and manufacturer of faucets, fittings, showers and systems, which ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 12 March, 2015 2:45 pm

Daruna Development and Wasita Qatar sign Contract for Advanced Workers’ Accommodations in Qatar

At today’s MEED Conference, Qatar Projects 2015, Daruna Development, the leading provider of advanced workers’ accommodations in the State of Qatar, announced the signature of a management agreement with Wasita Qatar (ISNAD), a subsidiary of the Wasita Group of Companies. The agreement covers...

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