Business & Money | Sunday 3 July, 2016 2:18 pm

Dubai and KSA markets stay close to breakeven with AUH and Qatar performing well for the month

After the initial panic selloff in line with global markets, regional indexes gradually tried to make the losses back for the rest of the week. As global markets calmed down with indications that most key central banks will re-engage in monetary easing, regional markets also attempted to put a...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 July, 2016 1:26 pm

Empower distributes more than 5000 Iftar meals to laborers during Ramadan

As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) and in order to strengthen engagement with its workforce, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, distributed more than 5000 Iftar meals to its laborers throughout the...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 July, 2016 1:21 pm

UAE’s first apprenticeship teacher training institute – TELLAL - launched

The first licensed dedicated teacher training institute – The TELLAL Institute (Teacher Learning and Leadership for All) – was launched in the UAE in partnership with GEMS Education. The institute will provide a pioneering curriculum, including specialist routes in Early Years,...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 July, 2016 12:17 pm

Al Manhal Expands in Providing New Arabic Online Resources through Qatar National Library

Al Manhal, a Dubai based electronic publishing & distribution database of full-text searchable Arabic content, signed an agreement with Qatar National Library (QNL), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), through which over 14,000 new titles will be...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 July, 2016 12:06 pm

DAMAC Properties Introduces AKOYA Imagine Targeting Millennials

DAMAC Properties today unveiled AKOYA Imagine, a cluster of homes surrounded by the lush greens and fairways of the international golf course. Set at the heart of the AKOYA Oxygen master development, AKOYA Imagine presents a collection of colourful villas aimed at young couples and families,...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 July, 2016 2:51 am

Bentley and Shell Announce Global Framework Agreement

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced a new Global Framework Agreement with Shell. The agreement serves to improve Shell’s capital project construction execution through automated 4D/5D...

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Business & Money | Saturday 2 July, 2016 3:10 pm

Miral signs MoU with skyTran to revolutionise transportation in Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island

Miral announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with skyTran™ Inc., a NASA Space Act company, headquartered at the NASA Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California. The agreement will launch the study and implementation of skyTran, a personal rapid...

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Business & Money | Thursday 30 June, 2016 1:44 pm

QATAR-UK ANNUAL TRADE CAN EXCEED £5bn, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TELLS OXFORD BUSINESS GROUP

Qatar remains well positioned to weather the economic challenges it faces and will hopefully “add significantly” to the £30bn ($42.5bn) it has already invested in the UK, David Cameron, the British Prime Minister has said.   Cameron told the global publishing, research...

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Business & Money | Thursday 30 June, 2016 1:41 pm

Saudi Enterprises Adopting Communications & Collaboration Solutions to Drive Digital Transformation: IDC

Organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are increasingly deploying unified communications and collaboration and enterprise mobility solutions as the government looks to boost the non-oil economy and raise efficiency and productivity levels, according to research from International Data...

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Business & Money | Thursday 30 June, 2016 1:34 pm

Our Food is Damaging the Environment

Food wastage is one of the most critical problems the region faces, especially during Ramadan. The demand for meat during the holy month increases by almost 50%, similar is the fate of other related food items like vegetables, fruits, and dairy products. Sadly, almost one-third of these ends up as...

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