PizzaExpress UAE is offering its customers high-speed Wi-Fi and ispicking up valuable insights through an analytics platform, following a deal with cloud supplier Purple and IT services company CDW. By submitting your personal information, you agree that …
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Soundtrack to golf: Music played on range at Abu Dhabi event
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Looking relaxed in his black shorts and ankle-length socks, Thongchai Jaidee took aim at the range and hit a shot into the cloudless sky to the backdrop of “The Zephyr Song” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Minutes later …
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Areas most favored by Dubai’s biggest real estate investors
Dubai has proved to be an investor magnet ever since it opened its real estate sector to non-Gulf international investors. The emirate has not looked back from that point onwards and has maintained a commanding march in relation to business activity in its …
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Dubai Financial Market : Daman Investments delays IPO plans – Chairman
Dubai – Mubasher: The chairman and founder of Daman Investments said that the company has decided to postpone the plan to issue its stocks in the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) to after 2017. Shehab Gargash added in his speech on Monday at a press conference …
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Dubai bank sets different exchange rates for Scottish and English bank notes
A DUBAI bank has admitted setting different exchange rates for English and Scottish bank notes because the latter has “no buyers”. Scots tourists were shocked to see the differing rates on a currency exchange board at duty free in Dubai Airport last month.
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Dubai bank keen on Barclays Africa
London – Abraaj Group, the private-equity firm that invests across emerging markets, is interested in buying Barclays Group’s African business, CEO Arif Naqvi said. “It’s a very fine bank run by a very fine management team, and if the opportunity …
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Toyota to test Mirai’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the United Arab Emirates
Toyota is taking its hydrogen fuel cell technology to the United Arab Emirates to see if it can stand up to hot, arid climate. In 2015, Toyota introduced the Mirai, a zero-emission sedan powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which combines pure hydrogen and …
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US transferring 4 Gitmo detainees to UAE and Saudi Arabia, officials say
In August, 15 detainees were sent to the UAE in the single largest transfer to date. Lucas Tomlinson is the Pentagon and State Department producer for Fox News Channel. You can follow him on Twitter: @LucasFoxNews
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Property investment visas
Heard stories about the possibility of obtaining a residency visa with the purchase of a property in Dubai but have no idea what this entails? Well, you’re not alone. There is still much confusion around this topic (especially since the rules have …
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UAE online buyers spend the most per purchase worldwide – KPMG
UAE online shoppers spend the highest amount per purchase globally … “As part of an integrated customer-centric business model, customers expect that goods can be delivered or picked up wherever they are located,” said Julio Hernandez, Global …
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Fowler returns to Abu Dhabi seeking upturn in form
Rickie Fowler flew home from the 2016 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship with more than just the Falcon Trophy. The win over a stellar field last January boosted Fowler’s belief that a first major title was within sight. Lifting him to a career-high No. 4 in the …
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Dubai restaurant offers free lunch to job seekers
a Dubai-based food consultant. Laith took shots of the restaurant and the signboard that caught her eye. “As I got closer, and when I read the sign, I got choked up. It’s such a beautiful gesture,” Laith told Gulf News. “Doing good doesn’t have …
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Dubai traffic lights become wireless
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that all of Dubai’s traffic lights are now linked to a traffic control centre as part of the Smart City initiative. The transformation has been carried out in phases, with the around 400 traffic control …
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UAEU students developing gesture control technologies to help people with disabilities
AL AIN // Technology that can help people with disabilities by using body movements to control artificial limbs and other devices is being developed at UAE University. Smart Gesture Control and Recognition Technology – similar to technology used in …
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Research Groups From USA, Finland and UK Announced as Recipients of UAE Rain Enhancement Program’s 5 Million Dollar Grant
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Three research groups from USA, Finland, and UK were selected as awardees of the 5 million US dollar grant awarded for the Second Cycle of the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science. His …
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Kazakh President Visits UAE, Improves Business Ties, Attends Energy Summit
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev paid his first official visit in 2017 to Abu-Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Jan.15-16, reported the press office of the Akorda. He met with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, co …
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Expo 2020 Dubai Rolls Out Detailed Planning for Sustainability
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Expo 2020 Dubai today revealed full details of its sustainability strategy – a key pillar in the planning of the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia – at the Abu Dhabi …
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