Survey indicates 2017 budget, Expo 2020 and Dubai Plan 2021 fuelling expectations Business Confidence Index at 120 points in Q4, 2016; compared to 116.1 in Q4, 2015 Survey results from the latest quarterly Business Confidence Index (BCI) of the Department …
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UAE Central Bank clarifies virtual currency ban
For Ola Doudin, CEO and co-founder of BitOasis, the UAE’s first digital currency exchange, the clarification was welcome news, after worrying about the implications the prohibition might have had on her business. “We’re very glad to hear the Governor …
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Dubai developer Meraas rebrands, reveals new logo
“Over the past eight years, we have done amazing things that amplify Dubai’s potential as a leisure, business and medical destination, as well as a city that champions innovation, education, tolerance, youth, and happiness.” Most recently, it was …
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UAE’s non-oil foreign trade touches Dhs1.17 trillion between Jan-Sept
The UAE’s non-oil foreign trade stood at Dhs1.172 trillion during the first nine months of 2016, posting almost flat growth compared to Dhs1.170 trillion during the same period in 2015. The share of imports in the UAE’s total non-oil trade amounted to …
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AIM to focus on UAE’s $5.4bn space investments
The space industry is a new field to create new ideas and offers multiple business opportunities for start-ups and the private sector as well, with the support of the knowledge-based economies in the world, including the UAE. This leads to establishing new …
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Air India's first Dreamliner from Kochi arrives in Dubai
Dubai: Air India has marked the arrival of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to operate between Kochi in Kerala and Dubai. Dubai International Airport welcomed the debut flight from the south Indian city with a traditional water salute on Wednesday afternoon …
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Russian automaker kicks off exports to China & UAE
The company also started selling cars in the United Arab Emirates in a bid to have a share in the Middle East market. Mercedes-Benz looks to KAMAZ to build car plant in Russia The model being exported is the Lada 4×4 SUV, assembled in Kazakhstan by AvtoVAZ …
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The United Arab Emirates' top diplomat has come out in defense of Trump's immigration ban
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Petros Karadjias/AP ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat on Wednesday came out in defense of President Donald Trump’s order temporarily …
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Rain hits many areas of UAE
Rain-soaked Al Ittihad Road linking Dubai and Sharjah. Taken at 9.40pm on Thursday. — Devadasan K.P. / Gulf News The weather instability is caused by a low pressure in the south of Iran and the extension of the trough is affecting the UAE. The situation …
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He has freed 4,500 people from UAE jails
Please mention my phone number in your article: +97-144479988.’ ‘And if you know of a person who is stuck in a UAE jail, then tell his relatives to call me.’ ‘I will help them for sure,’ Firoz Merchant tells Rediff.com’s Syed Firdaus Ashraf. IMAGE …
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Volunteering opportunities for 4,250 UAE residents this year
Dubai: Dubai Cares will be providing volunteering opportunities to 4,250 residents in the UAE throughout 2017, the ‘Year of Giving,’ it was announced on Thursday. The volunteering opportunities will be organised locally and globally as part of its well …
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Dubai Airport is world's busiest for international travel
In the realm of superlatives, you can’t get very far without mentioning Dubai. The world’s largest indoor theme park? Check. The world’s tallest building? All official, 2,716.5 feet of it, in Dubai. The world’s largest floral installation in the world’s …
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UAE summons Iranian diplomat in protest
Al Awadi said Iran’s move is in violation of UN Security Council Resolutions prohibiting this, adding that it is considered an attack on international legitimacy, the rule of Yemen, and fuels the conflict there, according to UAE News Agency (WAM …
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A second straight missed cut looking likely for Tiger in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates– The first time Tiger Woods came to the Middle East to play the longest-running European Tour event in the region, the iconic skyline that is the backdrop to so many photographs emanating from Emirates Golf Club barely existed …
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Dubai Tour: Stage 4 modified due to desert storm
The organisers of the Dubai Tour have confirmed they have modified Friday’s stage 4 to avoid the potential for riders to be caught in a sandstorm in the middle of the desert. The stage will still finish on the steep climb to the edge of Hatta Dam …
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UAE initiatives ‘help lower renewable energy prices’
The report, compiled by Japan’s Nikkei, noted that bid prices for solar and wind power projects in Europe and the Middle East have dropped to levels comparable to coal-fired thermal power, according to a report by the UAE national news agency WAM.
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UAE say Donald Trump's migration ban is NOT anti-Islamic and point out that the majority of Muslims are still free to travel to the US
Hot on the heels of the travel ban, Trump called Saudi King Salman and UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince. Trump agreed with both on cooperation to fight ‘radical Islamic terrorism’, the White House said. He also agreed with …
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