Dubai: A first-of-its-kind art, design and technology festival in the Middle East — ECHO in Dubai — has called on all creatives to submit their media and performance art entries to be showcased during the festival in December. ECHO’s Open Call is …
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Dubai sky to turn pink for breast cancer awareness
Sharjah: In honour of the International Breast Cancer Awareness month, Friends of Cancer Patients initiative Pink Caravan will be organising ‘Ready, Sail, Skydive’ on Tuesday in partnership with Skydive Dubai, Nakheel and the award-winning beach club …
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UAE, US discuss transport and infrastructure co-operation
The UAE is interested in tapping the US to beef up its infrastructure projects, including driverless vehicles and drones, while solidifying the UAE’s role in the American aviation sector. This week the UAE ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba …
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BizWorld UAE Brings KidPreneur Challenge 2017 To Dubai
set to take place in Dubai in the month of December. If you think your child has a brilliant business idea or that they need to experience financial responsibility, the KidPreneur Challenge 2017 encourages them to apply with their ideas. The top 50 out of …
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Opinion: how Dubai is set to become the Gulf’s design hub
The business conducted during that one week not only benefits brands and buyers, but has a broader impact, helping to establish Dubai as a commercial design hub. With design as a key driver of the UAE creative economy, events like Downtown Design and …
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Bounce’s Ross Milton wins Arabian Business StartUp Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 award
Fifteen individuals and businesses walked away with winners’ trophies the Arabian Business StartUp Awards, 2017, which took place last night in Dubai, at the Rixos Premium in JBR. The main driver behind the Arabian Business StartUp Awards is for the …
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Dubai’s Noor Bank says managing director to leave on Oct 31
Dubai-based Noor Bank has announced the departure of Hussain Al Qemzi from his position as managing director, effective from October 31. Al Qemzi was CEO of Noor Bank from its inception in 2008 until June when he became the bank’s first managing director …
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Israeli athlete defiantly sings his national anthem after winning gold in Abu Dhabi after ‘racist’ organisers of judo competition refused to play it
Israeli wins gold in Judo in Abu Dhabi, which refuses to show Israeli flag or play its … Speaking after the event, the 25-year-old athlete told Israeli’s Channel 2 news: ‘Israel is my country, and I’m proud to be Israeli. ‘The anthem that they played …
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Could Aramco renege on the IPO plan?
IPO vs. private share placement It’s possible that a change … at the Lebanese American University and has a Master’s degree in International Affairs. by Dubai American Academy
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Emaar launches property unit IPO
DUBAI: Emaar Properties, Dubai’s master developer, is to sell 20 percent of the shares of its UAE real estate unit in an initial public offering (IPO) that could value it at around $6 billion. The IPO is the first significant listing on a UAE market …
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Emaar Development IPO to be similar in size to $1.58bn Emaar Malls flotation
Emaar, which is selling 20 per cent of its real estate business, will offer 800 million shares and will announce the offer price range at the opening of the initial public offering (IPO) next month, it said in its prospectus on Dubai Financial Market (DFM …
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Dubai’s ‘day without service centres’ a success
Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of Dubai Municipality, told Gulf News that the initiative demonstrated to the customers how important it is to make use of the second generation of the government services through mobiles and other devices.
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90% of UAE population Vitamin D deficient, says DHA official
and chairperson of the third edition of Dubai Nutrition Conference which started on Thursday. She spoke to Gulf News on the sidelines of the three-day conference. Following the two-year ongoing Vitamin D study being conducted in collaboration with …
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World Green Economy Summit in Dubai concludes
according to the UAE News Agency (WAM). Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, and Chairman of WGES, announced the Dubai Declaration 2017 at the conclusion of …
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UAE instructed to treat Israeli athletes equally
The International Judo Federation (IJF) on Wednesday called on the United Arab Emirates to treat Israeli athletes equally during this week’s Grand Slam tournament, JTA reports. The letter followed news that the team will be prevented from wearing the …
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Indians again top foreign property investors in Dubai
MUMBAI: Indians bought property worth Rs 42,000 crore in Dubai from January 2016 to June 2017, making them yet again the top foreign property investors in the Emirates, according to the Dubai Land Department. This is an increase of Rs 12,000 crore from …
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UAE’s largest bank says nine-month net profit tops $2bn
The UAE’s largest bank, created from the merger of National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank, has reported more than AED8 billion ($2.18 billion) in net profit for the first nine months of 2017 First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) secured AED8.09 billion in …
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