Category: BUSINESS

The number of people who have used the Dubai Metro has crossed over a billion since the service launched eight years ago. The metro has transported 1.028 billion riders between September 9, 2009 (when it launched services) until the end of August 2017 …
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UAE 247 Business News – Why Your Business Should Work 24/7? Globalization has changed many things in the world, but perhaps most of all it has changed the way in which business is conducted. Food, produce, and goods are transported all over the globe …
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The UAE’s first-ever “water home” has it made its way along the city’s newest attraction – the Dubai Canal – to berth at Marasi Business Bay . Dubai Properties, the real estate master developer behind the project, said over the coming days the city …
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Dubai: The Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the UAE rose to 57.3 in August from 56.0 in July, signalling the sharpest improvement in business conditions since February 2015. Growth in the UAE non-oil private sector economy climbed to the …
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The UAE’s first-ever “water home” has it made its way along the city’s newest attraction – the Dubai Water Canal – to berth at Marasi Business Bay . Dubai Properties, the real estate master developer behind the project, said over the coming days the …
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The survey, sponsored by Emirates NBD and produced by IHS Markit, contains original data collected from a monthly survey of business conditions in the UAE non-oil private sector, and says that new export orders rose for the first time in three months …
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The survey, sponsored by Emirates NBD and produced by IHS Markit, contains original data collected from a monthly survey of business conditions in the UAE non-oil private sector. Subscribe to Arabian Business’ newsletter to receive the latest breaking news …
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Abu Dhabi: Four boys drowned in Al Bahya sea on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi on Monday, sources said. Al Bahia is around 45 kilometers from Abu Dhabi city. The drowned children include one Emirati and three Arab nationals. The children were not accompanied …
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The recently announced Emirates Towers Business Park is set to become Dubai’s most defining commercial development in over 10 years, according to Cluttons. The real estate consultant said its launch is putting Dubai on the path to rivaling the City in …
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Sharjah: Sajaya Young Ladies of Sharjah concluded its ‘100 Hours of Giving’ summer programme and honoured many of its members who helped renovate 72 homes for families in need across the emirate. The group, which is a subsidiary of the Rubu’ Qarn …
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DUBAI: Water, waste and energy consumption — these are the three keys to sustainable business, says Virginie Helias, Procter & Gamble’s global vice-president for sustainability. But now, she says, the biggest savings are down to the end users …
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Police arrested two suspects with 4.2 million captagon tablets on a farm in the UAE. Abu Dhabi Police said on Saturday that the suspects – both from Arab countries – were arrested while attempting to smuggle the drugs, hidden under agricultural seedlings …
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Hotels in the UAE, the second-biggest economy in the Arabian Gulf region and the top business and commercial hub of the wider Middle East, are gearing up for a four-day revenue bonanza as the country prepares to welcome flocks of tourists from the GCC and …
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… be granted as Dubai’s Emirates has plied the route since 2013 and Dubai itself practises a liberal ‘open-skies’ policy. An executive of Norwegian confirmed the news to Business Traveller and told me that the airline would have six B737 Max 8 …
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He instead focused in part on North Korea. Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, during a news conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017.
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energy-efficient LED lights will replace more than 350,000 street lighting fixtures across the emirate of Abu Dhabi, Gulf News has learnt. These include the retrofitting of nearly 43,000 street lamps in Abu Dhabi island, and a tender to operate and install …
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He added that having offices in those markets will also allow the Chamber to find local partners there who can help identify the right business opportunities for companies in Dubai. The Chamber currently has eight representative offices globally in …
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