Dubai’s residential rents have witnessed a steep drop – 2.8 per cent for apartments and 3.5 per cent for villas/townhouses – in the third quarter mainly due to key factors such as new project handovers of lower priced inventory, as well as readjustment of …
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More Than 1.5 Million Titles and 2,600 Events at Sharjah International Book Fair 2017
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171005005780/en/ General picture from Sharjah International Book Fair 2016 (Archived) (Photo: Sharjah Book Authority) Being organised by the Sharjah …
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States in Indian diplomacy: when Sharjah ruler visited Kerala
The outcome of the Sharjah ruler’s Kerala visit shows why more needs to … A subsequent tweet by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj carried the news of the amnesty, but did not mention the role played by the Chief Minister of Kerala, leading …
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Jacob Tremblay to attend Sharjah Children’s Film Festival
Canadian child actor Jacob Tremblay, best known for his role in Room, will be one of the guests at the Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (SICFF), to be held from October 8 to 13. Tremblay, 11, us best known for his role as Jack Newsome in …
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Sharjah CP joins maiden Learning Difficulties meet
SHARJAH: Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi … It also shares experiences and scientific researches Some local news is curated – Original might have been posted at a different date/ time! Click the source link for details.
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UAE ambassador touts Open Skies pact during visit to Boeing’s North Charleston campus
The visit was a chance for Boeing officials to show the ambassador how its 787 Dreamliner planes are assembled and highlight the $150 billion worth of business the aerospace giant has done with the UAE over the past decade. Otaiba praised the Open Skies …
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India’s Malabar Gold to use Dubai as production base for overseas push
The Dubai plant will be built on 20,000 square metres at a location … If we create the community-themed concepts they are used to in UAE, we can win their business. “We do not want to be exposed to just the jewellery business for future growth.
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Brit who faced year in Dubai jail when caught on holiday with fake Scottish £20 is reunited with his partner and looking forward to ‘good food’ now he is back home
A father who faced being jailed in Dubai over an alleged counterfeit £20 said he was looking forward to ‘good food’ after landing back in Britain. William Barclay, known as Billy, was stopped on his return to Dubai International Airport in September …
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Money & Me: ‘My biggest financial regret is buying my Dh5m yacht’
Autism Rocks has since organised concerts with Prince, Lenny Kravitz and Gary Barlow and has the naming rights for the Autism Rocks Arena next to Dubai Outlet Mall. The 47-year-old also runs a hedge fund company based in Dubai International Financial …
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UAE Banks Desperate to Sell Qatar Loans
UAE banks holding Qatari loans have become “more aggressive over the past couple of weeks” in offering the loans for sale in the secondary market, said one banker at a European bank specializing in financial institutions. Prospective sellers …
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Greater security for UAE commodity and finance trade with Africa
Bordered by eight other countries and a member of both the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Zambia is an important regional trade hub. According to MIT Economic Complexity Index …
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Dubai Future Accelerators Launch Cohort 3
DUBAI, Oct. 5, 2017 /CNW/ – Forty-six (46) companies from around the world, nine of which are from the UAE, will be taking part in the third edition of the Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA) program. The number of participating companies has almost doubled …
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Etisalat and Mojix to Showcase Digitally Transformed Retail Stores at GITEX Technology Week 2017
The journey of retailers through digital transformation requires connected solutions that integrate wireless sensor networks … second consecutive year at the 37th GITEX Technology Week in Dubai on October 8-12, to showcase the “Store of the Future.”
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Avaya to unveil Happiness Index on Blockchain
Avaya, a global leader in Internet telephony and wireless data, is unveiling the Happiness Index on Blockchain during the upcoming Gitex Technology Week, a major ICT event in Dubai, UAE. The Happiness Index on Blockchain is a solution that shows for the …
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Four essential elements for smart city success
Although many wireless technologies (LTE CatM … platforms to get people from point A to point B without seizing up the city’s infrastructure. In Dubai, one of the world’s most ambitious and comprehensive data initiatives is already underway to …
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Google gears up to take on Apple and Amazon
Dubai: Google launched two new phones to take on Apple and … It has more than 250 VR titles and can now cast your VR experience to the TV. It will cost $99. It is a wireless headphone to make up for the lack of headphone jack on the Pixel 2 devices.
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Gitex Technology ready to take off with the first public view of Dubai’s flying taxi
It should be coming to the skies over Dubai before much longer, but for the first sight of the city’s new flying taxi head to Gitex Technology Week on Sunday. The two-seater Volocopter will on public show for the first time at the annual five-day display …
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