COLOMBES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UAE Exchange, the leading global remittance, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, and OT (Oberthur Technologies) have partnered to launch “gocash” prepaid card of UAE Exchange through the first-ever ... ( read original story ...)
7 Things that Make Dubai a Heaven for International Property Investors
While there are ups and downs in the global real estate market, Dubai remains right at the top and these 7 factors make it a heaven for the international property investors. One of the biggest benefits of buying a property in Dubai is that the economy of ... ( read original story ...)
Emicool’s IPO likely to take place this year, says Union Properties chairman
The owners of Emicool plan to sell a 30 per cent stake in the district cooling company through an eventual IPO. Joint owners Union Properties and Dubai Investments each plan to sell 15 per cent of district cooling company Emicool by the end of this year ... ( read original story ...)
UAE’s battle-hardened military expands into Africa, Mideast
Juma Ali Khalaf al-Hamiri, a senior Emirati military official, said in a statement on the state-run WAM news agency. Media in Colombia have also reported that Colombian nationals working as mercenaries serve in the UAE's military. In 2014, the UAE ... ( read original story ...)
How the UAE immigration landscape impacts business mobility
According to statistics from the Department of Economic Development in Dubai, more than 22,000 business licenses were issued in 2015, representing a 17.4 per cent growth from 2014 despite the challenging economic environment. This growth highlights the ... ( read original story ...)
Dh3.4 billion worth of transactions registered in Dubai prime residential market in Q1 2017
Amid all the buzz on affordable housing, Dubai's luxury property seems to be holding its own. And there are ample takers for higher priced properties in Dubai as well. In the first three months of 2017, transactions of Dh1 million and more made up 64 per ... ( read original story ...)
Taj targets The Palm for third Dubai property
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces will be opening a Taj hotel in Dubai's Palm Jumeirah, marking its third landfall in the city, with its existing Taj hotel in Downtown Dubai and upcoming Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) Vivanta by Taj property, Taj Dubai general ... ( read original story ...)
Emirati teenager releases second book at book fair
Abu Dhabi: With Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF ... so to have the sequel now just feels really amazing,” Al Naqbi told Gulf News. “The first book ended with a cliffhanger so that provoked me even more to write the second part,” she said. ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s Catholic parish church marks 50 years
Dubai: History is usually told in the written form. On Thursday night, the story of St Mary’s Catholic Church parish's 50 years in Dubai was told not only with words but — in the city's typical innovative fashion — with a computer-driven laser light ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai gears up to operate flying taxis by 2020
The statement comes after Uber at its inaugural Elevate Summit in the US announced Dubai as one of the two partner cities for the project, the other being Dallas, Texas. Speaking to Gulf News, Chris Free, the general manager of Uber UAE, shared more detail ... ( read original story ...)