DUBAI: UAE standards chiefs have taken aim at the region’s … and to protect the community from the risk of exposure to unsafe food, state news agency WAM reported. Workers handling the meat should “have a valid health certificate, be free from …
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More power to the UAE
Associate Business Editor of Khaleej Times, is a well-connected Indian journalist and an economic and financial commentator. He has been in the UAE’s mainstream journalism for 35 years, including 23 years with Khaleej Times. A post-graduate in English and …
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UAE markets off to a very strong start
2018 is off to a strong start with UAE markets spiking off lows during the shortened three-day trading week due to the New Year’s holiday. Oil was supportive of bullish investor sentiment and completed the week strong for the third week in a row.
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Dubai SME receives 456 entries from 10th Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders
Dubai: Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, announced on Saturday that it has received 456 entries for the 10th Mohammad Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders. Of those, 251 are from …
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Police surprise birthday celebrators at Dubai airport
Dubai: Passengers arriving at Dubai International Airport and whose birthday was on Saturday were surprised to be greeted by Dubai Police at the plane’s door. Police then escorted those passengers to passport control, easing arrival procedures, before …
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Abu Dhabi To Host International Conference On Diplomacy, Security
The International Institute for Cultural Diplomacy – Abu Dhabi, IICD, will organise, on Sunday, an international conference, titled, “The New Nexus: Diplomacy, Security, and the Digital State.” “The conference will examine the nature of and inter …
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52.9m travelled through Dubai ports last year
Dubai: More than 52.9 million passengers travelled through Dubai ports last year, according to a report issued by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affair (GDRFA) – Dubai. Of them, some 49.9 million used Dubai International Airport, an …
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Bombardier to showcase Global 7000 business jet in Dubai
January 4, 2018: Bombardier along with Dubai’s Jetex Private Terminal will be hosting a mockup of the Global 7000 aircraft between January 8 and 31. According to reports, the full-size mock-up will make its debut in the Middle East to showcase the aircraft …
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Abu Dhabi Ports looks to the East for growth
Abu Dhabi Ports and COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (CSP … “There are two types of port, transhipment ports and gateway ports,” he said during a news conference. “COSCO will use Port Khalifa as a transhipment hub, and possibly as a gateway port …
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How Gulf News readers helped a safety supervisor
He now wishes to come back to the UAE to work. He said he and his entire family are thankful to the Indian Consulate, Gulf News and its kindhearted readers who supported him, as well as to his fellow professionals and Firoz Merchant. “They have saved two …
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Pakistani engineer behind the drain and sewer networks in Dubai retires
Dubai: He is known as a Dubai engineer who built the future for a Pakistani village. Saeed Hayat, 69, who has many feathers in his cap as a Dubai Municipality engineer and as a philanthropist back home in Pakistan, is leaving the UAE for good after 42 …
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UAE, Tunisia continue flights, end row over women
In a UAE Foreign Ministry statement that was shared by WAM news agency, it was announced that “the competent authorities in the UAE have decided that the standard processes will be reinstated to their normal state before the unforeseen circumstances.”
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Dubai real estate financier completes first project
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UAE Consulate warns Emiratis of US ‘weather bomb’
Dubai: The UAE Consulate in Boston has issued a warning to residents living or travelling to the US, urging them to follow safety precautions as freezing sub-temperatures are set to hit the East Coast. In the event of an emergency, citizens can contact …
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UAE’s auto dealers find ways to ease the VAT burden
DUBAI: Ease the VAT (value-added tax … So the challenge for dealerships, especially those in the volume business, is to remove the VAT concern. Which is why Al-Futtaim Motors in its first 2018 campaign states emphatically that “our prices are locked …
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UAE jewellers absorb VAT on diamond jewellery
Dubai: Putting off your diamond jewellery purchase because of value-added tax (VAT)? Don’t, as more of UAE’s jewellers are willing to absorb the VAT component on diamonds. Jewellery retailers are doing everything in their power to ensure that the …
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UAE, Saudi Arabia’s non-oil economies end 2017 on a high note
The non-oil private sectors of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Arab world’s largest economies, ended 2017 on a high note with business conditions improving at the sharpest pace in 34 months in the UAE, according to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index …
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