Dubai: Dubai will get five more Food Bank branches, thanks to a Dh5 million sponsorship from Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB). The UAE Food Bank and Dubai Municipality recently signed the sponsorship agreement with DIB, making it one of the key sponsors of the UAE …
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Interview: Technology startups gaining momentum in the UAE
With a growing talent network, more venture capital interest, a higher global profile and new legislation, the UAE has all the key ingredients to emerge as a centre for technology startups. Who doesn’t love building blocks? Following the burst of cloud …
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Revealed: Top 10 schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Dubai: An independent UAE-based institute has announced the top 25 schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. SchoolsCompared.com – a sister site to WhichSchoolAdvisor.com – revealed the names of winners on Monday. James Mullan, founder of SchoolsCompared.com …
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UAE’s Emaar Properties gets $1.5 billion loan from First Abu Dhabi Bank: sources
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai-based Emaar Properties EMAR.DU obtained a $1.5 billion corporate finance loan from First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Emaar, which develops residential properties, hotels, entertainment and …
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Common elements bind Mexico and UAE
Ortega told Gulf News that he would stay on for another three weeks to work on an important project. He will travel across the UAE and shoot pictures for a project titled ‘Inside the heart of the Emirates’. Those pictures will be exhibited in Mexico …
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Etisalat will Provide Free WiFi in Dubai for Eid al Adha 2017 Holidays
Free WiFi in Dubai for Eid: According to tech news, the Dubai based Telecommunications Company, Etisalat, recently declared that it will be providing free WiFi UAE during Eid Al Adha 2017 holidays for consumers in United Arab Emirates. The free Wifi will …
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UAE supports global anti-malaria efforts
Abu Dhabi, Sep. 18 (BNA): HH Shaikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan … to mitigate the risks of malaria and save many lives around the world, according to UAE News Agency (WAM). In his remarks on the occasion, Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu, Chief Executive Officer …
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Emaar seeks nod to offload 30% development unit stake via IPO
The board will also discuss its entry into a financing arrangement with First Abu Dhabi Bank, the company said in a statement posted on Dubai Financial Market’s website. Emaar had earlier said that it would use the proceeds of the IPO to distribute …
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Dubai’s DP World acquires new businesses in $405m deal
DP World on Monday announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire Maritime World, the owner of Dubai Maritime City (DMC), for $180 million and to buy Drydocks World by means of a capital injection of $225 million. DMC is a maritime service …
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UAE banking to strengthen in 2018 – study
The UAE’s banking sector will see renewed growth in 2018 and remain “fairly robust” into 2019, a new analysis says. The UAE’s economy overall will benefit from higher oil prices and easing oil production cuts, driving a resurgence in bank lending …
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Teenager’s death led to Sharjah family suicide pact
As Gulf News reported, a man jumped to his death from the seventh floor of a hotel apartment building in Sharjah on August 29 and when police, who were alerted of the incident by a witness, reached his apartment, they found it locked from the inside.
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John Ibrahim’s two brothers shackled by the wrists and flanked by security guards as they arrive back in Sydney after being extradited from Dubai to face charges over $810M …
Michael and Fadi Ibrahim, brothers of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, have been extradited from Dubai following their arrests in early August. The two men arrived back in Sydney on Sunday night to face charges relating to their roles in an alleged drug …
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VP launched largest concentrated solar power project in the world
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has announced the largest single-site Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world, which will be built at a total cost of AED14.2 …
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Son’s death led to Sharjah family suicide pact
As Gulf News reported, a man jumped to his death from the seventh floor of a hotel apartment building in Sharjah on August 29 and when police, who were alerted of the incident by a witness, reached his apartment, they found it locked from the inside.
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Mutek, Dubai’s artsy electronic festival
Music is all about community, culture, technology, art and artists,” he told Gulf News tabloid!. Mehdi — who believes music isn’t about competition, but about complementary efforts — cofounded the underground venue Analog Room in Dubai in 2012.
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Michael and Fadi Ibrahim are extradited back to Sydney from Dubai after they were arrested in organised crime raids last month
Michael and Fadi Ibrahim, the brothers of Kings Cross Identity John Ibrahim, have been extradited from Dubai following their arrests in early August. The two men arrived back in Sydney on Sunday night to face court over charges relating to their roles in …
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UAE’s Emaar Properties gets $1.5 bln loan from First Abu Dhabi Bank–sources
DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Dubai-based Emaar Properties obtained a $1.5 billion corporate finance loan from First Abu Dhabi Bank, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Emaar, which develops residential properties, hotels, entertainment and …
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