Hailed as a new landmark in modern Dubai, the 3.2km waterway – which will feature the UAE’s longest promenade – stretches through key areas including Business Bay, Safa Park, Al Wasl Road, Jumeirah 2, Jumeirah Road and ends in the Arabian Gulf.
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Abu Dhabi Science Festival opens its doors
Abu Dhabi: Children can make their own smartphone microscopes … was visiting the festival for the first time with her classmates, and told Gulf News that she really enjoyed constructing a microscope. “I want to be an ophthalmologist when I grow …
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BlackBerry still committed to smartphone business
Dubai: Blackberry said that it will continue to be on the software side of the smartphone business after announcing that it would end its in-house development of devices. Alex Thurber, Senior Vice-President for Global Device Sales at BlackBerry …
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Technology as the fabric of our society
Jyoti Kalsi is an arts-enthusiast based in Dubai. “Invisible Threads: Technology and its Discontents” will run at The Art Gallery at NYU Abu Dhabi until December 31. The gallery is located at the main entrance to NYUAD’s Saadiyat campus, and is open …
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No need to panic: UAE expats with scrapped rupees told
Dubai: Money transfer operators in UAE have been inundated with requests to exchange demonetised rupee notes since the Indian government decided to take action against illegal cash hoarders. Authorities imposed an overnight ban on old 500 and 1,000 bills …
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Hedge fund stars on track for big pay days: Glocap report
Hedge funds became famous more than a decade ago for delivering … The Swede, who is the Race to Dubai leader, also won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics. “It is a great honor to join the exclusive club of people who have been awarded honorary life …
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Business Hotel Dubai
They Business hotel dubai offer their visitors not really a highly processed ambiance however the soothing a good relationship and familiar intimacy to any or all their visitors. Battery powered flashlights or lanterns also are vital for the journey …
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Dubai taxis to offer free Wi-fi in December
Dubai: Starting December this year, commuters will enjoy free Wi-Fi service aboard vehicles run by Dubai Taxi Corporation, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Wednesday. The vehicles will enable customers to use interactive LCD screens …
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Abu Dhabi’s IPIC Posts Loss After $1 Billion UniCredit Writedown
Abu Dhabi sovereign fund International Petroleum Investment Co. posted a first-half loss after its shares in UniCredit SpA slumped. IPIC recorded a loss of $91 million compared with a $1.25 billion profit a year earlier, the Abu Dhabi-based company said in …
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Dubai Frame 85% complete
Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality on Wednesday conducted an inspection tour of the Dubai Frame project to check its work progress. He was briefed that about 85% of the project work has been completed so far. Lootah was …
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Abu Dhabi Said to Mull More Bank Mergers After NBAD-FGB Deal
Abu Dhabi is considering more mergers to boost its financial services industry after combining National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC and First Gulf Bank PJSC, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. The oil-rich emirate is weighing a plan to merge …
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Mark Mobius: Rise of ETFs spurs price war fund managers can’t win
And Jeff Levi, who consults money managers on strategy at Casey Quirk by Deloitte, says emerging-market hedge funds have increasingly been dropping fees. This year has proved more than ever before that emerging-market money managers, often regarded as more …
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UAE Seeks $70B in Industrial Investment Amid Oil Price Slump
As the global oil price slump takes its toll on Gulf countries, the UAE is boosting its non-oil sectors, now seeking to lure in more than US$70 billion in industrial investment by 2025, according to UAE officials. These investments would increase the …
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Ministry told to strictly implement UAE’s Anti-Discrimination Law
Dubai: The legacy of both Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum represent the values of tolerance and respect of which the UAE is proud, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime …
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Ministry of Finance to host Innovation Festival
The UAE Ministry of Finance will hold an Innovation Festival, as part of the UAE Innovation Week. Taking place over two days, the Innovation Festival will include a range of workshops and discussions for business innovators and entrepreneurs, and young …
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Dubai’s RTA launches free wifi on buses to Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
The high-speed wifi service will be provided by Etisalat Free wifi will now be available on board over 100 intercity buses from Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA’s) Public Transport Agency has announced. The high-speed wifi service will be …
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UAE’s role in the next industrial revolution
The UAE is to join with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to establish the first permanent policy unit to study and implement measures regarding the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” – the transformation of business and society brought about by technological …
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