Mark Buchanan Humans have a terrible track record of predicting financial crises in time to fend them off. Some computer scientists think that algorithms might help. Given the right information, some crises can be foreseen. In “The Big Short,” Michael Lewis told the story of the scattered few who saw the imbalance growing in the mortgage market and profited ...

  Largely described as a power in long-term decline, the Russian military under President Vladimir Putin has embarked on a military modernization programme that may be gaining the envy of some in Washington. Putin has invested billions, supported by revenues during the 2004-2014 period when oil prices were high. These efforts have led to impressive improvements within Russia’s conventional forces ...

  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) started the year on a strong note by hosting 17 live events in the first quarter, attracting over 75,000 visitors. Enriching Dubai’s leisure event calendar, the past three months has seen a mix of global stars, musicals and comic performances including heavyweight standup Russell Peters, French Armenian music sensation ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat and Emirates Auctions has announced the launch of an auction of exclusive VIP numbers along with the new mobile code (054). The auction this year will introduce the new code 0544000000 along with 40 unique mobile numbers. The VIP numbers can be taken with exclusive Etisalat packages created including the latest smartphones, data, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business UAE-satellite operator, Yahsat, is all set to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the launch of its first satellite, Y1A, on April 23. In 2011, the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the satellite launched from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The following year Yahsat launched its second satellite, Y1B. Currently, the company is ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Globally 74 percent of all targeted attack attempts use email vectors, even as business emails are estimated to reach 139.4 billion per day by 2017. Trend Micro on average blocks 50 billion email spam-sending IP addresses. Spear phishing is commonly being used by attackers to gain access to a company networks to facilitate a targeted ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The British luxury performance brand Jaguar has chosen the iconic Burj Khalifa for the Middle East launch of its first ever performance SUV; the Jaguar F-PACE, which has been lined up for the unveiling on May 2. The brand would be the first in line to use the world’s tallest building facade as a communications ...

  Dr Abdulrahim Abdulwhahid Emirates Business The 7th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development and the Inaugural General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) will be concurrently held in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, between April 26–28. The Conference will be hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture of ...

  DUBAI / WAM The value of announced M&A transactions with any Middle Eastern involvement reached US$4.7 billion during the first quarter of 2016, a decline of 67% compared to the first quarter of 2015, Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, said in its the quarterly investment banking analysis for the Middle East ...

  Bloomberg Even if oil producers didn’t seal the output freeze deal they hoped would stabilize the market, they saw revenues soar in the run up to the failed meeting last weekend in Doha. The 29 percent advance in prices since word first leaked that Saudi Arabia and Russia were considering capping output boosted the value of global oil production ...