Jonathan Bernstein Good for Donald Trump for getting an early start on his presidential transition team. Though Chris Christie may not be ideal for this particular job, it is a vital task, especially since Trump’s challenges will be unusually difficult, should he actually win the election. This is in part because, as Politico reported on Monday before the Christie ...

This spring, millions of Americans have learned to dread going to the airport. An unfortunate combination of surging passenger volumes and declining numbers of screeners have led to security lines that can average over an hour in length. Thousands of passengers are missing flights daily. Meanwhile, airports and airlines across the U.S. are struggling to contain passenger anger. In desperation ...

  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business If you think a salesman glued to his smartphone, busy in social media, is hampering his company’s business, think again; this could not be the case at least in the UAE. A recent survey has revealed that UAE salespeople who spend around 4.8 hours per week on social media are actually boosting the sales ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Renowned Arabic calligraphy artist Wissam Shawkat has collaborated with Vertu luxury mobiles to create exclusive designs for the brand’s bespoke offering during Ramadan, revering the theme of ‘love’. This unique collaboration reinforces the importance of Middle East in the luxury handmade mobile phone brand sales, and offers customers an opportunity to own a piece ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Amlak Finance PJSC, a leading specialized real estate financier in the Middle East, announced its financial results for first quarter ended March 31. The company’s net group profits were reported at AED 123 million. Amlak’s Total Revenue reached AED 363 million in Q1 2016 compared to AED 104 million in Q1 last year. The strong ...

  Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, chaired a meeting of an RTA Senior Leadership Team comprising CEOs, Directors and Deputy Directors. The meeting discussed future trends of innovation and how to shape them. Al Tayer began the meeting by stressing the importance of preparing, ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Classes at International Indian School – Abu Dhabi, an educational institution which has come up recently, will begin on May 15. Located in Baniyas West, the co-educational, independent all-through school will follow the CBSE curriculum. Admission to KG-1, KG-2 and Grades 1 to 8 is in progress, said the school authorities. The school is ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices, puts the spotlight on Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEBs) at a Focus Day organised in partnership with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Dubai Chamber) and the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy. Discussing the definitions ...

  ALKESH SHARMa / Emirates Business While the Middle East has surpassed air traffic growth rate globally, the region is also plagued by the persistent hurdles of rising costs and other challenges in smooth supervision of airspace. However, industry experts vouch that a smart redesigning of airspace in this region could significantly add to the course of cost cuttings and ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Featuring customised scalability and unmatched efficiency in the automotive industry, leading business consulting and IT service company ProCons joins hands with Al Jaziri Motors to implement digitalisation across all its showrooms, including the World’s biggest Lamborghini Showroom in Dubai. The automobile industry has been moving towards the new means of industrialization, with digital transformation ...