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  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business An all-new generation of tech-savvy individuals, who believe in making the most out of technology marvels, is apparently giving a boost to the wearables market in the UAE. Driven by an increased adoption of smart watches, techie wristbands and competitive prices, the country’s wearables industry is certainly enjoying one of the most money-spinning phases ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract by Boeing to manufacture vertical fins for the 787 Dreamliner family. The agreement, announced at the Farnborough Air Show, further expands the organisation’s role as a direct supplier of primary ...

  BUDAPEST / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Mihaly Varga, the Hungarian Minister of National Economy, in the country’s capital, Budapest. During the meeting, the two sides discussed existing relations between the two friendly countries and ways of enhancing them, as well as a number of issues of ...

  London / AFP British Prime Minister Theresa May completed a major overhaul of the government on Thursday, promoting leading Brexit campaigners and stunning observers by picking gaffe-prone Boris Johnson as her top diplomat. After six years as interior minister under David Cameron, May took office on Wednesday signalling her intention to start with a clean slate — before ruthlessly ejecting ...

  Bloomberg Britain’s new Brexit Czar argued this week that negotiations on the U.K.’s withdrawal from the European Union could begin around the end of this year, with December 2018 a probable date for departure. Appointed late on Wednesday by Prime Minister Theresa May, David Davis will now be Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union having campaigned to ...

Bloomberg Democrats are courting progressive-minded Americans by calling for a tax on Wall Street trades. If the party succeeds, the mom-and-pop investors they’re wooing could bear the brunt. The party supports a financial transaction tax to reign in “excessive speculation” and fast traders that have “threatened financial markets.” Small investors would probably see an increase in the cost to buy ...

  Beirut / AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside, as US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Moscow seeking to revive stalled peace efforts. Speaking to NBC News in Damascus, Assad insisted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had never raised the issue ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Radio industry, which was once considered a dud medium of entertainment, is now growing significantly in the UAE. The Emirates has emerged as one of the most refined radio markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and has, by far, the highest number radio stations in this part of the world. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business While the property market appears to be simultaneously booming and crashing, depending on which statistic you follow, or which article you read, one source reports a remarkable increase in the property market arena. compareit4me.com, the region’s leading finance comparison site, has confirmed that mortgage enquiries have rocketed from January 2015 to April 2016. According to ...

  Bloomberg India’s biggest IT sourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, boosted by rising demand for its cloud computing services. The firm, based in India’s financial capital Mumbai, said net profit for the three months to June 30 rose to 63.17 billion rupees ($944 million) from 57.09 billion rupees for the same period a year ...