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  Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, issued an administrative resolution No. 2 of 2017, pertaining to preparing Sharjah to join the Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. The administrative resolution states the importance of environment in determining healthy ageing and encouraging the creation of age-friendly environments. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced in its latest report that the total value of real estate brokers’ commissions for 2016 totaled over AED 1.5 billion from 32,932 transactions, while Dubai’s real estate market also attracted 5,933 active brokers and 2,285 registered brokerage offices. The AED 1.5 billion figure describes the amount of commission earned by ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) conducted a survey to measure the happiness index of the community for 2016, in cooperation with a leading expert in the field. DEWA recorded a happiness index of 89.01 percent, compared to the 87.12 percent recorded in 2015. These results reflect DEWA’s commitment towards achieving the happiness of the community, and ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Having a long-term energy plan will boost sustainable long-term investments in the UAE, says a London Business School expert. This month, the UAE government unveiled a three-decade energy plan that aims to save the country billions of dirhams while still sustaining economic growth. Commenting on the new Energy Plan, Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways unveiled on Wednesday plans for the deployment of its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners to key Levant and Far East markets in 2017. With a phased delivery of nine Boeing 787-9s this year, they will gradually be introduced on a number of routes from the airline’s Abu Dhabi hub beginning March 1. The 299-seat ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The total value of Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi’s (KIZAD) contribution to Abu Dhabi’s gross domestic product (GDP) accounted for 3.2 percent of the emirate’s non-oil GDP, reinforcing the industrial zone’s status as a key facilitator of economic diversification. The KIZAD, part of Abu Dhabi Ports, has reported a solid performance in 2016, completing yet another ...

  DUBAI / WAM Deyaar Development, one of Dubai’s property developers and real estate service providers, announced its preliminary financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2016. The company reported increase in revenues to AED428.3 million compared to AED257.1 million in 2015, reporting an increase of 67%, mainly due to construction progress in The Atria and Mont Rose ...

  New Delhi / WAM The United Arab Emirates and India signed on Wednesday in New Delhi the ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement’ and a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) during a state visit by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to India. The UAE ...

  New Delhi / WAM Over 30 high-level Emirati business leaders, Indian business owners based in the UAE, and government and private representatives from both the UAE and India, convened on Wednesday at the Taj Palace in New Delhi to discuss business opportunities, major investable projects in India, as well as major challenges facing investors there. The session, entitled “Business Session ...

  New Delhi / WAM In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL), agreed on Wednesday to establish a strategic crude oil ...