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Emirates Business Emaar Properties honoured the winners of the eighth Emirates Classic Car Festival for an exceptional showcase of classic vehicles, which were evaluated for various parameters including upkeep, value, originality, uniqueness, finishes, and visual aesthetics. Representatives from Emaar and the Automobile & Touring Club of United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE) were present at the award ceremony, which was held on ...

Emirates Business Highlighting its commitment to education and sustainable development, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is partnering with the British University in Dubai (BUiD) as a sponsor and participant of the first Sustainability Summer School International Trip, a knowledge exchange initiative organised under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE ...

Throughout last year, Abu Dhabi General Services Company “Musanada” delivered 23 development projects with a total cost of approximately AED11.2 billion throughout Abu Dhabi across various sectors including housing, education, buildings, infrastructure, roads, healthcare, etc. “Being determined to serve the community honestly and transparently, Musanada is executing and managing scores of projects according to highest international standards and specifications,” stated ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) on Saturday announced that it has recently won two prestigious Asian Banker awards; “Best Retail Bank in the UAE” and “Best Brand Initiative of the Year” across Asia, Middle East and Africa, which was awarded to the Bank for its pioneering initiative “Ambition Visualized”. ADCB received the awards during the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, has stressed that Sudan is capable of becoming the food basket of the Arab region and called for joint efforts to promote promising investment opportunities in the country’s agriculture and food industry. He was speaking during a meeting with Ambassador of Sudan to the UAE, Mohammed Amin Abdullah ...

Dubai / WAM The Second Ministerial Economic and Business Conference (EBC II), a flagship programme of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), will be held in Dubai from April 11-13 in conjunction with the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2016. To be held under the theme of ‘SMEs and Innovation: Investing in a Sustainable Future’, EBC II will recognize the prospects ...

Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, on Saturday announced that total investments in Dubai Silicon Oasis amounted to AED3.6 billion in 2015. Projects carried out by the DSOA accounted for half of all investments, while foreign investments at the hi-tech park contributed to the remaining half. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) plans to build 64 132/11 kilovolt (kV) substations over the next three years, which will cost AED 6.7 billion, in cooperation with various developers in the Emirate. These new substations will be linked to existing electricity networks to enhance their capacity, efficiency, and reliability. DEWA is committed to improving Dubai’s electricity ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As a leading integrated electronic payment solutions provider and a leading payroll card service provider based in the UAE, Mint is proud to announce the issuance of its first EMV Chip based UnionPay Salary Cards in the GCC. UnionPay International, a global provider of high quality, cost effective and secure cross-border payment services to the ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, the 11th International Conference of Al Noor Hospital successfully concluded in Abu Dhabi. The two-day conference welcomed a large number of participants, all of whom were given the opportunity to exchange knowledge and expertise in the field ...