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  New York / Emirates Business His Excellency Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, joined a panel of international figures at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, to raise awareness and promote the United Arab Emirates’ ambitious actions in the area of climate change and environment. The panel included Adnan Amin, Director General of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Al Noor Training Centre for Persons with Disabilities (ANTCPD) in partnership with Samsung Gulf Electronics will introduce the Samsung Smart Classroom Solution to two additional classrooms following the success of the programme launch in 2014. Samsung has provided Al Noor with various mobile tools and technologies since 2010 with the aim of heightening engagement in ...

  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 ...

  DUBAI / WAM The first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Emaar Malls (DFM: EMAARMALLS), the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by global property developer Emaar Properties, on Wednesday approved the proposal of the Board to distribute 10 per cent of the share capital, equivalent to AED 1.301 billion (US$ 354 million), as cash dividend for distribution to the ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Institute of Directors(IoD), is organising it’s 26th World Congress on Leadership for Business Excellence and Innovation from April 19-21 at The Meydan Hotel, Dubai The convention puts the spotlight on various aspects of business excellence and innovation, including some concrete examples of corporate leadership. The Golden Peacock Awards for Quality, Business Excellence, Training and Innovative ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, attended the official launch of the Abdullah Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, one of the largest privately funded philanthropic education initiatives in the world on Wednesday. The event included a signing ceremony with leading universities, Khalifa University, American ...