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Abu Dhabi / WAM The 2015 General Consumer Confidence Index in the Economic Performance indicated continued optimism amongst consumers of all demographic and social backgrounds towards the Emirate’s economic conditions, which reflects consumers trust in the capabilities of the emirate’s economy and its ability to cope with current economic challenges and absorb the pressures. Khalifa bin Salem Al Mansouri, Acting ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Al Qudra Real Estate, the real estate arm of Al Qudra Holding, is participating at Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2016 to showcase a range of its latest elite projects, namely Al Sadu Towers. The exhibition will run from April 12-14 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre bringing together various local, regional and international real estate specialists under ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UPC will mark the 10th anniversary of the Cityscape Abu Dhabi property exhibition by revealing a raft of new developments that have received detailed planning approval and launching a new and improved online street design application. Senior executives from the UPC will announce detailed approvals for key developments that will shape the urban landscape of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Bloom Holding, a subsidiary of National Holding, specialised in the development of integrated and sustainable communities, will highlight key investment opportunities as part of its participation at the upcoming edition of Cityscape Abu Dhabi, the developer announced on Saturday. Bloom Holding will showcase a diversified project portfolio that spans across residential, commercial, education, hospitality and leisure ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Having one of the fastest developing digital markets in the world, with an average of 120 million active Facebook users and 363,000 active Twitter users, UAE is offering corporates a potent tool in the guise of online social networking forums for unrivalled branding exercises. As per the social media brand report, $1,048 average online spending ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The 11th annual World Takaful Conference (WTC) will be convened by leading financial intelligence platform, Middle East Global Advisors, in strategic partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). DIFC is the financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, providing a world-class platform connecting the region’s markets with the economies of Europe, Asia ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, has installed 50 percent of the solar home systems as part of an innovative project to provide power in rural Morocco. The installation of 9,000 out of 17,670 systems across 940 villages comes only a year after the partnership agreement was signed between Masdar and Morocco’s Office National de l’Electricite ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Reflecting its ongoing commitment to introducing customer-centric financial solutions and unique banking experiences, Mashreq launches the UAE’s first Happiness Account. Available to customers transferring their salary, the Mashreq Happiness Account offers up to AED 2,500 guaranteed cash in the account as soon as the first salary is transferred. Then there is a free AED 25 worth ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has successfully vaccinated over 10.6 million children against polio as part of phase-3 of the Project to Assist Pakistan, UAE PAP. UAE PAP has announced the results of the vaccination campaign for the month of March, which successfully administered 10,668,987 doses of the polio vaccination to children under five including in the provinces of ...

Dubai /EMIRATES BUSINESS Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), the flagship freezone entity of Dubai and the trade and logistics hub for the wider Middle East region, has achieved strong performance in terms of the quality of investments and the number of new companies registered in 2015. HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World and Chairman of ...