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  New York / WAM Hedayah, the Abu-Dhabi-based International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism, on Thursday welcomed the announcement of expanded support from the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The foreign secretary met HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in collaboration with the Central Finance Department of Sharjah, organised the second meeting of the Government Financial Policy Coordination Council for 2016. The meeting was headed by Younis Haji Al Khoori, Under-Secretary of the MoF and Chairman of the Government Financial Policy Coordination Council, and was attended by Saeed Rashid Al ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Mercantile Exchange, the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, on Wednesday announced two new fuel oil contracts to hedge the price differentials between Middle East fuel oil and Singapore fuel oil. The contracts will be listed on the DME as “Singapore vs. Middle East Fuel Oil 180 cst Spread Futures ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, has jointly hosted the Middle East finals of the “Create@Alibaba Cloud Start-up Contest”, CACSC at the Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre. The Dubai session saw the participation of 10 regional technology start-ups spanning multimedia, gaming, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised its first Excellence Camp 2016, which took place at the Raffles hotel in Dubai. The camp aims to increase awareness about standards of excellence, based on the objectives set by the fourth-generation government excellence system. This will improve government work based on innovative standards, while enhancing excellence and ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business A novel strategy — the agglomeration business model — can help SMEs in the UAE and the GCC region to grow their businesses on a fast-track basis, according to an expert. Callum Laing, a Singapore-based entrepreneur and author who successfully deployed the business model along with his partners in Singapore, will reach Dubai by the ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) and the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region had sent two UAE authors to attend the International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb), which concluded recently in the German Capital Berlin. The move to send the two children’s book authors, Maitha Al Khayyat and Noora Al Khouri, to participate in the ...

  Emirates Business Today’s tech-savvy members dubbed as #GenMobile always travel with three or more mobile devices. And when they arrive at hospitality venues, they’ll demand to connect to everything all the time, making it essential for venues to provide a memorable guest Wi-Fi experience. Technology is no longer just solving back-end business problems. It also isn’t just a tool ...

  Emirates Business Hala Abu Dhabi, the destination management company of the Etihad Aviation Group (EAG), has been selected as the exclusive shore excursions and activities provider for Sir Bani Yas Island and Beach Oasis, the latest cruise destination stop in the UAE for the 2016/2017 season. The announcement was made at the Seatrade Cruise Med conference, being held between ...

  FUJAIRAH / WAM H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, opened on Wednesday afternoon the UAE’s first berth for very large crude carriers (VLCC) on the Indian Ocean seaport of Fujairah, at cost of AED650 million. The Ruler of Fujairah stressed the keenness of the UAE, led by President His Highness Sheikh ...