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  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched an innovation fund to develop creative ideas proposed by DEWA’s employees on the MyDEWAideas internal portal, which was launched by DEWA early last year. The portal encourages creativity and innovation, and implements the suggestions received by DEWA’s employees to improve the work environment, and further develop the services ...

  Dubai / WAM ENOC Processing Company LLC, a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company, ENOC, has received international recognition for its quality control laboratory, reinforcing its capabilities to deliver quality products to its customers. The ENOC refinery achieved ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 17025:2005 certificates for its laboratory quality management systems and its technical competency respectively, aligned with international benchmarks for ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Auction, a world leading company in hosting, organising and managing public auctions of all kinds, was announced as the winner of the Best Web Application Award in the Services Category during the 9th UAE Excellence Awards ceremony organised recently at the Al Bustan Rotana, Dubai. Abdullah Matar Al Mannai, Executive Director of Emirates Auction, received the ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Booz Allen Hamilton, the global consulting and technology firm, has highlighted the most significant threats to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) in 2016 and 2017, and the most effective measures to counter them, in a recent report titled Industrial Cybersecurity Threat Briefing. These systems control and automate significant portions of our connected lives today, and ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The second annual Sharjah FDI Forum will take place on September 28 and 29 at Sheraton Sharjah Hotel, under the slogan “Sharjah FDI: The Gateway to the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia”, hosting more than 300 elite decision makers, business leaders and economic experts, who will gather to exchange their knowledge and expertise ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UAE-based Health magazine to support and promote the ‘Annual Health Awards,’ the first edition of which will be held in Dubai in January 2017. DED is extending its support to the awards as part of its strategic goal of ...

  Emirates Business Bloom Properties, a Bloom Holding subsidiary specialized in the development of integrated and sustainable communities, is set to deliver Phase 3 of its Bloom Gardens master development prior to the scheduled hand-over in Q1, 2017. Consequently, home owners and investors will begin to move into the 147 housing units as early as December, 2016. Bloom Gardens Phase ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE became the 33rd developing country member of the WTO to join the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) after the Federal Cabinet’s approval of the signing of the Protocol of Accession to the Agreement Establishing the ACWL. Commenting on the country’s ACWL membership, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, termed the move as ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) on Tuesday presented the UAE’s third national report to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as part of the nation’s participation in the Seventh Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties (CPs) to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) set to take place from March 27 to April 7, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The MENA Income and Growth Fund of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) earned dividend income equivalent to AED2,832,060.85 which equates to an annualised yield of 4.00 per cent during the period from 5th February, 2016, to 4th August, 2016. Eligible investors who had successfully subscribed to the fund by 4th August, 2016, were entitled ...