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  DUBAI / Emirates Business A strong combination of technology and access to up to 40 of the largest liquidity providers will significantly improve efficiency and reduce costs for clients. Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, announces today that it is transforming fixed income trading with the launch of the first truly digital trading solution for corporate and ...

  Emirates Business Dubai Opera is a truly unique venue and the emirate’s first purpose built multi-format performing arts theatre situated in the heart of Downtown Dubai. Designed by Janus Rostock of Atkins, Dubai Opera resembles a traditional dhow boat and all elements of the interior and exterior are in keeping with the heritage of Dubai which revolves largely around ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business With the holiday season upon us, HolidayMe, a unique website offering on-the-fly customized travel solutions to customers across the Middle East, revealed the findings of its travel survey. The survey which was conducted online with over 1500 HolidayMe customers in the UAE, revealed Maldives (27.1%), Georgia (16.8%) and the United Kingdom (13%) as the top ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Filipinos in the UAE are very optimistic that the quality of life and the investment environment in their home country are on its way to seeing good improvements. A survey conducted by New Perspective Media (NPM), organisers of the annual Philippine Property and Investment Exhibition (PPIE), showed that a whopping 98 per cent of Filipinos ...

  Gregg Petersen / Emirates Business At almost every conference, event or analyst meeting you attend, you’ll hear someone discuss how your business can benefit from the Operating Expense (OPEX) model, greater agility, and faster deployment speeds offered by the public cloud. But let’s be honest: If you go to your internal IT staff and propose the public cloud, you’ll ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM At this year’s Zurich Film Festival, taking place from September 22-October 2, visitors will be able to experience Etihad Airways’ 360-degree virtual reality movie featuring Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman, and have the chance to win flights to Abu Dhabi by participating in a draw for the Audience Award presented by Etihad Airways. Peter ...

  Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Sustainability and construction experts have said that a new approach to traditional architecture designs, intelligent products, climate-tailored building designs, and 3D technology are optimal solutions for tackling the UAE’s cooling bill. The carbon footprint of the Emirates will be one of the core topics discussed at the upcoming Middle East Façades Summit, taking place on ...

    Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Carbon has launched a new version of Sustainability Self-Assessment specifically focused on measuring the risk and exposure towards socio-environmental impacts thus allowing both public and private organisations to benchmark their resource efficiency amongst industries and peers. The launch was met with an overwhelming participation by the finance industry during an event at the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE will host the world’s first Global Cultural Leadership Summit in April, 2017, which will bring together leaders from the worlds of government, the arts and media to address the role that culture can play in addressing some of the great challenges of our time. The summit will also explore how new technologies are changing ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business In a new achievement to be added to its list of prominent successes, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has announced that its CEO Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal has received the ‘Middle East CEO of the Year Award’ by the prestigious Burj CEO Awards. Bestowed recently during a ceremony held in Washington DC, USA, the ...