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  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) — an annual event organised by Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) — is a shining lodestone for Arab and global culture, successfully bringing together millions of book titles and tens of thousands of visitors, exhibitors and publishers under its umbrella. This year, celebrating its 35th anniversary, SIBF continues to expand its ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Business defence and cyber security specialists Applied Intelligence, part of the global technology and defence group BAE Systems, will host a forum dedicated to revealing the latest threats affecting the fin-tech sector, focusing upon corporate compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) strategies. Set to take place on October 10, the forum brings together local and global ...

  Emirates Business Leading quick service restaurant chain Marrybrown opened its eight outlet in BurJuman Mall. Hadi Al Abbas of Al Abbas Group was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony which was held recently. Being Malaysia’s largest homegrown chain with over 400 outlets in Asia, Middle East and Africa, Marrybrown boasts an extensive menu with 100% HALAL food. The ...

  Chris Gale / Special to Emirates Business Encrypted traffic accounts for a large and growing percentage of all network traffic. While the adoption of SSL, and its successor, Transport Layer Security (TLS), should be cause for celebration – as encryption improves confidentiality and message integrity – it also puts organizations at risk. This is because hackers can leverage encryption ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has highlighted its efforts in developing an intellectual property system that plays a key role in the move to build a sustainable competitive economy in compliance with the set objectives and goals of the UAE Vision 2021. This came during the UAE Ministry of Economy’s delegation’s participation in the ongoing 56th series of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Marine Services “Safeen”, the marine services subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, supporting the operations of the network of ports and harbours across the emirate of Abu Dhabi with a range of maritime and quayside-support services, announced significant milestones reinfo- rcing Abu Dhabi Ports’ continued expansion and latest remarkable results. Three new state-of-the-art tugs, specialising ...

  DUBAI / WAM Being major re-export hubs in their respective regions, Dubai and the Netherlands can open a gateway for business opportunities with the rest of the GCC, Africa, and Asia, as well as become an ideal trading partner for the European markets, according a senior official of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. With access to over ...

  DUBAI / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED524 million worth of shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED595.2mn over the week, DFM said. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED71.2 million as aggregate sell. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 45.4 per cent of the total value of stocks traded during the last five ...

  Seoul / WAM Dubai Holding on Thursday launched the SmartCity concept in Seoul which combines the UAE’s experience in managing smart cities with South Korea’s tremendous technological advancements. The project will cover an area of 51 million sq ft, and will be strategically located between the two metropolitan cities of Seoul and Incheon, close to two international airports. The project ...

  Dubai / WAM A delegation of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) headed by its Managing Director, Jamal bin Huwaireb, recently visited Tokyo to explore avenues of cooperation with key cultural institutions in Japan. bin Huwaireb met Shinjiro Komatsu, Japanese Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and discussed initiatives that Japan has taken to establish a ...