AJMAN / Emirates Business As a result of Ajman’s steady growth, Ajman Sewerage has announced the commencement of two strategic projects, which will enable the utility company to further expand its network coverage while increasing the overall capacity and safety performance of its wastewater collection and transportation system. The projects, which are worth AED 75 million, include the construction ...
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ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Drones — also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) — have certainly come a long way in terms of their utility. More than those petty jobs of taking simple imagery or delivering light packets, drones are now seen as an asset when it comes to sprucing up homeland security of a nation. In the ...
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DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Neuron Inc. — the fastest growing provider of innovative health insurance solutions — and NASCO France, a leader in insurance and reinsurance brokerage in ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Cargo, the freight division of Etihad Airways, has been successful at the Air Cargo Week Awards in Shanghai winning the coveted ‘Cargo Airline of the Year’ award. This is the second successive year that the airline has won the award, having collected it in Munich in 2015. The annual awards are voted by ...
Read More »Dubai /Â WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, issued Resolution No (8) of 2016, adding new land plots to the freehold area in Dubai World Central available for non-UAE nationals in Dubai. The decision grants non-UAE nationals the rights to absolute ownership, without ...
Read More »Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE Ministry of Economy organized on Monday an inspection of the Emirates Cooperative Society-Al Twar branch in Dubai as part of its ongoing program of declared visits to various markets in the UAE during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The inspection was led by Dr. Hashim Al Nuaimi, Director of the Ministry’s Consumer Protection ...
Read More »Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has unveiled its newly-redesigned website, which they say is business-friendly, innovative, accessible and smart. The upgraded website supports browsing via all smart devices. It is more user friendly, and offers value-added services and much faster browsing for Dubai and the region’s business community as all the content can be shared ...
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Abu Dhabi /Â WAM Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance, stressed the UAE leadership’s keenness to make the UAE a global model and cradle of humanitarian co-existence, culture and communication. She said this has been confirmed by the annual Global Competitiveness Report, where the UAE is ranked third globally in 2016 and eighth in 2015, ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business Honeywell (NYSE: HON) on Monday announced the results of a first of a kind thermostat pilot program in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, that indicates mosques in the Middle East have the potential to cut their energy consumption by more than one-third through the use of “smart†thermostats. Honeywell’s VisionPRO 8000 thermostat for mosques, designed with ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As the region’s 2015/2016 cruise season has come to a close, Abu Dhabi Ports, (ADP) the master developer, operator and manager of ports and the Khalifa Industrial Zone in the Emirate, released its best ever Cruise Terminal performance figures. With an increase of 16% in passengers and 20% increase in vessel calls, the state-of-the-art Abu ...
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