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  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Masdar Institute of Science of Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, on Monday announced that it is organizing a two-day course in electrochemical engineering focused on ‘Batteries and Fuel Cells’ for members of the Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL) program. The course, to be led by Dr ...

  Emirates Business Aldar Properties PJSC (Aldar) — Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company — views Al Ain as a key expansion market for its retail portfolio, driven by its significant local population and vibrant business landscape. According to Urban Planning Council’s “Plan Al Ain 2030”, the city population will witness a 3 fold- increase over ...

  Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) has unveiled its brand-new revamped website, featuring an innovative and modern easy-browsing system, in addition to providing a range of services tailored to a range of customer demographics. The new system is embedded with options for six major global languages, namely Arabic, English, Spanish, Chinese, French and Russian. The announcement was made at ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business du, the region’s first full member operator of the Global Certification Forum (GCF), welcomed regional and global telcos to the first MENA standardisation conference in association with GCF. A series of knowledge sharing workshops, held at Jumeirah Creekside Hotel on July 19 and 20, presented topics related to GCF such as regulations and certification, live ...

  Emirates Business Jumeirah Golf Estates, the leading residential golf community, successfully launched Phase 2 of its award-winning Redwood Park community to a marketplace of eager buyers. The much anticipated sales event, which saw a major portion of the townhouses within Redwood Park sell out, welcomed a number of purchasers – with buyer confidence boosted by the recent announcement that ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has issued a resolution naming the committee members of the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 2017), under the chairmanship of Major General Faris Khalaf Al Mazrouei. The ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have signed an Operating Support Services Agreement (OSSA) at a ceremony held at ENEC’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi in the presence of senior management representatives from both companies. Under the agreement, KHNP will dispatch experienced and qualified nuclear plant personnel to the ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Bank of Sharjah on Sunday announced its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2016. During the period, the bank continued to adopt a very conservative credit policy and reduced expensive deposits while maintaining high levels of liquidity and a considerably low loan to deposit ratio. Net profit for the first half of 2016 ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the world’s leading aluminium producers, has been named one of the top rapidly globalising companies in the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 2016 Global Challengers report. This is EGA’s second citing, having also been included in the 2014 edition of the BCG Global Challengers report which focuses on the innovative business ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), the solar-powered plane attempting to become the first aircraft in the world to circumnavigate the Earth without using a drop of fossil fuel, will complete its epic journey in the early hours of Tuesday morning, returning to the city where its adventure began in March last year. The iconic aircraft’s arrival in ...