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Sharjah Museums Dept marks 10th anniversary

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) will use the occasion of International Museum Day to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a review of its successes over the past decade and a raft of new measures to improve visitor experiences. The department was founded in 2006 by His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of ...

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dubizzle studies property trends in Northern Emirates

  Dubai / Emirates Business dubizzle — the UAE’s leading property classifieds platform — reveals its first ever property report for the UAE’s Northern Emirates, comparing Q1 2016 data to Q1 2015. dubizzle.com has over over 5 million unique visitors a month, with an average of two visits per week, per visitor and an average duration of 16.5 minutes per ...

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Mohamed orders US$20 million aid for Yemen

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, directed the allocation of US$20 million to be invested in support of the small and medium enterprises sector ...

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Hosting Brazilian entrepreneur

  SHARJAH / WAM Organised in partnership with Sharjah Business Women Council, the May edition of the Arabian Business StartUp Academy Sharjah Series will host Bel Pesce, founder of FazINOVA innovation and entrepreneurship school, and author of the popular e-book, ‘The Girl from Silicon Valley: How Entrepreneurship Can Change Lives’. Hosted at the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the ...

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Dubai to hold Smart forum

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai is set to host the 22nd edition of GCC Smart Government and Smart Cities Conference from May 21-25 at the Ritz-Carlton in Dubai with wide regional and international participation. Ali Al Kamali , president of the organising committee, said that preparations are on schedule for the conference which is being held under the theme, “Towards an ...

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DLD succeeds at London’s Dubai Property Show

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) reported a successful participation at Dubai Property Show, which concluded in London on Sunday. Taking a major stand at the exhibition, which ran from May13-15 in Great Britain’s capital, DLD reported a large number of visitors and investors inquiring about the opportunities to invest in Dubai’s burgeoning real estate market. DLD’s participation ...

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Abu Dhabi focussing on diversification

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The fourth session of Abu Dhabi-Japan Economic Council kicked off on Sunday under the co-chairmanship of Yosuke Takagi, the Japanese State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Ali Majid Al Mansouri, Chairman of the Department of Economic Development (ADDED). Al Mansouri added that Abu Dhabi enjoys now a fast growing economy where the actual GDP ...

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Science comes alive at ‘Innovation Exhibition’

  Alkesh Sharma / Emirates Business Tiny sensors keeping an incisive tab on your fitness regime, intelligent devices assisting visually impaired to navigate freely without any external support, high-tech models to crack future parking snags and wearable technologies finishing daily chores in a much cooler manner — ‘Innovation Exhibition 2016’ of Khalifa University, in Abu Dhabi, certainly paints a picture-perfect ...

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Emirates Islamic completes $50mn Collateralised Murabaha

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, and Natixis, a leading financial institution headquartered in France, on Sunday announced the completion of a US$50 million Collateralised Murabaha deal on the Nasdaq Dubai Murabaha Platform. As the largest collateralised Murabaha transaction closed by Emirates Islamic this year, and the first of its kind ...

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‘Work-life balance vital for retaining working women’

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business “It is a big concern that in UAE the percentage of graduating women is 51% while the percentage of those working is only 18%. Such high number of skilled women only translates to such low number of them in workforce. It is high time we find solutions to such a major workforce difference,” Fadi ...

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