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  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business RAK Ceramics PJSC (Ticker: RAKCEC: Abu Dhabi), one of the world’s largest hi-tech manufacturers of lifestyle ceramics solutions, on Sunday announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31. RAK Ceramics delivered a 10.8% increase in net profit to AED 65.9 million (Q1 2015: AED 59.5 million) for the period despite heightened ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Social media is emerging as the biggest element in endorsing digital marketing. As the industry moves fast forward towards industrialisation, Liana Technology, a leading cloud-based digital marketing and communications Company, has launched an innovative social media monitoring tool. LianaMonitor is a cloud-based tool that will monitor the online media and social media for the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business NavLink, an AT&T affiliated company, has announced the launch of its Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) in UAE and the Gulf region. NavLink’s continuous expansion of services enables it to provide more holistic solutions to its customers. Disaster Recovery as a Service is an innovative, cloud-based, enterprise-grade replication solution to meet the needs of ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business UAE’s real estate industry is gradually bouncing back, especially sale-purchase segment. Market pundits have observed a good rise in the property buyers’ interest that has been recorded at maximum levels in the last couple of years. Industry experts maintained that upcoming mega events in the region, including Expo 2020 and FIFA World Cup, have ...