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  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Despite the global concerns about economic slowdown due to oil price slump, New Jersey-headquartered Commvault, a global leader in enterprise data protection and information management, says it has done exceptionally well, business-wise, in past few months. The global data service provider cites the capability of technology to cut down on costs effectively, as the ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Ellington Properties — a Dubai-born design-led boutique property development company that develops bespoke and beautiful high-quality homes — has announced its project pipeline of 14 developments in Dubai. The new projects will add over 2,200 residential units including apartments, townhouses and villas. The company, jointly set up by industry veterans and joint managing directors Robert ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) has recently been awarded the ‘Deal of Year’ honour in the Corporate Finance category by Islamic Finance News in Dubai and ‘2015 Best Syndicated Loan in the Middle East’ honour by the EMEA Finance Awards. ENOC was recognised for the successful financial closure of its nine-year dual currency syndicated debt ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Tatweer Forum organised an interactive seminar titled ‘Women and Entrepreneurship: What’s holding women back?’ in collaboration with SAP. This event attracted several entities that support SME and entrepreneurship projects in Sharjah like Ruwad Establishment, Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sheraa, and Sharjah Business Women Council. Women entrepreneurs and leaders from the business and ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Al Yousuf Motors LLC, the authorised dealers of YAMAHA products ranging from motorcycles to boats to personal water crafts, has announced that it is sponsoring Champion water vehicle racer Ali Mohamed Yousef Al Lanjawi of the UAE for all his future competitions and challenges. As part of the sponsorship engagement, Al Yousuf Motors, YAMAHA will ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received an invitation from HRH Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF), to extend his kind patronage of and presence at the annual FIKR conference (FIKR 15) which will be held in Abu Dhabi next November under the theme Arab Integration: GCC; UAE: A ...

  GENEVA / WAM Obaid Salem Saeed Al Za’abi, UAE Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, delivered the ratification instrument of the United Arab Emirates on the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) to Roberto Azevedo, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO). The Director-General of the WTO expressed his thanks and gratitude to the UAE for being the first ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, (ADFD) signed a new cooperation and support agreement with the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, to ensure the effective allocation of the US$350 million of funds pledged by ADFD for renewable energy projects in developing countries around the world. The Project Facility has already allocated $144m worth of ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, honoured the winners of the 19th edition of Dubai Government Excellence Programme (DGEP) Awards, during a ceremony which took place on Tuesday at the ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, accompanied by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, visited the Emirates Society for the Talented, a public benefit body that aims to foster innovative skills of smart students. Sheikh Mohammed, Sheikh Hamdan and ...