Dubai / Emirates Business Reflecting its ongoing commitment to introducing customer-centric financial solutions and unique banking experiences, Mashreq launches the UAE’s first Happiness Account. Available to customers transferring their salary, the Mashreq Happiness Account offers up to AED 2,500 guaranteed cash in the account as soon as the first salary is transferred. Then there is a free AED 25 worth ...
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UAE administers polio drops to 10.6mn Pak kids
Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has successfully vaccinated over 10.6 million children against polio as part of phase-3 of the Project to Assist Pakistan, UAE PAP. UAE PAP has announced the results of the vaccination campaign for the month of March, which successfully administered 10,668,987 doses of the polio vaccination to children under five including in the provinces of ...
Read More »Jafza sees 8% growth in firms
Dubai /EMIRATES BUSINESS Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), the flagship freezone entity of Dubai and the trade and logistics hub for the wider Middle East region, has achieved strong performance in terms of the quality of investments and the number of new companies registered in 2015. HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World and Chairman of ...
Read More »Etihad Rail transports over 5mn tonnes of granulated sulphur in 18 months
WAM Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s US$11 billion national railway network, has announced that it has transported more than 5.24 million tonnes of granulated sulphur in the first 18 months of Stage One operations for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), from sources at Shah and Habshan to its point of export at Ruwais. Equivalent to ...
Read More »Optical company rolls out free insurance for kids
OUR CORRESPONDENT / EMIRATES BUSINESS The UAE-based eyewear company is the first in the optical market to offer free insurance to children with addition to test at home facility. Specsaddict.com aims to provide the UAE customers with new and innovative services, which also makes them the pioneer in using MIT technology for eye testing. Considering the complications related to the children ...
Read More »Banks Federation holds ordinary AGM
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Banks Federation, a professional body representing 49 member banks operating in the UAE, held its Ordinary Annual General Assembly Meeting at the Head Office of the Commercial Bank of Dubai. The meeting, chaired by HE AbdulAziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of the UAE Banks Federation, was attended by Federation Board members and representatives of ...
Read More »MAF 2016 closes on a grand note
Dubai / Emirates Business Manufacturing Conference & Exhibition for Oil & Gas (MAF 2016) closed on a grand note in Dubai. While attendees were able to forge new partnerships, foster relationships with existing clients and throw spotlight on innovative mechanisms, the three day high-profile event also witnessed some discussion on challenges faced by the region’s Oil & Gas sector. The ...
Read More »Masdar Free Zone spurs diversification
ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, one of the world’s most sustainable urban developments, is widely associated with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, the world’s first graduate-level university focussing on advanced energy and sustainable technologies. With the successful evolution of its business Free Zone and Investment Zone, the development is also increasingly associated with Abu ...
Read More »India offers e-tourist visas to UAE travellers
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAAIC) announced on Thursday that UAE citizens, whose sole purpose of visiting the Republic of India is tourism, can benefit from the E-Tourist Visa scheme (eTV). Citizens of the United Arab Emirates can apply online for eTV which shall be granted through email. The applicants should carry a ...
Read More »â€˜Renewable energy trend to spur growth across MENA’
New York / WAM “Despite low oil prices, the trend toward lower-cost renewable energy will continue in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as business confidence grows in the sector’s potential and countries adopt increasingly favourable regulations,†said Bader Al Lamki, Executive Director of Masdar Clean Energy. Al Lamki comments came during Masdar’s participation in the Bloomberg New ...
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