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Mashreq offers its customers access to ‘Samsung Pay’

  Dubai / Emirates Business Mashreq, UAE’s leading financial institution announced on Saturday that it is the first bank in the region to offer its customers early access to Samsung Pay – a best in class and secure mobile payment service that works as a contactless credit or debit card. With the roll-out of Samsung Pay, Mashreq reinforces its position ...

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HBMSU gets int’l award in ‘smart learning’

  Dubai / Emirates Business Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU), has dedicated the University’s recent winning of Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Award 2016 to HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai ...

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Al Montazah to undergo major expansion

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The Al Montazah Waterpark, Sharjah’s first-ever family leisure and entertainment destination and a UAE favourite, is preparing to witness large-scale expansion and development. The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has recently announced the commencement of the second phase of development, which is expected to introduce world-class facilities upon completion. The expansion plan aims to ...

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Al Noor Island hosts ‘international storytelling festival’

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Storytelling, theatre and colour were the theme of the recent performance at the International Storytelling Festival, which is taking place at Al Noor Island, Sharjah’s popular tourist and recreational destination. Titled ‘A Palette of Stories’ the activity hosted, Italian directors Paola Balbi and David Bardy, British storyteller Michael Harvey, Singaporean narrator Kavina Ramachandran and Palestinian ...

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Egypt’s Palm Hills sees growth in challenging property market

  Bloomberg Egypt’s Palm Hills Developments SAE expects a jump in sales this year, even as a currency flotation and rising inflation put the nation’s property market under strain. The luxury real estate developer is aiming for about 8.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($450 million) of contracted sales and plans to deliver some 2,000 units in 2017, Chairman Yasseen Mansour said ...

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Apple ready to start making iPhones in India, at a price

  Bloomberg Apple Inc. is willing to start making iPhones in India, but it wants a big helping hand from Narendra Modi’s government first. The Cupertino, California-based company is scheduled to meet with officials in New Delhi next week to discuss the prospects for setting up manufacturing facilities in the country this year. Apple, the most valuable company on Earth, ...

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Transport, hotels spur China economic growth

  Bloomberg Transport, deliveries and eateries spurred the first acceleration in Chinese economic growth in two years last quarter, highlighting the robust expansion of new drivers and the underlying risks in real-estate since the introduction of policy curbs to halt property speculation. Carriers, warehousing and delivery output rose 9.9 percent from a year earlier in the fourth quarter, the National ...

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China’s Wanda Group mulls deeper health-care push

  Bloomberg Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s property-to-entertainment conglomerate is weighing a push into private health care in China, tapping into a rapidly growing multi-billion dollar industry in the country. The chairman of Dalian Wanda Group Co. is considering setting up a chain of hospitals, he told Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ...

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Australia sells $7bn of bonds in biggest-ever sale

  Bloomberg Australia’s government sold A$9.3 billion ($7 billion) of notes maturing in December 2021, its biggest-ever bond transaction. The offering was snapped up by investors even as doubts swirl about the country’s top credit rating and the government’s ability to rein in its budget deficit. While credit assessors refrained from taking any action following December’s mid-year budget update, S&P ...

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Apple sues Qualcomm over patent licensing practices

  Bloomberg Apple Inc. sued Qualcomm Inc., accusing it of monopolizing the market for chips for wireless devices and withholding $1 billion in retaliation for cooperating with South Korean antitrust authorities. Apple is demanding Qualcomm hand over money that was supposed to be a rebate for licensing fees. Qualcomm is holding back the money as punishment for Apple cooperating with ...

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