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  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) concluded on a record-breaking note, with the 35th edition of the world’s third largest book fair the most successful to date. Titled ‘Read More,’ SIBF 2016 hosted more than 2.31 million visitors over its 11 days, with the footfall figures breaking all previous records established since its first edition in ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business High-ranking representatives gathered to break ground on the site of King’s College Hospital London, Dubai recently. The construction of the 100-bed hospital in a plot located at the heart of the premium community ‘Dubai Hills’, is set to be completed in Q4 2018. During the ground breaking ceremony, the leading London teaching hospital, revealed that ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) is traveling to Barcelona, Spain with partners from 14 government entities and the private sector to participate in the Smart Cities Expo & World Congress, the premier annual gathering of smart city leaders, to showcase Dubai’s smart transformation achievements of the past year. Her Excellency Dr. Aisha bin Bishr, Director General ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Millennials will form the largest and most influential workforce during the next decade, representing nearly 75 percent of all employees by 2030, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Addressing the growth, and a host of other topics, global thinkers and industry leaders, led by Malcolm Gladwell, will discuss various topics impacting the global ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Revitalise your traditions and celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve with a difference. Take a break from the fatigue of hosting the whole family at home and labouring over a massive meal or spending a hard time choosing presents. This year you can treat your family to a luxurious getaway at Constance Hotels and Resorts ...

  Bloomberg What will Donald Trump actually do? It’s a question many Americans are asking themselves now that the US has wrapped up one of its least policy-specific elections ever. The president-elect has offered only the loosest of legislative prescriptions, including whatever plans he may have for the energy industry. The mystery hangs over turbine manufacturers like Vestas Wind Systems, ...

  Bloomberg U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will respond to Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory by telling supporters of economic liberalization and free trade that they have to listen to the concerns of those who think such forces have more downsides than benefits. At the Mansion House in London on Monday evening, May will give her first major speech on ...

  Bloomberg When Europe sank into a debt crisis, cash flowed into Denmark. When Switzerland abandoned its peg, cash flowed into Denmark. And when Britain voted to leave the European Union, cash flowed into Denmark. But with a stock market heavily weighted toward trade, Denmark lost its allure in Donald Trump’s world. “Some of Donald Trump’s ideas are pretty negative ...

  Bloomberg Energy Transfer Equity LP said that it was mobilizing equipment in preparation to drill the final portion of its controversial Dakota Access crude pipeline, even as an Obama administration official said no decision has been made on the project. The pipeline giant can’t actually drill the final piece of the oil line beneath Lake Oahe in North Dakota ...

  Bloomberg Donald Trump’s rise is the latest setback for India’s ambition to become a factory for the world. Having missed the export-driven steam-boat that transformed China and fellow East Asian economies over the past several decades, India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi had pinned hopes on an ambitious “Make in India” campaign to make up lost ground. With the ...