Dubai / WAM The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) Summer Training Programme 2016 has enabled Emirati students from numerous schools and universities in the UAE to learn about the capital markets through a series of presentations and workshops as well as hands-on training within DFM’s divisions and brokerage firms. During the programme which ran from July 17 to August 11, with ...
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Abu Dhabi /Â WAM Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade and Industry, Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, on behalf of the Minister of Economy, recently honoured the outgoing ambassador of India to the UAE, T.P. Seetharam, at the end of his tenure, during a ceremony organised in Dubai to mark India’s 70th Independence Day. Al Saleh praised ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s future energy company, on Wednesday announced that it has passed the halfway mark in its project to construct a 16.6 MW solar power plant network in Mauritania in north west Africa. Masdar broke ground on the project in December last year, and when complete, the network of eight solar power plants will almost ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has completed a workshop with the Dubai Police to support its officials’ understanding of nuclear and radioactive material safety and security as they serve in a first-responder role to UAE security incidents. The FANR workshop provided information to familiarize officials with the basics of nuclear science, nuclear safety ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Rasha Nashat, founder of Listaproperty – the first online real estate portal for buyers and sellers in the MENA region – sponsored local youth sport team The Football Aaccademy (TFA) at The Gothia Cup in Sweden last month. The gesture reinforced Rasha’s commitment to nurturing young minds and shaping the next generation of successful ...
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ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Aldar Properties PJSC (Aldar) — in its role as Platinum Sponsor for Yas Island’s ‘The District’ — will present the Aldar Innovation Lab, running from August 18 – September 17. The District, part of the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority-organised Abu Dhabi Summer Season, is located in the du Forum and is a ...
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Sharjah / Emirates Business The talents of the UAE’S traditional craftswomen and its emerging designers have been successfully highlighted on an international stage following a trade delegation to London. The recently concluded mission, organised by Sharjah-based Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council (Irthi), that operates under NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) offered a unique opportunity to showcase and support the creative ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business IKEA Al-Futtaim launched the brand’s 65th annual home furnishing Catalogue at a media event at its Dubai Festival City store. ‘Goodbye expectations. Hello you!’ this year’s catalogue theme highlights home furnishing solutions that help to inspire & enable people to live a life free of conventional expectations. Built on the foundation of last year’s theme ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business XTOUCH, the leading new age consumer electronics brand has announced the launch of its special offer, bundling its latest new generation 4G LTE smartphone, A3 featuring touch Fingerprint Sensor technology, Live Photos with the VFit Smart Band for just 599 AED in UAE. Considering, the stand alone price for XTOUCH A3 of 399 AED and ...
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Reuters An offer of 3 billion riyals ($825 million) of Qatar government bonds, the first domestic government bond offer this year, was successful and showed liquidity in the Qatari banking system is healthy, a central bank official told Reuters on Tuesday. “It was a very successful auction with big demand. It shows liquidity is fine. The demand was fine ...
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