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  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received visiting Indian Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar. Sheikh Mohamed and Minister Parrikar discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and India and ways to enhance them in the light of the distinguished ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Economic Development Committee of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council examined the findings of the “Doing Business in Abu Dhabi 2016” report during a workshop held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of Abu Dhabi Executive Council. The report was prepared by the World Bank (WB), in coordination with the Competitiveness Office of Abu ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM As a leading, fully-integrated property service solutions provider in the UAE, Khidmah is showcasing its services in general and specifically, in the Facilities Management area at leading event, FM Expo. The event is taking place from May 23- 25 and is bringing together key players in the industry. In addition to the exhibition section, it ...

  ALKESH SHARMA/ Emirates Business Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, good companies survive them, great companies are improved by them’ — this golden saying of Hungarian-born American businessman Andrew Grove resounded during the 6th annual Business Continuity & Emergency Response Forum here in Abu Dhabi on Monday. “In case of any crisis, the company’s reputation, its revenues and the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business For the second year in a row, Smart Dubai Office is partnering with the ArabNet Digital Summit to highlight digital transformation in the public and private sector and the potential for the Smart Economy. “We believe what we are doing today in Dubai will be the platform other cities will learn from,” declared HE Dr. ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business There is a dire need of creating a new financial paradigm in the Middle East in order to diversify economies and end the dependence on oil. Experts are suggesting a well-thought-of-change in monetary policies to strengthen GCC economies by an increased participation of private sector and retention of human capital in the region. This ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Courts has launched its Annual Report 2015, reflecting a significant improvement in the performance of the three courts; namely, First Instance, Appeal and Court of Cassation and a remarkable progress in Dubai Government’s Unified Customer Complaints’ Portal, smart transformation, and Emiratization. It also achieved the targets of its Operational Plan 2015 which aimed to ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Al Najah Education Limited, a leading education investment company, has acquired a majority stake in Brooklyn Melodies Music Centre (BMMC), further expanding the firm’s education investment portfolio in the MENA and Southeast Asia regions, the key markets in which the company operates. As part of the deal, the two founding shareholders of BMMC will remain ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business UAE-based multinationals will start to feel the impact of the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) proposals that come into effect this year, a KPMG seminar on international tax developments has revealed. The BEPS proposals are focused on mitigating tax planning strategies that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Middle East, especially the UAE, is leading the world in the use of managed security services (or MSS) to protect networks from cyber threats. As the technology further evolves, IT companies in the country are taking a step further in their cyber security and embracing proactive threat-hunting, in which cyber defenders seek to stop ...