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ABU DHABI / WAM Tawazun Holding has announced it will inaugurate the launch of two new companies; Advanced Pyrotechnics (ATP) and Al Hosn Armored Systems, during its participation in the 7th edition of the International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience, ISNR Abu Dhabi 2016. The two new companies will be present on Tawazun’s stand at ISNR 2016, along with ...

Dubai / Emirates Business One of the most respected bankers in the Middle East, Rick Pudner, is joining GSA Group as non-executive director. GSA Group are world leaders in student accommodation and Mr Pudner will provide strategic advice and support as GSA continues its global expansion. His background and best practice in the areas of risk, governance, compliance and structures ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has reviewed its services for the disabled during a visit paid by its affiliated Customers Council to the Dubai Club for the Disabled, as part of the strategy pursued by the council to identify the service needs of various community segments, especially the disabled. Attending the gathering from the RTA ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has launched a new, improved version of its Visit Abu Dhabi mobile application. The latest Visit Abu Dhabi app version, which allows users to gain instant access to all that’s new in the emirate via their mobile phones, is now live and features several upgrades and ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways is supporting India Aviation 2016 this week by proudly showcasing two of its newest aircraft — a Boeing 787 passenger jet and Boeing 777 freighter — at the country’s premier civil aviation exhibition and air show being held in Hyderabad. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, one of five in the airline’s fleet, will be ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, and the IEA Environmental Projects Ltd (IEA EPL) has announced they have signed a collaborative agreement for curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With this agreement, Masdar Institute becomes the first individual institution from the Gulf Cooperation ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati is gearing up to mark its presence at Art Dubai —the leading inter¬national art fair in the MENA region and South Asia. Visitors at the event can behold a contemporary sculpture showcased by the brand at the event. The piece of art — ‘Neptune in the Wind’ — has been ...

Beijing / AFP Thousands of miners in China’s coal-rich northeast have gone on strike over months of unpaid wages, amid fears of mass layoffs as the government seeks to restructure lumbering state-owned industries. Social unrest is anathema to China’s Communist leaders, making the threat of worker discontent a disincentive to the hard choices analysts see as necessary to reform the ...

Tokyo / AFP The Australian dollar hit an eight-month high Monday as commodity-linked currencies got a boost on the back of a rise in global equity markets, with investors focusing on a string of central bank meetings. The Aussie currency bought 75.94 US cents in afternoon Tokyo trading, its highest level since July, while the New Zealand and Canadian dollars ...

YOKOHAMA / AP Toyota Motor Corp. is responding to the main criticism of fuel cell cars, that making the hydrogen for the fuel is not clean, with plans to help make the hydrogen using wind power. Fuel cells are zero-emission, running on the power created when hydrogen combines with oxygen in the air to make water. But to have a ...