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Alkesh Sharma / Emirates Business Instant replies to customer queries always bring brisk business. Dubai-based start-up Brndstr is creating ripples in the industry with its new auto-reply tool which would enable technology entrepreneurs and corporates to promptly interact with their targeted customers, by using intelligent robotic responses. Brndstr is offering a wholesome directory of hashtag and emoji on Twitter platform ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business It’s high-time time to look beyond preset clichés. Clearly contemplating beyond the common mantra of empowering women and increasing their visibility in public and private work forces, experts resonate that there is much wider dimension to women power that is still untapped, however widely accepted. Speaking during the formal launch of policy recommendation, drawn from ...

EMIRATES BUSINESS Sky Telecom, the Dubai-based digital platform for ICT service providers and the consumer technology industry, has reached another important milestone in its MENA expansion plans following a series of new partnerships at the 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company has inked a pact with e-finance, the first and largest electronic payment and collection gateway in Egypt, ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Al Nabooda Racing is gearing up for the big event at Bahrain International Circuit, set to take place next week. The team aims to achieve a bunch of new records as the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East reaches its climax. With Al Nabooda already secured the GT3 Cup team championship for the third time ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Offering more flights to choose from the route of Manila – Dubai, Cebu Pacific Air, Philippines national airline, has come up with a rigorous marketing plan. Catering to more than 700,000 Filipinos living in the UAE, of which 450,000 live in Dubai forming 21.3 percent of the population of Dubai, Cebu Pacific Air has launched ...

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Few years ago fashion was all about Paris and New York. People did not even relate Arab world with the fashion trends or industry. But now the tables have turned. Over the years, Arab fashion has gained not only international recognition, but it has also managed to create its own niche which will make sure ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The 20th World Registry Law Congress 2016’ global conference, which is aptly titled ‘CINDER Dubai 2016,’ continues on a strong note for its second day in a row. Organized by the Dubai Land Department in collaboration with the International Property Registries Association (IPRA-CINDER), the conference’s activities are geared towards facilitating discussions around trending topics such as ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for heritage, arts and culture, will showcase the sixth edition of its flagship arts and cultural initiative, SIKKA Art Fair, from March 13 to 24. SIKKA Art Fair is an integral part of the two-month long Dubai Art Season, the umbrella-arts initiative by Dubai ...

Emirates Business GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) has completed the first six high-efficiency gas compression trains manufactured in Saudi Arabia, which will be provided for Phase I of Saudi Aramco’s Master Gas System expansion project in the Kingdom. These six compression trains, which have been fully manufactured locally at the GE Manufacturing & Technology Center (GEMTEC) in Dammam, are ...

AFP World oil prices nudged higher on Tuesday as OPEC producers met to discuss a possible freeze to crude output levels in a bid to tackle a supply glut. Around 1300 GMT, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in April was up one cent at $33.40 a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for April rose 18 cents to $34.87 ...