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ABU DHABI / Emirates Business With over 385 ready to move in Villas, Al Forsan Village has further strengthened Abu Dhabi’s position as one of the most sought after community living destinations in the country. This project is located in Khalifa City ‘A’ Area and is Abu Dhabi’s first active and health focused mixed-use development. “Abu Dhabi has a good ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Showcasing unique and inspiring creations from budding Innovators around the UAE, the 2016 edition of the Innovator Show opened officially on Thursday at Corniche-East Plaza in Abu Dhabi. Brought to you by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee (TDC), the two-day exhibition features projects and innovations created by ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Latifa Hospital conducted more than 3,500 paediatric surgeries, said a top health official. Dr Ghadir Jaber, senior specialist paediatric surgeon is the only woman Emirati surgeon in the field of paediatric surgery in the UAE. During the Authority’s by-weekly smart clinic, Jaber said that Latifa Hospital receives one of the highest referrals for paediatric surgery not ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business As part of the its efforts to reward customers, leading financial institution, Mashreq announced the lucky winner of the grand prize for its recent campaign. Amrollah Shokrollah Fazili was given the key to his brand new BMW 320i in the presence of Subroto Som, Head of Retail Banking Group at Mashreq and Rohit Garg, Head of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme (SZHP) has approved a list of 614 eligible beneficiaries of housing aid at a total cost of AED 309 million. A breakdown showed that 513 recipients will get loans and 83 others will receive housing grants. The housing aid was approved during a meeting of the SZHP board chaired by Dr. Abdullah ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Growth of the UAE’s non-oil private sector gathered speed in February. According to the latest Emirates NBD UAE PMI survey report, the overall improvement in business conditions was helped by expansions in output, new orders and employment. The survey, sponsored by Emirates NBD and produced by Markit, contains original data collected from a monthly survey of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Zayed University and Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Zayed University in Dubai campus in the presence of Robert M. Makhoul, Executive Chairman of Marsh Middle East and North Africa and Professor Reyadh AlMehaideb, Vice President of Zayed University. Zayed University and Marsh will ...

Athens / AFP EU President Donald Tusk on Thursday issued a stark warning to economic migrants not to come to Europe, as he castigated countries for taking unilateral action to tackle the crisis. On a visit to Greece — on the frontline of Europe’s worst migration crisis since World War II — Tusk told economic migrants it was pointless to ...

Bloomberg The pound ended its longest run of gains in seven months versus the euro and struggled to maintain a rally against the dollar as evidence mounted that the U.K. economy is losing momentum. Sterling retreated against 12 of its 16 major counterparts after a February index of U.K. services, which account for about three quarters of the nation’s output, ...

Bloomberg Russia’s service industry grew for the first time in five months as a weaker ruble spurred exports, adding to signs that the recession gripping the world’s largest energy exporter is easing. The Russia Services Business Activity Index rose to 50.9 in February from 47.1 in January, according to a statement released Thursday by Markit Economics. The gauge had held ...