Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) and OnBoard International have joined hands to provide in-flight TV reports, broadcast by DFF’s Future Monitor, onboard Arab and international flights operated by major regional and international airlines. The in-flight scientific content will be available onboard flights to many Arab and international destinations, including London, Istanbul, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, ...
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Robert Bosch Middle East obtains ‘anti-bribery certification’
Dubai / WAM Bosch, the global supplier of technology and services, is the first company in the UAE to be certified to the new ISO 37001:2016 ‘Anti-bribery Management Systems’ standard, by TASNEEF-RINA Business Assurance L.L.C. The certificate was presented to the General Manager and Vice President of Robert Bosch Middle East, Volker Bischoff, and Bosch Middle East Compliance Manager, Sarfraz ...
Read More »Dubai Culture announces new festival programme
Dubai / Emirates Business In the run up to the eleventh edition of the Dubai Festival for Youth Theatre, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) – the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage – has announced the new festival programme for 2017 and 2018. This year, the programme will be launched afresh with a new series of ...
Read More »UAE pavilion at Expo 2017 Astana inaugurated
Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Higher Committee of Expo 2020 Dubai, inaugurated the UAE pavilion at Expo 2017 Astana on Saturday. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum was accompanied by H.E Dr Sultan Ahmad Al Jaber, Minister of State and Chairman of the National Media Council (NMC), the government ...
Read More »wasl Topaz launched in Umm Hurair
Dubai / Emirates Business wasl properties, a subsidiary of wasl Asset Management Group, has announced the launch of wasl Topaz in Umm Hurair. The development will provide prospective tenants in this vital area of the city with 90 new residential units for leasing, ranging from one and two bedroom apartments to two and three bedroom apartments with dedicated maid’s rooms. ...
Read More »Trump supports Saudi-led diplomatic isolation of Qatar
Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he backed a Saudi Arabia-led movement to isolate Qatar over its funding of extremist groups, once again sending conflicting signals about the US stance in a dispute between American allies in the Gulf region. Qatar has historically “been a funder of terrorism at a very high level†and that has to stop, Trump said at ...
Read More »India’s top court delays Modi’s plan to link taxes, biometric ID
Bloomberg Indian citizens cannot be forced to enroll for a 12-digit unique identity number to be able file tax returns, the country’s top court said in a ruling that may be a hurdle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to move transactions online. The Supreme Court partially stayed a law that made the Aadhaar card mandatory for filing returns or ...
Read More »China’s factory inflation weakens again as commodity prices ease
Bloomberg China’s producer price gains moderated following further easing in commodity prices, signaling weaker overall inflation pressure in the pipeline. Producer price index rose 5.5 percent in May from a year earlier, compared with an estimated 5.6 percent in a Bloomberg survey and 6.4 percent increase in April. Consumer price index climbed 1.5 percent, versus a prior gain of 1.2 ...
Read More »Blackstone’s ‘equity office era’ nears end
Bloomberg The largest real estate buyout of all time is set for its final chapter as Blackstone Group LP moves towards selling San Francisco’s landmark Ferry Building and two other properties. The waterfront icon, with its soaring clock tower modeled on the 12th-century Giralda bell tower in Seville, will go on the sales block in coming weeks, a decade after ...
Read More »Britain’s fragile new coalition further muddies outlook for economy
Bloomberg Of all the things the UK economy needs, more uncertainty isn’t one of them. Prime Minister Theresa May’s loss of her majority in Parliament after an election gamble has muddied the outlook for oncoming Brexit negotiations and the economy. After a campaign largely devoid of economic arguments, the new government faces a slew of policy challenges and threats to ...
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