Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi celebrated on Saturday the official commencement of operations of Fujairah Terminals in the East coast of the United Arab Emirates. The announcement came following an official event held at Novotel Fujairah, attended by Sheikh Saleh bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Chairman of the Board of Port of Fujairah, Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO ...
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GITEX Shopper opens its doors
Dubai / Emirates Business His Excellency Sami Al Qamzi, Director General, Department of Economic Development in Dubai, inaugurated the Middle East’s largest and most anticipated consumer electronics show, GITEX Shopper, in presence of His Excellency Helal Saeed Al Marri, Director General, Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM) and Director General, Dubai World Trade Centre Authority. Tech enthusiasts came ...
Read More »UAE imports 83,000 tonnes of tea annually
Dubai / Emirates Business Tea is the beverage of choice for the entire Arab region. So much so that tea ranks second only to water as the most consumed drink among residents. According to reports, UAE consumes over than 19,000 kilos daily. The country, expectedly, has become the biggest importer of tea with amounts ranging over 83,000 tonnes annually. Chosen ...
Read More »Trump scorns Kim after threat of H-bomb test
Bloomberg  North Korea struck back at US President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy it, with Kim Jong Un warning of the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history†and his foreign minister suggesting that could include testing a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho spoke to reporters in New York, where he is attending ...
Read More »Singapore seen as top spot to launch global cyber attacks
Bloomberg Singapore has overtaken nations including the US, Russia and China as the country launching the most cyber attacks globally, according to Israeli data security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. The company, whose software tracks an average of eight to 10 million live cyber attacks daily, said Singapore rose to pole position after ranking in the top five attacking ...
Read More »Google buys HTC talent for $1.1bn to spur devices push
Bloomberg Google agreed to buy part of HTC Corp.’s engineering and design teams for $1.1 billion, taking on a cadre of veterans that worked on the Pixel phone and could bolster its nascent hardware business. Alphabet Inc.’s Google is taking on some 2,000 employees with experience working on its signature Pixel devices, intended to showcase the best features of the ...
Read More »A storm’s never destroyed a grid like Maria ruined Puerto Rico’s
Bloomberg You don’t even have to leave the airport to see that Hurricane Maria has laid waste to Puerto Rico’s power grid. The San Juan airport was abandoned. No electricity meant no air conditioning, and no air conditioning meant hot and muggy air wafting through the terminals. Ceilings were leaking. Floors were wet. Only the military, relying on its own ...
Read More »Chicago is more popular with tourists than ever
Bloomberg Chicago, described by President Trump and others as a hellish, dystopian crime scene akin to a “war-torn nation†and “worse than Afghanistan†is about to shatter all of its tourism records, including the one it set last year. An abundance of creative energy is driving this renaissance: The growing skyline is getting filled with increasingly stylish hotels, and a ...
Read More »UAE’s hospitality projects value tops $72bn in Sept
Dubai / Emirates Business Total value of 543 active hospitality projects in the UAE reached $71.6 billion (AED262.77 billion) at the beginning of September 2017, according to BNC Network, the largest and most comprehensive project research and intelligence provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The hospitality sector constitutes 6 percent of all active projects in the ...
Read More »Mohammed attends launch of ‘gender balance guide’
Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, , said that the UAE’s journey of progress, since it was launched by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, to its completion by the UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, along with ...
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