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  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Drifting away from traditional norms of recruiting using emails and phone calls, the 21st century recruiters are strategically using smart devices to hunt the right talent in the market. The GCC nations are prolifically using mobile technology to attract, engage and hire potential candidates. According to the reports, UAE is the main harbinger in ...

  Tokyo / Bloomberg Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the carmaker most reliant on exports from Japan, said it’ll stick to a strategy of producing the bulk of the company’s Subaru vehicles at home as the yen strengthens. The owner of Subaru brand, long known for all-wheel-drive vehicles, doesn’t want to focus narrowly on the impact of foreign exchange, Chief Executive ...

  New Delhi / AFP Apple chief executive Tim Cook met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, launching a new version of the Indian leader’s eponymous app on a visit aimed at pushing the technology giant’s expansion plans. Cook, shown in a video using the premier’s gold-coloured iPhone, launched an update to the Narendra Modi Mobile App to ...

  Japan / AFP British finance minister George Osborne warned on Saturday that the UK would find it “extremely difficult” to conclude trade deals with EU countries if it quit the bloc. Speaking to the BBC at a meeting of G7 finance ministers in Sendai, Japan, Osborne said it would be tough to strike those deals while also trying to ...

  Bloomberg Wall Street is pushing back against the Federal Reserve’s tougher tone on raising interest rates, as strategists see the bond market warning of potential consequences. Treasuries staged their biggest weekly decline since November after minutes from the Fed’s April meeting rekindled wagers that policy makers will raise rates as soon as next month. The dollar soared and bond-market ...

  AJMAN / WAM HH Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, attended the graduation ceremony of the first batch of City University College of Ajman (CUCA). Some 235 students from various colleges were honoured. The honouring ceremony was attended by HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Rashid bin ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, attended the Zayed University 2016 graduation ceremony at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC). Present were Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, ...

  CAIRO/ AFP An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean on Thursday with 66 people on board prompting an investigation into whether it was mechanical failure or a bomb. There were no immediate reports of the discovery of any debris in the area of sea between the Greek islands and the Egyptian coast where the plane ...

  Brussels / AFP NATO foreign ministers met on Thursday to finalise the alliance’s biggest military build-up since the end of the Cold War to counter what they see as a more aggressive and unpredictable Russia. At a Warsaw summit in July, NATO leaders will sign-off on the revamp which puts more troops into east European member states as part ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Veritas Technologies — the leader in information management — has released new research findings that illuminate the most effective information governance practices that empower organisations to extract as much value as possible out of their information while reducing related risks and costs. The study found that 94% of organisations have a formal information governance programme ...