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Emirates trims US flights after Trump administration curbs

  DUBAI / AP Emirates, the Middle East’s biggest airline, said on Wednesday it is cutting flights to the United States because of a drop in demand caused by tougher US security measures and Trump administration attempts to ban travellers from Muslim-majority nations. The decision by the Dubai government-owned carrier is the strongest sign yet that the new measures imposed ...

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Empower awards AED62mn contracts

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, Empower, has announced that it has awarded contracts valued at AED62million in the first quarter of the year. According to Empower, the main reason behind the increase in the number and value of contracts is the customers’ growing trust in the district cooling service in terms of its efficiency compared to ...

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UAE, Saudi lead MENA’s private equity investments

  Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have the main bulk of private equity (PE) investments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in 2014 at more than 75 percent by value, according to an international report. Emerging only in the late 1990s, MENA’s PE market is still at its infancy compared to other well-established ones, ...

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