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Eskimo village aims to serve up reindeer meat far and wide

  AP A remote Eskimo village on a tundra-covered island in western Alaska is hoping to counter its steep unemployment rate and achieve greater self-sufficiency through one of its few resources: reindeer meat. Mekoryuk’s tribal government is expanding its commercial reindeer venture with a herd introduced a century ago to Nunivak Island, 40 miles off the coast in the Bering ...

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SAP plans to invest AED734mn in UAE

  Dubai / Emirates Business SAP SE announced a five-year $200 million (AED 734 million) investment in the UAE, underpinning objectives outlined by the UAE Vision 2021 plan to create economic diversity and jobs for youth. Senior officials participated in the official ribbon-cutting VIP ceremony and inaugurated new SAP MENA headquarters in Dubai Internet City. Ammar Al Malik, Executive Director, ...

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First ‘green’ homes to be built in Masdar City

  ABU DHABI / WAM LEAD Development and Project Management Consultants (LEAD) and The National Investor (TNI) will build the first residential community of private ‘green’ villas and townhouses at Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban development, it was announced. The project, which will also include apartments, is to be delivered over 250,000 sqm of gross floor area (GFA). ...

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