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Sharjah, France explore avenues of cooperation

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SHARJAH / WAM Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Government Relations (DGR) in Sharjah, welcomed a French delegation headed by Nathalie Kennedy, Consul-General of the French Republic in Dubai, to discuss the potential of strengthening collaboration between Sharjah and the French capital in vital sectors, including culture, education, and tourism. At a meeting, held in presence of ...

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Is Meta’s mediocrity the message?

Facebook changes its corporate name to meta

Facebook Inc, you may have heard, has changed its name to Meta. Setting aside, briefly, the vital debate on Facebook Inc’s myriad evils, and focusing specifically on the name and brand, there are some elements of note. Given there is no “good” name for a “bad” company — and that nothing Mark Zuckerberg might do could ever win the internet ...

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Singapore is rewriting rules for global cities

Citigroup Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc, UBS Group AG: Global capital’s gleaming logos dominate the night skyline of Singapore’s central business district. They don’t have the vista from a balcony at the Marina Bay Sands hotel to themselves, however. Nestled among them, competing for eyeballs, is a tower bearing the logo of the National Trades Union Congress. Local lenders and property ...

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