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‘Business Continuity’: Need of the hour in Middle East

  ALKESH SHARMA/ Emirates Business Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, good companies survive them, great companies are improved by them’ — this golden saying of Hungarian-born American businessman Andrew Grove resounded during the 6th annual Business Continuity & Emergency Response Forum here in Abu Dhabi on Monday. “In case of any crisis, the company’s reputation, its revenues and the ...

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Obama lifts Vietnam arms ban to blunt China’s Asia influence

  HANOI / AP US President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though flawed partner in a region that he has tried to place at the center of his foreign policy legacy. Obama announced the full removal of the embargo at a news conference ...

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No apology for A-bomb on Hiroshima visit: US Prez

  Tokyo / AFP Barack Obama will not apologise for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima when he this week becomes the first sitting US president to visit the city, he told Japanese television. The comments are the clearest yet from his administration over an issue that raises hackles in the United States and has been the subject of heated debate ...

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