Abu Dhabi / WAM Milrem, the Estonian defence solutions provider, has joined forces with Raytheon UK, Advanced Electronics Company and IGG Aselsan Integrated Systems to demonstrate advanced robotic warfare capability based on their fully modular hybrid unmanned ground vehicle THeMIS. Together with these prestigious partners, Milrem is exhibiting three different solutions of the world’s first fully modular hybrid unmanned ground ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business In 2016, Dubai Trade added ‘LogiGate’ to its portfolio of innovations. It stands as a transportation and warehousing marketplace that enables cargo owners to book competitive haulage and storage services using a smart phone. In building their own systems and programmes, Dubai Trade is ensuring long-term technological investment that can be applied to new markets ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Etihad Museum announced that it has received a vast number of government and diplomatic representatives from all across the UAE, following its opening to the public. As the dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage in the Emirate, and the authority managing the museum’s daily operations, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) ensured that ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business After the roaring success of the Dubai Property Show in Mumbai last December and the phenomenal response that it garnered in other global destinations including London and Hong Kong, the 6th edition of the popular Dubai real estate exhibition is now headed to Shanghai. The exhibition will be held at the prestigious Shanghai World Expo ...

  Dubai / WAM Mashreq, one of the UAE’s leading financial institutions, recently announced the Grand Prize winner of the ‘Liability Balance Builder Campaign’. During the Campaign Period (September to December 2016), each month 10 customers won 22kt gold coins and one customer won a luxury Breitling watch. By the end of the campaign, a total number of 40 customers had ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, announced its partnership Beit Al Kheir Society to launch a food distribution initiative. The distribution will be done via a special food truck to those in need across the UAE, with regular distributions planned on a weekly basis. Awatif Al Harmoodi, General Manager, Operational Quality ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Kicking off its partnership with the 2017 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Dubai Festival City opened a unique art exhibition within the centre court of its Mall. From February 20 to March 11, visitors can enjoy 400 pieces of art created by children from 55 schools across the UAE for free. The exhibition, supported by ...

  CAIRO / AP At least 74 bodies of African migrants have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Tuesday, the latest tragedy at sea along a perilous trafficking route to Europe. The bodies were found near the western Libyan city of Zawiya on Monday, Red Crescent spokesman Mohammed al-Misrati told The Associated Press, adding that ...

  mid the blizzard of election news last November, two writers at the nonprofit news organization ProPublica came out with a startling investigative report. Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott wrote about a small but very wealthy group of American economists who make millions of dollars helping companies deal with the federal government on antitrust cases. They focused on Dennis Carlton, ...

  About a year ago, I wrote a couple of columns examining the data available in the industries responsible for moving goods from A to B. “Shipping News Says World Economy Is Toast,” was my dour conclusion. Today, however, many of those indicators are pointing to a much brighter outlook for the global economy, suggesting that reflation has indeed replaced ...