Dubai / WAM The ‘Business Map’ digital platform of the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) saw 22,113 business registration and licensing transactions being completed during the month of September, an increase of 25% compared to August (17,710 transactions). This confirms the position of Dubai as a business and investment hub as well as the emirate’s advanced sustainability standards. The ...

Dubai / WAM DV Global Link, the joint venture between Italian Exhibition Group and Dubai World Trade Centre, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ANFAO, the Italian Optical Goods Manufacturers’ Association, a Confindustria associate. The agreement initiates the establishment of a partnership, which will lead to the participation of ANFAO member companies at the Dubai Optical Show – Vision ...

Dubai / Emirates Business With the 24th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) promising to provide unforgettable shopping experiences, the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), an agency of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) announced that the DSF Mega Raffles promotions – the Infiniti Mega Raffle and the Nissan Grand Raffle – will begin on October ...

Dubai / Emirates Business These days people are being bombarded by cosmetic procedure offers for lasers, facials, botox, fillers and sometimes all of the above. For the average person, the stacking of many treatment is overwhelming and most are losing faith in the capabilities of cosmetic dermatologists. Most people are looking for a single treatment that fulfills all of the ...

Bloomberg General Antonio Hamilton Mourao would be Brazil’s vice president. General Augusto Heleno would be defense minister. And General Oswald Ferreira is likely to run a new infrastructure ministry. If ex-Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro wins the runoff vote against the Workers’ Party’s Fernando Haddad on October 28, he has promised to name as many as five generals to his cabinet, ...

Bloomberg The leader of Sweden’s four-party opposition Alliance called an early end to his attempts to form a government as the Nordic nation struggles to find political stability more than a month after an inconclusive election. After meeting with the speaker of parliament on Sunday in Stockholm, Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson said he remains ready to be prime minister, ...

Bloomberg European Union leaders are considering holding a crisis summit in November to draw up contingency plans in case the UK crashes out of the bloc without a deal, EU diplomats said. If a meeting of EU chiefs in Brussels this week fails to make “decisive progress,” the bloc could switch to Brexit no-deal mode and turn a gathering penciled ...

Bloomberg China’s ambassador to the US said Beijing has no choice but to respond to what he described as a trade war started by the US. “We never wanted a trade war, but if somebody started a trade war against us, we have to respond and defend our own interests,” Ambassador Cui Tiankai said on “Fox News Sunday” in a ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, on Monday launched the 38th Gitex Technology Week at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed toured the five-day exhibition, which involves 4,000 government authorities and private sector companies that specialise in information technology, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotics, ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) continues to implement inventive solutions in line with its commitment to support the Smart Dubai initiatives. DIFC marked its second participation at Gitex Technology Week by highlighting its digital initiatives such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Business Intelligence platform and Gateway, a state-of-the-art digital workplace for effective collaboration. RPA is an integrated ...