Sunaina Rana/ Emirates Business Arabian Automobiles Company under the flagship of automotive division of AW Rostamani Group, the exclusive dealer for Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, has recenlty inaugurated the first ever Renault Store in the UAE. This new store, an ultra-modern facility, is located on Al Ittihad Road, Dubai. Emirates Business talks toMichel Ayat, CEO of …

  Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Casio has been developing watches since 1970s, and later started developing PDAs and cellular phones from the 1990s to the 2000s. Leveraging its technology and experience with both watches and information devices, Casio continues to develop wrist devices that deliver true value to users in innovative ways. Casio’s corporate creed is ‘creativity and contribution’. …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The records set by the general index of confidence in the business climate and its sub-indexes in 2015 showed a continuous positive outlook amongst various businesses towards the economic conditions in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and optimism for the future in spite of slight decline of the general index value which reached 59 points …

  DUBAI / WAM In a far-reaching move to tackle hazardous liquid pollution at its flagship Jebel Ali Port, DP World UAE Region signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Planning and Development – Trakhees, the regulatory arm of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation in Dubai, PCFC, to enforce the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution …

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) won the Cyber Risk Strategy of the Year award at the Global Risk Management Awards in London. The award was presented by The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) in the UK, a leading global organisation in setting risk management standards and recognising global best practices. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, on Saturday visited the ADNOC Distribution service station located in Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa City. He was accompanied by Abdullah Salem Al Dhaheri, Marketing and Refining Director at ADNOC and Saeed Mubarak Al-Rashidi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC Distribution and other members of the company’s …

  ABU DHABI/ WAM NFT Cranes, an Abu Dhabi-based company, which is one of the world’s major companies in the field of tower crane and elevators, announced it completed 90% of the AED70 million contract for the supply of giant tower cranes for the largest and highest suspension bridge in the world on the Bosporus Strait at an altitude of …

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will complete the implementation of Dubai’s Mandatory Health Insurance Scheme ISAHD (Bringing Happiness), by the end of June, 2016. DHA is currently in the third and final phase of implementing the scheme on companies with less than 100 employees, including all spouses, dependents and domestic workers. Dr. Haidar Al Yousuf, Director of …

  ABU DHABI / WAM A student from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology capitalised on the latest technological advances in computer science and signal processing to innovate one of the UAE’s oldest and cherished pastimes – camel racing. Recognising the novelty and potential commercial applications of the student-led innovation, Masdar Institute has filed a provisional patent with the …

  DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and President of the DHA, the 3rd edition of Int’l Family Medicine Conference and Expo will begin on Sunday at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition centre, themed “Overcoming Challenges in Primary Health Care”. The IFM …