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May 15, 2017 Local News
Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, reiterated the UAE’s commitment to promote and protect human rights and to continue combatting human trafficking. This was said during a press conference this afternoon held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ...
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May 15, 2017 Local News
Dubai / Emirates Business Danube Properties, Dubai’s pioneers in affordable housing, has launched a new project called Bayz in Dubai’s upcoming Business Bay neighborhood. The announcement of the AED 450 million project was made at a press conference, which was addressed by Rizwan Sajan, Chairman and Founder of Danube Group in the presence of senior management as well as the ...
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May 15, 2017 Real Estate, Uncategorized
Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Properties Dubai Co. PJSC, a leading property developer in the Middle East, on Monday announced the financial results for the first three months ending March 31. During the first three months of 2017, DAMAC recorded revenues of AED 1.95 billion, with gross profit margins at 54%. Net profit for the reporting period stood at AED ...
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May 15, 2017 Local News
Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ), the umbrella of RAK Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) and RAK Investment Authority (RAKIA), continues to make waves after its recent launch, now opening the doors of its Media Zone to the media business community. “The RAKEZ Media Zone provides a nurturing and synergistic environment for media firms ...
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May 15, 2017 Local News, Uncategorized
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) is marking an emphatic participation at the 2017 edition of Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events (IMEX), the largest European trade show for the international congress, conference and events sector, currently underway at Messe Frankfurt in Germany. The delegation from ADNEC is attending various co-located events including ...
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May 15, 2017 Local News
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC), one of the leading regional multi-line insurance providers for corporates and individuals, has achieved its target for the UAE Government Accelerators program, by employing 10 Emirati talents during the first 100 days of the programme. Upon recruitment, ADNIC in coordination with Emirates Institute of Banking and Financial Studies, enrolled ...
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May 15, 2017 Politics, Uncategorized
Bloomberg The two top officials at the Justice Department have interviewed eight candidates to replace the fired James Comey amid demands from lawmakers of both parties for Donald Trump to turn over any recordings he may have made of his meetings with the former FBI director. Washington continued to be roiled by Trump’s firing of Comey on May 9, citing ...
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May 15, 2017 Politics
Bloomberg Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he’s looking forward to a “decisive meeting†with his US counterpart Donald Trump, whose decision to arm Kurdish groups against IS in Syria has stoked tensions between the two NATO members. “If we are strategic allies, then we should make decisions in alliance,†the Sabah newspaper cited Erdogan as telling reporters on Sunday ...
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May 15, 2017 Politics
Bloomberg Attorneys from the U.S. Justice Department will again come before a federal appeals court to try to salvage President Donald Trump’s order banning travel from six mostly Muslim nations, after a judge said it appeared to be discriminatory. The hearing gets underway at 9:30 a.m. in Seattle. It’s the second time a three-judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court ...
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May 15, 2017 Regional News
Bloomberg Saudi Arabia and Russia said they favour prolonging oil-output cuts by global producers through the end of the first quarter of 2018, setting a firmer timeframe for a likely extension of the curbs into next year. Crude prices jumped. Extending the curbs at already agreed-upon volumes is needed to reach the goal of reducing global inventories to the 5-year ...
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