Dubai / Emirates Business Jumeirah’s largest community shopping centre, The Mall, was officially inaugurated. The prestigious retail and leisure destination located on Jumeirah Beach Road, opposite The Jumeirah Beach Hotel, was inaugurated by Meadhad Rashed Meadhad Almheiri – owner of The Mall, accompanied by Rashid Meadhad Rashid Meadhad Almheiri – Chairman, and Nancy Nese Ozbek, General Manager, at a grand ...

Bloomberg India’s aviation regulator wants senior pilots to provide at least a year’s notice before changing jobs, a move aimed at stemming exits that sometimes force airlines to scrap flights at the last minute. The proposed rules, if implemented, would affect experienced pilots who often move to foreign carriers lured by higher salaries. The draft measures, doubling the period to ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced on Tuesday that its UAE listed companies have showed a 100 percent compliance to disclose their Q1- 2017 results within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the quarter. Forty-seven UAE public joint stock companies listed on DFM successfully disclosed their quarterly results, with the exception of Al Firdous as ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Data held a press conference on Tuesday to release findings from the ‘Dubai Data Economic Impact Report’, which the Dubai Smart Office had commissioned to international audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG. The study provides the Dubai Government with insights into the potential economic impacts of opening and sharing data and includes a methodology for ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau, a division of Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), is spearheading a delegation representing an array of new products to Germany to participate in IMEX Frankfurt 2017, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events (MICE). The show, which runs from May 16-18, is regarded as Europe’s ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Majority of companies in the UAE and the GCC are optimistic over the region’s future economic outlook and 31% cited an improvement in sales over the last six months, according to a survey by Coface, the worldwide leader in trade credit management solutions and risk information services. Most exporters share a cautiously positive outlook on future ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Political science experts and analysts have described the close relations between the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America as strategic and dynamic. The UAE’s inspiring model in various developmental, economic and foreign policy fields, explains the United State’s interest in communicating directly with the UAE’s leadership. UAE-US relations, which began since the US ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), hosted, on Tuesday the latest in a series of Youth Circles with over 30 employees, to discuss how to excel and capitalise on opportunities created by a performance-driven culture, in the presence of Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and CEO of the ADNOC Group, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), signed an agreement appointing Aldar Academies to operate and manage four ADNOC Schools in Abu Dhabi and across the Al Dhafra Region: Sas Al Nakhl Campus, Ruwais Campus, Madinat Zayed Campus, and Ghayathi Campus. The agreement, which reinforces ADNOC’s commitment to delivering the highest quality education across its ADNOC ...

Economics pundits like me spend a good deal of time worrying about productivity. When discussing the issue, we often begin by noting that in the long run, productivity increases are the only way that living standards can improve. We recount the history of technological breakthroughs like the internal-combustion engine and the invention of electricity that supercharged productivity. And we wring ...