May, 2016

• 7 May

  Chanel shows Cruise collection in Havana with Latin beats

  

    Relaxnews The French fashion house headed to Havana to present its Cruise 2016-2017 collection, in the brand’s first ever Latin American catwalk show. To celebrate the event, Karl Lagerfeld crafted a collection bursting with life, with color and with sparkle, and jam-packed with references to the Caribbean island and the new chapter in its history. It was on the ...

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• 7 May

  Indian restaurant with a colonial feel

  

    Sunaina Rana/ Emirates Business Owned by a new management, the all new Mahec Restaurant at the Le Meridian Village, Garhoud is a fine dining restaurant and lounge featuring modern interiors and a brand new menu. Stylishly designed, the restaurant has 180 seating capacity — including indoor and a patio. The interiors of the restaurant exhibit a modern colonial style ...

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• 7 May

  World’s first solar-powered chemical pump

  

    Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS CheckPoint Pumps and Systems is the world Llader in solution-driven design and manufacturer of metering pumps, control systems, process packages and solar systems for chemical injection. All of CheckPoint pumps and packages are engineered, manufactured, and tested at its world headquarters in Louisiana, US. It has also set up its Middle East base at ...

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• 4 May

  World stocks retreat amid growth worries

    London / AFP Global stock markets extended their sell-off on Wednesday as disappointing US jobs figures added to reignited concerns about weak growth. After a run of gains for equities, traders have been spooked by a string of disappointing data from China to Europe and the United States that has led them to question whether hopes of a nascent ...

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• 4 May

  Belarus exempts UAE citizens from pre-entry visa

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has announced that the UAE’s citizens could travel to the Republic of Belarus without the need for prior entry visa requirement, and can stay for a period not exceeding 30 days. Ahmed Saeed Elham Al Dhahiri, Assistant Under-Secretary for Consular Affairs at the ministry, said the ministry ...

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• 4 May

  ‘Urgent need to keep advancing Arab women on economic front’

  

    KUALA LUMPUR / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, Wife of HH the Ruler of Sharjah, Chairperson of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) and Honorary Chairperson of the Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC), attended the Sharjah Business Women Forum in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Organised by NAMA in collaboration with the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce ...

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• 4 May

  Qatar-UAE Forum seeks to increase joint investment

    DOHA / WAM Mohammed Thani Murshid Al-Rumaithi, Chairman of the Federation of the UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the bilateral trade between Qatar and the UAE will increase further in coming years due to the positive steps taken by both governments. Speaking on the occasion of 2nd ...

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• 4 May

  ADIBF generates AED25mn

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, ADIBF concluded its 26th edition yesterday with a record 272,320 visitors and having generated sales of AED25 million. The fair was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and ...

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• 4 May

  India crucial for Etihad

    ABU DHABI / WAM India continues to be a crucial part of Etihad Airways’ growth strategy contributing significantly to the airline’s global operations, to job creation and to connectivity for India. Addressing a media conference in Mumbai to mark the launch of Etihad Airways’ daily A380 service to India’s commercial capital, Etihad Airways Chief Commercial Officer, Peter Baumgartner, said ...

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• 4 May

  Clouds engulf Middle East; hardware market dips

      ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Increased focus on converged systems and cloud solutions has started taking a toll on the Middle East’s hardware market. As more enterprises and businesses in this region have started moving towards cloud computing, hardware market registered a flat growth in 2015, according to the recently released data. In a new research report released ...

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