April, 2016

• 6 April

  Air France-KLM shares nosedive after chief quits

  

  Paris / AP Shares in Air France-KLM went into freefall on Wednesday, a day after the company said Alexandre de Juniac is to resign as chairman and CEO to take charge of aviation industry group IATA. Juniac helped Europe’s second biggest airline group return to profit last year for the first time since 2008, but his four-year spell at the ...

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• 6 April

  A millennium of Mideast art

  

  London / Emirates Business This year marks the 40th anniversary of Britain’s World of Islam Festival, a ground-breaking series of exhibitions opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976. That same year, Sotheby’s pioneered London’s first ‘Islamic Week’, which has taken place in April and October every year since. In celebration of these landmark events, Sotheby’s is staging its most wide-ranging ...

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• 6 April

  Flying dogs, wimpy men and singing dead: The future of TV

  

  Cannes / AFP Tired of “Big Brother”, too afraid to turn on “The Apprentice” now that Donald Trump is at the gates of the White House? Never fear. In the television future dogs will fly, people will come back from the dead and parents will choose their children’s dates. These are just some of the new reality television concepts coming ...

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• 6 April

  Good food, great service and excellent coffee

  

  Our Correspondent/ Emirates Business Australian cafe chain, ‘The Coffee Club’ entered the UAE market in the beginning of 2015 with its first branch at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall and later expanding to Dubai in March 2015. Over the past one year, the coffee chain has ventured into different locations in the UAE. “The first year has been a whirlwind. The ...

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• 6 April

  UAE’s first fully air-conditioned indoor sports facility

  

  Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Insportz Club is an indoor sports centre that offers the community in general the facility for indoor cricket, football, basketball, hockey, table tennis and others; all in a professionally managed environment which includes expert coaching. InSportz is UAE’s first fully air-conditioned indoor sports facility based in Al Quoz 3 Dubai. The arena also boasts of ...

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• 5 April

  VP lauds progress of green city projects

  

  DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Tuesday visited Dubai Municipality, where he praised the progress of various ongoing projects which are part of His Highness vision for a green and sustainable city by 2021. Sheikh Mohammed was accompanied by HH ...

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• 5 April

  5th World Government Summit in February ’17

  

  DUBAI / WAM As per the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the 5th World Government Summit will be held from February 12 to 14, 2017. The Summit will expand its agenda and session topics to include economy and finance as well as health, education and government ...

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• 5 April

  Shurooq organises ‘Sharjah Day’ in London to highlight business potential

  SHARJAH/ WAM Investors from Great Britain will have the opportunity to find out about the advantages of doing business in Sharjah thanks to a special business–to-business (B2B) forum being held in London. Organised by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) under the banner ‘Sharjah Day,’ the April 8 event will introduce British investors and businesspersons to prominent opportunities in ...

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• 5 April

  SAIF ZONE ‘investment seminars’ conclude

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Airport International Free Zone Authority (SAIF ZONE) concluded a series of seminars that have been organised successfully in a number of Indian cities to promote and highlight the diversified trade and investment opportunities provided by the Authority. The tour was part of the global marketing campaign carried out by the authority to review its investment ...

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• 5 April

  Flexitime key to retain women talent

  

  SUNAINA RANA Emirates Business Women’s participation at workplace has increased manifold over the last decade, but at the same time it is being witnessed that due to busy schedules and lack of office flexibility many working mothers are giving up their careers midway. According to a recent survey of professional women in the GCC by MCG Group, 76 percent respondents ...

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