April, 2016

• 7 April

  Mediaquest Magazine award for SIB CEO

  

  Sharjah / Emirates Business HE Mohammed Ahmed Abdullah, CEO of Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB), has been awarded Mediaquest Magazine’s Top 100 CEOs award. The award ceremony was held at the Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort to honour business leaders of publicly listed companies in the GCC, where HE Mohammed Abdullah was honoured. On this occasion, HE Mohammed Abdullah, CEO ...

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• 7 April

  ADP Traffic intensifies traffic control in Al Ain

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) said that it spares no effort to take action against objectionable behaviours, such as allowing young people under 18 to drive in Al Ain city and to reduce the disturbing noise caused by illegally modified vehicles to increase their speed and amplify their sound, all of ...

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• 7 April

  Emirates Hospital acquires stake in Adeli Medical Center

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Hospital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the KBBO group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority stake in Adeli Medical Center a highly specialized center in Central Europe for intensive rehabilitation. The Adeli Medical Center is a one of its kind neurorehabilitation facility with its primary focus being on paediatric patients. This international ...

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• 7 April

  UAE joins global think-tank to boost education sector

  

  OUR CORRESPONDENT Microsoft has announced that the UAE will be the founding member of a global initiative called ‘Leading Countries of the World in Transforming Education’, a programme that will bring together trend-setting education ministries and high-level leaders from around the world, to collaborate on the future of learning. UAE came up as anundisputed leader when Microsoft looked for regional ...

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• 7 April

  ENEC updates int’l experts at Nuclear Fuel Conference

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) provided a project update on the status of the UAE peaceful nuclear energy programme and the Barakah site to international nuclear industry leaders attending the inauguration of the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle (WNFC) conference, which was recently held in Abu Dhabi. The capital of the UAE was selected to ...

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• 7 April

  Now, travel Etihad Airways Business Class at 50 percent the actual price

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is offering savings of up to 50 percent on its award-winning Business Class service, giving guests a fantastic opportunity to enjoy the airline’s premium experience to exciting destinations around the world. The offer, running from April 7 until April 13, in the UAE, is also available from a ...

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• 7 April

  All-new tough and sophisticated Toyota Innova to enter UAE

  

  Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Japanese automotive manufacturerToyota launched the all-new 2016 Toyota Innova in the Emirates. The new Multi-purpose-vehicle (MPV) with enhanced performance and versatility would be available at the Al-Futtaim Motors, the exclusive distributor for the brand. “We are glad to announce the launch of the new Toyota Innova in the UAE. I would like to say that the ...

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• 7 April

  DWTC to host 20 trade and consumer events in April

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Continuing its efforts to drive the region’s MICE sector forward, and further strengthening Dubai’s position as a leading global business destination, Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) is hosting 20 trade and consumer events this April, expecting over 400,000 visitors and 6,000 exhibitors across key industries including healthcare, transportation, travel and tourism, education, leisure and entertainment, luxury ...

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• 7 April

  Iraq to lower oil price forecast to $32 a barrel in 2016 budget

  BAGHDAD / Reuters Iraq plans to lower the oil price forecast in its 2016 budget to about $32 a barrel from $45, widening its fiscal deficit by several billion dollars, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a senior government official said. The new price estimate is based on the continued low level of global oil prices in recent months, said ...

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• 7 April

  There’s a $2-tn GDP boost in shrinking the USA gender gap

  

  Bloomberg Improving gender equality would add at least $2.1 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product by 2025, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study, a boost roughly the size of the Texas economy. “We were surprised that there was such a large economic opportunity still at stake” because the U.S. is a relative leader in gender parity, said Kweilin Ellingrud, ...

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