Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Karim Gerber, Middle East Region Manager of Oris watches, is a real man of action. He is devoted to bring brand’s exclusive and latest collection of timepieces to their customers in the region. Oris is a premium luxury brand of watches and Gerber is no stranger to the rarefied world of luxury. He started his ...
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29 March
Providing efficient, cost-effective logistics
Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Blue Bell Shipping LLC (BBS) is one of the vertically-integrated logistics management and forwarding company and also one of the longest established shipping companies in the UAE. The company’s experience goes back to over 29 years and it has over the years built up very strong customer-base in the region. Blue Bell Shipping LLC was ...
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28 March
‘Mushrif Park’ renamed as ‘Mother of the Nation Park’
ABU DHABI / WAM Pursuant to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, ordered changing the name of the ‘Mushrif Central Park’ to the ‘Mother of the Nation Park’. This comes in recognition ...
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28 March
Dubai WTC records 2.74 million visitors
DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Dubai World Trade Centre Authority, on Monday announced the 2015 annual performance results of Dubai World Trade Centre(WTC), highlighting an impressive 12% year-on-year increase in traffic to deliver 2.74 million delegates and attendees, coupled with a ...
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28 March
UAE, Finland sign information exchange pact for ‘tax purposes’
ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Finland signed an agreement on the exchange of information for tax purposes between the two countries. The agreement was signed by Younis Haji Al Khoori, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance(MoF), and Riitta Swan, Ambassador of Finland to the UAE; in the presence of Khalid Ali Al Bustani, ...
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28 March
Masdar institute makes solar generation easy
ABU DHABI / WAM Researchers from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology developed a novel device that can track and concentrate sunlight onto high-efficient solar cells, without mechanically moving to follow the sun’s path across the sky. This proof-of-concept research is the first step towards the development of a self-tracking concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system. “Traditional CPV systems rotate solar ...
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28 March
Pre-schools are shaping UAE’s education landscape
RITIKA Sharma EMIRATES BUSINESS The UAE has an unmatched 83 percent pre-primary enrolment rate spread across 500 nursery schools across the Emirates. What fuels the apparent growth of this segment is the growing number of expatriates and rising awareness among parents to take their children’s pre-school years seriously and choose a nursery of highest standards. Reports state that the overall ...
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28 March
250 exhibitors for ‘Airport Show’
DUBAI / WAM More than 250 exhibitors have confirmed their participation for the 16th Airport Show 2016, being held in Dubai from May 9 to 11. The show has also seen remarkable growth in exhibition space, number of Hosted Buyers and pre-registered participants, according to Reed Exhibitions Middle East, the event organisers. The show will occupy an exhibition space of ...
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28 March
2.74mn visitors at DWTC in 2015
Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Dubai World Trade Centre Authority, on Monday announced the 2015 annual performance results of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) highlighting an impressive 12% year-on-year increase in traffic to deliver 2.74 million delegates and attendees, coupled ...
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28 March
IoTX to draw tech giants
Alkesh Sharma EMIRATES BUSINESS In a bid to create a smart vision for the region and to draft a roadmap to connect the cities of the future, Internet of Things Expo 2016 (IoTX) is all set to attract the who’s who from the technology industry globally to Dubai. Exploring the limitless possibilities that IoT could unleash in this modern age, ...
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