March, 2016

• 12 March

  Etisalat to offer prepaid customers free data for outgoing calls

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat on Saturday announced a new promotion, providing its Wasel prepaid customers 1 MB free data for every minute of their mobile voice call. Addressing the growing demand for data among all segments in the UAE, the new offer gives customers 1 MB of free data for every minute of outgoing local or international voice ...

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• 12 March

  ADX campaign to attract foreign investment ends on a high note

  Abu Dhabi / WAM As part of its efforts that are geared toward achieving one of its main strategic objectives, and in support of Abu Dhabi Government’s Economic Vision 2030 that aim to attract foreign investment, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has concluded its annual promotion campaign for the current year of 2016. The campaign was held for two days ...

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• 12 March

  ‘75% registered labour contracts are non-fixed term’ : Bin Deemas

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced recently a vast diversion towards non-fixed term contracts between both production parties hitting 75.53 percent of the total number of newly issued and renewed contracts for the past two months. This came following a recent study issued by the Ministry to follow-up on the three new decrees issues ...

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• 12 March

  EBWC, ADBWC sign MoU to train, rehabilitate women entrepreneurs

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council (ADBWC) and the Emirates Businesswomen Council (EBWC) signed an agreement with Van Cleef & Arpels at the Chamber’s Tower in Abu Dhabi to provide training and rehabilitation programs for Emirati women entrepreneurs at Van Cleef & Arpels in France and its main branches across the globe. Her Excellency Mariam Mohamed ...

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• 12 March

  10th edition of Almas Bazar Exhibition begins in Dubai

  Dubai / WAM Sheikha Fatima Bint Hasher bin Dalmouk, President of Sawaed Al Khair Foundation, opened the 10th edition of Almas Bazar Exhibition. The special annual women’s exhibition took place at The Address Dubai Mall hotel, and will continue till March 13. The exhibition, which was graced by many social representatives, celebrities, wives of consuls, designers, and artists, celebrated ten ...

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• 12 March

  YPO’s annual EDGE conference concludes in Dubai

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), the world’s premier network of chief executives and business leaders, concluded its flagship event, YPO EDGE, in Dubai, where it hosted more than 2,400 senior business leaders from more than 90 countries. Change agents and industry disruptors from different fields shared innovative ideas and business models at the 2016 YPO EDGE. From ...

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• 12 March

  Trump under fire from rivals for rally violence in Chicago

  

  Chicago / AFP Donald Trump is under fire from rivals who blamed his incendiary rhetoric for a violent outbreak Friday between protestors and supporters at the Republican frontrunner’s rally in Chicago. Trump cancelled the event after demonstrators scuffled with his supporters and police struggled to maintain order, with hundreds of protesters showing up. “When you have a campaign that affirmatively ...

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• 12 March

  Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars

  PARIS / AFP Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday to smell Mars’ atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still. ExoMars 2016, the first of a two-phase Mars exploration, will see an orbiter hoisted from Kazakhstan at 0931 GMT Monday on a Russian Proton rocket. ...

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• 12 March

  EU and Cuba sign agreement, normalize ties in ‘historic step’

  

  Havana / AFP The European Union and Cuba signed a deal to normalize relations, including an agreement on the delicate issue of human rights—a breakthrough just ahead of US President Barack Obama’s historic visit to the island. The agreement, the culmination of nearly two years of negotiations, is a further step toward ending the communist country’s status as a pariah ...

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• 12 March

  With Rousseff’s survival in doubt, eyes turn to protests

  

  BLOOMBERG Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians are gearing up to march in Sunday’s anti-government protests, which could tip the balance against President Dilma Rousseff in her struggle to remain in office. As of Friday evening, more than 360,000 people had signed up on a Facebook page pledging to take part in opposition marches, a 20 percent increase from Thursday morning. ...

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