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September, 2019

  • 17 September

    Dubai to host government foresight summit on Sept 23

    Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE Ministry of Education in collaboration with Messe Frankfurt Middle East are to host the Government Foresight Summit in Dubai from September 23-25, when regional and international government leaders, strategists, planners, futurists and IT specialists will share best practices to ensure future organisational readiness. The summit, held at Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, ...

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  • 17 September

    UAE, Saudi lead GCC in digital transformation interest online

    Dubai / WAM The UAE and Saudi Arabia are leading GCC-wide online searches relating to digital security and transformation over the last 12 months, according to new results released by SEMrush, an award-winning all-in-one digital marketing suite. The back-data study covered four key strategic digital terms: ‘digital transformation’, ‘digital marketing’, ‘cyber security’ and ‘computer security’, with the significant increases in ...

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  • 17 September

    CBD wins ‘best mobile banking app’ award

    Dubai / Emirates Business Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), one of the leading banks in the UAE, won the “Best Mobile Banking App Award” at the Global Finance’s 2019 World’s Best Consumer Digital Bank Awards at in Dubai. The award was received by Dr Bernd van Linder, CEO, Amit Malhotra, GM-PBG, Khaled Al Hammadi – Head of Sales & Distribution, ...

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  • 17 September

    FNC polling station locations announced

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Election Commission (NEC), announced the locations of voting centres both inside and outside the UAE, stressing its readiness to receive voters during the FNC Election 2019. The list of polling stations approved for the main election day on October 5 includes 39 centres within the country, which are fully equipped to ensure a smooth ...

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  • 17 September

    Dubai completes 62 realty projects in ’18

    Dubai / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD), said that the real estate sector significantly contributed to GDP growth in the Emirate. The improvement in economic growth rates in the Emirate of Dubai was accompanied by an improvement in the performance of the real estate sector, according to the DLD’s ‘Annual Report: Real Estate Sector Performance 2019’. The contribution of real ...

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  • 17 September

    Dubai’s readiness as e-commerce hub highlighted

    DUBAI / WAM Dubai South is set to highlight the latest developments in the Middle East’s rapidly growing e-commerce sector at the upcoming eCommerce Expo in Olympia, London, where it will be promoting the Logistics District and its recently launched fully dedicated e-commerce free zone, EZDubai. The eCommerce Expo is scheduled take place on September 25-26 and is considered UK’s ...

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  • 17 September

    BNP apologises for employee’s posting on Hong Kong protests

    Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA became the latest global firm to be dragged into the tensions roiling Hong Kong after the French lender publicly apologized for a posting on an employee’s personal social media account. The lender’s statement on its website came after an unidentified employee made remarks on Facebook about a pro-Beijing group singing the Chinese national anthem at a ...

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  • 17 September

    Rice excluded in initial trade deal US, Japan aim to sign

    Bloomberg US rice growers won’t get increased sales under the current terms of a trade deal agreed by President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, people familiar with the accord said. While there are still details to be finalised, the people said there won’t be any expansion of Japan’s quotas for US-grown rice. US producers hope the issue ...

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  • 17 September

    China Gold hunting for deals worth $2 billion

    Bloomberg China Gold International Resources Corp, the overseas arm of state-owned China National Gold Group, is on the hunt for acquisitions to replenish its pipeline as deal-making in the sector heats up thanks to a jump in the metal’s price. “We need more pipeline, especially in gold production,” Jerry Xie, executive vice president, said in an interview on the sidelines ...

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  • 17 September

    S’pore property trust IPOs surge to 6-year high

    Bloomberg Singapore real estate investment trusts are on a money-raising spree. Lendlease Global Commercial REIT began taking investor orders on Tuesday for an initial public offering that could raise as much as S$740.3 million ($538 million) in what would be Singapore’s third-largest IPO this year. REITs have raised $1.63 billion in Singapore IPOs so far this year, the highest since ...

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