August, 2018

• 28 August

  Emirati women comprise 39% of ADFD workforce

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM To mark the fourth annual Emirati Women’s Day, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for development aid, reported that Emirati women comprise 39 percent of its current workforce. Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of ADFD, said: “The Founding Father of the UAE, late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, laid down ...

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• 28 August

  EPA highlights UAE’s publishing sector at Beijing book fair

  

  SHARJAH / WAM Always enthusiastic about participating in various regional and global cultural events, the Emirates Publishers’ Association (EPA) took part in the 25th edition of the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which was held at the China International Exhibition Centre. The Beijing book fair, one of the most important publishing forums in Asia and China’s largest literary event, featured ...

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• 28 August

  Female Emirati investors hold shares worth AED20bn: ADX

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The number of Emirati female investors reached 220,000 by the end of the first half of 2018 and the number of shares they hold is about 3.5 billion with a market value of about AED20 billion. Whereas their total trading value (buy + sell) during the year 2017 was around AED5 billion and about AED1.8 billion ...

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• 28 August

  UAE launches ‘Back to School’ policy

  Dubai / WAM The Federal Government has launched, upon the recommendation of the National Programme for Happiness and Wellbeing and in coordination with the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR), the “Back to School” policy, which aims to assist parents working for the government during the start of the new school year, by enabling them to accompany their children ...

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• 28 August

  Dubai Customs records 6,887 transactions during Eid al-Adha

  

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs has increased its efforts to cope with the increasing number of tourists and visitors into the country during Eid al-Adha period. Special arrangements in organising work shifts were made to facilitate trade and passenger traffic. Customer service centres worked 24/7 to ensure best and easiest passenger entry into the country. A total of 1,400 employees ...

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• 28 August

  61% of floor space for DEAL 2019 already sold off

  DUBAI / Emirates Business International Expo Consults (IEC), organisers of ‘DEAL 2019’ show stated that 61% of the floor space for the upcoming Dubai Entertainment, Amusement, and Leisure (DEAL) 2018 show has already been sold out. DEAL 2019 in its 25th edition would be held from March 25 to 27, 2019 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). With 7 ...

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• 28 August

  Techstars Dubai 2nd round open for applications

  

  Dubai / WAM Building on the success of the inaugural class of Techstars Dubai in partnership with GINCO, Techstars, GINCO Investments, and Dubai Fut- ure Foundation’s Area 2071 initiative have invited entrepreneurs from around the world to apply to the second class of the accelerator until October 14. The second Dubai programme will continue to focus on businesses, which can ...

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• 28 August

  DREI launches ‘Harvard Happy Cities’ programme

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the educational arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), announced the launch of the ‘Harvard Happy Cities’ programme, which will be held on November 11 and 12 at the Institute’s headquarters in DLD. Mahmoud El Burai, CEO of DREI, said, “We are pleased to work with the American-based Harvard School of Executive Education ...

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• 28 August

  Rift grows between US allies over N Korea’s nuclear threat

  

  Bloomberg One longstanding US ally still thinks North Korea poses an urgent nuclear threat. Another is steadily increasing economic ties with the regime. And Kim Jong-un is doing his best to exploit the divide. Less than three months after shaking Kim’s hand in Singapore, US President Donald Trump is confronting an increasingly fractured diplomatic landscape as his two key allies—Japan ...

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• 28 August

  May says no-deal Brexit ‘wouldn’t be end of the world’

  

  Bloomberg The UK can still make a success of Brexit if it tumbles out of the European Union without a deal, Prime Minister Theresa May said, striking an upbeat tone as the clock ticks down on Britain’s departure from the bloc. Speaking to reporters on the plane as she headed to South Africa on a five-day visit to three African ...

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