May, 2017

• 21 May

  EPG awards Imdaad AED6mn FM contract

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai-based company to provide integrated FM services for branches of Emirates Post Group (EPG) throughout the UAE Imdaad, the GCC’s leading integrated facilities management (FM) company, based in Dubai, signed AED6 million deal with EPG. The one-year contract, with the option to extend by another two years, will see Imdaad deliver specialized integrated FM services in EPG’s ...

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• 21 May

  Five more global firms join Jafza’s Tumoohi programme

  Dubai / WAM Five new global companies have signed up to be part of Jafza’s Tumoohi (my ambition) programme that provides UAE nationals with work experience and employment opportunities. DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem signed a series of agreements with Michelin, Danube Group, Transworld Logistics, Conares and Al Dobowi recently bringing the total number of ...

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• 21 May

  MENA’s IT spend to hit $11.6bn this year

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Head of Security for Dubai on Sunday opened the 4th Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) – the Middle East’s largest cybersecurity event – which is running concurrently with the Internet of Things Expo (IoTx) 2017 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from May 21-23. The three-day GISEC event has ...

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• 21 May

  Dubai Police’s Robocop goes live

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Police has welcomed a new member on to its force. He doesn’t need a visa, medical insurance or hours of training, and he is ready to engage with Dubai’s residents and millions of tourists across the city’s streets. The world’s first operational robot policeman, officially joined the line of duty on Sunday, greeting guests at ...

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• 21 May

  Ajman Free Zone opens Cyprus office

  AJMAN / Emirates Business In line with its global outreach strategy to secure new investments, Ajman Free Zone on Sunday announced that it has opened a representative office in Cyprus and has also entered into an alliance with Freemont Group, a business and corporate consultancy with offices in both Nicosia and the UAE. In a statement, the free zone said ...

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• 21 May

  Trump dials back Islam critique as he basks in record Saudi deals

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the war on terrorism isn’t a battle between different faiths, toning down rhetoric that had fueled concerns America was at war with Islam. On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, where he’s been hailed by Arab leaders as a “dear brother” and a man with “unique personality,” Trump told Muslim allies on Sunday ...

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• 21 May

  N Korea tests another missile in latest Kim provocation

  Bloomberg North Korea conducted another ballistic missile test on Sunday, ratcheting up tensions in the region as Kim Jong Un persists with his nuclear program. The projectile was fired from Pukchang, northeast of Pyongyang, at 4:59 p.m. and flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles), South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said. The U.S. is aware of the launch and believes ...

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• 21 May

  Erdogan’s grip on Turkey tightens as he retakes party

  Bloomberg Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday took back control of the ruling party he founded, a step that gives the nation’s most powerful man additional authority to appoint loyalists to parliament lists and party posts across the nation. Just a month after a vote approved transferring Turkey’s center of political power to the presidency from parliament, the AK ...

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• 21 May

  America’s internet delusion risks security

  

  The United States may have escaped most digital damage from the global ‘ransomware’ virus, though cyber experts fear more attacks. One possible explanation is that the malicious software (‘malware’) harms older versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, which most Americans have replaced. Perhaps many users in other countries haven’t. Whatever the explanation, this is not the end of internet threats. ...

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• 21 May

  Only in Britain. A sovereign fund without the wealth

  

  Britain’s ruling Conservative Party says it plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund. It’s a great idea — albeit one that comes decades too late, with North Sea oil revenue diminishing and the cupboard of U.K. assets available for sale to seed the fund already almost bare. Here’s what the party’s manifesto, released on Thursday ahead of the June 8 ...

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