March, 2017

• 1 March

  UAE to reinforce partnership in innovation with The Netherlands

  

    The Hague / Emirates Business HE Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp led the opening of a business forum on innovation and smart cities held at the FME Association’s headquarters in The Hague. The forum took place in time with the visit of the UAE economic delegation led ...

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• 1 March

  Etihad, EgyptAir sign code-share deal

    Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and EgyptAir, the flag carrier of Egypt, have announced a new codeshare partnership to be introduced in phases from 1 March 2017. Under the initial phase of the agreement, Etihad Airways will place its ‘EY’ code on EgyptAir operated flights between Abu Dhabi and Cairo, while ...

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• 1 March

  ADNEC to organise Abu Dhabi International Boat Show in 2018

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) announced on Wednesday that it will host the Abu Dhabi International Boat Show in 2018 in association with British Marine Boat Shows. The event is set to take place at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in October 2018. British Marine Boat Shows are the organisers of the London ...

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• 1 March

  Phase one of ADNOC Xpress network on schedule

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution announced the opening of two new Xpress stations in Abu Dhabi city as part of phase one of its plan to open 10 such stations to service the most congested areas of the city and its suburbs. The new stations are Al Qurm Xpress station, located on Sheikh Zayed Road, and Al ...

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• 1 March

  INJAZ, Tejar Dubai kick off new cycle of annual company program

  

    Dubai/ Emirates Business INJAZ UAE and Tejar Dubai, joined forces to kick off the annual global Company Program Competition cycle at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s head office; launching high school teams as part of an entrepreneurship accelerator event. More than 150 enthusiastic Emirati youth took part in the event, which was attended by Dubai Chamber’s Chairman, ...

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• 1 March

  Pakistan’s ‘Simply Sufi’ comes to UAE

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business A household name in Pakistan and amongst the top 5 business conglomerates of the country, Sufi Group of Companies has launched its popular Simply Sufi range of ready-to-cook and fully-cooked chicken products in the UAE. The wide range of delicacies– numbering 21 in total – especially caters to Asian taste buds with products ranging from ...

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• 1 March

  Trump is selling snake oil to the Rust Belt

  

    Donald Trump boasts that his “America First” trade and economic policies are bringing well-paid manufacturing jobs back to America. That’s probably his biggest “deliverable” to Trump voters. But is this claim true? Trump won the presidency partly because he voiced the anger of American workers about lost jobs and stagnant wages. But in the process, he fundamentally misled the ...

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• 1 March

  Push troubled Air India towards bankruptcy, then sell it

  

    It’s been 16 years since Air India Ltd. was last on the block. So strong was the political opposition then to privatizing the national carrier that Singapore Airlines Ltd., Emirates Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc. and Air France SA pulled out of the race. Now, India is again mulling the idea of selling 51 percent of the state-owned carrier, ...

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• 1 March

  South Sudan’s famine is China’s chance to lead

    If South Sudan’s famine is “man-made,” and it is, then maybe man can also unmake it. Given the country’s unstable government and the U.S.’s uncertain global leadership, however, most of the effort will have to come from China. More than 40 percent of South Sudan’s 11 million people don’t have enough to eat not because of drought or other ...

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• 1 March

  New travel ban likely to skirt legal hurdles

    Mindful of the chaos and confusion in the wake of Trump’s last month executive order barring entry from seven Muslim majority countries and halting refugee program, airport officials and civil rights lawyers across the US are getting ready for Trump’s new travel ban. Trump said that his executive order named seven countries because they had already been deemed a ...

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