January, 2017

• 14 January

  Android creator plans AI-equipped phones

  

    Bloomberg Just over two years after leaving Google, Andy Rubin is preparing to take on the smartphone industry he helped create. Rubin, creator of the Android operating system, is planning to marry his background in software with artificial intelligence in a risky business: consumer hardware. Armed with about a 40-person team, filled with recruits from Apple Inc. and Alphabet ...

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• 12 January

  Foreigners purchase shares worth AED2.62bn on DFM

  

    DUBAI / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, this week reached about AED2.62 billion, while value of stocks they sold stood at AED2.64 billion, with net foreign investment on the market reaching AED14.1 million during the period, as aggregate sell. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors ...

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• 12 January

  Mubadala, IPIC merger imminent

    ABU DHABI / Reuters More mergers are likely in Abu Dhabi as institutions there tie up in ways that are positive for their business, Khaldoon Khalifa al-Mubarak, group chief executive of Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala, said on Thursday. “There’s an appetite for more mergers. I expect to see mergers continue in a positive way in Abu Dhabi,” Mubarak ...

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• 12 January

  British Safety Council ranks Drydocks with 5 star rating

    DUBAI / WAM Drydocks World has yet again attained a 5 star grading from the British Safety Council, on adopting international best practice standards in occupational health and safety. The Drydocks says it strives to consistently improve and achieve sustainable business growth while always upholding the yards core value of a safe work environment. The yard achieved an audited ...

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• 12 January

  DEWA organises hackathon challenge to support innovation

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised a hackathon challenge to encourage its employees to innovate and create new ideas to develop DEWA’s services and achieve the happiness of its customers. This is in line with the directives of the wise leadership to encourage and enhance innovation across all areas. It also supports DEWA’s efforts to instill ...

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• 12 January

  Global Energy Forum opens in Abu Dhabi

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Global Energy Forum, which is being held for the first time in the region, launched in Abu Dhabi on Thursday in the presence of Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, and Dr. Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and CEO of the ADNOC Group. Held under the patronage ...

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• 12 January

  Education is UAE’s trump card to move towards post-oil era, says Al Suwaidi

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), organised on Thursday a symposium themed “Mohamed bin Zayed and Education”, which hosted a number of officials and education experts and educators. Dr Jamal Al-Suwaidi, Director-General, the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), spoke about the importance of this seminar that addressed the vision and ...

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• 12 January

  World Government Summit to commence from February 12

  

    Dubai / WAM The World Government Summit (WGS) announced there will be 10 new developments on the agenda of its upcoming fifth edition, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, from February 12-14, 2017. The leading global event will feature the first ...

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• 12 January

  ADSW likely to attract 38,000 attendees from 175 countries

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The 2017 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) slated to begin next Monday is expected to attract 38,000 attendees from 175 countries. Hosted by Masdar, this year’s theme is, ‘Practical Steps Towards a Sustainable Future’. The week’s anchor event, the World Future Energy Summit, WFES, will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a strong focus ...

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• 12 January

  DIHQA 21st edition named ‘Year of Giving’

    Dubai / WAM The organising committee of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) announced that 21st edition of the global competition will take place this Ramadan under the theme ‘Year of Giving’. The move is in response to the ‘Year of Giving’ initiative instructed by the President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and announced by Vice ...

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