October, 2016

• 9 October

  Stagnation in store for global PC, tablet and mobile phone sales

  

    Relaxnews Gartner forecasts global sales of just under two billion mobile phones each year until 2018. On the whole, the research institute estimates flatlining sales of smartphones, tablets and even PCs in the coming years. In 2016, total sales of such devices are expected to fall by around 3% to an equivalent 2.329 billion unit sales, comprising 265 million ...

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• 9 October

  Hide LinkedIn job hunt from your employer

    Relaxnews LinkedIn has just made it easier for disgruntled employees to put themselves on the market without their current employer finding out. The professional networking site is launching a new feature called “Open Candidate” which allows members to privately signal to recruiters that they’re open to new job opportunities. Users can specify the types of companies and roles they’re ...

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• 9 October

  Twitter seeks new path after potential bidders ‘back off’

  

    Bloomberg Twitter Inc., struggling to find new users, will need to rely more heavily on its live video streaming strategy after top potential bidders were said to have lost interest in making offers amid pressure from their investors. Twitter once saw interest from Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Salesforce.com Inc. and Walt Disney Co., all of which consulted with banks on ...

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• 9 October

  LED shows the ‘way up’ for agriculture

  

  AFP As cities expand, eating up swathes of countryside in the process, agricultural pioneers are finding new ways to grow the fresh produce we need, in containers, empty buildings and any other spare space they can find to create new vertical farms. “We are just trying to imitate nature. It’s not as futuristic as it might sound,” insists a smiling ...

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• 9 October

  The ‘taste’ of success

  

    Kumasi / AFP It’s a Wednesday night and Rose’s Luxury won’t open for nearly another hour, but a line is already snaking out from under the brightly colored awning of one of Washington’s buzziest restaurants. The flock of eager diners is a testament to the capital city’s newfound foodie street cred, which grabbed the attention of international culinary tastemakers ...

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• 8 October

  Obaid Al Tayer meets Luxembourg finance minister

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM HE Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs and his delegation, met with Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister as part of a series of bilateral talks held in Washington, alongside the 34th annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). Al Tayer and Gramegna discussed mutual ...

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• 8 October

  AED1bn residential complex to come up in Ajman

    DUBAI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme announced that it would build a 729-house project in the emirate of Ajman, the largest residential complex the programme has carried out since its inception in 1999. “The housing project is to be implemented based upon the leadership’s directives to provide houses to citizens, so as to enjoy social stability. The ...

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• 8 October

  World Energy Congress opens in Istanbul today

    ABU DHABI / WAM A high level delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), headed by Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, will take part in the World Energy Congress (WEC 2016), which will open in Istanbul on Sunday. The UAE delegation will have representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity ...

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• 8 October

  UAE signs MoU with South Korea to promote & protect intellectual property

  

    GENEVA / WAM The Ministry of Economy has recently signed a strategic new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to further promote and protect intellectual property in the UAE. The MoU was signed by Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Undersecretary for Economic Affairs and Choi Donggyou, Commissioner, KIPO on the sidelines of ...

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• 8 October

  UAE largest trading partner to US in Middle East

    HARTFORD / WAM The UAE is the largest trading partner to the US in the Middle East region, and the state of Connecticut is integral to this economic partnership, Consul-General of the United Arab Emirates in New York has said. “In 2015, the state exported more than US$1.6 billion in merchandise to the UAE, making it the UAE’s sixth ...

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