June, 2016

• 20 June

  UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science expands reach

  

      Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science has been on a research collaboration trip to Japan and China, in order to meet with eminent scientists and researchers in many scientific fields related to rain enhancement science, introducing them to the program and its goals, and the aspirations of the UAE leadership and government ...

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• 20 June

  DFWAC launches #BeMyVoice drive to fight violence

  

    DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC) launched the #BeMyVoice campaign to encourage the community in general and the media and social media influencers in particular, to support the victims of violence against women and children and shed light on their suffering, as well as spreading awareness on how to confront violence and prevent ...

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• 20 June

  UAE leads digital signage sector

  

    Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Technological advances have given a boost to the digital signage industry in the Emirates, with the sector expected to reach $23.02 billion by 2023, according to a report by Global Market Insights Inc. “Digital World Computer Design LLC has been contributing to the Digital Printing industry for the last 10 years in Dubai. The ...

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• 20 June

  Jumeirah Golf Estates awards Alandalus contract

  Dubai / Emirates Business Jumeirah Golf Estates, home to the DP World Tour Championship, has awarded the contract for the construction of its affordable luxury community of townhouses and apartments, Alandalus, to Sumer Contracting Company LLC. As one of the Middle East’s leading residential golf communities, Alandalus is Jumeirah Golf Estates’ latest development – a collection of 674 affordable luxury ...

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• 20 June

  Al Ghurair dining district to house world-class cafés

    Dubai / Emirates Business Al Ghurair Centre (AGC) has announced the latest addition to its much-awaited Dining District opening, where world-renowned Dumpling House DinTaiFung will open its first flagship store in Dubai, in addition to Yakitate sidebar and the well-known Iraqi restaurant Bestoon Samad. AGC’s new dining district will offer world class dining restaurants and cafes to its growing ...

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• 20 June

  Abu Dhabi Summer Season 2016 gears up to spread fun

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business This summer, fun- and adventure-seekers definitely need to have Abu Dhabi on their list. With an action-packed line up filled with events that cater to the whole family, Abu Dhabi Summer Season 2016 is the best way to beat the heat and spread the fun across summer vacation days in the emirate. BECAUSE DINOSAURS ...

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• 20 June

  Egypt Orange offered 4G licence for $400mn in spectrum shake-up

  

    CAIRO / Reuters Orange Egypt has said that Egypt’s telecommunications regulator had asked it to pay 3.54 billion Egyptian pounds ($399 million) for a licence to offer fourth-generation mobile phone services. The regulator had asked it to pay 100 million Egyptian pounds to acquire a fixed-line licence and 1.8 billion pounds to offer international calls, Orange Egypt said in ...

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• 20 June

  Central bankers fear downturn

  

    Bloomberg On Friday morning London time — when the result of a UK referendum will show whether the nation has chosen to leave the European Union — the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank’s Singapore desk could already be selling yen and francs. They and their peers are also primed to pump liquidity into banks fearful of ...

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• 20 June

  ECB ‘Brexiteers’ face final ruling on OMT challenge

  

    Bloomberg It’s not quite Brexit. But just two days before the UK goes to the polls, a throng of German academics, politicians and ordinary citizens are pinning their hopes on a different breakaway. Germany’s highest court will deliver judgments today in five separate cases seeking to stop the country from participating in a controversial bond-buying plan that underpinned European ...

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• 20 June

  End of Nigeria’s 15-month currency peg

  

    Bloomberg Pent-up demand for dollars may push Nigeria’s naira at least 20 percent weaker when the central bank allows the currency of Africa’s biggest economy to float freely, said analysts including Renaissance Capital Ltd. and the head of Ecobank Transnational Inc. Demand for foreign currency has built up to about US$3 billion since capital controls were imposed 15 months ...

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