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Dubai / Emirates Business The 2017 Bayt.com Middle East and North Africa Salary Survey, conducted by Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one job site, and YouGov, a leading market research agency, revealed that almost half (44%) of UAE respondents believe that salaries are increasing in the UAE, and 24% believe that they are staying the same. In terms of current ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business New figures from Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) show that Abu Dhabi welcomed 1.6 million guest arrivals year to end of April, a 7% growth compared to the same period in 2016, As a single month, April has continued to build on the strong performance of the opening quarter of the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Tejar Dubai, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, recently launched SWOT Specialized Professional Institute (SSPI), a new training institute in Dubai’s Garhoud area which specialisies in aviation, logistics, and cargo safety. The institute is the 28th commercial project to be launched by Tejar Dubai to date, while it is also the third ...

Bloomberg South Korea’s finance ministry has drawn up an 11.2 trillion won ($10 billion) supplementary budget to help meet President Moon Jae-in’s effort to increase jobs and incomes. If passed by the parliament, the finance ministry plans to use 4.2 trillion won of the spending package to create 86,000 new jobs, 71,000 of them in the public sector, including positions ...

Bloomberg Shares of jewellers climbed in India after the government set the rate for gold under the uniform goods and services tax below expectations, signaling a potential recovery in demand in the world’s second-largest market. Titan Co. advanced as much as 15 percent to a record 542.50 rupees ($8.4) in Mumbai, while Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Ltd. increased as much as ...

Bloomberg In his air-conditioned office protected from the scorching heat and dust outside, S.M. Imran points at a white lined map pinned on his wall showing Power Cement Ltd.’s planned expansion at its plant in Pakistan’s arid southern Sindh province. Power Cement is aiming to triple capacity, riding a wave of Chinese-financed infrastructure projects across Pakistan valued at more than ...

Bloomberg Canada’s trade deficit was wider than forecast in April, and there was further disappointment in revised figures showing larger gaps in the prior two months. Imports exceeded exports by C$370 million ($274 million) in April, Statistics Canada said in Ottawa. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists was for shortfall of C$20 million. In addition to the ...

Bloomberg UK manufacturing activity maintained its momentum in May and confidence rose as strong domestic demand buoyed orders. IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers Index was at 56.7 in May after reaching 57.3 the previous month, which was the highest in three years. The reading was better than economists had forecast and keeps the index comfortably above the 50 level dividing expansion ...

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism and opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world. Iran—long at odds with Saudi Arabia and a behind-the-scenes target of the move—immediately blamed US President Donald Trump for ...

ABU DHABI / Agencies The total value of Abu Dhabi’s trade in pearl, gemstones and precious metals amounted to AED4.7 billion during the Q1 of 2017 from AED3.3 billion during the corresponding period last year, a growth of 42.4 percent, according to figures released by Abu Dhabi Statistics. The growth is driven by entrepot, including the non- oil commodities coming ...