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  Bloomberg General Atlantic LLC, the US private equity firm that already invested more than 1 billion reais ($318 million) in Brazil this year, plans to keep buying stakes in companies that “are not cheap” even amid the country’s worst economic crisis in a century. General Atlantic is among the few international buyout funds daring to buy Brazilian firms amid ...

  Dubai / WAM The Board of Directors of Dubai Government-owned Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) have announced a new growth strategy aimed at serving Dubai’s growing energy needs while simultaneously developing an integrated upstream and downstream energy value chain to drive future growth. As part of the five-year strategy 2016-2021, ENOC will focus its efforts and investments on fulfilling Dubai’s ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Construction industry experts and government officials assembling in Dubai next month will tackle the threat of fires in the region, an issue highlighted by recent blazes in high-rise towers. The latest statistics, published this month by Guardian Wealth Management, a global financial planning company, claim that up to 80 percent of expatriate residents living in ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business To celebrate Independence Day of India on 15 August 2016, Legoland® Dubai, part of Dubai Parks and Resorts, has for the first time shared a sneak peek into one of its most highly anticipated attractions- MINILAND- with the unveiling of the stunning Taj Mahal LEGO® model. The impressive and realistic model is made from 280,741 ...

  AFP Japan’s economy stagnated in the second quarter, data showed Monday, falling below expectations and rekindling worries about the government’s faltering bid to stoke a recovery. Growth in the world’s third largest economy was flat at 0.0 percent quarter-on-quarter, missing economists’ predictions for a 0.2 percent expansion in the April-June period as weak exports and a fall in business ...

  Bloomberg Singaporeans are the most pessimistic about the economy in seven years as they’ve grown more gloomy about their quality of life, their income and job security. Mastercard’s consumer confidence index for the city-state plunged to 33.6 in the first half of 2016, down from 44.3 for the previous six months, the company said in a statement on Aug. ...

  Washington / AFP Dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at a Turkish air base near Syria are at risk of being captured by “terrorists or other hostile forces,” a Washington think tank claimed Monday. Critics have long been alarmed by America’s estimated stockpile of about 50 nuclear bombs at Incirlik in southern Turkey, just 70 miles (110 kilometers) from ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emaar Properties is offering an exclusive lifestyle choice in Dubai Creek Harbour, the 6 sq km master-planned development defined by the iconic new tower that serves as a magnificent beacon of positivity in the heart of the city, and only 10 minutes from the Dubai International Airport. Designed by renowned Spanish/Swiss neo-futuristic architect, structural engineer, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Health Insurance Company, Daman, announced that it reached three million members in its 10th anniversary this year. The latest membership figures indicated that the Abu Dhabi Basic Plan has reached around 1.5 million, with membership of ‘Enhanced’ health insurance plans reaching upwards of 720 thousand members. The Thiqa Plan, which was first launched in ...

  Dubai / WAM Google announced on Sunday the arrival of Fujairah in Street View, a feature by Google Maps that will allow users to view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery of major streets across the city. Following Umm Al Quwain, Sharjah, Dubai, and Ajman, Fujairah is the fifth Emirate to be featured on Street View. Street View was launched ...