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abu Dhabi / Emirates Business du on Wednesday announced it will offer iPhone SE, the most powerful phone with a four-inch display, beginning April 6. iPhone SE packs the power of iPhone 6s in a beloved compact aluminum design that customers love, featuring a stunning four-inch Retina display and four gorgeous metallic finishes, including rose gold. With the exceptional performance ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Are you turning to internet for diagnosis to small health problems instead of a certified doctor? You might want to think again. It has been witnessed that this phenomenon of a click, can turn out to be more dangerous than you think. Canadian Specialist Hospitals (CSH), Dubai, recently voiced its concern over the prevailing cyberchondria. ...

EMIRATES BUSINESS Hilton Worldwide on Wednesday announced the signing of a management agreement with Universal Management Group to open the mid-market Hilton Garden Inn Doha C Ring Road. Set to open in 2018, the hotel is located in Qatar’s capital, Doha and once open will join Hilton Garden Inn hotels already operating in the UAE and KSA. “As one of ...

EMIRATES BUSINESS Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest global provider of sales, marketing and distribution services to independent luxury hotels, has announced that room nights from outbound business originating from the Middle East region increased by 21% in 2015, when compared with 2014. According to Preferred Hotels & Resorts boking data, the UK, France, Turkey, USA and Spain were ...

Bloomberg Beijing Homelink Real Estate Brokerage Co. is raising about $1 billion to expand its reach across China, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, which focuses on rental and second-hand real estate transactions, has attracted funding from Chinese Internet giants including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Baidu Inc., said the people, who requested not to be named because ...

Bloomberg Home buyers in hot housing markets from San Francisco to Brooklyn have grown accustomed to bidding wars, waived home inspections, and rapid-fire offers. If you’re house-hunting in Omaha, Neb., Grand Rapids, Mich., or Indianapolis, you might want to brace yourself for similar tactics. Those cities and several others saw sharp declines in the number of homes for sale over ...

RITIKA SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Dip in oil prices may have affected most of the global industries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, in one or the other way, but it has made little difference to the UAE’s luxury shopping sector. However the slowdown has rephrased the way customers spend. In a recently-held GCC-centric survey, it has been found that, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has won the coveted 2016 Crystal Cabin Award in the new ‘Cabin Concepts’ category for its Boeing 787 First Class cabin, featuring the airline’s new First Suites, unique to its Dreamliner fleet. The ceremony was held last night in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo. The award is the ...

SUNINA RANA / WAM The midsize SUV Ford Explorer has been named the best in the segment at the region’s most prestigious car award function in Abu Dhabi. Thierry Sabbagh, managing director of Ford Middle East, said, “We are enthralled for achieving this milestone. Explorer has already set a benchmark for the segment of Sport Utility Vehicles. We have always ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, has been named Best Local Private Bank in the Middle East at the 2016 Private Banker International (PBI) Middle East Awards. The bank was presented with the award at a gala dinner that was held in conjunction with the Private Banking Middle East Conference at the Ritz Carlton ...