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ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business The smartphone boom — triggered by affordable smart handsets priced as low as US$80, and dual-SIM devices — is apparently putting a heavy toll on the traditional slate tablets in the region. A recent research revealed that tablet shipment in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region has dipped by 3.1 percent year-on-year in 2015. ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The wait is over! Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer, Maserati’s Levante — The luxury SUV, which made its World Premiere at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, has now arrived in the UAE. Al Tayer Motors, the official importer-dealer for Maserati, staged a special preview of the SUV at an event in Dubai. Hossam Hosni, General Manager, ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The Palma Development has announced a significant progress in its construction of the premier residential complex, Serenia Residences, with 25 percent of its raft casting already completed. Kareem Derbas, CEO and Co-Founding Partner of Palma Holding, told Emirates Business, “Serenia Residences is one of our most anticipated developments. The construction is well under way and ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has announced plans to increase the number of baby-friendly accredited hospitals in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The baby-friendly hospital initiative was launched to ensure that all maternal care facilities support breastfeeding, a practice that is ...

Emirates Business University Hospital Sharjah (UHS) has announced the opening of a new Cochlear Implant Unit to help restore the hearing of babies born with hereditary deafness or who have suffered damage to the inner ear. UHS has also announced that from the next school term its doctors will start conducting audiology awareness sessions for students at the Australian International ...

Emirates Business ArabiaWeather — a company specialized in meteorology in the Arab World — reviewed the most significant weather conditions in the region from the beginning of last year until this day, marking World Meteorological Day observed annually on March 23. Some of these conditions were extreme, resulting in physical injuries, property damage and even losses of life. The occasion ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Encouraging businessmen from Pakistan to add on to the already flourishing bilateral economic relations between UAE and the South Asian nation, Abu Dhabi Ports and Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) elaborated upon the integrated offerings from Kizad and Khalifa Port. The exclusive business event organised by Abu Dhabi Ports and ADT, in collaboration with the Islamic ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business As governments across the GCC embark on more and more ambitious e- and m-government programmes, it will fall upon businesses to keep up with citizens’ expectations, experts opined during Dynamics Summit 2016 held in Dubai. Keeping the same in mind, Microsoft has taken another step forward in helping Middle East businesses achieve more, as the ...

Sunaina Rana Emirates Business Contributing its bit in the overall cycle of sustainable development, Emirates Gas (EMGAS), a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) has inaugurated its one-of-its-kind mini Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) daughter station at Emirates Driving Institute (EDI) in Al Qusais area of Dubai on Tuesday. This new state-of-the-art CNG station has the storage capacity of 1,500 ...

Emirates Business The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, one of the leading young musical ensembles in the world, will perform two concerts this week at two stunning locations in Abu Dhabi as part of the emirate’s Abu Dhabi Classics international concert season. The orchestra, based in Vienna, Austria and founded in 1986, comprises 120 musicians, last week made its debut appearance ...