Bloomberg Jonathan Baker is the first to admit he shouldn’t be complaining about foreign investors driving up prices in Vancouver’s red-hot housing market. They helped the retired lawyer pocket millions. Baker and his wife sold their five-bedroom home for C$3 million ($2.2 million) in December, a 100-fold gain from their purchase price in 1970. The house went for C$300,000 over ...
Read More »Innovating the future of Aerospace
RITIKA SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS The two-day Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi brought together experts from the aviation field on a common platform, which hosted discussions on the future of the industry. During the event — held as part of Abu Dhabi Aviation Week 2016 — panel discussions and strategy sessions were organsied in line with the theme of ...
Read More »â€˜Live Science’ triggers curiosity in inquisitive minds
Emirates Business Live Science — the joint initiative of the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) — came to a successful close this week at Mushrif Central Park in Abu Dhabi. Over the course of its five-week run, Live Science attracted over 31,000 visitors who experienced the transformative innovations on display and a series of educational ...
Read More »A restaurant where quality matters
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS With over 6,000 restaurants in Dubai, the residents here are overwhelmed with plethora of choices when it comes to cuisines, services and cool ambiences of any eating joint. This industry is clearly bubbling with countless innovations in services, ranging from home-grown brands and international chains, which have raisied the bar of restaurants in the emirates. ...
Read More »Delivering lifestyle needs by innovation
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS TIMEZ5 is the world’s first health and Wellness Company addressing lifestyle needs through innovation. Driven by research and inspired by Islamic rituals, its goal is to develop premium quality products for Muslims. TIMEZ5 Labs blends the world of ancient medicine, leading technology and inspiring design to address lifestyle challenges. It is a global company headquartered ...
Read More »Aldar awards AED 318mn contract for Al Jimi Mall extension
Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties PJSC (Aldar), Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company, has awarded an AED 318m contract for Al Jimi Mall’s refurbishment and expansion works to Pivot Construction Company. This investment is the latest component of Aldar’s recently announced AED 3 billion investment strategy. Al Jimi Mall remains a key retail asset in ...
Read More »Women should take crucial roles in tougher industries’
RITIKA SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Women are being encouraged by leaders in aero-space industry to look beyond conventional career choices like teaching and explore more hard-core fields like engineering, construction and technical sides of aviation. Sheikha Al Maskari, Chief Innovation Officer of UAE Space Agency told Emirates Business that there is a need of more female professionals in “tougher†fields ...
Read More »UAE Exchange a great place to work
DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Working for an organisation that offers a work-life balance is a blessing but working for an organisation that rewards and helps improve skills of its team is a richer blessing. One such organisation that inspires and motivates its staff is UAE Exchange, the leading global remittances, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand. In a survey conducted ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi Ports reviews its 2016-2020 strategy
RITIKA SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Abu Dhabi Ports recently organised a ‘Strategy Workshop with Stakeholders’, in which the company shared its five-year strategy. Government stakeholders and key customers from 25 organisations participated in the event that aimed to provide their input and build on their capabilities for its effective imple- mentation. The strategy, reflecting the demands and expectations of Abu ...
Read More »UAE is the fastest growing market for BenQ in Q4, 2015
Sunaina Rana Emirates Business The internationally prominent digital lifestyle innovations company, BenQ Middle East & Turkey has recently reported theur growth upto 4.8 percent during the last quarter of 2015 in the Middle East. However, the UAE tops the charts in the region, where market share increased from 2.06 percent in Q4, 2014 to 6.52 percent in Q4, 2015. Following ...
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