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Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) held a smart clinic on Monday to discuss employee health initiatives. Badriya Al Harmi, community medicine specialist at DHA’s Al Barsha Health Centre said: “Employee health awareness and healthy initiatives helps reduce absenteeism, helps reduce the burden of non-communicable lifestyle diseases and helps reduce companies’ healthcare costs. Therefore employee health awareness ...

SHARJAH / EMIORATES BUSINESS Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) team successfully participated in Make in India Week that concluded in Mumbai recently. The five-day event, the largest of its kind in India, which was opened by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attracted government delegations from 49 nations and business teams from 68 countries. “With the plentiful resources that India has, ...

Alkesh Sharma / Emirates Business Ushering in an innovative technology — ‘aqua-agro’ — that could ensure constant supply of land nutrients even to the aquatic life, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is looking forward to establish research ties with Emirates. A high-level delegation from the leading European varsity visited UAE and held talks with various educational and research institutes in ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The region has witnessed a growing demand of Infiniti QX80 which was introduced to the market over a year ago. The label’s full size SUV continues to deliver in spades for Infiniti. The car was originally launched in December 2014; the endorsement for the new model has been strong with Infiniti delivering 1,521 vehicles in ...

EMIRATES BUSINESS Ensuring a secure salary transfer system to the corporates in the UAE, UnionPay International has launched region’s first EMV prepaid salary cards. Through these cards, banks in the UAE can now offer workers secure and advanced payment services conforming to the country’s Wage Protection System (WPS), at economic costs. UnionPay International is a global provider of high quality, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The much-awaited new addition of Ford Ranger, the compact Pickup, has finally hit the markets. It is now available at Al Tayer showrooms. Accoriding to Thierry Sabbagh, Managing Director at Ford Middle East, “The new Ford Ranger is a refined version of the earlier edition, and it has brought a new level of comfort. Without making ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In collaboration with Etihad Airways’ award-winning loyalty program, Etihad Guest, members of Joyalukkas Golden Rewards program can now convert their loyalty points to Etihad Guest Miles. This is the first time in the Middle East that a jeweller is offering its members the loyalty benefit of converting their loyalty points to miles so they can ...

Bloomberg A deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to freeze oil output failed to stem the biggest drop in bullish bets since July. The agreement reached on February 16 isn’t going to revive crude prices, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Iran said it supported the deal, without saying whether it would temper its own production. A ban on Iran’s ...

Bloomberg Climeworks AG is not the first company to figure out how to suck carbon dioxide out of the air. It may become the first to make money from it at an industrial scale. The Swiss company plans to remove 1,000 metric tons a year of the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere when its first commercial plant starts working this ...

DPA Puma is planning a turnaround in its fortunes and Rihanna is the key: the German sportswear brand wants to start appealing more to sporty and fashion-conscious women. Bjorn Gulden, the Norwegian chief executive who needs to get the company back on track after a slump in profits last year, sees great potential for growth in the women’s wear market. ...