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Dubai / Emirates Business The 2017 Bayt.com Middle East and North Africa Salary Survey, conducted by Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one job site, and YouGov, a leading market research agency, revealed that almost half (44%) of UAE respondents believe that salaries are increasing in the UAE, and 24% believe that they are staying the same. In terms of current ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dubai Municipality has started a project for the irrigation network and beautification of Al Khail Road from the Business Bay crossing to the Zabeel 1 intersection at a cost of AED30 million, to be completed within nine months, said Mohammed Ahmed, Acting Director of Sewage and Irrigation Department in Dubai Municipality. He added that the project ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business New figures from Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) show that Abu Dhabi welcomed 1.6 million guest arrivals year to end of April, a 7% growth compared to the same period in 2016, As a single month, April has continued to build on the strong performance of the opening quarter of the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Tejar Dubai, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, recently launched SWOT Specialized Professional Institute (SSPI), a new training institute in Dubai’s Garhoud area which specialisies in aviation, logistics, and cargo safety. The institute is the 28th commercial project to be launched by Tejar Dubai to date, while it is also the third ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Insolaire LLC, a pioneer in the development of new solar technologies and a joint venture of Dubai Investments PJSC and SwissINSO Holding Inc., received strong enquiries for its sustainable, energy-efficient coloured solar panel technology, reinforcing the surging demand for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics [BIPV] across the globe. Emirates Insolaire, which offers the world’s-first Kromatix coloured solar panels ...

Riyadh / Emirates Business Al Habtoor Motors Saudi Arabia celebrates its first anniversary in Saudi Arabia selling Daimler-Fuso trucks. To kick off its anniversary celebration, the company will launch a number of promotional campaigns for its customers & resellers. Furthermore, the company plans to host Kingdom wide promotional events to celebrate this milestone. The early success of Habtoor Motors in ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has launched a Smoking Cessation Program to help people trying to quit the deadly habit following World No Tobacco Day. According to the fifth World Tobacco Atlas, an average of 27 people in the UAE die each week due to tobacco-related diseases and the current rate of smoking is 24.3 percent ...

SINGAPORE / Reuters Qatar Petroleum is still seeking gasoil from countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) even as some members of the group have severed ties with the country, said two trading sources on Monday. The state-run company was looking for up to two gasoil cargoes a month for delivery over July to September in a tender that closes ...

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, raised pricing for July sales of all crude grades to Asia, the US and Northwest Europe as it seeks to take advantage of increased demand after suppliers extended production cuts to help curb a global glut. State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Saudi Aramco, increased official pricing for Arab Light crude ...

Bloomberg Shenhua Group Corp., China’s biggest coal miner, and China Guodian Corp., one of the nation’s largest coal-fired power generators, are in merger discussions, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The talks are preliminary and the merger may not go ahead, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public. The Hong Kong-listed ...