Bloomberg Indian equities and the rupee weakened after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government unexpectedly withdrew high-denomination banknotes and as Donald Trump clinched the US presidency. The S&P BSE Sensex tumbled as much as 6.1 percent before trading 2.8 percent lower at 12:50 p.m. in Mumbai. The rupee dropped 0.2 percent to 66.7425 per dollar, poised for its biggest drop ...
Read More »Samsung seeks redemption with AI-infused Galaxy S8
Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. plans to equip its next Galaxy S smartp- hones with a Siri-like digital assistant, seeking to make a come- back after the global debacle that precipitated the death of its flawed Note 7 lineup. Samsung, which last month acquired US-based artificial-intelligence software company Viv Labs Inc., said the Galaxy S8 slated for next year will ...
Read More »Turner International turns digital
Bloomberg Time Warner’s Turner unit said Tuesday its international business is launching a digital division to lead digital innovation. Turner International is led by president Gerhard Zeiler. The international unit of Turner, led by chairman and CEO John Martin, has so far consisted of a European, Latin American and Asian operation. Time Warner, which recently agreed to be acquired ...
Read More »Find your nearest defibrillator with Staying Alive app
Relaxnews What should you do when a colleague collapses at work or when someone loses consciousness in the street? Defibrillators are now installed in most public places (train stations, streets, etc.) and workplaces, and can save lives in the event of cardiac arrest. An app- lication, called “Staying Aliveâ€, lists 80,000 such devices worldwide, and lets users locate nearby ...
Read More »Infoblox’s new software to power the Next-Gen data center
Emirates Business Infoblox Inc., the network control company that provides Actionable Network Intelligence, today announced the latest release of its software (NIOS 8.0) for DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (DDI) to automatically scale according to the needs of the network. NIOS 8.0 provides organizations with “elastic scaling†capability – a way to add or reduce DDI capacity on-demand ...
Read More »Golden era for sidecar bikes
Bloomberg This month in England, H&H Auctions will sell more than 100 vintage motorcycles taken from one of the biggest collections in the country. Among the lot are four sidecar motorcycles that are as notable for their rarity as for their quirky design style and ride personalities. There will be a 1924 AJS Model D Combo, a 1932 BSA ...
Read More »Simulating an equine ride
Langenselbold / DPA Black Beauty is a dream horse; he’s obedient, his stable never needs cleaning out, and he never needs food, a vet or a blacksmith. He never bucks or bolts, and his rider never needs to worry about falling out of the saddle. “When I ride him I can just concentrate on myself,†enthuses German dressage rider ...
Read More »ADNOC mulls expansion of Al Hosn Sour Gas project
ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), in partnership with Occidental Petroleum, announced on Tuesday its intention to expand its Al Hosn facility, which will increase sour gas processing by 50 percent of existing capacity. The plant could become operational within the life span of ADNOC’s new five-year business plan, part of the company’s ‘2030 ...
Read More »Chinese bank celebrates listing of US$600mn bond on Nasdaq Dubai
DUBAI / WAM Yuan Shengrui, Senior Executive Officer of the DIFC branch of China Construction Bank (CCB), on Tuesday rang the market-opening bell to celebrate the listing of a US$600 million Bond on Nasdaq Dubai, under the bank’s $6 billion medium term note programme. The CCB is one of China’s most prominent banks with a market capitalisation of $173.3 ...
Read More »National Bonds collaborates with du to provide WiFi UAE
DUBAI/ WAM National Bonds Corporation, National Bonds, renewed its partnership with du to support WiFi UAE, a country-wide initiative to provide WiFi access to the public, in line with the UAE Vision 2021. WiFi UAE currently covers Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Al Ain and Ras Al-Khaimah. It offers free internet access across Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, Dubai International Financial Centre, ...
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