Business & Money | Wednesday 14 December, 2016 12:48 pm

Expo 2020 Dubai Gives SMEs Opportunity to Take Big Share of 70 Product Licences in Giant Tender Offering

Expo 2020 Dubai unveiled plans to appoint 70 official licensees for a range of official retail products from next year, with around a third targeted at small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The mega event will accept tenders for more than 5,000 unique products that will be sold at a...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 14 December, 2016 12:34 pm

ACTS wins material testing bid for Riyadh Metro Project

Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS), a consulting organisation in the field of construction materials and geotechnical engineering, has been awarded a contract to carry out testing and analysis on construction materials to be used for the Riyadh Metro Lines 1 and...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 14 December, 2016 5:46 am

Emirates NBD Chief Investment Officer Gary Dugan reveals Global Investment Outlook for 2017

Gary Dugan, Chief Investment Officer - Wealth Management at Emirates NBD addressed media in the UAE on the bank’s global investment outlook for the year ahead.   Under the theme ‘Dealing with Global Disruptors’, Gary aimed to identify how investors can manage risk and...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 14 December, 2016 4:31 am

King Salman honors winners of King Khalid Prize

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman graced the ceremony to honor winners of the 6th edition of King Khalid Prize at Faisaliyah Hotel in Riyadh on Tuesday evening. The King distributed the prizes to the winners in the three branches — “Excellence among non-profit...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 14 December, 2016 3:39 am

In Store Purchases Make Over 90% Retail Transactions

According to A.T. Kearney, a leading global management consulting firm, over 90% of purchases are still done in stores in this era of e-commerce. That means malls in the region are bustling with local and visiting shoppers buying for the holiday season, and to manage this shopper rush, regional...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 13 December, 2016 4:44 pm

CEO of Natura praises quality and heath standards implemented in the UAE

Philippos Petrakakos, CEO of Natura Food Imports, owner of distribution rights of Greek water Hyas in the region declared that the UAE is considered as an important gateway for European brands into the GCC and the Middle East. Petrakakos noted that quality, health standards and trading...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 13 December, 2016 4:29 pm

With a 67% Increase flynas Breaks New Record and Carried Nearly 550,000 Passengers in November 2016

flynas, the Saudi National Air Carrier, has broken a new record in the number of passengers travelling on the low cost Saudi carrier by approximately, 550,000, in November of this year, 2016, with an increase of 67% in the number of passengers in comparison to November of 2015.   This...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 13 December, 2016 4:27 pm

Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament 2016 Unites to Promote Tolerance

Under the theme ‘Governing Tolerance’, the sixth session of the Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament 2016 addressed the underlying questions of whether tolerance can be governed and if so - how parliaments can contribute to eradicating the root cause of intolerance that leads...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 13 December, 2016 4:12 pm

ZonesCorp Joins Abu Dhabi Food Security Alliance

As part of ZonesCorp’s efforts to help improve food security and diversify the economy within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, ZonesCorp joined the Abu Dhabi Food Security Alliance at the SIAL ME exhibition last week. ZonesCorp is planning to support the Alliance by encouraging local agriculture and ...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 13 December, 2016 4:10 pm

WAIPA and the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2017 join hands to identify development

The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), the world’s leading FDI platform, has announced the signature of a partnership with the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), which aims at bolstering networking and promotions’ opportunities during the upcoming event that will...

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