Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 5 February, 2017 6:59 am

Oman Air Welcomes a New Boeing B737-800 to Its Fleet

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is delighted to announce that a new Boeing B737-800 aircraft has joined its fleet as of 24 January 2017. This new aircraft will be used on short and medium haul routes and has a capacity of 162 seats, with 12 Business class seats of seat...

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Business & Money | Sunday 5 February, 2017 4:36 am

Moody’s: Saudi banks’ liquidity squeeze eases

Liquidity pressures on Saudi Arabia’s banks are expected to ease in 2017 compared with 2016, said a report.  The report issued by Moody’s Investor Service said that the liquidity pressures are likely to moderate primarily as a result of subdued credit growth, which will, however,...

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Business & Money | Saturday 4 February, 2017 7:17 am

Acelity Completes Sale of LifeCell to Allergan

Acelity L.P. Inc. announced today that it has completed the sale of its regenerative medicine business unit, LifeCell Corporation, to Allergan for $2.9 billion in cash. “This milestone marks an important step in our continued evolution of Acelity,” said Joe Woody, Acelity President...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 4 February, 2017 5:29 am

BLACKBERRY advances global expansion of its athoc crisis communication Software

 BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), today announced that BlackBerry Secure, the company’s comprehensive approach to security addressing the entire enterprise from end point to end point, is now able to help organizations protect personnel during a crisis without language...

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Beauty & Style | Saturday 4 February, 2017 4:12 am

HQ Worldwide Shows will be the region's largest events company

  Worldwide Shows Corporation, WS Corp a global leader in the international events, live entertainment and communications industry, have announced a partnership with HQ Creative, a long-established UAE-based event production agency, marking HQ’s 20th anniversary.   WS Corp, ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 4 February, 2017 2:43 am

GSMA Outlines New Developments for 2017 Mobile World Congress

GSMA Outlines New Developments for 2017 Mobile World Congress GSMA Announces 16 New Keynote Speakers for Conference, Along with Additional Programmes and Participating Companies BARCELONA--(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- The GSMA today provided further updates on the 2017 Mobile World...

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Healthcare | Saturday 4 February, 2017 2:01 am

CONFERENCE FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY KICKS OFF TODAY

Two Hundreds of professionals are gathered today, at Conrad Hotel Dubai, for the Obesity Care & Cure Congress organized in collaboration with Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato – the leading group of private hospitals and clinics in Italy. The full day event, includes scientific lectures and...

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Beauty & Style | Friday 3 February, 2017 10:16 am

Vacheron Constantin – Appointments effective as of April 1st 201

Vacheron Constantin is delighted to announce the appointments of Juan Carlos Torres as non-executive President, and of Louis Ferla as CEO. They will be assuming their respective duties on April 1st 2017. Juan Carlos Torres joined Vacheron Constantin in 1981 and has been CEO since 2005....

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Technology & IT | Friday 3 February, 2017 8:59 am

65% of Businesses in UAE and Saudi Arabia Confess Lack of Digital Skills and Budget Hinder Digital Transformation

According to a new research by Dell Technologies, only 42% of businesses in the UAE and Saudi Arabia exhibit a strong growth on their journey to digital readiness. Furthermore, emphasizing on the overall regional capabilities, the research states that businesses in the Europe, Middle East ...

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Business & Money | Friday 3 February, 2017 8:05 am

The UAE’s investments in space technologies currently exceeded AED 20 billion:

Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the 7th edition of the ‘Annual Investment Meeting’ will be held on April 2-4, 2017 at the Dubai World Trade Centre under the theme of ‘International Investment,...

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