Business & Money | Wednesday 26 October, 2016 7:12 am

Abu Dhabi to Host the World's Largest Gathering of Women Speakers of Parliament

At the 135th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly and Related Meetings in Geneva today, the UAE Federal National Council along with IPU announced The Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament, set to take place at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi on 12-13 ...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 October, 2016 5:00 am

AccorHotels partners with Acropole Holdings Limited for Novotel Downtown Dubai

AccorHotels, one of the world’s leading hotel operators, today announced the signing of a management agreement with Acropole Holdings Limited for the Novotel Downtown Dubai in Dubai, UAE. Construction work on the hotel will commence in February 2017, with an anticipated opening date prior to...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 October, 2016 4:49 am

Humaid Al Qatami Opens VISION-X 2016

 His Excellency Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami, Director General of the Dubai Health Authority along with His Excellency Helal Saeed Almarri, Director General of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing and Director General of the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority officially opened...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 October, 2016 2:49 am

H.E. Dr. Abdullah AlKathiri Inaugurates the 2nd Edition of NATRANS EXPO

Under the Patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development, and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime, the 2nd Edition of NATRANS Expo was inaugurated at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center by His Excellency...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 October, 2016 1:42 am

Industry leaders converge at SGI Dubai ‘Knowledge Series’

Industry leaders across the print, signage, graphic and imaging industries came together at the recently held ‘Knowledge Series’ organised by SGI Dubai on behalf of International Expo Consults (IEC), part of Falak Holding. The core objective of this event was to bring together...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 October, 2016 12:55 am

Aramex Scales Up Branch Office Performance and Connectivity with Silver Peak SD-WAN Solution

Silver Peak, the leader in broadband and hybrid wide-area network (WAN) solutions, today announced that Aramex, a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, has deployed the Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution, to scale up the organisation’s branch office...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 4:08 pm

GOIC took part in the GCC-France Economic Forum in Paris

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) took part in the GCC-France Economic Forum held at Salons Hoche in Paris on the 18th and 19th of October, 2016. The forum was organised by the Federation of GCC Chambers (FGCCC) in collaboration with the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 4:01 pm

CashBasha Wins Startup Istanbul 2016 Challenge

CashBasha, a regional e-commerce technology firm founded by Jordanians, recently won the Startup Istanbul 2016 Challenge, coming in first place out of 2,700 startup companies who applied to be part of the event across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. More...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 3:16 pm

QFB participates in the IMF meetings and receives the ‘Best Up-and-Coming Islamic Financial Institution 2016’ award

Qatar First Bank L.L.C. (Public) “QFB”, a leading Shari’ah compliant bank based in Qatar and listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), along with leading financial authority figures from Qatar, GCC and international banks, has participated at the annual meetings of each of the...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 2:46 pm

M&A activities drove equities, focus shifts to earnings

Written by Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equity markets began the week on a positive note with M&A activities, positive earnings, and better than expected data from the Eurozone and U.S. all boosting appetite to risk.   The merger between AT&T and Time Warner...

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