Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 2:31 pm

Omniyat starts work on Langham Place Downtown Dubai

Omniyat Group, a leading real estate developer in Dubai, has awarded the enabling works contract for itsAED 1 billion ($272 million) Langham Place Hotel and Residences in Downtown Dubai. Mark Phoenix, Managing Director, Omniyat Group, said: “The commencement of construction and award of...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 2:25 pm

Arabic International Public Sector Accounting Standards Certification by Deloitte & ACCA

Deloitte and ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) launched today the ACCA Certificate in International Public Sector Accounting Standards in Arabic (Cert IPSAS in Arabic). In fact, out of the 22 Arab League member states, five governments are currently implementing accrual...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 2:22 pm

Sophos Introduces Enterprise Malware Removal Tool That Cleans Up Exploit Code From RATs, Ransomware and Rootkits

Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, today launched Sophos Clean, the latest addition to its Enduser protection portfolio of advanced malware detection, remediation and removal software. The signature-less technology uses progressive behavior analytics, forensics...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 2:18 pm

Emirates Islamic launches charity fund for community support

Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, today announced the launch of the Emirates Islamic charity fund, to govern and manage the bank’s strategy for charitable donations and giving, one of the key pillars of its overall CSR framework. The Emirates...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 2:14 pm

Cisco Connect to Focus on Digitization in Saudi Arabia

Cisco announced that the latest edition of its flagship technology forum for Saudi Arabia, Cisco Connect 2016, is taking place on May 18 and 19. The event is hosted by Cisco and key strategic partners and will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh.   Digitization is opening up a...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 1:15 pm

H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi Inaugurates the 8th edition of Offshore Arabia Conference & Exhibition

H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, inaugurated today the eighth edition of the Offshore Arabia Conference and Exhibition at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre accompanied by a number of officials, specialists, and key note speakers from the...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 1:08 pm

Dubai Chamber pursues 4th Generation of Government Excellence System

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP) organised a workshop on adopting the newly-introduced 4th Generation of the Government Excellence System at its head office recently.   With its objective of informing employees ...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 1:05 pm

Blockchain Conference set to Heat Up Dubai

Keynote Events has announced its first Blockchain Technology Conference in Dubai, at the Burj Al Arab on May 30, 2016. Over the last five years an experiment called Bitcoin has created and proven a new kind of financial technology: The Blockchain. The Blockchain is a new, smarter way to automate...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 12:43 pm

Government of Rwanda collaborates with MasterCard to meet Rwanda’s 2020 Vision of a cashless society

The Government of Rwanda today announced a collaboration with MasterCard to fast-track the country’s move to include 90 percent of its citizens in the financial mainstream, as set out in its Vision 2020 strategy.  In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by the CEO, Rwanda...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 May, 2016 6:07 am

Saudi, UAE ink deal to set up coordination council

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signed on Monday a protocol to establish the Saudi-UAE Coordination Council. The signing ceremony was held in the presence of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy...

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