Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 12:43 pm

McDonald’s UAE raises 300,000 Dirhams for Beit Al Khair Orphans

This year’s Ramadan book campaign of McDonald’s UAE had a significant positive impact by raising 300,000 Dirhams for Beit Al Khair Orphans. Now in its seventh consecutive year, the campaign inspired people to spread kindness through buying a large range of kids’ books throughout...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 12:40 pm

Airbus Middle East, Airbus ProSky and Arab Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC) sign a MoC

The link between the growth of aviation sector and the Middle East and North Africa’s economic growth cannot be ignored. Many of the national airlines regionally are preparing for expansive growth over the next decade and beyond, projected in the range of five percent or more annually. As a...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 12:37 pm

Red Hat Announces Participation at IDC CIO Summit 2015 in Riyadh

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, has announced its participation at the upcoming IDC CIO Summit 2015 taking place at the Four Seasons hotel, Kingdom Centre Riyadh from September 8-9, 2015. The company will demonstrate its open, hybrid cloud...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 10:10 am

NBAD offers finance to Egyptian expats & UAE Nationals to acquire homes in Egypt

NBAD is the first bank in the UAE to offer finance to Egyptian expatriates buying properties in their home country More than 300,000 Egyptians are living in the UAE   National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has launched a new program for Egyptian expatriates to purchase, finish or...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 12:18 am

Taiwan Excellence Days Returns to Dubai

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), under the support of Taiwan’s Bureau of Foreign Trade (MOEA), will host their annual Taiwan Excellence Days global tour in Dubai from the 9th to 12th of September 2015. Taiwan Excellence Days is a global initiative to build recognition...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 4:36 pm

Launch of Annual Symposium on Islamic Economics and Finance

The World Bank Group`s Global Islamic Finance Development Center (GIFDC) announced today the launch of its Annual Symposium on Islamic Economics and Finance. The symposium is organized by GIFDC in partnership with Borsa İstanbul, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Islamic Research and Training...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 4:33 pm

DPQ COMMUNICATIONS REBRANDS AS Q COMMUNICATIONS

Dubai-based integrated PR and digital communications consultancy, DPQ Communications has rebranded as Q Communications as it announces a bold and exciting new operation in Abu Dhabi, the first step in its expansion programme across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The consultancy has expanded ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 2:53 pm

International Investment Bank Appoints Subhi F. Benkhadra as the New CEO

Bahrain based International Investment Bank announces the appointment of Mr. Subhi F. Benkhadra as the new Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Benkhadra, previously the Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi based Baniyas Investment & Development Company, replaces Mr. Fareed Bader, the acting...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 11:15 am

Commodities market forecast – until end 2015

Background: A broad basket of commodities has fallen to the lowest level in 16 years thereby wiping out all the gains that were made during the Chinese boom years during the first decade of this millennium. The main trigger for this weakness has not been due to slowing demand but more due to...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:01 am

REGION’S LEADING INTERNATIONAL GLASS EXHIBITION RETURNS TO DUBAI FOR SIXTH YEAR

Gulf Glass 2015, the region’s leading international glass exhibition, will return to Dubai for the sixth time from the 14 - 16 September at Dubai World Trade Centre. With construction projects worth more than $172 billion expected to be completed in 2015, the demand for glass is...

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