Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 3:18 pm

RAK Ceramics Voted UAE’s Superbrand for the Seventh Consecutive Year

RAK Ceramics, a global hi-tech manufacturer of lifestyle ceramics solutions, was yesterday awarded ‘Superbrand’ status for the 7th consecutive year at a glamorous awards evening held recently at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City. One of the largest ceramics manufacturers in the...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 2:11 pm

BIOMETRICS IS CHANGING THE FACE OF BANKING

The accelerated adoption and unprecedented growth of mobile devices has brought about a fundamental change in the payment and commerce market globally. Over the past few years, there has been a rapid increase in the usage of mobile devices to seamlessly conduct transactions, with mobile banking...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 1:21 pm

ECOWAS and Penspen Sign Contract for a Feasibility Study for the Extension of the Gas Pipeline Network in West Africa

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and international energy services company Penspen announced the completion of contract signing in February 2015 to enable a formal start to the Feasibility Study examining the current West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) system performance and its...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 1:08 pm

Deloitte: New commercial aircrafts sales driven by increased travel in the Middle East

Global aerospace and defense companies added US$12.7 billion in revenues in 2014 according to a Deloitte study of the top 100 global aerospace and defense companies. Although revenues in the commercial aerospace subsector increased by US$23.7 billion in 2014, the strong growth was partly offset by...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 12:58 pm

Dubai Investments completes 59.66% acquisition in Al Mal Capital

Dubai Investments PJSC [DI], the leading investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market [DFM], has completed acquisition of 59.66% stake in Al Mal Capital PSC [Al Mal], which when allied to the 1.20% already held by the Company, equates to an overall shareholding of 60.86%.Established in...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 11:10 am

Empower organizes blood donation campaign to mark World Blood Donors Day

The campaign saw 197 donors in less than 5 hours Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), as part of its ongoing commitment towards Social Responsibility, organized annual blood donation drive for 2015 on World Blood Donor Day. Held in collaboration with Dubai International Real...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 5:03 am

Bayt.com Embraces the Arabic Web with Launch of بيت.شبكة (Bayt dot shabaka)

Bayt.com, the largest career platform in the Middle East and North Africa, today announced the launch of a new web presence for the company under شبكة. as part of its efforts to expand its reach with Arabic speaking customers online. Bayt.com’s new domain name – بيت.شبكة –...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 4:46 am

Schneider Electric Channel Partners Share Compelling Business Insights

Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management, flew its IT distributors to Budapest for the MEA Distributors Conference 2015 in recognition of their contribution to the IT business unit’s regional growth and success stories between 2014-2015. This year’s conference was built around...

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Business & Money | Monday 22 June, 2015 3:18 am

Ketchum Raad Middle East Hires Ashraf Shakah as Managing Director

Ketchum Raad Middle East, a full-service communications firm in the Middle East and North Africa, has appointed Ashraf Shakah managing director, based in Dubai. Shakah joins Ketchum from BPG | Cohn & Wolfe, where he served as a business director. Prior to that, he held leadership roles at ASDA’A...

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Business & Money | Sunday 21 June, 2015 11:36 am

AIR SEYCHELLES NAMED ‘INDIAN OCEAN’S LEADING AIRLINE’ AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS

Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, has been recognised with three highly-prized accolades at this year’s World Travel Awards (WTA), including the title of ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline’, at a prestigious event in Seychelles.For the second consecutive year, ...

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