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Over 250 fashion brands join hands for The Dubai Malls Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience on Oct. 10
The largest of its kind global fashion event in Dubai will elevate the city's stature as one of the top international style destinations with The Dubai Mall's 'Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience' to be held on October 10, ...
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Jones Lang LaSalle releases new Sustainability in the MENA Real Estate Market report
Jones Lang LaSalle, the world's leading real estate investment and advisory firm, has released a new report - Sustainability in the MENA Real Estate Market - Walking the Talk - that assesses the region's response to the global debate surrounding the environmental, economic and social sustainability of the built ...
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AXA Gulf performs a corporate responsibility week to increase commitment and pride of employees
AXA Insurance Gulf non-life international insurers in the region - held its 3rd edition of its Corporate Responsibility Week between June 8 and June 16, 2013. Part of its worldwide events, the Corporate Responsibility Week is the opportunity for AXA's entities and their employees to express their commitment towards Corporate ...
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UAEs Al Qassimi hopeful of Sardinia Rally success
UAE driver Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi is confident he will stand a much better chance of success at this weekend's Rally Italia Sardegna after the disappointment he suffered in Greece. While on track for his best finish of the season, Al Qassimi and co-driver Scott Martin crashed their Abu Dhabi Citron Total World Rally Team DS3 WRC out of the Acropolis Rally in their most recent World ...
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aeCERT participates in Cyber Security event in Dubai
WAM DUBAI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT), a subsidiary of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), has participated in an event titled "An audience on Cyber Security with Bruce Schneier", BT's Chief Security Technology Officer. As cyberspace grows in size and complexity, so does the role of the world's ...
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Dubai Hospital Administration launches new telephone booking system for Outpatient Appointments
WAM DUBAI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- Dubai Hospital's administration department has recently launched an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system for outpatient appointments. The new system provides convenience for patients who can call a dedicated and request for an appointment. The automated system takes down all the information in either English or Arabic and patients then receive a ...
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Rail link and metro connection planned for Abu Dhabis Dh10.8bn Midfield Terminal
The new terminal, with an initial capacity of 30 million passengers, has been designed to accommodate both a high speed rail link and metro connection in the future. Courtesy ...
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BlackBerry Q5 phone on sale in Dubai tomorrow at Dh1499
A limited number of exclusive, yet-to-be launched BlackBerry Q5 devices will be on sale at the company’s exclusive new store in Dubai Mall from tomorrow evening. Priced at Dh1,499 the Q5 is powered by a Dual Core 1.5GHz processor and offers the BlackBerry 10 experience at an affordable cost. The smartphone also features a QWERTY keyboard and is aimed at the younger generation with ...
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Worlds most stressed Mideast finance professionals
Stress at the workplace is not a new problem facing professionals in the UAE and the Middle East at large, but what might come as a shocking revelation is that finance professionals in the region are the most stressed out among their peers in the world. A new survey released by eFinancialCareers, a career site for professionals working in banking and the financial markets, reveals that our ...
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Dubai chosen for global launch of new BlackBerry Q5
The launch of the Q5 will take place at the opening of the first BlackBerry Retail Concept Store, which will open on Thursday at 5pm local time and is part of Canada-based RIM's plans to offset falling US ...
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First Cavalli-branded hotel said to be set for Dubai
If the rumours about the hotel, bearing the name of Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, prove to be true, it would be the first-of-its-kind in the UAE complementing the group's Dubai-based nightspot, the Cavalli Club Restaurant & Lounge located in the Fairmont Hotel ...
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Etihad-backed Air Berlin faces pilot strike
Air Berlin, the German carrier in which Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways owns a 29 percent stake, faces industrial action after trade unions representing its pilots announced plans to go on strike after a breakdown in talks with ...
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Al Najah Education launches first nursery Horizon Kids Nursery in Al Safa Dubai to expand its quality education portfolio
Al Najah Education, a Dubai-based investment company, acquired a 100% equity stake in Cooper Nursery, a highly reputed EYFS Nursery in Al Safa, and has rebranded it as Horizon Kids Nursery to be an affiliate to one of the leading schools in Dubai, the Horizon English ...
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Energy leaders of tomorrow to get their say at 2013 World Energy Congress
The next generation of energy industry leaders will play a key role at the World Energy Congress in Korea, 13 to 17 October 2013, as the event launches its Future Energy Leaders Programme ...
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Etihad Airways again tops Skytrax first class awards
The Abu Dhabi-based airline took home the coveted title of Best First Class for the fourth consecutive year, as well as taking home top honours for Best First Class Seats and Best First Class Catering.The awards, which are voted on by travellers from more than 160 countries, were presented at the Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony today at the Paris Air Show.Peter Baumgartner, Etihad ...
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Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic expands services to include preconception care
Dubai's Bourn Hall Clinic will now provide preconception care at its 22,000 sq ft Jumeirah facility, in addition to fertility, infertility and IVF ...
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We know nothing about missing sailor probe in Dubai says UK ministry
Handout picture of British sailor Timmy MacColl who went missing in Dubai on May 27, 2012, seen here with his wife Rachael. Courtesy of MacColl ...
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Sudans president thanks UAE team for saving childrens lives
A UAE initiative that helped Sudanese children born with heart defects receive free, life-saving operations has been hailed by the country's president. A team of specialists from Nabadat, which means heartbeat, this month operated on 41 children at Wad Medani hospital, 200 kilometres from Khartoum. The mission was funded by the Mohammed bin Rashid Foundation, in partnership with the Dubai ...
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Emarats Freshplus opens its eighth store in Dubai Customs
"Freshplus", the unique trade name in convenience stores sector, is continuing its growth and success among competing trade names, with the opening of the eighth "Freshplus" store in Dubai Customs, by an investor who was granted the franchise to the trade ...
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Emirates prepares for Stockholm launch
Emirates airline is stepping up its preparations for the launch of its Stockholm service - a move set to boost its presence in Northern Europe. Emirates gave the local Swedish travel trade and media a preview of the airline's award winning ...
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Datamatix announces the hosting of the GCC Nationals Pension and Retirement Strategy in Private Sector Conference
atamatix announces the hosting of "GCC Nationals' Pension and Retirement Strategy in Private Sector Conference", on 2nd and 3rd of July at Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai, ...
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Kaloti Group achieves new health and safety ISO and upgrades refinery facility
Kaloti Jewellery Group (Kaloti), one of the world's largest gold and precious metals refiners and trading houses, announced that its Sharjah-based refinery has achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 18001:2008 for occupational health and ...
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Global Auto Parts drives focus on genuine quality automotive aftermarket parts at Automechanika
Automechanika Dubai is all set present a unique spectrum of products from the fields of automotive parts, car washing, workshop and filling-station equipment, IT products and services, accessories and tuning from 11th to 13th June ...
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Outgoing UAE rugby boss stands by his work
Duncan Hall believes rugby union in the UAE has progressed in the 17 months he spent as the country's performance manager. The UAE Rugby Federation (UAERF) confirmed yesterday that the Australian had resigned in order to move back to his homeland. The national XV-a-side team won just one Asian 5 Nations game under Hall and were relegated from the Top 5 last month, but the 57-year-old ...
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The Cayan Tower Dubai builds worlds tallest 310-metre 75-storey twisted tower
Dubai, home to Earth’s three tallest buildings, witnessed the opening of the world’s highest twisted tower late on Monday. Cayan Real Estate Investment and Development Company inaugurated the Dh1 billion Cayan Tower, formerly named Infinity. Located in Dubai Marina and close to the world’s tallest residential building, the 414-metre Princess Tower, the skyscraper with a ...
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Abu Dhabi's changing role in UAE
The international financial crisis has caused much misery and despair world-wide, but in every recession there are opportunities, and because of Dubai, Abu Dhabi may have been presented with one.
When people around the world think of the United Arab Emirates, its capital, Abu Dhabi, is not the first emirate that comes to mind. Rather, Dubai is the most famous of the seven entities that united in the 1970’s. Read more
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