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Al Gharbia taps into non-oil sector for growth
last Sunday
19 May 2013 The Western Region Development Council (WRDC), the central coordinating body leading development and promoting opportunity in Al Gharbia, the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, has defined a number of key non-oil sectors to drive economic growth and development in the region. The step... Full story
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UAE inflation eases to 0.9% in April
last Sunday
19 May 2013 The UAE inflation eased to 0.9 per cent in April as housing and utility costs fell, according to official data on Saturday. The UAE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the April consumer price data, which indicated a stable trend in prices compared to similar period last... Full story
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SCLG eyes over 100 countries by 2020
last Sunday
19 May 2013 Supply Chain and Logistics Group, or SCLG, plans to strengthen its position in supply chain and logistics industry and aims to target over 100 countries by year 2020, its top official said. SCLG, a non-profit business group working under the patronage of the Dubai Chamber of... Full story
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Dubai businesses upbeat
last Sunday
19 May 2013 A majority of businesses, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in Dubai expects higher growth in revenues and profits for the second quarter of the year, a latest survey revealed on Saturday. The quarterly business confidence survey, conducted by the Department of ... Full story
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Private equity focus shifts to western hemisphere as Europe’s austerity and Asia’s uncertainty weaken their deal markets, finds Bain & Co’s 2013 Global Private Equity Report
last Sunday
May 19, 2013 Private equity (PE) investment activity in the Americas is positioned for a solid year, while markets in Europe and Asia-Pacific tread water; this according to the fourth annual edition of the bellwether report on the state of the industry, released recently by Bain & Company, ... Full story
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Protecting Stainless Steel from Inevitable Corrosion
last Sunday
Dubai-UAE: 19 May 2013 – Numerous individuals in the construction, oil and gas, marine and petroleum industries believe that stainless steel does not corrode. However corrosionexperts from UAE based Marami Metal Plating strongly emphasize the need forstainless steel passivation treatments... Full story
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RAK CERAMICS TAKES CSR TO AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
last Sunday
The world’s largest ceramics manufacturing company, RAK Ceramics, has taken its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to an international level, using Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) format to provide a framework for its CSR efforts and in the process has become the first ceramics ... Full story
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Standard Chartered hosts Financial Institutions Trade Finance Seminar
last Sunday
UAE, 19, May, 2013 - Standard Chartered’s Transaction Banking team organized a first-of-a-kind Trade Finance Seminar for financial institution clients of the bank in Dubai. The workshop was attended by representatives of conventional and select Islamic banks from the UAE and the region.... Full story
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BROTHER INTERNATIONAL (GULF) consolidates partner network in UAE with new Premium Partner Program 2013
last Sunday
May 19, 2013 BROTHER INTERNATIONAL (GULF) FZE, one of the leading global manufacturers of laser and Inkjet printing devices, has announced that it will continue to focus on increasing MIF (Machines In Field) and expanding its market stronghold in the UAE as the company kicked off its... Full story
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Islamic finance forum offers mixed messages
last Sunday
Sometimes a subject is so vast that well-defined terms of reference have to be decided in advance when it’s discussed, so as to retain some degree of useful focus. That point occurred to me last week when attending a broad-ranging conference in Dubai on Islamic finance, which drew upon... Full story
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