Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 9:35 am

Mashreq Qatar enhances retail banking leadership in Qatar with new Head of Retail Banking

Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the GCC, has announced the appointment of Tooran Asif as the new Head of Retail Banking in Qatar.    A seasoned financial service professional with several years of experience in senior leadership roles across Asia, Middle East...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 9:27 am

Emirates NBD CIO Weekly: More of the Same

Global equity markets continue to be range-bound, in spite of the ongoing easing efforts by policy makers, not least the monetary stimulus announced Thursday by the BOE’s governor and the monetary and fiscal measures devised by the Japanese authorities. In spite of the strong US...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 8:28 am

BLOOVO.COM’s research reveals that strong employer brand is a key decision-making factor for 47% of GCC job seekers

Latest research by online social recruitment platform BLOOVO.COM reveals that job seekers consider employer branding one of the top factors when applying for new jobs. 47.4% hold that brand reputation is the single most important criteria when looking for suitable positions.   The...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 8:06 am

Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker™

Dubai private sector companies signalled a positive start to the third quarter of 2016, with overall business conditions improving at the fastest pace since March 2015. This was highlighted by a rise in the headline seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index from 54.6 in ...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 7:54 am

Protect workers’ rights, King orders

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman issued a series of directives with the intention of resolving all cases of unpaid salaries and avoid repetition of such incidents in the Kingdom’s labor market in future, Minister of Labor and Social Development Mofrej Al-Haqbani announced on...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 7:51 am

Middle East Region’s Largest Banking Technology Summit Will Get Underway In September

A month from now, the largest banking technology and innovation summit gets underway in the city. Organized by Expotrade, the sixth edition of the Middle East Banking Innovation Summit will be held on 5th and 6th September 2016 at Palazzo Versace, Dubai.  Focusing on the latest banking...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 7:21 am

Opportunities in the China debt market amidst rising credit risks

Alex Yao, Fixed Income Research Analyst, Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) The rise in recent negative headlines on China has sparked investor concerns and may have a broader impact on Asian credits. China’s debt market is facing increasing downside risks in the near future. A series...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 7:16 am

Dubai Industrial Park opens 70 Warehouses and Storage Spaces for Lease

Dubai Industrial Park, the dedicated industrial hub within Dubai Wholesale City, is offering 70 state-of-the-art pre-built storage and light industrial unit warehouses to meet the dynamic needs of the region’s thriving manufacturing and logistics sector. The high-quality ready-to-use...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 7:14 am

Xerox Recognized by HfS Research for Excellence in Human Resources Operations-as-a-Service

Xerox was named a top Human Resources Operations-as-a-Service provider in analyst firm HfS Research’s 2016 Blueprint Report, which annually rates the multi-national, multi-functional service providers in the outsourced HR operations market.   HfS Research placed Xerox HR Services...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 6:25 am

Arabian Centres launches mall leasing opportunities for homegrown boutiques

Arabian Centres, the largest developer, owner and operator of shopping malls in Saudi Arabia, announced today an initiative that enables homegrown boutique brands to set-up operations in Arabian Centres’ portfolio of 18 shopping centres in the kingdom.    The programme which...

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