Business & Money | Sunday 26 August, 2018 11:14 am

Schneider Electric partners with Tarmeem Charity Association to bring safe energy solutions to underprivileged homes

Schneider Electric, a leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, has partnered with Tarmeem Charity Association, a Saudi non-profit association registered with the Saudi Ministry of Labour and Social Development, to build, repair and upgrade homes in underprivileged...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 August, 2018 11:10 am

Ring and Hitches & Glitches Collaborate on Smart Home Security Solutions

Ring, a leader in neighbourhood security, announced that it is collaborating with Hitches and Glitches (H&G), a Dubai-based, technology-led home maintenance company, which is part of the Farnek Group.    As part of the collaboration, H&G will retail Ring products via its...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 August, 2018 10:50 am

FedEx Express Gives Greater Access to Vietnam With New Flight to Hanoi

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world's largest express transportation company, is enhancing its services into and out of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, with the introduction of a new flight connecting the city to the FedEx Hub in Guangzhou, China.  This ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 August, 2018 10:12 am

UAE-based Female Entrepreneurs Visit UK to Learn How to Increase the Social Value of Their Business

ThirteenUAE-based female entrepreneurs have started their social entrepreneurship training journey with the pilot edition of Badiri Social Entrepreneurship Programme (BSEP), which kicked-off in the UK.    BSEP is the brainchild of Sharjah-based NAMA Women Advancement...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 August, 2018 10:05 am

Kuwait terminates more than 3,000 expat public sector employees

Kuwait has terminated the employment contracts of 3,140 expatriate public sector employees, the chairman of the Civil Service Commission Ahmad Al-Jassar said, according to local daily Kuwait Times. The contracts were terminated as part of the Kuwaitization push to replace expat employees with...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 August, 2018 8:06 am

Bahrain set to be next GCC country to introduce VAT

Bahrain is set to be the next GCC country to implement a five percent value-added tax (VAT), UAE daily Khaleej Times reported. The move is part of a framework agreed by GCC countries, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia already having implemented tax on payments earlier this year. Stevens added that he ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 25 August, 2018 11:55 am

IMF sees pickup in Saudi Arabia's economy

Saudi Arabia is moving ahead with economic reforms and growth in its non-oil economy is expected to accelerate, according to the IMF. The findings are contained in a report from the Washington-based organization published on Friday following the conclusion of its consultations with the Kingdom...

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Business & Money | Thursday 23 August, 2018 2:53 pm

Canon Middle East partners with Dubai Cares to host a fundraising event

Canon Middle East (CME), a provider of imaging technologies and services, will be hosting a fundraising event at Zaabeel Park on 28 September 2018 in partnership with Dubai Cares to raise AED 250,000 to support two educational programmes, one in the Middle East and a second in Africa.  The...

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Business & Money | Monday 20 August, 2018 5:14 am

Caparol signs strategic agreements in Iraq to increase market reach

Caparol Paints, the German leader in the global paints industry, recently signed strategic partnership agreements with a number of contractors from Iraq to increase its market reach in the country.  Caparol hosted contractors from various parts of Iraq to provide them with firsthand...

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Business & Money | Monday 20 August, 2018 4:00 am

Transfer and win with Emirates NBD Eidiya Express

As we approach the joyous occasion of Eid Al Adha, Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region is giving five lucky customers a chance to win back their Eidiya transfer.    Emirates NBD’s Eidiya Express enables customers to transfer Eidiya instantly to their loved...

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