Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 11 January, 2015 3:45 pm

Dubai Shopping Festival 20th Anniversary presents 2nd edition of Market OTB

Market OTB, the sustainable platform to discover new retail concepts, returns for its second edition from January 15-24 as a main attraction of the Dubai Shopping Festival’s 20th anniversary celebrations.In an accessible new location at South Ridge Park in Downtown Dubai, Market OTB is an ‘out...

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Business & Money | Sunday 11 January, 2015 3:41 pm

Frost & Sullivan report released at ArabPlast 2015

Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) estimates that by 2020 the region’s plastics conversion will grow phenomenally to reach 7.5mn tons per annum capacity, an increase of nearly 40% of current output. These statistics were revealed at ArabPlast 2015, the region’s biggest...

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Business & Money | Sunday 11 January, 2015 3:39 pm

GCC’s cable and wire industry sees 15% growth

The Gulf market for wire and cable witnessed a growth of 15% in the past two years. This is in sharp contrast to a falling demand in the developed European and East Asian economies, according to Integer Research’s latest Wire & Cable Global Data Service. Satish Khanna, General Manager, Al Fajer...

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Business & Money | Sunday 11 January, 2015 3:36 pm

Dubai Executive Council and DEWA discuss cooperation

The Dubai Executive Council and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) have discussed cooperation and coordination to implement the City Builders Race initiative launched by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council. ...

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Cars & Autos | Sunday 11 January, 2015 2:44 pm

The All New Honda CITY wins the ‘Best Small Sized Sedan’ Award

The all new Honda CITY won the best ‘Small Sized Sedan’ Award at the Middle East Car of the Year awards 2014 held at the Meydan Beach, JBR in Dubai, UAE on the 20th of November 2014. The all new CITY was nominated along with Toyota Yaris in the Small Sized Sedan category section....

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Business & Money | Sunday 11 January, 2015 12:36 pm

Bayt.com announces complete revamp of its mobile app.

Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one job site, has released a completely revamped version of its popular mobile app, with new features, new design, and new capabilities! The exciting relaunch makes the job seeking experience truly mobile, as users can now get notifications on suitable jobs, get ...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 11 January, 2015 12:32 pm

Commodity update: All eyes on energy

The first full trading week of 2015 kicked off with a lot of focus on the continued fall in energy markets (as this is helping to destabilise other asset classes). Stocks were initially pulled lower by the steep fall in crude and its negative impact on the energy sector, while government bond...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 11 January, 2015 12:13 pm

Advanced DNS Protection is the Need of the Hour for Middle East Telco Operators in the light of Etisalat Website Hacking

The Etisalat website was hacked into on Thursday, 18th December and persons visting the domain name Etisalat.ae were redirected to a Chinese site. Etisalat’s payment service - e4me.ae - was showing an error message– “Gateway Timeout.Cherif Sleiman, General Manager, Middle East at Infoblox ...

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Beauty & Style | Sunday 11 January, 2015 12:10 pm

CITIZEN introduces unique models with Eco-Drive Technology

Citizen introduces unique models with Eco-Drive technology. Unperturbed by passing trends, the fine collection is a modern fashion statement for youthful, authentic-seeking individuals who seek a watch that may transcend their generation.Eco-Drive is a revolutionary technology that powers watches...

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Beauty & Style | Sunday 11 January, 2015 12:02 pm

Design Days Dubai Announces Record Number of Galleries for 2015 Edition

Design Days Dubai will return for its fourth edition, from 16 – 20 March 2015 with a number of firsts overtaking past records. This installment will see an international line-up of 44 renowned exhibitors, from 20 countries presenting purchasable and highly-desirable works of modern and...

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