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Dubai retail firm Marka posts $40.8m net losses in 2016

Marka, the UAE's first retail-focused listed company, has reported a net loss of AED150 million ($40.8 million) for the full financial year of 2016. The company, which has exclusive rights to manufacture and sell Real Madrid products in the Gulf region, reported total revenue of AED294 million, an increase of nearly 37 percentover the full year results for 2015. Marka added that the net loss was mainly [...]

Journalism+Silicon Valley: What Balance Of Power?

Silicon Valley tech companies should do more to help media companies get subscribers and revenues - this was the gist from six panelists discussing "Journalism + Silicon Valley: The Balance of Power" at a recent event in San Francisco organized by the Tow Center for Digital Journalists. The event marked the release of Tow Center's report: "The Platform Press: How Silicon Valley reengineered journalism |" It is [...]

Don't Believe the Self-Driving Car Crash Hype

After centuries of getting around primarily via horses, many people viewed the first automobiles with apprehension. This newfangled "horseless carriage" was considered too fast and dangerous to ever catch on. In the late 19th century, England even had a law called the Red Flag Act, which required self-propelled vehicles to be led at walking pace by someone waving a red flag. In 1895, the New York [...]

RBC Warns "Beware 'The April Effect'… Risk Of A Nasty 'Double Whammy'"

RBC's head of cross asset strategy Charlie McElligott dons his full wonksh equity analyst hat today, exposing "The April Effect," and the specific risk of "nasty double whammy" of levered long-short unwinds should momentum stall. Quick note of warning as we transition into the new quarter, with potential for major thematic / sector / factor reversals in stocks.  The following observation regarding April seeing a seasonal ‘momentum’ [...]

Laptops and tablets banned? Here's how to stay productive in flight

Kingston's Data Traveler is among only a handful of drives certified to work with Windows To Go.Can you imagine being a modern business traveler on a 12-hour transcontinental flight without access to a portable PC or even a tablet?I can't either.And yet that's the unpleasant reality the Trump administration has forced on some passengers who are booked on nonstop flights to the United States originating from 10 [...]

The hot list: set the right mood

Couple one key colour with recurring design elements to create a bedroom that's consistently calming.newslide Frame of reference Dress it well and your bed can become a focal point of your room. We like the classic blue paisley pattern on this quilt and sham set from Pottery Barn. The pieces are made from 100 per cent cotton voile and feature a solid ivory colour on the back, [...]

UAE healthcare market to be worth $28bn by 2021

The UAE’s healthcare market is set to surge to more than AED103 billion ($28 billion) by 2021 – reperesenting 60 percent growth over the next five years, according to a report. Expected improvements in the quality of healthcare provision, together with rising demand for preventative care and digital medical services will help to fuel massive growth of the industry, the study by MENA Research Partners (MRP) said. [...]

​Fiddle with something long enough, Twitter, and it'll break

Any sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from reality. That's an extreme paraphrase of Poe's Law, but it applies to so much of our world today. Including the management of Twitter.On Thursday, Twitter announced more changes to the way it works. Soon after, an image started circulating which supposedly explained these changes. And it was so confusing."Replies now part of Timeline. Timeline and TimelLine are now one product," [...]

Is War Between U.S. And China Brewing In The South China Sea?

Authored by James Holbrooks via TheAntiMedia.org, Adding fuel to an already highly combustible situation in Southeast Asia, Reuters reported Tuesday that China has “largely completed major construction of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea,” and that the Asian superpower “can now deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at any time.” Citing satellite imagery analyzed by the Asian Maritime [...]

Checking into Aman's five luxury lodges across Bhutan

For a US$2,000-a-night (Dh7,345) trip to the land of happiness, I’m a little surprised by the "assumption of risk and limitation of liability" statement my tour operator, Amanresorts, insists I sign before proceeding with my Bhutan itinerary. "I understand that I am undertaking travel to a remote geographical area in an undeveloped country where, among other things, a sense of urgency, attention to detail, standards of quality, [...]

U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight

“We recognized the nature of the fight was going to change and that we had to ensure that authorities were down to the right level and that we empowered the on-scene commander,” General Votel said. He was speaking specifically about discussions that he said began in November about how the fights in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State were reaching critical phases in Mosul and Raqqa. [...]

Etihad to offer free Wi-Fi, iPads on US-bound flights

Etihad Airways will offer free Wi-Fi and iPads to its first and business class passengers on all its US-bound flights from Abu Dhabi from April 2. The service comes in response to the US government’s ban on large electronic devices in airline cabins, which came into effect last Saturday. It affects US-bound flights from Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE. All the [...]

You Will Never Hear These Truths Discussed In The Mainstream

Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, The general public truly lives in two separate worlds. We have the world of the mainstream media, popular culture and political rhetoric; a world which constantly and desperately seeks to twist or destroy any legitimate measure of reality, leading people into a frenzied fog.   Then, we have the world of concrete facts; an ugly, brutal world that upsets many people [...]

Travel secrets: where you stay can be a holiday maker or breaker

Most people will tell you that where you stay on vacation doesn’t matter, that it’s the city that counts. I’ve unlearned this in my travels, so much so that I’ll pick a city to visit based on the place I can stay. How you experience a city has absolutely everything to do with the place you inhabit, particularly when you travel solo and are left to your [...]

Electronic devices ban not a long-term solution, says IATA CEO

British and US bans on laptops and tablet computers in flight cabins are not sustainable in the long term, the head of the association representing airlines said Tuesday. "The current measures are not acceptable as a long-term solution to whatever threat they are trying to mitigate," said Alexandre de Juniac, director general of the International Air Transport Association. "Even in the short term, it is difficult to [...]

My Heritage, My Responsibility: a lesson in Emirati culture at the the courtyard of Al Ain Palace

In a country that is becoming increasingly modern and globalised, there is a renewed focus on what it means to be Emirati and what can be done to preserve local heritage. This weekend, the courtyard of Al Ain Palace will be transformed into a traditional market, with food stalls and demonstrations of traditional medicine practices, such as hijama and tajbeer splinting, for the campaign "My Heritage, My [...]

Windows 10: It's a Miracle (That It Works)

There's a chance Microsoft is going to lose a lawsuit over unwanted Windows 10 upgrades, the results of which allegedly caused a permanent loss of data on plantiffs' computers. This suit, which only amounts to $5 million (so far), could easily turn into a massive class-action suit if Microsoft cannot counter the threat by finding something in its end-user license agreement (EULA) that holds the company [...]

Beenie Man, the king of Dancehall, talks about his rise to fame and working with Janet Jackson

Beenie Man, the self-proclaimed "King of Dancehall", is the star attraction at Abu Dhabi’s second CaribFest, a 12-hour celebration of Caribbean culture that will take over Yas Beach tomorrow.Known for ­international hits including Who Am I (Sim Simma) and Feel It Boy, featuring Janet Jackson, the 43-year-old – real name ­Anthony Moses Davis – is one of Jamaica’s highest-profile performers. Touring in support of his latest LP, [...]

Local edition: What skills do journalists need? Thick skin, vision, patience, all the basics

This originally ran in our weekly newsletter Local Edition. You can join the conversation here. A few months ago, my son, Max, got me thinking about adaptation. "Everything is different!” the 9-year-old blustered from the back seat after his Kindle finished updating. “I can’t find anything now!” "That stinks,” I told him. But it’s also good practice, I said, for a skill that younger people figure out [...]

U.N. Urges Iraq and Allies to Rethink Tactics as Airstrikes Kill Civilians

Photo The bodies of several people killed during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, on Friday. Credit Felipe Dana/Associated Press GENEVA — Airstrikes against Islamic State fighters are killing so many civilians that Iraq and its American-led coalition of allies should reconsider their tactics, the top human rights official at the United Nations said on Tuesday.Zeid Ra’ad [...]

Congress just obliterated Obama-era rules preventing ISPs from selling your browsing history

(Image: C-SPAN broadcast)Rules preventing internet providers from selling personal information, such as customer browsing histories, will be repealed, following a vote in the US House of Representatives this afternoon.The Republican-led House voted 215-203 in favor of repealing the rules, implemented just a few months ago under the previous Obama administration. It follows a similar vote in the Senate last week, which also speedily passed the resolution without [...]

Rising temperatures put outdoor workers' lives at risk

ABU DHABI // Rising temperatures and an increase in air pollution will put the lives of outdoor workers at risk in the coming years.The UAE Climate Change Risk and Resilience report published by the Emirates Wildlife Society with the WWF, predicted that higher heat and humidity will endanger health and decrease productivity.The report forecast global economic losses through decreased productivity of up to US$2 trillion, or Dh7.34tn, [...]

U.S. ‘Probably Had a Role’ in Mosul Deaths, Commander Says

Photo A man carried the bodies of people killed in fighting between Iraq security forces and the Islamic State in Mosul last week. Credit Felipe Dana/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The senior United States commander in Iraq said Tuesday that an American airstrike likely triggered the collapse of a building in Mosul that killed more than 100 civilians this month, but indicated that an investigation would also examine [...]

Telstra announces two cybersecurity centres, new managed security service

Telstra has announced that it will be launching a new suite of managed security services and two new cybersecurity centres in Melbourne and Sydney.According to Neil Campbell, Telstra's director of Security Solutions, the offerings will be ready for customers by July 19, with the aim to make the cybersecurity challenge easier for organisations to deal with. "We're taking this opportunity to rethink and reinvent really our product [...]