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13 February 2017 Full year revenues stood at AED 173.8 million (2015: AED 178.2 million) Group losses reduced by 30% year on year as firm continues with stringent cost control and gears up for 2017 long term strategy implementation Real Estate Investment Management and Investment Banking business lines recorded systematic increase in profits Turnaround of the Group’s operations expected during 2017  Advertisement SHUAA Capital today reports results […]

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For a long time TruePublica has consistently reported that Britain is the centre of the global money laundering business with its London Headquarters and network of off-shore tax havens. We have challenged reports and studies that have protected ‘The City’ and its army of suited mobsters that openly defy both domestic and international financial legislation whilst it administers the global looting machine. (Read our piece: Enemies of the State: […]

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Matters of the heart can be complicated, but scientists have now found a way to create 3-D heart tissue that beats in synchronized harmony, like a heart in love, that will lead to better understanding of cardiac health and improved treatments. Researchers have devised a way to stick three different types of cardiac cells together, like Velcro, to make heart tissue that beats as one. Source

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By Karolina Tagaris | ATHENS ATHENS A bird-like statuette dating back 7,000 years has mystified archaeologists in Greece who still do not know exactly what it is, or where it came from. The “7,000-year-old enigma,” as it has been dubbed by the National Archaeological Museum, has been put on display until March 26 after being brought from the museum’s storerooms. It is the latest item to be […]

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Jeb Hensarling did not hold back last week, when asked on CNBC about the flaws of Dodd-Frank. “It clogs the arteries of capitalism in our system. It hurts working people. It hurts consumers. It needs to go,” said the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, about the signature piece of financial regulation of the Obama era. “You can’t get a healthy economy as long as you […]

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Shown above are seawater battery pack (left) and seawater battery kit (right) developed by Professor Youngsik Kim’s reserach team at UNIST. Credit: UNIST Researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea will be working to develop a new battery, using abundant and readily available seawater. UNIST will be working with public organizations in the energy sector to develop a new type of […]

Business

BERLIN Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) said it has no plans to keep a large number of temporary workers on its books following a media report saying management at the carmaker’s VW brand would retain about 2,000 of them as labor leaders and executives wrestle over the company’s turnaround plan. Labor leaders at VW last week halted cooperation with top managers on issues such as overtime work and apprenticeships after […]

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Wikimedia Commons The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been called a “toothless dragon” in the past when it comes to medical device security, but one security expert believes the FDA is only one of many impotent agencies that need to get their act together. The security of our medical devices, including pacemakers, embedded cardiac devices, and insulin pumps have come under scrutiny as of late. […]

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If you want to check the pulse of the mining sector one of the best places to go is the Mining Indaba in Cape Town. For this year’s annual gathering, with the sector in a far better place than it was 12 months ago when the mining industry was wallowing in debt, many executives, bankers and government officials may have been looking forward to some warm weather […]

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If you’ve been dreaming for years about having your own R2-D2 or BB-8, get ready. Just don’t expect your new robot companion to do too much, because you might be disappointed. A new generation of personal robots and devices is in the works and several are slated to head to homes beginning later this year. Among the more notable is Kuri, a robot developed by Redwood City, […]

India Takes

Good morning. Critique by “Sid Vicious” not pretty If things had gone differently, Washington would now be gossiping about the role of Sidney Blumenthal within a Clinton White House. A congressional inquisition over his much-publicized emails with then-Secretary of State Clinton, his longtime friend, now seems so distant, doesn’t it? But it’s still fitting the journalist-activist and historian should weigh in on Donald Trump. A cerebral but […]

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Nordea, the Nordic bank, has banned its fund managers from investing in the companies constructing the $3.7bn Dakota Access oil pipeline, just weeks after Donald Trump, the US president, decided to push forward with the controversial project. The bank’s fund management division will no longer invest in Energy Transfer Partners(ETP), the main company that oversees the disputed project, amid concerns about the environmental and reputational risks of […]

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Angels: OPEN Maybe they’re kidding themselves, but the Angels haven’t acted like a team in retreat. With Albert Pujols still slugging and Mike Trout still sublime, they have quietly improved the lineup with Danny Espinosa, Cameron Maybin and Luis Valbuena, players whose defense should prop up a shaky pitching staff. It’s a long shot, but with Trout in his prime and few top prospects coming, the Angels […]

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Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and with strategic support from the Ministry of Economy Event a key indicator of smart-service adoption as an important tool for conducting business, supporting smart trade and a knowledge economy Dubai, UAE, 3 February 2017 Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler […]

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A federal judge in Seattle late on Friday temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s travel clampdown, issuing a ruling that applies on a nationwide basis. US District Judge James Robart, who was appointed to the bench in 2003 by former President George W Bush, granted a request by Washington’s state attorney-general to stop implementation of Mr Trump’s ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations. The judge’s […]

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Anonymous sources are to journalists what a 12-pound funnel cake is to a kid at the state fair: We know it’s unhealthy, but we partake anyway. That has never been truer over the last week, as our good ship of state has sprung leak after leak. Nameless White House officials have served up more scoops than a Baskin Robbins: Trump’s disastrous call with Australia’s Prime Minister, his […]

Biz Tech

Moviegoers no longer have to suffer from FOMO when deciding not to see the latest titles in the theater. That’s because Fandango is bringing new movies to its streaming platform, making titles that are still in theaters like Hacksaw Ridge and Manchester By The Sea available to stream months before it would appear elsewhere. Among the movies to be the most excited about on FandangoNOW include the latest Disney movie, […]

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There is a wide range of commercial applications for AR in both consumer and enterprise use. Josh Miller Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are becoming integral components of modern smartphones, and experts say mobile devices will help drive demand for these technologies. special feature VR and AR: The Business Reality Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are going to be useful for far more than just […]

Middle East

ABU DHABI // Forty-seven female students from UAE and Qatar, who are in Dundee at the Al Maktoum College of Higher Education’s, began a winter programme on multiculturalism and leadership skills on Friday. The UAE students, from the UAE University in Al Ain, who are enrolled in the programme which runs until March 3, met the chairman of the College’s board of directors, Mirza Al Sayegh during […]

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This Sunday the New England Patriots will go head-to-head against the Atlantic Falcons in hopes of taking home the Vince Lombardi Trophy and the championship title. But for Tinder users, the Patriots are already winners. According to an in-app poll taken by Tinder, users predict that the Patriots will come out the winners of Super Bowl LI. 52 percent of all Tinder users reported a Patriots victory, […]

World

In a potential boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” initiative, tech giant Apple Inc. is nearing a deal with Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron Corp. to start making products in the southern state of Karnataka, a senior state official said. “The contractual agreement between the two companies is on the verge of being signed,” the Karnataka government official who has direct knowledge of the matter […]

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By Colin Packham and Aaron Bunch | SYDNEY SYDNEY U.S. immigration officials have postponed interviews with asylum seekers in an Australian camp on the Pacific island of Nauru since President Trump’s executive order on immigration, suggesting Washington is already blocking progress on a controversial refugee resettlement deal. The deal sparked a rare diplomatic spat between the two staunch allies, with Trump berating Australia’s prime minister in an […]

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There’s a whole lot of science — make that DNA changes — behind human height. A new large-scale international study has just found 83 new genetic variations that control height in humans. Of these, some influence adult height by over 2 centimeters or nearly 8/10 of an inch. This is an enormous discovery, according to researchers. “The genes affected by these genetic variations modulate, among other things, bone […]

Internet

I recently wrote about an agenda to mitigate the threats of insecure devices on the Internet of Things. One of the requirements expressed in that agenda is “For every product sold, there is a way that security researchers can responsibly disclose vulnerabilities found”. In this post I want to reflect on the issue of responsible disclosure from the perspective of the Collaborative Security approach, how responsible security […]

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By Patricia Zengerle | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday that “nothing is off the table” in dealing with Iran following its test launch of a ballistic missile, and his fellow Republicans in Congress said they would back him up with new sanctions. Trump comment was in response to a question about whether he would consider military options to respond to Tehran, a day after […]

Business

By Yashaswini Swamynathan U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday, as bank stocks fell after the Federal Reserve provided little clarity into whether it would raise interest rates at its next meeting, even as the central bank painted an upbeat picture of the economy. The Fed, which left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, gave no firm signal of a hike in March as it closely watches the impact of […]

Investing

The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at 0.25%, gilt purchase program at GBP435BN, and corporate-bond plan at GBP10b, voting 9-0 on all 3 decisions. The BOE also raises growth forecasts, while keeping its inflation forecasts broadly unchanged, and said the current policy stance “depended on the trade-off between above-target inflation and slack in the economy.” The central banks also reiterated that “monetary policy could […]

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