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19th January 2017 Profile Software, an international financial solutions provider, today announced its sponsorship of the Middle East Wealth Management Forum organized by Hubbis, taking place on the 24th of January at the Ritz Carlton, DIFC in Dubai, UAE. Profile’s executives will demonstrate the client centric and innovative platforms that address the Wealth Management industry’s requirements. Profile supports thought provoking industry leading events for the Wealth Management […]

Government of Dubai Media Office – 19 January 2017  Chairperson of Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA) HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today announced the appointment of Dr. Amer Al Zarooni as the Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Healthcare City Medical (DHCM), a new cluster that oversees […]

By Isabel Coles | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq Most Islamic State (IS) commanders in Mosul have been killed in battles with Iraqi government forces that raged over the past three months in the eastern side of the city, an Iraqi general said on Thursday. The fight to take the western side of Mosul, which remains under the jihadists’ control, should not be more difficult than the one […]

Appoints Industry Veteran Amid Al-Shanteer to Lead Regional Office in Dubai Covering Middle East and North Africa 19 January 2017 FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire) Responding to growing business in the Middle East and North Africa, AlertEnterprise, the leading Silicon Valley based provider of Security Convergence software, has appointed Amid Al-Shanteer as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market effective January 16, […]

By Anjuli Davies and Andrew MacAskill | LONDON LONDON Global banks have begun signaling how they will put plans into action to cope with a “hard” exit by Britain from the European Union. Until now, banks have considered varying degrees of upheaval to their British-based businesses, depending on whether the outcome of Brexit was “hard” or “soft.” But after Prime Minister Theresa May said that Britain would […]

Harris was initially pleased by this development. Top predators have long played an important role in nature. Wolves and cougars once put pressure on bison to keep moving over long ranges of land, and he says, “There was never overgrazing because the predators were behind the animals pushing them on, giving the land naturally a chance to rest.” Harris mimics that cycle of rotation and rest in […]

If this week’s speech by Theresa May on her Brexit plans was designed to reassure the City of London and stop banks from shifting jobs out of the UK, early indications are that it appears to have failed. The prime minister is scheduled to address business leaders at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos Thursday morning, but in the meantime a flurry of senior financiers popped […]

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The Freedom of Information process begins with a letter, right? Why does it become necessary to sue? We bring a lawsuit either when it takes too long for a government agency to respond to our request, or when they do respond but withhold records that we believe should be disclosed. Why has the Center pursued FOIA suits so vigorously? How does the Center differ from other organizations […]

Net profit of QAR 427 million by the end of 2016 Total Assets rose by 7% to QAR 60.6 billion Loans and Advances grew by 5% to reach QAR 35.2 billion by the end of 2016 Deposits reached QAR 32.2 billion, up 4% from the previous year Doha, January 18, 2017 Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) P.Q.S.C, in Qatar, released its consolidated financial statements for the […]

There has been a lot of discussion about Twitter lately, most of it negative—it can’t make money on advertising, growth is down, and online bullies remain a problem. Meanwhile, Donald Trump tweets daily; more every day since the election. This alone, you’d think, would draw more attention to Twitter and make it more popular. Twitter actually does over $2.5 billion in revenue, but tech companies […]

Image credit: BT Wi-Fi systems based on a single router may provide patchy coverage in some homes and small offices, depending on the building’s size and construction. Until recently, users have had to find their own solutions using Wi-Fi extenders and/or HomePlugs. In the USA, companies such as Eero, Luma and Google have launched multi-part systems that create a mesh network to provide good coverage throughout a […]

The White House declined to disclose what decision Mr. Obama had reached, but some administration officials believe it is unlikely that he will resolve the contentious issue in the waning moments of his presidency. Continue reading the main story That such a pivotal decision has been left to Mr. Obama’s final weeks in office reflects the complexity of the debate about working with the Y.P.G., as the […]

ANKARA: A 34-year-old Uzbek man suspected of slaughtering 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve confessed to the massacre on Tuesday, hours after his capture in a police raid.Turkish police cornered Abdulgadir Masharipov at an apartment in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul on Sunday during a massive operation.A man of Iraqi origin and three women from Somalia, Senegal and Egypt were detained with the […]

BEIJING Chinese authorities have asked an unnamed Chinese province to turn off its early warning alert system for smog to avoid mismatches between environment and meteorological authority forecasts, state media reported late on Tuesday. Nearly three years into a “war on pollution”, large swathes of northern China have been engulfed in smog over the New Year, with dangerous air quality readings in major cities like Beijing, Tianjin […]

Qualcomm, the world’s leading mobile chipmaker, has now been dragged to court by U.S. antitrust officials for alleged anti-competitive practices. Particularly, the Federal Trade Commission accused it of violating the FTC Act in the manner it licenses its technology to crush rivals, stifling innovation in the process. In the complaint filed before a federal district court, FTC stated that Qualcomm is using its stable of patented technology […]

WASHINGTON The U.S. military said on Tuesday it carried out air strikes in Syria against Islamic State targets of interest to both Washington and Ankara near the town of al-Bab, following Turkish criticism of insufficient U.S. support for its ground offensive. U.S. Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition battling Islamic State, counted four strikes in recent days against Islamic State […]

HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed: “The UAE is playing an active role in driving research in science and technology to identify solutions to tackle global water security challenges. This comes in support of the ambitious innovation and energy strategies of our country” Abu Dhabi-UAE: 17 January, 2017  Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs […]

Baidu has announced the appointment of Dr Qi Lu as its group president and chief operating officer, who will be responsible for the organisation’s products, technology, sales, marketing, and operations, effective immediately. Lu joins the search engine giant from Microsoft, where he served as the company’s global executive vice president and led Microsoft’s Office business. Prior to Microsoft, Lu was senior vice president in charge of search […]

SINGAPORE: Kim San Leng Food Centre, a popular coffee shop located next to the Bishan bus interchange, will be suspended on Friday (Jan 20) after accumulating 16 demerit points for offences such as failing to keep the premises free from rats.  According to a suspension notice on the National Environment Agency’s (NEA) website posted on Monday, the food centre’s main operator accumulated four demerit points for failing […]

Saudi Arabian Airlines’ budget carrier Flyadeal will lease six Airbus A320s, an Airbus executive said on Monday, a sign that the European planemaker might again have pipped Boeing in the race to win a big Middle East deal. Flyadeal, which is set to start services in mid-2017, is aiming to operate a fleet of up to 50 narrow body jets by 2020 and Saleh al-Jasser, director general […]

Telstra and Ericsson have announced achieving the encryption of data while in transit over a 10Gbps link between Australia and the United States by using telecommunications equipment and software provider Ciena’s 10Gbps wire-speed ultra-low latency encryption solution. Using what they call advanced optical encryption technology, the companies demonstrated the ability to secure data while in transit between Melbourne and Los Angeles without impacting speed, reliability, and latency. […]

By Jessica DiNapoli and Lisa Richwine American Apparel LLC started to lay off staff on Monday after Canada’s Gildan Activewear Inc (GIL.TO) withdrew its initial plan to buy some of the bankrupt U.S. fashion retailer’s manufacturing operations, company employees said. Gildan won the rights to American Apparel’s brand with an $88 million bid in a bankruptcy auction last week. It had previously indicated it would assume some […]

16 January 2017 Oman Insurance Company (OIC), one of the UAE’s leading insurers, has become the first insurer in the Middle East to establish a corporate alliance with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE is recognized as the world’s largest and premier anti-fraud organization and has partnerships with numerous Fortune Global 500 organizations. Its role is to support the implementation of anti-fraud best practices […]

The PNP chief also calls on the public to stop using the term ‘Tokhang for ransom,’ saying it ‘hurts’ the police force Bea Cupin Published 4:40 PM, January 16, 2017 Updated 4:40 PM, January 16, 2017 KIDNAPPING CASE. PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa (right) says SPO3 Ricky Sta Isabel has since surrendered to the NBI, which is under Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II (left). File photo by […]

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