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Innovation key to globalize for top Chinese firms BEIJING, 17 hours, 1 minutes ago Leading Chinese companies are making innovation a strategic priority in their business models to stay competitive in global markets, according to a new report. The Emerging Best Practices of Chinese Globalizers: Develop the Innovation Models report by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Strategy& (a part of the PwC network) was based […]

UAE. Short-term real interest rates (US) will remain near zero for more than three years, according to the majority of institutional investors, academics and policy makers polled at the AQR Asset Management Institute’s inaugural Perspectives event, at London Business School. At the start, delegates were asked how much longer they expected short-term real interest rates (US) to remain near zero, with 38% answering more than three years. […]

UAE.  According to EY’s report ‘How will the GCC close the skills gap?’, employers struggle to retain nationals due to high salary expectations; however, these employers rank young people’s lack of work experience (53%), communications skills (36%), and required skills and qualifications (22%) as further challenges to retention in the private sector. Three quarters of GCC employers feel the education system doesn’t know what skills employers need. […]

Dubai’s Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (Amaf) launched a donation campaign on Thursday for the Salma food relief programme in an attempt to produce and distribute one million, long-life, halal meals to victims of wars and natural disasters around the world in 2015. The project, named after the UAE’s first female Emirati nurse, Salma Al Sharhan, will provide food packaged to withstand extreme weather conditions and remain […]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, paid his condolonces to the Prime Minister of Britain on the deaths of British citizens in last week’s attack in Tunisia. Sheikh Mohammed, during a meeting with David Cameron on Thursday, also wished those who were injured in the attack in Sousse a speedy recovery. The attack, he said, was […]

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Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of the Ruler of Sharjah and chairwoman of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, has been named Golden Humanitarian Personality of the Year by the Watani Emarat Humanitarian Work Award. The award was given in recognition of her contribution to humanitarian work – locally and internationally – as well as her support for cancer patients and refugee children. “It is […]

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By CARLOTTA GALL July 2, 2015 TUNIS — The Tunisian authorities said on Thursday that eight people had been arrested in connection with the massacre of 38 foreign tourists at the beachside resort of Sousse last Friday. Kamel Jendoubi, the minister responsible for coordinating the response to the attack, said that 12 people had been interrogated by the police, and that eight of them had been detained, pending charges. […]

World Briefing By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS July 1, 2015 At least 1,466 Iraqis were killed in episodes of armed conflict in June, up more than 40 percent from the previous month as security forces battled the Islamic State group, according to United Nations figures released Wednesday. The monthly death toll was the highest since September, and the rise from last month appeared to be almost entirely attributable to higher casualties […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Saudi prince pledged on Wednesday to give away his entire $32 billion fortune to charitable causes in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the world. The prince, Alwaleed bin Talal, said the funds would go to his charity, Alwaleed Philanthropies, for causes like disease eradication, intercultural understanding, women’s empowerment, disaster relief and the electrification of isolated areas. The new pledge by one of the […]

With an up-to-date Android or iOS device, YouTube users can now play back videos at 60 frames per second. Google-owned YouTube rolled out the HFR (high-frame-rate) option for desktop devices last fall, and expanded that to live streaming in May. For now, though, HFR live streaming remains available only on desktops, not on mobile devices. YouTube said 60 fps videos provide “silky smooth playback,” especially for video […]

Wireless carrier Sprint is backpedaling on the video streaming limits on its new All-In program. The company apparently underestimated the customer backlash that would haunt it for putting a 600 kbps maximum on the new plan. Here’s the backstory: On Tuesday, Sprint announced the All-In wireless plan for $80 a month. The plan includes a wireless device with unlimited talk, text and high-speed data. “If you went […]

If you’re sick of your smartphone’s shaky Web capabilities and its tendency to lose power after just a few hours, Apple is feeling your pain. According to reports, the company’s next iPhone might offer faster Web connectivity and better battery life, all thanks to a single component. The handset, which by most indications will be called the iPhone 6S, will launch with a chip called the MDM9635M. […]

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged more companies to make electronic and digital goods on Wednesday, reviving his campaign promise to bridge India’s digital divide backed by over $70 billion in investment pledges. Launching a “Digital India Week” aimed at popularising the government’s push to connect 250,000 villages by 2019, Modi spoke of the need to boost local manufacturing of electronics – the country’s largest import […]

MUMBAI Indian property firm Housing.com, backed by Japan’s SoftBank, ousted its co-founder and chief executive officer on Wednesday, marking the first major management upset at one of the country’s largest start-ups. Housing.com’s boss Rahul Yadav had been at odds with his investors for months and even resigned in April in a letter where he was highly critical of the company’s investors. He later withdrew that resignation. But […]

REUTERS – Indian e-retailer Infibeam filed a draft prospectus for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise 4.5 billion rupees ($70.69 million), becoming the first of India’s ecommerce companies to list its shares on the domestic market. Infibeam’s IPO comes at a time of intense competition in India’s e-commerce sector, with high cash burn rates at industry leaders Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon.com’s India unit raising concerns among […]

UAE. John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, London Business School, comments: “As in most places, the best thing regional governments can do to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses in the Middle East is to not over-engineer their efforts to assist.  A key strategy to adopt is to focus on nurturing local talent by encouraging professional development through education and apprenticeships, rather than […]

UAE. 85 percent of financial institutions from around the world reported that their boards of directors currently devote more time to oversight of risk than they did two years ago, while 79 percent felt that increasing regulatory requirements and expectations were their greatest challenge, according to the ninth edition of Deloitte’s Global risk management survey. In addition, the most common board responsibilities are approving the enterprise-level statement […]

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