|By Arabian Post Staff| Japanese retailer Daiso opened at Bawabat Al Sharq Mall in Abu Dhabi this week. The newly opened store is the 11th store in Abu Dhabi and the 32nd in the UAE, bringing the total count in the GCC region to 49. The store is located on the first floor of the mall, opposite the Food Court, and boasts of 4,500 square feet. Daiso […]
|By Matein Khalid| Trump’s post Charlottesville remarks, the Barcelona terrorist attacks and Cisco’s results unnerved the US stock market bulls last week. Friday was a surreal moment in the history of Wall Street. It was entirely rational for traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor to cheers and the Dow Jones Index rise 150 points when news broke that Trump had fired his alt-right, white nationalist chief strategist […]
|By Arabian Post Staff| Following commercialisation in the 1990s, today metal 3D printing has established itself as an attractive manufacturing solution for prototyping and beyond. Metal printer manufacturers and materials suppliers are poised to capitalise on this unmet demand, with the 3D printing metals market to be worth $12B in 2028. This rapid growth is analysed and implications evaluated in the latest market intelligence report from IDTechEx Research, 3D […]
|By Arabian Posr Staff| The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis have signed a framework agreement to expand both ADNOC and Borealis downstream petrochemicals business and support the delivery of ADNOC’s integrated smart growth and partnership strategy. Under the agreement, ADNOC and Borealis will move to the pre-feed (front end engineering and design) stage for the construction of the Borouge 4 complex, which encompasses a world-scale, mixed […]
|By Arabian Post Staff| Cancer tumours manipulate a natural cell process to promote their survival suggesting that controlling this mechanism could stop progression of the disease, according to new research by the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford. Non-sense mediated decay (NMD) is a natural physiological process that provides cells with the ability to detect DNA errors called nonsense mutations. It also enables these cells to eliminate the mutated […]
|From Anand Vardhan in Denpasar, Bali| The Middle East crisis, which has seen the diplomatic isolation of Qatar last week, is expected to impact Indonesia’s tourism and lead to a consequential drop in foreign earnings. Bali, the single largest tourist destination of Indonesia, has been receiving some 400,000 visitors via Qatar, of which 70% are tourists. The anxiety is all the more heightened as a majority of these […]
|By Arabian Post Staff| Dubai Government is developing a new project development company that will manage projects by Dubai Holding and Meraas Holding, according to a media statement issued on Monday (May 29, 2017). The move is a reflection of the economic reality marked by lower oil price and lower growth outlook that is encouraging governments to consolidate their state-owned businesses to cut costs by creating synergies. It […]
Alabbar and MEVP to accelerate the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region Dubai, May 18, 2017 Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) today announced that Mohamed Alabbar has acquired a large stake in the company to create one of the leading venture capital investment platforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. MEVP is one of the largest venture capital firms in the MENA region with […]
The event discussed latest technology developments, created business opportunities and tackled industry issues and challenges Qatar, Doha, 18 May 2017 Billed as Middle East’s premier event for the real estate and hotel industry, Hotelier Summit Middle East 2017 gathered once again some of the biggest names in the local and international hospitality sector to engage in focused face-to-face business meetings, discuss the latest technology developments, create business […]
Fears over the scale of crisis that Donald Trump’s presidency faces hung over markets on Thursday, with European stocks weaker and those in the US expected to open lower following their worst one-day drop since September. The Stoxx Europe 600, the region’s benchmark, was down 0.8 per cent in mid-session trade while futures suggest the S&P 500 will slip by 3 points to 2.354 when Wall Street […]
Here is a selection of five charts that FT Markets believes are worth watching. A fresh chart will be added on a regular basis. 1. Wall Street hit by biggest slide since November US stocks suffered their worst trading day in eight months on Wednesday after political turmoil in Washington shook investors, with some fearing President Donald Trump’s ability to push through his pro-growth policies has been […]
Dubai-based Fetchr, a delivery-business and consumer technology app, has secured $41 million in a Series B financing round led by New Enterprise Associates Inc. (NEA), the start-up announced. The app addresses the “no address problem” in emerging markets, typically encountered by traditional companies delivering packages to customers. In a region where more than 80% of users have smartphones, fetchr is tackling delivery challenges by going directly to […]
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has been tasked by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) to develop a new privacy code for the Australian Public Service (APS), one that Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim said is needed after a string of privacy issues. “While these have been the result of a range of circumstances, through my office’s subsequent involvement in them I have […]
18 May 2017, Doha – Qatar Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)’s Legal Department was awarded the Middle East “Legal Team of the Year” in the public sector (government departments, agencies or public bodies) at the Middle East Legal Awards 2017 held in Dubai, UAE. The Middle East Legal Awards are co-hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel and are the premier legal awards in the Middle East. This […]
Blizzard earned its reputation as one of the best game developers today well before Overwatch. Now, with year one in the bag, it’s time to take a look back at the year that was in Overwatch. Calling All Agents Overwatch released on May 24, 2016, after what seemed like an eternity in beta on the PC. Anyone who had gotten their hands on the game talked up the […]
By Lisa Lambert | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate could soon approve a major overhaul of the federal bureaucracy and make lasting changes to regulation of the environment, education, banks and other areas. On Wednesday a Senate committee sent a bill on to the full chamber that, supporters say, will make regulators more accountable to lawmakers and provide greater understanding of how rules affect the economy. The […]
GE Appliances announced a deal with Google Wednesday enabling the US tech giant’s voice control home hub to be used for cooking, cleaning and other functions. The deal enables GE’s “Geneva” to communicate with the Google Assistant, so users can say: “Ok Google, ask Geneva Home to set the oven timer for 10 minutes.” The announcement comes nearly a year after GE Appliances unveiled a similar […]
AMD is plotting a June launch for its EPYC server processor, formerly code-named Naples, as it aims to become a data center leader to go along with its desktop and graphics chips. For AMD, the data center is it’s most promising–and tough to crack–market. Intel dominates the data center, but AMD is betting its architecture and a move to software defined approaches can give it momentum. Now […]
Apple is now giving everyone the official in-depth look inside its new Apple Park campus, including details about the original design of the “Ring” building, images of the building’s construction and interiors, and a whole lot more. Call it a behemoth mothership, or an architectural masterpiece — Apple’s new campus is a feast for one’s eyes. Surrounded by greenery, Apple, along with the architects and workers who […]
“It’s a huge burden on the American psyche to have a president go abroad when a sword of Damocles is hanging over them at home,” said Douglas Brinkley, a professor of history at Rice University and an expert on the presidency. “It turns our president, instead of representing the best of America on the road, into a traveling can of worms.” Continue reading the main story Mr. […]
By Yara Bayoumy and Katie Paul | WASHINGTON/RIYADH WASHINGTON/RIYADH When U.S. President Donald Trump meets Saudi princes in Riyadh on Saturday, he can expect a warmer welcome than the one given a year ago to his predecessor Barack Obama, who Riyadh considered soft on arch foe Iran and cool toward a bilateral relationship that is a mainstay of the Middle East’s security balance. Beneath the pomp, Riyadh will be looking for assurances […]
Mr. Erdogan praised Mr. Trump for the “legendary triumph” he had achieved in the election and declared that his first meeting with the new president would be a “historical turn of tide” in the Turkish-American relationship. Continue reading the main story “We are committed to fighting all forms of terrorism, without any discrimination whatsoever, that impose a clear and a present threat upon our future,” Mr. Erdogan […]
British IT expert Marcus Hutchins who has been branded a hero for slowing down the WannaCry global cyber attack, during an interview in Ilfracombe, England, Monday, May 15, 2017. Hutchins thwarted the virus that took computer files hostage around the world, including the British National Health computer network, telling The Associated Press he doesn’t consider himself a hero but fights malware because “it’s the right thing to […]
Vodafone redials its Indian impairment numbers. FT Opening Quote, with commentary by Matthew Vincent, is your early Square Mile briefing. You can sign up for the full newsletter here. Hailing from the country that gave India cricket, Victorian railway architecture and a penchant for bureaucracy, Vodafone might have expected a little goodwill on the subcontinent. Instead, India has given the British mobile phone operator a price war, […]
