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The enigmatic Australian singer Sia Furler leads something of a double life: a successful songwriter and high-profile pop star. The 41-year-old, who performs at the Dubai World Cup concert at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, became a major presence in US pop scene as a songwriter initially. Rihanna (Diamonds), Beyoncé (Pretty Hurts) and Britney Spears (Perfume) all grace her mighty resume. Furler was also an underrated alternative act […]

Korea Electric Power Corp has ruled out buying Toshiba’s controlling stake in Westinghouse, but confirmed it is interested in joining the NuGen consortium that is planning to build a new UK nuclear plant. The decision by the South Korean state-run utility is a blow to Toshiba’s efforts to find a buyer for its troubled US nuclear subsidiary as the Japanese conglomerate grapples with the worst financial crisis […]

A commercial plane made a crash landing in poor weather at an airport in South Sudan, causing several injuries among the 43 on board. Source link

False promises abound in Silicon Valley, especially when it comes to free products going paid. But what can you do? Nothing really, and that’s a problem. Silicon Valley works well with false promises. But what happens when those false promises cover free products that eventually require payment? In other words, who gets hurt? You might recall that in 2014, Microsoft […]

By David Morgan and Yasmeen Abutaleb | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders worked on Wednesday to try to secure enough support in the House of Representatives to win passage of their Obamacare rollback bill, watched by wary investors in financial markets. Repealing and replacing Democrat Barack Obama’s 2010 Affordable Care Act is the first major test of Trump’s legislative ability and whether […]

With over 2,500 channels of the latest movies, box sets, live sport and kids TV, our award-winning inflight entertainment system, ice, makes time fly. Source link

By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer | TEL AVIV TEL AVIV Intel’s $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye has catapulted Israeli hi-tech into the global league, and is likely to stimulate investment in the sector’s other late-stage startups, where funds are most needed. Fundraising in late-stage startups – more mature firms that are already selling products rather than just the bright but unexploited ideas of entrepreneurs – has […]

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New revelations reported Wednesday further intensify the spotlight on Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chair and a longtime friend, who allegedly worked for years to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and elsewhere. An Associated Press report says Manafort forged closer ties to the Kremlin and the formerly pro-Russian government in Ukraine than he had previously disclosed, casting another cloud over the […]

DUBAI // An Ethiopian businesswoman threatened to have a policeman fired from his job, a court heard on Wednesday. The accused, 36, denied charges at Dubai Criminal Court of verbally assaulting an officer of the law and threatening to fire him and have him deported from the country on July 14 last year. The Yemeni officer was responding to the report of a fight at a cafe […]

US officials say concerns over screening procedures at some airports in the Middle East and Africa will require passengers to check in almost all electronic devices larger than a smartphone, rather than carry them into the cabin. Source link

Dubai, 21 March 2017  Dentons, in collaboration with HKA, assembled practitioners from across a number of industries in Dubai this week to discuss how to structure a successful PPP project and how to avoid disputes avoidance and resolution on PPP projects. Dentons’ Middle East Senior Partner Neil Cuthbert discussed the essential prerequisites of a successful PPP project and the need to identify, allocate and mitigate key project […]

By Ankit Ajmera and Nathan Layne Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD.O), once the largest U.S. retailer, warned on Tuesday about its ability to continue as a going concern after years of losses and declining sales. “Our historical operating results indicate substantial doubt exists related to the company’s ability to continue as a going concern,” Sears said in the annual report for the fiscal year ended Jan. 28. (bit.ly/2mRUcce) […]

Akzo Nobel has rejected a second takeover bid in less than three weeks from US rival PPG, claiming that the revised offer of €22.4bn failed to recognise the value of the Dutch paints and chemicals group.  The latest takeover attempt by the US company represented a €1.5bn improvement on the previous offer, but was not enough for Akzo Nobel’s board, who rejected it unanimously. The maker of […]

Stock markets suffered their worst falls since the election of Donald Trump as Wall Street worries about the prospects for the US president’s pro-business agenda triggered a rush for financial havens. US markets led the declines, with the benchmark S&P 500 index tumbling 1.2 per cent and breaking a run of 109 trading days without a drop of 1 per cent or more. The Dow Jones Industrial […]

Apple is under pressure to extract more revenue from services, a bright spot that includes the apps business. Source link

SHANGHAI U.S. short-term rental giant Airbnb Inc will triple its China staff this year as it targets the country’s millennial consumers, its chief executive said on Wednesday, even as the Silicon Valley firm faces competition from local rivals. Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said China was a key market for the firm to achieve its global ambitions. He was talking at an event in Shanghai to […]

In the 1990s, fitness options in Abu Dhabi were limited to a smattering of dingy ­bodybuilding gyms and pricey hotel health clubs. “Gyms used to mean a treadmill, a bike machine, some weights and that was it,” recalls Maria Oritz, a self-confessed fitness freak who arrived in the city in 1998. “Classes were practically unheard of.” The following year, when Abu Dhabi Country Club opened the city’s […]

Alibaba has kicked off its grand plan for global trade without frontiers, signing a bilateral deal designed to ease the passage of goods shipped by smaller businesses between China and Malaysia. The pact, established as a public-private partnership in Malaysia’s digital free trade zone, is focused on infrastructure, including a fulfilment centre and co-operating on electronic payments and financing. Daniel Zhang, chief executive of the Chinese ecommerce […]

While the government still seems to be consolidating control over major population centers along Syria’s western spine, it appears at a minimum likely to face a lingering rural insurgency and bombing campaigns in the cities by hard-line jihadist groups. Continue reading the main story At the least, the rebel assaults carried a political message: that the insurgents could still disrupt life in the capital and challenge the […]

Britain followed in US footsteps on Tuesday by banning larger electronic devices from cabin luggage on flights from several Middle Eastern and North African countries, amid fears they could be used in a terrorist attack. Source link

Authored by Robert Parry via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The Kagan family, America’s neoconservative aristocracy, has reemerged having recovered from the letdown over not gaining its expected influence from the election of Hillary Clinton and from its loss of official power at the start of the Trump presidency. Former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland, who pushed for the Ukraine coup and helped pick […]

Center for Public Integrity investigations involving the opioid crisis, state insurance commissioners, South Sudan, broadband access and offshore corporations have been honored in recent days by prestigious journalism competitions. The Center was a winner in three categories of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers “Best in Business” competition, while taking a first place and a second place prize in the Association of Health Care Journalists’ […]

SEOUL Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left prosecutors’ offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigation into a corruption scandal that brought an early end to her political career. Park did not respond to reporters’ questions as she emerged from the building after nearly 22 hours and got into a waiting car to be driven to her private home in the capital, Seoul. Prosecutors […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is simultaneously overhyped, misunderstood, and already hugely impactful, according to Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman, who said many organisations were already successfully using the technology before it became an industry buzzword. Schuerman told ZDNet that he has been encouraging his clients to take a look at what pragmatic AI technologies they can employ to deliver real benefits to how they interact with customers, rather than […]

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