YouTube recommendations are a prominent example of applying advanced analytics on a massive scale to improve a service, the experience users get out of it, and the bottom line of the vendor behind it — Google. Previously, we explored the rationale behind it and pondered as to how this type of analytics could be classified. It’s time to pick up where we left off and explore how […]
Temperatures in Dubai could drop to as low as 10°C later this month as a cold wind arrives, according to Dubai Municipality. The authority’s new climate forecast service also said the fog conditions experienced over the last few days are expected to be reduced after mid-month, followed by cold wind, dust and sand. It added that January is expected to be the coolest month of the year […]
By Noel Randewich | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is only hours old, but already a small parade of S&P 500 companies’ chiefs have voiced optimism that his promised tax cuts, stimulus spending and deregulation will boost corporate profits. In the days ahead of Friday’s inauguration, senior executives from Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) and other major U.S. corporations said the […]
Apple has filed a $1bn lawsuit against Qualcomm accusing the chipmaker of abusing a monopoly position, after the US and South Korean regulators argued it exploited its market dominance at the expense of handset makers. Shares in Qualcomm fell 2.4 per cent to $62.88 just before the markets closed on Friday when the lawsuit was published. This is the first direct challenge by one of Qualcomm’s major […]
Henfey Park is not where Ryan earned the nickname Matty Ice, a reference to a fearless, swashbuckling style that has led to memorable late-game rallies and victories. But it may be where he honed the kind of daring, yet unflappable, confidence that has served him well in nine N.F.L. seasons. “Those games are the foundation for our toughness and competitiveness,” McGlinchey said Thursday. “We’ve had a few […]
In 2015, Malian businessman and former interim prime minister Cheick Modibo Diarra told Arabian Business: “When it comes to investment…Africa really is the last frontier. Be it agriculture, energy production, extraction of gold and diamonds, or oil and gas, we have a lot of opportunities and a young workforce that understands how business works.” He was speaking at a time when interest in Africa among Middle East […]
IT pros running Windows 10: Update your engines. As Microsoft noted last year, the company plans to update only two Current Branch for Business versions of Windows 10 at any given time. Now that Microsoft has released the media for its Windows 10 Anniversary Update — the Windows 10 bits that it released in August 2016, plus a Cumulative Update to it from late last year — […]
There is no doubt that 2016 was a milestone year for utility-scale solar in the Middle East. The UAE set – and then reset – the benchmark for low-cost solar electricity; Saudi Arabia made its highest level commitment to investing in solar; and Jordan commissioned its largest utility-scale solar power plant and announced plans to tender a new round of projects. In fact, these three countries alone […]
RAS AL KHAIMAH, 20 January 2017 Excitement filled Rixos Bab Al Bahr as Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) and Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) announced the winners of the first joint RAK Free Zones Business Excellence Awards on 19 January 2017. The much-awaited awards programme lauded 10 outstanding companies that displayed relentless commitment to organisational excellence and contributed immensely to strengthening Ras Al […]
President Trump’s brief inaugural speech was a declaration of war against the entirety of the American Ruling Establishment. All of it. As Paul Craig Roberts details, Trump made it abundantly clear that Americans’ enemies are right here at home: globalists, neoliberal economists, neoconservatives and other unilateralists accustomed to imposing the US on the world and involving us in endless and expensive wars, politicians who serve the Ruling […]
By Jamie McGeever and Marc Jones | LONDON LONDON For financial markets, the Trump era begins on Monday, and if history is any guide the following month should be a rocky one for Wall Street but positive for the dollar. The S&P 500 .SPX has fallen a median 2.7 percent in the month after each new president has taken the keys to the White House since Herbert […]
Donald Trump launched a promised assault on “burdens” imposed by government within hours of becoming US president on Friday by moving to loosen rules tied to Obamacare and halting the introduction of any new regulations. Between the end of the daytime inaugural parade and the start of evening balls, the Trump administration took its first major policy moves by ordering government agencies to do all they could […]
Whatever has happened to cloud? From risk bête noir to flavour of the month – how did that happen? Surveys across the board show huge growth in the adoption of cloud computing, especially hybrid cloud: in a recent report, 95% of IT professionals said they were using the cloud, and 75% said they were using hybrid cloud. And the report also found that security was no longer […]
Global sukuk issuance fell short of market expectations last year, although it was higher than in 2015, according to a new report by S&P Global Ratings. The agency said it believes the sukuk market will remain subdued in 2017, since the issuance process is still quite complex. When oil prices started falling in 2014, several market observers predicted an issuance boom from 2015, arguing that governments in […]
Apple on Friday filed a suit against Qualcomm, accusing the chipmaker of withholding contractual payments it owed in retaliation for Apple’s cooperation with South Korean regulatory investigators. The suit also charges Qualcomm “attempting to extort” the Cupertino company into obstructing the investigation. From the suit, filed in federal district court in the Southern District of California: Among Apple’s damages are nearly $1 billion that Qualcomm owes to […]
Washington Post reporter Dalton Bennett thrown to the ground by riot police. pic.twitter.com/4I442QhEqM — Alex Emmons (@AlexanderEmmons) January 20, 2017 Dalton Bennett, a political video reporter at The Washington Post, was thrown to the ground by police today while covering the protests against President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. According to reporter Alex Emmons, who’s covering the protests for The Intercept, Bennett was trying to record anti-Trump […]
By Diane Bartz and Stephen Nellis Apple Inc filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday, days after the U.S. government accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key semiconductors in mobile phones. Qualcomm is a major supplier to both Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for “modem” chips that connect phones to wireless networks. The two […]
20 January 2017 The Roads and Transport Authority – Nashwan Atta’ee: A delegation from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has recently traveled to Paris to visit ALSTOM Company, a partner of RTA’s Rail Agency and one of the leading players in the rail industry worldwide. The visit was part of RTA’s efforts to keep abreast of the latest and most innovative solutions for broadening […]
NEW DELHI: India and 29 countries discussed their findings on investigations arising from the Panama Papers, including the role of tax intermediaries such as financial institutions and advisers in tax evasion. The two-day meeting of the Joint International Taskforce on Shared Intelligence and Collaboration (JITSIC) in Paris saw revenue authorities of 30 countries sharing their best practices and information based on legal instruments under the tax treaties […]
A British man has died while working on the construction of a stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, authorities said. An investigation was under way to determine the cause of death, the Supreme Council for Delivery and Legacy, which is responsible for World Cup infrastructure, said in a statement. The 40-year-old man died on Thursday at the Khalifa International Stadium, it said, without giving other […]
By Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an “American carnage” of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry. Striking a defiant tone, Trump said American workers have been devastated by the outsourcing of jobs abroad. “From this day […]
Morgan Stanley (MS.N) Chief Executive Officer James Gorman’s overall pay rose 7 percent in 2016 to $22.5 million, according to a securities filing. While rising 7 percent against the previous year, Gorman’s total pay for 2016 was flat compared with his compensation in 2014. (Reporting by Olivia Oran; Editing by Alan Crosby) ‘); $(‘.second-article-divide’).append($(‘.slider.slider-module’)); $(‘.third-article-divide’).append(”); var median = (relatedItemsTotal / 2); var $relatedContentGroupOne = $(‘.related-content.group-one ul’); var […]
Emirates Park Zoo and Resort has opened a new 6,500 sq m extension that hosts exotic animals, marking the start of a year-long facelift. According to news agency WAM, the area is home to hippopotami, camels, sheep, goats and an assortment of birds. The extension of the premises is the first stage of the Emirates Park Zoo and Resort renovation that aims to make the establishment the […]
By Adriana Barrera | MEXICO CITY MEXICO CITY President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as U.S. president saying he would like to strengthen ties, but that sovereignty, national interest and protection of Mexicans would be paramount. Pena Nieto, criticized for meeting Trump last year even after the New York businessman had insulted Mexicans in the election campaign, said on Twitter he […]
