Watch 9 Minutes of Star Trek Beyond Scotty is isolated from the rest of his crew, but meets the mysterious Jaylah on the planet Altamid. HOME Videos Scotty is isolated from the rest of his crew, but meets the mysterious Jaylah on the planet Altamid. Star Trek Beyond is available on Digital now and 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™, Blu-ray 3D™ and DVD on 21st November in […]
JERUSALEM — An Israeli ministerial committee on Sunday approved a contentious bill that would allow for the retroactive legalization of Jewish settlement outposts built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The measure breaks a longstanding taboo, and in the view of many experts, it defies international law. The bill requires approval by Parliament before becoming law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposed its advancement […]
Copper recorded its best week in five years as speculators scrambled to reverse bearish bets following the election of Donald Trump as US president, which boosted hopes for more consumption in the western world. The promise of a big infrastructure programme in the US, following a decade of reliance on China, has driven the market to reassess the outlook for copper and other industrial metals such as […]
Following successful launch and implementation of Invest Easy portal developed by multinational full-service strategic change and technology company Nortal, Oman made an unprecedented leap in the Ease of Doing Business Ranking of World Bank’s annual Doing Business 2017 report, jumping 127 places in category ‘Starting a Business’ compared to previous year. 14 November 2016 According to Peeter Smitt, Middle East region Managing Director at Nortal, the record […]
The election of Donald Trump represents a “tectonic shift” for global economics and politics, and will help kill the three-decade bond market rally, according to Henry Kaufman, the original “Dr Doom”. The former Salomon Brothers chief economist gained his gloomy moniker by correctly calling the last bond bear market in the 1970s, and is now predicting another one, as Mr Trump will probably fire a massive slug […]
On Wall Street the S&P 500 has surged to within touching distance of a record high, with the US equity market electrified by Donald Trump’s capture of the White House and the Republican party unexpectedly keeping control of Congress in Tuesday’s US election result. As an historic week ends, investors believe that a macro economic regime change looms, upending the policy mix that has dominated in Washington […]
The Bank of Japan faces a defining stress-test of its “yield curve control” policy in coming days as the benchmark Japanese government bond yield nears zero and currency markets recalibrate themselves for a Donald Trump US presidency. With post-election yen volatility already making a mark on Japanese equities, traders in Tokyo said the focus would this week turn on JGB markets and the BoJ’s resolve. After wrestling […]
Currency dealers in search of the next great trade love a compelling trend, and after looking all year they seem to have found one in the last place expected — the US, where Donald Trump is president-elect. Before the election predictions were tentative, safe bets assumed only modest shifts in the foreign exchange status quo. Yet Mr Trump’s victory, and Republican success in capturing Congress, have prompted […]
Snap Inc. — Snapchat’s new name — and Nintendo launched the Spectacles and NES Classic Edition respectively, and they have proved to be some of the hottest tech products this month. The wearable and the retro gaming console are terribly difficult to come by, as they sold like hotcakes when they rolled out. That means there are a lot of disappointed fans out there, and “a lot” is probably […]
Israeli government ministers gave a green light on Sunday evening to a bill that would retroactively legalise Jewish outpost settlements in the occupied West Bank which, if approved by the Knesset, would likely bring international criticism and anger the Palestinians. The ministerial committee for legislation approved the draft legislation unanimously, despite opposition from Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister. Avichai Mendelblit, attorney general, told ministers that the bill contradicted […]
In the process of answering the question as to what sort of president Donald Trump will be, his two first administration appointments offer an initial answer. As a political newcomer, Mr Trump has promised to “drain the swamp” of Washington, ridding the capital of political cronyism and corruption, and taking a fresh approach to governing, with a new coterie of people. Yet he has also suggested that […]
Photo Members from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle in northern Syria last month against Islamic State fighters. Credit Nazeer Al-Khatib/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIRUT, Lebanon — The hours are ticking down to what the Syrian government and its main ally, Russia, say could be the most devastating aerial assault yet on besieged rebel-held districts in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Obama […]
|By Arabian Post Staff|New solutions to meet future needs and diversify the options are being integrated into the the e-Dirham system, top officials involved in the development of a national alternative to cash payment for government services in the UAE indicated. Government revenues from the e-Dirham system during the first nine months of this year stood at AED 5.8 billion. The number of e-Dirham transactions rose by […]
Dubai, UAE – November 14, 2016 Gulf Islamic Investments LLC (‘GII’), a UAE based Islamic financial services company, today announced the successful closing of US.$145 million fund raising for “Apttus”, a Silicon valley based company delivering Enterprise Class, Software-as-a-Service (Saas) Solutions to complete the Quote-to-Cash customer process and the Procure-to-Pay supplier process. This is the fourth company out of Silicon Valley for which GII has raised funds […]
ABU DHABI // More than 280,000 cases of diabetes were diagnosed in the UAE last year – a rise of 35 per cent on 2014. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that last year there were 1,086,300 diabetics in the country, compared with 803,940 in 2014. Experts blame obesity, lifestyle and greater awareness of the disease for the soaring figures. “Definitely there is an expected increase in the […]
Monday 02.10 GMT. The post-US election rally appears to have subsided, with Asian equities benchmarks having a mixed morning with the exception of Japan, which has been propped up by a weaker yen. Wall Street finished a strong week on a mixed note on Friday, as the S&P 500 slipped but the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high. The action on Monday is in […]
Titanfall 2 Electronic Arts PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Four stars Robots just want to be our friends. Sure, there have been a few bad apples, such as the Terminators, Cylons and Ultron – but what about all the nice ones, such as Data from Star Trek and Rosie from The Jetsons? BT-7274, the co-star of Titanfall 2, just wants to be loved. Granted, this giant bucket […]
|By Arabian Post Staff|The GCC has the potential to become the world’s fastest growing e-commerce playground, according to A. T. Kearney’s ‘Getting in on the GCC E-commerce Game’ report. Despite strong economic fundamentals, the GCC is one of the most underpenetrated e-commerce markets in the world. However, with high levels of disposal income, world-leading internet and smartphone penetration, and changing consumer preferences, there is robust potential in […]
SYDNEY The U.S. dollar touched a nine-month peak in Asia on Monday as the risk of faster domestic inflation and wider budget deficits sent Treasury yields ever higher, a painful mix for assets in many emerging market countries. The dollar bounded above 107 yen in brisk morning trade to hit 107.37 JPY=, while the euro touched its lowest since January around $1.0773 EUR=. It also made a […]
Financial professionals arriving at their desks on Monday morning will have no shortage of views to digest on what the shock election of Donald Trump means for global markets. Having had a few days to consider the implications, economists, market strategists and analysts have penned thousands of words for clients in recent days that attempt to set out what the future holds. As Jan Loeys and his […]
The Economic Wreckage The destruction in Yemen could cripple its economy long into the future, and it is unclear how the country will rebuild. Continue reading the main story “They have hit many factories on the basis of suspicion, but we never get the real reasons,” said Abdul-Hakeem Al Manj, a lawyer at the Sana Chamber of Commerce and Industry who is helping businesses document the strikes […]
Facebook has been navigating the dark web in search of stolen passwords, buying credentials off the black market in a bid to protect users. By purchasing stolen passwords off the black market, Facebook aims to increase its own security, as well as protect users who rely on one password for two or more accounts. While most people know that it’s highly recommended to use different passwords for […]
Moldova has elected as president a pro-Russian politician who has threatened to derail co-operation with the EU, in another setback for Brussels in eastern Europe. Igor Dodon, whose campaign called for closer ties with Moscow, had won 55.4 per cent of the vote with over 96 per cent of ballots counted, according to Moldova’s election commission. Mr Dodon’s election as head of state could strengthen Moscow’s hand […]
By Richard Leong and Jennifer Ablan | NEW YORK NEW YORK Donald Trump’s stunning victory for the White House may mark the long-awaited end to the more than 30-year-old bull run in bonds, as bets on faster U.S. growth and inflation lead investors to favor stocks over bonds. A two-day thumping wiped out more than $1 trillion across global bond markets worldwide, the worst rout in nearly […]
