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Announcement comes on the sidelines of participation at Arab Health Exhibition & Congress 2017 in Dubai UAE, February 1, 2017  The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced the launch of direct medical appointments booking through its Smart Patient Portal during its participation at Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2017 which will run until February 2, 2017 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The move is […]

The UAE’s non-oil foreign trade totalled AED1.172 trillion ($320 billion) for the first nine months of 2016, up by 0.1 percent on the same period in the previous year. Preliminary data of the Federal Customs Authority (FCA) indicated that the share of imports in the UAE’s total non-oil trade amounted to AED721.2 billion, a rise of 1 percent. Native gold and semi-processed gold topped the list of […]

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley outlined the country’s budget for the coming fiscal year in a presentation to Parliament on Wednesday. His speech— which The Wall Street Journal live blogged — went for more than two-hours and 30 pages. The full budget document is much longer but there are easier-to-absorb shortcuts to the budget basics on his website: indiabudget.gov.in The website has the full speech with annexes as well as a 15-page “Key Features […]

The Federal Reserve is likely to hold rates unchanged on Wednesday but keep the markets primed for further monetary tightening as it surveys steady growth and a tightening labour market.  Recent statements from Fed chair Janet Yellen have suggested that she does not want to rush into a third rate increase, but that she also has no intention of letting the US economy overheat.  This points to a […]

Wednesday 06:00 GMT Overview Stock markets across Asia were mixed after disappointing earnings and weak US data pushed Wall Street lower overnight. European bourses are expected to open higher, with spreadbetters predicting the UK’s FTSE 100 will add 34 points to 7,133 and Germany’s Dax to gain 70 points to 11,605. The rebound comes after Wall Street climbed sharply off its session lows on Tuesday, and index […]

Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”   -Ayn Rand The torch has been passed to a new president. All of […]

President Donald Trump named his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday night, tapping Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Gorsuch would fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.    Like Trump, he’s an Ivy Leaguer: He attended Columbia University, Harvard Law School — and also the University of […]

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated U.S. Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.  The 49-year-old, Harvard-educated lawyer has spent more than a decade on a federal appeals bench, accumulating a substantial judicial record. Below are highlights from a few of his opinions. • The Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling from 2014 recognized that companies can have […] (via WSJ)

Dubai Municipality plans to impose tougher controls on people conducting illegal trade through social media channels. The controls include stiff fines and blocking of ‘business’ websites, it said on Monday. Redha Hassan Salman, director of the health and safety department at Dubai Municipality, said in a statement to media: “We are looking for different means to implement penalties on those people who practice illegal online trade. “We […]

By Lawrence Hurley and Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court’s conservative majority and help shape rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, the death penalty and religious rights. The Colorado native faces a potentially contentious confirmation battle in […]

ABU DHABI // Customers are frustrated by sales calls from the two telecommunications operators and complaints filed to them have nearly doubled, the Federal National Council heard. Dubai member Hamad Al Rahoomi quoted a media report saying 13,000 complaints were made against Etisalat last year, while complaints to both Etisalat and du increased by 265 per cent from 2015. Mr Al Rahoomi said some of the complaints […]

“I remember, when I was a youngster, we used to have to translate Erasmus. He was already travelling as a scholar 500 years ago.” Sir Eric Thomas, the retired vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol, is reminiscing about his Latin A-level classes, in which the journals of the 15th-century Dutch Renaissance scholar featured prominently. “Even all that time ago, the concept of there being an international community […]

Enterprise software firm 8common has announced that two federal government departments are now using its travel and expense management product, Expense8, in a bid to achieve greater transparency on the costs associated with public service staff travel. The federal Treasury has gone live with the Expense8 travel and expense management software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, while the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is using Expense8 and planning the […]

By Nate Raymond | NEW YORK NEW YORK A New York art dealer avoided prison for her role in a scheme that led two Manhattan galleries to buy dozens of fake paintings that they then sold for $80 million, after a federal judge ruled on Tuesday she was coerced by her abusive ex-boyfriend. Glafira Rosales, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in Manhattan […]

NEW YORK Americans are sharply divided over President Donald Trump’s order to temporarily block U.S. entry for all refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries, with slightly more approving the measure than disapproving, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The Jan. 30-31 poll found that 49 percent of American adults said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” agreed with Trump’s order, while 41 percent “strongly” […]

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the U.S. government to withhold money from cities that have adopted sanctuary policies toward undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit, filed by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, marks the first court challenge over the sanctuary order filed by one of the targeted cities. The lawsuit alleges that the executive order violates the […]

Those dollar bulls blinkered by the so-called Trumpflation trade and wondering if a pullback is justified get a reminder this week of the other main force behind the long-dollar consensus. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and her colleagues are staging their first meeting of the year. A Fed meeting, particularly one taking place at some point along the path of a rates cycle, would normally command considerable […]

By Ayesha Rascoe and Amanda Becker | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically reduce federal regulations, but the policy will not apply to most of the financial reform rules introduced by the Obama administration. Trump’s latest executive action will require that agencies cut two existing regulations for every new rule introduced and it will set an annual cap […]

“It felt like something had been sawed off,” Charger said about her separation from Jasilea. She got so depressed she was moved to a psychiatric unit, where she often got into fights. She aged out of the system at 17, but when she returned to the ranch developments and trailer parks of Eagle Butte, she struggled with depression. She and Jasilea had gone “from knowing everything about […]

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is set to present the federal budget on Wednesday, when the government will reveal its plans to steer the economy out of a self-inflicted slowdown. New Delhi’s move in November to crack down on corruption and tax avoidance by voiding 86% of high-value bank notes slammed the brakes on economic activity and threatens to snatch away India’s coveted position as the world’s […]

By Rodrigo Campos | NEW YORK NEW YORK Major U.S. stock indexes posted their largest drop so far in 2017 on Monday as investors worried that a curb on immigration ordered by Donald Trump was a reminder that some of the U.S. president’s policies are not market-friendly. An executive order issued by Trump on Friday banned immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, including legal residents and visa holders, […]

Pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump grew on Monday over his order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, as the state of Washington announced a legal challenge and former President Barack Obama took a swipe at his successor. The leader of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, said he would bring legislation on Monday evening seeking to end the ban, although his effort stood little […]

By Lisa Lambert | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON House Republicans were set on Monday to begin the process of killing five Obama-era rules on corruption, the environment, labour and guns under the first real test of a law intended to keep regulation in check. Republicans put as much urgency on limiting what they consider overregulation that stifles economic growth as they do on overhauling the tax code and dismantling […]

Newsrooms around the world are experimenting with unmanned drone aircraft to add context to their visual reports. But drones require a high level of skill and safety awareness and, as of 2016, an FAA license to operate commercially. The Poynter Institute is offering a groundbreaking training initiative to give journalists the skills and strategies they need as these powerful tools make their way into newsrooms across the […]

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