DUBAI // Huge cheering crowds turned out to support athletes in Friday’s Ironman event, Dubai 70.3. Spectators lined the streets around the city, in spite of road closures, to watch the competitors who would bike, swim and run. The men’s event was won by Spain’s Javier Gomez, while Daniela Ryf from Switzerland won the women’s race. Emirati athlete Ahmed Al Fahim came third in the UAE nationals […]
The welcome I enter from the side entrance on Peachtree Street and have to carry my suitcase down a flight of stairs to the lobby – the main entrance, flanked by numerous staff, is round the corner. The person who checks me in is bright, breezy and enthusiastic. The lobby is smart and sophisticated. This is the only five-star luxury hotel in the Downtown area, and the […]
The rebound in Brazil’s economy that many expected following last year’s change of government has failed to materialise. GDP will grow just 0.5 per cent this year according to a central bank survey. In per capita terms, that means another 12 months of contraction after headline negative growth of about 8 per cent over the past two years. Not that investors are deterred. The Bovespa equities index […]
By Dave Graham | MEXICO CITY MEXICO CITY Donald Trump’s combative style has buffeted Mexico’s president for months, but deeply unpopular Enrique Pena Nieto may end up thanking the new U.S. president for prompting offended Mexicans to rally behind their leader. From billionaire business magnate Carlos Slim to political opponents, there has been a groundswell of support for Pena Nieto, who has cut a lonely figure in […]
Smartwatches aren’t the easiest things to control, with their small screens and owner’t bulky fingers. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have invented new ways to interact that provide a little more control. Among their enhancements using LG and Sony watches: Scrolling through apps running your fingers along the watch band Launching eight smartwatch apps by tapping key points on the watch case (or bezel) Rejecting phone calls […]
Mexico has been in the crosshairs this week as US president Donald Trump held true to his campaign rhetoric and ordered the construction of a wall along the Mexican border, with White House press secretary suggesting a 20 per cent tax on imports could pay for it. With relations between the two countries on course for crisis, has Mr Trump done enough to scare investors away from […]
Photo Spain’s Rafael Nadal reacts after a point against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov during their men’s singles semifinal match on Friday. Credit Peter Parks/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal completed a slate of throwback singles finals at the Australian Open, beating Grigor Dimitrov, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4, in a battle of 4 hours 56 minutes that started Friday evening and ended […]
Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The Dow Jones Industrial Average provides us with some pretty strong evidence that our “stock market boom” has been fueled by debt. On Wednesday, the Dow crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time ever, and this comes at a time when the U.S. national debt is right on the verge of hitting 20 trillion dollars. Is […]
Credit: Michael Vadon Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Now that President Trump is in the White House, there are some breathless stories going around about the technology his administration is adopting. When Barack Obama came into the White House, he was the most connected president ever, an active user of an actual BlackBerry, before that concept became so terribly quaint. At the time, I covered the […]
Cyber security helped elect Donald Trump. During the presidential campaign, hackers cracked open all of the Democrats’ secrets and splayed them out for everyone to see, while Hillary Clinton was raked over the coals for using an insecure server for her own personal email. Republicans’ communications, meanwhile, stayed out of the public eye. But success can breed hubris, and there are some worrying trends in […]
In such an environment, not only does a case for privileged access based on Washington tradition play into one of Trump’s core campaign narratives, but it also fails to anticipate the inevitable response from the White House: What use are you to us? With audience fragmentation and the rise of social platforms, the traditional media’s collective leverage over those in power has been diminished, and the Trump […]
Donald Trump’s first week as US president has re-energised Wall Street bulls while sharpening concern about the risk of higher inflation and trade protectionism. The sense of fatigue that hung over much of January has been replaced by renewed enthusiasm for equities, as investors sent the S&P 500 to fresh highs and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally broke above the 20,000 threshold. As the billionaire took […]
Good morning. Is it the “opposition party?” Shortly after Steve Bannon, President Trump’s strategic and cultural Svengali, called the American press the “opposition party,” the opposition calmly sat on a Chicago stage and suggested the best path forward. Their response? Reasoned and tough-minded indifference. It’s a de facto prescription that might drive the new tweeter-in-chief and his sledgehammer-wielding sycophants daffy in their search for a Jacksonian revival. […]
The landscape of public transport is changing across the world. Not long ago, the only option for people who did not have their own car was to queue for a paper ticket and squeeze into a sardine-can bus or train. Today, the new normal is to download a ‘smart’ app and book a point-to-point ride for an ever-diminishing cost. Ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Careem are […]
Buying cycles are already very long in the IT industry. With the rise of fake news and general mistrust in corporate media content of all kinds — those buying cycles will get longer. And sales and marketing costs will skyrocket for IT companies. As an IT buyer relying on high quality information from your peer groups won’t help much because their information sources will be also be […]
By Vikram Subhedar | LONDON LONDON The dollar extended its recovery against a basket of other currencies on Friday, while banks dragged European shares slightly lower following underwhelming results from Swiss major UBS. The two-day recovery comes after the dollar suffered a 4 percent drop in the three weeks from Jan. 3 reflecting doubts about how U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies will play out for the currency, […]
The Moto Z Play is apparently getting a software treat in Europe, as the Android 7.0 Nougat update has started rolling out. Previous rumors indicated as much, with reports from earlier this month claiming that the Moto Z Play would get a taste of Nougat in late January. It now looks like those reports were spot on and as we’re approaching the end of the month, the update […]
Maybe you are planning UAE’s wedding of the century; maybe you are just getting ideas for “someday” or maybe you aren’t getting married at all. No matter what your situation, there is much to marvel at this year’s Bride Show Abu Dhabi. Here are six highlights from almost 200 exhibitors that will appeal no matter what’s going on with your ring finger. • The Bride Show Abu […]
Friday 08:25 GMT Overview The US dollar is in the ascendancy as the currency once again benefits from hopes for a stronger US economy — optimism that also has helped push Wall Street to record levels. European bourses are mixed after a holiday-thinned Asian session. Commodities are muddled, with oil firmer but gold on the back foot. Hot topic The US dollar is in focus as it […]
Sitting in his spacious office in Doha’s West Bay, free from the entourage of assistants usually attached to CEOs of large, government-backed organisations, Rashid Bin Ali Al Mansoori appears relaxed and unhurried. He even responds, “How much time would you like?” when asked to confirm the length of our meeting. Al Mansoori, who has served as CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) since 2012, is frank about […]
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar | MOGADISHU MOGADISHU The Islamist group al Shabaab said on Friday its fighters killed dozens of Kenyan troops when they attacked a remote military base in Somalia the previous day, a claim the Kenyan army denied. A spokesman for al Shabaab, which often launches attacks on troops of the African Union’s AMISOM force, said its fighters killed at least 57 Kenyans […]
Readers have had enough of the media not calling things by their names. Take Don Miller, of Littleton, Colorado, for example: Do you remain asea in ‘political correctness,’ or are you just being kind when you make reference to ‘whoppers’ and ‘falsehoods?’ A lie is a lie is a lie is a lie, intended to sway and/or influence the recipient, but still a lie. Mr. Miller’s email […]
January 26, 2017 by: Adam Samson and Mamta Badkar in New York The Dow Jones industrial and transportation averages on Thursday both closed at new highs in a bullish signal for one of Wall Street’s oldest investment theories. The two US equity benchmarks, which date back to the 19th century, have not recorded highs one after another since December, after which the duo began to diverge as the Trump […]
If only a portion of Saudi Arabia’s National Transformation Programme is implemented, there will be dramatic change, one of the kingdom’s most influential lawyers assures. “If we can cover 50 percent of what is the aspiration in the Vision 2030, the kingdom will be doing much better,” the Saudi country director of international law firm White & Case, Doug Peel, says. “My view is that it’s a […]
