It’s an ultrasonic toothbrush with a charging dock that doubles as cleaning station. When you’re done brushing with the dual-mode brush, stick it headfirst into the dock, where germ killing technology cleans & dries the brush while it charges. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. […]
The crew of craftsmen at Nashville-based Railyard Studios designs and hand-builds unique furniture using century-old reclaimed railway materials. Rustic, industrial age tables, desks, storage, seating, and more, all with original details like maker’s marks, and reclaimed “date nails” that denoted when the rail was 1st installed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s […]
QATAR. On Sept. 18, 2015, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘AA’ long-term and ‘A-1+’ short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the State of Qatar. The outlook is stable. We also affirmed the ‘AA’ long-term issue ratings on the bonds issued by Qatari Diar Finance Q.S.C. and SoQ Sukuk A Q.S.C. RATIONALE Qatar is a wealthy economy; we estimate its GDP per capita […]
The United Arab Emirates has no plans to abandon the currency’s peg to the dollar, central bank Governor Mubarak Rashed Al Mansoori said. “The dirham peg to the US dollar has served the UAE well over time,” Al Mansoori said in an e-mailed answer to Bloomberg News questions. The central bank “maintains a firm commitment to the peg.” Investors have increased bets that the six Gulf Cooperation […]
EDIRNE, Turkey — Doaa, a 25-year old Syrian, was lying in the shade one day last week, trying to shelter herself from the scorching sun in a makeshift camp near this northwestern border city. A pile of blankets next to her quivered, and a tiny hand emerged. Her son, Nassim, was just a week old. Doaa had walked out of a hospital in Istanbul a few days […]
INTERNATIONAL. Emerging Asian economies remain a challenging operating environment according to new risk ratings released today. In their first jointly produced economic and political risk ratings, Oxford Economics and Control Risks have evaluated the outlook for 164 countries worldwide, producing for each country a score based on a weighting of key political, economic, business and security risks. The ratings, drawn from the new Economic and Political Risk […]
Everyone needs a pocket knife. And if you’re like us, you need 2 or 3 drawers full of them. The flat, laser-cut Swiss-made Crono fans open to reveal a bottle opener, fish scaler, wire stripper, metric ruler, 4 hex wrenches, a knife blade, bradawl and sewing awl, a fork, & a screwdriver. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and […]
News Analysis President Obama in Washington on Wednesday. White House aides said Mr. Obama had always been skeptical about training Syrian rebels. By PETER BAKER September 17, 2015 WASHINGTON — By any measure, President Obama’s effort to train a Syrian opposition army to fight the Islamic State on the ground has been an abysmal failure. The military acknowledged this week that just four or five American-trained fighters are actually […]
Autodesk, a leader in 3D design and engineering software, said that new commercial licences of most Autodesk Design and Creation Suites and individual products will be available by subscription only from July 31 next year. When this takes effect, the company will provide new, simplified subscription options so customers can access multiple products and share licences as they currently do — while gaining the simplicity, accessibility, and […]
The Luna Lantern brings the glowing ambience of the full moon into your space. There are 7 sizes available, ranging from 32 in. to 236 in. diameter & they use either LED or Halogen bulbs with adjustable brightness for dialing in the perfect moonlit mood. A funded IndieGoGo. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on […]
ABU DHABI // Young Emiratis must become fully engaged in the political process to ensure next month’s FNC elections are a success. Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for FNC Affairs and Chairman of the National Elecctions Commission, stressed the essential role youths have to play on October 3. “The youths’ voice is the most important voice in the coming elections,” Dr Gargash said. “We would like […]
|By Matein Khalid| The world’s emerging markets have been savaged by multiple economic, banking, currency and political shocks since 2011. Global emerging markets are far too diverse and nuanced to be analyzed as a single asset class but now trade at a 24% valuation discount to developed markets. The financial markets now price draconian scenarios for earnings, exports, sovereign credit, industrial production and economic growth. The shortage […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to drop a lawsuit accusing two Dubai men of insider trading in Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc while the cancer drugmaker was mulling a takeover bid by Amgen Inc . Without explanation, the SEC asked U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan to dismiss its case against Dhia Jafar and Omar Nabulsi without prejudice, and lift a $2.55 million asset freeze […]
WASHINGTON — Only four or five Syrian individuals trained by the United States military to confront the Islamic State remain in the fight, the head of the United States Central Command told a Senate panel on Wednesday, a bleak acknowledgment that the Defense Department’s $500 million program to raise an army of Syrian fighters has gone nowhere. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the top American commander in […]
WASHINGTON — President Obama will host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the White House on Nov. 9 in their first face-to-face meeting since their rupture over the international nuclear agreement with Iran, the White House said Wednesday. Mr. Obama invited Mr. Netanyahu to talk about the way forward now that the Iran agreement has cleared obstacles in Congress. The president has offered to find ways […]
Dubai’s diamond trade will grow as the emirate attracts dealers from the industry’s traditional hub in the Belgian port of Antwerp after one of the city’s main lenders closed, depriving buyers of needed financing, according to National Bank of Fujairah. “Do we anticipate a big shift of rough diamond traders to Dubai?” Davy Blommaert, unit head for precious metals and diamonds at National Bank of Fujairah, said in […]
Milled from a chunk of solid brass, this key ring slips easily onto your belt loop, right where you want to keep those keys. It also offers another essential function: bottle opener. Made in the USA. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. -Werd
For decades, the world of science fiction has been shaping our expectations of the future, with many puzzling terms of the past like 3-D printing, aerial drones, and virtual reality now having become reality nowadays. However, while we might be familiar with these terms, not all of us have actually experienced the full extent of how these concepts have revolutionised modern living. One of the sectors that […]
ABU DHABI // The capital of the UAE is a symbol of the future, the co-founder of a project to circumnavigate the world in a solar-powered aircraft told an audience on Monday. “Abu Dhabi is an oil producer that is diversifying to clean energy technologies and I think it is the perfect symbol,” said Bertrand Piccard, who was in the capital after being named the first Middle […]
A dozen candidates have withdrawn from the race for the next Federal National Council. Mondau was the last day that the National Election Commission allowed any of the candidates, who now number 329, to stand down ahead of the election on October 3. Seven of the candidates who removed their names from the running were contesting in Abu Dhabi, two each in Dubai and Fujairah, and one […]
ABU DHABI // The communities of Al Ain and Al Gharbia are being targeted for a series of walks to raise health awareness and battle diabetes. Six community walks a week for the next eight weeks will lead up to November’s Yas Island walkathon. The first two walks in Al Ain this weekend attracted 40 participants and organisers hope to see that number grow over coming weeks. […]
Oil extended its decline below $45 a barrel in New York as a further pullback in US drilling failed to temper expectations that the global oversupply will persist for most of next year. West Texas Intermediate futures slipped 0.5 per cent after declining 2.8 per cent on 11 September when Goldman Sachs said the surprising endurance of the surplus could push prices down to $20 a barrel. The discount […]
LEBANON. On Sept. 11, 2015, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on the Republic of Lebanon to negative from stable. At the same time, we affirmed our ‘B-/B’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings. RATIONALE The outlook revision stems from our view that political uncertainty in Lebanon and regional tensions will continue to weigh on economic growth in the mediumterm. In […]
ABU DHABI // Gathering clouds threaten rain over the eastern and western regions at the start of this week, according to the National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology. Scattered rain has been on the radar and started falling sporadically in the mountains and near Al Ain late last week. More of the same is expected this week, said NCMS meteorologist Sufian Farrah. “For three days, the country […]
