15 February 2017 Abu Dhabi, UAE – Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Abu Dhabi International Offset Conference (ADIOC) begins today. ADIOC is organized by the Tawazun Economic Council and is being attended by the global defense industry, government officials and sector experts. The biennial […]
The UAE shall take quality-focused steps to create a supportive environment for innovation at a legislative level and for educational system, economic and media segments, says UAE Economic Minister Dubai, February 14, 2017 Engineer Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy chaired the seminar on innovation and the future of economy at the World Government Summit, a global platform dedicated to shaping the future of government […]
14 February 2017 Manama, Bahrain – SAH Global conducted the MENA region’s first-ever Proton Therapy Patient Reunion in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Founded in 2005, SAH is the only company in the MENA region that is already treating patients from the area, while establishing a network of Proton Therapy centers globally, with the first center slated to be in the GCC. The event was held under the […]
TEL AVIV Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sidestepped a question on whether he still supports the creation of a Palestinian state as he left for the United States on Monday on his first visit since President Donald Trump took office. Netanyahu has never publicly abandoned his conditional backing for Palestinian statehood, which he first stated in 2009, but Palestinians say that commitment has been rendered worthless by […]
“GII” Investing 100 million Pounds to develop a premium residential apartments in London. Dubai: 13th Feb 2017 “Gulf Islamic Investments” LLC (“GII”) and Northacre PLC announced Northacre’s appointment as development manager for a new boutique luxury residential development in the heart of Chelsea. UAE-based GII acquired the site, formerly the Chelsea Police Station. GII recognised the potential for the former Chelsea Police Station site before appointing Northacre […]
Hackers target specific parts of the control network of power infrastructure and they focus on the mechanisms that control it to cause power outages and blackouts. Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Reliability measures of electrical grid has risen to a new norm as it involves physical security and cybersecurity. Threats to either can trigger instability, leading to blackouts and economic losses. New research led by scientists from […]
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, is to develop a waste-to-energy plant in Sharjah, in partnership with Bee’ah, the environmental management company, it has been announced. Diverting as much as 300,000 tonnes of solid waste from landfill each year, the project will help Sharjah reach its “zero waste-to-landfill” target by 2020 and the UAE deliver on its 2021 goal of diverting 75 percent of solid waste from […]
Dubai, UAE, 3 February 2017 Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has confirmed its participation in the eighth cycle of Dubai Municipality’s (DM) green initiative Car-Free Day, to be held on 5 February 2017. The initiative is organised under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, to raise awareness on the environmental […]
|By Arabian Post Staff| Etihad Aviation Group and Lufthansa German Airlines, part of Europe’s largest aviation group, today unveiled details of a new commercial partnership. The two airline groups have concluded a US $100 million global catering agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. Addressing a press conference today in Abu Dhabi, the chief executives of both airline groups spelled […]
By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday we take time out of our day to laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all its glorious insanity. While we enjoy a good laugh, the truth is that the first step to […]
The Western Australian government has awarded a contract to Telstra Health to roll out a AU$10 million Community Health Information System in an effort to “close the gap” in access to health information between metro residents and those living in rural areas. The health information system is designed to record data on children’s health, including their vaccinations, as well as providing information about public health issues, management […]
The robotic ‘bio-bat’ demonstrates self-contained autonomous flight by mimicking morphological properties of flexible bat wings. Credit: Cover photo, reprinted with permission from AAAS. Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivaled agility and maneuvering characteristics, achieved by functionally versatile dynamic wing conformations as well as more than forty active and passive joints on the wings. However, their wing flexibility and complex wing […]
UAE to explore areas of cooperation on smart applications and advanced healthcare systems UAE, February 1, 2017 H.E. Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, UAE Minister of Health & Prevention has met with a number of representatives from international healthcare companies and specialty hospitals on the sidelines of the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress, the latest edition of the Middle East’s largest healthcare exhibition and medical congress, which […]
“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 […]
London, UK based SaaS platform GRABR has launched BLINK, a secure mobile content distribution platform for brands, broadcast media, music labels, event organisers, news outlets and public services. The software as a service (SaaS) platform, launched in 2016, allows brands to create their own social networks and build communities to engage directly with consumers. BLINK is a suite of marketing tools that enables brands to securely distribute […]
“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 […]
Telstra has announced the launch of its gigabit-capable 4G mobile network in three capital cities throughout Australia, allowing users with compatible devices to attain speeds of up to 1Gbps amid promises that it will also upgrade its standard 4G network to 300Mbps speeds for 80 percent of its footprint by 2019. Already available at certain sites across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, Telstra said it would launch the […]
Sri Lanka,30 January 2017 GAC Sri Lanka has partnered with Hemas Transportation to build an integrated logistics facility in Muthurajawela Industrial Zone in the western part of Sri Lanka. It will comprise a state-of-the-art distribution centre, a container yard and a 15-acre warehouse. A groundbreaking ceremony, graced by the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the Honorable Ranil Wickramasinghe, was held today. The facility is expected to be […]
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Anna Irrera | NEW YORK NEW YORK Day traders love making bets on tweets from U.S. President Donald Trump, but some of the most prominent quantitative strategists from hedge funds and banks are not quite ready to make big, bold trades on his social media musings. The president’s active Twitter presence has lifted volatility in financial markets, which is good for day traders […]
Agreement signed in presence of UAE Minster of State for Higher Education, His Excellency Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi 29 January 2017 Abu Dhabi – The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), the UAE’s largest applied higher education institution, has entered into a strategic partnership with the UK’s Higher Education Academy (HEA), in preparation for HEA accreditation to be submitted later this year. The partnership was formally signed […]
The options for going elsewhere might soon shrink. At least 16 other countries have committed to creating similar public registries, according to Global Witness. In Ottawa, Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the issue is on the radar. “We’re absolutely in favour of knowing who is registering companies, what their goals are and what taxes they should be paying in our country and that they’re not in any […]
26 January 2017 Dubai: “Biznet” Consulting, the leading company in the field of single window application system for various fields, such as construction and business, has promulgated and announced the start of its operations, aiming to expedite and simplify information flows between trade and government bring meaningful gains to all parties involved. Ismail Al Hammadi, CEO of “Biznet” Consulting, assured that the launch of the company’s services will […]
Greece faces what is likely to be an “explosive” surge in its public debt levels that within decades will mean it will owe almost three times the country’s annual economic output unless given significant debt relief, the International Monetary Fund has warned in a confidential report. The new report was prepared by IMF staff ahead of a February 6 board meeting to discuss the fund’s participation in […]
