British creativity has spread to the Middle East, thanks to John Wilford, a British entrepreneur, who recently opened a new marketing agency called JW International (JWI) to serve the Middle East region. Read More »

Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research recently visited the Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries in Julphar, where he said the pharmaceutical industry is key to adding more diversity to the UAE economy. Read More »

The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council recently held a regular steering committee meeting to discuss development projects and the Infrastructure Standard Guidelines. The QCC plans to apply a harmonized guideline within Abu Dhabi. Read More »

Awok.com recently released data demonstrating how shoppers change their behavior during Ramadan. The data system has studied United Arab Emirates online shopping trends and learned that its e-commerce site had more sales during Iftar and Suhour hours. Read More »

GLOBALFOUNDRIES said this week that it has completed its purchase of IBM’s microelectronics business. IBM has created top-notch capabilities for both high-performance silicon-germanium (SiGe) and RF silicon-on-insulator (RSFOI) technologies. Both of these technologies complement the company’s preexisting mainstream technology offerings. Read More »

A spacious two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom apartment in the Palazo Versace is available from Gulf Sotheby’s International Realty for $886,223. Read More »

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry said it has been awarded ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 certification from French classification organization Bureau Veritas. The certification recognizes the chamber's excellence in IT service management standards. Read More »

A group of representatives from Dubai's cooling services provider Empower recently announced that the company's Command Control Center (CCC) now monitors 26 of its 62 plants through its advanced smart network; moving into the future, the center plans to continue growing until it can serve as many as 74 additional plants. Read More »

Al Waleed Real Estate officials say construction on two residential developments in Dubai's Jumeirah Village and Silicon Oasis will wrap up in the fourth quarter of 2015. The Jumeirah Village features one- and two-bedroom units and duplex villas. Read More »

Emaar Retail was honored as RLI Global Leisure Operator 2015 at Retail & Leisure International magazine's 10th Global RLI Awards. Emaar Retail manages business operations for The Dubai Mall and Dubai Marina Mall’s leisure and entertainment brands. Read More »

ELAN Qatar and Fira Barcelona have been chosen by the Qatar Tourism Authority to manage and oversee day-to-day operations for the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. The new meetings, incentives, conferences and events venue will open by year's end. Read More »

Omkar Realtors and Developers of Mumbai unveiled its newest luxury residential project, called Ananta, on June 20. Read More »

The Bahrain Technology Companies Society coordinated a seminar focused on the outlook for information and communication technology in Bahrain, as well as in the Middle East, with the goal of increasing the sector's contributions to the national economy. Read More »

To celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, VIVA Bahrain will give its prepaid customers the opportunity to transfer any prepaid credits to family members or friends in their home countries -- as well as to receive free international calling minutes. Read More »

The Oman Broadband Co. recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Salalah Sanitary Drainage Services Co. The memorandum allows the Oman Broadband Co. to run its broadband projects in tandem with sanitary drainage projects. Read More »

New Jersey-based Honeywell, a manufacturer of electronic security systems, recently unveiled a new line of security cameras, the Honeywell Black series. These cameras have been developed for small- and medium-sized businesses in the Middle East. Read More »

Al Khalij Commercial Bank, part of the al khaliji Group and one of Bahrain’s leading Islamic financial institutions, recently finished a month-long internship program for Carnegie Mellon and University of Qatar students; the program was intended to expose students to various lines of business and to prepare them for future careers in the banking sector. Read More »

Qatar’s top nonprofit healthcare provider, the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), released its yearly report last week, highlighting major growth across the company’s care sectors and expansion of services to better serve patients; HMC runs eight hospitals in the Gulf nation and is responsible for the National Ambulance Service as well as home and residential care. Read More »

Abu Dhabi’s high-end Yas Mall will be home to a new concept store called TRYANO, which will aim to make shopping a complete sensory experience with an imaginative and entertaining retail space; Yas Mall is being built on Abu Dhabi’s man-made Yas Island and is billed as a 20,000-square-meter ‘shopping paradise’ with a wide selection of high-end merchandise and impressive amenities. Read More »

Airport International Group (AIG), the Jordanian company responsible for the rehabilitation of Airport International Group (AIG), recently revealed that Jordan's Queen Alia International Airport's (QAIA) 2015 year-to-date cargo traffic numbers were up 7.4 percent from the same period in 2014. Read More »