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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Oman’s central bank recently opened a department that is specially designed to oversee Islamic banking. This move enhances the expertise and resources of the bank, while also centralizing all regulation and issuance aspects of Islamic banking. Read More »

Experts recently released the Bahrain Liquid Natural Gas Market Analysis and Outlook Report to 2020, which includes forecasts of liquid natural gas supply, plant status, trade, demand, prices, contracts, capacity, stock, companies and investments. Read More »

CompTIA, an information technology industry association for vendor-neutral skills certifications, recently announced that it has partnered with the Qatar Ministry of the Interior's Telecoms Department to provide crucial IT training courses for employees. Read More »

Electronic waste is the fastest growing segment of the waste stream across the world. Read More »

The first health insurance management website in the Middle East, Bayzat, has just received a $1 million investment from regional venture capital firm BECO Capital. Read More »

The ezyQatar.com advertising portal hopes the search engine function will attract more IT telecom companies that specialize in server care and management, media marketing, website creation, website development, systems integration, and IT consulting. Read More »

Swiss automation and power technology company has landed an $85 million contract to provide substations that will integrate electricity from a new independent power plant into Qatar’s grid while also providing a desalination process for potable water. Read More »

Dubai-based bank recently launched the United Arab Emirates financial sector’s first initiative for sales integrity and ethics. Mashreq is working with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment to develop training program for its employees. Read More »

UAE-based Shari’ah-compliant financial institution listed its first Sukuk offering on NASDAQ Dubai, valued at $500 million. The bank’s new issuing is one of the lowest yield Sukuk on the Dubai market and received a positive response from investors. Read More »

Issued by the British Standards Institute, ISO certification means the Qatar National Broadband Network is committed to operate under internationally recognized principles that guarantee strong customer focus, management motivation and improvement. Read More »

Abu Dhabi real estate company Developers LLC has selected Yardi LLC as its retail management platform for its Dalma Mall development project. Read More »