Noor Trade, Noor Bank’s Shari’a compliant service targeting small- and medium-sized businesses, recently finished a seminar about Islamic trade finance for customers. Read More »

A recent meeting was held between the Dubai Green Economy Partnership (Dubai GEP) and Cleantech San Diego in California to discuss how to encourage the cleaning industry to adopt green products, technologies and services around the world. This blossoming partnership also aims to facilitate the trade and investment involved in novel green technologies, both regionally and internationally. Read More »

Jotun Powder Coatings (JPC) has unveiled new powder products in the Middle East and North African region on Thursday. The two products, Ultra Shine and the Aurora Collection, were launched initially two months ago.  “At Jotun Powder Coatings, we have been providing consultants and engineers with high-quality, cost-effective, sustainable and protective powder-coating solutions for many years," JPC Global Marketing director Olaf Conreur said. Read More »

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) will host an extraordinary general shareholders meeting (EGM) on June 21 to cast a vote on a plan to raise capital through a rights issue of stock to support the bank's growth. There also will be a vote on a proposal to expand a bank program that issues sharia-compliant tier 1 capital instruments. Read More »

Sports enthusiasts will love this studio apartment in the Ice Hockey section of Dubai Sport City. The 596-square-foot studio includes a closed kitchen, shower room, a balcony that showcases the community, central air, covered parking and a professionally landscaped garden. Read More »

Schmidt ME Logistics, the Germany-based transport-management company, broke ground on Wednesday on a new 226,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi’s flagship Khalifa Port, which handles most of the city’s deepwater-container ship traffic. The company specializes in handling dry bulk products, packaging and intermodal transportation of dry bulk products, and is expanding its capacity to cater to the dry petrochemical and mineral industries in the Gulf region. Read More »

Representatives from the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) recently said the group plans to revisit a partnership with the UAE Ministry of Interior (MOI) to back Arab filmmakers attempting to make movies that focus on societal issues, and to take those movies to the broadest audiences possible with the help of MOI funding. Read More »

RAK Hospital, a leading healthcare facility based in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently received the prestigious Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum award, testifying to the facility’s outstanding quality of care and excellent business performance in the healthcare industry. Read More »

Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, is surging forward with a fourth straight year of increased profits. Read More »

Antaira Technologies recently announced that it has launched the expansion of the company’s industrial networking infrastructure series with the LNP-1202G-SFP and LNP-1204G-SFP devices. Read More »

The 20th anniversary edition of Beautyworld Middle East, a three-day event showcasing the region's beauty industry, took place Tuesday through Thursday in Dubai. “Beautyworld Middle East has, over the last 20 years, carved out a reputation as being the most celebrated and influential beauty and wellness trade fair in a region that is now the world’s fastest-growing beauty market,” Ahmed Pauwels, CEO of Messe Frankfurt Middle East, organizer of Beautyworld Middle East, said. Read More »

The Federal Demographic Structure Council (FDSC) held its 11th periodic meeting recently in Abu Dhabi. Lt. Gen. HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and minister of interior, served as chairman, and others at the meeting included Saqr bin Ghobash, minister of labor; Sultan Al Mansouri, minister of economy; and Mariam Al Roumi, minister of social affairs. Read More »

The French Business Council's (FBC) Healthcare Committee visited the laboratory facilities of the Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (DuBiotech), a member of TECOM Investments, last week. During the visit, committee members shared experiences and discussed recent innovations and challenges in the life sciences sector with DuBiotech business partners. Read More »

More than 200 companies joined TECOM Investments' Media Cluster last year, Media Cluster said last week. The cluster includes Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City and International Media Production Zone. Deloitte’s recently released TMT Predictions for 2015 forecast major growth opportunities for content creators across the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. Read More »

$218 million retail, dining, entertainment complex set to open in 2016 Read More »

Agricultural partnership is seen as benefiting both countries. Read More »

WiN is first of its kind in the Middle East Read More »

Company receives SAP Quality Awards for Europe, Middle East and Africa Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. formally dedicated a new branch office on Sunday in Abu Dhabi to fulfill its obligation toward the United Arab Emirates' peaceful nuclear energy program. The office will work closely with its parent company, Toshiba Corp., to facilitate the development of safe nuclear energy in the region through the Barakah nuclear power plant, which is expected to begin operations in 2017. Read More »

Etihad Airways announced the launch of A380 routes to Sydney this week. This marks a new chapter for the airline’s Sydney-Abu Dhabi and Sydney-London luxury-travel routes. The new A380 aircraft offers the Residence by EtihadTM, which is the company’s luxury private three-room suite. This is a first for the commercial aviation industry. The other cabins also have similar groundbreaking innovations. Read More »