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June 5, 2013
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Centre for Responsible Business organized an event to launch the Sustainability Network Task Groups for 2013.
Private financial wealth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is poised to grow 35 per cent to $6.5 trillion by 2017 driven by new wealth creation linked to strong economic expansion.
June 4, 2013
Dubai Airport Freezone (DAFZA) recently hosted two seminars in Rome and Milan to boost the United Arab Emirates’ economic ties with Italy.
Dubai Customs has succeeded in efficiently encountering attempts to smuggle red sandalwood, listed as an endangered species and prohibited to trade in under the CITES International Convention and local legislations.
H.E. Majed Ali Al Mansouri the chairman of the Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) had received a delegation from the United Nations Human Settlements Program.
June 3, 2013
Dubai SME has launched the 8th cycle of the ‘Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders’ (YBL).
June 2, 2013
Egypt has converted $2.5 billion that Qatar lent it in December into 18-month notes and is working to convert another $3 billion lent this month into three-year bonds, Egypt's central bank governor was quoted on Thursday as saying.
Saudi Arabia exported nearly 1.06 billion barrels of oil in the first five months of the current year that yielded SR 428.6 billion, an economic expert was quoted by the local media.
Department of Economic Development has unveiled a first-of-its-kind smart phone application for business registration and licensing in line with the Mobile Governmentز
DMA held a workshop with the contractors in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi highlighting the Classification system and the requirements to comply with the new system.
Emirates Green Building Council has announced the inaugural EGBC Awards to honour excellence in sustainable built environments.
May 30, 2013
Qatar's foreign merchandise trade balance has showed a surplus of QR107 billion in the first quarter of 2013, according to QSA’s preliminary report of exports and imports for the first quarter of 2013.
UAE-Spanish trade increased by 75 per cent from 1 billion euros in 2009 to 1.75 billion euros by end of 2012, Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri said on Wednesday at the Second UAE-Spain Joint Economic Committee which was held in Abu Dhabi.
With Indian companies and investors continuing to evince interest in Freezone Sohar, the economic hub is aiming to double investment from India to US$250mn in the coming two years from the present US$125mn.
May 29, 2013
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised the outlook on the long-term sovereign credit ratings on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to positive, from stable.
