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Severin’s yoghurt maker with 14 glass jars ideal for sharing   Dubai, UAE May 2012: Severin’s Yoghurt Maker enables you to make home-made yoghurt in as many as 30 flavours, and it’s as easy as ABC. An accompanying recipe book, ‘My Home-Made Yoghurt’ is available with all Severin Yogurt Makers, while stock lasts. I..

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Yusif bin Yusif Fakhro signs joint venture with Eurotech   Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, May 2012: The recent outbreak of fires region-wide should be seen as a signal for governments, organisations and communities to ensure that world standard safeguards are in place, according to Mr. Yusuf Abdulrahman Fakhro, Director of Bahrain-based, Yusif bin Yusif Fakhro (YBYF).   ..

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Dubai, UAE, 16 May 2012 – International law firm Taylor Wessing today announces that Neale Downes will join Taylor Wessing Middle East LLP, the Firm's Dubai office, on 10 June.  This will be the third partner addition to Taylor Wessing’s global finance team for 2012. . His appointment follows the recent appointments of Elisabeth Gaunt from Orrick, Herringto..

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Global initiative to encourage workforce to lead physically active lifestyle Dubai: May 16, 2012: In a move to complement its Group Wellness strategy, Dubai Holding, a global conglomerate, will step up to the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) for the second year.   The GCC, in its ninth year, is the world’s leading corporate health initiative aimed at changing the b..

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Speakers Highlight Effectiveness and Growing Preference for Precast Structures in UAE Abu Dhabi-UAE: 16 May, 2012 – Leading precast concrete companies in the UAE successfully hosted the second edition of ‘Precast for All’, a seminar highlighting the benefits of ready-made structures in construction. Held on 15 May at the Jumeirah Etihad Towers, the semin..

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Conference held for Egypt’s private sector leaders to highlight trade gains created through 3 key free trade agreements while showing future opportunities for Egyptian businesses   Cairo - May 16 2012 DHL Express Egypt today kicked off its DHL Trade Agreements Review Conference 2012, a one day event aimed at highlighting the existing trade opportunities between Egypt ..

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Türkiye Finans, Turkey’s leading participation bank, signed the largest murabaha syndicated deal of the participation banking with a sum of 350 million dollars. Led by ABC Islamic Bank, HSBC, Noor Islamic Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, the Consortium included a total of 29 banks from 15 countries. With this murabaha syndicated loan deal, Türkiye Finans ..

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Investment Reinforces MasterCard’s Commitment to Growing and Innovating the Payments Business     May, 2012 – In a move spurred by continuous economic development, steady population growth, stable outlook and large pool of young consumers entering the workplace each year, MasterCard today announced a new structure for the Middle East and Af..

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Now in its fourth year, Dubai Dialogue to look into new ways of integrating CSR and sustainability into corporate strategies Dubai, UAE: With its integrated approach to embed new CSR and Sustainability within the corporate business strategy, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising “Dubai Dialogue: Responsiblity Matters: Driving Sustainability forward through Smart..

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Dubai, UAE, May 16, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced that it will be showcasing its latest range of Hospitality TVs, video walls, digital signage and mobility solutions at the Dubai Hotel Show. The event is taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre from May 15-17, 2012.   Desi..

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Dubai-UAE: 15 May, 2012 – Emirates Float Glass (EFG), one of UAE's largest state-of-the-art integrated float glass facility, subsidiary of Glass LLC and wholly-owned by Dubai Investments (DI) PJSC, has unveiled its Carbon Management Programme as part of an endeavor to reduce its overall carbon footprint. Taking a first step, EFG recently appointed sustainability consultants Green T..

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  Networking expert from Brocade Communications discusses the various considerations that CIOs and IT managers in the region have to be aware of when looking at virtualization for their organization   DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 15 May 2012: An organisation’s ability to enhance agility, reduce costs, and improve efficiencies hinges on building a powerful..

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The International Interior Design Association today announced the results of two design competitions. The results were revealed at The Office Exhibition, the Middle East’s premier trade event for office fit-outs and commercial interior design, and recognise design excellence among Middle East-based projects as well as products displayed at the show. Launched earlier this year, &..

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Jeddah Poised to Become One of World's Four Regional Telecommunication Hubs   Riyadh-Saudi Arabia: 15 May, 2012 – Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide automated lighting controls system for the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) center in Jeddah by Setra e.Vision, the proj..

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Riyadh, KSA,May 2012: VIVA Kuwait, one of STC Group’s subsidiary, and one of the newest and most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider, posted operating revenues of KD 94million in 2011 (+47% versus 2010) with operating profit before the deducting the cost of depreciation, amortization expenses and financing expenses totaling KD 0.5million. Despite fierce competition in..

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Don’t say you are going green...be green,’ says Green Globe expert – 75% of potential hotel guests sceptical of hotel environmental claims The irrefutable benefits of sustainability in the Middle East hospitality industry, has been bought to the fore by internationally-recognised Green Globe Certificate (GGC), at a number of high profile seminars in Dubai ..

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Investment experts at AHIC 2012 highlight opportune offers in GCC hospitality climate – post-Arab Spring resilience indicative of investor sentiment Internationally renowned experts gathered at this year’s Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) and delivered a clear and consistent message: now is the right time to invest in the Gulf’s growing hotel in..

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Key figures from public and private sector discuss developments in SME sector at Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference 2012   Riyadh, May 2012: During last year’s Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference, Khaled Al-Gosaibi, Minister of Economy and Planning, announced that the Kingdom aims to achieve an annual average growth rate in the non-oil producing sectors of seven percent. ..

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Key figures from public and private sector discuss developments in SME sector at Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference 2012   Riyadh, May 2012: During last year’s Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference, Khaled Al-Gosaibi, Minister of Economy and Planning, announced that the Kingdom aims to achieve an annual average growth rate in the non-oil producing sectors of seven percent. ..

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United Arab Emirates – Dubai, May 17th, 2012–  Lay’s, the much loved potato chip and a leading brand from PepsiCo, today revealed the conclusion to its five month ‘Flavor Me’ campaign to find a new flavor chip as nominated by the public.  Following over 269,800 submissions, new Lay's Pizza-flavored pot..

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