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Fatma Al Dubais
1991 - 2000 From 2012 result
Four US Navy minesweepers arrive in Gulf
    DUBAI — Four US minesweepers have arrived in the Gulf to bolster the US Fifth Fleet and ensure the safety of shipping routes, the US Navy said, as an Iranian military chief suggested Monday that Iran might try to block ...
Thomson Reuters buys Zawya
  DUBAI — News and data company Thomson Reuters Corp. said Monday it has bought Mideast online business information provider Zawya, the latest regional Internet property to be snapped up by overseas investors. New York-based Thomson Reuters acquired Zawya from a group ...
UAE tourism sector to rise by 6.5% until 2021
    DUBAI — In extremely positive news for the UAE’s tourism & shopping sector, the industry has been projected to grow at an impressive 6.5 percent per year until 2021, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said. The optimistic forecast is ...
GCC robust growth seen despite geopolitical risks
  DUBAI — Despite heightened regional geopolitical risks, four out of six GCC countries, are poised to witness robust economic growth this year in comparison to the previous year, a recent Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry study showed. According to the ...
Arab teams vie for best business plan
  DUBAI — Fourteen teams including the brightest entrepreneurial minds in the Middle East are heading to Dubai this month for the final decision-making in the fifth annual Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition, in partnership ...
ENOC hosts US students for global immersion program
  DUBAI — Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) received MBA students from the University of San Francisco, who were in Dubai to gain insights on doing business in the Middle East. ENOC provided the students with an overview of the company and ...
Gulf mixed in slow trade; Egypt resumes decline
    Dubai —  Gulf bourses ended mixed in a muted session Thursday that saw investors little moved by index compiler MSCI’s decision to keep frontier market status for the UAE and Qatar, while Egypt’s bourse resumed its decline on political woes. This ...
Bahrain police arrest five over ‘terror attacks’
    DUBAI — Bahraini police Thursday arrested five out of 20 people wanted over “terror attacks” including for alleged bombings and causing harm to civilians and security personnel, a top official said. The five were identified as Hasan Al-Muallem, Ibrahim Ali, Ali ...
Oman awards DSI multiple contracts
  DUBAI — Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI) — a regional market leader in the integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of civil contracting, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP), water and power, rail and oil and gas — has been ...
Banker calls on UAE central bank to slash reserve requirements
DUBAI – A top commercial banker in the United Arab Emirates has urged the central bank to cut some of its reserve requirements sharply in order to spur corporate lending. “What we are asking for now is to provide greater liquidity and ...
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