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Abu Dhabi enters 'Top 100 MICE hub' listAbu Dhabi has been named among the top 100 busiest global meetings destinations in the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2012 global city rankings for the first time, said a report. The rankings are More… |
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Sabic among top R&D spendersSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is the only company from the GCC region to make it to the list of world’s top innovation spenders since 2008, ranking 416th out of the 1,000-strong list, said a report. This is a ma More… |
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AUS among global top 500 universitiesAmerican University of Sharjah (AUS) has been ranked among the world’s top 500 universities for the first time according to London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), one of the world’s most trusted university rankings. Of more More… |
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UAE shows record rise in competitivenessThe UAE has jumped 12 places – from 28 in 2011 to 16 – in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2012, marking the greatest ranking increase among the world’s 59 most advanced countries. Strong improvements in business efficiency, producti More… |
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Gulf Air tops in on-time performanceGulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has reached the top position in its on-time performance (OTP) record as a full service carrier while ranked third in the overall list of carriers in the Mena region that includes low cost carriers. More… |
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Paris world’s best student cityParis topped the table ahead of London, Boston and Melbourne in a new ranking of the world’s best cities for students. Six European cities made it to the top ten, while Singapore (12th) is the leading Asian city ahead of Hong Kong and More… |
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Bahrain may set up graft watchdogBahrain is likely to set up an independent commission to fight corruption in the country amid renewed calls from The Bahrain Transparency Society (BTS), said officials. BTS said corruption had become a worldwide issue and many countries we More… |
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Oman ranks 32 in competitiveness reportIn its latest Global Competitiveness Report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranks Oman 32 out of 142 countries, an improvement of two places from last year and nine places from 2009. The report highlights Oman’s macroeconomic environment, More… |
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UAE ranks high in global competitiveness reportThe UAE has been named among the top 10 countries in over 20 global competitiveness indicators in the 'Global Competitiveness Report 2011/2012' issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF report has ranked the UAE 27th global More… |
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Dubai SME and CBD sign partnershipDubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) entrusted with the development of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has signed a partnership agreement with Commercial Bank of Dubai to offer benefits to the top 100 More… |
