Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 9:27 am

TA Associates Announces Minority Investment in Interswitch

TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has acquired a minority equity interest in Interswitch, an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Helios Investment Partners will remain...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:48 am

Bentley Systems Issues Call for Submissions to the 2017 Be Inspired Awards for BIM Advancements in Infrastructure

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced its call for submissions to the 2017 Be Inspired Awards program. The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:40 am

QFB sells a partial stake in a leading healthcare service provider based in the UAE

Qatar First Bank L.L.C. (Public) “QFB”, a leading Shari’ah compliant bank based in Qatar and listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), has sold a partial stake in one of the most successful leading healthcare platforms in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Kuwait. Commenting on the...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:31 am

Empower pays tribute to women on the occasion of International Women’s Day

To celebrate womanhood and to recognise the power of the femininity, HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of the Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), asserted the importance of femininity - the powerful, compassionate and resilient drivers of change in the society. At Empower, women have...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 7:58 am

Doha Bank Announces the Launch of the New ‘Doha Bank My Book Qatar’ Co-branded Mobile App Amazing Buy 1 Get 1 Free Offers Savings Up to QAR 250000

Doha Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in the State of Qatar, has unveiled a new co-branded mobile application ‘Doha Bank My Book Qatar’ on Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The first-of-its-kind app in the country ‘My Book’ is an ever-growing source of deals...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 6:59 am

Hilton Surpasses 100,000 Open Hotel Rooms in EMEA

Ahead of this year’s International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has announced that it has passed the milestone of 100,000 rooms trading across its Europe, Middle East & Africa portfolio. The news comes in a period of unprecedented global...

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Business & Money | Thursday 9 March, 2017 10:27 am

Landscaping opportunities worth billions of dollars in KSA

Despite the fall in oil prices, Saudi Arabia’s government is pushing ahead with its ambitious development agenda and plans to diversify the economy. The National Transformation Program (NTP) and Vision 2030 have been met with overwhelming support as the government begins to...

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Business & Money | Thursday 9 March, 2017 9:00 am

HEMPEL Opens Showroom in Al Jubail

As the Gulf Council Countries (GCC) is one of the fastest-growing markets for construction and real estate projects, the rapidity of progress is certainly having a positive effect on the paints and coatings market. Capitalizing on the industry’s growth, “HEMPEL Paints” a global...

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Business & Money | Thursday 9 March, 2017 8:36 am

Preventing Saudi women from late night work will create more jobs

The current efforts being made by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development to formulate a system under which women will not be allowed to work late in the night is expected to raise the number of the working women from 500,000 now to about 750,000 in two years, according to market...

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Business & Money | Thursday 9 March, 2017 8:10 am

Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club: A Rental Opportunity unlike any Other

The Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club is a new equestrian haven in the heart of Dubailand, offering unrivalled facilities for potential residents. One hundred and twenty-two luxury villas surround an upmarket development completely devoted to equine sports.    The villas, ranging...

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