Throughout the Expo 2020 Dubai journey we’ve worked hard to balance between holding a responsible, safe, fun Expo and navigating our way through a pandemic. Like the city and the country, we have learnt how to live and operate effectively within a COVID world, as long as we remain agile, factual and responsible. Expo 2020 […]
Mubadala Investment Company and Stonepeak, a leading investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, today announced an agreement to sell Cologix – the largest private interconnection and hyperscale edge platform in North America. The transaction is expected to close in early 2022. Cologix will be transferred from Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund II LP and co-investors (Fund […]
Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FTFT) (“hereinafter referred to as “Future FinTech”, “FTFT” or “the Company”), a leading blockchain-based e-commerce business and a fintech service provider, announced today that the Company has established a new blockchain division that will manage its existing blockchain sector business which will include the further formulation and execution of its strategic […]
The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is set to showcase the investment opportunities in the region as the India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai gears up to host the J&K week starting 3rd January. As part of the week, Shri Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Union Territory of J&K along with other […]
Based in Dubai, Caroline will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of the group’s communication & PR strategy in the area, focusing on the Middle East region. She will also support the hotels with their PR and communication to further increase the perception of Radisson Hotel Group and its brands. Caroline joined Radisson […]
The visitors who have walked across the threshold of the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai since the opening of the Universal Exposition to date amount to about 680 thousand, with a forecast of reaching 700 thousand by the end of the year. In addition to the public physically present, 7 million virtual visitors were […]
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is sponsoring the Girls 4 Girls (G4G) program in its 2022 for women empowerment outreach. The program is conducted with the cooperation of the Women Cultural & Social Society(WCSS). The G4G program is a global initiative spread over 28 countries and created in 2017 by a group of highly accomplished […]
The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (“IILM”) has appointed H.E. Khaled Mohamed Balama as the Chairman of its Governing Board (“GB”), effective 1 January 2022, for a one-year tenure. H.E. Balama, who is the Governor of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE), was previously the Deputy Chairman of the IILM’s GB, and succeeds H.E. Sheikh […]
Bahrain Bourse (BHB), a self-regulated multi-asset marketplace, will host the Arab Federation of Capital Markets Annual Conference titled ‘’AFCM Annual Conference: Bahrain 2022’’, the largest event for exchanges and financial markets in the Middle East. The event will be held on the 29th and 30th of March 2022. The ‘’AFCM Annual Conference: Bahrain 2022’’ seeks to create an […]
Despite inflation being at a more than 20-year high, manufacturers and retailers globally, including in the Middle East, are expecting further inflation in consumer products costs of goods sold (COGS) in 2022, by circa 10%. That’s according to a new Cost Inflation Flash Survey undertaken by AlixPartners. The report, named Margin Protection In Times of […]
