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DLD reports 40 per cent growth in real estate transactions

omandailynews.comApril 23, 2021

April 23, 2021

A total of 6,590 real estate transactions in Dubai were recorded in March 2021, valued at about AED22.9 billion, according to the real estate bulletin issued by Dubai Land Department (DLD) under the name Real Estate Updates. The bulletin revealed a growth in number by 43 percent and a growth......

Business

Digital currencies to better serve the unbanked – Al Sayegh

omandailynews.comApril 22, 2021

April 22, 2021

Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, UAE Minister of State, said that the UAE and China have nourished a deep respect, political confidence and support of each other for decades, with their governments working even more closely on joint activities and projects, not only to boost the Belt and Road initiative, but......

Business

Blockchain refinery and storage facility coming up in DMCC

omandailynews.comApril 21, 2021

April 21, 2021

DMCC, the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, has announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with REIT Development to establish the largest precious metals refinery and storage facility across the GCC and the first to be completely enabled......

Business

Aramco-EIG led consortium sign $12.4 billion deal

omandailynews.comApril 21, 2021

April 21, 2021

Aramco has signed a deal with a consortium led by EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG), one of the world’s leading energy infrastructure investors, to optimize its assets through a lease-and-lease-back agreement involving its stabilised crude oil pipeline network. Upon closing, Aramco will receive upfront proceeds of around US$12.4 billion, further......

Health

Fitbit announces Luxe – a fitness and wellness tracker

omandailynews.comApril 20, 2021

April 20, 2021

Fitbit announced Fitbit Luxe, a fashion-forward fitness and wellness tracker designed to help you take a more holistic approach to your health and wellness. Luxe offers the motivation and support you need to stay healthy in today’s world with everything from stress management tools to automatic activity and sleep tracking......

Luxury

Complication with Islamic-Gregorian dual calendar available

omandailynews.comApril 19, 2021

April 19, 2021

Swiss watchmaker Montres Etoile announced the launch of its first complication, an automatic, tri-retrograde, Islamic Lunar and Gregorian Dual – calendar timepiece with moon face. This complicated wristwatch based on an automatic Swiss made movement is completed by a complication module made by Agenhor in Geneva and is housed in......

Travel

Vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists welcome in Malta

omandailynews.comApril 18, 2021

April 18, 2021

Tourism and Consumer Protection Minister Clayton Bartolo announced recently, that the Maltese islands are reopening for tourism in summer 2021. Both vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists will be welcomed to the island of Malta from June 1st 2021. Located about 50 miles south of Sicily in the Mediterranean, Malta is a......

Automotive

Self-driving truck company Plus upsizes fundraising

omandailynews.comApril 17, 2021

April 17, 2021

Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a leading provider of self-driving truck technology, announced it has added $220 million in new financing co-led by FountainVest Partners and ClearVue Partners, with participation from Quanta Computer Inc., Phi Zoyi Capital, and Millennium Technology Value Partners. The company’s existing investors including Sequoia Capital China, SAIC Capital,......

Business

ADNOC L&S increases fleet size with new VLCC acquisitions

omandailynews.comApril 16, 2021

April 16, 2021

ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced the acquisition of two additional Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), bringing the total number of VLCCs added to its fleet in 2021 to eight. The VLCC fleet expansion plays a......

Luxury

Ramadan treat for lovers of gourmet chocolates from La Lu

omandailynews.comApril 15, 2021

April 15, 2021

La Lu gourmet chocolates, delightfully delicious creations fashioned from the finest ingredients in Italy intended to satiate the most discerning of tastes, luxuriously smooth in finish and ultra-refined in texture, crafted into a fascinating array of products is now available in the Middle East in time for the holy month......

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DLD reports 40 per cent growth in real estate transactions

Digital currencies to better serve the unbanked – Al Sayegh

Blockchain refinery and storage facility coming up in DMCC

Aramco-EIG led consortium sign $12.4 billion deal

Fitbit announces Luxe – a fitness and wellness tracker

Complication with Islamic-Gregorian dual calendar available

Vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists welcome in Malta

Self-driving truck company Plus upsizes fundraising

ADNOC L&S increases fleet size with new VLCC acquisitions

Ramadan treat for lovers of gourmet chocolates from La Lu

China tightens drone exports in wider US countermeasures

Guatemala raises red alert as Fuego volcano erupts

OECD inflation eases to 4.2% as lower energy rates...

Oil prices fall as Brent and WTI reach three-week...

Moderna begins Ebola vaccine trial amid DR Congo outbreak

Michigan reports first deaths tied to cyclospora outbreak