Award-winning Russo’s New York Pizzeria at Gulfood Dubai 2011

Anthony Russo, owner of the award-winning Russo’s New York Pizzeria, will exhibit at the 2011 Gulfood Exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the region’s largest and most important industry event.

The food, drink, foodservice, and hospitality exhibition will be held February 27 – March 2, 2011, taking up one million square feet of dedicated space at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Serving the company’s signature extra-large 28-inch party pizza, prepared with fresh dough without additives or preservatives, topped with sauce made from premium hand-selected tomatoes and authentic Italian cheese, Russo’s New York Pizzeria stand will be certain to create a buzz at this years event. Read more

UAE President phones Egyptian President

The UAE is closely monitoring developments of unfolding events in Egypt and is fully confident of the ability of brethren in Egypt to overcome this delicate turn and maintain security and stability of the country.

These remarks were made by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a telephone call he made today with his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Hosni Mubarak.

The UAE President affirmed his confidence in Egypt’s capacity to surpass the current situations, to restore calm and stability and to deliver whatever is good for Egypt and its people.

Latest Briefs on Egypt’s Unrest (Update 2)

• Emiratis in Cairo can contact UAE embassy through the telephone numbers: 0020237766101, 00202237766102, 002027766103 to follow up their conditions.

Briefs gathered from Google News:

• Around 250,000 protesters gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Monday afternoon as anti-government protests continued for the seventh day, the pan-Arab 24-hour news network  Al-Jazeera reported.
• Egypt army ‘will not use force’ on protest Egypt Protest Army CAIRO, Jan 31 AFP
• Egypt is bracing itself for marches and mass demonstrations being organised for Tuesday in both Cairo and Alexandria.
• Huge mounds of rubbish are piling up on street corners and hotels are running out of food as the upheaval takes its toll on Egypt’s second-largest city.
• British Airways announced today that it has changed the timings of its flights in Egypt.
• The secretary-general of OPEC, Abdalla el-Badri, said today in London that the group would boost production if supplies suffer disruption, though it’s not at that point.
• Several multinationals operating in Egypt – Coca-Cola, Heineken, General Motors and Lafarge, to name a few – are pulling back or suspending operations as the week-old uprising gathers force.
• Egypt Air, Egypt’s national airline carrier, has canceled flights from 5 p.m.  local time (10 a.m. ET) on Tuesday to 10 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) on Wednesday, state television said.
• Microsoft shifts some work out of Egypt Read more

Federal public holiday to mark Mawlid Nabawi relayed to 17 February

UAE federal ministries and departments will take Thursday ,17 February 2011, corresponding to 14 Rabea’ Awwal 1432 Hijri as a public holiday to mark the Mawlid Nabawi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), instead of Tuesday, 15 February 2011, corresponding to 12 Rabea’ Awwal 1432 Hijri.

The public holiday been relayed according to a circular today by Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qattami, Minister of Education and Chairman of the Board of the Federal Authority for Human Resources (FAHR). Read more

Latest Briefs on Egypt’s Unrest (Updated)

Emiratis in Cairo can contact UAE embassy through the telephone numbers: 0020237766101, 00202237766102, 002027766103 to follow up their conditions.

Briefs gathered from Google News:

Six journalists for the Al-Jazeera news network who were detained earlier Monday have been released, but their equipment has not been returned, the network said on its website.

French group Lafarge (LAFP.PA), the world’s biggest cement producer, has halted production in Egypt because of the worsening political crisis in the country.

Three Austrian flights to Cairo, Egypt today (Mon) in order to evacuate Austrians stranded there, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Cairo is preparing for a showdown – protesters calling for a march of millions, 10 am Tuesday toward Tahrir Square
All ports in Egypt close: Wheat shipments to top importer Egypt face delays after operations at the country’s ports were suspended amid ongoing anti-government protests, the general secretary of the Egyptian International Freight Forwarding Association said Monday.

The first of two charter planes carrying 219 U.S. citizens out of chaotic Egypt landed Monday in Cyprus, the beginning of what could be a lengthy evacuation effort amid escalating unrest across the country, according to the U.S. State Department.

As the riots in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East continue, the Chinese government has seemingly censored any mention of Egypt on its most popular micro-blogging site, and clamped down on coverage in the press.

Egypt’s stock market authority Monday announced that the stock market will be closed for a third day on Tuesday.

Dana Gas plans to evacuate expat employees and families from Egypt

Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk has suspended its Egypt port terminal operations and closed its shipping offices in the country rocked by turmoil. Read more

Al Jazeera Network Strongly Denounces the Closure of its Bureau in Cairo

The Al Jazeera Network strongly denounces and condemns the closure of its bureau in Cairo by the Egyptian government. The Network received notification from the Egyptian authorities this morning.

Al Jazeera has received widespread global acclaim for their coverage on the ground across the length and breadth of Egypt. Read more

Kaspersky Lab Presents Kaspersky Small Office Security 2

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Kaspersky Lab International Ltd., a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces the release of the second version of Kaspersky Small Office Security, a solution specially designed for the protection of small businesses. The updated solution is simple to configure and provides optimal security for small business computer infrastructure and data, with minimal impact on system resources.

Kaspersky Small Office Security 2 incorporates award-winning antivirus technologies from Kaspersky Lab. The antivirus scanner, heuristic analyzer, application control system and isolated ‘sandbox’ environment for launching suspicious files enable the detection and blocking of both known and new malicious programs before they can inflict any damage. The solution protects servers and workstations running on Windows OS, which is the operating system of choice for many small businesses. Read more

Arabian Reach announces closing of nominations for Emerging Markets Airports Awards 2011

• Over 91,000 companies and individuals from aviation and airport industry apply for prestigious awards over 24 categories
• Winners to be announced on June 1, 2011
• Awards aimed at recognising and honouring outstanding achievements of individuals and airport companies

Arabian Reach, the Dubai-based company specialising in exhibitions and events management across the region, has announced culmination of nominations for the second edition of Emerging Markets Airports (EMA) Awards to be held on June 1, 2011 in Dubai. The company revealed that a total of 91,115 nominations have been filed for the awards, which now enter the voting stage. Read more

RBS Coutts furthers NRI initiative in the Middle East with key appointment

RBS Coutts, the international private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, today announced the appointment of Santosh Keni as Head of the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and South Asia business in the Middle East.

Based in Dubai, Mr Keni will drive the growth of the bank’s NRI and South Asia business in the Middle East. He re-joins RBS Coutts from Barclays Wealth where he was Head of the NRI business in the UAE. Between 2003 and 2008, Mr Keni was part of the investment advisory team at RBS Coutts in Singapore; and later led the Middle East NRI initiative for the bank. Read more

Al Reyami Printing & Publishing LLC wins Dubai International Print Award

Al Reyami Printing & Publishing LLC has been presented with the Dubai International Print Award (Gold in the Brochure Category) at the awards ceremony organized by “Printing & Publishing Group” in co-operation with Dubai Chamber, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. Read more

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