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Twitter Expands Safety Rules In Relation To COVID-19
Twitter launches a dedicated COVID-19 Event page in Arabic
Twitter is regularly working with and looking to trusted partners, including public health authorities, organizations and...
Property Transactions in UAE Set To Increase Midterm
Residential transactions remained strong in Dubai in first two months of 2020
COVID-19 exact impact on real estate sector uncertain but any disruption...
New Study on COVID-19 Estimates 5.1 Days Incubation Period
An analysis of publicly available data on infections from the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 yielded an estimate of 5.1...
Parenting Tips to Help Cope During COVID-19
The only topic on everyone’s mind is COVID-19 and the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic. It’s easy to find yourself in an echo chamber with...
Dubai Sports Council Launch ‘Be Fit, Be Safe” Campaign
The online initiative urges members of the community to keep exercising at home and share their innovative home workout videos with @DubaiSC
The Dubai Sports...
UAE Temporarily Suspends Visas On Arrival
The UAE has announced a temporary suspension on issuing visas upon arrival for holders of exempted passports, effective 01:00 (UAE local time) on Thursday,...
Dubai Investments Rolls Out Measures To Combat COVID-19
Dedicates an entire building to serve as a quarantine facility for workers
In response to the global outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and in line...
UAE Stocks To Have 5% Decline Limit Effective Wednesday
The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has imposed a 5 percent daily lower fluctuation limit for shares effective Wednesday, March 18th, and until further...
Dubai Holding, Meraas Unveil $272m Relief Package
Dubai Holding, a global investment holding company, and Meraas, Dubai’s premier developer and operator of lifestyle destinations, have announced the launch of an economic...
UAE Central Bank to Cut Interest Rates by 75 Basis Points
The Central Bank of the UAE announced on Monday that it will cut interest rates, beginning 16th March, following US Federal Reserve cuts to...
Coronavirus-triggered Recession Will Change How We Live, Do Business and Invest
The recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession will usher in a new era in which how we live, do business and invest will fundamentally change,...
How Brands Can Survive COVID-19 Crisis
The good news about working remotely is that you can still do so while self-isolated after a skiing trip in the Italian Dolomites. However,...
Middle East’s Hotel Construction Pipeline Counts Essentially Even Year-Over
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) state in the 2019 year-end report that the hotel construction pipeline in the Middle East stands at 618 projects/178,384...
Coronavirus Impact: Hospitality Industry To Suffer The Most
As no one wants to get sick, people stop going out and spending money. But there is other people who make a living of...
Dubai CPI Down By 1.20 In February 2020: DSC
The annual Consumer Price Index, CPI, rate in the Emirate of Dubai dropped by 1.20 percent in February 2020 compared to the same period...
Social Distancing – The Key To Slowing Coronavirus
Canceling events. Closing schools. Avoiding crowds. Staying home. All of these actions have one goal in common, and it can help prevent the spread...
Abu Dhabi, Dubai Financial Markets Ban Insider Trading
Abu Dhabi and Dubai Financial Markets announced the prohibition period for insider trading at public shareholding companies listed in the UAE capital markets, which...
UAE Central Bank Announces $27.2 Billion Economic Support Scheme
The Central Bank of the UAE, CBUAE, has launched an AED100 billion comprehensive targeted economic support scheme for retail and corporate customers affected by...