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Educational Technology should always concentrate on enhancing the learning experience, GESS delegates told

The technology which allows students to migrate from being consumers to producers of information, is coming of age, delegates were told at the 2009...

Financial Crisis and Dubai

Riz Khan hosts his own television show on Al Jazeera English. He is a British television news reporter and interviewer, who first rose to...

DEWA commissions two power transmission stations at Dh 1 bn

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned two key transmission stations with a combined capacity of 400 kilovolt at a total cost of...

VectraMind broadens reach for Mobile Solutions

Launches new website to enable easier access for customers VectraMind Corporation, the most reliable partner in Mobile and Web Solutions in the GCC has expanded...

Emirates NBD to propose capital increase through government tranche

Emirates NBD has announced in a notice to its shareholders regarding its Second Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) which will...

Social Affairs Ministry denies converting Arkan shares to social assistance recipients

The Ministry of Social Affairs denied today it has converted ownership of about 100 million shares of Arkan Building Materials Company to 10,000 recipients...

UAE Central Bank sets up crisis committee with banks

Representatives of the Central Bank of the UAE and major national banks met yesterday to discuss the challenges faced by the UAE banking system...

UAE’s healthcare market is estimated to touch Dhs44bn ($12bn) by 2015

Over the years, the UAE has witnessed significant expansion in healthcare and wellness facilities, which has put emphasis on the appeal for healthy living....

UAE federal Government to move to 3-year budgets

UAE plans a big makeover with regard to its federal budget, like releasing budgets every three years instead of yearly one at present and...