Turning a vicious cycle into a virtuous one By Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum In 1968, while studying at the Mons Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom, I needed to visit a hospital. There I met a doctor who, to my surprise, spoke fluent Arabic. I learned that he was new to the UK,
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The 7th International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development (ICEIRD 2014) was held in Nicosia, supported by Cyta, which focused on two themes, “Igniting Regional Economies: Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in South East Europe” and “Energy Enabled: The Innovation and Cooperation Hotbed of South East Europe”. ICEIRD 2014 was organized in order to provide
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. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Dragonomics The financial crisis of 2008-2009 heralded a golden age for macro investors. As the wholesale market crash rendered the relative value judgments of stock pickers irrelevant, macro investors enjoyed a boom time—especially ones who had had the foresight to short US housing, global financials, or eurozone peripheral debt.
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. By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary On Sunday, after his swearing-in ceremony, the new Egyptian president, former army head Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, told dignitaries in Cairo that “the presidency of Egypt is a great honour and a huge responsibility.” Indeed, the responsibility on his shoulders should not be underestimated. Sisi has promised to work
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* OEV chairman says bureaucracy still a major problem * By Kyriaki Demetriou, CNA The newly-elected chairman of the Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) has called for an urgent investment by major funds to sustain the private sector which has the resources to be competitive with international peers and encourage innovation. In an interview with
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IT developer Exelsys and InterKnowledge-Wilson Learning SEM have signed an agreement to expand the Exelsys partner network in the Middle East and Africa to distribute human resources and talent management software. "Exelsys HCM Software-as-a-Service takes full advantage of the ‘cloud computing’ model and allows companies of all shapes and sizes to leverage this infrastructure, which
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The Cyprus economy will shrink by a less than expected 3.1% in 2014, according to the latest monthly forecast by Sapienta Economics, a Nicosia-based consultancy. Real GDP fell by a seasonally adjusted 4.1% year on year in the first quarter of 2014 (0.7% quarter on quarter), compared with 4.9% in the fourth quarter of 2013
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Sustainable development of maritime transport is the main subject of discussion at the Ministerial summit on maritime issues taking place in Limassol on Tuesday. The meeting, organised by the Ministry of Communication and Works, is being attended by government officials and representatives of organisations from Russia, the United States, Great Britain, the Bahamas, Denmark, Greece
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By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Market Analyst at FXTM Just over two weeks ago, BoJ Governor Kuroda delivered a hawkish press conference where he displayed optimism surrounding recent Japanese economic data, and admitted confidence that the BoJ’s inflation targets were going to be achieved in 2015. For this reason, further QE stimulus from the BoJ was
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Etihad Airways launched a new programme to improve sleep quality on its long-haul flights. Since July 2012, Etihad Airways has been working closely with a panel of sleep experts from the American Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology (ACPN) in Abu Dhabi to research ways to enhance sleep in-flight. The centre is staffed by American Board-certified
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