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KPMG Lower Gulf Renews CSR Strategy To Support Local Communities

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KPMG Lower Gulf has reorganized its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy in the UAE and Oman, with a renewed focus on positively impacting the communities in which the firm operates, even as they battle the ill effects of the coronavirus [...] 

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Tadawul Announces The Launch Date Of The Saudi Derivatives Market And Index Futures

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The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced today that the launch of exchange-traded derivatives will be on 30 August 2020. The first exchange-traded derivatives product is an index futures contract, the Saudi Futures 30 (SF30). This contract is based [...] 

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COVID-19 Will Have A Lasting Effect On Workplace Practices And Behaviours

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With offices and businesses resuming operations in several parts of the world, Oliver Wyman, a global leader in management consulting, says the Coronavirus (COVID-19) willpermanently change the future of work.

The report by Oliver Wyman and a team of [...] 

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UAE Set To Become 1st Arab Nation To Explore Other Planets With Its Mission To Mars

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On 14th July, the Emirates Mars Mission, “Hope Probe” or “Al Amal” in Arabic, is scheduled to liftoff from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre and begin a seven-month journey to the Red Planet. The probe is expected to entre [...] 

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UBS: Wealthy UAE Investors Rethink Health And Wealth After COVID-19

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In the wake of COVID-19, 75% of wealthy investors worldwide have concluded that life will never be the same again,according to thenew Investor Watch surveyby UBS, the world’s leading global wealth manager. The same feeling prevails in the UAE, [...] 

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Corporates Adopt A Hybrid Model To Working In The Future

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The future of office space will see demand driven by remote working, workplace design, technology and commuting patterns, according to JLL’s latest UAE Real Estate Market Performance report.

The report said corporates in the UAE are consolidating [...] 

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Emirates Mars Mission Announces Seven Strategic Objectives Of Mission

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The Emirates Mars Mission, EMM, has detailed seven strategic objectives of the “Hope Probe,” including acquiring human knowledge, enhancing the UAE’s capacities and promoting international cooperation, in addition to collecting data and [...] 

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PwC’s Academy Launches Region’s First Transfer Pricing Diploma To Address Middle East’s Fast-Evolving Tax Landscape

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In light of recent developments to the Middle East’s tax landscape, PwC’s Academy has launched the region’s first Transfer Pricing Diploma. Awarded by the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), the comprehensive programme is designed for [...] 

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Culligan Delivers New Safety Solution For Restaurants

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Culligan Middle East, an established supplier of water solutions for UAE restaurants, is delivering another safety solution for the food service industry in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Asurface and skin contact sanitiser developed at the company’s [...] 

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Trends And Predictions For The GCC Retail Market In A Post-COVID-19 World.

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CBRE and Roland Berger have published a co-written report “Trends in the GCC Retail Market“. The report looks at the retail industry today in the GCCregion andprovides an outlook onits likely development in a post-Covid-19 world.

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