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16/11/2014

Bonus time for UAE employees: Will you get one?

Expectations are high among employees in the UAE as they believe it’s that time of the year again when their companies will dish out bonuses and, this time, perhaps more generous ones.

Employees in the UAE and across the region are, in fact, the ones who expect bigger bonuses as compared to counterparts in the rest of the world.

According to a new survey by eFinancialCareers, a financial services career site, bonus expectations in the Middle East exceed the global average.

The findings reveal that six in 10 finance professionals (59 per cent) working in the Middle East expect a bonus this year. Two-thirds of those surveyed (65 per cent) are expecting higher bonuses compared to last year, more than their counterparts in the UK, the US, Singapore, France and Germany.

On the other end of the spectrum are those who have little hope and foresee these annual amounts going down. However, the number of such employees is in single digits.

Only nine per cent believe bonuses will fall and a little over 25 per cent say they will hold steady this year.





http://www.emirates247.com/news/bonus-time-for-uae-employees-will-you-get-one-2014-11-16-1.570138

Bonus expectations in the Middle East exceed global average

16/11/2014

Abu Dhabi Science Festival goes off with a snap, crackle and pop

ABU DHABI // It was hard to work out which of the 42 workshops was most popular at this year’s Abu Dhabi Science Festival on the Corniche.

“They’re all at capacity,” said Dr Linda Silver, the festival’s associate director of content. “They’re all popular.”

Attendance figures for the festival’s opening weekend weren’t immediately available on Saturday, but if the dense crowds pouring into the beachfront grounds were any indication, the number of participants this year could well beat last year’s record of 150,000 people.

“All I can say is it feels busier,” said Dr Silver. “We were at absolute capacity yesterday, all workshops and shows were totally sold out here and at Sharjah and Al Ain. So, it’s good that we have the Science Village because that’s all drop-by. All the activities in there you just drop in and out of. It’s essentially helping with the overflow.”

The Science Village on the Corniche houses workshops are sponsored by local companies and, like many of the interactive challenges at the science festival, they are hands-on and invite children to get their hands dirty and experiment with the elements of science.

In the Thixotropic Liquids workshop, for example, the children scientists learnt how a liquid — cornstarch mixed with water — can temporarily act as a solid when under pressure. To prove the point, the children happily pounded trays of the gooey cornstarch.




http://www.thenational.ae/uae/abu-dhabi-science-festival-goes-off-with-a-snap-crackle-and-pop

The Abu Dhabi Science Festival event on the Corniche allowed children to try fun experiments to convince them that science was interesting.

16/11/2014

Abu Dhabi’s first 4DX cinema to be in multiplex

A $20 million investment, the new Vox features a 4DX cinema, the first one in Abu Dhabi and the third in the UAE, and the latest in sound technology.

The latest Vox multiplex will open in Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall on November 19 with 30 movie releases across its 20 screens. A $20 million investment, the new Vox features a 4DX cinema, the first one in Abu Dhabi and the third in the UAE, and the latest in sound technology: Dolby Atmos, a 360-degree surround sound system.

A Vox Max, Vox Gold and even a cinema for kids — a new concept in Abu Dhabi — are part of the multiplex. “We have travelled the world and witnessed first hand all of the cinemas that are considered to be the world’s best ... Vox Cinemas - Yas Mall eclipses this standard by offering improved versions of all of these concepts,” stated Cameron Mitchell, CEO of Vox Cinemas.

According to him, cinemas in the US and other parts of the world don’t do so well lately, partly because they have become very expensive. In the UAE, commercial cinemas are offering the same technology at much lower ticket prices.




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A $20 million investment, the new Vox features a 4DX cinema, the first one in Abu Dhabi and the third in the UAE, and the latest in sound technology.

16/11/2014

Dubai restarts 43 projects worth over Dh10 billion

At least 43 stalled projects worth over Dh10 billion have been revived by the Dubai Land Department (DLD) through two of its real estate project revival initiatives, a senior DLD has revealed.

“We have facilitated takeover of 39 projects valued at Dh10 billion by various developers under our Tanmia initiative,” Duaa Issam Dablan, Senior Deputy Director, Dubai Land Department, said addressing a real estate seminar last month. The DLD, through Tanmia initiative, provided funding for four projects, she disclosed

“We arranged funding for another four projects under our programme,” Duaa said, bringing the total to 43. Forty-five projects have been registered under the scheme.

In July 2013, Majida Ali Rashid, Chairwoman of the Real Estate Investment and Promotion Centre, had told Emirates 24|7 that DLD was studying 158 projects that could be revived through its real estate initiatives.




http://www.emirates247.com/news/dubai-restarts-43-projects-worth-over-dh10-billion-2014-11-16-1.570135

Forty-five projects have been registered under the Tanmia scheme

16/11/2014

Emirati man opts for all-natural weight loss with great success

Mohammed Al Dhubaibat weighed 196 kilograms when his sister, a doctor, told him he had to lose weight or suffer irreversible problems.

So he did – 80kg in the past year – and did so naturally.

“I want to be a person who can say I changed my life without surgery, that people will know that and be inspired to do this too,” said Mr Al Dhubaibat, 29.

“I’ve had no fat burners, no protein shakes or supplements – it’s all been natural.”

The Emirati communications executive has endured ridicule and pain on his road to healthy living.

Since April, he has dropped 50kg with private coaching. He was too big to join in group exercise classes and needed his own individual regimen.

He rides his bike, with its specially reinforced frame, 10-20 kilometres along Jumeirah Beach Road and very often trains twice a day, after work and in the evening.



http://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/emirati-man-opts-for-all-natural-weight-loss-with-great-success

Mohammed Al Dhubaibat, from Dubai, lost an incredible 80kg in the last year and he isn't finished yet.

16/11/2014

Mena region has the second highest prevalence of condition worldwide, International Diabetes Federation figures reveal.

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13/11/2014

Lamprell wins Dh1.34bn Abu Dhabi contract

UAE-based Lamprell received a new contract worth about $365 million (Dh1.34 billion) from Abu Dhabi's National Drilling Co. (NDC) for two jackup drilling rigs.

National Drilling also has the right to exercise options for three more jackup rigs of the same design, Lamprell said in a statement.



http://www.emirates247.com/business/lamprell-wins-dh1-34bn-abu-dhabi-contract-2014-11-13-1.569926

Company to construct two drilling rigs for NDC

13/11/2014

UAE credit bureau starts retail operations: CEO

The UAE’s credit bureau has begun covering retail customers and plans to extend its work to companies next year, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

The much-delayed Al Etihad Credit Bureau now has financial information on 2.8 million individuals or 97 percent of the total population with a credit history, Marwan Lutfi said.

The UAE government is seeking to strengthen the banking system against bad debt. Until now, banks have often been unable to access data on consumers at other financial institutions when making lending decisions, meaning borrowers could take on huge debts with multiple lenders without any of them knowing.




http://www.emirates247.com/business/uae-credit-bureau-starts-retail-operations-ceo-2014-11-13-1.569881

Will begin covering companies next year, says Lutfi

13/11/2014

Commuters posed for pictures and recorded on video as they waited patiently at 11 stations along the 10.6 kilometre route.

13/11/2014

Dubai Tram Officially Launches, Passenger Services To Begin Tomorrow

- http://dubaimetro.eu/featured/17025/dubai-tram-officially-launches-passenger-services-to-begin-tomorrow

My City. My Metro.

13/11/2014

Prepare to explore the city in a whole new way from Tuesday November 11

http://www.timeoutdubai.com/aroundtown/features/58100-dubai-tram-essential-guide/page/5

Prepare to explore the city in a whole new way from Tuesday November 11.