Archive for ‘June, 2009’

Zawya brings more transparency to the Middle East funds industry

Zawya brings more transparency to the Middle East funds industry

Dubai, UAE; July 1st 2009: Although Middle East funds have enjoyed rapid growth in returns over the last five years, they are still lagging in terms of transparency and disclosure to be on par with international standards. In order to tackle this issue, Zawya had launched a new ranking methodology to assess the performance of [...]

Dubai Health Authority launches ENAYA insurance scheme for Government employees

Dubai Health Authority launches ENAYA insurance scheme for Government employees

Dubai, 30 June, 2009: The Dubai Health Authority today announced the launch of their health insurance scheme, ENAYA, for government employees in the Emirate of Dubai.
The DHA has tied up with Neuron LLC for the ENAYA scheme which means ‘Care’ in Arabic. The scheme will be implemented from the 1st of July, 2009 and will [...]

Dubai Islamic Bank Enhances Customer Service and Cuts Costs with Avaya IP Telephony

Dubai Islamic Bank Enhances Customer Service and Cuts Costs with Avaya IP Telephony

Dubai, UAE, 09-June-2009: Dubai Islamic Bank – the world’s first fully-fledged Islamic bank founded in 1975 – has reduced its branch-to-branch communications costs by almost 50 percent in just six months by deploying an Avaya IP telephony solution.  Covering 80 branches and more than 3000 extensions, the new Avaya system also enables Dubai Islamic Bank to [...]

START Helps Refugee Children Smile this Summer

START Helps Refugee Children Smile this Summer

Dubai, UAE, June, 2009: this July START the popular non-profit, art programme is giving Palestinian and Iraqi refugees a summer art school to paint their dreams. START has a team of international artists working with SOS orphanages and the refugee camps of Baqa’a, Jabal el-Hussein and Jerash just outside of Amman Jordan. In an effort [...]

d1g.com appoints Yahoo vice president as executive chairman

d1g.com appoints Yahoo vice president as executive chairman

Social Networking and video portal site d1g.com, which allows users to share, discuss, and distribute rich online content, has tapped into the knowledge and expertise of online data mining and data strategist, Dr. Usama Fayyad, to help catalyze the company into its next stage of growth.
Dr. Usama Fayyad served as Yahoo!’s Chief Data Officer and [...]

Dubai Government announces new pricing mechanism for Government services

Dubai Government announces new pricing mechanism for Government services

Dubai, June 1, 2009: The Department of Finance, Government of Dubai, announced today that it has begun to implement the requirements of the Royal Decree issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, regarding the review and reduction of Government service [...]