Healthcare & Education

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Posted: 28-07-2011
INTERNATIONAL. Rising health care costs, coupled with the current state of the economy, have prompted many consumers across the globe to delay care, alter household spending and worry about their ability to pay for future health care costs according to the 4th annual Deloitte Center for Health Solutions “2011 Survey of Health Care Consumers.” “We have been examining consumers’ interactions with the health care system since 2008. A new trend has emerged this year suggesting that economic uncertainty has clearly altered spending habits with many consumers reporting an impact
Posted: March 11, 2014
UAE. Global poll of senior academics recognises research reputation.
Posted: March 6, 2014
UAE. Dubai will require its residents and visitors to have compulsory health insurance from their employers or sponsors. Abu Dhabi has it already.
Posted: March 4, 2014
UAE. Healthcare delivery the Middle East dominated by public sector; Growing and aging population coupled with increasing total healthcare expenditures per capita boosting industry growth.
Posted: February 27, 2014
SAUDI ARABIA. BMJ the publisher of the British Medical Journal will improve healthcare outcomes in Kingdom with its award-winning online educational resources.
Posted: February 26, 2014
UAE. Nine UAE Universities amongst regional finalists who will pitch social enterprise startups in quest of US$1 million start-up funding at world's biggest social entrepreneurship event.
Posted: February 24, 2014
SAUDI ARABIA. Roundtable chaired by keynote speaker Dr. Benoit Leleux, a professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at IMD Business School in Switzerland.
Posted: February 24, 2014
JORDAN. Jordanian University students translate popular software education tool into Arabic; The project, which took four months to complete, was managed by the Oracle Academy and Carnegie Mellon University.
Posted: February 22, 2014
UAE. Masdar Institute has become one of only a few academic institutions worldwide providing cutting-edge semiconductor designs for manufacturing, what is known in the industry as a "tape-out", with support from GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
Posted: February 19, 2014
UAE. "Start-up 100 Winners" from London Business School's enterprise "Incubator" buck regional trend with plans for Middle East online expansion.
Posted: February 18, 2014
UAE. "To attract and retain talent, business needs to show Millennials it is innovative and in tune with their world view," says Rana Ghandour Salhab, Deloitte Middle East.
Posted: February 13, 2014
UAE. Moody's believes that whilst the law will encourage the acceleration of premium expansion, strict regulations could impair this business line's potential to increase insurers' profits.
Posted: February 12, 2014
UAE. Team from Hult International Business School will represent the UAE in the International Case Competition being held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Posted: February 10, 2014
UAE. 8.5 million children remain excluded - many of them girls from poor communities or children affected by conflict; More than half of primary school age children not learning while in school.
Posted: February 7, 2014
MOROCCO. Abdelaziz Adnane has tried to clean up a public health system - which he has run since 2006 - by taking on fraud and finding ways to lower the prices of medicine.
Posted: February 3, 2014
UAE. While devastating conflict in Syria enters a third year and unrest escalates from Egypt to Iraq, the tremors of crisis are being felt across the Arab world. And as normal life halts, schooling is abandoned.

MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS COMMENT & ANALYSIS

date:Posted: March 11, 2014
INTERNATIONAL. Although the stakes are far lower, in many ways the current situation on the Black Sea parallels the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Only this time, the roles of each player are reversed.
date:Posted: March 11, 2014
INTERNATIONAL. The right reason for most investors to buy gold is as a long-term hedge against inflation and financial instability. Gold is humanity's oldest form of money and wealth preservation.
date:Posted: March 11, 2014
JORDAN. The Jordanian economy is recovering from the crisis in 2012, with support from the IMF and GCC countries. The international reserves of the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) have more than doubled in 2013 and economic activity is picking up.
INTERNATIONAL. The Energy Information Agency has predicted that natural gas production in the US will continue to grow at an impressive pace. Right now output is close to 70 billion cubic feet a day and is expected to reach over 100 billion cubic feet per day by 2040.
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