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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: May 10, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. Company outlines consistent business actions for its products, packaging and marketing.
Posted: May 10, 2013
UAE. Experts converge to combat diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at International Cardiology Symposium and Diabetes Forum-A Global Agenda (ICS-13).
Posted: May 8, 2013
UAE. Competition from generics, pricing pressures, and decreasing healthcare spending ripples the market.
Posted: May 8, 2013
SAUDI ARABIA. An international team of physicists, led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, has demonstrated that chaos can beat order - at least as far as light storage is concerned.
Posted: May 8, 2013
UAE. Key management from Masdar complement their business skills by utilising INSEAD's unique Blue Ocean strategy to help the company maintain its market lead.
Posted: May 7, 2013
UAE. Products incorporating nanotechnology expected to reach US$2.4 trillion by 2015, says market research firm.
Posted: May 7, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. The event is structured to appeal to institutional investors, asset management professionals, policymakers and alternative investment managers.
Posted: May 4, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. "There is tremendous demand for people whose skills encompass both finance and IT and I don't believe anyone is teaching a course quite like this."
Posted: May 2, 2013
SAUDI ARABIA. Five Saudis have died of a new SARS-like virus during the past few days and two more are being treated in an intensive care unit, the health ministry said.
Posted: May 2, 2013
UAE. Countries in the Middle East have better growth prospects than the BRICS nations and Western economies because of their relatively small public sectors and low government debt, experts from top-ranked global business school said in Dubai.
Posted: May 2, 2013
UAE. There is a need to develop a national strategy to retain highly qualified women in the workforce, especially as part of a successful implementation of the UAE's Emiratization policy.
Posted: May 1, 2013
BAHRAIN. The encompasses a 4-month intensive retail training course for new Bahraini recruits of AZADEA Group, one of the region's largest lifestyle and fashion retailers in the MENA region.
Posted: May 1, 2013
UAE. "Lema?", which when translated means "Why?" in Arabic, is aimed at stimulating scientific curiosity within the youth of Abu Dhabi; Informal science school education program to tour 100 schools.
Posted: April 30, 2013
UAE. Bernard Kouchner will deliver the keynote address on 1 May in Dubai at the conference focusing on "Healthcare for All".
Posted: April 29, 2013
UAE. A recent McKinsey & Company report says over the next 20 years treatment demand will rise by 240% in the GCC, with cardiovascular diseases experiencing a steep increase of 419% as will diabetes-related ailments by 323%.

MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS COMMENT & ANALYSIS

date:Posted: May 22, 2013
iNTERNATIONAL. Control over Homs will enable al Assad to rapidly move forces from the north to the south to meet emerging rebel threats. It will also provide a key avenue of retreat to the Alawite coast in the event that he needs to flee Damascus.
date:Posted: May 22, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. A government that slaughters its people and maims a whole generation is not a government with whom to negotiate. It is nothing short of travesty that the Obama administration is still mired in the illusion that a political solution is possible.
date:Posted: May 22, 2013
UAE. MENA accounts for 6% of global smartphone shipments but less than 0.1% of mobile advertising; Regional companies are behind global trends allocating only 6%-7% of advertising on digital; Only 2%-3% of digital budget is allocated to mobile and tablet advertising.
UAE. MENA accounts for 6% of global smartphone shipments but less than 0.1% of mobile advertising; Regional companies are behind global trends allocating only 6%-7% of advertising on digital; Only 2%-3% of digital budget is allocated to mobile and tablet advertising.
INTERNATIONAL. Nothing new is coming online anytime soon and movement on developing renewable energy resources has been sadly inadequate. The idea that shale reservoirs will lead the US to energy independence will soon enough be recognized as unrealistic hype.



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