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Outstanding projects win national honours for Bahrain
March 20, 2019
Three outstanding projects have been selected as the national winners for Bahrain by the MEED Projects Awards, in association with Mashreq. The Ibis Styles Bahrain Project by Action Hotels was among the top winners, securing the judges’ nod in three categories, namely Commercial Property Project of the Year, Small Project of the Year and Tourism & Leisure Project of the Year. Another"...
Bahrain’s First Learning Village opens
March 20, 2019
Manama, Mar. 19 (BNA): Labour Fund (Tamkeen) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ebrahim Janahi has today inaugurated Bahrain’s First Learning Village, being, being organized by ThinkSmart for Development and Training. The three-day is being March 2019 at the Gulf Convention Centre, Gulf Hotel Bahrain. It opens from 9:00am - 4:00pm in parallel with Meet ICT Conference"...
The We Company FY 2018 Financial Results Conference Call
March 20, 2019
(AETOS Wire)-- WeWork Companies Inc. (the “Company”), as issuer of its 7.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Senior Notes”), will hold a conference call on Monday, March 25, 2019, at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time for the benefit of certain qualified participants in order to discuss the Company’s financial results for the fiscal year 2018. Current holders and beneficial owners of the Senior Notes,"...
Western Union Teams Up with Thunes to Expand Payout Capabilities to Mobile Wallets
March 20, 2019
(AETOS Wire)-- Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has teamed up with Thunes, a cross-border payments network for emerging markets, to enable Western Union customers to send funds directly into mobile wallets around the world. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190318005639/en/ Senders can now utilise Western Union’s growing digital network or an agent location to send funds directly into a recipient’s mobile wallet. “We are continuously expanding and enhancing our account payout portfolio, providing customers with multiple payout options including bank accounts, cards or mobile wallets,” said Sobia Rahman, Global Head of Account Payout Network for Western Union. “Our goal is to make digital money transfer services more accessible, with a specific focus on enabling mobile transactions.” The collaboration will enable greater financial access for consumers - especially those who lack access to traditional financial......
Atkins Appoints New Chief Executive Officer of Engineering, Design and Project Management for the Middle East and Africa
March 20, 2019
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, announces that Mr. Grant Porter has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the company’s Engineering, Design and Project Management business in the Middle East and Africa. Located in the Middle East, Mr. Porter will oversee current engineering, design and project management projects as well as drive future growth prospects to further strengthen the company’s long-established"...
“The decision to suspend circulation of Al Shifa Honey products in markets across Oman pertains to two specific batches and not all of our Products”, Company Statement Explains
March 20, 2019
The company that produces and markets Al Shifa honey explained that the decision by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) to suspend the circulation of Al Shifa Natural honey pertains to two specific batches and not the company’s full products line. The withdrawal decision is applicable for the batches that were produced in 2/1/2016 and will expire on 2/1/2021 and the product packaged on 1/9/2018 that will expire on 31/8/2023, with a total weight of 3 kgs, for “non-compliance with the standard specifications"...
P&G Sets New Goal to Deliver 25 Billion Liters of Clean Drinking Water to Families in Need Worldwide
March 20, 2019
(AETOS Wire) -- This World Water Day, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is celebrating the achievement of its 2020 goal of delivering 15 billion liters of clean drinking water through its non-profit Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program. P&G is now accelerating its efforts to help provide clean drinking water to even more people by delivering 25 billion liters – more than 100 billion glasses of water – worldwide by 2025. Since"...
Danat and Christie’s to hold Magnificent Pearls exhibition in Bahrain
March 19, 2019
Christie’s and The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Institute for Pearls and Gemstones (Danat) announced the opening of an exhibition entitled Magnificent Pearls, which will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bahrain Bay from 28 – 31 March. Organised by Christie’s, the exhibition will showcase a selection of more than 50 exceptional pearls and other jewellery, all certified by Danat. We are delighted to say that this will be one"...
Tamkeen re-launches the Enterprise Development Support programme
March 19, 2019
Manama, Mar. 18 (BNA): As part of the second phase of Tamkeen's 2018-2020 strategy, Tamkeen announced that it has resumed receiving applications to benefit from its newly revamped and improved Business Support Programme.
'The programme now boasts many added features to better address the varying characteristics and needs of enterprises from one of their developmental stage to the next. These efforts are aligned with the restructuring our internal team underwent to offer the right kind of support for each"...
AAOIFI holds governance, ethics board meeting
March 19, 2019
Manama, Mar. 19 (BNA): The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) has held the 10th meeting of its Governance and Ethics Board (AGEB) at AAOIFI head office in the Kingdom of Bahrain. During the meeting the Board deliberated on the external Sharia audit guidelines which aim at setting out a detailed manual for performing external"...
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