Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, February 10th 2016 [ME NewsWire] A new Middle East & North Africa (MENA) ‘Women in Finance’ award has been launched at an event in Dubai which looked at how businesses can encourage greater diversity and benefit in the process. The award initiative was announced by event host ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) at their recent event with the theme "Lead the change – increasing gender diversity to boost performance.” Launched in partnership with business information company Naseba, the award will be presented by ACCA at Naseba’s 10th CFO MENA Strategies Forum in October 2016 and will recognize the contributions made by women finance professionals to successful businesses. Commenting on the award, Sophie Le Ray, CEO for Naseba said “Despite the massive strides that have been in the realm of diversity, women still only represent 22 percent of corporate leadership globally, and studies show that they are far less likely to l ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Visitors to the Qasr Al Hosn Festival 2016 were acquainted with Abu Dhabi Police’s various stages of establishment, and with the tasks and duties of the police officers and guards during that period. The festival’s organizers set up a replica of the first Police Station that was established in 1957, north of the Qasr Al Hosn, where the station was originally located. Colonel Saif Al Shamesi, Chief of the Cultural and Sporting Activity Section at the Clubs Department, and the Officer supervising the Abu Dhabi Police’s participation in the festival, pointed out that old photographs were exhibited at the station, showcasing the history and evolution of the police force; while a police unit wearing the old style uniform and logo showed off in daily rounds during the festival. Adding further, he said: “Police officers dressed in the 1957 old style uniform entertained visitors in a folkloric display of old police ... Read more »

Expert briefings targeted toward senior procurement leaders in the region DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Strategic procurement company Tejari, together with CIPS MENA are back with the launch of their 2016 Real World Procurement series. Now entering its fourth year, the Real World Procurement Series is designed to provide procurement professionals with essential real world insight into procurement practices - the people skills, process efficiencies and empowering technologies needed to drive a successful procurement function. A total of 8 events will be delivered across the year in Dubai and Abu Dhabi by procurement experts Peter Smith of Spend Matters UK/Europe and Guy Allen of Real World Sourcing who both have over 25 years’ experience in the Procurement and Supply chain industry. Tejari will also offer a number of online webinars this year for those that are unable to make the live briefings. The first briefing ‘Putting Suppliers at the ... Read more »

• Le système AMLAD de NTT DATA permettra d'assurer l'accès à quelque cinq millions d'éléments numérisés MADRID et TOKYO - Lundi 15 Février 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT DATA, un fournisseur mondial de solutions informatiques, et everis, sa filiale en propriété exclusive, ont annoncé aujourd'hui qu'everis avait remporté un appel d'offres pour développer une solution technologique d'archivage numérique de quelque cinq millions d'articles historiques et artistiques gérés par le Patrimoine national, une institution chargée de la conservation de l'héritage de la Couronne espagnole. Portant sur deux ans, le projet tirera parti de la solution Advanced Museum Library Archives Deposit (AMLAD™) d'archivage numérique de NTT DATA, pour intégrer et gérer efficacement les collections hébergées dans cinq dépôts du Patrimoine national. Cette commande reflète la bonne opinion que le Patrimoine national a de la société espagnole everis en tant que société de conseil multinationale, de sa pu ... Read more »

NTT DATA’s AMLAD system will ensure access to some five million digital items MADRID & TOKYO - Monday, February 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- NTT DATA, a global IT solutions provider, and its wholly owned subsidiary everis announced today that everis has been awarded a tender to develop a technological solution for digitally archiving some five million historical and artistic items managed by the National Heritage, a state institution responsible for conserving the legacy of the Spanish Crown. The two-year project will leverage NTT DATA’s digital archive solution—the Advanced Museum Library Archives Deposit (AMLAD™)—to efficiently integrate and manage collections hosted in five repositories of the National Heritage. The commissioning reflects the National Heritage’s high evaluation of Spanish-based everis’ strong European business infrastructure as a multinational consultancy and NTT DATA’s digital archiving technologies. AMLAD will serve as the centralized platform to ... Read more »

Stressed the Dedication to Fighting the Dangers of Negative Internet Use ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, February 10th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The Higher Committee for Child Protection at the Ministry of Interior (MoI), represented by the MoI Child Protection Centre, celebrated the ‘2016 Safer Internet Day,’ held under the theme “Lets Create a Better Internet Together” on Tuesday. The event took place at Sara Primary School in Dubai in cooperation with ICDL Arabia. Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Chairman of the Higher Committee for Child Protection and Chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), stressed the importance of legislating parental supervision of the cyber behaviors and actions of their children by training them how to protect their privacy. He emphasized the need for them to refrain from posting any information, data, and pictures that may be misused by others. ... Read more »

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Monday, February 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) reported today results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2015. For the quarter, the Company generated adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.05 and adjusted operating income from continuing operations of $28 million. Reported loss per share from continuing operations for the quarter was $0.91 and reported operating loss from continuing operations was $36 million. See page 3 of this press release for the reconciliation of reported to adjusted results and related disclosures. Reported fourth quarter adjusted operating income of $28 million was down $12 million year over year due to unfavorable metals impact of approximately $8 million in the quarter and weaker unit volume across all regions, partially offset by restructuring savings. Highlights Generated restructuring savings of $10 million in the fourth quarter, and $36 million for t ... Read more »

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Monday, February 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) reported today results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2015. For the quarter, the Company generated adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.05 and adjusted operating income from continuing operations of $28 million. Reported loss per share from continuing operations for the quarter was $0.91 and reported operating loss from continuing operations was $36 million. See page 3 of this press release for the reconciliation of reported to adjusted results and related disclosures. Reported fourth quarter adjusted operating income of $28 million was down $12 million year over year due to unfavorable metals impact of approximately $8 million in the quarter and weaker unit volume across all regions, partially offset by restructuring savings. Highlights Generated restructuring savings of $10 million in the fourth quarter, and $36 million for t ... Read more »

London, UK - Tuesday, February 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire] ITWORX Education, the leading education services and software solutions provider, a division of the global software professional services organization ITWORX, backed by the EuroMena funds, was proud to participate at the Syria Donors Conference that was held in London on February 4, 2016, where private sector companies committed 75$ Million through partnership to educate Syrian children. ITWORX Education’s participation came as part of its ongoing efforts to better the Syrian crisis and extend a helping hand to the Syrian refugee children in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, by supporting international plans to get them back into school. ITWORX Education’s commitment towards this educational and humanitarian cause is deeply-rooted and was also most recently demonstrated in partnership with The Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Ed) at Davos for the World Economic Forum, late January, where over 50 private companies from the co ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Dr. Michael’s Dental Clinic, the leading and most advanced dental health care provider in the region, welcomes American Board Certified Specialist Pediatric Dentist Dr. Carol Onyango DMD, MPH to its team of Specialist Pedodontists. Dr. Carol completed her B.S. degree in Biochemistry and graduated Summa cum Laude from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2003. Four years later, she received her DMD from the University of Connecticut - School of Medicine and Dental Medicine. She earned her Specialization in Pediatric Dentistry from Columbia University, New York in 2009 and successfully completed her Postdoctoral Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Dental Leadership from the same institution in 2010. Pursuing further studies, Dr. Carol received her Masters of Public Health degree from King’s College London in 2011. “I needed a specialty that was challenging, exciting and varied on a day to day basis,” said Dr. Carol. “Pedia ... Read more »