NEWS.am TECH - Innovations and science • 11th May 2023

Abu Dhabi, AIM tie up with China Bridge Capital and NextG Tech Ltd. to jointly establish fund to attract companies with billions of capitals to Abu Dhabi

The United Arab Emirates’ capital, Abu Dhabi, is set to further solidify its prominence as a leading hub of dynamic institutions and industry-leading initiatives with the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) entering into a partnership with Beijing-based investment banking firm and fund manager China Bridge Capital and Silicon-based NextG Tech Ltd. The agreement was signed during this year’s edition of AIM, which took place in Abu Dhabi.

Zawya • 21st March 2023

Abu Dhabi hosts the world’s largest investment forum

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, will be hosting the 12th edition of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM Global 2023) to be held on May 8 to 10 under the theme “The Investment Paradigm Shift: Future Investment Opportunities to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth, Diversity and Prosperity” with over 600 high-level speakers participating in more than 160 dialogue sessions.

PressReader • 21st April 2017

REDEFINING THE OFFICE SEGMENT

THE COUNTRY’S real estate industry will experience continued success this year. In particular, seen to further fuel the growth in the office segment — alongside those engaged in the business process outsourcing ( BPO) sector — are offshore gaming companies.

Grant Thornton Philippines • 23rd December 2016

A people-centric leadership

P&A GRANT Thornton Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer Maria Victoria C. Españo describes herself as a chief strategist who primarily steers the firm through its path. She recognizes, however, that the task of defining their strategy and implementing it is not solely her responsibility, as the roles of everyone in the firm are just as important in achieving the goals of their company. "My partners, all of us, have a strong stake in the growth of the firm through collective decision-making. E

PressReader • 15th November 2016

Fishing for success

KENBERT C. Chua’s flair for fishkeeping has enabled him to reap grand champion titles in international betta fish competitions. As he now ventures into his own business, this same passion for fish is what he hopes to share with his customers, and clearly a little bit more than that.

PressReader • 27th October 2016

The lifelong learner

IN THE field of medicine, urology is generally regarded as a broad discipline. For Dr. Dennis G. Lusaya, this is the very reason why, despite many other specialties, he chose to traverse the path of being a urologist.

PressReader • 22nd September 2016

The treatable threat

THE “2016 World Drug Report” released last June by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, a United Nations agency focused on helping member states address issues of illicit drugs, crime, terrorism, and political corruption, showed that the number of drug-dependent adults worldwide stood at 29 million in 2014, a first-time increase from the 27 million recorded six years ago. It added that, in 2014, the reported cases of drugrelated global deaths were estimated at 207,400, a figure it considered “stable” though “unacceptable and preventable.”

BusinessWorld Online • 26th July 2016

Businesses urged to embrace disruption

Companies have no other option but to embrace disruption to keep them ahead of the curve, speakers said during the disruption session of BusinessWorld’s first-ever Economic Forum held last July 12 at the Shangri-La at the Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Firms must realize the importance of responding to changes — inside and outside the corporate world, said Margot B. Torres, executive vice-president and deputy managing director of McDonald’s Philippines, and one of the speakers during the

BusinessWorld Online • 25th July 2016

Doctors, patients make digital shift

But for three days every week, she does the opposite: she travels to far-flung villages to check on those who need medical attention.

Most of the time she has to deal with huge amounts of paperwork and occasionally gets frustrated by bureaucratic procedures involved in transferring patients to hospitals more equipped to treat them.

Cora’s story is a reenactment of a narrative featured in a promotional short film produced by a telecommunications company for its digital health product.

Based on

PressReader • 30th June 2016

THE BEST FOR HIS CHILDREN

AS WITH OTHER personages who are as accomplished as him, Washington Z. SyCip is also reserved when it comes to speaking about personal matters, particularly about his role as a father.