BenQ reveals Shopping Festival specials

BenQ has announced its special offers for the Dubai Shopping Festival, which starts today. The hardware vendor is offering special prices on a select range of LCD TVs, monitors, projectors and cameras during the event.

The 42" SH4231 and 37" SH3731 high definition LCD TVs, priced at AED 5,499 and AED 4,999 respectively; the E-Series LCD monitor for AED 990 and the high performance MP511+ and MP620C projector models for only AED 1990 and AED 2890. Details of the digital camera offer were not yet available.

The offers will be available from Carrefour, Sharaf DG, Lulu, Jacky's, Emax outlets, and at BenQ's own retail outlet, BenQ Zone.

Dubai Shopping Festival starts today, and runs until 24th February.

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Western Union month-long fee waiver for transferring money to Bangladesh

Western Union, the global money transfer service company, has announced its intention to help Bangladesh in its time of crisis by waiving off transfer fee for sending money to the country in December.
Bangladesh was struck by a devastating cyclone recently.
Jean Claude Farah, Western Union's regional vice-president for Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan, said that between December 1 and 31, no transfer money would be charged by the company for sending money to Bangladesh from the UAE.

Farah said, "We would like to express our deepest sympathy for all our valued customers who have families and loved ones affected by the tragic event. Waiving off the transfer fee for one month will help lessen the financial burden on our Bangladeshi customers in their time of need. This is the least we can do to help them."
Bangladesh consul general Mohammed Abdul Hye and commercial counsellor Mohammed Mahmudur Rahman were present when Farah made the announcement.
Reacting to the gesture, Rahman said, "A lot of Bangladeshi expatriates are going to benefit from this. The Bangladesh Consulate appreciates this gesture of the Western Union."
Rahman added that people were contributing generously to the Relief Fund opened at the Janata Bank.
"We have four branches in all and people are contributing to help the cyclone-affected people. A sum of Dh66,000 has already been collected in one of the accounts. More is pouring in," he noted.

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