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Dubai ranked most competitive in Middle East

Dubai has the most competitive economy in the Middle East and ranks higher for its competitiveness than Japan, Germany, France or New Zealand, according...

Dubai population expected to decline 17pc

UAE economy is expected to contract by 1.7 per cent in 2009 The UAE’s population will contract by a marked 5.5 per cent in 2009,...

Giordano walks to promote good health and wellbeing

International brand sponsors 3rd edition of “Walk for your Health” Yesterday, more than 500 Filipinos gathered at Safa Park to join the Walk for...

Foreigners net DFM buyers by AED 5.08 mln

Non-Arab foreign investors bought shares at a net value of approx. AED 21.11 million, while their sell transactions reached about AED 20.02 million, according...

Arab unity in the shadows

Marwan Bishara and his guests examine the past, present and future of Arab Unity in view of the historical processes, and geopolitical realities of...

UAE Foreign Ministry warns citizens not to travel to Sri Lanka

An official source at the Foreign Ministry said that in view of the current security situations in Sri Lanka, the ministry urges UAE citizens...

Hosted Buyer Program at SITL Dubai creates growth-platform for logistics sector

Reed Exhibitions, organiser of the inaugural edition of SITL Dubai (the International Week of Transport and Logistics), has announced the launch of a Hosted...

Dubai hires PR

Barely a day goes by without a headline decrying Dubai's economic woes. But take a look in some of the local press here, and...

Global financial crisis set to reduce prospects for economic growth :...

The present global financial crisis will reduce the prospects for the UAE economic growth from high single digit to low single digit growth in...

RTA Opens Salama Traffic Village at Children City at Creek Park

Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) opened Salama Traffic Village at Children City at Creek Park, Dubai as part of RTA traffic events in the...

SZHP is considering a decision to increase the minimum limit for...

The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme (SZHP) is considering a decision to increase the minimum limit for housing loans administered as part of the programme,...

Al-Wasl Real Estate inaugurated

H.H Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum today inaugurated the head office of the Wasl Real Estate Group in Al-Mankhoul area in Dubai,...

UAE Travel ‘&’ Tourism Sector Ranks “1st” in the Middle East...

HE Hani Rashid Al Hamli Secretary-General of Dubai Economic Council, pointed to the vital role played by the travel and tourism sector (T'&'T) in...

Educational Technology should always concentrate on enhancing the learning experience, GESS...

The technology which allows students to migrate from being consumers to producers of information, is coming of age, delegates were told at the 2009...

Financial Crisis and Dubai

Riz Khan hosts his own television show on Al Jazeera English. He is a British television news reporter and interviewer, who first rose to...

DEWA commissions two power transmission stations at Dh 1 bn

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned two key transmission stations with a combined capacity of 400 kilovolt at a total cost of...

VectraMind broadens reach for Mobile Solutions

Launches new website to enable easier access for customers VectraMind Corporation, the most reliable partner in Mobile and Web Solutions in the GCC has expanded...

Emirates NBD to propose capital increase through government tranche

Emirates NBD has announced in a notice to its shareholders regarding its Second Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) which will...