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Dollar rallies vs Euro as unemployment rate in US falls to...

The dollar continued its rally against the euro on Friday, despite the weaker-than-expected increase in hiring in December, reflected in the Non-Farm Payrolls data....

Students capture life in the Middle East in HD video on...

Sony Ericsson Middle East has partnered with a group of budding media professionals from SAE Institute, the world’s largest creative media educator, in a...

Hillary Clinton in UAE

Sheikh Mohammed receives US Secretary of State Abu Dhabi Crown Prince receives Hillary Clinton

Crude weakened as the dollar index rallied

February WTI Crude has fallen over $4.50 over the week, as traders booked profits from the Christmas rally and commodities weakened across the board...

Investors should prepare for near-term volatile movement of Silver Price

Silver declined around 7% this week, falling to its lowest value in over three weeks, but pulled back following worse-than-expected US data. Recently, market talk...

UAE Signs Initial Agreement for Investment Protection and Promotion with Republic...

On behalf of and towards enhance international financial agreements of the UAE, Ministry of Finance (MoF) signed an initial agreement for investment protection and...

Dubai trade with the world totaled DHS 475 billion by the...

Value of Dubai trade exchanges have risen 19% during the first ten months of this year totaling DHS 475 billion compared to DHS 400...

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development (MCYCD) announced a cultural...

Cultural activities by other government departments to come under MCYCD umbrella The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development (MCYCD) has announced a cultural...

Emirates and Montblanc celebrate the iconic A380 design with a Limited...

Emirates has partnered with Montblanc – purveyors of fine luxury products, to offer customers the opportunity to win an exclusive Montblanc Skeleton A380 Limited...

UAE Jet Ski Championships

The checkered flag was handed to the UAE’s Nadir Bin Hendi after a convincing win in the Pro Runabout GP class today (Saturday) in...

Methaq Takaful Insurance Company to issue vehicle insurance policies online

Methaq Takaful Insurance Company announced that it has finalized the electronic link between its online platform and the Abu Dhabi E-Traffic services and Dubai's...

World’s highest restaurant to open in January 2011 on level 122...

// Dinning at a height of 442 metres, in a trendy fine dining restaurant in the sky is truly exceptional way to mark a...

Tablets sales expected to eclipse laptop sales by 2015

Forrester Research published tablet sales forecast Tuesday, estimating that tablet sales only in the US will total 195 million between 2010 and 2015. The...

Internet surpasses Television as main News Source for people aged...

The Internet is now the main national and international news source for people ages 18 to 29, a study from the Pew Research Center...

The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia: From Indifference to Interdependence

The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia: From Indifference to Interdependence. Christopher Davidson In a new book, Christopher Davidson, an acclaimed expert on the Middle East's...

LinkedIn expected to Go Public in 2011

LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, plans to go public in 2011 according Reuters. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and JPMorgan are among the...

Emirates Securities Market Report for the Trading Session of Thursday 06...

The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 0.29% to close at 2,695.34 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained 1.14 Billion AED attaining...

SCA publishes mutual fund and investment management draft regulations

The Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has announced that it has posted on its website (www.sca.ae) draft regulations on mutual funds and investment...