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The Aesthete: Next Celebrity Chef

Dimo Valev works as Marketing Manager at Media Cast in Dubai Media City. He is born in Bulgaria, in the early seventies, where he...

Restaurant Managers and Chefs – The Dinex Group/Chef Daniel Boulud

The Dinex Group, New York City based restaurant group of three Michelin starred Chef Daniel Boulud, is looking for passionate and dedicated Restaurant Managers...

First Internet IPO on DFM

After the eruption of the financial crises of 2008, it is no secret for people in business circles, that investors (both retail and institutional)...

Middle East Meddling: What chance America ‘gets out of the way’?

President Obama has issued an ultimatum to Syria's President Assad - to either lead democratic transition in the country or get out of the...

Emirates prepares for dollar-denominated bond issue

Emirates Airline, Dubai's flagship carrier has picked four banks to arrange meetings for a prospective dollar-denominated bond issue, according to a statement issued today. HSBC,...

LinkedIn prices IPO at $45; shares doubled

LinkedIn priced its initial public offering at $45 a share, the high end of its range. It began trading Thursday on New York Stock...

Arab Woman Awards – Results Announced

The winners of the L’Officiel Arab Woman Awards for Abu Dhabi were announced at a glittering ceremony attended by over 450 females at the...

HH Sheikh Mohammed met media personalities during the Arab Journalism Awards

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum met with heads of press organisations and...

Precious metals rally on freash concerns about inflation

Precious metals rallied on Wednesday, as worries about inflation reappeared. Investors bought into gold and silver back after a selloff earlier this week. Gold for...

Election Management Committee meets volunteers

The Election Management Committee constituted by the UAE National Election Committee held a series of meeting with volunteers interested in working at polling centres...

Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle on regional tour

Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle made a special appearance in Qatar for the first time as part of a regional tour for her famed...

Oil reverses

Crude-oil futures bounced off 12-week lows in electronic trading Wednesday, as the U.S. dollar declined and encouraged buying in dollar-priced commodities, ahead of a...

Customised Media Content influences Arab Audiences in an hour

Social Media Outlets Major Influencers in Creating Focused Arabic Content Customized media targeting specific audiences and countries are the need of the hour to enhance...

Mohamed Alabbar joins committee of leading tall buildings body

First-ever Middle Eastern to serve on the Committee since the inception of the Awards in 2002 Mr. Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties PJSC,...

Emerging Markets most favored by global investors; Equity positioning

The May Fund Manager Survey of BofA Merrill Lynch shows an increase in global investors’ allocations to emerging markets (EM). A net +29% are...

Pirates of The Caribbean 4 might be running for its life

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 premiere went on last night at the Cinestar, Mall of the Emirates. Clocking in at heavyweight two hours and 15...

Oil price extends losses

Oil price extended losses on Tuesday, as the dollar benefited from ongoing worries about European sovereign-debt issues and concerns about U.S. growth and oil...

DFMGI rose 0.99%

Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) ended today’s session in the positive territory. It added as much as 0.99%, or 15.5 pts to 1578.08,...