Monthly Archives: May 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Amazing Race
The dock has opened up for civilians. Ten teams comprising the adventurous and who love the thrill of a treasure hunt have joined Reel...
Emirates NBD Asset Management fixed income funds perform strong
Emirates Islamic Money Market Fund ranks amongst top
10 per cent of US Dollar Money Market funds globally
Sharia-compliant Emirates ...
Executive booklet on FNC elections 2011 released
The National Election Committee has issued the executive booklet for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections 2011 in order to enhance general awareness among...
Emirates to Launch Airbus A380 to Johannesburg
First Emirates A380 launch in Africa
Launch comes as airline reveals 34 per cent South Africa revenue growth in 2010-11
Emirates (www.emirates.com), one of the fastest...
UK star considering investing in Dubai property
An English-born, Australian-raised singer-songwriter, Peter Andre is considering investing in property in the United Arab Emirates.
While the 38-year-old star spoke in his new! magazine...
Exclusive pre-event exhibition show of Dubai International Dance Festival
Exclusive pre-event exhibition show of Dubai International Dance Festival 2011 was held for members of the media at the Jumeirah Madinat Theatre in Dubai.
Ahead...
Bloomberg Tradebook launches independent research initiatives
Bloomberg Tradebook, a leading global agency broker, today announced innovations in research access, transparency and service and an expanded team of independent research providers...
Tuition fee framework for private schools in the making
While the fee decision for the academic 2011-12 has been announced, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is working on a long term...
Regional stock markets to rebound by the end of May
Stock markets in the GCC have been impacted by the current regional civil unrest in the Arab world, with company valuations discounted compared...
Precious metals rebound; Silver up nearly 5%
Precious metals recovered on Monday morning, after commodities’ plunge last week. Silver futures advanced nearly 5% and gold topped $1,500 an ounce, as investors...
LinkedIn to launch IPO
LinkedIn Corp. announced today it will launch an IPO on Monaday 19, 2010. The company said it expects to offer 7.84 million shares...
The Address Hotels + Resorts win accolades at World Travel...
The Address Hotels + Resorts has won five key honours at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2011 highlighting the credentials of Dubai’s leading hotel...
Preparing Emiratis for leadership roles in banking
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) announced today the launch of its second Qiyadee programme to develop a core group of employees to assume managerial positions...
Crude-oil futures rose; stocks advance in Asia
Crude oil futures rose more than 1% to trade above $98 a barrel, after sliding more than 15% last week amid a broad...
Cash-strapped residents get free debt advise in Dubai
ISDM, the Dubai-based credit counseling and debt management company is set to hold its first free, public open house counseling event where participants can...
Emirates resumes services to Abidjan
Emirates Airline today confirmed that it will resume its flights to and from Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, effective 12 May. Emirates also reopened its...
Are computers making humans irrelevant?
Are the machines created by human kind soon going to make people irrelevant as species?
Every time a new computer is invented to help us...
Emirates Airline removed fuel surcharge on all tickets with immediate effect
Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline said: “In line with the recent decrease in fuel prices Emirates has removed its fuel surcharge on all...













