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Merrill Lynch Wealth Management strengthens Middle East team

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management today announces three hires to the Middle East team. Leila Alameddine joins as Market Manager for Levant, Shereen Ghobrial joins...

New regulations for Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme

UAE Vice resident, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum emphasised that providing adequate housing and decent...

Retailers to stop charging surcharge on credit card usage from July...

His Excellency Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Consumer Protection, has instructed retailers to stop...

Economic Zones World promotes energy-efficiency through World Environment Day activities

Jafza, the flagship entity of Economic Zones World (EZW), announced on the occasion of World Environment Day that it has been steadily energising its...

Balance between short-term needs and long-term strategy essential

Short-term thinking has hit the headlines in recent years as the catalyst for the recent economic crisis. As regional business continues to evolve at...

New Integrated Media holding company launched

‘Emicom’, a Dubai holding company based in Dubai Media City was launched with an objective to provide a best-in-class service offering to meet the...

“New” residence visa system for property owners

According to 'Al Bayan' newspaper, Dubai authorities plan to introduce a new residence visa system for real estate investors. A government official was quoted by...

Sheikh Mohammed to inaugurate Dubai Metro Green Line

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will launch the official operation of the...

Jaguar Land Rover launches new mobile app

Alfardan Premier Motors Company, the exclusive importer of Land Rover and distributor of Jaguar in Qatar, announced that the premium and luxury automotive manufacturer...

Gold:silver ratio stands at 42.9 and widening

Silver fell back last week, erasing most of the gains made the week before and ending down nearly 6%. This was quite a drop, despite...

Gold demand to remain strong in 2011

Gold prices had held up reasonably well amidst the overall sell off in commodities since April. A short-term break could be on the cards,...

Privileges for ‘Dubai SME 100’ companies

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), Government of Dubai, entrusted with the development of the small and medium enterprise...

Dubai World’s Tribunal opens Public Consultation for New Rules

Proposed rule amendments in line with evolving case requirements New rules available on Tribunal website for one month period starting Public consultation underpins commitment to...

Emirates launches Mobile Boarding Pass Service

Making travel even more efficient, Emirates now offers customers the option of receiving a mobile boarding pass on their internet-enabled mobile device –...

Emirates offers 15% discount for summer travel

Emirates is offering a 15 percent discount to select destinations during June, an attractive offer for people looking to travel last minute. Valid to...

Food prices to double: Size the opportunities!

Food prices are predicted and will be very much likely double in the next 20 years. Moreover, demand for food in 2050 will be...

Monthly report on prices of building materials

Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) issued today its monthly report on the prices of building materials for the month of April 2011. The report...

OPEC likely to increase oil production

OPEC oil ministers are set to hold a regular ministerial meeting in Vienna on June 8, to mull the market’s supply and demand and...