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Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin-trained Monterosso wins Dubai World Cup

It was a toss-up as to who was the most excited between the Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness...

Gulf Film Festival to feature free Children’s Cinema Programme

Tap-dancing turtles, cows on a caper, time-traveling laundry: 5th Gulf Film Festival lines up laughs, life lessons for children New international animated shorts, endearing narratives to...

Gold gained 6.7% and Silver 16.18% on a quarter

Gold futures ended a three-day losing streak on Friday, rallying 1% as the dollar slipped and traders went back to the yellow metal after...

MasterCard, Visa warn of credit card data breach

"Massive" breach may affect more than 10 million credit card holders Credit cards compromised between January 21, 2012 and February 25, 2012 MasterCard and Visa said...

Global Village to close Saturday, 31st March

Global Village has announced the current season is scheduled to wrap up on Saturday, 31st March. Global Village confirmed that the 16th season has been...

Methods for attracting customers to your business

There is a simple rule of business stating that if you don’t get regular customers, your business will eventually fail. In order to get...

Emaar communities join hands to observe ‘Earth Hour’ 2012

All malls, hotels, leisure clubs and residential communities of Emaar will take part in event on Saturday, March 31 from 8.30 to 9.30pm Downtown Dubai...

2012 Dubai World Cup: Fashion Focus

Year after year, horse racing fans from around the world put on their fanciest outfits for the Dubai World Cup. For those of you...

Buy fuel on your credit card with 2 dirhams extra

Credit cards can be used again to buy petrol The use of cards was suspended few years ago, because of the high cost of processing...

International Jewellery and Watch Show 2012 in May

The International Jewellery and Watch Show (JWS) 2012, today announced the commencement of its 20th edition from May 1. Event organizers highlighted the exhibits to...

HR & Business: Human Capital Trends

New advanced technologies, such as cloud services, social media, mobile and analytics are driving many companies to advance their human resource (HR) capabilities and...

Victoria’s Secret reaches to Fujairah

Victoria’s Secret will open its first Beauty & Accessories store in Fujairah on 4th of April, at Fujairah City Centre. The brand became known...

Dubai traders seeking solutions in tough times

Prices became uncompetitive, because of increased administrative and operational costs Fierce competition from counterparts in other regions The current global economic downturn could spell potential disaster...

Dubai DERMA Conference and Exhibition kicks off

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Inaugurates the Twelfth Edition of Dubai DERMA Conference and Exhibition Dubai World Dermatology and Laser Conference and Exhibition (Dubai DERMA)...

UAE Construction Industry Outlook

The UAE residential and commercial market is still searching for equilibrium as funding has been curtailed, projects scaled back and contractor resources downsized. Developers...

GCC Residential and Commercial Construction Outlook

Alpen Capital today announced the publication of its GCC Construction Industry Report . The research focuses on key emerging trends, fundamental growth drivers, noteworthy...

MENA Businesswomen Network Inaugural Forum in April

Middle East and North Africa Businesswomen’s Network will hold its inaugural Forum in Dubai, April 12, 13 The Forum is the first-ever event in the...

UAE Residential Property Market Mixed in Q1 2012

The UAE’s residential property market witnessed mixed results in the first quarter of 2012. Dubai remained steady building on last year’s trend of stability,...