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Additional 28,000 residential units to enter Dubai property market in 2012

Approximately 28,000 additional residential units are currently scheduled for completion in 2012, according to Jones Lang LaSalle. This figure would represent an 8% increase...

Dubai Real Estate Market Overview – Q1 2012

Latest research report by  Jones Lang LaSalle called ‘Dubai Real Estate Market Overview – Q1 2012’ covers the current developments within the Dubai office, residential,...

Global advertising spend increased 7.3 percent in 2011

ad market in Middle East & Africa ended 2011 with an 11.3 percent increase in spend vs. 2010 2011 continued to be a challenging year...

Value-packed mortgages for resident expats

Interest rates starting from 4.49 per cent (with fixed rate pricing options for up to 7 years) Up to 85 per cent financing Includes free life,...

New academic calendar for public and private schools

In order to coordinate the school working days, summer and winter holidays as well as semesters followed by institutions of higher education during next...

Reap the rewards when you spend at Carrefour

Customer loyalty programme ‘MyCLUB’ launched for customers in the UAE Collect and spend – Carrefour MyCLUB points redeemable against hundreds of items in-store Looking for something...

17% increase in business licenses issued in Dubai

The Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) issued 1,507 business licences for various types of businesses in Dubai in March 2012, a 17% increase...

Brands need to be meaningfully different and relevant

Contrasting consumer expectations and needs – especially within different cultural contexts – means all brand communication strategies must and will vary according to the...

How businesswomen should approach media, MENA BWN

Guidelines from leading women in regional and International media MENA Businesswomen's Network Forum Media Leaders Session - Businesswomen in the Media On Friday, MENA Businesswomen's Network...

Gold and silver in the week ahead

It was the expected slow start into last week, with many countries still out for the Easter holiday, and the market returned fully only on...

Prices of building materials rose in Q1 2012

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

Video Advertising: An essencial tool for businesses

Almost every business, from a startup to corporate, nowadays has a website or a blog. Most of the business websites are displaying only rough...

Fashion & Beauty Bloggers for Very Irresistible Givenchy Electric Rose

The French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics Givenchy revealed a brand new fragrance called Very Irrésistible Givenchy Electric Rose. Muse of the...

Bullish and Bearish Developments in Gold

Highlights from this week's GFMS Gold Survey 2012 launch… Earlier this week, Thomson Reuters GFMS, the world's foremost research firm focusing on precious metals, launched...

Consumer trust in online, social and mobile advertising grows

Online consumer reviews second most trusted source of brand information and messaging 92 percent of consumers around the world say they trust earned media, such...

350 women gather in Dubai for MENA Businesswomen’s Network Forum

The MENA Businesswomen’s Network Forum concluded today (April 13th, 2012) in Dubai with a roundtable discussion between some of the region’s most prominent businesswomen,...

MENA BWN: Businesswomen’s Style Watch

The Middle East and North Africa Businesswomen's Network 2012 Forum started on a high note today in Dubai. The organizers, MENA Businesswomen's Network (MENA...

Useless Gold overtakes Platinum

It's more than "interesting" that platinum prices are lagging gold... Gold has risen nicely since the meltdown following Lehmans' collapse, with the gold price in...