Monthly Archives: July 2012
Global Internet ad spend outpaces other media
With consumer confidence up and brands looking to reconnect, spending on advertising is on the rise—around the globe and across media types. TV, newspapers,...
5th Dubai International Dance Festival set to take place in October...
Taking place from 17th to 20th of October, the 5th Dubai International Dance Festival 2012 will be the largest dance event of the year....
Emirates Inflight Entertainment Wins SKYTRAX Award
Emirates ice system sets new record with wins eight years in a row
For a record-setting eighth consecutive year, Emirates Airline’s inflight entertainment system has...
Silver on the up, gold on the downside
The monthly US Producer Price Index (PPI) for the month of June 2012 rose 0.1 per cent. The median expectation from analysts was an increase...
Credit Suisse cuts 2012 commodity price outlook
Credit Suisse lowered its 2012 price forecasts for commodities across the board, including oil, precious metals and base metals, saying the balance of near-term...
Dubai Real Estate Market Overview – Q2 2012
The latest 'Dubai Real Estate Market Overview - Q2 2012' was released today by Jones Lang LaSalle. The report covers the Dubai office, residential,...
What Non-Muslims can do during Ramadan
The Holy Month of Ramadan feels like a special time of year even if you are not a Muslim. It is a month of...
The groom’s guide to wedding day grooming
A checklist for the groom
The groom must be immaculate for his wedding day so here's a groom's step-by-step guide on how to smarten up...
Top 5 banned foods
5 illegal foods from across the globe
While we are generally allowed freedom of choice when it comes to what we eat, there are some...
World’s largest passenger jet bound for world’s largest country
Emirates will launch the first ever scheduled A380 service to Moscow from 1st December
The Emirates airline’s 517-seat version of the A380 will replace the...
International monetary system in 2030: Three future scenarios
Revision to regionalism, G2 rebalancing, and reconciling a two-speed world
As the euro debt crisis spreads with wide ranging implications across the globe, a new...
Akshay Kumar goes all out to help student enter Bollywood
Bollywood megastar and Martial Arts supremo Akshay Kumar has once again shown his caring nature by offering to act in the debut film of...
Unscary Reasons to Add Gold
Never mind inflation or credit default. There are plenty of less scary reasons to consider gold investing too...
Gold is of course for kooks and...
Global oil demand expected to rise, IEA
Global oil demand is expected to rise 1 million barrels a day next year compared to this year on muted economic recovery but growth...
E-commerce platforms accepting pre-orders for iPhone 5
Apple's next-generation iPhone has not even been released yet, neither the official release date was publicly announced by the company. However, sellers on Taobao,...
BBC’s collaboration culture travels to Dubai
BBC's Collaboration Culture travels to Dubai where German conceptualartist Christian Jankowski teams up with curator Rami Farook
A new seven part series on BBC World...
Hamdan Bin Zayed awards 20 scholarships to top scoring students
Abu Dhabi University will present 20 top scoring students from Grade 12, with the “H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister...
UAE among world’s 10 fattest nations
Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have all ranked among the world’s top 10 fattest nations with obesity rates expected to severely...













