Monthly Archives: December 2012
Improved Economic Prospects in 2013; Support Returns to Equities
The 2013 Year Ahead, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Investors should position for the ‘great rotation’ out of fixed income and into equities that is likely...
Dubai Volunteering Center launched
The center is the UAE’s First Governmental Center for voluntary work
The Center, which comes in line with the UAE Vision 2021 and the Dubai...
Airline of the Year Award for Emirates
Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has been awarded the prestigious Centre for Aviation (CAPA) Airline of the Year 2012; the third...
Amazon introduces Kindle FreeTime Unlimited Just for Kids
Amazon Introduces “Kindle FreeTime Unlimited” - The All-You-Can-Eat Content Service Built From the Ground Up Just for Kids
For the first time ever, bringing together...
Mubasher’s GCC clients enabled to buy shares before IPO launches
Mubasher offers Middle Eastern investors an exciting new gateway to access shares of fast-growing companies before they go public
Mubasher Financial Services (MFS), one of...
Top Holiday Deals Today: Cameras
The largest online retailer Amazon.com continues with Christmas sales now with the brand new Top Holiday Deals event. Daily deals will run till December...
Gene responsible for binge drinking, Study
A recent research on the brain functions explains teenagers’ tendency to binge drink. Scientists at King’s College London's Institute of Psychiatry found a gene...
SMS 20th Anniversary Special
How Text Messages Changed Modern Society
Today we mark the 20th anniversary of the SMS (Short Message Service). Two decades ago, in 1992, a young...
Gold, precious metals fall sharp on economic uncertainity
Gold futures moved sharply lower on Tuesday as investors remain cautious. Budget talks in the U.S. appeared to have come to a deadlock, after...
Oil prices as fall below $89 per barrel
Worries about the U.S. economy following the release of a disappointing manufacturing report sent oil prices lower Tuesday.
At the New York Mercantile Exchange Benchmark...
‘Arabia500’ Awards alongside Global Entrepreneurship Summit
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit- Entrepreneurial Ventures of Arabia (GES-EVA), which is being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed...
Apple launches iPhone 5 in UAE and 54 more countries
Apple Inc. announced on its official website that this month it will release its latest iPhone in 56 different countries.
The tech giant said...
Investors take a more strategic approach as increased optimism returns to...
Investors take a more strategic approach as increased optimism returns to MENA real estate market according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s Seventh MENA Real Estate...
GCC consumers would benefit from reforms in the financial services industry
*According to a new leadership roundtable report from Insight Discovery
GCC consumers stand to benefit enormously from the adoption of global best practice by the...
MENA countries expanding tax treaty networks to encourage trade
According to experts at Ernst & Young’s MENA Tax Conference 2012 in London, MENA countries have introduced a number of measures since 2010, to...
Thousands take part in Emaar’s spectacular ‘Downtown Dubai Parade, National Day’
Colourful floats, cultural performances and the festive cheer of thousands of UAE national flag-waving spectators made the Downtown Dubai Parade, National Day, the spectacular...
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It’s for free(mium): New trend for smartphone apps
Nothing is impossible when it comes to setting prices for smartphone apps. In such a highly competitive market, freemium models are clearly on the...