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Salary hike for teachers ordered in UAE

Acting upon instructions by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide decent living, and more economic and financial stability and...

Finding time for fitness training

How to fit exercise into your busy life When embarking on a fitness programme, it can be difficult to fit your exercise into a...

H H Sheikh Mohammed crowned winner of Royal Ascot

 UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was crowned today winner of the Gold...

7th International Green Awards calls for entries

The International Green Awards, a leading platform for sustainability intelligence, leadership and innovation, has now launched for the 7th year. This year, the awards are...

BBC World News leads in daily viewers across Gulf markets

The latest EMS Middle East survey has confirmed that BBC World News reaches more daily viewers than any other international English language news broadcaster...

A Grievous Evil

"I have seen a grievous evil under the sun; wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners." – Ecclesiastes 5:13 Most people still get it. Hardly...

More land allocated for foreign investment in Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued regulation No....

Land Rover introduces exclusive limited edition to MENA region

Land Rover have expanded it's range of vehicles with the introduction of the HSE V8 Limited Edition LR4 Pursuit. Created exclusively for the MENA region,...

Skydive Dubai alive experience with Jaguar

To reflect the ethos of the brand, Jaguar recently hosted a 2 day event aimed at challenging attendees on how alive they felt throughout...

Dubai to launch Businesses Classification Index

The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection Division (CCCP) in the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai will launch a businesses classification index based...

Foreign educators will inspect Dubai schools

Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority has announced in May an agreement with the Department for Education of England to deliver British Schools Overseas...

Dubai SME launches Facebook contest

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) mandated to develop the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector, has launched a...

Highly Effective Strategies for a Successful Job Search

Becoming unemployed is a kick in the gut. Many do not cope with such one very well. Losing your job is hard. Whether it has...

Dubai ranks 8th in Worldwide Index of Global Destination

Abu Dhabi Emerges as World’s Fourth Fastest Growing Destination City by International Visitor Numbers The number of people travelling abroad continues to increase around the...

Emirates repays US$ 550 Million Sukuk in full

   Emirates airline announced today that it has repaid a US$ 550 million sukuk bond in full on its maturity date 18 June, 2012.  The...

Consumer Price Index shows food prices drive inflation

Inflation at 1.2 percent over the First 5 Months of 2012 Y-o-Y Food Accounts for 67.2 percent of the Rise in Consumer Prices Average consumer prices...

Gold price falls temporarily on news flow

Investors remain generally bullish on gold On Monday, gold prices fell in early Asian trading as investors took profits from Friday's safe-haven buying. The news...

The concept of free and open Internet faces challenges

The Internet could look very different and become less open and free A proposal for the International Telecommunications Union, an arm of the United Nations,...