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France honours DIFF Chairman with ‘Knight of the Order of Arts...

French Government has honoured Abdulhamid Juma, Chairman of the Dubai International Film Festival and the Gulf Film Festival, with the ‘Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ award

‘Dubai Economic Outlook 2012′ Forum on February 15

Department of Economic Development is hosting forum for second consecutive year to discuss macroeconomic and sectoral outlook for Dubai’s economy

2012 Grammy Awards Winners List

Best Dressed at the Grammy Awards Grammy Awards Most Unusual Dresses The 2012 Grammy Awards were held to pay tribute to accredited artists of all genres at...

Dubai Mall to become larger by adding 1 million sq ft

Further builds on The Dubai Mall’s success as the most-visited shopping and leisure destination in the world The Dubai Mall new expansion to draw on advanced...

GCC top chefs in Anchor MasterChef Challenge final

Eight GCC teams are through to the Anchor MasterChef Challenge final, including the 2011 champions Three teams from the UAE, two teams from Saudi Arabia...

Polo Silver Cup 2012 semifinalists decided

Habtoor Polo, Mahra Polo, Abu Dhabi and Zedan qualified for the Silver Cup 2012 semifinals after the last two matches played today in which...

Best Dressed at the Grammy Awards

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards had plenty of head-turning moments. Among this year's Grammy Awards best dressed ladies are Paris Hilton, Rihanna and Taylor Swift.

Diamonds will always be girls’ best friends

Diamonds giant De Beers reported a 27% bump in sales last year, but warned that 2012 will be a slower for business due to economic uncertainty.

Dubai SME 100 Criterion, Key Figures and Facts

The Dubai SME 100 ranking will act as a platform and catalyst to identify promising SMEs – to groom them to become bigger, better...

Dubai SME 100 List

Rank Company Name 1 DIMENSIONS HEALTHCARE FZ LLC 2 Ecobility Energy Solutions 3 propertyfinder.ae 4 INTERCOIL INTERNATIONAL CO. LLC 5 MEPCO Gulf co 6 ENERPLASTICS LLC 7 E-Home Automation 8 Mani Foods Ind. LLC 9 PARAMOUNT COMPUTER SYSTEMS 10 ON TIME 11 GERMAN IMAGING...

Dubai SME announces top 100 SMEs

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

European problems turn into opportunity for silver

The news that further budget cuts have been approved by the Greek government, after trading closed for the week on Friday, should be positive for Silver this week.

Gold price expected to move towards $1,800

Gold prices retreated last week even allowing for dollar weakness which saw the euro rally to a new high for the year. The background for...

Red Dress Fall Collection 2012: Who wore it best?

Ladies in Red The Heart Truth Red Dress Fall Collection 2012 was held in New York recently, with celebrities and supermodels alike showing off designer...

2012 Oil Demand Outlook Lowered

Global oil demand in 2012 is expected to grow by 800,000 b/d from 2011, down from last month’s outlook for 1.1 million b/d of demand growth

Paul McCartney 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year

Grammys weekend kicked off in full force on Friday night, with Paul McCartney being honored as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year.

Precious Metals Outlook, Charts

Testimony from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to Federal Open Market Committee has been major inspiration for the precious metals market during the week

Over 4.75 million visited Emaar leisure attractions in 2011

Emaar Retail LLC welcomed more than 4.75 million visitors to its varied attractions in Dubai during 2011, recording a growth of over 13 per cent