Yearly Archives: 2013

Mortgage lending regulation allows the country’s banks to provide a loan of up to 80 percent of the property value to UAE nationals and 75 percent to expatriates.

Diwali is a traditional Indian holiday and it is celebrated by many expats in Dubai and in the UAE in general. That is due...

This video shows Emirates airline's first landing into Conakry, which provides a bird’s eye view of Guinea’s largest city.

There are rising fears of a new property bubbles building in several locations worldwide.

Emirates airline is considering the purchase of as many as 100 long-haul aircraft from The Boeing Co. in a deal that could be worth...

Although traveling today is far more comfortable and faster than it was in the past, it is not often affordable. Luckily, there are always...

Although Halloween is usually seen as a race or a competition in which everyone is trying to find the perfect costume, it can also...

It is a well-known fact that the Indian community in the United Arab Emirates makes up a big part of the population of the...

Residents in Dubai see better job prospects in the horizon and expect the local economy to perform stronger over the next 12 months, according...

In many growing markets, discretionary income is rising and consumption is expanding beyond the everyday basics. New findings from a Nielsen Global Survey of...

Jones Lang LaSalle has released its third quarter (Q3) 2013 Cairo Real Estate Overview report. It outlines that whilst there are signs of stabilisation in certain sectors

The current political standstill in the U.S. can have two main results in terms of the international monetary currency. The first of them is...

Fashion Forward is one of the biggest fashion events of the year not only in Dubai, but in the entire Middle East region. The...

Sometimes even the celebrity status cannot make a bad business investment float. Here are some of the most known celebrity startup failures.

Dubai’s highly anticipated second airport, Al Maktoum International opens to passenger traffic on Sunday - four years behind schedule.

Christmas holidays are only a eight weeks away. That is why, small businesses need to start gearing up for the busiest time of the...

78% of expats see the UAE as the ideal expatriate location 90% of expats are aware of tax implications when returning home 94% of expats put...

If you come to think about it, 2014 is just around the corner. Something interesting about it is that lately 2014 is referred to...