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4,700 hotel rooms to be added to Dubai hospitality supply in...

The first quarter of 2013 witnessed the addition of approximately 500 branded hotel rooms in the Dubai hospitality market. The openings included Ocean View...

Continuous Growth in Retail Spending Causes Ecessive Shopping Malls Construction in...

As of Q1 2013, total retail space across the Abu Dhabi metropolitan area stands at approximately 1.78 million sq m, according to JJL latest...

App developers to embrace cloud services

A new report by IT research and advisory firm Gartner., Inc. has found that in only three years, about 40% of the mobile app...

Abu Dhabi Plans to Set Up a Financial Free Zone

Abu Dhabi is preparing to establish a financial free zone which will be similar to the one in Dubai. The aim of this financial...

Amazon Cuts Price of Kindle Paperwhite

Are you an avid reader or maybe you know someone who is? Then you will be thrilled to find out that Amazon has...

Your Own Home Designer Few Clicks Away

Today home design and decorating often come hand in hand with technology. Various software programs are currently offered on the market promising to...

HSBC cut 2013 silver price forecast on growing mine output

HSBC lowered its gold forecast for this year and next on Friday, saying the recent tumble in prices for the yellow metal has dealt...

Market analysts seem positive on gold’s upward direction

Gold futures rose in electronic trade on Tuesday. Gold for June delivery advanced $3.50 so far, or 0.24%, to trade around $1,471 an...

Emirates SkyCargo Wins Cargo Airline of the Year 2013

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has won Cargo Airline of the Year 2013 at Air Cargo News’ awards evening. The airline...

UAE based Indians have critical gaps in their financial, retirement planning

75% expect their children to look after them during retirement Only 10% invest in any retirement plans NRIs focus on relatively illiquid investments like gold and...

Emirates Increases South East Asia Capacity

Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, announced on Tuesday an increase in capacity on its Bangkok and Hong Kong services. Bangkok, one of...

20th Edition of Arabian Travel Market Starts in May

The largest and most popular travel and tourism event in the Middle East will gather senior travel professionals at the annual Arabian Travel...

Dubai Passenger Traffic Breaks More Records in March

Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport reached record levels in March. According to a report released by Dubai Airports this Monday, the airport...

Science on the Brink of AIDS Cure

Eight years ago, scientists declared the HIV could not be cured, but then there was the case of the Berlin Patient, who became the...

Deal of the Day: Desperate Housewives for a lot, lot less

You don’t have to be a member of the desperate housewives local club to be a fan of the popular TV series and...

Social Media Starts to Get Boring

Have you noticed that recently social media users are not that active as they were before? In the not so distant past, people used...

Silver prices advance signaling bull market ahead

About 10 days ago, silver prices registered a massive slump. Afterward they were locked in a tight range, allowing investors and traders to get...

Gold futures rebound as US dollar weakens

On Monday in Asian trading hours, gold futures continue to climb. Prices gained back what they had lost over the last session. Meanwhile, the...