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Union Railway to tender civil engineering contracts in March

Union Railway, the master developer and operator of the UAE's national railway, today announced that it will tender civil engineering contracts in March. Construction...

Military procurement by Middle Eastern countries expected to grow by 14...

Military procurement by Middle Eastern states, primarily Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Israel, is expected to grow by 14 percent over...

Economic Recovery in Slow Motion

Don’t count on the average consumer to bail out the local economy, not just yet! Consumers will continue to get caught up in post-recession measures...

ID card registration to be linked with Fujairah residence procedures from...

Work in gradual expansion of preventive medicine project is progressing as per the set plan Linkage to apply to Fujairah residents Applicants to be received in...

Twitter users registered 200 million accounts and post 110 million tweets...

Twitter has reached nearly 200 million users registered accounts who post 110 million tweets per day as of the January 1, 2011, according Twitter's...

Ministry of Finance launches Interactive Display Screens Services

Ministry of Finance (MoF) has launched interactive display screens at its head office in Abu Dhabi, that allow users to surf through the ministry’s...

“The World” Saga

“The World”, an archipelago of artificial islands reclaimed a few kilometres off the Duba’s coastline is almost forgotten. Nakheel, the developer behind it, which is...

Google expanded the panel of search tools to Arabic, Farsi and...

This week Google expanded Google’s panel of search tools to Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew, enabling people who read right-to-left languages to access a dynamic...

Zayed Future Energy Prize awards US$1.5m to wind energy leader Vestas

General H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today presented...

Win Cricket World Cup tickets with Emirates this Thursday

Buy your ticket to any of our select destinations on 20th January 2011 between 8:00 am and 10:00 am, and win match tickets...

Emirates Resume Flights to Tunis

Emirates has announced that its flights to and from Tunis will resume from tomorrow, 19th January. Passengers whose travel plans were interrupted by the...

Middle East Retail Sector to Reach $682b by 2013

The Middle East retail industry will grow at a CAGR of around 13 percent during 2009-2013 to reach over $682 billion by 2013, Companies...

Nielsen reveals Middle East demand for internet services via connected devices...

The Nielsen Company today revealed the extent to which online consumers in the Middle East intend to use different connected devices to access the...

OPEC raises 2011 oil demand forecast

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised on Monday its forecast for global oil demand for this year. OPEC said it now expects world oil...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Inaugurates World Future Energy Summit...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today inaugurated...

TRA extends registration period of trademarks of Arabic domain name (dotEmarat)

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has extended the registration in the (dotEmarat) Sunrise period for an additional six months to give Trademark owners greater...

Over 2,000 UAE students invited by Masdar to attend World Future...

Over 2,000 students from more than 60 schools and universities across the UAE have been invited by Masdar to attend the World Future Energy...

Lockheed Martin becomes Shareholder of Abu Dhabi-based Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair...

Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) announced today the closing of a transaction where Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) acquired an equity...