Bad week for gold, good for palladium
Another bad week for the gold price without a single day of rising prices, short covering, etc; palladium is the hands-down winner of last...
Respiratory Viruses Threaten to Cause Global Outbreaks
Viral pandemics occur with surprising regularity throughout world history and today we are battling with not one, but two respiratory viruses which threaten to...
Businesses in Dubai foresee rising demand and higher profits in Q2...
Businesses in Dubai are confident of growth trends continuing to the second quarter of 2013, shows the quarterly business confidence survey conducted by the...
Cannes Film Festival Kicks Off with an Array of Promising Film...
Prestigious Cannes Film Festival is officially on. Yesterday movie stars hit the red carpet in Cannes, France for the 66th time and joined the...
Dubai earthquake code updated
The civic authorities on Wednesday issued new rules asking all new projects to raise the threshold of buildings to withstand earthquake tremors up to...
Gold, silver retreat in favor of global equities
June gold futures closed down $28.30, or 2%, to settle at $1,396.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange....
Dubai is the busiest airport in Asia-Pacific
ACI Asia-Pacific airports recorded 9.3% year-on-year growth in March and 15.4% at airports in the Middle East.
Passenger traffic during the first quarter of 2013...
Disadvantages of Late School Timings, Case Study
Lately, there have been discussions that school day in Dubai should start later. Even though parents are given the chance to voice their opinion...
Top Schools for Executive Education for 2013
The Financial Times published its list of the top schools with open programs for executive education in the world. For those of you...
A Different View of Silver
Why does silver move so much further, and faster, than gold...?
The SILVER MARKET often gets a bum rap. The reason is that often its...
Dubai Municipality to complete 10 prestigious projects
Eng. Hussain Nassir Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, has said that the civic body is in great confidence to accomplish the two ambitious...
Different Cultures – Different Engagement Rituals
Engagement rituals vary according to the culture of a nation. We decided to make a brief overview on the way people get engaged around...
Dubai among most popular property investment hubs, study says
Only a few days ago, Dubai Chronicle informed that Dubai was announced as one of the hottest property markets for 2012. This trend...
Private education is a continuously growing big business in Dubai
Enrolment figures in Dubai’s private schools sector continue to show strong growth, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has revealed. The 2012/13...
UAE Expats 2nd Most Generous in the Gulf
A new report by the World Bank informs on the global remittance trends in 2012. According to the Migration and Development Brief, more than...
10 Ways to Build an Effective Team
To build an effective team in the work place is essential for every manager, because teams are more productive, cohesive and efficient. They however...
Redback Spiders – Important Questions Answered
After we reported the recent sighting of a redback spider on Emaar Boulevard in Downtown Dubai, we noticed a disturbing trend among our readers....
Precious metals lose luster for investors
The holdings of gold in ETF`s are now reportedly at levels last seen in early 2008.
Gold: $1448.00 - down $22.50 from last week
The price...