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Fifth Summit on the Global Agenda opens tomorrow in Dubai

The fifth Summit on the Global Agenda opens tomorrow in Dubai, convening 88 World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils with more than 1,000 of...

Property boom stumbles in oversupply reality

The global financial meltdown from 2008 caused a freeze to a large number of high-profile construction projects in Dubai and across the world. During...

MENA economic growth up at 5.1 percent in 2012, IMF

The economic outlook for the Middle East and North Africa region is mixed. Most of the region’s oil-exporting countries are growing at healthy rates...

UAE flag in the Guinness Book of World Records

Najmuddeen Meera Hussain, the owner of Around the World Clocks and Gifts (ATW) applied to the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest...

What is Fiscal Cliff? Everything You Need To Know

Recently a popular term in world news, the fiscal cliff is very much discussed and feared by portfolio managers and investors. What does the fiscal...

Cash property investment yields reasonable income in Dubai

Recently, an anonymous 45 year old financial advisor purchased a two-bedroom apartment in Downtown Dubai. When he appeared at the closing, he brought a cheque...

A Train Wreck in the Bond Markets

Why investors, fearful of currency depreciation, have turned to gold... NOT SO LONG AGO, everyone seemed to think Greece was about to leave the Euro. Well,...

UAE financial markets to close on Thursday

Securities and Commodities Authority(SCA) has announced that the financial markets nationwide will close on Thursday, Nov. 15, and resume transactions on Sunday, Nov. 18,...

Dubai Consumer Confidence Index advanced above average

Consumers and business owners in Dubai have stepped into the final quarter of 2012 with renewed confidence and a brighter outlook on jobs and...