Etihad’s hub in Abu Dhabi is 130 kilometers (80 miles) from Dubai’s main airport, the world’s busiest for international flights. Dubai-based Emirates, the largest Mideast carrier, said it was cooperating on the additional security procedures but did not …
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Afghan Taliban: Qatar Plays Major Role in Peace Talks
The Taliban official’s comments on Tuesday come as a series of leaked emails from UAE diplomats suggest the Emirati foreign minister was disappointed that US officials had chosen Doha over Abu Dhabi to host the office. The June 2013 opening of the …
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Dubai Real Estate Transactions Value Hits $36 Billion in H1
Real estate transactions in Dubai, UAE, during the first half (H1) of the year reached a value of Dh132 billion ($36 billion), achieved through 35,571 sales, mortgages and other transactions, according to figures released by Dubai Land Department (DLD).
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DED Cafe offers drive-through business services
Dubai: Dubai residents are all too familiar with stopping at a drive-through for fast food. Now, they can stop to register a business. Dubai Economy’s forthcoming ‘DED Cafe’, developed in partnership with the High Level for Government Transacton …
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Barclays sponsors UAE entrepreneurship programme
The initiative aims to elevate the entrepreneurship skills for participants, in collaboration with Dubai Business Women Council, the UAE’s leading platform for the personal and professional development of women in the emirate and beyond. The holistic …
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Dubai Economy to Launch ‘DED Café’ for Enhanced Customer Happiness and Convenience
The ‘DED Café’ is also an important initiative aligned to the government’s directive to promote Dubai as an ideal destination for investment and business development as well as to facilitate procedures for businessmen and investors so that they can …
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Dubai Makes A Fresh Play For Crowdfunding Dollars
In Dubai – one of seven emirates that make up the UAE federation … Dominic Dudley is a freelance journalist with almost two decades’ experience in reporting on business, economic and political stories in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe.
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Barclays sponsors UAE government initiative for entrepreneurs
The Mind Cloud Entrepreneurship Programme, in collaboration with Dubai Business Women Council, will offer tailor-made, certified courses targeting students, SME entrepreneurs and corporate employees. The initiative enables the UAE to build a knowledge …
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Dubai International Financial Centre continues to grow and innovate
The DIFC ecosystem is second-to-none in this region in terms of business environment, infrastructure, scale, and human capital, which allows companies in the Centre to thrive. In doing so, DIFC and its community are supporting the growth of Dubai and …
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Dubai from the Sky with Roger Dubuis
I don’t know who’s idea it was to let Anish fly a gyrocopter over the desert metropolis of Dubai, but my guess is that person wasn’t going about their business on the streets below. In fact my suspicion is that the people who gave this the thumbs up …
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3 UAE startups bag Expo Live grants
The programme supports projects from around the world whose solutions generate social and environmental value and are in line with Expo 2020 Dubai’s subthemes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability. – business@khaleejtimes.com
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UAE’s Etihad working with Australia in plane plot probe
The United Arab Emirates’ national airline said on Tuesday that it is working with Australian police in their investigation into an attempted airplane attack, suggesting it may have been a potential target. Australian authorities have said they thwarted a …
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UAE firm denies discrimination in hiring
Dubai: An events company in the UAE has denied posting discriminatory … You cannot view this page again,” the message sent to Hillal reads. Contacted by Gulf News, Hillal said she found the hiring agency rather offensive and racist towards Filipinos …
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Four decades of keeping Dubai free of pests
When I came, they were using traditional pest control methods, mainly mixing diesel with some chemicals,” Motahar told Gulf News in an interview. Interestingly, the peskiest pests in Dubai those days were mosquitoes. “Those days there was no sewerage …
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Moving house in Dubai? Transferring utility services just got easier
Dubai: Activating utility services when moving house has just become easier in Dubai. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) on Tuesday announced a new service called ‘Move To’ that automatically transfers Dewa accounts from a previous …
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Recruiters for Hospitality jobs in Dubai are hosting an Open Day in Belfast
If you’ve always had ambitions of leaving these shores to pursue a career working in Dubai then this is your chance. Representatives from Action Recruitment’s Dubai office will be in Belfast later this month to meet potential candidates and discuss …
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Abu Dhabi gives new deadline as 1MDB misses $600 million payment
ABU DHABI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund … One such asset sale — a $1.7 billion Bandar Malaysia property deal that was executed as part of the rationalization plan — collapsed in May. As part of the agreement with IPIC, 1MDB …
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