Exhibitors at Cityscape Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital’s leading property investment and development event, have identified the emirate’s emerging trend for affordable luxury housing to solve a prevailing …
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UAE, Latin America, Caribbean states to expand ties
Government and business leaders from the UAE and the Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) have reinforced their commitment to improving bilateral ties and expanding economic cooperation …
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UAE top growth market in GCC for Latin American, Caribbean traders: Report
Commenting on the report findings, Hamad Buamim, President and CEO of Dubai Chamber, said the report highlights the tremendous trade potential that remains largely untapped and noted that it …
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Skype blocked in UAE will hit businesses as well as people
“It’s just not practical to expect the rest of the world to start using UAE-approved video conferencing tools to do business in the region.”
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Azerbaijan, UAE expanding ties in small & medium business
Azerbaijan’s Agency for Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Dubai Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization, a similar structure in the UAE, are expanding …
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UAE well set to attract more foreign investment this year
“The UAE is a prime destination for the FDI,” Mr Al Sayegh … foreign partners is a cornerstone of a $45bn strategy to expand the company’s downstream business across petrochemicals and derivatives …
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Girl tearfully asks Dubai to free mum facing jail over Facebook insult
In an interview with Sky News, Paris said … Paris says authorities could do more to bring her mum home. Pic: Detained In Dubai Paris, who has been crying herself to sleep every night, said …
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Dubai Tourism and Gulf Reps in partnership, plans to drive more GCC visitors to Dubai
Dubai Tourism (DT) have released a statement saying that it has formed a GCC-wide partnership with Gulf Reps travel consultancy agency. The partnership is part of DT’s ongoing drive to attract more …
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Where property prices, rents are falling fastest in Dubai
International City, Dubai Sports City and Business Bay experienced the greatest correction with a quarterly decrease of 7 percent, the report added. “Last year we saw over 20,000 units enter the …
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Dubai’s private sector rebounds in March with faster growth in output
Data showed business activity in Dubai’s private sector increased at the sharpest rate in more than four years in March, with nearly 40 per cent of firms surveyed reporting higher output last …
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Sharjah gov’t says to invest $300m in Invest Bank
The Government of Sharjah said the investment is being made on a commercial basis, with the “objective of creating long-term value from Invest Bank’s underlying profitability and standing”. The …
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Sharjah Police find missing child locked in car boot
Sharjah: A worried parent called police in Sharjah when he could not find his two-and-a-half year old son late at night. The search and rescue team from Sharjah Police’s Wasit Station, in …
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Etihad Airways offers free Abu Dhabi stopover in new promotion
The free Abu Dhabi stopover promotion is available for bookings online through etihad.com or via a travel agent until June 15 for flights between April 21 and July 15. Etihad Airways has launched a …
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UAE energy minister says Russia is committed to OPEC supply-cut agreement
United Arab Emirates’ energy minister said on Wednesday that Russia was committed to its oil supply cut agreement with OPEC and would not raise its output unless in co-ordination with the exporting …
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‘You married a horse you idiot’: Dubai arrests British woman over Facebook comments to her ex
Let the law take part.” Radha Stirling, head of the advocacy group Detained in Dubai, told BBC News the daughter has been very upset, and is working on a public appeal of her own. “All she …
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Kleindienst posts record $93m sales in Dubai’s Heart of Europe
Kleindienst Group, the creator of The Heart of Europe project being built off the Dubai coast, has announced a record sales quarter of over AED345 million ($93.9 million) for its freehold second homes …
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Daughter of Brit who called ex’s new wife ‘a horse’ begs Dubai not to jail her
Laleh was held at Dubai airport last month as she and daughter Paris … “I ask kindly: please, please return my mother’s passport, and let her come home.” According to Sky News, the teenager’s letter …
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