DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Facebook is not letting a slumping stock get in the way of its global growth ambitions. The social networking company on Wednesday invited journalists to an event next week to launch its first office in the Middle East business hub of Dubai. (read more here…)
The cost was more criticism of the racing series. (get the story…)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – An American businessman jailed for more than four years in Dubai under suspicion of corruption has started a hunger strike to push for a trial and seek greater U.S. diplomatic pressure in his case. (read more here…)
AUCKLAND, New Zealand and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ New Zealand technology company Jade Software Corporation today announced the opening of an office in the Middle East to build on its sales success of its port … (read the story…) – BUSINESS
COLUMBUS, Ga. & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TSYS® (NYSE: TSS) today announced that Qatar National Bank (QNB) has signed a licensing agreement for PRIME 4, the latest version of TSYS’ card and merchant management solution. (read more…) – FINANCE
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today welcomes its top 100 global executives to Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the company’s annual leadership conference. (read the story…) – BUSINESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –With three times the population of all the Gulf countries combined, Bangladesh is the sleeping giant of the Islamic finance world. A burgeoning urban … (read more…) – FINANCE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Qatari conglomerate Mannai and Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes say they have gained control of Mideast jeweler Damas International after securing support from most shareholders. (read more…) – FINANCE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 26 (UPI) — Iran's Oil Ministry, already battling stringent economic sanctions aimed at throttling the country's oil exports, is now having to fight on another front: cyber attacks. (read the story…) – BUSINESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A member of the ruling family in the northern United Arab Emirates was under palace guard Wednesday in an apparent crackdown on Islamist groups and others viewed as challenging the UAE's political system, a rights group said. (read on here…)
