UAE
February 22, 2012
12:26 GMT
MENA has announced the findings of a UAE-focused deep dive report which shows that search engines are the most used and most preferred tool for finance research.
February 20, 2012
16:37 GMT
Countries are more than ever striving to boost their food exports to the highly import-dependent UAE as well as to the rest of the Middle East.
February 19, 2012
14:35 GMT
Dubai's officials are asking the government for guidance about trading with Iran as exports to one of Dubai’s biggest markets has now shrunk.
09:08 GMT
Stereo-typing of nationals means that companies are reluctant to bring them on board.
February 16, 2012
08:54 GMT
Dubai became a market leader with hotels recording the highest occupancy levels of 78 percent in the period January to December 2011, according to the E&Y study.
February 13, 2012
07:38 GMT
Arabs are increasingly relying on the US dollar to escape some of the economic repercussions of the Arab Spring.
February 12, 2012
16:49 GMT
United States trade with UAE last year marks a jump of 26 percent compared to 2010.
February 8, 2012
08:15 GMT
Climbing from second place in last year’s Top Companies list to number one in 2012 was FedEx Express.
February 7, 2012
16:45 GMT
The Department of Transport (DoT) has invited bids for the construction of a new 62km-long Abu Dhabi-Dubai dual carriageway.
16:02 GMT
The UAE has a vibrant free economy, a significant proportion of its revenues arising from exports of oil and gas.
February 6, 2012
09:05 GMT
Dubai Shopping Festival 2012 has lived up to its promise of staging the most exciting activities and offering the best shopping experience for the whole family, inspired by the theme “One World, One Family, One Festival”.
05:48 GMT
Arab population is growing at a rapid pace, generating strong demand for more healthcare capacity.
February 5, 2012
08:22 GMT
Dubai enjoys the advantage of being a strategic and investment hub in the region.
February 2, 2012
14:24 GMT
The Dubai Land Department (DLD) is in talks with Nakheel to establish owners' associations (OA) in Discovery Gardens (DG) and International City (IC), a senior official said.
January 31, 2012
09:51 GMT
In a report on the hotel industry in the Middle East and North Africa, it said the emirate had proved its "magnetic attraction as a tourist attraction."
08:58 GMT
A recent study into entrepreneurs and business owners in UAE showed higher education correlated with the likelihood of starting up a business.
January 30, 2012
16:38 GMT
Abu Dhabi will develop an automobile city in the Mussafah area, the auto city ” Industrial City of Abu Dhabi V (ICAD V) ” spans 11 squaret kilometres and caters to Abu Dhabi's automotive value chain.
16:02 GMT
A planned expansion of Emirates Road from Dubai to Abu Dhabi would improve traffic flow and economic development, but not solve long-term safety issues or strains on commuters, experts say.
08:49 GMT
The UAE stock markets are crying for liquidity as investors shy away from the once-hectic trading platforms.
January 29, 2012
16:11 GMT
Construction companies are reacting with cautious optimism at news the Abu Dhabi Government is ready to restart billions of dollars worth of projects.
January 26, 2012
16:20 GMT
Dubai airports handled a record 51 million passengers in 2011, up eight percent on the previous year. But cargo volume fell 1.5 percent to 2.2 million tons as the global economy slowed down.
09:35 GMT
Events play a great role in boosting the economy. Some specific events that shaped the job market the most last year were; some external events, like the Arab Spring, the great slowdown in the US and Eurozone.
08:54 GMT
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan has ordered the partial settling of AED2 billion worth of debt.
January 25, 2012
16:51 GMT
Many of the Iranian buyers are looking for a safe place to invest their money, property executives say.
January 24, 2012
11:22 GMT
What does this long shadow cast over the UAE economy mean? Does it call the UAE’s status as a safe haven from the Arab Spring uprisings into doubt?
January 23, 2012
16:27 GMT
Retail needs high footfall to be successful so the higher the levels of footfall when you’re talking about tourism causes a growth in retail.
11:42 GMT
Dubai and Abu Dhabi have so far benefited from being relative save havens away from the turmoil across the Middle East. But the turmoil in Iran is much closer to home.
January 22, 2012
10:39 GMT
Al Bawaba's pickings of some of the more colorful Tweeps operating in the Middle Eastern Twitter-sphere include friendly Lebanese politicians and singers to the actively engaged Emirs and Queens of the region. Which Arab politicians or celebrities are dominating the Twitter-verse?
09:51 GMT
Saiid El-Harrach, an expert from Capital Economist group, said that Gulf States will need to boost government expenditures due to an expected reduction in foreign investment in the region as a result of the Iranian crisis.
08:07 GMT
“Speed is important,” Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair told Gulf News. “For any investor coming from the UAE, speed is critical. We have to choose where to invest because the whole world is going to be coming here.
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