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Gulf Air unveils strategy to save $2.65bn over five years

Gulf Air unveils strategy to save $2.65bn over five years

Travel & Hospitality
Carrier to expand Mideast destinations, suspend unprofitable routes.

  1. Gulf Air expects $500m loss in 2009 - paper
  2. Gulf Air CEO open to merger options

Abyaar and Lacroix to build Dubai residential tower
Construction & Industry
38-unit, coastal Jumeirah-based tower will have Lacroix designed facade.

Gulf nations to see solid growth in 2010
Politics & Economics
Qatar is predicted to outperform the rest of the region, Saudi and UAE to grow more modestly - poll.

Gulf has $1.35tn worth of building projects underway
Construction & Industry
New research shows almost 3,400 civil building works currently active in the region.

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Why I h8 junk txts
Joanne Bladd explains why she's taking a stand against telco companies.

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The Roubini Vs Rogers debate
Which is the bigger threat - inflation or deflation? William Pesek attempts to find answers to the critical debate.

 William Pesek

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Power play

Nicholas Carter, head of Abu Dhabi‘s Regulation & Supervision Bureau, talks costs, competition and climate change.

Battered, but still fabulous

Harvey Nichols CEO Joseph Wan explains to Arabian Business how an economic "earthquake" forever changed the retail game.


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Construction & Industry

  1. Abyaar and Lacroix to build Dubai residential tower

Culture & Society

  1. First UAE arthouse cinema opens in Dubai Mall

Education

  1. Tougher checks proposed for foreign teachers

Energy

  1. ENOC will not increase Dragon Oil bid

Healthcare

  1. 'Worrying' diabetes tests raise doubt on UAE's health

Islamic Finance

  1. Tamweel records 95% fall in Q3 profit

Media & Marketing

  1. Dubai developers see negative press reports decline

Personal Finance

  1. Credit bureaus combine to form regional group

Politics & Economics

  1. Gulf nations to see solid growth in 2010

Real Estate

  1. Dubai developers see negative press reports decline

Retail

  1. Sunseeker ME announces regional expansion plans

Sport

  1. Lee Westwood wins Race to Dubai

Technology

  1. Zain boss named CFO of the Year at Dubai awards

Transportation

  1. Fewer drivers killed on Dubai roads last year

Travel & Hospitality

  1. Gulf Air unveils strategy to save $2.65bn over five years

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Corporate speak

Peter Kenyon presided over Man U & Chelsea's most halcyon glory days in recent memory, but never won fans' affection. Why not?

Venezuelans tweet in traffic

Venezuela has the penetration of smartphones that one can we see in countries like the US and Canada.


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