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Dubai set to triple bus service amid Metro fears

Dubai set to triple bus service amid Metro fears

Transportation
Number of buses and bus stops to increase dramatically as support to $4.2bn project.

Wataniya upbeat on launch despite global crisis
Transportation
New Kuwaiti luxury airline set to start operations on Jan. 24, first flights to Dubai.

Bahrain delays new law on transport of labourers
Transportation
Decision to postpone open trucks ban angers human rights activists in Gulf state.

12% fall in Abu Dhabi road casualties
Transportation
Police chiefs say improvement is down to tougher laws, points system for offenders.

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EDITOR'S CHOICE

  1. Villa prices fall by up to 45% amid real estate slump »
  2. UAE 'likely to see budget deficit in 2009' »
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  4. Free healing for job losers  »
  5. Internet services fully restored in Qatar - Qtel »

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Banking & Finance

  1. Abu Dhabi bank chief resigns
  2. Arab banks set to see 2009 profits fall by up to 40%

Construction & Industry

  1. Meydan confident of hitting 2010 World Cup deadline
  2. Construction chief predicts many firms will go bust

Culture & Society

  1. Female suicide bomber kills 35 in Baghdad
  2. Expats receive leeway over ID card deadline

Education

  1. First Gulf signs $323mn Sorbonne campus loan
  2. New university students to face Arabic test

Energy

  1. Oil price steady above $48 a barrel
  2. New Bahrain energy services firm to create 250 jobs

Healthcare

  1. Bird flu flutters closer to Gulf countries
  2. Free healing for job losers

Islamic Finance

  1. Noor Investment's global expansion plans 'on hold'
  2. Saudi Hollandi completes $207mn sukuk sale

Media & Marketing

  1. GCC's Apprentice show set for TV debut
  2. First Emirati feature film set to start production

Personal Finance

  1. Consumer pain as banks tighten lending rules
  2. Bank makes pledge on lending amid financial crisis

Politics & Economics

  1. Moody's cuts outlook on Bahrain sovereign rating
  2. Fighting rages in Gaza as Israel rebuffs truce calls

Real Estate

  1. Dubai rental index awaits roll out
  2. Saudi economic cities unaffected by falling oil, says CEO

Retail

  1. Fashion retailer plans GCC expansion in 2009
  2. Abu Dhabi gold jewellery sales fall 40% in Dec

Sport

  1. Meydan confident of hitting 2010 World Cup deadline
  2. Beckham set for AC Milan debut in Dubai

Technology

  1. Shrinking Apple CEO reveals illness details
  2. Internet services fully restored in Qatar - Qtel

Transportation

  1. Dubai set to triple bus service amid Metro fears
  2. Wataniya upbeat on launch despite global crisis

Travel & Hospitality

  1. Airport approval set to cut Abu Dhabi fog delays
  2. Dubai hotels slash rates by up to 40%

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  1. autocare & transport arabia (ata) 2009
    5 January 2009 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  2. Supplies, Stores, Procurement And Logistics Management
    14 January 2009 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  3. MRO Middle East
    21 January 2009 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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MORE TRANSPORTATION STORIES

  1. Etihad bucks aviation downturn
  2. Construction to start on Qatar-Bahrain causeway
  3. Budget carriers set to outperform rivals
  4. $5.3bn Saudi rail link tender bids set to be opened
  5. Plans for Dubai Metro Purple Line 'in the air'
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CURRENT TRANSPORTATION TENDERS

  1. Supply spare parts for the Mitshubishi pick up
    Syria
    Closes on: 14 January 2009
  2. Supply street legal electric vehicles
    Lebanon
    Closes on: 16 January 2009
  3. Supply and deliver heavy equipments
    Oman
    Closes on: 19 January 2009
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SPOT POLL

What effect do you think Dubai's in-coming rental index will have on the spiralling cost of rents?

No effect as the regulatory agency has no powers to enforce the index.
Will stop one-off extortionate rent hikes, but will have little impact on overall rises.
Will improve the overall situation as tenants will have more power to challenge unfair hikes.
Will solve all problems with rents.
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  1. Dubai set to triple bus service amid Metro fears 3
    06 Jan ' 09 at 13:37
    I agree with Raj that decent buses should have been implemented long ago. It would have been cheaper and quicker than the metro,...  More »
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