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Etisalat probe after $7.4mn 'stolen over two years'

Etisalat probe after $7.4mn 'stolen over two years'

Technology
UPDATE 1: Company insists its procedures are robust, helped to uncover wrong-doing.

Legal firm expands Middle East team
Banking & Finance
Twenty lawyers relocate to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh to take advantage of region growth.

14 jailed in Egyptian exams scandal
Education
Officials and parents among those given heavy sentences after leaking of school exam papers.

SABIC helps to halt Saudi shares slide
Financial Markets
Gulf indices post mixed performances but Riyadh exchange recovers from Sunday's big losses.


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Think before you build
Dubai contractors, developers and designers seem to have forgotten the basics in building stuff. That would be infrastructure.

Rob Wagner  

Abu Dhabi steps out of the shadows
Trying to find a Man City shirt for our cover shoot took longer than Abu Dhabi spent buying the club.

Sean Cronin

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SPOT POLL

What action should be taken against the UAE football team following Saturday's crowd trouble?

No action should be taken against the team because they cannot control the fans.
Fans should be named and shamed and given a lifetime ban.
The UAE team should be forced to play future qualifying games 'behind closed doors'.
The UAE team should be kicked out of the World Cup competition altogether.

BUSINESS FEATURES

Watch out! Scaffolding ahead

Scaffolding is a very common construction component, one that should never be taken for granted.

Getting down to business

The Bay Square project has shrugged off obstacles such as interference from infrastructure work and rising costs.

Investing in turmoil

Regional stock exchanges have had a tumultuous year making it difficult for investors to find value.

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BUSINESS INTERVIEWS

Low-cost king

At just 28 years-old Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou set up his own airline. Today he runs 17 different companies.

Frosty facilities

Jeff Roberts sits down with GeenWave Capital's managing director of sales, Saahil Mehta.

Future shock

“Pink is my super optimistic white”: Monika Grzesik takes a look inside the design world of Karim Rashid.

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