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Etisalat employee embezzles $7.4mn - report

Etisalat employee embezzles $7.4mn - report

Technology
Employee in charge of payroll at branch referred to public prosecution, money recovered.

Safety checks at helicopter crash oil rig
Transportation
Oil production still on hold at site of tragic accident that killed seven off coast of Dubai.

Tatweer in major corporate shake-up
Travel & Hospitality
Leisure and entertainment giant restructures operations into two divisions, eyes expansion overseas.

Kuwait premier in landmark Iraq visit
Politics & Economics
UPDATE 1: State trip will be first since ousted Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Gulf state 18 years ago.


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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

more » MIDDLE EAST MARKETS DATA

DFM

Last Price:

4,473.68

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8 Sep 2008 09:59 GMT
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ADX

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4,168.97

+19.40+0.47%

8 Sep 2008 09:59 GMT
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8 Sep 2008 10:12 GMT
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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

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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

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Future shock

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