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UAE real estate market has now hit bottom - analysts

UAE real estate market has now hit bottom - analysts

Real Estate
Economic experts paint positive picture for property sector at panel discussion in Dubai.

  1. Dubai's Oct property sales value rises by 50% - official
  2. Dubai property market 'may take 10 years to rebound'

Dubai hotels lead Mideast Oct revenues decline
Travel & Hospitality
Emirate posts year on year 35% drop in revPAR, ME occupancy down 8.5%.

Shipping slump stops Bahrain's new port signing main liner
Transportation
The $344.9m port has only done ad-hoc business due to fall in shipping traffic - CEO.

Saudi, Dubai flights hit by toilet malfunction
Travel & Hospitality
Airbus, Cathay Pacific launch investigation after three flights hit in 11 days.

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A template for success
Sulaiman Al Fahim on why he thinks Dubai is still the city that others aspire to be.

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

 Joanne Bladd

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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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Banking & Finance

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Construction & Industry

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Culture & Society

  1. First UAE arthouse cinema opens in Dubai Mall

Education

  1. UAE schools to join fight against childhood obesity

Energy

  1. Ducab starts work on new $136m factory

Healthcare

  1. UAE schools to join fight against childhood obesity

Islamic Finance

  1. Islamic banks should target female market - report

Media & Marketing

  1. Al Jazeera wins TV rights for 2010 World Cup

Personal Finance

  1. Credit bureaus combine to form regional group

Politics & Economics

  1. UAE considers allowing citizens to elect 50% of FNC

Real Estate

  1. UAE real estate market has now hit bottom - analysts

Retail

  1. Jeweller closures ‘inevitable’ as gold demand slumps

Sport

  1. Al Jazeera wins TV rights for 2010 World Cup

Technology

  1. Batelco fined $13.3m by Bahrain telecom watchdog

Transportation

  1. Shipping slump stops Bahrain's new port signing main liner

Travel & Hospitality

  1. Saudi, Dubai flights hit by toilet malfunction

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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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  1. Dubai's Oct property sales value rises by 50% - official 12
    25 Nov ' 09 at 09:56
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    25 Nov ' 09 at 12:55
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    25 Nov ' 09 at 10:17
    Well said Max, a lot of us have been saying this privately for a few years. The Biggest and most expensive line has gone beyond...   More  »

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