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Deal sought on Dubai World, Nakheel debts

Deal sought on Dubai World, Nakheel debts

Banking & Finance
Firms seek to extend maturities on all debt repayments until May 30 2010.

  1. Dubai raises further $5bn in bond sale
  2. Dubai World cuts 25% of UAE staff in shake-up

UAE real estate market has now hit bottom - analysts
Real Estate
Economic experts paint positive picture for property sector at panel discussion in Dubai.

Arab youth SMEs turn to family finance
Banking & Finance
Lack of venture capital is hindering young Arab entrepreneurs - chairman of Young Arab Leaders.

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

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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.

 Sulaiman Al Fahim  

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

  1. Deal sought on Dubai World, Nakheel debts

Construction & Industry

  1. Abu Dhabi limits construction to avoid housing glut

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. Dubai raises further $5bn in bond sale

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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