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Doha 'needs to be more pedestrian friendly'

Doha 'needs to be more pedestrian friendly'

Construction & Industry
Leading architect urges changes to encourage families to relocate to city centre.

  1. $5.5bn Doha revamp project set to start in Q4

Kuwait tops Mideast list for swine flu cases
Healthcare
World Health Org report says Gulf state has seen 6,640 H1N1 infections so far.

Opinion split over Mideast aviation growth - poll
Travel & Hospitality
Some 36.4% of people see slow growth next year, while 33.5% think industry will stagnate.

437 new hotels in MENA construction pipeline
Travel & Hospitality
STR Global's October report says more than 120,000 extra rooms planned for sector.

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Where have all the optimists gone?
Damian Reilly's on the lookout for someone, anyone, who will tell him everything is going to turn out fine in 2010.

 Damian Reilly  

Sitting at the travel industry's top table
The travel industry's most influential players are revealed in the Arabian Travel News Power 50.

 Gemma Greenwood

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Battered, but still fabulous

Harvey Nichols CEO Joseph Wan explains to Arabian Business how an economic "earthquake" forever changed the retail game.

Scenting success

Arabian Business speaks to Tom Ford, who turned Gucci into one of the most coveted brands in the world.


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Banking & Finance

  1. Tamweel, Amlak merger seen in Q1 2010

Construction & Industry

  1. Dubai plans start-up help for expat entrepreneurs

Culture & Society

  1. UAE announces Eid and National Day holidays

Education

  1. $5.34bn plan to build 3,200 new Saudi schools

Energy

  1. $4.4bn Abu Dhabi oil project contracts awarded

Healthcare

  1. Kuwait tops Mideast list for swine flu cases

Islamic Finance

  1. Moody's sees 50% surge in sukuk issuance this year

Media & Marketing

  1. Rupert Murdoch signs up to Abu Dhabi media summit

Personal Finance

  1. Credit bureaus combine to form regional group

Politics & Economics

  1. UAE will not drop US dollar peg – cenbank chief

Real Estate

  1. Dubai property market 'may take 10 years to rebound'

Retail

  1. UAE key market for new retailers - survey

Sport

  1. Westwood leads Race to Dubai at end of second day

Technology

  1. Paltel says deal with Kuwait's Zain is off

Transportation

  1. Somali pirates free UAE-owned cargo ship

Travel & Hospitality

  1. Dubai's Jumeirah Group plans hotels in Brazil

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Crude concerns

Is Shokri Ghanem's authority at Libya's National Oil Corp being tempered by the conservative old guard?


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  1. Advanced Operational Auditing & Management Effectiveness Analysis
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    1 November 2009 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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  2. GCC helping to lead global economic recovery
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  4. Qatar CPI falls 0.1% on month in October
  5. Cyber attacks hit almost 60% of Mideast businesses
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  1. 38% construction execs work more than 50 hours 02
    19 Nov ' 09 at 19:57
    Dear Reader"100% of those families will be totally dysfunctional" as opposed to you who may be 100% small minded. I work in...   More  »
  2. Saatchi & Saatchi chief warns of global unrest in 2010 02
    15 Nov ' 09 at 15:05
    The problems created by USA alone should be sorted out by USA alone.... USA should stop messing around in the world and on top of...   More  »
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