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			<description><![CDATA[Online poll conducted by website Bayt.com reveals 55 percent opposed pay cuts.]]></description>
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			<title>Arab world gets first tech venture capital initiative</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New survey reveals widespread unhappiness among workers regarding pay levels.]]></description>
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			<title>50% of GCC women voice promotion fears</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New survey reveals one in two women believe their chances of top job are lower than men.]]></description>
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			<title>Work the web</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From converting media files and finding the right codecs, to selling your old tech and giving your brain a serious workout, these WINDOWS-selected websites should all be up there in your favourites list.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Salaries falling behind inflation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of employees in Middle East and North Africa think pay not rising fast enough, survey finds.]]></description>
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			<title>Bayt.com to host regional virtual job fair</title>
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			<title>Gloom and doom for Gulf staff</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi employees unhappiest in region, with UAE, Kuwait and Qatar faring little better, survey finds.]]></description>
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			<title>The road ahead</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The talking point of 2007 was how expensive life in Dubai had become. Will 2008 be the same? Our team of financial experts have the answers.]]></description>
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			<title>Middle East consumers confident</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[According to the second Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) conducted by Bayt.com  and YouGov Siraj, 62% of people in the region believe their personal financial situations will improve in the year ahead, compared to 59% in the company's April survey.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[68% of Mideast internet users in top income bracket of $5000+ per month have bought items online.]]></description>
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			<title>Can you afford it?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the cost of living increasing all the time, how high a price are people paying to live in Dubai?]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[A consumer confidence high is driving increased spend on leisure activities such as travel, according to the results of a survey conducted by online job web site Bayt.com.]]></description>
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			<title>Firms need to cough up if staff are to stay</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[However much we love our jobs most of us will, let's face it, have times when we feel overworked and underpaid; few people would admit to being lucky enough to having it the other way around.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA['Job-hopping' is rife among the region's increasingly dissatisfied expats.]]></description>
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