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Key Account Manager- Omani Nationals
Industry: Finance
Location: Muscat, Oman -
Commercial Manager
Industry: Construction
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE -
Senior Piping Engineer
Industry: Oil & Gas
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE -
Banks Analyst
Industry: Finance
Location: Dubai, UAE -
Electromechanical Tendering Manager - Qatar
Industry: Construction
Location: Dubai, UAE
Monday, 18 February 2008
Nationals missing out of Gulf economic boom
Personal Finance
Salary survey reveals despite soaring wages, nationals not among highest paid.
Over one fifth of expats send no money home
Personal Finance
Survey also reveals Westerners repatriate significant percentage of earnings.
Four in five feel underpaid
Personal Finance
While 30% claim they earn well under what they should.
Saturday, 09 February 2008
Oman hikes salaries up to 43%
Personal Finance
Sultanate's ruler orders rise in state workers' wages and wheat subsidy to curb impact of rising inflation.
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
UAE consumer confidence takes hit
Personal Finance
Optimism over income, employment and stock markets for first half of 2008 dips, MasterCard study shows.
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Saudi mortgage law in final stages
Personal Finance
Legislation will allow more residents to buy property in country where just one in five owns a home.
Saudi wage hikes to cost $16bn
Personal Finance
Increases in public sector salaries, pensions and benefits to drive up public wage bill by almost 16%.
Friday, 25 January 2008
Cash handouts for families hit by soaring prices
Personal Finance
Low paid Bahrainis could receive $400 per month in government handouts.
Monday, 21 January 2008
Residents face huge bills in wake of rainstorms
Personal Finance
Less than 5% of the four million people living in the UAE have home insurance, broker says.
Sunday, 20 January 2008
Tamweel quadruple profit
Personal Finance
Second-largest UAE mortgage financer sees net income increase 285% year-on-year to $56.36mn.
Sunday, 13 January 2008
Saudi's largest insurer sees earnings plummet
Personal Finance
National Company for Cooperative Insurance posts Q4 profit of $9.5mn, down 65%.
Amlak posts record profit
Personal Finance
Eight-fold rise in Q4 earnings to $35mn helps largest UAE mortgage lender beat full-year target.
Friday, 04 January 2008
UAE attacks cash-in-hand culture
Personal Finance
Labour Ministry promises tough action against companies that continue to pay workers in cash.
Monday, 10 December 2007
Dubai Islamic Bank in National Bonds tie-up
Personal Finance
Dubai Islamic Bank has joined forces with the emirate's ‘National Bonds' savings scheme, to make it available in all DIB's 45 outlets.
Wednesday, 05 December 2007
Branson to bring Virgin Money to Dubai
Personal Finance
Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson is considering bringing his financial services company Virgin Money to Dubai.
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Wall Street Exchange partners with Axis Bank
Personal Finance
The Wall Street Exchange Centre Dubai has agreed to a remittance arrangement with India's Axis Bank.
Monday, 01 October 2007
Raising insurance standards
Personal Finance
New standards of professional certification could be set for the region's insurance industry, thanks to an initiative by Nexus in partnership with the UK's Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
Sunday, 30 September 2007
UAE mortgage lowered
Personal Finance
Mortgages in the UAE are set to become cheaper as UAE banks get ready to follow the lead of the Central Bank which has cut domestic rates by 15bps.
Monday, 12 February 2007
Quest to find Mr and Mrs Average
Personal Finance
A UAE-wide survey will gather financial data and aim to identify the country's typical household.
Friday, 09 February 2007
BA imposes $470 fee for second suitcase
Personal Finance
Economy class passengers flying out of Middle Eastern airports will have to pay the excess.
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