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Emaar Properties expects “technical talks” for its planned merger with state owned developers to be concluded within a month, its chairman said in remarks aired yesterday. The new firm will announce new projects after the merger, Mohamed Alabbar told Al...

Economic Zones World (EZW), the global developer and operator of economic zones, technology, logistics and industrial parks has been awarded CIO Top 20 title for 2009 for its commitment to deploy new technologies to serve its customers better. The award...

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has consolidated his hold on the debt-laden emirate, downgrading powerful figures behind the city-state's boom that turned to a bust. Sheikh Mohammed on November 20 sacked the governor of the Dubai International...

Gulf region’s largest bank by assets, is not looking to issue any bonds this year but would consider the option in the first quarter of 2010, its chief executive said yesterday. The bank “is not planning anything this year... we...

The UAE�s foreign trade shows no �worrying signs� and will achieve better growth rates this year despite the global financial crisis, according to Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade. Shaikha Lubna emphasised that the government was keen...

Tayer, said the move was part of efforts to ‘improve performance in Dubai government and semi-governmental departments’.

He wears a dish-dash, speaks Arabic — a language he can’t read or write — and has many interesting stories to tell about this place and its people. Given his chequered background sometimes he also wonders who he is. Mohan,...

Chamber so as to   promote private sector’s contributions in building the emirate’s economy on a solid foundation. The strategy has identified seven priorities, 14 goals and 42   initiatives to be launched over the next five years, the statement...

UAE's largest provider of real estate finance, today declared its financial results for the third quarter of 2009. The company has recorded a net profit of AED 10 million for this period. Islamic financing and investing assets amounted to AED...

UAE stock markets are projected to continue their fluctuations in a narrow range this week due to lack of strong movers and uncertainty among investors. The global impact is expected to give negative indicators to investors as most of the...