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A debt default request by Dubai World will not affect the ongoing construction of the international container terminal near here, being funded by one of the subsidiaries of the Dubai firm, the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) said Friday. Vallarpadam near...

Call me crazy... but I think that it might just be time for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, to step down. He has proved himself to be utterly incompetent. He has been a failure. And he...

Abu Dhabi and Spain have signed an agreement to work jointly to develop renewable energy and technologies related to it. Inaugurating the second investment summit between the two countries, Spain’s Vice-Minister of Trade Alfredo Bonet said the agreement would be...

Iraq’s Parliament passed an investment law on Monday that would allow foreigners to own land for housing projects, and is designed to streamline regulations and applications for foreign investment, lawmakers said. Iraq hoped for a tide of foreign investment as the...

The designs of the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway will be finalised in next 60-days so that construction may begin in the first quarter of next year. The 40-kilometeres long causeway is designed for two lanes in each direction along with an emergency...

Participants of the three-day event will look at ways that international institutions like the G20, World Bank and United Nations can improve. Philip Walter Wellman Dubai 20 November 2009 Share This Hundreds of influential thinkers from around the world have...

Sudesh Agarwal, president of the Indian Business and Professional Council; and Joseph Elias Nahra, chairman of the Lebanese Business Council-Dubai. Al Midfa said, "The UAE has experienced steady economic growth over the past few decades, which is one of the...

The success of Dubai Airshow in drawing increased international participation despite the financial crisis will help galvanise the world�s aviation and transport industry and strengthen belief that a global recovery is under way, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al...

DUBAI: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, led by Adnan Mazarei, met with the Pakistani authorities in Dubai over the past week to initiate discussions on the third review under Pakistan's Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). At the conclusion of its...