United Arab Emirates News

DON'T tell anyone but the Federal Government is spending $87.5 million on a new Middle East military base.

United Arab Emirates: 2 hours, 8 minutes ago The First Exporters Forum, due to be held on 9th November at Raffles Hotel Dubai, Wafi City, convenes heads of Dubai Government agencies together with local traders, exporters and federal and government employees under the patronage of H.E. Eng.

United Arab Emirates: 32 minutes ago Etisalat is putting sustainability within reach of its staff and customers by deploying the latest technologies and focusing on quality and efficiency.

In terms of mechanised public transport, much of the Middle East is virtually a blank canvas.

Them are fightin' words! But although Tyler and Whitford are talking breakup, bassist Tom Hamilton points out that the band still owes the record company an album.

United Arab Emirates: 1 hour, 21 minutes ago Emirates Post has opened a new post office in Dubai International Financial Centre , the world's fastest growing international financial centre.

A Middle Eastern plastic processing development is looking to attract processors from North America and other parts of the world.

In Dubai A- the key emirate for arrivals A- figures for H109 show that almost 3.9mn tourists stayed at hotel establishments in Dubai, up by 5% year-on-year , but representing a marked slowdown compared with about 14% y-o-y growth in Q408.

The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a distribution agreement with Emitac Healthcare, a leading medical technology company in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

DUBAI: Ratings agency Moody's downgraded five Dubai state-linked entities including port operator DP World, citing concern over their access to government financial support.

Emirates airline said Thursday it more than doubled its fiscal first-half profit thanks to cost cuts and lower fuel prices, but warned it would take time for travel demand to rebound significantly.

Naji Hamdan, an American of Lebanese origin, looks from the balcony of his home, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday Nov.

Doha: Wealthy Arab funds, eager to buy up distressed film assets abroad, should spend their money closer to home where film-makers are struggling to find funding and distribution channels, according to industry experts.

United Arab Emirates: 2 hours, 56 minutes ago Dick van den Broek Humphreij, Chairman of the European Shippers' Council, said today in a speech to launch the Global Shippers Forum and SITL Dubai, that the recession has been so severe, it could be far longer lasting if we ignore the plight of the multitude of small businesses, the life blood of our ...

United Arab Emirates: 1 hour, 29 minutes ago Traffic & Roads Agency at Roads & Transport Authority in Dubai revealed that RTA public buses have lifted about 83 million passengers by the end of the third quarter of this year through more than 2 million journeys made by internal bus and inter-city bus services.

KUALA LUMPUR: Eleven Malaysian information and communication technology companies secured orders worth RM10.9 million at the ICT trade fair, Gitex Technology Week, from Oct 18-22 in Dubai.

Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai.

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday drew a link between extremism and lack of opportunity in the Middle East, telling students in the region that suicide bombers are driven by a feeling they have more to gain in the afterlife than now.

United Arab Emirates: 31 minutes ago National Bank of Abu Dhabi has announced the opening of a new branch in Hor Al Anz in Dubai, taking the total number of the bank's branches across the country to 94.

Abu Dhabi, Nov 3: Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates will operate four flights between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad every week, WAM news agency reported Tuesday.