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Deals		Analysis
The tech tool that claims to outguess gut instinct		Etihad communications chief faces price-fixing charges
YouNoodle claims to be able to accurately assess the future worth of business start-ups. Its founders want to transform venture capital's gut instinct methodology.		Former British Airways communications chief - now at Etihad - faces price-fixing charges from UK's Office of Fair Trading.
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Innovation		Analysis
Fruit juice gets a posh makeover		P&G forced to pass on higher costs to emerging markets
There are few categories that cannot be upgraded. Fruit juice is the latest to go upmarket, as producers turn to better packaging and more diverse grape varieties.		Owner of the Gillette, Pampers and Crest brands says it will have to pass on higher costs to emerging markets recording 10 per cent organic growth. Cheaper rivals rub their hands.
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Innovation		Analysis
Starbucks chases two-hits-a-day coffee lovers		Grooverider's new cell mate: a Saudi judge
After axing stores and cutting jobs, Starbucks now offering discounts to tempt morning coffee lovers to come back in the afternoon.		Former head of Islamic court caught with four grams of weed in his Dubai hotel room - twice the amount drum n bass DJ Grooverider was nabbed with.
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Opinion		Opinion
The shock tactic		RTA discovers YouTube and Facebook
A young child may accidentally be subjected to a very gory picture of a corpse, and while it could ensure that he never smokes throughout his life, it could cause some bad nightmares.		What this doesn't mean, though, is the RTA is now a customer-facing business. Posting a video and forming a Facebook group is child's play. The test will be whether the RTA wants to read - and follow up on - the comments. Answering phone calls and replying to emails would be a start, too
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Opinion		Opinion
Is the term 'expat' shorthand for 'white collar foreigner'?		Dubai's smoking rules remain murky
Do these expats include the thousands of low-paid workers toiling on construction sites, cleaning buildings and pumping gas? Maybe Zurich International Life will be opening a Portakabin at the Sonaupur labor camp for Friday financial sessions.		This all very progressive, but Kipp remains confused as to the current rules. Emirates Towers doesn't allow smoking in its bars (save Vu's on the 50th floor), but the Habtoor Grand is happy to allow smokers to chuff away indoors at the Underground bar.
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Opinion		People
Missing the gun on Olympic marketing		When the world's largest seaport meets the world's largest airport
In Dubai, with an estimated 150 different nationalities bumping along complaining about rents, traffic and the weather, there must be some connection to the Games. Football creates a team spirit, the Olympics often tell more personal stories. Pity few Gulf marketers have had the wit to bother.		Abdulla Al Qurashi, CEO of Dubai Logistics City and DWC Aviation City, explains why Dubai World Central will be the hub of hubs.
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office life		office life
May 30		May 23
Kiwis in Dubai; Keep Petrol Expensive; Preserving Old Dubai; Creative Business Cards; The Business of Freegans; Business Start-Ups in a Recession.		Tourism's New Destinations; The Modern Silk Road; Gasoline is Cheap; Million Dollar Homes; Mover and Sheika; Can Bloggers Earn?
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Retail		Analysis
Corporate failure stalks Second Life		Great flagships stores: not so big, as clever
Reebok, Coca-Cola, Adidas, Reuters...Second Life has gone a great job attracting corporates. But nine out of ten business forays into the virtual world fail within 18 months.		In retail, the term 'flagship' is greatly overused. It is not so much a question of size, as brand personality, says Aubrey Ghose.
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office life		Analysis
May 16		Ten things you may not know about... natural gas
Riyadh Bosses the Dollar; Oil's Murky Math; Dubai's Roads; Jingle Mail; Business-Like Bezos; Penthouse Gets Pious; The State of Mobile Advertising.		With several new projects in the pipeline, including a $25bn development in Abu Dhabi, the industry is all set for major expansion.
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Middle East Business News & Analysis from Dubai | kippreport.com

New Business Thinking

| August 28, 2008

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Aug 13, 2008

Dubai's maturing real estate prepares to roll out sale-by-auction

Property auctions may be an indulgence of the rich, but they're also a growing trend in the Dubai real estate market, one that can't be ignored.

Aug 12, 2008

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