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By Kipp • Mar 18th, 2010 • Category: Best of the web, Cover StoryDubai Kiss Court Case Highlights Culture Clash; Friends in Need; How Privacy Vanishes Online; Where Did All the Love Go?; Qatar on the Cusp
Posts Tagged ‘Abu Dhabi’
Dubai Kiss Court Case Highlights Culture Clash; Friends in Need; How Privacy Vanishes Online; Where Did All the Love Go?; Qatar on the Cusp
Masdar scales back ‘green city’ plans
By Ben Flanagan • Mar 17th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsAbu Dhabi clean energy community to have fewer buildings; 20 percent of staff at developer are laid off.
Dubai’s capital competition
By Kipp • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Kipp's PollA recent survey named Abu Dhabi ‘best Arab city’. But readers of this website disagree...
March 12
By Kipp • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Best of the web, Cover StoryMiddle Eastern Mirage; Carlos Slim, the World's Richest Man; How Safe Is Your Cell Phone?
Abu Dhabi landlords name their price
By Kipp • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's BlogAccording to a property law soon to be implemented in the emirate, landlords could become the new arbiters of rental rates.
Rupert Murdoch
By Kipp • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Six degrees of...The News Corp boss did not make a single reference to Dubai in his speech at Abu Dhabi’s glitzy media summit. But he still has links to the emirate’s high-profile business leaders (albeit via Kate Moss).
Dubai debt crisis ‘will be resolved soon’
By Ben Flanagan • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsAbu Dhabi is ready to provide further aid, says UAE finance minister.
Do you want to be a fat cat in Qatar, or watch Beyoncé in Abu Dhabi?
By Kipp • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's BlogResidents of Doha are better paid than anyone else in the Middle East. But Abu Dhabi and Dubai still outrank the Qatar capital when it comes to entertainment, health, transport and communications.
Murdoch moves in on the Middle East
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Media, Regional, The WorkThe launch of Fox International’s hub in Abu Dhabi illustrates the media mogul’s desire for regional expansion.
Abu Dhabi awards $300 million gas project
By Kipp • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsAbu Dhabi and US energy company ConocoPhillips have awarded a construction contract for their Shah gas project to the Al Jaber Group.
Moody’s ratings cut “unfortunate” says Aldar CFO
By Kipp • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsThe Abu Dhabi-based property developer will continue receiving government support, Shafqat Malik, Aldar’s CFO told Zawya Dow Jones.
The best Arab cities 2010
By Kipp • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, SlideshowSaneou al Hadath magazine has compiled its annual list of the best cities in the Arab world. So which of these made number one?
Is Big Brother watching you?
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 3rd, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, The Life, UAE, securityAbu Dhabi is investing $9 million to install surveillance equipment across the city. But from privacy issues to money matters, many analysts argue that CCTV is not the best solution to enhance security.
Abu Dhabi-owned IPIC plans $2.5 billion loan
By Kipp • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsProceeds from the three-year term loan will be used to pay part of a $5 billion loan, reports Reuters.
Visit Abu Dhabi or Dubai?
By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, The Work, UAE, tourismThe UAE capital promises to be a “luxury global cultural destination”. But tourism officials insist Abu Dhabi is not competing with its northern neighbor.
