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By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 18th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Special reportThe emirate’s fashion scene may have been affected by the financial crisis, but some in the industry see a more positive trend in the future.
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The emirate’s fashion scene may have been affected by the financial crisis, but some in the industry see a more positive trend in the future.
Dubai ‘kissing couple’ awaits appeal verdict
By Kipp • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsBritish pair face one month in prison and deportation is appeal is unsuccessful.
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.
Union Properties receives offers for Ritz Carlton hotel
By Kipp • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsThe developer is hoping to sell the hotel for about AED1.5 billion, its chairman Khalid bin Kalban told Reuters.
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).
Time out for spies in the Gulf?
By Kipp • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's BlogThe Dubai Police chief, Dahi Khalfan Tamim, has said that spies operating in the Gulf region need to clear out within one week.
The Burj Khalifa is open – but only for ‘VIPs’
By Kipp • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's BlogThe observation deck at the world’s tallest tower remains closed to the public. But it’s very much open for ‘public’ relations stunts.
What you can do if your property project is on hold
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The LifeAccording to a recent report, 243 real estate developments in Dubai have either stalled or been cancelled. Here are six courses of action if it happens to you.
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.
Dubai’s public transport carried 288 million people in 2009
By Kipp • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsThe RTA expects the number to increase in 2010 because of the opening of more Metro stations this year.
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?
Dubai inflation rate falls to 1.3 percent
By Ben Flanagan • Mar 3rd, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsThe cost of living increased by just 1.3 percent in January, after years of spiraling costs.
Dewa plans to raise $1.5 billion in Q2 2010
By Kipp • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsThe body is currently not looking at raising revenues by increasing tariffs, said Saeed Mohammad al-Tayer, Dewa’s CEO.
