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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 ‘UAE’
Dubai Kiss Court Case Highlights Culture Clash; Friends in Need; How Privacy Vanishes Online; Where Did All the Love Go?; Qatar on the Cusp
Ten most influential expats in the UAE
By Kipp • Mar 17th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Slideshow ArticleThe Wall Street Journal recently compiled a Who’s Who of the most prominent business figures in the Emirates. Here’s the lowdown on the expatriates that made the list.
Parents should lead by example in money management
By Kipp • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's BlogMost UAE teachers want financial literacy to be taught in schools. But given the Middle East’s looming debt crisis, money management will also have to figure on the curriculum at home.
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.
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.
Subcontractors vie for UAE nuclear work
By Kipp • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsKorea Electric Power Corporation to award $10 billion of engineering and construction subcontracts to other Korean companies.
Young and in debt
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Finance, Regional, The LifeMore than a quarter of Arab youths owe money, mostly in the form of credit cards and personal loans. But how did they borrow so easily?
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.
UAE’s non-oil foreign trade falls 16 percent in 2009
By Kipp • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsThe total non-oil foreign trade volume of the country reached AED663 billion in 2009.
For Ras Al Khaimah, all publicity is good publicity
By Kipp • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's BlogThe emirate is happy that despite being denied the chance to host the America Cup, it has at least become famous.
Going the extra mile for equality
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Work, employmentDespite a slight improvement in gender equality, women make up just 15 percent of the working population in some Gulf states.
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.
UAE issues weather warning
By Kipp • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsHeavy rains and thunderstorms are expected to hit the country throughout Tuesday.
Calling in cheaper rates
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, The Work, telecomThe UAE has just approved the license for its third telecoms operator, Yahsat. Will this lead to a greater variety of services and lower prices for consumers?
Would you buy a Toyota?
By Ben Flanagan • Feb 28th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, poll resultsSurprisingly, 34 percent of respondents to an online poll say the recall of 8.5 million vehicles will not affect their decision when next buying a car.
