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TRANSPORTATION - CARS - PARKING Multi-storey car park to ease motorists' woes
| Sharjah: A new multi-storey car park at Abu Shagara is expected to be completed by September 2009 at a cost of nearly Dh86 million, a senior municipality official annou... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Gulf News
Cars   Money   Photos   Sharjah   Transport  
Tower - Building - Dubai - Business ICC awards switched to Dubai
| Dubai - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the fifth annual ICC Awards ceremony will take place in Dubai on September 10. | The event was due to... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) News24
Cricket   Dubai   Festival   Photos   Sport  
Oil / wam2 Petrofac, DPE Open New Technical Training Center in Dubai
| Petrofac has announced the official opening of a new state-of-the-art training center in Dubai. The Dubai Petroleum Training Centre (DPTC) is the result of a joint agre... (photo: GFDL / Javier Blas) Rig Zone
Company   Dubai   Industry   Oil   Photos  
 Dubai -In this photo released by the Nakheel Development, a few villas are seen at the Jumeira Palm Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 10, 2006. The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile (30-square-kilometer) island group that took five years to raise Palm Jumeirah to implement UAE's first vacuum sewerage system
| Dubai: Nakheel, a Dubai World company and one of the world's top real estate developers, announced on Thursday details of Palm Jumeirah's state-of-the-art vacuum sewera... (photo: AP Photo ) Gulf News
Arab World   Business   Dubai   Photos   World  
 A lift-truck offloads containers at the Jebel Ali port about 40 kms south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday June 22, 2006. Dubai´s state-run port operator, DP World, has been anything but hamstrung by the U.S. Congress´ scuttling of it DP World reveals aggressive expansion and strong financial results in first half of 2008
| Dubai: Global port operator DP World reported strong results from its portfolio of 44 marine terminals that were operational in the six months to 30 June 2008. | Highli... (photo: AP Photo ) Gulf News
Dubai   Financial   Photos   Port   World  
Stainless Steel Channel Bars Economy briefs: Steel to cost SR200 less from Sept. 1
| Arab News | JEDDAH: Steel prices in the local market will be slashed by SR200 per ton effective from Sept. 1, according to a statement by Al-Ittifaq Iron in a letter to... (photo: WN) Arab News
Arab   Economy   Market   Photos   Steel  
Philippine Passports DoLE to OFWs: Update passports
| 08/28/2008 | The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) advised Filipino workers seeking or returning to their jobs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to check the va... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) The Daily Tribune
Filipino   Passports   Philippines   Photos   Workers  
Dubai, UAE, November 2007 Dubai prices destined for soft landing
Soaring house prices in Dubai are likely to peak next year before falling at least 15 percent as the Gulf emirate takes measures to weed out short-term speculators, a Reu... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) Hong Kong Standard
Dubai   Economy   Markets   Photos   Property  
 Deutsche Bahn Qatar signs railway study deal with Deutsche Bahn
|                 | DUBAI: German railway operator Deutsche Bahn, which is planning an initial public offering, has signed a ... (photo: AP Photo / Fabian Bimmer) The Times of India
Dubai   Germany   Photos   Qatar   Rail  
KLdy1 - Feb08 - middle east - economy - Dubai. (dy1) Dubai World Trade Centre reports strongest half-year performance
| Dubai: Figures released on Wednesday reveal that more than 500,000 visitors attended a record number of events at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Cent... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) Gulf News
Dubai   Economy   Photos   Trade   Visitors  
Hummer H3 Gulf investors eye GM Hummer unit
| DUBAI: Two GCC investors have expressed interest in buying General Motors' (GM) Hummer brand, the company's Middle East chief said yesterday. | "For sure, there has bee... (photo: public domain / ) Gulf Daily News
Automobile   General Motors   Gulf   Investment   Photos  
 Some of the 2,500 workers on the emerging Burj Dubai tower and surrounding housing developments, background, mill in the shadows of the gray concrete tower, now 36 stories tall, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday March 22, 2006. Construction on a Dubai housing prices set to fall 15% after '09 peak
| Daliah Merzaban I Reuters | DUBAI: Soaring housing prices in Dubai are likely to peak in 2009 before falling at least 15 percent as the Gulf emirate takes measures to w... (photo: AP Photo ) Arab News
Bank   Dubai   Economy   Money   Photos  
A camel keeper waits for the tourists on the beach as the Palm Island construction site looks in the background in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday June 26, 2006. In fact, Dubai is more accurately described as an enormous construction site, rather than a finished city. The Gulf states, change you can invest in
| By Rami G. Khouri | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | In the world of nation-states, the small Arab emirates and states of the Gulf region have been pecul... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Daily Star Lebanon
Business   Economy   Investment   Migrant   Photos  
samsung mobile Samsung aims to double market share
| Dubai: Samsung Gulf Electronics aims to double its market share in the mobile phone sector from the current 17 per cent by launching new models with value-added feature... (photo: WN / james) Gulf News
Electronics   Entertainment   Market   Photos   Samsung  
Emirates Airlines Emirates Airline puts focus on the environment
> | By Nelson Alcantara, Special to eTN | Aug 25, 2008 | Dubai's Emirates Airlines on Monday unveiled a program called Emvironment, a series of new initiatives to further... (photo: public domain / ) TravelVideo
Airline   Business   Environment   Photos   Transport  
ag2 Tiger Woods during round 4 of the 2008 World Golf Championships- CA Championship Sunday March 23, 2008 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida Tiger Woods' first golf course on track in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Tiger Woods is already the world's top-ranked golfer and highest-paid athlete. And if all goes according to plan, he'll soon be sporting hi... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert) The Miami Herald
Athletics   Dubai   Golf   Photos   Sports  
Sri Lankan Airlines /aaeh Steep fuel prices hurt SriLankan Airlines revenues
| Dubai: The SriLankan Airlines Group's financial performance for the year 2007/08 was severely affected by the steep rise in the price of aviation fuel, resulting in an ... (photo: Public Domain / ) Gulf News
Airlines   Fuel   Photos   Prices   Srilankan  
metro, Tram network  under construction and workers in Dubai, UAE, November 2007 Abu Dhabi, Dubai lead UAE real estate boom
|                 DUBAI: The booming real estate industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) grew at 1,200-1,500 per cent betw... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) The Times of India
Arab World   Boom   Dubai   Photos   Projects  
ag2 Tiger Woods during round 4 of the 2008 World Golf Championships- CA Championship Sunday March 23, 2008 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida Tiger Woods uncertain of plans for 2009
| DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Tiger Woods has not ruled himself out of defending his Dubai Desert Classic title in late January despite needing time to recover after re... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert) Seattle Times
Campaign   Golf   Photos   Tour   World  
Tiger Woods Woods golf course in Dubai 'on track' for timely tee-off
| DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Tiger Woods is the world's top-ranked golfer and highest-paid athlete. He may soon be sporting his biggest trophy yet: a luxury golf ... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert) Omaha World-Herald
Dubai   Golf   Photos   Sport   USA