‘Investment’ Archives
Emirates boss says Dubai business world in shock
LONDON — The president of Emirates Airlines said the Dubai business community was "shocked" by the debt crisis which has struck the city state, according to a newspaper interview published here on Sunday. "We are all a bit shocked by what's happened and the global fall-out of the past 24 hours," Emirates Airline President Tim Clark told [...]
Who’s Next and Premiere Classe first time in Dubai
Mrs. Raja Easa Al Gurg, President of Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC), opened "Who's Next & Premiere Classe in Dubai" exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). The exhibition tries to offer a new concept to the fashion world at the Middle East level. It is being organized for the first time in Dubai with the participation of 195 [...]
Dubai Investments Park
Spread across 3,200 hectares and located approximately 9 km inland from the Arabian Gulf near the industrial park of Jebel Ali, Dubai Investments Park (DIP) is a modern, eco-friendly settlement of mixed-use, industrial, business, residential and recreational developments in Dubai. This township is over 3.5 km in width & 9.7 kilometers in [...]
Dubai: General country information
Dubai is the second largest of the seven Arab emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates – the others are Abu Dhabi, the capital city, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. Facing the Persian Gulf, the city of Dubai [...]
Supreme Westwood provides perfect Dubai finale
(Bloomberg) -- Dubai’s benchmark index may fall as much as 11 percent in the next two weeks after the lack of positive catalysts pushed the gauge below a technical support level, Rasmala Investment Holdings said. After the measure dropped below 2,130, the Dubai Financial Market General Index “will go down further to the 1,850 level [...]
SR Technics planning to build plant in Malta
Gulf News Dubai Aircraft maintenance company SR Technics, owned by Abu Dhabi investment firm MubadalaMubadalaLoading..., plans to build a new maintenance plant in Malta and will start handling British low-cost airline easyJet A319 planes there from the third quarter of 2010, the company announced yesterday at the Dubai Air Show [...]
UAE Emerges As Top Capital Exporter In Arab World
DUBAI, (Bernama) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the largest capital exporter in the Arab world, pumping in more than US$49 billion in direct investment into global markets during 2005-2008, it was reported. Foreign direct investment (FDI) by the UAE had steadily increased over the past few years, Emirates Business 24/7 said, [...]
Sheikh Mohammed changed face of British racing
Two things about Sheikh Mohammed’s patronage of the Turf are beyond dispute. Over three decades his outlay has been so vast that it defies calculation. And British racing today would be unrecognisable had he not chosen to embrace it. Little on racing’s canvas has remained untouched since the then 28-year-old sheikh watched Hatta, [...]
Etihad details $750 million investment package at Dubai Air Show
16 November 2009 Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will highlight a US $750 million investment in its workforce, fleet, in-flight service and planning and resourcing systems at this week's Dubai Air Show. The airline, which earlier in the month celebrated its sixth anniversary, said the investments would [...]
Alternative investments prepare for lift-off
From an economic and investment viewpoint, the Middle East has long been a part of the emerging markets strategy of major global funds, and, over the years, it has provided significant returns as the region’s economies grew rapidly. Then, along came the financial crisis that shifted the economic groove from the West to the East, making the [...]
