NEWS & INSIGHTS

Dubai: Dubai is to have a new “mega retail district” at the new masters elopement in the making near Dubai Creek. Part of the Dubai Creek Harbour, the new retail destination could be announced as early as in the next […]

Dubai: About half of expatriates in the UAE have personal loans to settle, while nearly four in ten (38 per cent) have credit card borrowings to pay off. Household debt, indeed, remains a perennial problem in the UAE, and what […]

Dubai: Abu Dhabi’s residents concerned about affordability are heading out to Mohammad Bin Zayed City in a search for lower rents. Some are also starting to get help from their landlords by way of multiple cheques. But, on the whole, […]

“James Berry (right) of James Berry and Associates, accepting a generous donation of AED 20,000 from Marie O’Neill (left) of Executive Expatriate Relocations,on behalf of his firm’s CSR project, Larchfield Tanzania Homes, a UK registered Charity (Charity Commission Reg # […]

The UAE leads the world with 549 international schools teaching over 565,000 students. 255 schools in the UAE are located in Dubai alone. Here the options are extensive although competition for the best schools remains high. The National Curriculum of […]

For most of their 14-year relationship, Jessica Powell and Luke Miner have been able to live in the same place as each other—from New York to Paris to Tokyo to London to Moscow, and back to California. But in 2010, […]

The fifth World Government Summit will be held from February 12-14, 2017 and will debate the economy and finance as well as health, education and government services. The summit will also discuss a number of themes directly related to the […]

More details have been revealed about plans to develop Masdar City in Abu Dhabi over the next five years. More than a third (35 percent) of the city’s planned built-up area will be completed within the next five years, and […]

ABU DHABI // Employers will soon be targeted in a campaign to improve their relationships with workers after more stringent labour laws took effect this year. Saqr Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, made the comments to a group […]

SHARJAH // Khalfan Mohammed Al Roumi, former politician and father of Ohoud Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness, died on Wednesday night. “The UAE has lost one of its greatest and loyal sons. The wise politician, the modest man […]

Now in its fifth year in Qatar, the event will be held from April 26-28 at the newly opened Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), amid recent announcements from Qatar National Bank (QNB) that the Qatari Government has focused 49.2 […]

DUBAI // More private schools are offering financial incentives to attract parents as competition increases to fill seats. About 20 private schools are expected to open in the emirate for the next school year, bringing the total to 193. Mohammed […]