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Fewer UAE job vacancies posted online

Fewer jobs are being advertised in the Emirates than they were at the same time last year, with positions in customer service recording the steepest fall. Read Article Fewer UAE job vacancies posted online

Abu Dhabi faces Emiratisation challenge as nationals shy away from private-sector jobs

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The number of Emiratis employed in government and semi-government positions in Abu Dhabi could swell four times by 2030 to 352,000, estimates an official from the emirate. Read Article Abu Dhabi faces Emiratisation challenge as nationals shy away from private-sector jobs

Saudi export revenues slide 6%

A Saudi man eats his lunch in a restaurant in Riyadh. Food and beverage prices climbed by 6.4 per cent in the kingdom last month. Hasan Sarbakhshian / AP Photo

Saudi Arabian export revenues fell almost 6 per cent in March compared with the same period a year ago as the cost of imports surged amid ongoing concerns over inflation in the kingdom. Read Article Saudi export revenues slide 6%

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Emirates ranks 7th for foreign assignments

The UAE is the world's seventh most popular destination for international assignments, according to a study by Mercer.

Gillian Duncan

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India holds the line on interest rates

India Dispatch: India's central bank left interest rates unchanged yesterday amid concerns about inflationary risks from a soft rupee and high food prices.

Rebecca Bundhun

Billions missing amid much talk and little action

For all their differences, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Qaddafi shared a resolve to rule their countries with iron hands. Read Article Billions missing amid much talk and little action

Philippine stocks dip on weaker export and higher unemployment data

Philippine stocks slumped, heading for the biggest loss since September 2011, after the nation's unemployment rate climbed to a three-year high and exports contracted more than expected. Read Article Philippine stocks dip on weaker export and higher unemployment data

Government projects lift Abu Dhabi business confidence

Hundreds of billions of dirhams worth of government projects helped to keep Abu Dhabi business confidence buoyant in the first quarter of the year. Read Article Government projects lift Abu Dhabi business confidence

Middle East already an important export market for Brazil

Andre Loes, the chief economist for HSBC Latin America, talks about investment potentials in Brazil and how Arabian Gulf investors can have a piece of the action. Read Article Middle East already an important export market for Brazil

Obama continues to squeeze Tehran

New measures from Washington targets the rial and the Iranian car industry. Read Article Obama continues to squeeze Tehran

MGM in dispute over hotel on Strip

MGM Resorts International is currently in court hoping to tear down one of the hotels on the CityCenter complex in Las Vegas. Read Article MGM in dispute over hotel on Strip

UK, US and Europe find ways around restrictions

As elections loom in Iran this week, British, European and US firms are trading with the country through "front companies" in Turkey, Russia and other countries to get around strict sanctions imposed on the state of some 70 million people. Read Article UK, US and Europe find ways around restrictions

China keen for upturn as commerce with Iran takes a tumble

China is Iran's biggest trading partner, purchasing up to a fifth of Iran's oil exports annually. Read Article China keen for upturn as commerce with Iran takes a tumble

Iraqis feel the brunt of sanctions as trade slows

The number of Iranian pilgrims, who used to flock in their tens of thousands to the shrines in Iraq, has halved. Read Article Iraqis feel the brunt of sanctions as trade slows

A meal of two dates, then a shift of 14 hours

Mohammed Al Suwaidi is very aware of the UAEs pearling heritage for his grandfather, his namesake, was one of the hundreds of men who made his living hunting for the jewels in the hot briny waters of the Arabian Gulf. Read Article A meal of two dates, then a shift of 14 hours

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UN's sustainable development blueprint on how to end poverty

This can be the generation that introduces prosperity to the lives of the desperately deprived across the world. But this goal can be achieved only with unified effort.

Jeffrey Sachs

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Abu Dhabi faces Emiratisation challenge as nationals shy away from private-sector jobs

The number of Emiratis employed in government and semi-government positions in Abu Dhabi could swell four times by 2030 to 352,000, estimates an official from the emirate.

Tom Arnold

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'Yucky Yurko' offers expenses lesson

After Allen Yurko's mismanagement of the UK engineering company Invensys sent the share price plummeting from 400p to 70p, shareholders likely hoped they had seen the last of him in January 2002, when he disappeared into the rarefied world of private equity.

Lianne Gutcher

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The Japanese are not going to find it easy to catch up with the Chinese in Africa. They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but there was in Swaziland in 1993 as our reporter found out as long as you liked Chinese food.

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Abu Dhabi faces Emiratisation challenge

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The number of Emiratis employed in government and semi-government positions in Abu Dhabi could swell four times by 2030 to 352,000, estimates an official from the emirate.  Abu Dhabi faces Emiratisation challenge

Bids in for Phase 2 of Etihad Rail

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Etihad Rail has turned its attention to the key 628 kilometres of rail lines that will connect Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Al Ain, and run to Ghweifat on the border.   Bids in for Phase 2 of Etihad Rail

Asean links with the Middle East

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Profile: SooHai Lim, a senior investment manager, Barings Asset Management, says what is happening in South East Asia is a strong domestic demand story which has gained a lot of momentum over the past few years.  Asean links with the Middle East

Leave a legacy, big or small, to make an enduring mark

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Just take a look at Bill Gates. Though Microsoft made him one of the world's wealthiest men, what really drives him is using his money to make a difference ...  Leave a legacy, big or small, to make an enduring mark

The big squeeze: cost of an education in UAE

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On the money: The conversation doing the rounds among family and friends is the ever rising cost of already expensive education here in the UAE.  The big squeeze: cost of an education in UAE

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