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Luxury hotel blaze weighs on Emaar as Dubai stocks retreat

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Zainab Fattah and Daria Solovieva for Bloomberg -- Emaar Properties PJSC led the decline in Dubai stocks three days after a fire ripped through one of its hotels on New Year’s Eve. Abu Dhabi shares also fell. Emaar, which is about 30 percent owned by the Dubai government, dropped as […]
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UAE ranks first in world for respecting women: Study

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS- DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates ranks number one in the world for treating women with respect, according to a major scientific study comparing development and well-being among all 132 nations of the world. Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said […]
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UAE hails ‘first woman in Arab world’ to head advisory body

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- The UAE’s vice president – who is also the prime minister and ruler of Dubai - hailed Amal al-Qubaisi on Wednesday for being the first woman in the Arab world to be elected as speaker for its national advisory on his Twitter account. In early October, around 79,000 Emirati voters elected […]
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Dubai expects more Chinese tourists in 2015

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- Dubai: A slowdown in China’s economy is unlikely to lead to a drop in the number of Chinese visitors to Dubai, with the emirate’s tourism authority working to add more flights between the two destinations in 2016. Hoor Al Khaja, manager of overseas promotions at the Department of Tourism and Commerce […]
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Emirates Group, airline profit up 65% to $1b

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- Dubai: Emirates reported on Thursday a 65-per cent jump in both half-year Group and airline profit. Emirates Group, the parent company of the airline and dnata, made Dh3.7 billion ($1 billion) in profit the six months to September 30, 2015, compared with Dh2.2 billion a year ago, according to an emailed […]
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UAE: Qasr Al Muwaiji to open doors as a museum in Al Ain

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- Abu Dhabi: Qasr Al Muwaiji, the birthplace of Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, will open this month as a museum celebrating his leadership and as a monument to the progress of the nation. Under the patronage of Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of […]
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Israel-GCC Ties

7 years ago
The Levant News -- by Simon Henderson for inFocus Quarterly - Fall 2015 -- How does one write 2,000 words about links between Israel and the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which no official of any of the seven countries is publicly prepared to admit exist? The answer is "with difficulty." And […]
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Top royals in Saudi power struggle

7 years ago
The Levant News -- DUBAI: A power struggle is emerging between Saudi Arabia's two most powerful princes, analysts and diplomats say, as the secretive kingdom confronts some of its biggest challenges in years. The Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, falling oil prices and rising jihadist violence are putting the country's leadership to the test, nine […]
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How Iran should approach the GCC

7 years ago
By Saeid Jafari for Al-Monitor -- Two years ago, Hassan Rouhani was elected president on his promise of constructive engagement with the world, including Iran’s Arab neighbors. After winning the vote, Rouhani told an Al Jazeera reporter, “Our priority is improving our relationship with our neighbors. The states of the Persian Gulf are not only our neighbors, but our […]
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US, UAE launch anti-ISIS online messaging center in Abu Dhabi

7 years ago
by Adam Schreck for Associated Press -- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The U.S. and Emirati governments launched a new Mideast digital communications center Wednesday focused on using social media to counter ISIS' propaganda efforts online. ISIS supporters have deftly harnessed social media to spread the group's slickly produced Hollywood-style film clips and other messages aimed […]
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NYT columnist: U.S. looks to ‘walk and chew gum’ on Iran deal

7 years ago
By Asma Ajroudi and Ben Flanagan for Al Arabiya News -- The United States is able to strike a nuclear deal with Iran while at the same time upholding relations with its Gulf allies, prominent New York Times columnist Roger Cohen said on Wednesday. The U.S. is looking to “walk and chew gum at the […]
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Western Companies See Potential in Reaching Iran’s Consumers After Nuclear Deal

7 years ago
A country of 80 million has been all but cut off from global trade for years By ASA FITCH And NICOLAS PARASIE for WSJ -- DUBAI—In a sanctions-free Iran, Western energy companies would likely be the biggest foreign first-movers: Iran has the world’s fourth-largest proven oil reserves and second-largest natural gas reserves. But those big-ticket […]
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U.S. finds itself on both sides at once in Middle East

7 years ago
By TIMOTHY M. PHELPS, DAVID S. CLOUD AND PAUL RICHTER for LOS ANGELES TIMES --   U.S. supports both Shiite fighters in Iraq and airstrikes on Shiite rebels in Yemen Middle East experts see a pattern of the U.S. supporting established governments against rebels Military actions in Middle East come at delicate time for international […]
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San Diego and Tijuana Bond Over $230 Billion Economy

7 years ago
  By James Nash for Bloomberg -- Jordi Muñoz lives in CaliBaja, a binational metropolis that San Diego and Tijuana want to put on the map. A Mexican native with permanent resident status in the U.S., the 28-year-old is the co-founder of North America’s largest drone manufacturer, 3D Robotics Inc. Its aerial vehicles are designed in a San […]
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Saudis’ Oil Price War Is Paying Off

7 years ago
Source: Bloomberg -- Three months after Saudi Arabia made clear it was going to let oil prices keep tumbling, the strategy is showing signs of working. U.S. drillers are idling rigs at a record pace, gutting investment plans and laying off thousands of workers. Those steps highlight how the Saudi-led OPEC decision on Nov. 27 to […]
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