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Gulf Carriers Strike Back at U.S. Campaign to Re-examine Open-Skies Agreements
The leaders of Etihad Airways and Emirates met separately with United States officials to counter claims by American carriers and unions that they received unfair, anticompetitive subsidies from national governments.. Emirates Airways and Etihad Airways fire back at American rivals who had criticized their business practices under open-skies agreement between United States and United Arab Amirates; argue attempt to review agreements amounts to American protectionism; US carriers had accused gulf carriers of benefiting from unfair subsidies.
Gulf Swing
Described as both the city of the future and the city that hype built, Dubai is what happens when unimaginable wealth meets unlimited ambition. And though it’s taken a hit as a banking hub, there’s plenty of sizzle left in this glittering boomtown on the Persian Gulf.
Massive fire engulfs DUBAI Torch residential tower. - RT.com
A massive blaze has engulfed the Marina Torch skyscraper in Dubai, forcing hundreds of people to flee the 336-meter-high tower ��� one of the tallest residential buildings in the world. It took firefighters���
Things Not to Do
1 Stay at the Burj Al Arab. Visit. Have afternoon tea. Take the submarine for dinner at Al Mahara. But unless your idea of style runs to “Beverly Hillbillies” rococo, sleep somewhere else.
Dubai World Says Deal on Debt Is Nearly Final
The state-run investment body said that 99 percent of its creditors had agreed to terms for a restructuring.
Dubai bids to be creative capital of the Arab world
The Dubai Design and Fashion Council, a state-funded body, plans to set up a design school with students from around the world. One of the schools specialties will be Islamic design. The council intends to act as an incubator for new design businesses.
After Winning Expo, Emirate Fumes at Allies It Says Didn’t Back It
After Pakistan and Afghanistan were accused of casting their votes for other cities in the competition for the 2020 World Expo, the score-settling started.. Dubai Journal; news that Pakistan and Afghanistan cast their votes for cities other than Dubai in the competition for the 2020 World Expo infuriates the United Arab Emirates; Dubai has won the competition, which offers the city a chance to grab global attention and celebrate its resurgent affluence.
Dubai Schools Cup winners see derby at Old Trafford
DUBAI // The winners of this years Dubai Schools Cup football competition were in the crowd at Old Trafford for Sundays Manchester derby in the English Premier League. The 36 players of the three winning teams, all from Lycee Francais school, joined .
DUBAIs property prices moving into sweet spot
Dubais developers are starting to hit the sweet spot in pricing ��� anywhere between Dh600-Dh900 a square foot ��� for off-plan launches aimed at a budget conscious buyer. The price band is deemed crucial to convince more genuine end-users to get in.
Dubai bans Georgian Chess Champion Caught Cheating at.
Gaioz Nigalidze, winner of the Georgian championship in 2013 and 2014, used a smart phone hidden in a toilet to consult moves with a chess computer. A chess Grandmaster (GM) has been banned from the Dubai Open��.
Dubais A Strange Place But Its The Middle Easts Startup Hub
Dubai looks like what would happen if Donald Trump played Minecraft: ever more ridiculous towers bursting forth from the sand, steel and glass everywhere. At night, it feels like the city from Bladerunner blessed with better��.
French Spiderman scales Dubai skyscraper | Fox 59
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP ��� April 13, 2015) ��� A French climber has scaled one of Dubais tallest skyscrapers, relying on just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up the 75-story high Cayan Tower in the��.
Emirates EK201 flight from Dubai to NYC declares medical.
An Emirates plane flying from Dubai to New York JFK has declared an emergency and diverted to Manchester, Britain. The aircraft is carrying a sick passenger, who is to be taken to hospital, media reported.
French Spider-Man scales worlds tallest twisted building in.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� A French climber has scaled one of Dubais tallest skyscrapers, relying on just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up the 75-storey high Cayan Tower in the emirates glitzy��.
Emirates Launches Second Daily Flight from Boston-Dubai
While, the airline is continuing to expand their US service, with the addition of their second daily flight between Boston and Dubai. Emirates will operate two daily flights from Boston. According to AirlineRoute.Net, Emirates will��.
NASDAQ Dubai seeks further dual listings for Egyptian companies
NASDAQ Dubais management is adopting a growth strategy based on partnerships rather than competition with local markets. Its stock exchange model is gaining the legitimacy of the regional financial market with legislations that are compliant with .
Real-life Spider-Man just climbed Dubais famed Twisted.
On April 12 Alain Robert, a French rock and urban climber, did the unthinkable when he scaled the side of the Cayan Tower in Dubai, otherwise known as the ���Twisted Tower.��� The 52-year-old man began climbing at 8pm and��.
Piercing the Sky Amid a Deflating Economy
With an estimated $100 billion in debt and a burst real estate bubble, the Dubai skyline is defined not by the tallest building in the world but by a host of unfinished buildings.
Amid fears of more bubble trouble, whod buy in Dubai?
Homebuyers in Dubai can choose from an apartment block with interiors encrusted in shiny crystals or multimillion-dollar villas on a man-made island. Is investing in these desert dwellings like playing on quicksand or has the city-state learnt the.
Borse DUBAI Sells Its Stake in London Stock Exchange Group
The holding company for the Dubai Financial Market and Nasdaq Dubai was the largest shareholder in the London exchange. The sale is estimated at as much as $2.2 billion.. DealBook Online; Borse Dubai says it has sold its entire 17.4 percent stake in London Stock Exchange Group.
MIDEAST STOCKS-Fresh earnings positive for Saudi, DUBAI, Oman
The news may help Dubai continue its rally after the emirates index rose to a six-week closing high of 3,825 points, closing above its 100-day average for only the second time since last October; the first time was on Sunday. Omani companies have also .
Sleeper Hits
PARK HYATT DUBAI.
What Were Reading
. Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting interesting stories from around the web. In this installment, great reads from Sheri Fink, Lynda Richardson and others.
NYCs Tallest Ferris Wheel Plans May Be Squashed by Dubais
But the New York Wheels groundbreaking postponement offers a nice little loophole for the Dubai Eye���a 690-foot goliath that workers started building a week ago���to get ahead in the race to be the biggest. Mashable details that arms entertainment race.
World Peace
The Amara spa in the Park Hyatt is a kind of international pupu platter of pampering — there are Andalusian fountains, Beverly Hills-esque garden suites, hallways scented with tropical blossoms and many Moroccan-lantern-lit nooks in which to escape. The treatments, which use Carita products and Middle Eastern oils, include an Indian head massage and a Dead Sea salt bath, and there’s an outdoor rain shower to release your inner emir. 011-971-4-602-1234.
DUBAI 101
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Homebuyers in Dubai can choose from an apartment block with interiors encrusted in shiny crystals or multimillion-dollar villas on a man-made island. Is investing in these desert dwellings like playing on quicksand or has the city-state learnt the.
DUBAI Will Invest $3 Billion To Boost Solar Power Project Capacity To 3 GW
The power and water utility servicing the iconic city of Dubai will invest $3 billion to boost the generation capacity of the countrys largest solar power plant from 1 GW to 3 GW. Saeed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and.
VIDEO: iPhone falls off Dubai skyscraper.. survives
So, what happens when your phone falls 42 floors from the roof of one of Downtown Dubais skyscrapers? Well, nothing, not even a scratch it seems. Or perhaps photographer Catalin Marin was just fortunate, because thats exactly what happened to him.
View Masters
PIERCHIC Superb Champagne cocktails and a well-dressed crowd come together in a stunning room (left) for views of the Burj Al Arab. Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Road; 011-971-4-366-6162.
DUBAI rents increase in early 2015
Dubai: Forecast of an across-the-board rent decline did not happen during the first three months of the year, as a number of tenants in Dubai continued to witness increases of as much as 5.74 per cent, a new report showed. Data compiled by real estate.
Like Mars: Dusty Sandstorm Blocks Visibility And Travel In.
Dubai took on a Mars-like glow Thursday, after a major sandstorm descended upon the city in the United Arab Emirates. Conditions forced airlines to delay or cancel flights in Dubai after the sandstorm arrived from Saudi��.
Pension, longer visa for DUBAI expats proposed
The Dubai Economic Council, an advisory body established by the Government of Dubai, and Deloitte have recently drafted a report that enumerates a list of policy recommendations that will enable Dubai to improve its sustainability and competitiveness.
PICTURES: Spiderman climbs DUBAI Marinas Twisted Tower
A little over an hour; that was all it took for Spiderman to clamber up the outside of Dubai Marinas iconic Twisted Tower. The Frenchman, real name Alain Robert, completed his remarkable feat without the aid of ropes or any support, reaching the.
Another DUBAI Superlative: Inside The New No. 1 International Airport
���We gain around nine million travelers every year,��� says Paul Griffiths, the British CEO of Dubai Airports, which runs both DBX and Al Maktoum International. He has set a three-year goal for DBX to outrank the Atlanta airport, which is the most visited.
Gallery Hopping
THE FLYING HOUSE.
The Shopping News
AYESHA DEPALA Little black dresses, little white dresses and, for that matter, little yellow, pink and beige dresses. Think frills; think sequins; think gauzy Indian glamour. Shop 31, Village Mall, Jumeirah Beach Road; 011-971-4-344-5378; ayeshadepala.com.
History Class
1 DEIRA GOLD SOUK There’s a seemingly endless variety of the precious metal here, from Indian filigree earrings to chains thick enough to tether a camel. Sikkat al-Khail.
From Film to Fashion, DUBAI Bids to be Creative Capital for.
Dubai is launching a drive to become one of the Arab worlds top centres for art, design, film and fashion - areas that have traditionally been dominated by old Arab cities outside the Gulf. Share. Comment. By Reuters April 13,��.
Emirates adds second daily Boston-DUBAI flight, report says
Demand along the Boston-Dubai route is strong, Travel Pulse said. Last year, the company reportedly switched out the Boeing 777-200ER plane that was originally assigned to the route to a larger 777-300ER, the site reported, and Emirates has considered .
Apartment Tower Fire in Dubai Is Put Out
No injuries were reported at the Torch, an 86-story residential building in the skyscraper-packed Marina district of the Gulf emirate.
17th Dubai Open 2015 LIVE! | Chessdom
The 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2015 SHEIKH RASHID BIN HAMDAN AL MAKTOUM CUP is held from 5th to 16th April, 2015, at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall) in the United Arab��.
This Flow Motion Time-Lapse of DUBAI is Insane - PetaPixel
Time-lapse photographer Rob Whitworth has taken the idea of hyperlapses to the next level with his latest video, ���Dubai Flow Motion��� (shown above). It offers a tour of Dubai through the lens of Whitworths camera as it does��.
Hundreds evacuated after fire in DUBAI skyscraper | World.
Hundreds evacuated after fire in Dubai skyscraper. Residents of nearby buildings also told to leave as precautionary measure after blaze breaks out in the Torch in the citys Marina district. dubai fire The apartment building on��.
Global Tables
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Dubai Is Bizarre: A First Day Report - Jalopnik
Today I went airborne in a luxury SUV, met a Qatari Dakar winner, met some camels, saw some amazingly crazy modified cars, and I got passed by the police in a Ferrari. This has been my first day in Dubai.
Different Slopes
If a ski slope in the desert weren’t improbable enough, how about a chalet on a ski slope inside a mall in the desert?.
Affordable housing quotas in DUBAI: A middle-class dream
Why is Dubai residential real estate so heavily skewed towards luxury? Well, do your math and it emerges that developers earn high margins on projects at the higher end of the spectrum. This has resulted in a gross undersupply of affordable housing in.
Landmark Status
Cleverly capturing the world’s attention with a series of megaprojects, Dubai became the world’s first branded city. But what of the projects themselves?.
22 Abandoned And Forgotten Supercars In Dubai - Smash
Theyre high-performance vehicles that have been left abandoned at Dubai airport, left by rich people who think nothing of letting a car that costs more than some peoples home, to rot. That, or they can no longer afford to pay��.
Emirates Has Plans to Make Orlando Its 10th U.S. Destination
The new daily service from Dubai will begin Sept. 1 as U.S. airlines are pushing to freeze new flights from the three Persian Gulf giants.. Emirates says it will add Orlando as 10th United States daily service destination from Dubai in 2015; announcement comes even as US airline companies have been lobbying Obama administration to limit new flight offerings from Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways.