Base salaries for professionals in the technology and human resources field can expect an increase in their yearly compensation by about 5.3 percent in the coming year in the United Arab Emirates. This prediction was made by the Robert Half Middle East Company, a firm which specializes in job recruitment. Director of Robert Half, James…
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Price of iPhones Dropping in UAE
With the expectation that a newer model of the iPhone 4S is about to come to market, the price of the 16GB top-of-the-line smartphone has been steadily declining. Price Going Down The Apple iPhone has experienced a 20 percent price drop just in the last week or so. The latest reduction was offered as a…
iPhone 4S Coming to the UAE
In a race to be the first to get the latest hi-tech phone to the people of the UAE, du, one of the UAE’s two telecom providers, announced that it will have the iPhone 4S available for customers to purchase this coming Friday, December 16th. This announcement came in response to a similar announcement by…
Group Buying Trend Beginning to Grow in Middle East Market
In recent years the popularity of group buying, also known as social buying, has grown by leaps and bounds. Now a multi-billion-dollar business, group buying businesses such as Groupon have become household names throughout Europe, the US, Australia, China and beyond through their use of daily e-mails and huge discounts on everything from appliances, vacations,…
UAE Introducing New Dh500 Paper Currency
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates announced that Abu Dhabi will soon be placing into circulation a new Dh500 banknote. The amended banknote will be reprinted with updated security features. New Banknote Will Be Circulated November 29 “This currency note will be put in circulation as legal tender along with currency notes currently…
Mike Grant Appointed Chief Restructuring Officer for the Al Jaber Group
The privately owned Al Jaber Group, and Abu Dhabi-based civil and electro-mechanical engineering contractor, announced the appointment of Mike Grant to be their new chief restructuring officer. Mike Grant will be leading the company’s latest move to further along their debt reorganization, according to spokesmen for the company. Grant is a veteran of restructuring at…
Dana Gas Posts Profits for Third Quarter of 2011
Dana Gas PJSC announced its financial outcome for the fiscal quarter which ended on September 30th 2011. Dana Gas is an incorporated company in the Emirate of Sharjah of the UAE and is the largest private sector natural gas company in the region. Impressive Results The results for the third quarter of 2011 are impressive:…
Emirates Airline Orders Fifty Boeing Jets in $18 Billion Deal
With options to buy an additional 20 777-300ERs, Emirates Airline has placed an order for 50 of the Boeing jets in a deal valued at an estimated $18 billion. The deal marked the opening of the Dubai Air Show Sunday, making an impression as the deal is described as the single largest order in the…
Giordano Middle East Expanding in Abu Dhabi
The Mushrif Shopping Mall in Abu Dhabi is soon to be home to the 200th shop of Giordano Middle East. The goal for Giordano, one of the world’s leading clothing retailers, is to operate 250 stores in the region by the year 2015. Giordano has had a presence in the Middle East for 18 years…
Robots in Abu Dhabi Part II
Jorien Guijs, the marketing manager for PAL Robotics is excited about the future of his company. “To be able to deliver these robots to ADNEC, and other future clients, we are building a factory in Abu Dhabi. If all goes according to plan, the factory will be ready by the second half of 2012, producing…
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Independent Middle East News
- Salam Fayyad Resigns April 11, 2013by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has reportedly tendered his resignation, after intense criticism against him within the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. It is not yet clear whether PA President Mahmoud Abbas will accept Fayyad’s resignation at this time, although the two have been at odds on several issues. PA offi […]
- Jordan & PA Coordinating Takeover of Jerusalem April 1, 2013by Eitam Abadi Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas signed an agreement on Sunday confirming their “common goal to defending” Jerusalem and their opposition to efforts to “Judaize” Israel’s ancient capital city. PA Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud al-Habash said the agreement confirmed Jordan’s role as protector of the […]
- Palestinian Sentenced to 6 Months for Facebook ‘Like’ March 30, 2013by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh A Palestinian man who clicked “Like” on a Facebook status criticizing a high ranking official of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority has been sentenced to six months in a PA prison facility. Anas Ismail, 29, of Salfit, near Nablus, was found guilty of “libel and slander.” Ismail said that the PA’s American-trained […]
- PA Sentences Journalist to Year in Prison March 28, 2013by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Palestinian journalist Mamdouh Hamamreh from Bethlehem was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for “insulting” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Facebook. He is the second Palestinian to receive this sentence on the same charges since the beginning of 2013. In early February, 26-year-old Anas Awwad from the village […]
- US Arming Syrian Rebels Through Regional Proxies March 26, 2013by Mahmoud Abu Ghosh Western-backed governments in the Middle East have dramatically increased military aid to the Free Syrian Army in recent months, the New York Times reported on Monday. America’s Central Intelligence Agency has been aiding these efforts, the newspaper added, citing air traffic data and interviews with unnamed officials as well as commande […]
- Salam Fayyad Resigns April 11, 2013