ABU DHABI — The price of rice in United Arab Emirates shops fell by 15 per cent in the three months to April, retailers said on Thursday, reflecting a fall in global prices caused by the economic crisis and a good harvest.
ABU DHABI — The price of rice in United Arab Emirates shops fell by 15 per cent in the three months to April, retailers said on Thursday, reflecting a fall in global prices caused by the economic crisis and a good harvest.
ABU DHABI — Abu Dhabi’s Masdar will save about $105 million on the 100 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant it is constructing in the emirate due to falling prices of raw materials, a company executive said 
on Thursday.
DUBAI — Five Gulf Arab countries seeking to adopt a euro-style single currency are sticking to next year’s deadline for monetary union, Qatar’s central bank governor said.
DUBAI — Expect to see Dubai tweeting on events in town and posting photos on Facebook and video on You Tube when the city’s tourism body becomes part of the online social 
networking scene.
The Abu Dhabi based National Corporation For Tourism & Hotels
SINGAPORE — The central bank of the UAE is prepared to ease monetary policy further to support an economy that is suffering from falling oil prices and weak global demand, its governor said on Thursday.
DUBAI — The governments of the Gulf Co-operation Council, or GCC, have enough assets to give them elbow room to absorb the impact of the global downturn, and still pursue their growth goals, said Standard & Poor’s.
DUBAI — Reed Travel Exhibitions — organiser of Arabian Travel Market — has announced first day trade visitor figures are up 2.3 per cent over 2008.
DUBAI — Despite a one-year postponement of the world’s largest airport at Jebel Ali and the pushing back of predictions for when Dubai International Airport will meet its capacity, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said the economic slowdown would be “irrelevant” in the entity’s long term 
infrastructure plans.
DUBAI — The need to foster higher standards and greater cooperation to sustain growth were the key messages emerging at Insurex 2009, an annual conference for Middle 
Eastern insurers.