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Shops across UAE to slash food prices for Ramadan
DUBAI // The price of basic food items at supermarkets will fall by up to 50 per cent this Ramadan, the Ministry of Economy says. Dr Hashim Al Nuaimi, director of the ministry’s consumer protection department, said prices would drop by between 20 and 50 per cent, and that no price increase requests would be
New magazine emerges from GN stable
Dubai: Need an instant primer on how to take care of the newest member to your family? Or are you looking for whatever is trending in bringing them up? Then the “Baby&Child” magazine might have the answers you seek. GN Publishing has come with the quarterly magazine “dedicated to all parenting topics ranging from pregnancy
April 5, 2016
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Dubai still preferred place for luxury spend
Dubai: The average monthly spend on luxury items in Dubai was at $2,300 compared to $4,000 in Qatar, with people still preferring Dubai for luxury spending, a survey commissioned by American Express revealed. In the UAE, holidays and fine dining are the categories, which people spend the most on. In addition, respondents in the UAE
Dubai health insurance law to cover all by June 30
In the last phase of Dubai’s health insurance law, all individuals, including foreign employees and their family members, must be covered by a health plan by June 30. What does the change mean? All employers are required to cover employees and are encouraged to cover family members of employees. Family members of employees who are
UAE forecast to see new jobs boom despite oil price slump
More than 50 percent of recruiters in the UAE are predicting that new jobs will be created in the next six months despite lower oil prices and trading revenues, according to a new survey by Naukrigulf.Its latest hiring outlook was slightly down on its September survey when 53 percent of recruiters predicted the same about
Indian remittances fall as Gulf reduces demand for foreign workers
Remittances to India – a large chunk of which comes from the millions of Indians working in the Gulf region – fell to $15.8 billion last quarter, the lowest since April-June 2011, it has been reported. Bloomberg reported that the figure represented a 9.4 percent drop from a year earlier, as the global slowdown and
RAK tourism to develop region’s first five-star camp in Jabal Jais mountain
Ras Al Khaimah’s Jabal Jais mountain is about to be home to the first five-star camp in the region.Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority’s (RAK TDA) CEO Haitham Mattar told Hotelier Middle East on the sidelines of the launch of their new brand identity. “We have done a recce in the mountains (Jabal Jais) and
International Property Show focuses on retail, middle-income housing
Dubai: Retail space and middle income housing are likely to draw crowds at this year’s International Property Show, organisers said on Sunday. Retail space across the UAE, the wider Arab Gulf region and in other parts of the world will be available for direct purchase at this year’s show to be held from April 11
Oman Shura member proposes tax on expats
Muscat: A proposal being discussed in Oman by a Shura council members could put a tax on expats. The proposal, which would charge a 3 per cent monthly fee on expatriates — based on their salary, would result in companies replacing expats with Omanis, said Nabhan Al Battashi, the chairman of General Federation of Trade
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