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Emirates Sends A380 Signal To Mauritius

Special service marks island’s 45th anniversary of independence – and serves as a capacity-raising hint from the airline

Dubai’s Arabtec To Buy Rest Of Target Engineering

The construction firm already has 60 per cent stake in Target, an oil and gas construction business.

UK Government Promotes London As Islamic Finance Hub

More than $34 billion worth of Islamic bonds have been issued through the London Stock Exchange.

Emirates Airline Eyes 10 Year Sukuk Issue This Week

The sukuk, maturing 2023, will have an amortising structure, with an average weighted life of five years.

Dubai’s Index In Biggest Gain In 3 Weeks

Investors are starting to buy back into the emirate’s stocks following a recent slump.

Exclusive: Cobone CEO Says Company Will “Expand” Following US Investor Buy Out

Dubai-based entrepreneur Paul Kenny speaks out for the first time on the Tiger Global Management buyout, this year’s most important regional dot-com acquisition.

Emirates NBD Eyes Bond Sale To Repay Govt Funds

The bank will use the proceeds to repay part of the Dhs12.6 billion it received from the government in 2008, say sources.

Restaurant Review: La Petite Maison

La Petite Maison has its roots in balmy Nice, where the owner serves a glittering set of regulars, including Nicholas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni.

Pétanque Passion Comes To Dubai

The French game is quickly gaining appeal all over the world.

Logistics Firm DHL Announces Dhs100m Dubai Facility

The new facility is expected to open in the third quarter of 2014.

UAE’s Etisalat Sees 2013 Revenue Of Up To $9.4bn

The asset disposals are expected to result in a net gain of $151 million for DP World and help boost its capital levels.

Damac Launches Paramount Pictures Hotel Project

The $1 billion project will be located in the heart of Downtown Dubai and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.

VOX Cinemas In Middle East Expansion

The chain has opened a new venue in Dubai’s Mercato Mall as it attempts to become the region’s largest operator.

Rosetta Stone To Open First Middle East Office

The global language-learning company is to set up shop in Dubai, amid several new school announcements at GESS.

Dubai’s Emirates Airline Plans Second Bond Sale This Year

Emirates has hired six banks to arrange a potential dollar-denominated, benchmark sukuk sale.

Kenya Airways To Fly Dubai-Hong Kong

New route provides some competition for Emirates and follows recent codeshare agreement with Etihad

Exclusive: Dubai-Based Chocodate Maker Plans Major Expansion

The company is currently in talks to export the product to the US, UK, Japan, Brazil and Russia, among other countries.

Dubai Sees Big IPO In 2014/15, Says Debts Under Control

Mohammed al-Shaibani, CEO of the Investment Corporation of Dubai said that Dubai had a plan to deal with debts maturing in coming years

Dubai Islamic Bank To Boost Capital Through Sukuk Sale

The dollar-denominated Islamic bond is expected to be benchmark-sized.

Shoppers Fuel 10% Dubai RevPAR Rise

Hoteliers benefited from the month-long Dubai Shopping Festival and high in-flows of tourists, particularly from Europe

EXCLUSIVE: Oberoi Dubai Targets March Opening

The 250-room hotel is the luxury Indian chain’s first UAE property.

Starwood Relocates Global HQ To Dubai In March

With 80 per cent of Starwood’s pipeline coming from rapidly growing markets, President says it’s not possible to lead a truly global business “from a boardroom in Connecticut”

Emirates’ Perth Flights Go Triple Daily

Latest capacity increase means the airline’s services have grown more than five-fold since it first flew to Perth in 2002

New Dubai Firm To Manage Islamic Endowments

Awqaf are believed to control tens of billions of dollars worth of assets around the Muslim world.

Al Habtoor And Accor Mull Partnership

Al Habtoor has talks with global operator about potential projects at home and abroad

Dubai’s Noor Sets Up JV With State-Owned AMAF

The new company, called Noor Awqaf, is being set up with a share capital of Dhs10 million.

Novak Djokovic Seals Dubai Tennis Title

This is the Serb’s fourth Dubai Championships win in five years.

Property Speculators’ Return Fuels Dubai Bubble Fear

Queues of investors have formed outside the offices of real estate developers in scenes that recall the emirate’s boom days before 2008.

Dubai Utility DEWA Launches $1bn Sukuk

The utility printed the five-year paper at par at a profit rate of three per cent.

Emaar Reports Strong Investor Interest For New Property

Dubai-based developer says its website received traffic from 75 countries for online registration for The Address Residence Sky View.