2014 will see the launch of more new routes and further aircraft delivery for Dubai airline Emirates, writes Tim Clark.
The new rules aim to reduce red tape for businesses and cut short approval time.
The “Heart of Europe” project, a complex of luxury hotels and villas, is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
Fast food chain plots Asian and European expansion on top of openings in UK and North America.
The project will be developed by Dubai’s Union Properties, along with National Properties, a unit of National Bonds Corporation.
It was previously estimated that the project to produce usable gas from Shah’s high-sulphur gas field would be completed in late 2014.
The Dubai developer is maintaining sales prices at the same level as last year, confirms chairman Ali Rashid Lootah.
Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu will receive grants from the UAE’s $50m renewable energy fund.
Acquiring Palm Utilities will give Empower about 70 per cent of the UAE’s district cooling market.
Mubadala has taken a 20 per cent interest in Block 2B and Shell has taken a 20 per cent interest in Block SK320.
All Emirati males between ages 18 and 30 will be required to serve in the military while it is optional for women
The venture is looking at various raw materials to produce biofuel including agricultural waste and date palm leaves.
Reem Island showed the highest rise in prices for the second consecutive year in 2013, comprising around 30 per cent of online property searches.
The developer attributed the profit rise to the timely completion of projects and the handing over of finished units to customers.
The number of deals in Dubai rose 53 per cent from 2012, reaching a total of 63,652, according to the land department.
The Israeli delegation will be the first at government level to visit the UAE since the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.
Ukraine-UAE inbound market set to double.
The academy aims to equip entrepreneurs with practical skills and knowledge they need to become future businesspeople.
Around 49,000 LinkedIn members have moved to the UAE in the last 12 months.
Ahmed al-Qassim was appointed chief executive of Dubai Group last week.
The new project, called The Boardwalk, will run across the whole of the existing crescent with a pier at either end.
The UAE attracted FDIs worth $12 billion in 2013 owing to increased government spending and resurgence in some service sectors.
An Abu Dhabi company plans to bring the region’s first ever salmon farm to the capital.
Etisalat Nigeria could raise $400 million by selling its transmitter towers.
The phone, priced at Dhs1999, will be available in the country by the end of February.
The capital of the UAE has designated areas for property investment by foreigners.
Prices start at Dhs10 million and the plots can be used for residential, hotel or commercial development.
Sheikh Mohammed launched the UAE National Agenda for the next seven years on Tuesday.
The UAE recently introduced mobile number portability (MNP), which allows users to switch operators while retaining their number.
A study shows 73 per cent of them prefer LinkedIn over Facebook or Twitter.