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Kipp Report
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The Kipp Report (www.kippreport.com) is a new website covering business in the Middle East. The region’s first online-only business magazine, and updated throughout the day, Kipp Report promises to be home to new business thinking from the Middle East.
Recent Posts
Remaining 19 stations on Dubai Metro’s Red Line to open in Feb 2010, says RTA
Dubai Metro’s Red Line will be completed in February 2010, the chairman of the Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) said on Saturday. The remaining 19 stations are 80 to 97 percent complete, Mattar Al Tayer said. The Red Line was launche...
Palm Jebel Ali investors reject Nakheel’s offer for studios
Investor’s in Nakheel’s second palm-tree shaped island, Palm Jebel Ali, have rejected the Dubai-based developer’s offer for studios in compensation for delays in delivering villas, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing Arabic languag...
Dubai makes Lonely Planet’s Top 10 list of party cities
Dubai was ranked the fourth best city in the world “to party the night away” in a new guide entitled “1000 Ultimate Experiences” by travel book publisher Lonely Planet. The number one destination is Belgrade, Serbia, followed ...
Three Dubai Metro stations closed Saturday due to burst water pipe
Three out of the Dubai Metro’s ten stations were closed on Saturday morning due to a burst water pipe on Sheikh Zayed Road earlier that day, reports Gulf News. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) suspended operations at DIFC, Mall of the Em...
Air Arabia posts first ever drop in Q3 profit
Sharjah-based budget airline Air Arabia said its third quarter net profits dropped 9 percent to AED144 million due to the effects of the H1N1 virus on the aviation industry and the reduced number of travellers during the holy month of Ramadan. “...
November 13
Use Oil Wealth Prudently The Gulf has its own lessons to learn from the crisis and governments in the region must do more to diversify and deepen their economies, says Andrew Cunningham in the Financial Times. —————̵...

