Mohamed Alabbar, boss of Dubai’s Emaar Properties declares, there was logic behind his decision to press ahead with building the world’s biggest skyscraper
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Started at the height of the economic boom and built by some 12,000 labourers, the world's tallest building will open today in Dubai as the glitzy emirate seeks to rekindle optimism after its financial crisis... more
Abu Dhabi is taking the green shoots of recovery a step further, winning the race to host the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). Abu Dhabi hopes it will add fuel to its Masdar project - a $15 billion (£9 billion) green city designed by Sir Norman Foster ... more
There was a sombre mood at this year’s Arabian Travel Market, the annual industry get-together in Dubai. All the talk was of falling revenues, cutting costs and swine flu
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Imagine, if you will, for one delicious moment, you have £9.6 billion in the bank. Then imagine on Monday you buy the entire share capital of seven big property companies in a daring dawn raid... more
More evidence that the property bubble in Dubai is bursting: half of the 170 estate agents in a recent survey admit that they haven't sold a single home for a month... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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