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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Thousands of South Asian construction workers went on strike Sunday over harsh working conditions in the latest threat to a spectacular building boom already endangered by a falling currency and labor shortage. Complete Story...
Developers of a 1,680-foot skyscraper still under construction in oil-rich Dubai claimed Saturday that it has become the world's tallest building, surpassing Taiwan's Taipei 101 which has dominated the global skyline at 1,667 feet since 2004.
Halliburton will shift some 70 percent of its capital investment over the next five years to the Eastern Hemisphere, which includes oil and gas zones in the Middle East, Russia, Africa, the North Sea and East Asia, the company's chief said Tuesday from his new headquarters in Dubai.
Democratic leaders are stripping from a military spending bill for the war in Iraq a requirement that President Bush gain approval from Congress before moving against Iran.
Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.
A high-rise apartment building under construction caught fire Thursday, injuring up to 25 workers and trapping others in thick smoke as rescue crews scrambled to reach them. Two witnesses said they saw a man fall from one of the 37-story building's upper floors, but police and fire officials refused to comment. Hospital officials said three laborers were in serious condition.
As Israelis and Arabs emerge from the war in Lebanon, a booming diamond exchange in this Arab country 1,300 miles away is hard proof that some Arab-Israeli ties have survived despite the region's tensions.
With tensions high between the Western and Islamic worlds, Dubai's leaders are trying to help with an unusual new form of tourism in this Gulf Arab boomtown best known for shopping and sunbathing.
From a sail-shaped hotel taller than the Eiffel Tower to two soaring towers coated in dark mirrored glass, the images of its hotels the new management showed the staff of the Essex House left employees awe-struck.
President Bush has approved the takeover by a Dubai-owned company of American plants that make parts for jets and tanks after a review that seems to have satisfied lawmakers who helped block an earlier Dubai deal.
The ports controversy is likely to send a chill among Arab businessmen, making them cautious about investing in the United States amid fears of an anti-Arab bias in the world's biggest market.
The Bush administration said Friday it won't reconsider its approval for a United Arab Emirates company to take over significant operations at six U.S. ports. The former head of the Sept. 11 commission said the deal "never should have happened."
A United Arab Emirates company has volunteered to postpone its takeover of significant operations at six major U.S. seaports, and the White House said on Friday the delay would help give the administration time to convince skeptical lawmakers the deal poses no increased risks from terrorism.
President Bush on Thursday sought to calm an uproar over an Arab company taking over operations at six major American ports, saying "people don't need to worry about security."
Two tournaments, two continents, two playoff victories. Tiger Woods' year is off to a perfect start.
The three boys who star in The Kite Runner, a new film with Oscar potential, will be moved from their homes in Afghanistan to new ones in Dubai thanks to Paramount Vantage, the studio releasing the movie.
For those of you who haven't been following the transformation of Dubai into some kind of cross between Manhattan and DisneyWorld this article says it all.
48 photos taken from a helicopter taking a tour around the city of Dubai showing the hotels, palm island, world islands, Burj al Arab, the tallest tower in the world - Burj Dubai, hotels on Jumeirah beach, the Dubai Marina, Mall of the Emirate & Ski Slope, etc
In a statement, Halliburton Chairman and Chief Executive Dave Lesar said the company's capital expansion in the Eastern Hemisphere resulted in revenue growth of 29 percent versus the third quarter of last year.
A video showing some of the crazy developments going on in the city of Dubai
The latest proposed tower to sprout up among the ever-changing skyline is the Burj Al-Taqa Energy Tower for the Middle East.
In the Pink in Dubai with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Rugby World Cup fever hits Dubai - Barasti the place to be for the finals - check out the crazy entertainment planned
A Dubai real estate company uses Hitler ad to sell houses. (Of course, this will probably come as no surprise to those familiar with the Arab world. Their admiration for the Nazis is nothing new: )
From a taboo about which there could be no open discussion, a woman's right to drive is developing into a topic of growing and lively debate in Saudi Arabia.
Establishing public-private partnerships that give away control of U.S.
The military-industrial complex is setting up its "enduring" military bases in Iraq and throughout central asia - while Private Equity, Wall Street, and Halliburton are setting up their enduring bases in Dubai and other Gulf States. Why would they do that?
Arabs now own almost 52% of the London market? Why?!?!?! They already own 20% of the NASDAQ. Do I have a reason to be concerned?
In a complex set of transactions, Dubai is moving to acquire 19.9 percent of the Nasdaq in New York, placing the Arab government in an ownership position of the key U.S. stock exchange and raising concerns in Congress.
Why would Arabs want to own 20% of the NASDAQ?
The government-controlled stock exchange in Dubai, the fast-growing Middle East business center, is expected to announce today in Stockholm that it plans to take significant ownership in the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York and the London Stock Exchange, people who have been bri …
The Burj Dubai, designed by the Chicago office of firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is now officially the world's tallest free-standing structure.
Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building since July, has also become the tallest free-standing structure on earth, reaching 555.3 meters (1,822 feet), the developers said.
Participates in GITEX technology week in Dubai, UAE SR Telecom (TSX: SRX) is helping visitors to Egypt stay connected to the Internet with its WiMAX solution, symmetryMX.
Planning to stay ahead of the game and use an iPhone months ahead of release in Dubai and the UAE? The solution may be at your doorstep...others are already doing it
. . . there is a dual agenda for moderate leaders to follow. The first is to do everything possible to eradicate poverty in all its forms, thereby improving the living standards of those in need, so addressing any grievances they may have.
It is an unlikely setting for romance.
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