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Strong dollar and low inflation make UAE expats a happy lot

2011-09-21 10:59:55 (читать в оригинале)

The global economy may not be giving out the brightest of signals (don't even look towards Europe), but expatriates in the UAE are keeping their fingers crossed as a stronger US dollar - to which the UAE dirham has a fixed peg - and a low inflation rate, thanks to declining rents, are heralding a feel-good factor they'd all but forgotten in the past few years.

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No one following Dh25,200 for a studio rule in Abu Dhabi

2011-09-21 10:59:44 (читать в оригинале)

Few developers in the capital have announced affordable housing projects, despite the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) directing at least 20 per cent of new residential property to be set aside for middle-income earners, according to a top real estate analyst.

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Banks in UAE used 50% support funds

2011-09-21 10:57:56 (читать в оригинале)

Financial crisis is not a major concern for the UAE, according to the minister of economy. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri said: "The UAE banks withdrew less than 50 per cent of funds allocated to support liquidity since its inception until Monday. This clearly proves that the crisis is not a major concern for the UAE economy."

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UAE world's top water consumer

2011-09-21 10:56:41 (читать в оригинале)

UAE people have emerged as the world's largest water consumers, with the average per capita consumption standing at 364 litres per day, nearly 82 per cent above the global average individual demand, a UAE official has said.

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UAE mobile phone users down in July

2011-09-21 10:56:09 (читать в оригинале)

The number of mobile phone users in the UAE shrank by more than 59,000 in July and most of the decline was in pre-paid GSM subscribers, according to the country's telecommunications regulators.