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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:33 AM
Friday brunches are set to reach new levels of excellence in Jeddah, as Rosewood Corniche launches a new dining experience
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:53 AM
His Royal Highness Prince Feisal Ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan, who as a
chairman of the Royal Water Committee is active in water resource management
and alternative water resources, will be the keynote opening session speaker
at the inaugural WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, Oct. 8-10,
2008, in Las Vegas.
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:28 PM
Dubai real estate developer Plus Properties has signed an $108 million deal with Taahud General Contracting to build a waterfront tower on Abu Dhabi’s Reem Island. Enabling work on the SkyGardens project has started, and construction by the Abu Dhabi-based Taahud will begin “shortly”, Plus Properties said in a statemen...
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:55 PM
In an unprecedented U-turn, the US government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conceded that amalgam dental fillings do pose a health risk. After repeatedly insisting the fillings - which contain the toxic metal mercury - are safe, the federal agency has now backtracked and issued a health warning about them.<b...
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:15 PM
The bidding process is underway for construction of a 1000 MW power and water desalination plant in Duqm, on the east coast of Oman. There is an "extremely high likelihood" that it will be the Middle East's first coal power plant, according to Authority for Electricity Regulation executive director John Cunneen.<br />...
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:15 PM
US-based facilities management company Johnson Controls has picked up a contract to supply 18 York-branded YK-K7 water-cooled centrifugal chillers to the US $2.5 billion (BHD942 million) Bahrain Bay project in Bahrain. The contract includes the supply and installation of what the company calls energy-efficient chiller...
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29 PM
Haier, the world's fourth largest white goods manufacturer and the
official white goods sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, announced
today that it has provided over 60,000 environmentally-friendly and
energy-efficient products to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games
of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). Produ...
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:29 AM
Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar, the New York-based chain of cutting-edge
gourmet cocoa emporiums, is set to launch 10 stores in India and Pakistan
through a partnership with Dubai-based HFK General Trading.