Media summit in Abu Dhabi highlights efforts by Dubai's oil-rich neighbor to boost its clout Hartford Courant ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little obvious in common with freewheeling media magnets like Hollywood or midtown Manhattan. | This week, the Arab emirate ...
Murdoch urges more transparency in Arab media The Guardian * Murdoch calls for lighter regulation, more competition * Says censorship counter-productive * Says aim of Rotana stake buy is to produce Arab content (Adds comments on Rotana, e-readers; background) By Georgina Prodhan ABU DHABI, March 9 (Reuters) ...
Murdoch's speech in full The Times | The Greatest Resource of All | Rupert Murdoch | Abu Dhabi Media Summit March 9, 2010 | Thank you, Ed, for those generous words. I am grateful for the invitation to be with you today. | Each time I visit this part of the world, I experience your fab...
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive Philadelphia Daily News | ADAM SCHRECK | The Associated Press | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedo...
Rupert Murdoch at Abu Dhabi Arab media summit says censorship counterproductive Hartford Courant , (AP) — on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity. | The chairman and chief executive, whose c...
Rupert Murdoch at Abu Dhabi Arab media summit says censorship counterproductive Star Tribune | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity. | The N...
UAE Government to Support Dubai, Sees Resolution: Report ABC News March 9, 2010 | Rania Oteify | DUBAI (Reuters) - The federal government will support Dubai as it grapples with a $26 billion debt restructuring and expects the matter to be resolved soon, the United Arab Emirates' finance minister said on Tuesday. | ...
Abu Dhabi pumps oil money into building media industry Business Report | By Sapa-AP | Submit your comment | With an economy based on oil and landmarks that include one of the Middle East's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little in common with freewheeling media magnets such as Hollywood or midtown M...
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UAE to step up efforts against money laundering Khaleej Times ABU DHABI ' The UAE will step up its fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, the governor of the UAE Central Bank said. | 'There is no room for complacency in the f...
UAE economy contracted 0.7 percent in 2009 Middle East Online DUBAI - The International Monetary Fund reiterated on Wednesday its estimates that the economy of the United Arab Emirates contracted by 0.7 percent in 2009 due to the global finan...
Abu Dhabi aims for more star power in media foray The Boston Globe | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little obvious in common with freewheeling media magnets like Hollywood or midtown Ma...
Abu Dhabi pumps oil riches into media projects The Press Democrat | This week, the Arab emirate is hoping the world takes another look. The city-state, best known of late for bailing out its flashier neighbor Dubai, is bringing together some of the industry's biggest names for a summit that will temporarily shift m...
Abu Dhabi Pumps Oil Riches Into Media Projects The New York Times | Filed at 4:15 a.m. ET | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little obvious in common with freewheeling media magn...
42 million date palms planted in UAE Khaleej Times His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, there are continual efforts to increase UAE date palm productivity in order to make better use of the date palm industry and to produce an agricultural leap that will change the face of the UAE desert. | Indeed, the Fourth International Date Palm Conference illustrates the special attention and prio...
