Abu Dhabi Foreign Trade Rises 9% To AED112 Bn
Abu Dhabi’s foreign trade rose to AED 112.071 billion in 2009, an increase of 9% as compared to 2008 as per annual statistics of foreign trade operations announced by HE Saeed Ahmed Abdullah Al Muhairi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Customs today.
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List Of Winners At The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
The 82nd Academy Awards are over for this year, and the winners are handed over their golden knights. While it’s the 1st win for some like Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, Mo’nique, Christoph Waltz etc in the major categories like best lead actors and best supporting roles, there are other winners whose win was quite anticipated like the ones for The Hurt Locker and Avatar!
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UAE Real Estate Market To Witness A Demand-Supply Balance In 2010, Says Shaikhani Group
Amidst expectations that the UAE’s economy will rise by 3.2 per cent in 2010, Shaikhani Group, a multibillion dollar international business conglomerate with interests in real estate development, trading, manufacturing and IT, has predicted that the country’s real estate market is poised for demand-supply balance this year.
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9% growth rate in exports and 86% growth rate in UAE’s Foreign Trade over 5 years
The UAE total volume of non-oil foreign trade reached about 663 billion dirham in terms of value in 2009, of which 449.2 billion dirham for imports value, 66 billion dirham for exports value, and 147.8 billion dirham for re-export value. While, in terms of weight, the UAE trade reached about 80.5 million tons, of which 49.2 million tons for imports weight, 22.4 million tons for exports weight, and 8.9 million tons for re-exports weight.
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Earth Hour
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
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