AME Info Latest News:
Barwa and Qatari Diar Research Institute (BQDRI), and Projacs International, the pioneer Arab company, specialized in Project/Construction Management & Training fields, announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for building strong cooperation and partnership which aim to support the implementation of su (Read More)
The Guardian:
Investors in Thomas Cook and Tui Travel must wish they could get away from it all. The two travel companies were the biggest fallers in the leading index following downgrades on both companies from Morgan Stanley. In particular the bank suggested Thomas Cook might have to call on shareholders for cash.Analyst Jamie Rollo sa (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Once a place to escape to, the suburbs became a byword for conservatism. Owen Hatherley on a surprising exhibition at the London Transport MuseumA couple of years ago, I temporarily moved out of south-east London, where I have lived for 10 years, into a strange, exotic land. Flat-sitting in East Finchley might not sound ful (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Think a paradise break in the Indian Ocean will cost a small fortune? Not on Zanzibar where a clutch of new boutique hotels offers cool style and seriously good valueFragile thing holiday serenity. Zanzibar has the full deck of tropical idyll cards – squeaky white powder beach, azure ocean, mellow trade winds and I'm trying (Read More)
FT.com - Arts & weekend, Film:
The new British embassy in Warsaw, designed by Tony Fretton, is intelligent, dignified and ethereal, says Edwin Heathcote. (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Although some may assign credit for "W's" Presidential Center Platinum LEED application to the project architect, Robert A.M. Stern, who is simply a following a trend, I'm giving President George W Bush and wife Laura benefit of the doubt. Their design choice goes way beyond legacy building. It sends a 'dog whistle' po (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Set in 1930s Indochina, the widow of a French civil servant comes up with an ambitious construction project to save her rice plantation. (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Income-Tax sleuths raided three business houses in Bangalore on Friday morning - two hotel groups, and a hatchery-and-real estate business. (Read More)
AME Info Latest News:
Sorouh Real Estate PJSC, one of Abu Dhabi's leading real estate developers, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a Corporate Affiliate of the Institute of Continuing Professional Development, also known as the CPD Institute. Sorouh is the first company to have been chosen in the Middle East. (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Swelling population 'risks demographic disaster'• Cynicism and disaffection among disturbing findingsPakistan faces a "demographic disaster" if its leaders fail to invest in a youth population that is disturbingly cynical about democracy, has greatest faith in the military and is resentful of western interference, accordi (Read More)
The Guardian:
• US confectioner has moved thousands of jobs to Mexico in three-year restructuring• Company's intentions towards Cadbury, a potential bid target, remain unclearIt calls itself the sweetest place in America. But the home town of Hershey's, the chocolate maker, has a lingering hint of bitterness in the air after cost-cutting (Read More)
www.ft.com:
South-east Asia's largest low-cost airline is considering a secondary listing in Thailand, which could lead to a merger of AirAsia with its Thai and Indonesian affiliates. (Read More)
Reuters Video: Entertainment:
Nov 20 - Giant sculptures by the late surrealist Salvador Dali are installed on mountain tops in France's Courchevel ski resort.
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
The Maharashtra police have learnt that Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley "had plans to target" places like NDA at Khadakwasla, Osho International Meditation Resort at Koregaon Park and the Pune railway station, minister of state for home Ramesh Bagwe told TOI on Friday. (Read More)