UAE business conditions improve; confidence levels hit new high: More jobs coming?

Dubai: Confidence among business owners in the UAE hit a new high, while conditions posted their sharpest improvement in more than a year last month, suggesting stronger growth in the local economy, new data released on Sunday showed. However, while optimism levels are high, employers are still reluctant to expand their payrolls or recruit new staff, leading an […]

No crime in Huawei 5G leak: British police

London: The top-secret leak that Britain had conditionally allowed China’s Huawei to develop its 5G network, which brought down the defence minister, does not amount to a criminal offence, police concluded Saturday. Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday sacked Gavin Williamson as defence secretary over the leak last month of the bitterly-disputed decision made at […]

Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks plunge after Trump China threat

Hong Kong: Hong Kong stocks tumbled in the first few minutes of trade Monday after Donald Trump warned he would hike tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods at the end of the week. The Hang Seng Index plunged 2.43 per cent, or 730.82 points, to 29,350.73. The benchmark Shanghai Composite […]

Holiday homes aren’t just tapping into millennials only

By Vinayak Mahtani, Special to Gulf News Tourism has changed from being a service industry offering you a flight, a room and some food to offering experiences. It is now more about rejuvenation, adventure, fulfilment, learning new skills and “being more of who you are” than just ticking off places and things and flopping down […]