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Catering Sales To Rise In Dubai Despite Inflation

While consumption pattern may have changed over the years, the rapid modernization of Dubai and the flourishing of the hotels and restaurants sector may have even increased the share of eating out to the total expenditure of the population. Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry - 21Aug 10:54GMT
Fakhro, traders meet to check food prices in Bahrain

As part of ongoing intensive efforts to examine ways and mechanisms to alleviate the citizens' burden in relation to good and basic foodstuffs, Ministry of Industry and Commerce Dr. Hassan Fakhro underscored the need to strengthen co-operation between government and traders of food commodities. Bahrain Tribune - 21Aug 06:37GMT
Price rises of up to 87% in Kuwait

The Sulaibikhat and Doha Cooperative Society in Kuwait has prepared a report about price rises affecting 20 basic commodities. The step is part of the cooperative's efforts to monitor the alarming price increases which have affected the country in the past few months. Kuwait Times - 21Aug 06:10GMT
Sheikh Saud Salim Bahwan passes away

Leadership can be attained only through deep conviction and a passion for excellence, believed Oman's Sheikh Saud Salim Bahwan, 68, chairman of the Saud Bahwan Group who passed away at a hospital in Paris yesterday. Times of Oman - 21Aug 05:50GMT
Laptop market in Middle East grows 87%

Nearly 816,000 laptops were sold in the Middle East in the second quarter, compared to 430,000 in the same period last year, an increase of about 87 per cent, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) research. Gulf News - 21Aug 05:20GMT
First ecologically friendly shopping centre to be built in Dubai

A shopping mall in Dubai's Mirdiff planned for next year is being built in line with environmental standards and is dubbed the first ecologically friendly shopping centre in the region. Gulf News - 21Aug 05:15GMT
Dubai restrictions remain a worry for truckers

Transportation businesses in Dubai heaved a sigh of relief when diesel prices were cut and some truckers even lowered their freight charges, but restrictions on truck movements on Dubai's roads remain a concern. Gulf News - 21Aug 05:09GMT
Food prices worry Moroccans as Ramadan nears

With the holy month of Ramadan approaching, Moroccans are stocking up on increasingly expensive foodstuffs, while their government resorts to special measures to avoid running out of supplies. AFP - 21Aug 04:50GMT
Dubai's anti piracy drive to boost consumer confidence

The Chief of Dubai Customs recently announced that the authority is intensifying it's efforts to curb illegal trade in counterfeit products by seeking greater cooperation with their counterparts in the region and globally, including Interpol, to catch and punish those dealing in fake contraband goods. Press Release - 20Aug 08:12GMT
Price cap for Ramadhan in Oman

Major traders and retailers in the Sultanate announced a freeze on prices of all essential food items during the holy month of Ramadhan. Oman Daily Observer - 20Aug 07:38GMT

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