‘Aquaventure After Dark’ returns for an evening of funFollowing the successful launch in April of ‘Aquaventure After Dark’, Atlantis Aquaventure Waterpark at Atlantis, The Palm has announced that it will once again open its doors to excited nighttime revellers. Attracting 3,500 More… |
Italy airport reopens after cargo plane slides onto roadA northern Italian airport reopened on Friday hours after being temporarily shut down when a cargo plane exited the runway after landing and slid onto a local road, Italy's civil aviation authority ENAC said. The two-person cr More… |
Los Angeles skyscraper gets a slide on the outsideThe owner of a 73-floor tower in Los Angeles that ranks as the tallest building in the US, west of the Mississippi River, is building a glass slide to hang off the exterior of the structure, and it will invite visitors to ride the attraction. More… |
Gold slides from 9-week high as stocks steady, dollar firmsGold prices fell as much as one per cent on Friday, retreating from the previous day's nine-week high as stock markets steadied after this week's rout and the dollar strengthened. European stocks edged More… |
Oil slides to new 7-year low as IEA warns of worse glutCrude oil prices hit fresh seven-year lows on Friday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned global oversupply could worsen in the new year. Brent slipped below $39 per barrel for the first time since D More… |
Arabtec tumbles on stake sale; Aabar upDubai construction group Arabtec tumbled on Sunday after the firm announced it will sell a 70 per cent stake to Aabar Investment, pending shareholder approval. Arabtec fell 4.2 per cent in early trading, while Aabar climbed 5 per cent. More… |
Dollar slides on G20, IMF; euro above $1.50The dollar weakened broadly on Monday, pushing the euro above $1.50, after a weekend G20 meeting and US jobs data last week did little to alter the view that US. interest rates will stay low for some time. The conviction that US - and othe More… |
Kuwait July property sales plunge 65pcKuwait’s real estate sales plunged 65 per cent in July, the fourth month of decline after private firms were banned from trading in residential property to leash record inflation, according to government data. Residential sales, the bigges More… |
Nokia rolls out 3 classic modelsNokia on Tuesday unveiled a trio of mobile devices that balance stunning and sophisticated looks with the latest in mobile functionality. All three devices, the Nokia 6600 fold, the Nokia 6600 slide and the Nokia 3600 slide present a smoo More… |
Dollar slide deepens, hits record low vs euroThe dollar hit a record low against the euro and fell back towards a 12-year low versus the yen on Friday as rumours of more hedge fund failures stoked concern about damaged credit markets and drove Asian stocks lower. The dollar was also More… |