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According to the Roads and Transport Authority, the Dubai Metro recorded 38.9 million passengers in 2010 with about 150,000 people taking the trips daily. Add to the mix a high penetration rate of iPhones in the UAE and you have a natural environment for a nifty little phone app that is making life a little easier these days for commuters. Meet the iMetro.

The introduction of the Metro in the Emirate of Dubai has had “great impact on the traffic flow,” said a traffic expert from the emirate’s transportation agency. Dubai is now doing well compared to the other famous global cities.

Ducab, one of the leading manufacturers of high quality power cables in the Middle East, seeks majority stakes for production facilities outside the UAE, but put it on hold due to political unrest in Arab world, Chairman Ahmad Al Shaikh said.

It is often said it takes a certain type of person to live as an expatriate in the Middle East and, for all the benefits on offer, relocating there can have its challenges. Some arrive dazzled by the glittering skyscrapers and luxury hotels and lured by financial rewards greater than they could earn at home.

Who could fail to love France's TGV, the Train A Grande Vitesse? Swishing almost soundlessly through the lush countryside, transporting you comfortably and speedily from one beautiful city to another, the TGV is part of the French way of life and one of the things foreigners always rave about in tourist opinion polls.

Under EU regulations, it is no longer possible for state-owned rail operators to have a monopoly in their home countries. This has been the impetus for them to expand abroad, with the Gulf a key target. The French National Railway — or SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) — seems to be doing a good job of riding the Gulf railway network boom.

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum honoured the winners of the Dubai Government Excellence Programme (DGEP) Awards at the Dubai World Trade Center on Thursday.

The needs of a working woman will be extensively studied closely by two Dubai establishments so as to identify and address the issues of the working women and rising up to the challenges they encounter in order to overcome obstacles and achieve the best practices.

Petrol pumps at Emarat stations across Dubai have run dry after delivery problems at the company’s depots hit fresh fuel supplies, station managers told Arabian Business. After three days without supplies, workers said they have been forced to turn motorists away.

There is a need for regulation and legislation before rushing forward with a railway project forgetting that it is a different kind of enterprise, says Geoff Leffek, Regional Rail Director for MENA at Hyder Consulting.