Dubai and Abu Dhabi continue to occupy the highest rankings in the GCC a new global Quality of Living survey. The Mercer report ranked Dubai at 75, with Abu Dhabi taking the 83rd spot in the list. Elsewhere in the GCC, Muscat in Oman was the region’s only other city in the top 100 out
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Unfolding efforts by Dubai to restructure its corporate holdings and manage an estimated US$85 billion (Dh312.2bn) in debt appear to be winning the confidence of investors, judging from prices for the emirate’s bonds. Dubai Government bonds, which have been rising steadily since last month, continued to climb after news that the Government-owned conglomerate Dubai World
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