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No bread with soup (or does it pay to pamper your customers?)

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

There’s a wonderful Italian restaurant in our office building. Their thin crust pizzas are as authentic as any you will get in a fine pizzeria in Italy, the soups and pastas are among the best in Dubai and the service … Continue reading →

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“Indian buffet, more than 50 variety,” the banner said

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

It’s the first time I have noticed the banner, ‘Indian buffet, more than 50 variety’. JIVE is the name of the restaurant; it must have opened recently because I drive past the location every day and I have not noticed … Continue reading →

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What makes Dubai special?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

It’s not the bewildering array of man-made tourist attractions, impressive though many of them are. It’s not the economic success either, astonishing though that is, particularly for a city without any hydrocarbon or mineral assets. What makes Dubai really special … Continue reading →

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10 most innovative cities in the world

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

The Innovation Cities program measures the potential of 445 cities around the world as innovation economies. The classification is based on 162 city indicators; apart from giving bragging rights, the rankings (and the analysis that accompanies them) are a useful … Continue reading →

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How spin changes the news?

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

Yesterday, The National ran a story titled “UAE students fall behind international peers, study shows”. The story went on to talk about how school students in UAE scored below the international average in Math and Science, as per the Trends … Continue reading →

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