Dubai foreign trade hits $270 bln

Dubai's non-oil foreign trade managed to cross the Dhs 1 trln (US$ 270 bln) threshold within nine months in 2013, to reach a volume of Dhs 1.009 trln by the end of

’Tis the season to buy less

 * U.S. shoppers seek bargains, Britons affected by weather, as Cypriots spend less * ’Tis the season to be merry, but not so for retailers around the world who have seen a

The Merriest Christmas on record

. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Research The United Nations recently released a heartening update on its “millennium goals” for the developing world, with many of its 2015 targets on the way