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House prices 'soar' in seaside towns

Five seaside towns in Aberdeenshire recorded at least a doubling in house prices since 2004, a report by Halifax finds.

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Batelco Signs Agreement with Riedel Networks at ITW in Chicago

Batelco, the Middle East regional partner of choice for international operators has signed a master bilateral supply agreement with Riedel Networks on the sidelines of International Telecoms Week (ITW) which took place in Chicago, USA from May 11 to 14.

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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens flat ahead of housing data

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened flat on Friday, with investors looking ahead to data on the housing market, though the S&P 500 on track to notch its first weekly gain in the past three. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 4.36...
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Hong Kong expects surge in tourists from Qatar

Hong Kong is expecting a surge in the number of travellers from the Middle East, in particular Qatar, in coming years in view of a "growing awareness" about the location among the residents of the region, a senior official has said.

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Tunisia could once more access AfDB loans by end of 2014

"Tunisia could once more access the African Development Bank (AfDB)'s loans by the end of 2014," Adviser to AfDB Morocco-Tunisia-Togo Office Lotfi Trifa told TAP, on the occasion of the AfDB Group's 49th Annual Meeting organised, May 19-23 in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Burj Al Arab retains ‘Best Hotel in the World’ ranking

Jumeirah Group said on Tuesday its flagship hotel, Burj Al Arab, has been voted the Best Hotel in the World and Best Hotel in the Middle East in the Daily Telegraph’s esteemed annual Ultimate Luxury Travel Related Awards (ULTRAs) Reader Survey.

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