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HOWTO: Manage Like a Dictator

Don’t look at me like that! One of my biggest motivations to open shop was to handle employer/employee relationships differently from the way I have seen. I had ideals! I wanted to create a nirvana of a workplace. Then I learned to lower my expectations. I continued to lower my expectations that it has hit [...]

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3.6% of UAE GNP to charity unlikely

The National ran a story about the UAE's claim of donating 3.6% of GNP to charity. Sir John Holmes rejected these claims and labeled them 'dubious'.

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• The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award has been advertised on the radio for the past few days now. Unfortunately, you can't visit their site since.. well, there's nothing there! In other news, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry won an award for hosting the award. Are you confused yet? #
• So, Dubai residents are getting evicted to make way for the Jumeirah Village City. Who was paid to come up with that name? #
• Bayt.com - engineering racism I have always been a fan of Internet-based companies in the region. I also understand the general frustration that stems from the seeming unfair compensation packages offered to people of different nationalities. While I maintain that this is strictly an exercise of providing incentives to leave one's home country, I was rather disappointed to find Bayt.com add an option for employers to specify nationalities accepted for positions. Why would you encourage such practice? That is indeed a sad thing. #