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Good news came from the UAE - with Dubai taking the lead in announcing major projects and jump starting an economic boom.

Emirates could be planning to announce a new order for aircraft in the near future - apart from the 25 Boeing 777s which it already intends to buy, senior airline industry officials hinted here yesterday.

The operational strategy for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) will be mapped out next month by an elite team of advisors drawn from eminent bankers from the world's leading financial institutions.

The first regulatory draft of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is expected to be ready in a couple of weeks, sources said here yesterday.

The first bond to be offered through the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) will be its own and could be as much as Dh1.85 billion ($500 million).

Microsoft plans to launch its revolutionary handwritten notes-taking Tablet PC on November 7, a senior official revealed yesterday.

The much-touted dotNet (.Net) platform - aimed at providing the next big boost to Microsoft Corp - is already witnessing "some cloning", according to Steve Ballmer, the chief executive and number two man at the world's leading software corporation.

Another car agency has changed hands. This time it is Suzuki whose UAE dealership has been transfered to Al Rostamani Trading Co from Al Owais Automobiles.

The tiny emirate of Ajman has bucked the national trend in its non-oil foreign trade as its exports last year formed the largest component at more than 50 per cent of the total.

No other person or nation - including the U.S. - has the right to decide who should lead the Palestinian people. It should be left to them to so decide, said the highest ranking non-UAE Arab official to be in Dubai yesterday.

Jordan expects to finalise a policy on how to privatise its postal services within the next three months.

"For that would prove that I have been successful in reducing government to just a policy-making office," he answers, sitting back comfortably and gazing,  but not really looking, at the gilded ceiling of the Royal Mirage's Gold Club lounge.