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After a shakeout in the regional dotcom market, which saw many of the players succumb to a 'genetic' disroder, the region's, and more notably Dubai's, publishing business is going through an elimination round in which weak-kneed players have been given no option other than to exit.

While the DIFC is not done yet drawing up its regulatory framework, it is more or less clear that players licensed by the financial centre would be able to do business outside its physical boundaries.

Dubai's success in destination marketing, which helped the emirate become a formidable force in global tourism, has attracted high-calibre academic interest.

When Gulf entrepreneurs borrow, or rather copy, a business model that has been successfully tried out elsewhere, it is assumed to be the done thing.

Comparisons are odious anyway, but they are more so when it is between Dubai and Singapore.

While the DIFC is not done drawing up its regulatory framework, it is more or less clear that players licensed by the financial centre would be able to do business outside its physical boundaries.

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