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MOVES-Deutsche Bank, Gartmore, MerrillHONG KONG/LONDON/NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments and moves were announced on Wednesday. To tell us of other job changes, please email: moves read more. A Desert Cow Boy in SharjahIn a land where your eyes feast on sand dunes and extensive desert sands, one cannot imagine the existence of a western cowboy. Yet the same is true in Sharjah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE. For the Sharjah residents he is a well know person. Come rain, mist, winter or merciless sunshine, the ever familiar figure of a man with military trousers, a heavy coat over a layer of a shirt and a sweater , a cap on his balding head and his little personal belongings in a discarded supermarket trolley is true of the DESERT COWBOY. He resembles Charlie Chaplin playing the Tramp. Nobody actually knows his real name. But to the residents, he is simply known as COWBOY. Given a first glance, one can brush him off as a rare vagabond in the UAE. But he has the distinction of assisting the Sharjah Police in directing traffic during peak hours, helps in as day-time security for selective buildings and also teaches little children Arabic. read more. Palm Atlantis rises up from the sandLocated on the furthermost point of the busiest construction site in Dubai, the logistics of building the Atlantis on the Palm Jumeirah were never going to be easy. Throw in a midday working ban, an international shortage of tower cranes, the problem of accommodating 2,000 site workers, and the fact that your entire development will be built on sand, and you really have all the ingredients of what is known in the industry as a logistical nightmare. But despite the myriad obstacles threatening the smooth progress of the US $1.5 billion (AED5.5 billion) project, it remains on track for a December 2008 opening. Perhaps the key reason for this has been the unusual approach adopted by developer, Kerzner International. And that started with the decision to avoid letting the work to a main contractor in the traditional way. read more. |
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