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Spirit of Norway take the field as strong favouritesDubai: Spirit of Norway go in as strong favourites in the Honda British Grand Prix the fifth round of the UIM Class One World Powerboat Championship in Plymouth this week. Though Spirit of Norway lead the title race by 17 points, they have not had it going their way this season. And when the defending World Champions line up in Plymouth tomorrow, they will be wary of the threat that the list of would-be challengers is growing after each race this season. Midway through the 2006 season, with four races run, the championship is developing into one of the most unpredictable and compelling for many years. Five boats have taken either pole position and/or race wins so far. Spirit of Norway and King of Shaves, running the Lamborghini-Skema V12 and Foresti&Suardi-Roscioli Hotels with the Lamborghini-Scam V12 have set the pace in qualifying to grab pole position and Spirit, with Qatar 95 and Jotun, both running the Mercury Class 1 V8, taking race wins. 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. MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: Garmin navigates to record, raises ...Garmin Ltd . sold $432.5 million worth of navigation gear during the second quarter, shattering Wall Street estimates for the Olathe company. Before the market opened this morning, the manufacturer of Global Positioning System devices reported a $120.7 million profit for the three months. Min Kao, Garmin's chief executive, said the sale of automotive products grew by more than 100 percent during the period. "Solid growth in both our automotive/mobile and outdoor/fitness segments has positioned us to exceed our earlier 2006 guidance for these segments," Kao said in a statement. The company raised its sales projections for 2006 to $1.6 billion, and earnings per share forecast to "exceed $3.90." The $432.5 million in sales is a record for Garmin for the second quarter. 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. Gulf Navigation signs AED145 Million contract with GlencoreGulf Navigation Holding (GNH), the region's rapidly growing oil and chemical carrier and ST Shipping and Trading, Switzerland - based Glencore's shipping arm, one of the largest oil trading houses in the world, have signed a time charter agreement for three ships at an approximate value of USD40 million (AED145 million). . read more. Balfour wins Dubai road contractsBalfour Beatty, the UK's biggest construction company, said it won contracts valued at more than $187m to upgrade roads in Dubai. Balfour's jointly owned company, Dutco Balfour Beatty, will carry out the work to improve traffic flow in downtown Dubai city, the London based company said in a Regulatory News Service statement. . read more. Plan to take away power procurement work from Transco: BJPNew Delhi, Aug 2: The BJP today accused the government of planning to strip public body Delhi Transco Ltd off the work of procurement of power for the national capital and transfer it to three private power distribution companies.The party's Delhi state President Harsh Vardhan claimed the proposal would compel the public to pay "four or five times more charges for the consumption of power".Vardhan also claimed that the government had directed the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to take steps in this regard.He alleged that the government had decided to give this responsibility to the three companies without inviting open tenders. . read more.Our website has gathered resources related to Dubai Finance In Job and piled it together at a convenient location.
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