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• Ford Mustang V6 gets 305 hp for 2011

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 132
  The base Ford Mustang V6 has been the laughing stock of the sports car world since forever. It is so embarrassing that Ford doesn’t even bother offering it in the GCC. And yet, it is responsible for most Mustang sales in the United States, picked up by secretaries and hairdressers in droves. However, as long [...]
  9 hours ago

• Dubai Debt Follows String of Troubles for Its Ruler

  
  Bahraini.TV — Authority: 126
  Amid a global financial-market rout, Dubais announcement Wednesday that it would seek to delay debt payments represents the latest setback for the city-states ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
  11 hours ago

• UAE central bank sets up emergency facility for banks

  
  Bahraini.TV — Authority: 126
  The United Arab Emirates’ central bank set up an emergency facility on Sunday to support bank liquidity in the first policy response to Dubai’s debt woes that threatened to paralyze lending and derail economic recovery.Dubai rocked the financial world on Nov. 25 when it said it would ask creditors of Dubai World, ...
  11 hours ago

• Chevrolet Cruze hits UAE and USA

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 132
  The 2010 Chevrolet Cruze has been unveiled in the UAE, during some launch event at a Sharjah showroom. Incidentally, the Cruze has also been unveiled in the United States as a 2011 model in time for the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show, and it looks like the U.S. version gets better features. We’ve already gone [...]
  1 day ago

• Brabus B63 S tuning for Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 132
  German tuners Brabus is now offering a tuning package for the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG, complete with a pumped-up engine and a robotic body kit. With Brabus B63 S engine tuning, power output for the rev-happy 6.3-litre V8 jumps by 30 hp to 555 hp, with peak torque growing by 20 Nm to 650 [...]
  2 days ago

• Getting Biblical Council ~Tim Conway

  
  Puritan Fellowship — Authority: 137
  Looking for a husband, wife, job? Wondering whether or where to go to college? What to do when you need advice in other times of trials or day-to-day life? Note: Pastor Tim remarks about professing Christians who wont go to him or others who they know will give them biblical advice because they dont want to hear ...
  2 days ago

• Are You Ready To Stand Before The Lord & Say I Did Not Help My Brother or Sister In Need? ~Tim Conway

  
  Puritan Fellowship — Authority: 137
  "Brethren Ill tell you this: If all of a sudden you see a brother or sister in need and your first thoughts are not: "O man, how can I get in their shoes and help bear that burden", but rather your first thoughts are: "O man, if I have to help them then Im not gonna be able to do this, Im not going to be able to do ...
  4 days ago

• The Environmental Issues – Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach.

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 121
  Nature and Animal Conservation        Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Visit : http://www.globalissues.org/article/1… ...
  4 days ago

• Jeep Wrangler 2007-2008 recall for gearbox sensor

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 132
  Chrysler is recalling 161,500 Jeep Wrangler models of years 2007 through to 2008, manufactured between June 2006 and July 2008, specifically those equipped with the automatic transmission. These vehicles were not equipped with a transmission fluid temperature warning system. Transmission fluid could boil over and ...
  5 days ago

• ETFs to Take Shelter from a Depreciating Dollar

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 560
  This year hasn’t been good for the U.S. dollar. But a depreciating dollar does provide opportunities and an investor may capitalize on the benefits with some choice exchange traded funds (ETFs).In the past eight months, the U.S. Dollar Index, a measure of the dollar against a basket of major...
  5 days ago

• Qatar to propose for a regional development bank

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 547
  Qatar is planning to propose that the Gulf states create a regional development bank during the GCC rulers summit in Kuwait in December, Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, secretary-general of the GCC told Al Arabiya TV. He said the aim was “establishing a development bank for the GCC, similar to the European development ...
  6 days ago

• WIP: Ukrainian Openwork Sampler (elements by Jan Walters)

  
  Just String — Authority: 129
  Todays featured WIP is a sampler in Ukrainian Openwork. The individual bands were all designed by Jan Walters, but the arrangement of bands is my own. Technique/Materials:   Ukrainian Openwork (primarily consisting of satin stitches and drawn and pulled thread work) in DMC coton a broder threads on 25ct ...
  6 days ago

• BMW 5-Series 2010-2011 officially revealed

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 132
  The outgoing BMW 5-Series has been out of production for several months now, so it comes as no surprise that the all-new BMW 5-Series is ready to hit the roads as a 2010 model, or 2011 as some may call it. Based on a shortened version of the new 7-Series platform, the 5-Series is longer [...]
  6 days ago

• Lexus GX460 2010 for U.S. market based on Prado

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 132
  The U.S. market gets an extensive line of Toyota 4×4 models, including the 4Runner and Highlander to fill up the midsize segment. That left no room for the Prado, which is what the rest of the world gets. However, Toyota has been selling a slightly-altered version of the Prado in the United States, calling it [...]
  1 week ago

• Road to Recovery, Part II

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 547
  Click here to read Part I. But while the high price of oil is a “shortcut to recovery” (in the bank’s words), governments will probably have enough savings to get by even if oil drops again. The coffers of the Gulf states are chock full due to years of saving, enhancing their capacity to intervene and boost ...
  1 week ago

• GCC nations may quote oil price in new regional currency

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 547
  Gulf States are considering using a new unified, regional currency to price crude oil rather than using the US dollar, reports Maktoob Business , citing s Saudi economist. “That could put GCC economies amongst the world’s most important,” Saeed al-Shaikh, vice president and chief economist of National ...
  1 week ago

• Cadillac CTS Coupe 2010 officially revealed

  
  Drive Arabia : Dubai / Abu Dhabi [UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman & GCC] — Authority: 132
  The Cadillac CTS Coupe was first shown as a concept at an auto show some time ago. The production version of the 2-door CTS has now been unveiled, and it looks pretty much the same as the big-butted show car. The coupe sharing only its instrument cluster, centre console, headlights, front fenders and grille with ...
  1 week ago

• Gulf countries, South Korea discuss free trade pact

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Abu Dhabi, Nov 22 (IANS) The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members and South Korea have concluded a three-day technical meeting as part of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two parties, WAM news agency reported Sunday.The provisions and legal texts on the issues of trade in services, ...
  1 week ago

• WIP: Summer Dream (by Luan Callery)

  
  Just String — Authority: 129
  Todays featured WIP is no stranger to long-time readers. It is Luan Callerys Summer Dream . Technique/Materials:   Stumpwork and surface work on linen twill, primarily using wool and cotton threads. Background:   I took this EGA correspondence course with a group from my local EGA chapter. According to ...
  1 week ago

• Garbage-collecting sections is not for production

  
  Flameeyes's Weblog : — Authority: 125
  Some time ago I wrote about using --gc-sections to avoid unused functions to creep into final code. Today instead I’d like to show how that can be quite a problem if it was used indiscriminately. I’m still using at least for some projects the diagnostic of --gc-sections to identify stuff that is unused ...
  1 week ago

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