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...July 2004 he jumped too, from U.S. Airways to Dubai-based Emirates. His new company provides him with a freshly pressed uniform and a chauffeur-driven car to each flight. Murray has twice the vacation time (42 days), guaranteed annual raises and a benefits package that has lured more than 100 U.S. pilots to Emirates over the past four years. One-third of the 23 former U.S. Airways pilots at Emirates had the option to return when the airline recalled them from furlough after the cuts in 2004. Only one did. "It's just not worth it," Murray says. "Employees...
...Starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, in Christchurch, New Zealand, citizens from around the world turned off their lights for an hour, to draw attention to the connection between energy use and climate change. From New Zealand, the event moved westward with the sun to Australia, Manila, Dubai, Dublin, New York, Chicago and finally San Francisco, where both the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge went dark for an hour. Carter Roberts, head of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which sponsored Earth Hour, said the global event was designed to "make a statement about our commitment...
There are about 85,000 people worldwide with liquid assets of $25 million or more, and their numbers are increasing. Sunseeker's dealers in Dubai "will take anything we can give them," Braithwaite says. Four years ago, Ferretti's Russian market was practically nonexistent. Last year sales there hit $147 million. Rich Russians are following the lead of homegrown multibillionaire Roman Abramovich. He owns three yachts, including the 377-ft. (115 m) Pelorus, and reportedly has a fourth under construction in Germany--the aptly named Eclipse, which at 509 ft. (155 m) would be the world's biggest privately owned...
...thesis,” she said. “I don’t even know what that would be like.” She took a brief break from final editing last night to offer advice to younger students interested in writing. “I went to Dubai, which is what made it all worth it,” she said. “If you’re going to write a thesis, at least try to get a trip out of it.” For Kozak, the most important advice was that students choose subjects...
Meanwhile, Shakir has received a citation in Arabic and traveled to the Middle East every summer, recruiting Palestinian students to Harvard, working for the prime minister’s office in Dubai, and researching in Egypt for her senior thesis. [CORRECTION APPENDED...