DUBAI — Dubai plans to slash its budget spending in the coming years as new infrastructure projects will only be launched if they benefit the Gulf emirate and the United Arab Emirates’ economy, its finance department said.

DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state’s moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai’s police chief said.

DUBAI: The Dubai Inter-national Financial Centre (DIFC) is reaching out to companies from emerging markets including Africa and is considering cost cuts as it seeks to become the Gulf region’s main business hub, its chief executive said.

Dubai’s police chief Lt Gen Dhahi Khalfan Tamim has launched a virulent attack on banks in the UAE and other Gulf oil producers, saying they are to blame for the real estate crisis in the region and for a surge in financial court cases.

Israeli officials remained doggedly silent on Wednesday in the wake of a Dubai police decision to seek the arrest of the Israeli prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas militant in the Gulf emirate.

DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) – Dubai’s inflation slowed to 4.0 percent in 2009 from a peak of 10.8 percent the previous year as price growth in housing and food costs decelerated, the Gulf emirate’s data showed on Wednesday.

DUBAI -Dubai police said Tuesday they are seeking the arrest of Israel’s prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas militant in a hotel room of the Gulf city-state. Read more…

Dubai police said Tuesday they are seeking the arrest of Israel’s prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas militant in a hotel room of the Gulf city-state.

Dubai’s police chief said on Tuesday that Western passports will be closely inspected following the murder of a senior Hamas militant in the Gulf emirate but that Jews would not be singled out.

Emirati officials say at least two more fraudulent Irish passports have been linked to the alleged hit squad accused of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai. They also say some of the 18 suspects visited the Gulf city for a reconnaissance mission at least once before the Jan. 19 killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel room.

The assassins of a senior Hamas militant in Dubai made use of diplomatic passports, the Gulf emirate’s police chief said on Sunday, as he warned of a mole within the ranks of the Palestinian group.

JERUSALEM_ Dubai’s police chief said Thursday that Israel’s Mossad spy agency was almost certainly responsible for the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh in the Gulf city-state last month and called for an Interpol warrant to be served against Mossad chief Meir Dagan.

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dubai Holding, owned by the ruler of the Gulf emirate, is in informal talks to sell its 41-percent stake in Oman National Investment Corp Holding (ONIC), three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dubai Holding, owned by the ruler of the Gulf emirate, is in informal talks to sell its 41-percent stake in Oman National Investment Corp Holding (ONIC), three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dubai Holding, owned by the ruler of the Gulf emirate, is in informal talks to sell its 41-percent stake in Oman National Investment Corp Holding (ONIC), three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Some creditors to Dubai World, which is currently restructuring $22 billion of debt, are seeking to offload loans to reduce their exposure to the Gulf emirate’s conglomerate, The Financial Times reported.