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Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal Part Of Dubai's Luxury Property Boom
This month, the Dubai Land Department reported a property deal worth $163 million on Palm Jumeirah. The relentless rise of Dubai's real-estate market over the past year means that few believe even that record will stand for too long.
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Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro to Soon Get Crypto Payment Services for Property Taxes
Rio de Janeiro will let its residents pay their property taxes in the form of cryptocurrencies starting in 2023. With this, Rio has become the first Brazilian city ever to do so. Crypto firms that will be hired as part of this initiative will convert the payments to the Brazilian Real for the treasury.
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Dubai Applies Brakes On Building Boom After Billionaires Call for Pause
The desert gave Dubai an easy excuse to keep building. But five years into Dubai's property funk, the emirate's leadership is drawing the line.
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The Unlikely Chinese Cities Where House Prices Rival London
Some of the world's priciest housing markets aren't where you might think. A four-year property boom in China has elevated a collection of little-known cities and turned them into real estate gold.
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A Saudi Billionaire Vanished For 400 Days And His Global Empire Boomed
Some 400 days after Mohammed Al Amoudi went missing, word came Thursday of his whereabouts: In custody in Saudi Arabia and awaiting trial on corruption and bribery charges. The good news for Al Amoudi, one of the world's richest men, is that during his prolonged absence, much of his global business empire has thrived. Sales at his Sweden-based oil ...
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"Bad City Dreams": Photos That Capture Darker Shades Of Gurgaon's Boom
A photographic exhibition in Paris aims to capture both the rapid growth of Gurgaon and the deep divide in India's urban centres, where workers aspire to live in the gleaming properties they build or clean. "Bad City Dreams" features about 20 photographs of Gurgaon, 30 kilometres southwest of New Delhi, by Paris-based Arthur Crestani
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In Capital's Real Estate Boom, Dream Homes Become Nightmares
For many people like Brigadier Rakesh Dhir, who have managed to scrape together enough for buying a home in or around Delhi, the dream has turned into a nightmare over the last few years.
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Amazon, E-Commerce Rivals Fuel Commercial Property Boom in India: Report
Demand from e-commerce firms accounted for as much as 40 percent of 1.7 million sq. feet of warehouses leased in 2014, said CBRE South Asia.
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Sriracha shortage: why chilli sauce is hot property - and getting hotter
The possibility of a global shortage of sriracha sauce horrified chilli lovers everywhere. The UK market for all kinds of hot sauce is booming - do you spice up your savoury dishes?It came as no surprise to me that sriracha junkies in the US were preparing...
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Queen scores record profit from booming London property
Britain's Crown Estate - owned by Queen Elizabeth - on Thursday said it made record profit in the year to March, thanks to the strong performance of its central London properties.
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Wealthy Chinese want to get out of China
Chinese millionaire Su builds skyscrapers in Beijing and is one of the people powering China's economy on its path to becoming the world's biggest. He sits at the top of a country - economy booming, influence spreading, military swelling - widely expected to dominate the 21st century. Yet the property developer shares something surprising with ma...
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Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal Part Of Dubai's Luxury Property Boom
This month, the Dubai Land Department reported a property deal worth $163 million on Palm Jumeirah. The relentless rise of Dubai's real-estate market over the past year means that few believe even that record will stand for too long.
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Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro to Soon Get Crypto Payment Services for Property Taxes
Rio de Janeiro will let its residents pay their property taxes in the form of cryptocurrencies starting in 2023. With this, Rio has become the first Brazilian city ever to do so. Crypto firms that will be hired as part of this initiative will convert the payments to the Brazilian Real for the treasury.
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Dubai Applies Brakes On Building Boom After Billionaires Call for Pause
The desert gave Dubai an easy excuse to keep building. But five years into Dubai's property funk, the emirate's leadership is drawing the line.
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The Unlikely Chinese Cities Where House Prices Rival London
Some of the world's priciest housing markets aren't where you might think. A four-year property boom in China has elevated a collection of little-known cities and turned them into real estate gold.
-
A Saudi Billionaire Vanished For 400 Days And His Global Empire Boomed
Some 400 days after Mohammed Al Amoudi went missing, word came Thursday of his whereabouts: In custody in Saudi Arabia and awaiting trial on corruption and bribery charges. The good news for Al Amoudi, one of the world's richest men, is that during his prolonged absence, much of his global business empire has thrived. Sales at his Sweden-based oil ...
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"Bad City Dreams": Photos That Capture Darker Shades Of Gurgaon's Boom
A photographic exhibition in Paris aims to capture both the rapid growth of Gurgaon and the deep divide in India's urban centres, where workers aspire to live in the gleaming properties they build or clean. "Bad City Dreams" features about 20 photographs of Gurgaon, 30 kilometres southwest of New Delhi, by Paris-based Arthur Crestani
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In Capital's Real Estate Boom, Dream Homes Become Nightmares
For many people like Brigadier Rakesh Dhir, who have managed to scrape together enough for buying a home in or around Delhi, the dream has turned into a nightmare over the last few years.
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Amazon, E-Commerce Rivals Fuel Commercial Property Boom in India: Report
Demand from e-commerce firms accounted for as much as 40 percent of 1.7 million sq. feet of warehouses leased in 2014, said CBRE South Asia.
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Sriracha shortage: why chilli sauce is hot property - and getting hotter
The possibility of a global shortage of sriracha sauce horrified chilli lovers everywhere. The UK market for all kinds of hot sauce is booming - do you spice up your savoury dishes?It came as no surprise to me that sriracha junkies in the US were preparing...
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Queen scores record profit from booming London property
Britain's Crown Estate - owned by Queen Elizabeth - on Thursday said it made record profit in the year to March, thanks to the strong performance of its central London properties.
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Wealthy Chinese want to get out of China
Chinese millionaire Su builds skyscrapers in Beijing and is one of the people powering China's economy on its path to becoming the world's biggest. He sits at the top of a country - economy booming, influence spreading, military swelling - widely expected to dominate the 21st century. Yet the property developer shares something surprising with ma...
