BusinessCast May 2, 2008

Nakheel Retail forecast to be largest shopping mall developer by 2012... UAE forces companies to deliver on unpaid wages... Shell and Qatargas sign LNG supply deal with Dubai... Research survey shows employee satisfaction in the UAE is comparably low, 26% say they are highly satisfied, Lebanon and Morocco scored highest... Abu Dhabi implements bylaws to regulate property market registration... New air conditioning technology developed in UAE could produce huge savings for airlines and airports... Abu Dhabi Exhibition Centre construction going 24 hours a day... Sabban Property Investments announces first 'carbon neutral' development in the Middle East... DFM closes week with gain of 1.36%, ADSM up 0.72%... UAE lowers repo rate by 0.25 percentage points, following US Federal Reserve cut.