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    <title>UAE Cost of Living report: Businesses profit from fall in rents</title>
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        Dubai-based companies have been able to profit from the downturn as their overheads plummet from 2008 levels, with a deceptive 20% average growth rate in office rental prices nationally fuelled by increased interest in Abu Dhabi. 'In a December 2008 study of 57 countries by real estate broker Cushman and Wakefield, Dubai had risen from eighth to fifth place, with Abu Dhabi taking the position of 8th place,' notes Kershaw Leonard in its sixth annual cost of living report.
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        One area that has yet to see signs of a slowing down in pricing is the education sector in the UAE, where school fees have continued to climb despite the downturn. Dubai still leads the way in terms of school costs, with fees at the top end coming in at up to 70% higher than in Abu Dhabi.
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        Nowhere has the effect of the financial crisis  been more evident than in the job market, as a number of companies, particularly in the real estate sector, have been forced to make swingeing cuts in order to deal with the fall out from the global financial crisis. Kershaw Leonard has released its annual Cost of Living report, the sixth installment of the paper. After comparing the UAE market in mid-2008 to the California gold rush of the 1800s, the Dubai-based recruitment and HR consultancy has said that the market in 2009 now resembles 'survival of the fittest'. 
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        The Middle East has a number of advantages that make it well positioned to emerge as a leader in the medical tourism sector, but it needs to do more to change perceptions about the quality of care that is offered in the region, according to an expert in the industry.
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    <title>UAE Cost of Living Report 2009: Accommodation </title>
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        Kershaw Leonard has released its annual Cost of Living report, the sixth installment of the paper. After comparing the UAE market in mid-2008 to the California gold rush of the 1800s, the Dubai-based recruitment and HR consultancy has said that the market in 2009 now resembles 'survival of the fittest'. With housing costs having spiralled in 2008, the study looks at what the decline in prices has meant for the UAE's emirates.
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