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Qatar's GDP rose to a record high of $52.7bn in 2006, registering a nominal growth of 24.2% over the previous year while its GDP per capita rose to a record level of $62,914, giving Qatar the highest GDP per capita in the Middle East and among the wealthiest countries in the world.
A number of Abu Dhabi's leading banks are, on paper at least, paying a price for their success and expansion, reporting a drop in profits for the first quarter of 2007.
Cross the Turkish frontier into Northern Iraq and you will never be far from a "Made in Turkey" stamp.
Deyaar, the real estate arm of the Dubai Islamic Bank, is going to test the waters of the region's initial public offering (IPO) market as it is planning to sell off 55% of its shares in early May in what is being called the largest IPO yet launched in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Sharjah achieved a nominal GDP growth of 19.9% in 2006, growing from AED35bn ($9.5bn) in 2005 to AED42.8bn ($11.66bn) in 2006, according to the Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD).
Boat building is a century-old tradition in the Northern Emirates and dhows - wooden merchant ships indigenous to the region - continue to be handcrafted in the traditional way.

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