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Vancouver’s island hinterland attracts affordability refugees

VANCOUVER / Bloomberg Three times a week Neil Valsangkar escapes Canada’s most expensive real estate market by paying C$100 ($73) for a 20 minute float plane ride to his Vancouver office from his home across the Salish Sea. The 50 kilometer (31 mile) aerial commute allows the father of three to live in Nanaimo, British Columbia where homes cost about ...

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IT alert: Locky on prowl in UAE

ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Information technology networks in the country now have a new bug to fight. The malware which is already spreading havoc in the American and European corporate world is posing serious threats to companies in the UAE and Middle East. Industry experts have sounded an alert against ‘Locky’ — as it is named — which is capable ...

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‘All-women’ airlines all set to take-off

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Taxis, fashion brands and now airlines – you cannot get enough of this young nation when it comes to women. From earning global recognition for respecting women to having a higher number of female university graduates than their male counterparts, UAE has shown the world that it is more than committed to raising the status ...

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