http://dailyreporter.com Wisconsin's Construction Authority Sun, 19 May 2013 14:56:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/27/armani-hotel-opens-in-tallest-tower/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/27/armani-hotel-opens-in-tallest-tower/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:21:35 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=46324 Adam Schreck AP Business Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — A luxury hotel crafted by designer Giorgio Armani opened Tuesday as the first landmark tenant in the world’s tallest skyscraper. The 160-room Armani Hotel Dubai is a welcome bit of good news for Dubai’s leaders after the troubled debut of the more than half-mile Burj [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/27/armani-hotel-opens-in-tallest-tower/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/04/meet-the-new-worlds-tallest/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/04/meet-the-new-worlds-tallest/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:51:14 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=37731 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/04/meet-the-new-worlds-tallest/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/21/news-briefs-914/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/21/news-briefs-914/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:57:56 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=32576 Report: Wynn boosts size of initial public offering for Macau assets New York (AP) — Casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd. will increase the size of its Hong Kong initial public offering for its Macau casino assets, as it looks to raise up to $1.63 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. The news comes as the [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/21/news-briefs-914/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/09/dubai-rail-line-makes-room-for-vips/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/09/dubai-rail-line-makes-room-for-vips/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:52:52 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=32157 Adam Schreck AP Business Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Dubai is opening the Arabian Peninsula’s first metro system, hoping to capture the world’s spotlight on the catchy date of 9/9/09 whether the sleek system is fully ready to go or not. The rapid transit line has been slotted together at breakneck speed, much like [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/09/dubai-rail-line-makes-room-for-vips/feed/ 4 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/08/25/vast-fun-park-dream-stalls-in-dubais-downturn/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/08/25/vast-fun-park-dream-stalls-in-dubais-downturn/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:55:42 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=6138 A security guard watches the empty offices of the Universal Studios in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Aug. 6. AP Photos by Kamran Jebreili Adam Schreck AP Business Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Walk through the grand arched entrance of Universal Studios’ Dubai theme park, and you step into … wind-swept desert. No Hollywood [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/08/25/vast-fun-park-dream-stalls-in-dubais-downturn/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/14/qe2-may-open-as-floating-hotel-outside-dubai/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/14/qe2-may-open-as-floating-hotel-outside-dubai/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:15:21 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=4630 Adam Schreck AP Business Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The cash-strapped Dubai owner of the QE2 is weighing plans to open the British ocean liner as a floating hotel elsewhere in the Middle East or Africa rather than in the struggling Persian Gulf sheikdom. In an e-mail Sunday attributed to ship owner Nakheel, the [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/14/qe2-may-open-as-floating-hotel-outside-dubai/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/13/worlds-tallest-tower-to-open-this-year/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/13/worlds-tallest-tower-to-open-this-year/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:55:39 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=4566 Adam Schreck AP Business Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The Middle Eastern developer building the world’s tallest skyscraper vowed Monday to complete the tower by year’s end, though the exact date remains uncertain. Completing the spindly structure, visible for miles around, would give Emaar Properties and its hometown Dubai a significant public relations boost [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/13/worlds-tallest-tower-to-open-this-year/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/06/dubai-skyscraper-developer-shutters-office/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/06/dubai-skyscraper-developer-shutters-office/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:05:30 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=4296 Adam Schreck AP Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Shares of the Dubai developer building the world’s tallest skyscraper extended their slide Sunday after the company shut an office overseeing $20 billion worth of real estate projects in Algeria. In a statement attributed to Emaar Properties, the Middle East’s biggest publicly traded real estate company, [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/07/06/dubai-skyscraper-developer-shutters-office/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/06/29/emaar-to-merge-with-rivals-in-dubai/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/06/29/emaar-to-merge-with-rivals-in-dubai/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:09:20 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=4050 Tarek El-Tablawy AP Writer Cairo (AP) — The Dubai developer behind the world’s tallest building plans to merge with three rivals owned by the sheikdom’s ruler, in a consolidation aimed at better coping with a global meltdown fueled weakness in the one-time Arab boomtown’s real estate sector. In a statement posted Sunday on the Dubai [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/06/29/emaar-to-merge-with-rivals-in-dubai/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/06/01/dubai-developer-takes-over-struggling-properties-projects/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/06/01/dubai-developer-takes-over-struggling-properties-projects/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:01:41 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=2852 Adam Schreck AP Business Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates— Dubai is giving oversight of a sprawling complex of partially built high-rises to the struggling developer of the sheikdom’s palm-shaped islands as the government works to bring its skidding property market under control. In a Monday e-mail attributed to property developer Nakheel and the Dubai Multi [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/06/01/dubai-developer-takes-over-struggling-properties-projects/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/04/01/moodys-cuts-ratings-on-two-dubai-developers/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/04/01/moodys-cuts-ratings-on-two-dubai-developers/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:57:50 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=1030 TAREK EL-TABLAWY AP Business Writer Cairo, Egypt (AP) — A leading international credit-rating agency on Wednesday said it cut ratings on two prominent Dubai government-backed companies, but indicated the United Arab Emirates’ decision to step in and support the one-time Mideast boomtown had moderated the potential scope of the downgrades. Moody’s Investors Service said ratings [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/04/01/moodys-cuts-ratings-on-two-dubai-developers/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/03/30/dubai-shrinks-softens-amid-hard-times/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/03/30/dubai-shrinks-softens-amid-hard-times/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:35:54 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=979 BRIAN MURPHY AP Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — To someone not used to its grandiose ways, Dubai’s downsizing might not look so bad. Construction cranes still tower over the city, though there are fewer. Hummers still crowd the highways, though some now have “for sale” signs taped to their tinted windows. But one brief [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/03/30/dubai-shrinks-softens-amid-hard-times/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/02/25/dubai-gets-bailout-cash-as-growth-slows/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/02/25/dubai-gets-bailout-cash-as-growth-slows/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:24:57 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=391 Adam Schreck AP Business Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The sheiks of Dubai have dreamed for years of creating a financial capital that would rival global titans like New York and London. With unbridled ambition and plenty of borrowing, they succeeded in putting their home on the map. More skyscrapers fill the sky [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/02/25/dubai-gets-bailout-cash-as-growth-slows/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/02/24/dubai-workers-are-stranded-without-jobs/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/02/24/dubai-workers-are-stranded-without-jobs/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:45:58 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=357 Brian Murphy AP Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The world’s economic shadows caught up with Employee No. 861 at the lip of a construction site on Dubai’s desert outskirts. The foreman tapped on the dump truck’s window and broke the news: The project was slowing and fewer workers were needed. Muhammad Munir Bahadar’s next [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/02/24/dubai-workers-are-stranded-without-jobs/feed/ 0