Not to be outdone, its closest rival, Emirates, which is based in Dubai, another UAE state, has started too.
It is the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya, a 24-hour news channel based in Dubai.
In 1994 the Dubai-based firm bought a factory in the country with a view to providing utilities services for the domestic Chinese market, but unfortunately the investment failed due to the corrupt dealings of a nearby business.
Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-owned news channel based in the Emirate of Dubai has been running the ads frequently for several months.
In 2008, Dubai-based DP World won a 25-year contract to expand and operate the port in the capital city, Dakar, which had been a major stopover for the French shipping business since the 1800s.
The Sunni outlets are based outside Iraq, in Jordan, Dubai or Egypt.
While major property investors including London-based Enstar Capital have fled Dubai in anticipation of a total financial collapse, Emaar and the Government of Dubai are counting on speculators to take stakes in the Burj now, in anticipation of a market rebound.
In October 2008, they received an offer from Dubai-based consortium Zabeel Investments but the deal collapsed soon after, and in 2009 they were linked with a bid from former Newcastle United colleagues Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez.
Two months later he was arrested and charged with fraud in connection with a Dubai-based company called Al-Makasib.
Tarig El-Sheikh, a Dubai-based investment banker who participated in the round, joined the company as a third partner.
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In the weeks before, the Dubai-based, Saudi-owned station had run a series of adulatory interviews with Iyad Allawi, Iraq's interim prime minister, as well as saturation advertising to get out the vote.
In the latter half of 2011, the Dubai-based Noor Islamic Bank, under pressure from the US Treasury, stopped clearing Iran's oil money.
In December, a film was broadcast on Dubai-based TV station Al-Arabiya warning one hostage would be killed unless British troops were withdrawn from Iraq.
In early 2010, Mr. Ghonim, who had been based in Cairo for Google, relocated with his wife and children to Dubai, where Google has another office.
The big wheel, which has had two previous extensions, was taken over by Dubai-based Freij Entertainment last year, which also operates wheels in other UK cities, including York, Manchester and Liverpool.
Today, the Dubai-based Mara Group has grown into a major corporation that operates in 18 African countries and has various and diverse interests -- from financial services and real estate to communication, manufacturing and agriculture.
Dubai-based British businessman Nazar Musa said that had been a lot of local interest in the issue.
The vessel's operator, the Dubai-based Pioneer Ship Management Services, reported that a cargo of petrol was loaded in Nigeria and was being moved to the US and Europe.
The BBC's Ekaterina Drobinina spoke to one businessman who used to be based in Limassol, who said his friends and colleagues were immediately going to transfer their funds to Singapore or Dubai.
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