September 2011
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Strange Apple Store UAE Policy
2.8 Please note that you may not order more than one product of each product line per transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, please note that you may order several Products in a single transaction as long as these Products don’t belong to the same Product line. For instance, you may order an iPod shuffle and an iPod touch, but you may not order 2 iPod touch.
Why am I allowed to purchase...
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are...”
– Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
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Apple Store UAE Sales Policies →
Interesting. Really interesting move by Apple.
From what I can see on the Sales Policies it looks like Apple has cut out their regional distributor Arab Business Machines and is selling directly to consumers via Apple Sales International.
Shipment takes place directly from China and can take up to 10 days according to their 8000 number.
A little more digging in the Sales Policies reveals an...
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Dubizzle Numbers
I may be totally off base on this, but from what I have heard, Dubizzle currently does USD 10 million in annual revenue.
The recent investment into the firm by South African media conglomerate Naspers’ wholly owned subsidiary MIH Internet is estimated to be USD 10 million for an undisclosed stake.
Great numbers. Let’s hope it is an indicator of good things to come for the regional...
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Six Months of JadoPado (And Some Stats) →
Tim Horton's Dubai. Day One. Packed.
Tried again to get my French Vanilla fix. There’s a line of 25 people or so at the moment. Crazy.
They close at 2am. I think.
“Just 55.4 percent of working-age Californians, defined as those 16 or older, had...”
– California Budget Project via Bloomberg
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“If the US Government was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year, yet they...”
– Dave Ramsey