Famed American College Football Coach Mack Brown arrived in the UAE today, looking to promote one of the U.S.’ largest universities and, according to some reports, do “fact finding” on Dubai and Abu Dhabi as potential sites for a game.

AOL (NYSE: AOL) has inked an exclusive partnership agreement with Digital Media Services (DMS) of Dubai to find Middle East advertisers.

Seeking to cultivate home-grown design talent, Style.com/Arabia and the Dubai Design & Fashion Council (DDFC) have announced they’ll host an annual contest for Arab “ready-to-wear” fashion designers.

Based on the success of its first franchise in Dubai, Nice-based Mambo Pizza will add sixty more franchise units over the next five years, according to its CEO Mihaela Meuleman. Mambo has retained Francorp Middle East of Dubai to lead…

Bahrain-headquartered Gulf Finance House (GFH) will delist its global depository receipts from the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the company announced Sunday.

Dubai-based delivery company Aramex (DFM: ARMX) announced at its April 19 Annual General Meeting that it will pay its board of directors 3,590,000 AED ($977,389) for its 2014 services.

Dubai-based delivery company Aramex (DFM: ARMX) announced at its April 19 Annual General Meeting that it will pay a cash dividend to investors for its 2014 results.

Bahrain-headquartered Gulf Finance House (GFH) will delist its global depository receipts from the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the company announced Sunday.

Based on the success of its first franchise in Dubai, Nice-based Mambo Pizza will add sixty more franchise units over the next five years, according to its CEO Mihaela Meuleman.

More than 100 will-be Chinese retailers last week toured the under-construction, Chinese-themed “Dragon City” shopping mall in Bahrain’s Diyar Al Muharraq.

Dubai will be home to a space and science research center that will oversee, among other things, the UAE’s planned exploration mission to Mars.

50 speakers, 100 featured startups, and 2,000 technology and design executives from all across the globe are in Dubai today for “the most disruptive event” in the Middle East. Meet some of the most important.

Aramex founder Fadi Ghandour has a message for regional political leaders. He says private industry – led by technology entrepreneurs – will drive most future economic growth for GCC nations.

The company made Dh23.4 billion in profit in 2014.

British-Dutch suitcase-tracking startup FastTrack has announced that it has raised a total of $2.9 million, as well as a partnership with airlines KLM, Air France, Saudi Airlines, and KPN.

Tenmou, Bahrain’s first ‘Business Angels’ organisation is gearing up to host MENA Angel Investors Summit 2015 in May 2015. The event will be held in strategic partnership with the Economic Development Board (EDB).

The plant is part of a broader, $60m complex being developed for Addar Chemicals Co – a Saudi conglomerate headed by the former MD and vice-chairman of Saudi Basic Industries, HE Dr. Ibrahim Ibn Salamah.

UAE subscribers of Etisalat will now experience better access to comprehensive workflows and troubleshoot issues, thereby allowing them uninterrupted entertainment packages.

The markets that experienced the greatest growth in February 2015 versus February 2014 were the Middle East (+21.5%) and the Caribbean (+11%).

More than 100 will-be Chinese tenants visited Muharraq in anticipation of a Sept. 2015 opening.