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June 28th, 2026 - 11:03 GMT

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US restaurants add mandatory tips to bills as World Cup fans are unfamiliar with tipping culture

ALBAWABA - The World Cup, doubtlessly, brings fans from all around the world to come and cheer for their favorite teams and to experience the cultures of the host countries, one culture. However, has slipped World Cup fans by, tipping. Tipping is seen not as something optional in the U.S. but as something compulsory, that anyone should tip their server as they pay for their meal. This mindset, however, hardly ...

The land giveaway is the latest sign that Hamas is struggling financially after almost a decade of uncontested power in the coastal strip. (AFP/File)

July 31st, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Hamas handing out former settlement lands amid financial crisis

Online shopping is a rapidly growing trend in the Middle East. (Shutterstock)

July 28th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Online shopping skyrockets 59 percent in the Middle East

Tourists look at scarves at a market on December 19, 2014 in the Omani capital. (File photo)

July 27th, 2016 - 11:45 GMT

Tourists and investors can stay in Oman longer on new multiple entry visa scheme

In 2015 2,000 millionaires relocated to Dubai, and that trend is expected to continue this year. (Shutterstock)

July 26th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

More than 3,000 millionaires expected to move to UAE in 2016

Authorities have circulated information to businesses warning them against charging customers extra for choosing to pay with a credit card. (Shutterstock)

July 25th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

COTD: Abu Dhabi businesses to be fined for charging customers extra to use credit cards

Job-hunting can be a daunting task for recent graduates. (Shutterstock)

July 24th, 2016 - 08:12 GMT

Work experience is the missing link for recent UAE graduates

The new mobile app, which is based on a 1990s Nintendo game, has created a global frenzy as players roam the real world looking for cartoon monsters (AFP/Josep Lago)

July 21st, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

Motorist chases virtual Pokémon in viral game frenzy

Signature designs, including the MANDA shoe and BOW clutch both of which have been re-invented specifically for the Middle East. (Igdigital.com)

July 20th, 2016 - 07:54 GMT

Heel king Jimmy Choo to launch limited edition collection for Middle East

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister. (File photo)

July 19th, 2016 - 09:58 GMT

Sheikhs on a train! UAE royals slum it with commuters on the London Underground

Jafza is now one of the world’s biggest free zones, accounting for almost 32 percent of total FDI (foreign direct investment) flow into the country. (Arabian Supply Chain)

July 18th, 2016 - 06:53 GMT

What is the future of the free zone model in the GCC?

Borsa Istanbul said the coup plotters had tried to occupy its building but failed in the face of resistance from police and security officers. (File photo)

July 17th, 2016 - 09:21 GMT

Turkey's business leaders condemn attempted coup

Of total SWF assets around the world, $4.9 trillion comes from oil and gas. (File photo)

July 14th, 2016 - 10:14 GMT

The world's top ten biggest sovereign wealth funds