Privatization or state control? Rapid growth or financial stagnation? Syria at a crossroads.
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Saturday, February 16 - 2002 at 16:54
Forget all the clichés about Gulf women. They are young, smart and on the move.
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Saturday, February 16 - 2002 at 16:52
The inside story of Ford Motor's $4 million
settlement with its exclusive UAE distributor.<...
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Thursday, January 24 - 2002 at 10:37
Never mind the global impact of September 11th.
Investment in the Gulf is moving fast-forward....
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Thursday, January 24 - 2002 at 10:32
Washington and Moscow struck a deal in Central Asia during
the war in Afghanistan. Who will...
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Thursday, January 24 - 2002 at 10:29
Mideast foreign exchange markets used to be dead.
Now, from Algeria to Saudi Arabia, forex is...
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Thursday, January 24 - 2002 at 10:23
Qatar's Al-Ahli Bank was on the brink of collapse.
Then the government took over and turned...
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Thursday, January 24 - 2002 at 10:20
Tony Blair is leading the fight against terrorism in Europe. The prime minister recently spoke...
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Thursday, January 24 - 2002 at 10:17
The new session of the Kuwaiti parliament promises to be one of the most volatile in the country'...
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Wednesday, December 19 - 2001 at 20:54
Solidere has been trying to rebuild Beirut since 1994. Millions
of dollars later, the company...
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Saturday, November 03 - 2001 at 09:00
The souks of Beirut evoke precious memories in those Lebanese old enough to recall the pre-war...
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Saturday, October 27 - 2001 at 09:00
It has been a bumper year for car manufacturers in the Gulf. The automobile industry has...
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Saturday, October 20 - 2001 at 09:00
It has been a truly terrible year for Bahrain's top investment bank. Can Investcorp stage a...
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Wednesday, October 17 - 2001 at 09:00
No taxes? Foreign ownership? Efficient transport? Arab free zones are the answer for global...
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Saturday, October 06 - 2001 at 09:00
Sheikh Tariq bin Faisal Al Qassimi, the head of the Hamriyah Free Zone and chairman of the...
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Saturday, September 22 - 2001 at 10:00