Business Features
Not the Gulf Confrontational Council
- The Gulf Cooperation Council's ability to strike a deal is crucial to the region's future. It needs to move away from its nickname the Gulf Confrontational Council.
- Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, April 07 - 2004 at 14:54
Interview with Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn
- The president and CEO of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, served as co-chairman of this year's Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. A Frenchman, Ghosn has overseen the rise of the Japanese auto giant, which produces 2.5 million units per year.
- Lebanon: Saturday, March 13 - 2004 at 09:18
Interview with Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister
- Saudi Arabia's soft-spoken Minister of Finance and National Economy, Ibrahim Abdel Aziz Al Assaf, previously worked at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He thus brings a global perspective to the challenge of reforming the region's largest economy.
- Saudi Arabia: Thursday, March 11 - 2004 at 09:45 |
Michael Dell on the Middle East and NASDAQ
- Michael Dell launched his computer firm 20 years ago, with just a thousand dollars. Today, he heads one of the world's top technology companies, with a lead position in the supply of IT hardware to consumers, businesses and governments.
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, March 10 - 2004 at 09:54
Stelios Haji-Ioannou on low-cost Mideast airlines
- When Stelios Haji-Ioannou launched easyJet in 1995, at the age of 28, few could have predicted the success of the low-cost business model. So what does this Greek-born businessman and self-described serial entrepreneur think of Middle East budget airlines?
- Tuesday, March 09 - 2004 at 10:19
Interview with Majid Saif Al Ghurair
- The Dubai-based Al-Ghurair Group is one of the most powerful players in the UAE's real estate and manufacturing sectors. For the group's CEO, Majid Saif Al Ghurair, the challenge is to consolidate that position in the face of new competition.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, March 08 - 2004 at 09:32
Interview with Iraq's Minister of Trade
- According to Harvard-educated Ali Allawi, Iraq's first trade minister in the post- Saddam Hussein era, the country urgently needs to establish stability, and then can work to forge new economic bonds across the region and the world.
- Iraq: Sunday, March 07 - 2004 at 10:16
Interview with Emaar's Mohammed Alabbar
- As one of the leading real estate development firms in the Gulf, Emaar Properties is laying the foundations for the region's future. The company's chairman, Mohammed Alabbar, outlines his vision of tomorrow for the Arab world.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, March 06 - 2004 at 17:11
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