Editorial Column
Internet advertising gaining ground on traditional media
- More and more people are turning to the Internet for news and entertainment, and traditional media is suffering. The latest IAB/PwC figures released last week showed a 26% surge in Net advertising in the first half of 2005.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, October 01 - 2005 at 10:40 |
Will DIFX become a regional technology bourse?
- Dubai has launched its regional stock market, the first of its kind in the Arab world to run by international rules. But what is its future? Who will list their shares? Technology may be the answer.
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, September 27 - 2005 at 07:45 |
Saudis flock to UAE for Dana Gas IPO
- IPO mania came to the UAE this week with thousands of Saudi Arabians and also citizens of Qatari besieging the banks of the country to buy the Dana Gas IPO. But with so many participants will they have much of a profit to show for their effort?
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 25 - 2005 at 07:42 |
Hurricane set to hit financial markets
- Hurricane Rita is heading for the southern coast of the US threatening oil installations still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. Yet few commentators are saying what is obvious: this is going to seriously impact global and local financial markets.
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, September 22 - 2005 at 08:31 |
Warren Buffett's advice on how to get rich
- The world's most successful investor once said that the secret of becoming rich was to be greedy when others are fearful and very fearful when others are greedy. Does this apply now to the boom in Arabia where many are throwing caution to the wind?
- Saturday, September 17 - 2005 at 09:13 |
Are we half-way through the third Great Oil Boom?
- 1973-4 and 1979-80 were the previous Great Oil Boom years, which sparked huge construction projects in the Middle East. 2000-05 is so far proving longer and more resilient. But how much longer can the good times last?
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 10 - 2005 at 09:26 |
Does subsidizing UAE gasoline make economic sense?
- If you want to diversify an economy then you have to provide financial incentives to get business to relocate and expand. For an oil-rich country subsidizing fuel products like gasoline is a therefore a pretty effective diversification policy.
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, September 06 - 2005 at 17:05 |
Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf of Arabia
- Gasoline stocks in the US are at their lowest levels for five years. For the real shortage is not crude oil, where stocks are full to the brim but refinery capacity; the stage is set for an old-fashioned energy crisis in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
- Saudi Arabia: Saturday, September 03 - 2005 at 13:52 |
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