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Is it time for consolidation of the regional media?
Advertising revenues are under pressure in the Gulf, and an uncertain outlook may force some old... Read full article »
Dubai keeps the FDI flag flying
The Dubai Government is to be congratulated for deciding to re-style last autumn's AMEInfo/IIR... Read full article »
More thoughts on local real estate investment
In Dubai new real estate investment projects are announced almost by the day, and Bahrain is also... Read full article »
$1.7bn Silicon Oasis, Dubai leads economic reform
Dubai has taken a leap into the future with its new $1.7bn silicon chip factory. An astonishing... Read full article »
Bahrain versus Dubai as the regional financial hub
Deutsche Bank has joined Julius Baer and others in declaring support for the new Dubai... Read full article »
Why Westerners still hesitate to buy in Dubai
The absence of Western buyers in Dubai threatens to undermine the emirate's thrust into... Read full article »
Solving the Arabian investor's dilemma
It could be worse. Oil prices are high and the outlook for business good. But Gulf investors are... Read full article »
What does a war really mean for Middle East business?
A short term hiatus, followed by an era of peace, prosperity and high energy prices? Or a nasty... Read full article »
e-Bank 2002 reviews failure as well as success
The e-Bank 2002 conference in Dubai at the week-end demonstrated that the most successful Net... Read full article »
The rise and rise of the PDA
This autumn will see the launch of many new handheld computers, or PDAs. Soon everyone will have... Read full article »
War fears overhang business this autumn
The anniversary of September 11 passed without incident, but concerns over what war in Iraq might... Read full article »
Saudi privatization takes centre stage
Unless the US decides on an early ground attack on Iraq, the privatization of Saudi Telecom next... Read full article »
Will too much regulation kill the DIFC?
Former Bank of England regulators now busily preparing Dubai's huge new international financial... Read full article »
Economist predicts a GCC boom for 2003
Anyone returning from a visit to the West this summer will know that the chill of recession is... Read full article »
Is Dr Faber right about a coming collapse?
Since I first met Dr Marc Faber in November 1999 his predictions have had an unnerving accuracy.... Read full article »
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