Editorial Column
How much higher can the UAE stock market go?
- Over the past weeks crowds have been gathering in the UAE stock market trading floors to participate in a rapid upsurge in stock prices, and fuelling record trading volumes. This is typical of a booming economy, but how much longer can it last?
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 25 - 2004 at 09:12
Dubai International Financial Centre opens for business
- The world's newest financial centre is now a reality after a decree from the Dubai Government. So what should we expect to see next from the DIFC?
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 18 - 2004 at 08:00
The New Age of the Middle East mega-project
- Since the Millennium a discernable trend towards bigger and bigger real estate and infrastructure projects has emerged in the region. The GCC power grid is the latest example.
- Saudi Arabia: Saturday, September 11 - 2004 at 09:08
Dubai property gets hotter than ever
- More than 300 people queued in the baking sun at the weekend for the latest release of The Greens apartments in Dubai. It was a strong indicator that Dubai real estate is set for a very hot autumn.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 04 - 2004 at 09:16
Economic reform now firmly embedded in the region
- From Amman to Muscat, economic reform is all around us in the Middle East today. This investment in modern management and new thinking will pay big dividends to future generations.
- Saturday, August 28 - 2004 at 08:54
The new age of the GCC regulator
- It's a sure sign that GCC markets are becoming more global in outlook and operation. Regulators and their bureaucracies are mushrooming in the Gulf countries.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, August 21 - 2004 at 09:16
Dubai gets it right on red tape
- The Dubai Government has no patience with bureaucracy and is setting new world standards in how to eliminate red tape.
- Saturday, August 14 - 2004 at 11:48
Rags to riches, lessons from the past
- It is instructive to consider what happened in previous oil booms to try to understand what may happen in the near future. Booms always go bust. It is never a question of if, but always as matter of when, the party ends.
- Saturday, August 07 - 2004 at 09:00
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