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Peak-oil theory and its development implications
Denying the idea that Middle East oilfields are getting old and might soon go into decline has... Read full article »
Saudi stock market crash a cause for concern
The ruin of hundreds of thousands of small shareholders in the Saudi stock market crash is a... Read full article »
Can Middle East stock markets recover their strength?
Shares rallied strongly at the start of the week in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, but were still... Read full article »
Middle East stock markets tumble, a second Asian Financial Crisis?
Not since 1998 and the Asian Financial Crisis have Middle East stock markets had a tougher time.... Read full article »
Can Dubai make its tourism vision come true?
The timetable may have slipped from 2010 to 2012 but Dubai is targeting 15 million visitors a... Read full article »
Why are Gulf stock prices falling when oil prices are hitting record highs?
This is the Gulf conundrum of our time. Oil prices are above $75-a-barrel for the first time... Read full article »
Creating a single GCC currency is good news for Gulf business
News that the central bankers of the GCC have agreed on the convergence criteria needed to create... Read full article »
Where next for regional stock markets?
The big corrections of this year have been followed by a modest rally in share prices. But many... Read full article »
IPOs in the UAE: surely there has to be a better way!
The initial public offerings for a second UAE telecom operator called Du, and the Tamweel... Read full article »
A stock market crash does not undermine excellent business fundamentals
The stock market crashes across the region are a reflection of markets driven to overvaluation by... Read full article »
High-flying regional stock markets face a difficult period
Investors in Kuwait have demanded and got government intervention to support the local stock... Read full article »
New poll shows Internet the media of today, not the future
The latest Gulf News, YouGov poll must make sobering reading for the owners of traditional media... Read full article »
Stock market crashes and real economic growth
Both the UAE and Qatar stock markets have crashed in the past few months, and Kuwait and Saudi... Read full article »
DGCX set to ride high on booming gold market
The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange is now trading more than 1,000 contracts a day after just... Read full article »
Floating on a sea of liquidity in the Oil States
So who were the biggest savers of 2005? The thrifty Chinese? The spending averse Japanese? Or the... Read full article »
