Business and Finance

  • Hussain Al Qemzi, CEO, Sharjah Islamic Bank
  • Need for Islamic standards?

  • Islamic banking is flourishing around the world, but currently there are no international standards, with each institution having its own advisory board. Hussain Al Qemzi, CEO, Sharjah Islamic Bank looks at the future, and whether standardisation is needed.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, October 29 - 2006 at 08:57
  • Haissam Arabi, MD, Shuaa Asset Management
  • Gateway to Asia

  • East Asia and the Middle East are seeing increasing integration as an economic block, due to rising oil demand and excess liquidity in the region. Haissam Arabi, MD, Shuaa Asset Management, looks at the investment opportunities that this presents.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, October 12 - 2006 at 09:06
  • Andrew Jeffreys, Editor in Chief, Oxford Business Group
  • East-West divide?

  • What is the signficance of Iran's new cooperation with Venezuela, and how much long term impact will the recent 'Pope row' have? Andrew Jeffreys, Editor in Chief, Oxford Business Group, looks at these issues.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, September 27 - 2006 at 10:02
  • Andrew Jeffreys, Editor in Chief, Oxford Business Group
  • Looking beyond Lebanon

  • What now for Lebanon and international confidence in the Middle East? Andrew Jeffreys, Editor in Chief, Oxford Business Group, looks at the impact of Hezbollah's victory.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, September 26 - 2006 at 08:58
  • Women's flexible friends

  • With First Gulf Bank introducing a credit card targeted at women, Sanjay Chaturvedi, Head of Credit Cards, looks at how the region is going plastic.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, September 20 - 2006 at 09:29
  • Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, Dubai World
  • Spotlight on Dubai World

  • With a second mega-holding company created in Dubai, will it be friendly competition or the clash of the titans between Dubai World and Dubai Holdings? And how has America's rejection of Dubai Ports World affected future strategy? Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, Dubai World has the answers.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, July 03 - 2006 at 09:11
  • Life in the luxury lane

  • If you can't afford a BMW, a BMW-branded credit card may be the next best thing. Trevor Stokes, President & CEO, American Express Middle East, explains the strategy behind the card.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, June 28 - 2006 at 09:41
  • Dr Eckart Woertz, Programme Manager Economics, Gulf Research Centre
  • The repegging question

  • With the US dollar facing a grim future, will Gulf nations repeg their currencies, currently tied to the sinking greenback? Dr Eckart Woertz of the Gulf Research Centre looks at the possibilities, and why there has been so little move towards Euros.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, June 21 - 2006 at 09:07