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Oil prices propel GCC inflation surges
Higher oil revenues in the Middle East these days come with a hidden cost: higher inflation.... Read full article »
Sovereign wealth funds play it cool
Sovereign wealth funds are presently sitting on the sidelines of global markets, waiting for... Read full article »
Marriott aims for bigger slice of gulf tourism market
Marriott International is rapidly expanding in the Middle East in an effort to tap into the... Read full article »
What will a GCC currency union look like in 2010?
Gulf States are pushing ahead with a monetary union by 2010, according to central bankers... Read full article »
When will the global financial crisis impact on the Middle East?
Another day, another bout of mind-bogglingly bad news from the big banks! UBS announced a further... Read full article »
GCC money supply surge guarantees high inflation, why no revaluation?
Inflation is always a monetary phenomenon. You hike the money supply and hey presto you will have... Read full article »
The biggest business blunders ever
A wise man once said that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Middle... Read full article »
Gulf real estate's towering ambition in Egypt
With resources becoming increasingly expensive in the UAE, real estate developers from the... Read full article »
Dollar refuses to rally; bring on GCC revaluations
Last week the UAE central bank again suggested that a US dollar bottom was close and that... Read full article »
Share trading on Palestine Securities Exchange up 34%
Despite rising political instability in the Palestinian Territories throughout 2007, the... Read full article »
IPO rush set to drain GCC stock market liquidity
The Saudi stock market rebounded sharply last week, but is still down 50 per cent on its 2006... Read full article »
Gulf States close in on currency revaluation
International banks in Dubai have slashed interest rates on dirham deposits to around one per... Read full article »
Booming Arab construction market brings opportunities, challenges
The construction industry in the Gulf is experiencing an unprecedented boom, but the industry... Read full article »
Stronger US dollar makes GCC revaluation safer
Hedge funds have started to speculate in favour of a stronger dollar, reversing their previous... Read full article »
Low interest rates boost Mid East bank profits
The fall in US interest rates to three per cent is designed to bail the US banking system out of... Read full article »
