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Market corrections are inevitable and healthy
- There is much talk about a likely correction in GCC stock and real estate markets. It is true that over-optimism among investors has pushed valuations to levels that are inconsistent with the outlook for profits and rents. But perhaps it would be no bad thing if both equities and property cooled down.
- Tuesday, October 11 - 2005 at 09:57 |
The DMCC has great prospects
- Over the past three years the Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre has been quietly getting its act together. Today there are 580 companies registered in the DMCC, mainly gold and diamond firms, and a smart new infrastructure for this sector is under construction at a boom time for commodities.
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 04 - 2005 at 08:55 |
So just where are oil prices going?
- Higher and higher is the only logical conclusion. Hopes that oil prices might moderate are based on wishful thinking. All the facts point in the opposite direction, and only a global recession can upset this party.
- Saudi Arabia: Monday, September 26 - 2005 at 08:04 |
DIFX plans 10-15 IPOs over next year
- The Dubai International Financial Exchange which opens for business on September 26 has declared ambitious plans for 10-15 IPOs over the next 12 months and around 15 cross-listings of major international companies.
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, September 20 - 2005 at 17:49 |
Cityscape: a vision of the future Middle East
- Visitors to the Cityscape 2005 exhibition and conference in Dubai this week are able to visualize the future shape of the Middle East by casting their eyes over the numerous scale-models of mega-projects. And it looks as though most of the projects will actually get built.
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 18 - 2005 at 15:22 |
Mobile telecoms to dominate Gitex this year
- Mobile telecommunications companies see a bonanza in the Middle East and the surrounding region over the next five years. This is likely to be a major theme of the Gitex computer and IT show in Dubai later this month, as prospects for IT alone look pedestrian by comparison.
- Saudi Arabia: Monday, September 12 - 2005 at 09:58 |
What is the future of publishing in the Middle East?
- Nearly five years ago the launch of the Dubai Media City marked a decisive change in the previously closed publishing world of the Middle East. New launches have proliferated since then. But where next for the sector: consolidation and globalization?
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, August 15 - 2005 at 11:16 |
Why the DIFX launch on September 26 will be very welcome
- The upcoming launch of the long-awaited Dubai regional stock market, the Dubai International Financial Exchange on September 26 is likely to be well received both locally and internationally.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, August 08 - 2005 at 09:58 |
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