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Is Murdoch's new Net strategy the way forward?
- Global publisher Rupert Murdoch is going after a new Net strategy and looking to buy and develop websites. His view is that reproducing publications on the Net is not enough. Does this strategy have any relevance in the Gulf where the Web is also becoming a stronger media?
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, July 19 - 2005 at 15:11 |
Oil at $60 today; $100 tomorrow!
- Just a month ago some observers thought oil prices were going into their normal seasonal pattern of a downturn in the summer. But the market has decided otherwise, and the normal seasonal pattern has been broken. So what is going on, and where to next for oil prices?
- Saudi Arabia: Saturday, June 25 - 2005 at 12:48 |
Oman's Blue City: tourism and jobs
- Oman has joined the regional mania for building whole self-contained metropolises from the ground up, with the announcement of the $15bn Blue City project. Marked down for the glorious coastal region at Al Sawaidi, it will be 30 minutes drive from Oman International Airport and 45 minutes from Muscat.
- Oman: Monday, June 13 - 2005 at 22:29 |
Is the US dollar recovery a false dawn?
- Currency analysts are back-tracking on the dollar, and have adjusted their views after the rally so far this year, particularly against the euro. But Warren Buffet and his followers think the dollar is still doomed to fall further. So is the new consensus wrong?
- Tuesday, June 07 - 2005 at 09:57 |
Is Donald Trump ready for Dubai?
- New York's top property magnate is coming to the world's biggest construction site. Speaking by video link Donald Trump told 'Entrepreneurs in Dubai' that he was going to visit in two or three weeks time. But does the most famous man in America really have enough energy for Dubai?
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, May 25 - 2005 at 07:44 |
Can the DIFX save Gulf capital markets?
- This autumn will see the launch of the first regional capital market, the Dubai International Financial Exchange. But with GCC stocks now hugely overvalued and starting to fall back to earth, will the DIFX be able to pick up the pieces?
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, May 17 - 2005 at 09:13 |
What will Etisalat's lost monopoly mean?
- The promotion of a new state-run company to rival the UAE telecoms giant Etisalat is a clever response to a difficult policy dilemma: how to introduce greater competition into the UAE market without allowing a foreign telecoms operator to walk off with excessive profits.
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, May 08 - 2005 at 10:13 |
Dubai: hotel investment capital of the world
- Figures released at this week's first annual Arabian Hotel Investment Conference confirmed Dubai as the city with the highest investment going into hotels per capita in the world, ahead of Las Vegas.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, May 02 - 2005 at 08:47 |
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