DUBAI.Mediaquest Corp. has taken the reins of the publishing and events divisions of Gray Business Communications (GBC). The deal, which takes effect on January 2, adds a number of titles to the Mediaquest Corp. portfolio including Gulf Marketing Review, GMR-Online, Al Tasweeq Al Arabi, RaceWeek and several sports publications. Mediaquest also takes [...]
DUBAI. Leading international management consultancy McKinsey & Co. has said that healthcare providers in the Gulf – both public and private – are grappling with an acute shortage of clinical staff. “The shortage of medical professionals is a worldwide phenomenon but is particularly severe in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries [...]
Instead of opening Lebanon’s struggling agriculture sector to lucrative export markets, free trade agreements have sent the country’s farmers into a tailspin. Imports have flooded the market, meaning farmers are now unable to sell to their domestic market.
The consequences of the EULebanon Association Agreement, signed in March 2003, have [...]
When Gulf Cooperation Council rulers met early last month in Doha for their 28th Summit, the Gulf region was preoccupied with the war in Iraq, while under the threat of a new confrontation involving Iran. The Summit host, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, warned that [...]
DUBAI. The Dubai Export Development Corp. (DEDC) will implement a credit insurance scheme for exporters in the next few months as part of its efforts to deliver value-added trade support services for Dubai exporters, the chairman of the corporation, Khalid Al Kassim, said. Addressing an export development corporation seminar, From [...]
AB U DHAB I. The Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. (Taqa), a publicly listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market, has become the first GCC company to be invited to join the 3C (Combat Climate Change) Initiative. It is a global opinion group of prominent business leaders demanding integration of climate [...]
DUBAI. Interest among corporate executives for investments in the Middle East is at an all-time high, according to strategic management consulting firm A. T. Kearney’s Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index. The survey reveals that Middle East investment destinations attained the highest-ever rankings in the ten-year history of the Index, with two [...]
DUBAI. The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has received a positive assessment from an expert team from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank under their Financial Sector Assessment Program. The program assessed the DFSA’s observance of the objectives and principles of securities regulation developed by the International Organization of [...]
DUBAI. The region’s first energy f u t u r e s a n d c ommo d i t i e s exchange, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), says it has witnessed continued steady growth during the first six months of operations with its benchmark, Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract, trading [...]
