Archive for June 23rd, 2008

Common Bond

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Last Word, Perspectives

As GCC Summits go, the 28th, held in Doha in early December, was one of the most significant, yielding an “historic declaration,”Rahman al-Attiyah.



If you can’t make it, fake it

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Last Word

Despite well publicized seizures of counterfeit goods, Gulf countries are holding on to their dubious reputation as clearinghouses for the world’s black markets.



Telco giant stumbles

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Media

Not long ago Batelco wasn’t just a big fish in the pond; it was the only fish. Now competition has made Batelco’s size a liability. Can the company wriggle free?



The Italian Oasis

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Trends

A Palermo-based NGO is helping impoverished Egyptian villages to bring in ecotourism dollars Egyptian villages to bring in ecotourism dollars.



A tribe without a sheikh

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Special Report

The Kuwait Stock Exchange’s sojourn in the legislative wilderness is about to end with draft laws to establish a regulatory authority before the country’s