The World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) recent inaugural summit in Dubai represented the equivalent of an intellectual assault course for its delegates on a range of socioeconomic and geopolitical issues (68 in fact). And at the heart of it lies a puzzle.
It may be in the club of affluent Gulf states, but institutional problems have left Kuwait less prepared than its neighbors to weather the slump.
The financial crisis will affect the availability of jobs across the region,
and it won’t just be the non-skilled workers who will be in the line of fire.
Captive insurance may be gaining popularity elsewhere, but the concepthasn’t quite caught on yet with Middle Eastern companies.
Price riots in Egypt are forcing the government to rethink the country’s
subsidy regime. But is it just tinkering, or something more?
Buoyancy and optimism are not words readily associated with Iraq, but there is a feeling this summer could mark a turning point in the country’s fortunes with major developments involving land, sea and air.
The IMF is slating 8 percent growth in 2008. More than three-quarters of business owners expect the economy to significantly grow over [...]
Incompetent’ Barclays embarrassed by allegations as it seeks Qatar Investment Authority help in raising $7.9bn.
When MerchantBridge’s Samir A. Arab test-drove a Spyker car a few years ago, he was impressed. “How much?” he asked. “$250,000,” came the reply.
Dotcom-unity’s t-shirts with attitude show how slogans can sell - if you can laugh at hard times.
It comes to something when the Labor Minister has don overalls and serve burgers to convince Saudis that working in a fast food joint is better than being unemployed.
Saudi Arabia’s Labor Minister, Ghazi Algosaibi, was pictured yesterday, wearing overalls and serving burgers in fast food restaurant in Jeddah. His three hour stint was aimed at [...]
