The associate dean and senior lecturer in finance and accounting at the School of Management, University of Bradford, was in Dubai recently to teach about corporate finance as part of the university’s executive MBA program – the oldest of its kind in the region. Jonathan Howell-Jones caught up with him to get an expert view of what the Middle East can expect from the financial meltdown.

Timo Ahomäki is the chief scientist and vice president for product management at US-based Airwide Solutions, a mobile messaging and wireless Internet infrastructure provider.

A private developer is hoping to create the West Bank’s first planned municipality.

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.

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