Archives for the ‘Trends’ Category

THE CONUNDRUM

By admin • Dec 14th, 2008 • Category: Banking/finance, Trends

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.



Lebanese T-shirt

By admin • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Trends

Dotcom-unity’s t-shirts with attitude show how slogans can sell - if you can laugh at hard times.



Saudi Minister flips burgers to sell McJobs to locals

By admin • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Trends

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 [...]



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.