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Executive Issue 134
September, 2010

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The storm gets stronger
Gulf Real Estate firms face revenues ravaged by a supply surfeit

Yes is a four-letter word A referendum on constitutional reform in Turkey is splitting the country in two	Executive Insight – Booz and Co Powering progress with public private partnerships

A new venture for capital The prospectors of investment look for Lebanon’s next goldrush	Putting the ‘sport’ back into SUV Sleek new Cayenne marks a return to form for Porsche

Emirate’s infrastructure drive
Kuwait’s banks to fund national development plan

Empire building banks
Audi and BankMed expand abroad

Free flowing cash
Remittances are up, in and out of Lebanon

Goodbye to great rates
The sun sets on the golden age for Lebanese lira deposits

Iraq likely closed to Iran’s banks
UN sanctions stymie Tehran’s attempts to open banks Baghdad

It pays to shop around
Lebanese Lira deposit rates 101

Money matters bulletin
Regional stock market indices

No change at the top
Lebanon’s Bank Audi defends its title after first half of 2010

Q&A – Muwaffak Bibi
Citi Private Bank’s regional head on high rolling savers Money matters market bulletin

QNB comes to Beirut
Qatar National Bank will open its first branch in Lebanon

Return of the Egyptian giant
EFG-Hermes buys into Credit Libanais

Rough return
UAE banks’ rocky road to recovery

Set for a fall
Bahrain banks stand on sinking sand

Syrian banks movin’ up
Syria’s banking sector is growing at a regionally unrivaled rate

The vocabulary of the recovery
A crash course in an up-turn’s economic indicators

The vocabulary of the recovery - Recurring profitability
The repeated act of earning more than is spent

Tripoli teaser
Libya plays hard to get with foreign banks

India’s pander for Persian power
Energy hungry New Delhi courts Tehran’s abundant oil and gas supplies

Summer of the stifling state
Squashing BlackBerries leaves a dark smear on Lebanon’s image

What lies beneath
Despite the recent catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, the MENA looks to deep water drilling

Where to draw the line
The murky idiosyncracies of Lebanon’s Blue Line lead to deadly consequences

Yes is a four-letter word
A referendum on constitutional reform in Turkey is splitting the country in two

A new venture for capital
The prospectors of investment look for Lebanon’s next goldrush

“The East Moves West”
Asia’s ascendency shifts economic clout in the region

Cash collector
A historic hoard of Lebanese lira bank notes

Putting the ‘sport’ back into SUV
Sleek new Cayenne marks a return to form for Porsche

Risk it
Lebanon throws caution to the wind and invests in luxury

A GOOD HALF
Lebanon’s government claim deficit headway

A healthy investment
An aging, growing Gulf population has investors flying cash into health care

A new alliance?
Progress looks possible in infrastructure partnerships in Lebanon

Agility not so guilty
Gulf logistics contractor cleared of charges

BlackBerry under the gun
Lebanon’s Telecom Regulatory Authority looks into smartphone security

Dubai trading again
Trade indicators for Dubai are looking positive after a perilous 2009

Executive Insight – Booz & co.
Making the most of the region’s reborn investment market

Executive Insight – Booz and Co
Powering progress with public private partnerships

Executive Insight – DIFC
The Gulf looks to trade a new kind of carbon

Export credit up, import down
Lebanon registers impressive export credit insurance figures

Firepower fund
Donations sought by the Lebanese Armed Forces after border clash

Have you heard the one about EMCO?
A Saudi, a Qatari and an Israeli walk into an investment fund…

Kingdom raises capital
Jordan to issue $500 million in Eurobonds

Mergers and acquisitions
Quality trumps quantity as fewer mergers bring in bigger bucks

MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL
Mutual funds are on the rise in Lebanon

PORTS PICK UP PACE
Shipping activity is on the rise in Beirut and Tripoli

Q&A – Nasser al Saidi
The DIFC’s chief economist explains how the GCC eyes an Eastern escape from the dollar

Regional equity markets
An overview of August’s stock market trends

Roll out the barrel
OPEC states set to see profits rise

Saudis outline spending strategy
Five year plan set to stimulate the economy

Still waiting
New labor law changes little for Palestinian refugees

The black stuff
Lebanon enters the oil race against Israel

UAE debt trap
Emirates’ residents burdened by personal debt

The smartest solution of them all
Now that work restrictions on Lebanon’s...

A cruel, hot summer
Russian wildfires set world wheat prices ablaze

Forbidden fruit
BlackBerry messenger functions face bans as smartphone security concerns prompt crackdown

No water for the flames
The odds stack up against Yemen

Q&A – Minister of Information
Tarek Mitri discusses Lebanon’s new press law

Stability through sustenance
Egypt’s need for food security

Withering fields of green
Climate change threatens Lebanon’s crops

Last month - Lebanon
Selected headlines from the month of August 2010 in Lebanon

Last Month - Middle East
Selected headlines from August 2010 in the Middle East

A home fit for a king
A Greek construction firm lands UAE presidential palace contract

Around the houses
Home building boom slated for Saudi Arabia

Brick by brick
Lebanon’s Housing Bank is slowly expanding

Charitable construction
Ghaddafi to rebuild Gaza homes

Dubai’s green side
Dubai municipality brings in eco standards

Going up in Amman
Rotana to break record for Jordan’s tallest tower

Kuwait confidence up in second quarter
The real estate sector of Kuwait,...

Link-up of the Levant
Jordan gets on board with international rail standards

Mazel Tov Lebanon!
Artists put finishing touches on Beirut’s Synagogue

Nakheel back on track
Sovereign developer makes good with contractors

No pause for new construction
Issuance of building permits still soars in Lebanon

Not the holiday season for Egyptian Resorts
Egypt’s largest developer stung by a 90 percent fall in profits

The storm gets stronger
Gulf Real Estate firms face revenues ravaged by a supply surfeit

Tradition in trouble
Tower blocks threaten yet another of Beirut’s historic haunts

World builders
Construction starts on Nakheel’s “The World”

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