AUGUST 2008

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Educated and out of work
Arab countries face high levels of youth unemployment

Demise of the dailies
Newspaper sales decreasing and facing heavy competition from specialized dailies

A false choice for president
Iraq war brings both candidates for American presidency together

The law unto themselves
The prosecution of Sudanese president could threaten the country

…before oil meant terrorism
Arab countries are stigmatized with an image of terrorism

Millions applaud Zain’s African call
Zain Telecoms take over Africa

Procurement practice enhancements for Arab competitiveness
Arab economies adopt new western business practices

A how-to guide for good country branding
Country branding is a must for promoting tourism

A new Lebanese lira for economic renewal
The new Lira is a symbol of change

Fixing the fuse on Lebanon’s power woes
Private sector to resolve power crisis on Lebanon

Private equity slow but secure through first half of 2008
Private equity slow but secure through first half of 2008

Doha cracks open the books for a free press
Qatar to promote freedom of journalism

Dollar burns
MENA wrestles for reins on stampeding prices

Dr. Burkhard P. Varnholt – Q&A
Swiss bank’s chief investment officer shares some expert advice

The Arab investment
MENA region increasingly drawing in capital flows

Saudi king of the ring
Regional competition builds, but no market more vibrant than Riyadh's

The UAE’s green ambitions
The UAE’s green ambitions

North Sea dive
North Sea dive

Space - Emirate Orbit
Emirate Orbit

Labor force - A most welcome workplace
A most welcome workplace

Telecommunications - Technology dials into growth
Technology dials into growth

Corporate responsibility - Taqa joins UN’s ‘good guys’
Taqa joins UN’s ‘good guys’

Energy - Building efficiency
Building efficiency

Stocks - Dulling DFM’s shine
Dulling DFM’s shine

Technology – Cedar triumph in cyberspace
Overcoming the odds, Lebanese software gurus enter internet eminence

Restaurants – Beirut’s whet appetite
Despite a buffet of recent disasters, dinners are back in downtown

Healthcare – Between patient and payment
Recently arrived TPA streamlining processing of medical accounts

Quiet crisis
Fault lines deepening between secularist and Islamist

Mirrors for the sun
North Africa explores ways to harness massive solar power potential

Chains of commerce
World’s big businesses linking up with sales and services in the Maghreb

Black market avant-garde
Innovation, adaptation and efficiency thrive in Derb Ghallef

Tilling war from the soil
Companies, NGOs clearing minefields to make way for progress

Business tuition
Next generation of financiers and marketers powering their careers through scholarly investment

Islamic finance in the British Isles
UK’s post-secondary institutions catering to need for instruction in sharia-compliance

The Rock of Qatar’s classroom
Middle Eastern kingdom fulfills educational needs via North Atlantic island

Learning business in the Middle East
The regions top institutions teaching management, marketing and finance

Jordan’s business class
Kingdom’s young and ambitious enrolling for professional advancement

Morocco’s educational capital
Enrollment rises in business programs to learn the essentials in an evolving economy

IPO Watch – Mining capital
Resource extraction sector dominates July offerings

Money Matters by BLOMINVEST Bank

Company bulletin

Regional equity markets
A look at Arab World indices for June

Global economic data
Population growth, GDP, municipal waste and taxes

Syria – France’s other cheek
Europe lays out the red carpet for Levantine dictator