The Lebanese agricultural sector has been crippled by the lack of funds available to farmers and the scant attention given to training and education as urbanization increases. Neglect of this …
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At a time when oil prices are half of what they were a year ago, the retail price of gasoline in Lebanon has been stagnant or climbing. For example, in …
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As April begins, so does the countdown for Abu Dhabi Cityscape 2009. Just a few weeks separate Abu Dhabi’s real estate developers, investors and market players from the capital’s most …
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Big or small, PE firms in the Middle East are faring much better than most other financial institutions in the region, despite the amount of “dry powder” — i.e. capital …
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With the financial crisis at hand the question is: what are businesses going to do about it? The response many businesses in the region have is to look inwards and …
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Last year food was big news as prices soared globally by 54.9 percent and associated riots erupted in 60 countries. In the Arab world alone the shortage in food sufficiency …
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The UAE automobile sector saw sales plunge by up to 45 percent in the first two months of the year compared to 2008, a remarkable downturn from the years of …
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In times of crisis come times of great opportunity, or so we are told. The proverb does seem to bear some truth, however, when applied to the regional private …
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Unlike buying a few shares in a public company, private equity (PE) investment is a commitment that cannot be taken lightly. That is perhaps why most experts believe some two-thirds …
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Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the largest of the seven, has been overlooked for years by investors and entrepreneurs who tended to consider Dubai a …