Since the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005, the Lebanese tourism industry has fallen victim to one crisis after the other. This year, as feuding political factions struck …
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The ongoing global financial crisis has had limited effects on the Saudi banking sector. Fighting through recent years — with the 2006 stock market crash and a bullish year in …
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North Africa started in 2008 as the least-noticed market in the region, but it has emerged to become a new investment destination for private equity firms. While most region specific …
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Tunisia’s Bourse des Valeurs Mobilieres (BVMT) is expected to remain relatively immune to the international financial crisis in 2009. Mokdadi Hamadi, CEO of UBCI Finance, said that in light of …
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For most people, Lebanon is synonymous with shopping and partying galore. However, its Mediterranean atmosphere offers a wide variety of handsome landscapes — unusual when compared to neighboring countries where …
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The Kuwaiti banking sector has learned a great lesson in the immediate aftermath of the global crisis. Financial challenges began in the third quarter, when the central bank decided to …
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Is Iraq ripe for private equity investment? The idea of putting a high performing asset class in what is still considered a war zone seems anathema to many. The lengthy …
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The long-term effects of the global financial crisis have already begun to take hold of the industry as lower demand for oil, resulting from the effects of a global financial …
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Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates Plans for a railway project linking Gulf coast Dubai, with 2 million inhabitants and the world’s highest rate of car ownership is expecting …
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Procter & Gamble Eminently known as a global leader in fast moving consumer goods, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is setting the bar quite high for CSR initiatives in the GCC. …