Saudi Aramco, valued anywhere from $2 trillion to $7 trillion and employing more than 55,000 people, is the world’s largest unlisted company. How it got there is a story that …
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Since Al Jazeera’s launch in 1996 its slogan has been “the opinion and the other opinion.” Its objective of telling both sides of the story has won over many audiences, …
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The United States Department of the Treasury’s designation in early February of Lebanese Canadian Bank (LCB) as a “financial institution of prime money laundering concern” hit the bank like …
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Three days after an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale critically damaged Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP), the president of South Korea and the crown prince of …
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Britain has played a nefarious role in the Middle East’s history. We all know that London re-drew the region’s borders after World War I as part of a …
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While the cache of diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks may have caused a number of international stirs, the majority have been largely ignored, causing little political, diplomatic or …
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As the wheels slowly felloff yet another ‘national unity’ government last month, Lebanon’s politicalclass apparently had enough time to re-hash some old ideas and present them aslegislation. But of all …
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The United Arab Emirates’ luxury sports-car segment represents 11 percent of the country’s car market, equivalent to some 3,000 units per year, according to Business Monitor International (BMI). Ford …
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Over the past decade the Middle East has shaken off its ‘danger zone’ reputation of being a place where only the foolhardy or “conflicted tourists” would plan a holiday. Since …
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Bankers and politicians alike delight in calling the banking sector immune — immune to the financial crisis, immune to political rumblings and knee jerks in public opinion. But the …