In consumer fiction, everybody and their sibling nowadays writes novels that project human drama into the space of zombie-werewolf-vampire-x-men-viral-divergent dystopias. About time that someone applies the motif of aliens to …
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Appearances of a lazy summer month with underlying continued positive sentiment played out in the Middle East and North Africa during the 32nd week of the year, the first full …
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The third trading week in Ramadan was the third week of near universal index gains in the securities markets of the Middle East and North Africa. Volumes were mixed, with …
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Every human dwelling owes something to the primordial need for shelter that is associated with the stereotype of a caveman — which is usually a synonym for a life with …
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Beirut’s eastern suburbs entail a broad social and economic mix, ranging from high-density residential areas dominated by aging apartment buildings, to the country’s most affluent areas in terms of average …
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Investor confidence is a touchy life form that can wither from all sorts of things: to name but a few, jitters can be caused in any market by surprise board …
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Three benchmark indices got a welcomed reprieve from selloffs, leading Arab markets in the 27th week of the year. The Dubai Financial Market — home of the Arabtec scandal that …
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The final trading week in June demonstrated that markets in the Middle East and North Africa are neither highly resilient nor diversified, despite having greatly advanced since the region’s 2008 …
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Of $1.45 trillion in Foreign Direct Investment inflows in 2013, more than two thirds were directed at 42 developed and 10 developing countries. According to the 2014 World Investment Report …
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A rather spectacular governance lesson came this past week from Dubai-listed construction and development group Arabtec Holding. The company, presumably driven by a mixture of its own daring ambitions and the …