The World Economic Forum (WEF) is the preeminent organization trying its hand at the impossible game of matching business with the greater global good. The WEF global agenda councils (GAC)…
Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen is Executive's editor-at-large. He has been reporting on Middle Eastern business and economy for over 20 years. Send mail
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Crédit Agricole Suisse (CA Suisse) is the centerpiece of the private banking division of Crédit Agricole, France’s third-largest bank, whose interests in the Middle East include long-standing relationships with…
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In 2002, Fouad Makhzoumi retired as chief executive of Future Pipe Industries at age 50 and handed the reins of day-to-day business to his son Rami. In April 2011, a…
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Most manufacturers of widely used products vie for the attention of the masses, doing everything they can to promote their products and identities into the center of public awareness.…
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American politicians have long been unpopular in the Middle East. Even before the release of a trailer for what became a hugely offensive anti-Islamic film and Republican presidential candidate Mitt…
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Five years ago it was the building frenzy and Dubai, at least on paper, looked bigger and dinosaur-crazier each month. Then an unprecedented phase of correction meant the survival only…
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Social buying is collective bargaining in the Internet age. The advantage that group formation brought workers in the industrial age was greater power to represent and achieve their demands vis-à-vis…
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After seeing some delays in expansion beyond the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Dubai-based luxury developer Damac Properties is moving closer to completion of regional projects. These include a residential tower…
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For a country facing economic turmoil and new business risk at every turn in the road this year, Lebanon sports an alarmingly content real estate sector. Intermediaries whose livelihoods depend…
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The regional property market is eagerly anticipating the Cityscape Global (formerly Cityscape Dubai) real estate fair, due to take place from 2-4 October. The real issue at stake is whether…