The twin exchanges of the United Arab Emirates — Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Abu Dhabi Exchange (ADX) — have had a positive start to 2013, particularly when compared to …
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The ranks have swelled. The list of great places to work (GPTW) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has grown by 50 percent this year, but the familiar faces are …
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When times are challenging and it is not enough to call a development “unique” or “best ever” to see apartments, duplexes and villas “fly off the shelves like hot cakes” …
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Hearing the rank and file in the companies on the Great Places to Work (GPTW) list talk about their approaches to life at work is a humbling and exciting experience. …
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Dreaming at work must be a universal trait. Whatever culture, whatever age, there are tales and traces left behind by people who dream of something while they are at work. …
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While the high-rises, gargantuan malls, five-, six- and seven-star hotels, and abundant glitz and glamour are all telling of Dubai’s place as the center of global aviation, much less known …
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Pure commercial plays are a sideline of real estate development in Lebanon when compared with the country’s mixed-use projects, and when measured against large-scale commercial projects elsewhere in the region, …
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The venerable American University of Beirut (AUB) is preparing for a new spring of engendering broad leadership of civil societies in the countries of the Middle East. A recently announced …
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Until the eruption of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’, constructive Arab thinking in the mind of many observers appeared stifled and chained to the point of ineffectuality. This state of forced …
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The task of insurance sector supervision in Lebanon is the domain of the Insurance Control Commission, a body attached to the Ministry of Economy and Trade. The ICC team is …