The United Arab Emirates hascoveted for itself an image of unrivaled opulence, with few rivals on PlanetEarth. Dubai put a massive exclamation mark on this sentiment at the beginningof 2010 …
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Common sense is the currency of rational minds — in this respect Dubai may be short on change. On November 25, Dubai World, the wholly owned subsidiary of the …
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Recurring profitability The repeated act of earning more than is spent. “Banks have been hit by loan losses as well as investment losses due to the financial crisis. Recovering from …
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The world does not need more books on Hezbollah. The question of how and why an organization with little more than two million — largely impoverished Shia — among its …
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From the primitive sounds and onomatopoeias of our prehistoric ancestors to the profusion of messages conveyed by media channels, online networks and satellite televisions, language has always been, and remains, …
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Black ballistic cloth, the tough synthetic nylon beloved of luggage designers and flak jacket makers, doesn’t immediately bring to mind images of exotic destinations and the glamour of travel. More …
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Angelo Gaja’s family has been producing quality wines made from the unique Piedmontese Nebbiolo grape in the Barbaresco and Barolo areas of Piedmont, Italy, for four generations. More recently they …
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Hopefully your wealth management contracts and agreements are not the places where you skip the fine print, because if so, you could be getting hosed. Between initial charges, annual charges, …
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Call it the gold rush or the gold bug, but one of the world’s oldest investments is making a name for itself as a safe haven in the financial storm. …
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Here’s a story you may recognize. Ten years ago, two young Jordanian entrepreneurs founded an internet services company to foster an online community through which Arabic speakers could access and …