With Russia, we remember centuries of territorial disputes, with the British their past control of our oil, and with the Americans we remember them supporting the Shah,” says a …
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Last month the cabinet endorsed a measure to allow for price controls on food products that would assign levels of “acceptable profits,” according the Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan. The …
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Over the last decade, the state of private equity (PE) in the Middle East has gone from virtually nonexistent, to a booming prospect, to an industry facing a shakeup. In …
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After a summer in which equity preachers in the Middle East and North Africa found their faith tested by an absence of offerings, Oman’s first initial public offering (IPO) in …
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Beirut’s runway hotspot Air transport activity is continuing to grow, with figures released last month by the Beirut Rafiq Hariri International Airport showing passenger numbers in Lebanon increased by 11 …
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Summer in the Middle East is typically a time when life slows down; business deals are put off until everyone has finished their vacations and the weather has cooled …
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From October 26 to 28 leaders and decision makers from around the Middle East and North Africa will descend on Marrakech for the 2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) on …
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Blame for missing the submission deadline for the 2010 budget is still being tossed around between the finance ministry and the opposition. To avoid a similar situation next year, Finance …
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During the civil war, when the residents of Lebanon would give directions, they could always rely on one landmark from which to guide visitors to their homes — the mountain …
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Qatar’s “open market” is “committed to free trade” and“warmly welcomes foreign investors” to help diversify the economy, according tothe Ministry of Business and Trade’s Investment Promotion Department’s latestreport, “Rise …