largely thanks to the legacy of the elder Assad, Syria has very limited opportunities for private investment and the vast majority of interests are publicly owned. The absence of a …
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Tunisia has it During Ramadan, overall investment in advertising in the Islamic world peaks as consumer consumption reaches the highest levels of the year. But apart from the holy month, …
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Balancing the books The UAE announced its third consecutive zero deficit budget last month, justifying its move toward a performance-based budgeting strategy.The 2007 federal budget is the first to apply …
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This year’s poster child for financial excess surely had to be the Gulf stock markets. We warned on several occasions, in past issues of Executive, that the level of gambling …
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan. At first glance, Almaty, the former capital of this once Soviet republic in Central Asia, offers the typical drab of Soviet-style graying buildings, some badly in need of …
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The Lebanese Broadcast Corporation (LBCI & LBC-SAT) much trumpeted plans to launch a pan-Arab version of NBC’s hit business TV show The Apprentice have been put on hold. The 15-part …
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Taha Mikati is the founder of Investcom. He began building businesses in 1979 after founding a successful construction business called ACC in Abu Dhabi. His knowledge of the construction industry …
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Having spent nearly a century seemingly dormant under the Cold War blanket of Soviet rule, Armenia in recent years has become an increasingly popular destination for tourists and investors the …
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The US embassy says it is moving from Awkar to Baabda for security reasons. Construction will cost around $111 million and once begun will take between 28 and 36 months …
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According to Parliament’s Public Works Committee, planes landing at Beirut Airport could in theory crash into the newly completed, 122-meter Metropolitan Tower in Sin al-Fil. A member of the committee …