FEBRUARY 2009

As the sky falls, the real stars will shine

Death and deceit for Gazans
Israel's two-front war: with bombs and with words

Fortress America in Baghdad
US opens biggest and most expensive embassy on Earth

Power for a Persian rapproche
New impetus for reconciliation between Tehran and the West

Turkey’s return to the east
After flirting with West, Ankara pivots perspective

Terror.com
The mujehadeen of the virtual jihad and cyber-security

Talent recruitment for the human capital agenda
Human capital and recruitment

Why Arabs lose the communication war
The communication war

Rethinking private equity – part I
Rethinking private equity – part I

Ziad Ferzly
Time to restructure

Economy under occupation
Israel’s strangulation of Palestinian commerce grows ever-more severe

The Internet’s neanderthal
Archaic connection speeds leave Lebanese behind the information age

Dahieh’s rise from rubble
Taking stock of Hizbullah’s reconstruction of Beirut’s southern suburbs

Bulldozing property prices
Realty market expected to be leveled this year

Stalled assembly
Car manufacturing’s crashing sales

Room after empty room
Surging supply and dropping demand has rents headed downstairs

A cap of concern
Reexamining the role of rental controls in a market set to fall

The capital of angels
New form of financing spreading its wings across the region

Park and run
The abandoned vehicle crisis

Abdulla Bin Sulayem - Q&A
Director speaks about the future for world’s largest man-made island

Construction hits the wall
Billions worth of real estate projects delayed and canceled

Where outsourcing is in
Rabat capitalizing on country’s linguistic and geographic assets

Health of a nation
Medical care injected with funds

New to the nuclear parade
Tunis’ power production sets out for fusion with atomic energy

Connection comes calling
Telecom companies ring in mobile services across the region

Intro
The scoop on advertising from the big name players

Christian Cappe - Q&A
CEO of the MENA Cristal Awards

Dani Richa – Q&A
The COO’s take on advertising’s future

Patrick Ehringer – Q&A
A look at the scope and spread of advertising

Antonio Vincenti – Q&A
A CEO’s perspective on outdoor advertising

Farid Chehab – Q&A
CCO and chairman offers his wisdom

Paul Boulos – Q&A
A fresh and candid take on the state of advertising

Tarek Daouk - Q&A
The executive vice president’s advertising insight

Antony Lawrence - Q&A
A look at advertising through the hospitality sector

The Central Bank of Lebanon – Riad Salameh (Q&A)
The governor at the center of the banking sector

Investment – Proceed with caution
UBS sees prudence a paramount in 2009

Lebanon – Banked for the storm
Lending institutions look strong heading into 2009

UAE – Called to account
Banks in the Emirates paying in spades for their loose and free ways

IPO Watch – The time that bides
IPO Watch – The time that bides

Money Matters by BLOMINVEST Bank

IWC – Gianfranco D‘Attis (Q&A)
IWC Brand Manager for the Middle East

Company bulletin

Regional equity markets
A look at Arab World indices for January

Global economic data
The composite indicators for the world’s major markets

Populism – Dazed by idolatry
Why the enemy of the Arab enemy is not a friend