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JUNE 2011

by reeda

JUNE 2011

 

EDITORIAL





COMMENT



The unarmed intifada
Mass civil action may succeed where years of violence failed






Fatally missing the point
After 'Nakba' shootings, media ignores Israel's culpability






An alternative to Assad
Dissident groups get organised on path to democracy






Mubarak’s fallen foreign policy
Egypt turns turns the table on its pro-Israeli stance






Saleh spurs unlikely unity
Yemen's long divided north and south speak as one






Ahmadinejad’s lost magic
Iranian religious hardliners spy sorcery in their president






Boon time for mercenaries
Nervous and embattled Arab regimes look abroad for help






A fall from grace
IMF chief's sex scandal could shift balance of power






The great nuclear silence
Lesson's to be learnt from Japan's disaster fall on deaf ears




FEATURE



From the farm to the arm
Tracking the global network of an opiate economy






A sad state of affairs
Tourism crashes amid unrest




BANKING & FINANCE







Leaning back to Lending
Loans could swing back into favor as liquidity returns






Regional equity markets
An overview of May’s stock market trends




SPECIAL REPORT:BANKING BUOYANCY



Saving the economy Selectively
Lopsided lending keeps consumption economy afloat






A good foot forward
Resilient results for Alpha banks in the first quarter, 2011






Adventures In Banking
Expectations go awry as the Arab Spring upsets stable markets






Cost of Unrest
Lebanese banks take a hit in Syria






When Caution kills the crops
Kafalat dips in political deadlock






Tarek Khalife
Taking a beta-banker’s view






Overarching calls for controls
New rules have costly implications






Bankrolling the builders
Banks reconfigure their allocation of loans, and risk, to real estate




ECONOMICS & POLICY







An accelerating descent
Outlook shifting from gentle float to free-fall






The GCC expands
The Gulf Cooperation Council prepares to welcome a few new members






Executive Insight – Booz & Co.
Proving there's still a place for snail mail in the digital age




CONSUMER SOCIETY



Gambling on a goddess
Homegrown promoter risk it all to bring Shakira to Lebanon's shores




BUSINESS ESSENTIALS





LAST WORD



A persistent political ice age
Saudi authorities react to the 'Arab Spring' by crushing dissent