OCTOBER 2008

Avoiding the storm

Beirut‘s long wait for the WTO
Lebanon a haven for privacy

Our cyber susceptibility
Online exposure to crime

Nuclear non-state reality
Who shouldn’t have The Bomb

Pakistan’s president: Mr. 10%
From criminal to commander

Georgia on my mind
Nostalgia in Tbilisi

Change management graduates to the boardroom
Change management graduates to the boardroom

Political communication‘s absence in Middle East elections
Political communication‘s absence in Middle East elections

Nanotechnology and the future of invention
Nanotechnology future

Potholes and checkpoints along Lebanon‘s knowledge economy path
Potholes and checkpoints along Lebanon‘s knowledge economy path

No party without parking
Valet services necessary accessory for any evening out on the town

Market flux
Building dynamics changing

The baby borrow
FNB offering couples loans to cover costs of fertility treatment

An unscrupulous cleaning
Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon easy prey for abusive employers

Cool connect
Database access from anywhere

The currency of property
The reality of Middle East realty

Building Beirut rain or shine
Soaring property market defies logic or reason

Solidere’s castle
Stocks of Lebanon’s property giant weathering woes

Gulf market maturing
Red hot real estate market feels inflation’s cooling hand

Rare the Saudi mortgage
Lack of clarity persists in the kingdom’s residential real estate and mortgage law

Kuwait’s City of Silk
The largest of the Gulf’s mega-projects is in the pipeline

The sultanate of development
Path of Oman’s property market paved by modern, diversified and liberalized economy

Transparency’s essential quality
Details of dealings increasingly important for investors in MENA’s developments

The Maghreb’s storied rise
The time is ripe to build and buy in North Africa

The rising role of real estate funds
Investors push ascent of new asset class

Soaring in the cheap seats
Middle East’s low cost carriers land profits despite global industry woes

Luxury – Chocolate’s finest tastes
Chocolate’s finest tastes

ICT - Yemen gets connected
Yemen gets connected

Automobiles - Racing sales
Racing sales

Education - London school of Emirates
London school of Emirates

Energy - UAE plans fusion with nuclear power
UAE plans fusion with nuclear power

UAE/UK - Culture’s commerce
Culture’s commerce

Equality - Gender and work
Gender and work

Consumption - Abu Dhabi trims edacity
Abu Dhabi trims edacity

Open skies to Europe
Flocks of tourist flying in after Morocco-EU air traffic agreement

Tripoli calling
Telecommunications expanding

Awash in Cash
Nation debates newfound wealth

Mettle’s free press
Hindered and handicapped, Sudan’s newspapers still make it to print

Developing the digital world
Consumer electronics sales the world over have the next generation ever-more wired

Supreme of the screen
Television manufacturers wage war of technologies and strategize over market trends

Powering production
The energy electronics take to be made

Behind every good machine…
The human factor is increasingly expensive as employers search for qualified staff

The catalyst of technology
Infrastructure essential in adoption and integration of latest electronic advancements

GCC – The markets that bind
Promising potential in a common currency and shared stock exchanges

Investment – Royal capital
Sovereign wealth funds

Investment – Lawsuit for losses
ADCB launches legal battle against investment vehicle

PricewaterhouseCoopers – Bryan Joseph & Camille C. Sifri
Banks and the sound management of risk

IPO Watch – A rock in the storm
Region's markets stand strong as global crisis rages

Money Matters by BLOMINVEST Bank

Company bulletin

Regional equity markets
A look at Arab World indices for September

Global economic data
GDP deflator, home savings, defense spending and prisons

USA – Presidential posturing
Foreign policy possibilities in a new Oval Office