SEPTEMBER 2008

Corporate social profitability

The burden of luxury and the joy of taxes
Luxury’s burden & tax’s joy

Democracy’s fuel
Kuwait’s political representation

Syria’s tourist playground
Visitors come pouring in

The crude Iranian crux
The West’s & Persia’s petrol

The train to Israeli divestment
Multinationals exit Zion

Dishevelled antiquity
Disarray in Orient’s museums

Network cooperation between telecom competitors
Network cooperation between telecom competitors

The public hand up
Regional governments underwrite life’s basic costs

Industry – Diamonds from the rough
In troubled times, Lebanon must find a way to let businesses shine

Politics – The guillotine for Paris III?
Fulfillment of international donor deal in doubt

Development – Raising a new bourj
Old Armenian neighborhood of Beirut to be bulldozed and rebuilt

Wilt where harvests grew
Rainless skies and barren fields threaten the bread feeding a nation

Ali Kolaghassi – Q&A
A global player in development and real estate

Luxury’s new empire
The definition of elite travel, tourism and real estate has been rewritten

Oussama Kabbani - Q&A
A talk with the man developers turn to for advice

Dodging the bullet
Markets make moves as court veers country around political crisis

Charging for renewables
Charging for renewables

Dubai tries to tame power and water use
Dubai tries to tame power and water use

Dubai tries to tame power and water use
Dubai tries to tame power and water use

Growth spurt
Growth spurt

The need to diversify
The need to diversify

The Bayt.com connection
Website site pairs Middle East’s job-seekers with potential employers

Suspect security sector
Private protection industry flourishes, though awash in amateurs

Tied to oil’s tether
Khartoum’s economic hopes all hedge on hydrocarbons

Privatization’s progress
Capital investments continue to flow as government opens markets

Foundations for modernity
Energy revenues invested in infrastructure have revolutionizing impact

Building faster than inflation
Soaring steel, cement and labor costs can’t catch up with construction

Responsible business
The duty of companies to a commerce in morals

Building morals and ethics into the modern corporate structure
Building morals and ethics into the modern corporate structure

Saraya’s guide for CSR success
Saraya’s guide for CSR success

Social responsibility in a polarized society
Social responsibility in a polarized society

BLOM Bank’s role in the greater society
BLOM Bank’s role in the greater society

As you sow, so shall you reap
As you sow, so shall you reap

The challenges CSR faces in the MENA region
The challenges CSR faces in the MENA region

Making corporations more human
Making corporations more human

The need for effective CSR in the Middle East
The need for effective CSR in the Middle East

An investment fund’s rules of engagement
An investment fund’s rules of engagement

Customer care for the community
Companies move beyond short-sighted profiteering to develop symbiotic role with the wider public

Corporate Jordan’s duty to a way of life
A new paradigm is dawning for Amman’s companies — the challenge is in the application

From civil society’s side
CSR analyzed by the organizations that promote the public’s needs

The BADER Program
Opening doors for young entrepreneurs

Corporate candor on CSR
The companies views on the ways and means of their social contract

The corporate contribution
How major companies are giving back to the region’s people

TSC’s Beirut foray
Kuwaiti company makes big Lebanese buy-in

BLOMINVEST‘s review of Lebanese banks
BLOMINVEST‘s review of Lebanese banks

The fallacy of projections
The fallacy of projections

The National Investor’s take on Mashreq Bank
The National Investor’s take on Mashreq Bank

Real estate – Loan for a home
Banks boost residential credit campaigns

Private equity – An absence of exits
Private equity – An absence of exits

Construction – Cement syndicate
Bank Audi and Lafarge join forces

Aviation – LCB wind for MEA’s wings
LCB wind for MEA’s wings

Banking – Fertility loans
Fertility loans

IPO Watch – A Saudi summer
Big deals on the books despite the August doldrums

Money Matters by BLOMINVEST Bank

Company bulletin

Regional equity markets
A look at Arab World indices for August

Global economic data
Foreign manufacturing, ICT, Obesity and renewable energy

Rule of law – Deferred judgement
International justice occasionally gets it man