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A quick glance at Lebanon’s smog-choked roads reveals that hybrid cars and green technology are yet to be embraced by the country’s drivers. The vehicles are still a bit of …

As Iran’s 2005 presidential election approached, a broker active in Tehran’s stock exchange was downbeat. “Pessimists look at the elections and see no new ideas and no new faces,” he …

Forecast to reach an altitude of $55.4 billion by year’s end, the precarious flight of Lebanon’s arrears is ruffling far too few feathers among our policy makers. Instead, they’re counting …

There’s a shift going on in the retail world. Where once manufacturers competed against one another for consumer loyalty, today they face sharp competition  from retailers, the very places that …

Once a hurricane passes, those left in its wake assess the damage, pick up the pieces and look ahead to how best to get on with life. The first quarter …

  In his 2004 book “Colossus: The Price of America’s Empire,” the British historian Niall Ferguson offered an interesting premise for what might ultimately bring about the decline of the …

One can hardly describe the recent pick up in initial public offerings in the Middle East and North Africa region as a recovery. As of July 22, the number of …

As the dust from the global economic storm beings to settle in the UAE, banks are hesitantly wading into 2009. This year, the operating environment for banks is undoubtedly challenging. …

There is no doubt that the sheer scale and global consequences of the financial crisis are staggering. The financial meltdown translated into a deep economic recession that reached the US, …

Globally we are faced with unprecedented circumstances and the world is a significantly different place than it was a year ago. Because of this competitive and threatening environment, anxiety is …