Aircraft manufacturers must love the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) right now. In a time of global caution GCC countries keep filling the order books of many aircraft manufacturers. On the …
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While the high-rises, gargantuan malls, five-, six- and seven-star hotels, and abundant glitz and glamour are all telling of Dubai’s place as the center of global aviation, much less known …
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The rise and dominance of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) is representative of the transformation of the global financial landscape after the 2008 crisis. Two significant factors combine in powering up …
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Moving into cyberspace has done wonders for increasing the speed and ease of many work and communication processes. Yet it has done nothing for changing basic patterns of human behavior …
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Despite some corporate performance soft spots and pockets of socioeconomic discontent, the Gulf economies are a good bet for investors this year, and into the future. High oil prices conjoined …
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There is no shortage of super-regional and regional malls in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Super-regional malls, such as Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates in the …
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In gangster movies, a classic scene is for a mafia boss to greet someone warmly with his right hand, then wink to one of his bodyguards on the side …
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The development of an efficient, modern and systematic arbitration process is arguably a central tenet that accompanies a country’s economic development and progress. Among other marks of quality, growth-oriented countries …
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“The movie business is a gambling business,” says Salim Ramia, chief executive of Grand Cinemas. “When you buy a movie for a million dollars before it is even filmed, isn’t …
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The talk of labor nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council — ‘Saudization’, ‘Emiratization’, ‘Qatarization’, etcetera — has dominated national policies and development plans for the past 20 years. Qatar’s national …