The final trading week in June demonstrated that markets in the Middle East and North Africa are neither highly resilient nor diversified, despite having greatly advanced since the region’s 2008 …
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In his 2003 book “The law of insolvency,” Ian Fletcher writes “commercial morality, and respect for the rule of law, may be said to constitute the very bedrock upon which …
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A rather spectacular governance lesson came this past week from Dubai-listed construction and development group Arabtec Holding. The company, presumably driven by a mixture of its own daring ambitions and the …
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“Local investors whine about entrepreneurs. Usually the real challenge in most markets is that the investors don’t have their act together, the investors don’t take risks and the investors don’t …
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In an inverted image from the previous week, Gulf markets roared and Egypt flopped in the 22nd week of the year. However, the factors underlying the market movements remained unchanged: …
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More than $1.4 trillion worth of mega projects are currently under execution in the Middle East and North Africa, according to a new report by Citi Research, a unit of …
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The International Labor Organization’s Global Employment Trends 2013 was released on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. The body has been recording data on global labor trends since it was established in …
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The telecommunications sector in the Middle East continues to experience change and the challenges of growth on levels not seen in most other industries. During 2012, consumers, businesses and governments …
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Private equity (PE) financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a fairly nascent industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, but it is increasingly being accepted …
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Markets appeared to be on the downward slope of the rollercoaster last month. After rallying following monetary easing measures in the United States and in Europe in September, markets have …
