Putting a price on US-Arab misconceptions
Perceptions of Middle East in the western business world remain confused and contradictory. Yet the lack of understanding goes both ways and cost millions of dollars a year.
Mar 15, 2010
Dubai's capital competition
A recent survey named Abu Dhabi ‘best Arab city’. But readers of this website disagree...
Mar 14, 2010
Good for you, good for business
OPINION: The average worker in the Middle East is increasingly likely to be fat and suffer from diabetes. But while regional governments are waking up to this looming health crisis, employers have a role to play too.
Mar 14, 2010
  The camouflaged trade with Iran
Despite the embargo, 74 companies have done business with both the US government and Iran since 2000, some through Gulf intermediaries.
Mar 11, 2010
  Lebanese, but not Lebanese
Nationality is conferred on children by their fathers, not their mothers, an inequality that is meeting with increasing resistance in Beirut.
Mar 11, 2010
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  Super-sized spending in Saudi
Most families in Saudi are spending much more than they earn, accumulating huge debts as a result.
Mar 10, 2010
The new road for Damascus
Syria’s stock exchange barely registers 100 transactions a month. But efforts to attract more firms to list could help lift the profile of the fledgling bourse.
Mar 10, 2010
Murdoch’s speech at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit
News Corp boss tells UAE that censorship of the media is "counterproductive" in his address to the Abu Dhabi Media Summit.
Mar 09, 2010
Obituary: Antoine Choueiri
"Choueiri was a modern day Colossus who, for nearly half a century, straddled the region’s media and advertising sectors."
Mar 09, 2010