Archives for the ‘Deals’ Category
  Yahoo! acquires Maktoob.com»

Yahoo! has acquired Maktoob Group, the Arab world's largest online portal for an undisclosed amount...

August 25, 2009

Prince Alwaleed jumped the gun»
Emaar accused Kingdom Holding of making a premature announcement.

June 16, 2009

City’s saga continues»
Manchester City’s saga turned ugly as Robinho’s desertion prompted more criticism for the club. We’re guessing that this isn’t the sort of publicity club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was hoping for

January 25, 2009

Calling all vacation lovers»
The Kipp team loves going on vacation (who doesn’t), and thanks to the global meltdown, we can suddenly afford to go on numerous weekend breaks. Thank you, financial crisis.

January 24, 2009

No deal»
The EU and the GCC have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement for 20 years. Why haven’t they agreed on anything?

December 29, 2008


Shake it up, WEF»

Where there’s a WEF, there’s a crowd of exceptionally smart movers and shakers…maybe they can shake things up a little and get us out of the financial mess we’re in

November 6, 2008


Manchester United dials in to Saudi»

Saudi Telecom latest in line to sponsor international sporting teams.

August 17, 2008


Hoarding up the weapons»

Why is Saudi entering multi- billion dollar arms deals with Britain and the US?

August 11, 2008

DWTC linked with $billion bid for Cityscape organizer»

July 30, 2008

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise hit by downturn in airline industry»

July 22, 2008

Dubai linked with $500m bid for England’s most Jewish football club»

June 19, 2008

Dubai linked with $2bn bid for Cirque du Soleil»

June 16, 2008

As UK market freezes, Dubai’s Limitless spots a $480m opportunity»

June 10, 2008

Dubai private equity scans Gulf for aspiring market leaders»

June 9, 2008

Qatar disgust as IOC pass on Olympic bid»

June 5, 2008