Archives for the ‘Regional’ Category
  The crunch hits the skies»

The IATA has announced that cargo and passenger traffic is has fallen 13.5 percent and 4.6 percent respectively. Air traffic in the Middle East, however, is still rising.

December 30, 2008

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

Iraq’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’»
Phone messages in Arabic mocking US President Bush have been doing the rounds. Have you read any good ones? We have.

December 18, 2008

Iraqi shoe thrower sparks controversy»
Some call his act heroic, others shameful. What do you think?

December 16, 2008

Women can’t talk and remember simultaneously»
Surprised? So are we. But apparently a Yemeni cleric has “scientific proof” that women are the incapable of speaking and retaining information at the same time.

December 16, 2008

Labor woes in the Middle East, Part II
Labor woes in the Middle East, Part II»
The global credit crisis is ripping through economies in the Middle East, forcing companies to announce hefty job cuts. Nowhere, not even the Gulf, has been spared.

December 15, 2008

Family businesses not into “financial wizardry”
Family businesses not into “financial wizardry”»
If there’s any business that will survive the credit crisis, it’s a family business. Professor Ludo Van der Heyden, INSEAD, explains why.

December 14, 2008

Labor woes in the Middle East, Part I
Labor woes in the Middle East, Part I»
The global credit crisis is ripping through economies in the Middle East, forcing companies to announce hefty job cuts. Nowhere, not even the Gulf, has been spared.

December 14, 2008

Haj reflections»
Siraj Wahab, a journalist with Arab News, gives a rare and personal glimpse of the Haj pilgrimage in Mecca.

December 9, 2008

Banned for good»
In its latest bid to improve Saudi schools, the government has banned books that promote extremist views from libraries in the kingdom.

December 3, 2008

Happy now?!»
All that walking paid off for the Kuwaitis. Their government has approved the creation of a fund to invest in the local stock market.

November 19, 2008

Walk like a Kuwaiti»
Kuwaiti investors are furious. They've lost millions on the stock market, and they want their government to shore up their losses. But aren't losses and gains part of the investing game?

November 4, 2008

Flying high»
The IATA predicts Middle Eastern airlines will see some rough weather in the coming months, but national carriers in the region continue to announce expansion plans.

November 2, 2008

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