Loading ...No deal
By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Deals, International, RegionalThe EU and the GCC have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement for 20 years. Why haven’t they agreed on anything?
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The EU and the GCC have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement for 20 years. Why haven’t they agreed on anything?
Family businesses not into “financial wizardry”
By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 14th, 2008 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Money, Regional, The People, analysis, investmentsIf there’s any business that will survive the credit crisis, it’s a family business. Professor Ludo Van der Heyden, INSEAD, explains why.
Ad spend is spiraling, but which way?
By Kipp • Nov 17th, 2008 • Category: Kipp's BlogThe GCC ad spend report from January to September has a positive ring to it. Will it continue ringing in the coming months?
Open for business
By Kipp • Oct 29th, 2008 • Category: Article, Cover Story, analysis, investmentsArab SWFs have money. The West can use all it can get. In fact, they’ve thrown their doors open to the Arab world. Have perceptions of Arab funds changed?
Pegged to the right stuff
By Kipp • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Money, analysisMore losses hammer markets around the world today, but there’s a silver lining to all this: because the GCC’s currencies are pegged to the dollar, the rising dollarhas just increased your salary’s worth.
Fraud, fraud, everywhere
By Kipp • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Money, analysisThe numbers are out: Fraud is rife in the GCC. And with the financial crisis threatening to ruin businesses, it’s likely to get worse
All together now
By Louis • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Money, analysis, investmentsGlobal markets have been brought to their knees. It’s time for the GCC pull its resources together. If not now, when?
Armed to the teeth, Part I
By Kipp • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: Article, Cover Story, analysisGCC states are stockpiling high-tech weapons. They say it’s for protection. This two part series looks at the potential conflicts in the region, and how regional governments are preparing for them.
GCC: The domino effect
By Kipp • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: Article, Cover Story, analysisAll the insulation in the world can’t protect the region from the global financial meltdown. Not only are banks looking at potential losses of over $2.6 billion, but mergers and higher loan rates threaten to destabilize the average GCC-resident’s financial future. Here’s why.
Brands can fly high by wooing students
By Kipp • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Retail, The Life, marketingSeveral marketers in the region believe that reaching out to young adults in their college years is an ideal way to build brand loyalty.
Rising rent roping in other problems
By Kipp • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Innovation, Media/Marketing, Real Estate, The WorkWith inflation soaring, people are forced to share accommodation to curb rents, which in turn is leading to overcrowding and other domestic issues.
Regional businesses need to function behind glass doors
By Kipp • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, The Work, investmentsStudy reveals that the GCC’s listed companies still have a long way to go before they convince the public they are indeed transparent.
A marriage of convenience
By Kipp • Sep 7th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Money, The WorkAs rising inflation rates continue to haunt GCC economies, a look at why the region’s currency is clinging to the failing dollar.
Bahrain plans Orient Express rail link within five years
By Kipp • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, The Work, investmentsRoyal backing for rail link with Turkey; project could be the latest in string of rail developments across the region.
Pick up the spades and start digging
By Kipp • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, The Work, investmentsWhy is the region heavily investing in farmland across Asia and Africa?
