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Cost-cutting behaviour in the GCC: cut-throat or considerate?

Cost-cutting behaviour in the GCC: cut-throat or considerate?

With companies in the GCC spending up to $2million in cost-cutting consulting services, McGill Consulting Group explores the decision-making process cost-cutting and how firms are coping with these changes.

March 19, 2012 3:34
 
Politics and business: China-Gulf ties won’t be affected by Syria clashes

Politics and business: China-Gulf ties won’t be affected by Syria clashes

Given its $90 billion a year bilateral trade with GCC, China has received less flak for vetoing the UN Council resolution on Syria. Things may change though if Syria worsens.

March 6, 2012 12:31
 
Will go you for a ride on a JetPad?

Will go you for a ride on a JetPad?

A UAE-based company takes personal watercraft to the next level. And no, the owners say it’s not another version of Jet Ski.

March 5, 2012 5:06
 
Gulf states recalling ambassadors in Syria

Gulf states recalling ambassadors in Syria

Gulf Arab countries announced on Tuesday they were recalling their ambassadors from Damascus and expelling Syrian envoys in response to worsening violence in Syria.

February 8, 2012 12:24
 
Kuwait Emir names Sheikh Jaber to form new cabinet

Kuwait Emir names Sheikh Jaber to form new cabinet

Kuwait's emir has asked outgoing prime minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah to form a new cabinet, the state news agency KUNA said on Monday, after the Gulf Arab state held a parliamentary election last week.

February 7, 2012 3:25
 
Survival of the Fittest: UAE opens up to GCC investment

Survival of the Fittest: UAE opens up to GCC investment

With the UAE making it easy for GCC businesses to enter the country, how is the additional competition going to impact local businesses?

February 6, 2012 4:48
 
Abu Dhabi’s ‘love affair’ with Seychelles grows stronger

Abu Dhabi’s ‘love affair’ with Seychelles grows stronger

With some of Etihad's executives moving over to Air Seychelles and Abu Dhabi's increasing bilateral relations with the islands, could we one day call the country UAE's eight emirate?

February 1, 2012 5:16
 
Tiger pleased with progress despite Sunday disappointment

Tiger pleased with progress despite Sunday disappointment

Tiger Woods's joint third-place finish at the Abu Dhabi Championship showed the former world number one was getting closer to regaining his imperious form of old.

January 30, 2012 7:15
 
Women are better for business, says Booz & Co

Women are better for business, says Booz & Co

Educated and ambitious, the GCC’s female population is key to solving economic issues in the region. Booz & Co shows you the whys and how to get on the bandwagon.

January 29, 2012 2:56
 
GCC says pulling its monitors from Syria mission

GCC says pulling its monitors from Syria mission

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Tuesday it had decided to withdraw its monitors from an Arab League mission to Syria, following the lead of Saudi Arabia.

January 24, 2012 2:02
 
Gulf states eye 50 percent roaming rate cut within region

Gulf states eye 50 percent roaming rate cut within region

Gulf Arab states aim to cut mobile phone roaming charges by at least 50 percent within the region by Feb. 1, an official of the Gulf Cooperation Council said in a statement on Monday.

January 24, 2012 1:53
 
Iran says US presence in Gulf “not a new issue”

Iran says US presence in Gulf “not a new issue”

Revolutionary Guards official plays down US naval moves; Appears to back away from previous threats to Washington; Tensions high over new sanctions and nuclear activities

January 22, 2012 11:15
 
China’s Wen says Arab popular will should be heard

China’s Wen says Arab popular will should be heard

China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that Arab countries should be left to determine their political futures for themselves, but that popular will should be heeded in that process.

January 18, 2012 1:53
 
Questionable quality: tackling the region’s food service industry

Questionable quality: tackling the region’s food service industry

From a hair strand in a coffee cup to misleading ad portions, here are a few Kippers sharing their food woes.

January 17, 2012 4:22
 
Saudi Almarai Q4 profits inch up, raw material costs bite

Saudi Almarai Q4 profits inch up, raw material costs bite

Almarai margins affected by higher raw material costs; Dairy firm says has yet to book Zain Saudi impairment

January 17, 2012 2:46
 
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