Posts Tagged ‘Gulf states’
By Tania Tabar • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional, Special report, feature
The Arab World continues to suffer from staggering unemployment rates. Are regional governments doing enough to curb the region’s brain drain?
By Dana El Baltaji • Nov 23rd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
Gulf States are considering using a new unified, regional currency to price crude oil rather than using…
By Dana El Baltaji • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, Regional
Oil prices broke the $80 barrier this week. Is it too early to be optimistic about the region’s recovery process?
By Kipp • Oct 6th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
The Gulf Arab states will continue using…
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Nation, United States
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is in the UAE to drum up backing from oil rich Gulf States...
By Ian Munroe • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Technology, The Work
With few signs of homegrown Silicon Valleys on the horizon, Gulf states are spending billions more to attract high-tech knowhow, Part II.
By Ian Munroe • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Technology, The Work
With few signs of homegrown Silicon Valleys on the horizon, Gulf states are spending billions more to attract high-tech knowhow, Part I.
By Aarti Nagraj • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Health, Money, People, Regional, The Life
The number of obese people in the region is growing, and so is the money they are costing the Gulf region for healthcare. Here are some stats.
By Dana El Baltaji • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Cover Story, Economy, Money, Regional, The People
The deadline for the common currency hasn’t been postponed officially, but it may as well have been. No one’s surprised.
By Ian Munroe • Jan 25th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Work, investments
Even as the financial crisis takes its toll, it looks like the Gulf states maybe looking to reclaim their place at the center of world trade, Part I.
By Kipp • Dec 1st, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Innovation, Money, The Work, investments
That’s what many international agencies have been telling oil-rich Gulf nations for months. But does the region have funds to spare?
The emirate’s fashion scene may have been affected by the financial crisis, but some in the industry see a more positive trend in the future.
Though often described as a ‘Mexican oligarch’, the world’s richest man, who is worth a cool $53bn, has Lebanese ancestry. And he hasn’t forgotten it.
Around 35% of the medication sold in the Middle East is fake, compared to just 1% in the US. Kipp examines the threat posed by this $75 billion global trade, ...
The News Corp boss did not make a single reference to Dubai in his speech at Abu Dhabi’s glitzy media summit. But he still has links to the emirate’s high-profile ...
Democracy is the “most important priority” for the Arab youth, according to a recent survey. But some say this marks an urge for greater self-determination, rather than a change in ...
One was rocked by a ‘fake ads’ scandal, the other has seen a steadily declining number of entries. So which of the region’s competing advertising awards has the edge?
Dubai Kiss Court Case Highlights Culture Clash; Friends in Need; How Privacy Vanishes Online; Where Did All the Love Go?; Qatar on the Cusp
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