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By Lara Haidar • Oct 22nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Work, brandThere are a number of things to consider when seeking to register and protect your brands, says Lara Haidar from The Rights Lawyers.
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There are a number of things to consider when seeking to register and protect your brands, says Lara Haidar from The Rights Lawyers.
Arming up
By Aarti Nagraj • Oct 18th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Saudi Arabia, The Life, investmentsSaudi has just introduced new laws allowing private companies to sell firearms. Is the kingdom arming itself?
Kuwait’s unions unifying
By Kipp • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Kuwait, Labor, The WorkOne of the main trade unions in the country is planning to regulate the activities of all the unions in Kuwait, as some of them are illegal.
Will the UAE’s new law change business?
By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 11th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, Nation, The Work, investmentsThe country has scrapped the AED150,000 minimum requirement for a company to start a business here. According to analysts, more has to be done.
No minimum balance for new firms in the UAE
By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, NationCompanies will no longer need a minimum of...
Stripping down the laws
By Aarti Nagraj • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, The Life, societyA man in Dubai has been sentenced to a month in jail for wearing a cancer awareness t-shirt that featured an almost nude Victoria Beckham.
Bahrain: ‘sin city’ no more?
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Life, societyThe Gulf country was the only one from the region named in a list of sin cities produced by Ask Men magazine last year, and the government isn’t happy about it.
Launch of the lingerie campaign in Saudi
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 26th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Life, societyWomen in the kingdom are boycotting lingerie stores to push for the implementation of a law that allows female staff to work in shops selling women’s undergarments.
Fallout of Bahrainization
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 23rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional, The WorkBahrain’s government imposes a labor fee on every expatriate employed in the country to encourage the hiring of locals. Now the local owners are angry.
Beating domestic violence in Bahrain
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 12th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The People, societyA large number of women are abused in the country, say activists, but measures are now being taken to fight the issue.
Pay up your debts or stay
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 10th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional, The PeopleThe Kuwaiti government may prohibit expatriates from leaving the country if they still have debts. Do you agree with the country’s stand?
The big smoke
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, People, The LifeThe UAE is planning to introduce strict measures such as taxes and graphic display messages on tobacco products to help reduce the number of smokers. Should it learn from Canada’s example?
