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Where To Invest In The Middle East: Bank of America Merrill Lynch(0)
With Gulf economies poised for growth on the back of strong macroeconomic policies, regional stock markets are also set for growth. |
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Gulf Emerges As Global Sweet Spot(0)
Nobody even considered looking at MENA states last year, as news of Arab Spring-related crisis, instability and the Iran conflict dominated the headlines. |
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What If Oil Prices Drop Suddenly?: The GCC Dilemma, As Imagined By Citibank(0)
Barclays Capital expects GCC economies to rise 5.4% this year, but Citibank worries that a sudden drop in oil prices could leave the states with a dilemma: whether to curtail spending or keep pumping funds into the economy. |
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Where To Invest In The Middle East: Bank of America Merrill Lynch(0)
With Gulf economies poised for growth on the back of strong macroeconomic policies, regional stock markets are also set for growth. |
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Gulf’s USD29 Billion Electricity Bill(0)
Gulf states are expected to spend USD29-billion over the next two years on their electricity infrastructure, according to ratings agency Moody’s Investors Services. |
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Middle East’s USD15-Billion SME Opportunity(0)
Around 11 million SMEs remain unserved or underserved in the Middle East, presenting a massive USD15-billion opportunity for the banking industry |
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Human Rights Watch: From Arab Spring To Arab Autumn?(0)
Human Rights Watch reports, by their very nature, never present a rosy outlook as they are given to highlighting the atrocities of governments and the lack of dignity and freedom they present to millions of their hapless citizens across the world. |
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500 New Hotels Under Construction In The Middle East(0)
Close to 500 new hotels – or 496 to be exact – are being built in the Middle East Africa region, according to STR Global, the hospitality consultancy. |
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Jordan & Its Troubled Neighbourhood(0)
With a civil war raging in Syria and other flare-ups and tensions elsewhere in the region, Jordan’s economic prospects look challenging |
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End of Mega Malls In UAE?(0)
Dubai’s retail sector could grow by 5.1% annually till 2015 to reach AED174.8-billion (USD47.6 billion), according to Oryx Business Intelligence. |
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Is It The End Of The Euro?(0)
The bears are out again, painting images of doomsday and Armageddon for the global economy. |
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Sovereign Wealth Fund Assets Set To Hit $5 Trillion(0)
Sovereign wealth funds’ assets grew by USD500-billion in 2011 to reach USD4.6 trillion, according to the latest Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund report. |
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Egypt’s Presidential Hopefuls(0)
‘Be careful for what you wish for, you just might get it.’ And Egypt has got democracy. But it’s not to everyone’s liking, especially as it has resulted in some strange bedfellows, alliances and personalities that many Egyptians were hoping would be confined to the dustbin of history. |
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Rushdi Siddiqui: SAMI + 3 — Islamic World’s BRICS(0)
Tweet“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people |
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Can Gulf stock markets maintain momentum?(0)
With Gulf economies poised for growth on the back of strong macroeconomic policies, regional stock markets are also set for growth. |
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Where To Invest In The Middle East: Bank of America Merrill Lynch(0)
With Gulf economies poised for growth on the back of strong macroeconomic policies, regional stock markets are also set for growth. |
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Gulf’s USD29 Billion Electricity Bill(0)
Gulf states are expected to spend USD29-billion over the next two years on their electricity infrastructure, according to ratings agency Moody’s Investors Services. |
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Buffett May Hate It, But Asians Love Gold(0)
Given the latest gold trends, emerging market investors and central banks appear to humbly disagree with Warren Buffett’s assertion that the yellow metal has limited uses |
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Gold’s ‘honest’ price $10,000, says Societe Generale(0)
We should dismiss exclamations by gold bugs who think gold prices should be way higher, say $3,000 or $5,000. But when SocGen’s global strategy team thinks gold’s ‘honest price’ is $10,000, one should sit up and take notice |
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Commodity Outlook & Fed’s Operation Twist(0)
Oil and gold are poised to benefit from the dithering policies of Western leaders and the possible launch of the Fed’s Operation Twist. Other commodities are set see a run-up thanks to tight supplies |
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