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Gulf States Have World’s Lowest Corporate Tax Regimes(0)

Most Gulf states offer some of the lowest tax rates to Forbes 2000 companies. But is there a link between the trouble in other Middle East states and their tax rates? Read More Here

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Egypt Real Estate Sector Needs To Deliver 550 Homes Every Day Till 2015(1)

Egypt’s real estate sector will remain in a tailspin as developers face court cases and lose land deals. But the country still needs 550 homes delivered per day through 2015 to meet rising demand. Read full story here

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Great Arab Job Hunt: Unemployment costs MENA $40-50 Billlion A Year - McKinsey(0)

The region loses $40-50-billion in economic loss due to youth unemployment, notes a McKinsey report. The problem will only get worse due to huge mismatch between the skills required for jobs and those on offer. Read More Here

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11 Challenges For Egyptian Economy(0)

While Egypt’s transition is heartening, there are 11 key challenges and issues it needs to address to ensure the country’s enormous potential is harnessed.
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Global Recovery May Slip On High Oil, But Boost Saudi Economy: IMF(1)

Oil prices will rise 36% in 2011, denting global economic recovery, warns the IMF. But that also means Saudi’s GDP will rise 7.5% - one of the highest among G20 nations. Read More Here

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Egypt Will Surpass Saudi Economy By 2050: HSBC(0)

Egypt will surpass Saudi Arabia as the region’s largest economy by 2050 and emerge as the 19th largest economy in the world, according to an HSBC report. Read More Here

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Middle East Sovereign Debtors Seen As Among Riskiest By Global Investors(1)

Saudi Arabia is no longer in the list of the ten safest sovereign debtors in the world, meanwhile Lebanon, Iraq, Dubai and Egypt all find themselves in the list of ten riskiest sovereign debtors, according to new data. Read More

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McKinsey’s Future Middle East and Global Cities Report Highlights Cairo, Doha and Al Ain - yes, Al Ain(0)

Reading McKinsey’s Urban World: Mapping The Power Of Cities convinces us that the world will belong to China by 2025 - we will just be living in it. Forget the Middle East and its oil wealth, or Latin America with its flair, charm and commodity-fuelled brilliance, or even India with its bursting economic ingenuity and labour power - China will dominate the proceedings. Read More Here

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What Were The Middle East’s Best And Worst Performing Stocks In Q1?(2)

What were the MENA region’s best performing stocks in the first quarter - more importantly, which were the worst that burnt investors, including one that fell 99.02% in the quarter? Read More Here

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Gold Reserves of Middle East & North Africa Governments(1)

Saudi Arabia’s gold reserves dwarf Libya’s hordings. Here is a selected list of countries with the biggest gold reserves, including almost every Middle East nation.

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