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Middle East Countries Fall In Peace Index(0) Qatar, which has been beating its regional rival on economic performance, has also won the title of the most peaceful country in the Middle East North Africa region. The Institute of Economics & Peace, bestowed the number one regional ranking to Qatar in its annual Global Peace Index (GPI) 2011. READ MORE HERE |
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$1.6T Middle East Projects Are Delayed Or Cancelled: Citibank(0) Close to $1.6-trillion worth of projects are cancelled or are on hold in the Middle East and East North African market, with $800-billion in the UAE alone, according to Citibank. The statistics are a reflection of the hangover of the leveraged days in the region when billion dollar projects were announced virtually every other day. Read More Here |
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Survey: Revival & Reach of Islamic Finance(1) By Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head, Islamic Finance & OIC Countries Thomson Reuters It’s polling time once again in Islamic finance, but, today, we survey two major developments: Arab revolution and death of Osama Bin Laden (OBL), and examine the consequences, if any, on Islamic finance on the Maghreb and anti-Shariah countries. Interestingly, the million-dollar mansion living OBL and his executive team camped in ‘cave gate-aways’ witnessed in real time the Al Qaeda ideology of hate, mayhem and murder discredited by a highly educated, but very poor Tunisian fruit-seller seeking dignity of work in providing for his family. |
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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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What Every Risk Manager Should Ponder(0) David Rosenberg is an outstanding economist and strategist at Glushin & Sheff in Toronto. He notes that while there are many known unknowns, there are a few things worth pondering about strategists and risk managers like him |
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Mark Mobius’ Middle East North Africa View(0) Mark Mobius’ Franklin Templeton can see clear opportunities in the haze of Middle East turmoil. |
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How Much Wealth Do Arab Rulers Control Directly?(0) The rulers and royal families of the Arab World directly control more than $240-billion of investments in publicly-listed firms, surpassing SWF and government institutions, according to data. Read More |
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Growth Retraction Fears in Middle East(0) As events in Egypt change faster than you can update them on Twitter or Facebook, regional authorities are looking at the short-term and long-term impact of the crisis on their own economies. Read More |
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Where’s the next Tunisia?(0) Which countries are ‘ripe for a revolution’ and is there a likelihood that the people of the Arab World will be able to shake the very foundations of the region’s autocracy, monarchy and dictatorships that rule their fates? Read More |
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