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Arab Spring: A New Era In A Transforming Globe(0)
November 8, 2011 The Arab uprising must be seen as an integral part of a world in transformation. The technological and informational revolutions that have spurred (and continue to spur) globalization and interconnectedness between cultures make it impossible for tyrants to rule for the entirety of their lifetimes while mercilessly subjugating their peoples to lives of servitude with no prospect of ever tasting the true meaning of freedom. |
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More Bad News For Egypt As Moody’s Downgrades Five Banks(0)
Moody’s Investors Service has today downgraded the local-currency (LC) deposit ratings of the following five Egyptian banks: |
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SPECIAL COMMENT: Turkish exchange plans ties with UAE and Egyptian markets(0)
By Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters Turkey has been building capital market bridges to GCC and South East Asia, and chairman of the Istanbul Stock Exchange, Hussain Erkan, has been a leading architect in establishing dialogue, hosting events, and facilitating cooperation and coordination with his counterparts for both Islamic and conventional finance. In this interview, Erkan shares his thoughts on the challenges and progress of Islamic finance in Turkey, among various other issues. He is hopeful that the improvements made should be able to attract investors from the GCC. |
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Egypt Government Resignation Offer Credit Negative: Moody’s(0) Ratings agency Moody says that political instability in Egypt (Ba3 negative), epitomized in the recent, tendered resignation of its interim government on 11 October, is credit negative amid the country”s deteriorating economic conditions, rising pressure on government finances and an increasingly urgent need for the government to shore up external assistance for the balance of payments. |
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Arab Spring-Related Economic Losses For Affected Countries: $56-Billion(0) The Arab Spring not only cost at least three dictators their jobs but also $56-billlion in lost GDP for the worst affected countries, according to a statistical study by a consulting firm. READ MORE HERE |
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Analysis: New Phase Of Protests In Cairo(0) Coptic Christian protesters clashed with pro-government forces Oct. 9, killing at least 23 people and injuring 180. If reports of protesters using firearms and violence against security forces are true, this would mark a distinct change in the tactics of such dissenters, as opposition forces may be turning more violent ahead of scheduled parliamentary elections. However, the violence will likely ultimately help the ruling military council, providing it an excuse to slow its plans to hand over power and possibly rallying support from parts of the Egyptian population. |
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Predicting Black Swans(0) Could the Arab Spring have been predicted? More significant, could we have predicted that Saudi Arabia will remain stable throughout the turmoil? Or even where Bin Laden was hiding? New data mining techniques suggest we can. READ MORE HERE |
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Mayor Bloomberg Warns Of Egypt-style Riots If Jobs Aren’t Created In U.S. Soon(0) There will be riots in the streets: Mayor Bloomberg warns of anarchy if more jobs aren’t created soon. ‘We have a lot of kids graduating college, can’t find jobs,’ he said on his weekly radio show. ‘That’s what happened in Cairo. That’s what happened in Madrid. You don’t want those kinds of riots here.’ READ MORE HERE |
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Middle East’s Q3 Economic Prospects Look Dim On Global Slowdown(0) As the global economy lurches from one crisis to the next, we look at the prospects for the regional economies in troubling global conditions which could slash domestic growth. Another quarter, another headache. Gulf governments have suffered a tumultuous first two quarters of the year and were hoping for some semblance of sanity in the third quarter. At the very least, regional governments were hoping that tragic developments within the Middle East had remained isolated - Syria, Yemen and Libya - leaving other countries in relative safety and peace. |
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Mubarak: Court Diversions(0)
The Egyptian army has given the public what they wanted: The humiliation of Hosni Mubarak and his regime on live TV. But beyond the court circus, far greater challenges remain. Not satisfied with disposing Mubarak, Egyptians returned time and again to the now-famous Tahrir Square to ensure that Mubarak did not enjoy a luxurious exile ala Zine al-Abidine Ben AliBen Ali of Tunisia, who is now in political asylum in Saudi Arabia despite being found guilty of corrupt property deals by a Tunisian court. READ MORE HERE
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