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Executive Issue 127
February, 2010
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Neighborly negotiations
Syria's Palestinian militias in Lebanon demonstrate its diplomatic seriousness
Libya's oily numbers
Is Libya cooking the books of its oil reserves?
The DNA of business
Standard risk management no longer applies to today's business environment
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Shaikhani Contracting aims to secure domestic contracts worth AED 60 million this year
Mortgage and real estate sectors can pioneer new rules
The Injazat Institute to discuss career development strategies for UAE Nationals at Emiratisation Forum
SAUDI ELENEX 2010 gathers over 20,000 visitors and 126 exhibitors
Egypt's underground wall will quash the necessary and thriving trade of the Gaza Strip's tunnels
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Crushing Gaza's subterranean salvation
Egypt caves under US and Israeli pressure to squeeze Gaza below the surface
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Cairo's capitulation
Gaza suffers for Egypt's presidential succession
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Grasping the idea
A stream of recent M&A's in the Middle East requires companies to reassess how they position themselves globally
Iraq's electoral maelstrom
The banning of candidates in Iraq's upcoming elections stokes tensions across the sectarian spectrum
Modernizing the marque
Rolls Royce's new Ghost gambles sales against exclusivity
Obama’s self-defeatism
The president walks the political tightrope between economic restrictions and political power
“Not guilty” plea in UAE central bank scheme
Seven men charged with foreign documents and attempting to steal $10.35 billion
BLOMINVEST Business Briefs
A selection of financial transactions from January 2010
CBK board resigns en masse
All five remaining board members toss in their hats after two others left last December
Central bank to offer 7-year CD
Lebanon's new CDs hold a fixed rate of 8.5 percent
EFG-Hermes sells stake in Bank Audi after “No” to acquisition
EFG makes a total of $260 million in unconsolidated capitl gains after the sale
Half of Dubai's rescue fund already stumped up
Dubai's government states that $5 billion of the $10 billion Abu Dhabi bailout existed before the debt standstill announcement
IFC buys 8 percent of Byblos Bank
The IFC will hold one seat on the board of Lebanon's Byblos Bank once the deal is sealed
Iran’s banks plagued by $48 billion in bad loans
Iran's central bank governor sees a crisis in the making
Lebanon's Central Bank foreign assets rise
The Banque du Liban increases the value of its foreign assets by $8.6 billion in 2009
Majority foreign ownership allowed at Syrian banks
Foreigners can now hold up to 60 percent at a Syrian bank
Reeling in the rich
Banks butter up the world's wealthy in search of personal fortunes
Shadows of foreclosure
Low property prices keep Dubai's banks wary of repossession
Turkey's largest bank set for an IPO
Ziraat to be floated according to economy minister
Diversifying Kurdistan
Striking a balance between free and fair trade in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraq's electoral maelstrom
The banning of candidates in Iraq's upcoming elections stokes tensions across the sectarian spectrum
Libya's oily numbers
Is Libya cooking the books of its oil reserves?
Neighborly negotiations
Syria's Palestinian militias in Lebanon demonstrate its diplomatic seriousness
Obama’s self-defeatism
The president walks the political tightrope between economic restrictions and political power
Saving a failing state
Somalia's predicament will require the US and Arab states to provide economic alternatives to militancy and piracy
Sectarianism ends at home
Dealing with Lebanon's 'big babies' will nip sectarianism in the bud
Total tiptoes back to Iran
The French giant treads carefully back into the Islamic Republic
Turkey eyes the cheese
The support of the people is not enough to deal with Turkey's debt
Modernizing the marque
Rolls Royce's new Ghost gambles sales against exclusivity
Style over substance
Lebanon's smartphone sales soar, even as snarled networks hamper capabilities
The ABC of corporate crisis management
In times of crisis companies need to accept responsibility or risk damaging their brands
The golden city with the Midas touch
Jim Krane's new book about Dubai reads well but avoids the harder questions
Watching over the family business
An exclusive interview with the CEO of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons watch dealers
A new year with mixed results
January stock market performance and analysis from around the MENA region
Abu Dhabi inflation to ease
Emirate's inflation makes an about-face
Calm oil prices expected in 2010
Oil to remain stable over the course of 2010
Dubai economy to contract further
Shuaa capital sees Dubai's economy shrinking for a second consecutive year
Fiscal deficit at $2.6 billion
Lebanon's deficit widens to constitute more than a quarter of the national budget
Grasping the idea
A stream of recent M&A's in the Middle East requires companies to reassess how they position themselves globally
Istithmar chief resigns
Dubai World's private equity arm sheds its former master and commander
Korean group to develop UAE atomic energy
Korean-US consortium wins the rights to develop the UAE's first nuclear power plants
Lebanon set for steady seven
World Bank says Lebanon ready for a repeat of 2009 GDP growth
Money makers
Middle East currency traders' golden hour
New year, few IPOs
Predictions abound while the markets wait for results in 2009
Noble signs LOI to supply Israel with contentious gas
Noble Energy signs letter of intent to supply Isreal with potentially stolen gas
Shell ups Egypt investment
The international oil giant takes a chunk out of Egypt's western desert
Sifting the chaff
Egypt's stock exchange delists firms in a move to put quality over quantity
Tele-me-when
Lebanon's telecom minister proposes his expansion plan but is mum on wider political issues
The DNA of business
Standard risk management no longer applies to today's business environment
The reemergence of venture capital
With other asset classes in the doldrums, venture capital is making a comeback
The time for waiting is over
Dubai's waiting game will not do much to brighten its prospects as other cities fill the void left behind
A devious trade
The shady business of diamond dealing in Lebanon
Cedars to the rescue
MEA flight takes life saving supplies to Haiti
Dogan down for the count
Turkish media giant rolls over after tax fine sucker punch
Maghreb’s minds return
The financial crisis is expediting a return home of experienced Moroccan workers living abroad
Radio Free Libya?
Advertising revenue could trump the state's media muzzle
Secrets of the stones
An investigation into the murky world of Lebanon's jewelry sector
Unsavory one-upmanship
Isreal counter-attacks in the hummus war
Last Month's headlines - Lebanon
Selected healines from the month of January 2010 in Lebanon
Last Month's headlines - Middle East
Selected headlines from the month of January 2010 the Middle East
Building cities in Egypt’s burgeoning market
Lebanon's flagship real estate company tries its hand at Cairo's suburbs
East Jerusalem even more occupied
Settlement expansion continues despite international condemnation
Green city delayed
Masdar City not to be complete until 2020
Hiking up mountain prices
Prices of resorts in Lebanon's mountainous north east are fetching a pretty penny and adjusting to the reality of the climate change
If you build it, will they come
The world waits to see if Burj Khalifa’s figures can match its stature
Kuwait Finance House in Chicago
KFH makes $242 million deal in the windy city
Lebanon's real estate resistant
Real estate transactions reach their highest level in a decade
Real estate M&A down globally
Study shows M&A real estate deals plummeted in 2009
Reality sinks in Jordan
The kingdom's property prospects took a beating in 2009
Ruins to spring riches
Developer seeks to revive one of Lebanon's oldest water factories
Tripoli's Idle arches
The Chinese government may soon give Tripoli's famous exhibition center a much needed face lift
Cairo's capitulation
Gaza suffers for Egypt's presidential succession
Crushing Gaza's subterranean salvation
Egypt caves under US and Israeli pressure to squeeze Gaza below the surface
Economics of the underground
Egypt's underground wall will quash the necessary and thriving trade of the Gaza Strip's tunnels
Discussing Arab Youth with Najla al-Awadhi
An interview with the UAE's MP and CEO of DMI
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