28th January, 2012, 23:32
Crises offer unique opportunities to lay foundation for sustainable global growth, says Ahmed Heikal
Posted: January 28, 2012
EGYPT. Investors will maximize their chances of locking in attractive long-term returns by investing in businesses that provide solutions to some of the greatest challenges of our age, the Chairman and Founder of Citadel Capital, the leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa, said in Davos.
INTERNATIONAL. Rating agency Fitch on Friday downgraded five eurozone countries, including Italy and Spain, citing their vulnerability to sharp turns in market sentiment.
INTERNATIONAL. Eurozone countries must show "the colour of their money" in shoring up the single currency before any IMF funds are given to members facing economic collapse.
QATAR. "I'm sure that it (the cracks) is something that has emerged and that Airbus is capable of putting it right soon," Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said.
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MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS COMMENT & ANALYSIS
date:Posted: January 28, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. Gold Investment beat every other store of value hands down in the decade just gone. Pretty much every currency you can name lost 85% of its value in gold. Yet the sheer quantity of new money pouring into central-bank vaults saw their gold holdings only just hold their ground. Gold's rise, in short, has been buried under wood-pulp.
date:Posted: January 28, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. The worst of the European sovereign debt crisis may be over as the region's banks are increasingly able to access funding, Nomura top executive says in Davos.
date:Posted: January 28, 2012
UAE. 2012 Gold Forecast: With continued tension in the Middle East and more financial turmoil looming, 'Gold Hand' Maktari says this is another year for the record books.
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SAUDI ARABIA. Earlier this month, Zain Saudi Arabia posted an 11% decline in losses, bringing the firm's accumulated losses to about 9.6 billion riyals, around two-thirds of the company's 14 billion riyals of share capital.
Fayyaz Alimohamed sees 'mania' in junior mining stocks, recommends holding physical gold outside the banking systemPosted: January 26, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Fayyaz Alimohamed, CEO of Altair Ventures Inc. and publisher of the Acamar Journal, offers historical perspective and predictions on the global economic crisis.
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