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Posted: 12-05-2008
INTERNATIONAL. Oil prices have hit a series of all-time highs and touched US$120 per barrel in late April despite clear signs that the global economy is slowing. Demand and supply fundamentals have supported much of the run-up in prices in recent years, but the recent upward movement has been the result of investors using oil (and other commodities denominated in the US Dollar) as a hedge against the falling value of the dollar. Higher prices have not had too great an impact on economic growth so far because most consumers have been sheltered from the rise. Retail prices of fuel in emerging ma
Posted: November 19, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. A majority of investors expects the US Federal Reserve to hold off from raising interest rates until the second half of 2010, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for November.
Posted: November 19, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Faber said, considering the size of the stimulus packages and the monetary printing, the US economy hasn't responded well. What have responded well are asset markets but unemployment is horrrible and the typical household is suffering.
Posted: November 18, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. The global health industry is worth around US$4.2 trillion. As GCC countries continue to develop world class healthcare systems, they must avoid pitfalls of the developed markets, according to AT Kearney.
Posted: November 18, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Trend Micro survey reveals 14 % respondents have no confidence in their company's IT security, 57% of the regions business have actually had two or more virus attacks in the past six months alone.
Posted: November 15, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. The profound demographic and social changes that have transformed the GCC are set to continue over the next decade, raising significant questions related to labour and immigration policies.
Posted: November 15, 2009
UAE. According to a new report conducted by Proleads Research House there are US$698 billon worth of construction projects still active in the United Arab Emirates.
Posted: November 15, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Middle East business leaders have unanimously agreed that they expect IT budgets to return to pre-downturn levels in the foreseeable future.
Posted: November 12, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Marc Faber said Gold won't fall below US$1,000 an ounce again as central banks print money to help fund budget deficits. The yellow metal is maybe cheaper today than in 2001, given the interest rates, he said.
Posted: November 12, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Jim Rogers reaffirms his view that gold will reach US$2,000 an ounce over the next decade and explains why he is not buying the metal.
Posted: November 11, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. eHosting DataFort has revealed the lack of robust disaster recovery planning despite growing major disruptions and disasters caused to businesses in the region.
Posted: November 11, 2009
UAE. Over two thirds of all civil project in UAE still active, reveals Proleads report. The study splits the market into four sectors; commercial and retail, education and healthcare, leisure and entertainment and finally the residential sector.
Posted: November 11, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Telecom industry players must examine their position, and start creating the strategic capabilities that will bring them success, long after the recession has ended, says a new Booz & Company report.
Posted: November 10, 2009
UAE. The report further reveals that there is an impending oversupply in retail spaces in the emirate, which is set to push rental rates downwards in the coming years.
Posted: November 9, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Telecommunications operators in the Middle East have done well in expanding their footprint internationally in the last four to five years, say AT Kearney.
Posted: November 7, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Making sense of US President Barack Obama's strategy at this moment is difficult. Not only is it a work in progress, but the pending decisions he has to make -- on Iran, Afghanistan and Russia -- tend to obscure underlying strategy.

MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS COMMENT & ANALYSIS

date:Posted: November 19, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. A majority of investors expects the US Federal Reserve to hold off from raising interest rates until the second half of 2010, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for November.
date:Posted: November 19, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. Faber said, considering the size of the stimulus packages and the monetary printing, the US economy hasn't responded well. What have responded well are asset markets but unemployment is horrrible and the typical household is suffering.
date:Posted: November 18, 2009
INTERNATIONAL. The global health industry is worth around US$4.2 trillion. As GCC countries continue to develop world class healthcare systems, they must avoid pitfalls of the developed markets, according to AT Kearney.
UAE. Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum tightened the control of the emirate's largest holding company, the Investment Corporation of Dubai.
INTERNATIONAL. This situation gives rise to increasingly positive prospects for gold and other commodities that may ultimately stand in as the world's reserve currency. And there are some pretty hot speculative prospects - Louis' 'best of the best' - waiting in the wings for the market's next big leg down.