FEATURED REPORT...
Posted: 02-03-2008
INTERNATIONAL. A new business book by Aamir A Rehman shatters many myths about the Middle East. He offers an easy-to-read guide at a strategic level for firms seeking to do business in the six nations of the GCC. He explains why Dubai has become a major hub for the region as it experiences an unprecedented expansion in energy, financial services, consumer goods, hospitality, retail, real estate and countless other industries. Here he speaks with BI-ME about his inspirations and insights for tapping into Gulf capital and opportunities. If you read just one book this year, we recommend that you
Posted: August 27, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. Masood Ahmed, Director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, described the flooding as a "human catastrophe that is still evolving." Reconstruction costs expected to run into billions of dollars.
Posted: August 22, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. Joe Foster, in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, sees a range of catalysts, 'any one of which could rear its ugly head.'
Posted: August 20, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. As the world sinks deeper into what he calls the Greater Depression, Casey Research Chairman sees default on the US national debt as inevitable - albeit probably in the guise of currency destruction.
Posted: August 7, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. What John Williams envisions, and he's by no means looking to the far horizon, is a systemic collapse, a hyperinflationary great depression and the cessation of normal commerce.
Posted: July 29, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Saudi Minister of Tourism and Antiquities was interviewed Wednesday on CNN's 'icon' show about the Roads to Arabia exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.
Posted: June 20, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. Sprott Asset Management's Charles Oliver avoids picking the top of the market and figuring where a peak will be when gold does hit a mania.
Posted: May 30, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. Wiegand says the euro at US$1.20 is the "line in the sand where big trouble will start. . .and that's dangerously close.
Posted: April 6, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. Gold prices continue to climb and John Licata, chief commodity strategist at Blue Phoenix says he sees reason to be optimistic about gold's future.
Posted: March 21, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. Lithium, the flavor of the year, is in high demand, powering everything from hybrid cars to laptops and cell phones.
Posted: March 17, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. "We've had nine years consecutive higher year-end prices and the best year in that span for a year's return was 31%. I think this will be the year that we exceed it in this, the 10th year of the bull market," John Embry said.
Posted: March 7, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. There hasn't been one currency in the form of paper or coin, not actually made of gold or represented by a deposit of gold, that has lasted more than 100 years as a global standard.
Posted: March 4, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. The gold rally that began last fall and drove gold through the US$1,200 resistance level in late November doesn't seem to be panning out the way the rallies of 2005 and 2007 did.
Posted: February 28, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. However the evolving global currency crisis ultimately manifests itself, either total deflation and a debt-liquidating depression or a hyperinflationary blow-off, David Morgan says 'there's none better than gold, if you're worried about a crisis hedge.'
Posted: February 14, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. As investment demand for gold, including its attraction as a preservation asset, diminishes in a recovering economy, Siddharth Rajeev, VP Research at Fundamental Research, suggests the price may dip back to US$750 by 2012.
Posted: February 13, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. The IMF has entered the debate about how macroeconomic policy should be adjusted in the future, drawing lessons from the worst global recession in 60 years.
date:Posted: September 2, 2010
INTERNATIONAL. The triangle pattern has taken nearly 9 months so far, and a move over US$19.50 could start a multi-month run targeting US$26-US$29 per ounce for starters before a broad pullback.
date:Posted: September 1, 2010
UAE. Given the recent developments in Saudi Arabia and India, there is now a greater level of hope that the TRA and RIM will reach an agreement about the manner in which BB Messenger services are provided.