The turmoil in the Arab region will affect Beirut’s financial sector, says Matein Khalid, fund manager in a royal investment office.
The region’s deepest insecurities have once again been exposed by another crisis to emerge from the US and eurozone economies.
Six Senses stands alone with its dramatic, unique setting and consistently friendly five-star service.
The richest place in the world, the region’s most peaceful country, and winner of the World Cup bid, the stars have never been more aligned for the tiny Gulf state.
As the region drowns in fake goods, fraudster gangs are endangering the local economy, creativity and safety.
Investors are advised to go bearish, says Matein Khalid, advisor in a royal funds office
As many airlines focus on cutting losses and battling through a probable downturn, one Gulf carrier has loftier ambitions.
Kuwait’s housing slump will need more than a billion dollar government injection and structural issues must also be addressed.
Regional telcos are throwing cash at data investments and looking further afield as high penetration levels squeeze profits.
Alicia Buller hangs out with Georges Kern, suave CEO of luxury watch-maker IWC Schaffhausen, at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Low liquidity and weak confidence continue to dampen the Gulf’s IPO pipeline. Stringent local market guidelines must be relaxed to improve cashflow.
Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, speaks out on his detractors and his record order book.
Mass energy consumption rebounded strongly in 2010 and looks set to grow further, according to BP’s latest review.
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett revealed a growing trade relationship with the GCC for minerals and agriculture.
Forty-eight hours with this game gal is just not enough, writes Nick Cooper.
V Shankar, CEO of Standard Chartered says the unrest is inflating banking wages but he’s confident the UAE will be the financial services powerhouse for the region.
Ahead of the World Cup, Qatar has disallowed conventional banks from holding Islamic finance arms and crunched down on lending limits. Ryan Harrison investigates the reasons behind the mandates and asks whether the rulings will set a precedent across.
In just over two years, Abu Dhabi is set to roll out first stages of its Etihad rail plan.
It’s been a mixed bag for Middle East airlines as they battle with regional uprisings on the ground, but UAE profits have soared as passengers flock to safer climes.
Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, speaks exclusively to Alicia Buller about Western detractors, rising oil prices, and why there’s enough future global demand to fill his record order book.
Course enrolment is on the upswing as the employment market opens up.
China has overtaken the US as the Gulf’s top import partner. Angela Guiffrida discovers that a growing trust and a genuine need for goods is set to exacerbate the $350 billion love-in between the two regions.
In an exclusive interview, Abdulkareem Abu Alnasr, CEO of Saudi’s largest bank NCB talks about his hopes for the Kingdom’s economy, why name lending is a fallacy and how it feels to be the man that runs the region’s biggest financial institution.
Amid widespread regional unrest, the UAE has reclaimed its mantle as the oasis of opportunity in the desert, although, worryingly, it’s just too early to rule out future political unease.