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UAE among priority countries for Standard Chartered
June 26th, 2015
Standard Chartered has outlined a plan to spend more money growing its business in emerging-market countries including the UAE, where the fallout from lower commodity prices has not been as crippling as it has been in countries such as ...
Eversheds launches Consulting arm in Asia
June 25th, 2015
Law firm Eversheds has announced the launch of Eversheds Consulting in Asia with the expansion of Eversheds Agile. The firm’s flexible lawyer service Eversheds Agile is set to be rolled out in Hong Kong and Singapore during the summer ...
UAE tops regional countries on inclusive growth
June 25th, 2015
The UAE has topped countries in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for inclusive growth, with a score of 57.58, according to MasterCard’s 2015 Middle East and Africa Inclusive Growth report. Factors including the UAE’s diversification of its ...
Could Russia afford to bail out Greece and what would that mean?
June 22nd, 2015
There are deep cultural and historical ties between Greece and Russia. In terms of religion, the majority faith in both countries is Eastern Orthodox. And Russia has a track record of standing up for Greece, like it did during ...
Lower Oil Revenues See Saudi-Arabia Open Up Stock Exchange
June 18th, 2015
Saudi Arabia may be rich enough to weather the current trend of low oil prices, but it’s losing money nonetheless and has found a way that it believes could help make up for the loss: opening its stock market ...
Asia stocks up, dollar sags as Fed tempers expectations for rate rise
June 18th, 2015
An index of Asian shares gained on Thursday while the dollar eased slightly after the Federal Reserve signaled that interest rates would rise more slowly than markets had expected. Spreadbetters, however, expected Greek debt matters to reclaim the spotlight ...
India seeks to use its oil thirst to drive bargains
June 16th, 2015
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi, India India is trying to use its position as one of the world’s biggest energy consumers to strike better bargains for its companies with oil exporting ...
European solidarity: The future of Europe and the euro depends on political leaders
June 15th, 2015
Will a Grexit Be the Lehman-Like Trigger of the Next Global Financial Crisis? European Union leaders continue to play a game of brinkmanship with the Greek government. Greece has met its creditors’ demands far more than halfway. Yet Germany ...
Saudi Arabia slips on lack of foreign inflows; Egypt flat
June 15th, 2015
Saudi Arabia‘s bourse gave up early gains and turned slightly negative on Monday after modest trading volumes indicated there were no significant fund inflows from abroad on the first day that the market opened to direct foreign investment. After ...
Top companies in the Arab World 2015
June 15th, 2015
The UAE features heavily in the Forbes Middle East study into the top-performing companies in the Arab World. Find out which firms made the top 10 1st: Sabic. The list was based on disclosed financial statements for 2014, collated ...