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MIDDLE EAST: Family businesses shun stock listings
Much effort has been made to encourage stock market development in the Middle East, most recently...
Middle EastMIDDLE EAST: Competition transforms telecoms sector
Competition will have a profound effect on the region's telecommunications sector. European...
Middle EastMIDDLE EAST: Fixed-line telecoms growth challenged
Over the past decade, all regional states except Iran, Libya, and Syria have either become...
Middle EastGULF STATES: Dubai seeks lead monetary union role
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) will formally come into operation tomorrow. ...
Gulf StatesGULF STATES: Sunni extremists threaten soft targets
The Bahraini authorities arrested seven suspected terrorists on July 14, citing evidence that...
Gulf StatesINTERNATIONAL: Dialogue with Islam needs varied line
The rise of neo-Wahhabism and Salafist Islam has caused tensions in the Arab world. These have...
INTERNATIONAL: Dialogue with Islam faces hurdles
At a time of extreme conflict and instability in the Middle East, and with the ever-present...
GULF STATES: Shura councils no threat to rulers yet
Arab states are to present the Arab League's alternative to the US Greater Middle East Initiative...
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