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Corporate Legal Advisor
Industry: Legal
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE -
Head of Legal
Industry: Legal
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE -
Receptionist
Industry: Legal
Location: Dubai, UAE
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Private passion
Banking & Finance
As global asset valuations take a battering, these are interesting times for the region's private equity players.
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
No time to lose
Banking & Finance
With no CEO, outdated core banking systems and just seven IT staff, Commercial Bank International knew its operations needed a revamp. Imthishan Giado reports on how fresh thinking turned the bank around.
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Preparations for monetary union
Banking & Finance
What can the GCC learn from the European experience of monetary union? Russell Krueger of the International Monetary Fund and Erwin Nierop from the European Central Bank offer an expert view.
Sunday, 09 November 2008
High maintenance
Banking & Finance
As Middle Eastern airline fleets grow, so does the need for high quality MRO services.
Sunday, 02 November 2008
Sovereigns reign again
Banking & Finance
Concern over sovereign wealth funds has subsided in the West as the global financial crisis deepens.
Home safe sales surge in US
Banking & Finance
Demand for home safes is surging in the US amid a financial crisis that has sowed anxiety about banks.
Monday, 20 October 2008
Balancing the budget
Banking & Finance
The Bank of Beirut reveals how it balances its IT budget across a host of competing needs.
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Indian savers may bury cash
Banking & Finance
Sumathi Govindaraj has had an account at ICICI Bank, India's second-biggest lender, for four years.
A game of risk
Banking & Finance
With local markets in meltdown, the insurance sector may be braced for a bumpy earnings season ahead.
Singapore's expatriates relinquish perks
Banking & Finance
Expats are being hit as the financial crisis heralds new measures by the nation's richest employers.
Londoners queue on sidewalk to buy gold
Banking & Finance
Investors are rushing to safe havens and physical gold seems to be the favourite one.
Sunday, 12 October 2008
On the seventh day, they worked, amid finance crisis
Banking & Finance
From Wall Street to Washington, the US credit crisis has claimed the leisurely weekend.
Savers 'slice and dice' to keep cash safe
Banking & Finance
Jean Davis wonders how she’s going to keep her inheritance safe as banks topple across Europe.
Commodities RIP as leverage disappears
Banking & Finance
Commodities markets are heading for the biggest annual decline since 2001 as investors exit.
Banking on Bahrain's success
Banking & Finance
GBCorp's offices have some of the best views in the kingdom, in the heart of Bahrain's financial hub.
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
Time for a rethink
Banking & Finance
The UAE's banks are being forced to re-examine systems and processes in the aftermath of a major ATM fraud.
Tuesday, 07 October 2008
Volatility creates opportunities
Banking & Finance
A look at why regional markets have crashed and what investors can do about it.
Sunday, 05 October 2008
Vanishing act
Banking & Finance
Customers of UK building society Bradford and Bingley ask where's safest as banks continue to vanish.
Hedge fund revolt
Banking & Finance
London is turning its back on the $450bn industry that helped make the city a world financial leader.
Thursday, 02 October 2008
Kuwait's bull run turns bearish
Banking & Finance
Kuwait rode the emerging market wave for most of this year but now the mood is changing. Soren Billing reports.
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