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Saturday, 31 October 2009

The kids are alright

Retail
Two of America’s largest teenage fashion retailers are venturing outside the US to tap the lucrative GCC market.

The kids are alright

Are you Leeding the industry on?

Construction & Industry
Green building products can contribute, in a big way, to achieving a Leed certification. CW delves deep into the issue.

Are you Leeding the industry on?

Estidama reveals Pearl rating system – almost

Construction & Industry
Abu Dhabi’s green certification system gives best insight yet, into its content.

Estidama reveals Pearl rating system – almost

Friday, 30 October 2009

Friends yet? No chance

Politics & Economics
Rabid anti-West sentiment will colour any efforts to reach a peaceful settlement on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Alistair Lyon reports.

Friends yet? No chance

Thursday, 29 October 2009

Choosing Islamic finance

Islamic Finance
Why gov'ts in Muslim nations in the Middle East and Asia are increasingly turning to Islamic finance to raise funds.

Choosing Islamic finance

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Indian opportunity

Technology
With MENA operators eyeing opportunities in India, analysts at Frost & Sullivan and Ovum give CommsMEA the lowdown on one of the world’s fastest growing telecom markets.

Indian opportunity

Journeying through

Construction & Industry
The newly-opened Juala Spa at the Grand Hyatt Doha was designed to promote unique, culturally-specific, highly-memorable experiences. CID takes a closer look.

Journeying through

Sunday, 25 October 2009

Frayed relations

Technology
If the economic downturn has blown a frosty wind into every relationship throughout the IT channel in the Middle East during the last 12 months, nowhere has it been felt more acutely than in the always-sensitive affair between distributors and credit insurers.

Frayed relations

Expansion plan

Technology
ZTE wants to build on the strong base that it has developed in its home market of China and provide the Middle East and Africa region with the networks of tomorrow.

Expansion plan

Speed limiter

Technology
Faced with users who wasted expensive bandwidth, Saudi Arabia's Al Mabani General Contractors decided to install UTMs to control usage.

Speed limiter

Evading efficiency

Technology
Hollywood blockbusters like to bounce around the phrase that knowledge is power, but when it comes to printing efficiency there is an alarming lack of action amongst those in the know. ACN looks into it.

Evading efficiency

Leak detection

Energy
Utilities Middle East reviews some of the latest leak detection products for both the gas and water markets that are now available to local HSE executives.

Leak detection

Indian investors seek Goddess Lakshmi’s blessings for gains

Banking & Finance
Investor Roshan Chawla offered thanks to the Hindu goddess of wealth, on Diwali, praying for a repeat surge in equities.

Indian investors seek Goddess Lakshmi’s blessings for gains

Salmon do U-turn in River Thames until sewers fixed

Culture & Society
Twenty thousand salmon were released last year to see if they would migrate and return home to breed. Only three came back.

Salmon do U-turn in River Thames until sewers fixed

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Bahrain focus

Construction & Industry
We look at some of the plus points and pitfalls of doing business in Bahrain.

Bahrain focus

Intelligent retreat

Construction & Industry
Technology is currently making a beeline for the bathroom, which is helping to enhance aesthetics and strengthen sustainability.

Intelligent retreat

Highway to happiness

Construction & Industry
How the Sheikh Khalifa Bridge and accompanying Saadiyat-Shahama highway were delivered on time.

Highway to happiness

Friday, 23 October 2009

Arabian nights

Travel & Hospitality
CEO Middle East checks into the Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri in Abu Dhabi.

Arabian nights

Worldwide appeal

Technology
Few broadcasters can claim to have anywhere near the kind of reach of the BBC. Despite its ubiquity and globally recognised brand, the broadcaster is striving to reach more people via the latest mobile technology.

Worldwide appeal

Greening the machine

Technology
Dr Windsor Holden assesses the case for harnessing renewable energy to power mobile operations.

Greening the machine

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