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Arab Spring pushes reinsurance costs up 400pcThe cost of reinsurance has spiralled across the region by some 400 per cent since the advent of the Arab Spring and that is having a major impact on the insurance industry. That will be one of the key issues to be discussed at a More… |
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Dubai loans lean on local banksDubai's loan market has entered a new phase in its post crisis recovery, underpinned by a liquid local bank market, which is helping to fill the void left by European lenders still reeling from the emirate's financial meltdown in 2008. More… |
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Tough time ahead for Arab Spring nationsArab spring countries face rising social tensions that could thwart an early economic recovery from over two years of political turmoil that has worsened fiscal pressures and threatens macroeconomic stability, a More… |
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Clamp on radicals tests Tunisia's stabilityFor the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between Tunisia's mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sp More… |
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Labour Markets: A new perspective on changeCliff Oswick is a professor in Organisation Theory at Cass Business School and Cass Dubai Centre. In 2011, the Arab Spring swept across parts of the Mena region. Many western nations were quick to support the social activ More… |
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Arab Spring boosts demand for bulletproof carsIn a workshop in a dusty industrial area on the outskirts of Dubai, engineers are stripping down a Toyota Land Cruiser to install armoured plating, bullet resistant glass and run-flat tyres. In More… |
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LSE cancels UAE forum, citing curbsA top British university has cancelled a conference on the Arab Spring in the UAE, citing curbs imposed by the Gulf state, which has placed limits on foreign research groups in the past two years. More… |
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Political instability erodes Tunisia's economy gainsPolitical instability in Tunisia looks set to slow growth of its economy this year just as business was starting to recover strongly from the turmoil following the 2011 revolution. The economy g More… |
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Rise of Islamists frays UAE-Egypt relationsDays before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the UAE, one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the most Arab populous country and its veteran More… |
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Rising power Qatar stirs unease in regionIn the centre of Cairo, young men hold up a burning flag for the cameras to show their fury at a nation they believe is meddling in their country and the wider Middle East. &nb More… |
