Archives for August 2009
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What I Learned from the Last Big Meltdown
By people generally shy from starting a new business during a financial crisis, I however did just that. It was the autumn of 2000; the world had just gone through a financial crisis known as the dot-com bubble that although not as large as the one we are suffering from today was historic nonetheless. Read more »
The world is a nosy place: that’s reality, not conspiracy
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi reveals his own “conspiracy theory” for what some believe was a botched attempt by Etisalat to install surveillance software on its BlackBerry subscriber’s devices in September 2009). Read more »
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CMA is Setting an Example
In the midst of the doom and gloom of the past 12 months, one market seemed to have bucked the trend and carried on with business as usual. Why Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) inspires confidence among the GCC’s small shareholders. Read more »