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Al Watan has an interview with GFH"s Group CEO Ted Pretty.  They noted that he was a bit more optimistic with them than with the West...

حقل الأحلام الكويت If you build it, he may not come after all.   AlQabas has a summary of a recent Middle East Economic Digest ("ME...

AlQabas published a summary of a recent HSBC research report in its Sunday issue. Here's a quick summary of the main points: HSB...

Arggh!   Or should I say "nutters"?

The Gulf Daily News reports that rentals have fallen across the board in the retail, residential, office and industrial sectors. Martin ...

Nakheel has issued a press release (to Reuters) stating that CDG's lawsuit will not delay its reaching a settlement with trade creditor...

Above Main Entrance to NY Supreme Court Looks like Mr. Al Sanea is continuing his run of victories in the NY Courts.   As you'll recal...

Some victories are particularly sweet.

A Rather Inconvenient Place After All Judge Richard Love III of the Supreme Court of the State of New York decided last July that New York...

Additional detail on ASIK's 1H10 financial performance via an article in Al Watan quoting ASIK's Vice Chairman Mohammad Ali Al Naq...

When the moon is full, mankind is one. It's that time of year again.  Though for some of us it seems more like mid Summer than mid Aut...

TID held a creditors' meeting in Dubai 21 September.  Both Al Watan and Al Qabas have accounts. The Al Watan (Taamir Hamaad) article ...

Remedial Lending Class Asa Fitch at The National reports on some loan sales by Saad lenders. This makes perfect sense.  It's highly...

Apparently heeding the comments of  The Rageful Cynic on this blog,  Paul Koster, CEO of the DFSA called for improvements in local auditing...

Bradley Hope over at The National reports that CDG has filed an AED million suit against Nakheel at the special Dubai World Tribunal at the...

Al Safat Investment issued its 1H10 financials on the KSE today (as usual Arabic only text which is below). The headlines: A loss for the ...

Go for the kill. To the Football Jinn:  I'd like to point out that I kept quiet for the canonical first three games.  It isn't supp...

I see on the DFM this morning that Emaar's Board has decided to sell its 200,000 treasury shares .   You'd better jump quickly bef...

If you're worried, don't be. Luckily the Republican Governor of Louisiana is a home-schooled exorcist.

Hidden Camera Picture from Inside NIH Laboratories Well, just when you thought you'd heard everything, something new pops up. The Rep...