Get Free Middle East Updates! NEWThe families in the Gulf who dominate the region’s boardrooms have been revealed and ranked for the first time, UAE-based banking group The National Investor (TNI) said on Monday.
TNI said in a report analysing the boardrooms of more than 500 companies in the GCC that it had ranked the families [...]

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Dubai government investment agency Istithmar World Ventures has been “put off” looking for deals in the US and instead will seek new opportunities in Africa and the Far East, according to its CEO.
“I am looking at everywhere but the US,” Ahmed bin Fahad told magazine Arabian Business on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum [...]

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What can Western companies do when China’s factory workers start demanding better wages and conditions? Easy — just transfer production to a cheaper country. China’s loss is Vietnam’s gain.The world’s manufacturing powerhouse needs new low-wage workers, which is why the man in the dark suit is talking himself hoarse. “Do not delay,” he calls out [...]

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Orange is to offer Apple’s iPhone in its international markets later this year, the France Telecom-owned mobile operator announced in a brief statement this morning. The deal is the latest in a flurry of new agreements made by Apple recently to expand the global footprint of the iPhone. Orange said it will launch the device [...]

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Lebanese troops were set to use force if necessary on Tuesday to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles that have thrown the nation into fear and chaos.

The military had said that as of 6:00 am (0300 GMT) its troops were ready to resort to force to bring [...]

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