. Regional turmoil is creating an unexpected boom for Dubai as tourists and businessmen flock once again to the shopping and skyscraper oasis after fleeing just a few years ago in the
. By Shavasb Bohdjalian The German conservatives lost power in a regional stronghold on Sunday, with early poll results showing the Greens, buoyed by Japan's nuclear crisis, surging to their first premiership
. DR ANDRESTINOS N. PAPADOPOULOS Ambassador a.h. The Arab uprising in northern Africa and the Arab peninsula against their rulers, coined the ‘Arab Spring’, represents a historic milestone especially in the quest
. By Shavasb Bohdjalian The International Collective Investment Schemes (ICIS) or in layman’s terms, Private Funds, are probably one of the best vehicles through which promoters may raise money from up to
. Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates resigned on Wednesday after parliament rejected his government's latest austerity measures, designed to help Portugal avoid having to seek an international bailout. IS A BAILOUT INEVITABLE?
. European Union finance ministers have agreed on the setup of the European Stability Mechanism — the permanent euro zone bailout fund. Following are their decisions put together in a "term sheet"
. The crisis at a Japanese nuclear plant that uses General Electric Co-built reactors following last week's disastrous earthquake and tsunami is a reputational black eye that could badly hurt its efforts
. By Shavasb Bohdjalian European leaders agreed on Saturday to strengthen the euro zone bailout fund, make its loans cheaper and lower the interest rate on funds extended to Greece but left
. * Planning for another disaster to prolong reconstruction * Markets likely to accept government borrowing to rebuild By Greg Roumeliotis, Reuters Infrastructure Correspondent Japan will take at least five years to
. Libya's oil output will take some time to return to normal, the head of the National Oil Corporation said on Tuesday, because some installations were damaged in fighting between rebel and
